Astronomy: A Revision of Young's Manual of Astronomy, in Two Volumes.
Boston, Massachusetts: Ginn and Company / The Athenaeum Press, 1926. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #2351926
Presentation copy inscribed and signed by author to his sister on front endpaper of both volumes ('To Edith Dugan Eveleth from Raymond Smith Dugan'). Newspaper clipping on Amherst College's acquisition of a new telescope laid in, 1 inch chip from marginal corner of one page (no loss of text), some loss of gilt from titles of second volume. Binding tight and square, text clean and unmarked.
xi, 470, i-xxi; xii, 471-932, xxx pp. Blue cloth, gilt titles and rules on spine, black titles and decorations on front boards. Color frontispiece reproduced from Howard Russell Butler's stunning view of Earth as seen from the moon, part of a series of paintings he produced decades before man traveled in space. Black-and-white engravings, diagrams, and photographs throughout text. The text is a revision of Charles Augustus Young's 'Manual of Astronomy: A Text-Book'.
Price: $50.00