Evenings with the Stars
Cover edges worn specially at corner tips and head and tail of spine, colour rubbed from tail edges, upper corners turned slightly, edges turned at head and tail of spine. pages clean and creamy quite perhaps a hint of age in margins. Binding a wee bit shaken but still holding very well.

Author: Proctor, Mary

Here's a great book for someone who just wants to learn a bit more about navigating the sky at night. If you're interested in more serious and recent books on astronomy, please click the link to see a selection of what we have available at ECB.
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This book is specially written for those who have not made a study of astronomy, but who may wish to know something about the stars – when and where to look for them in the sky, the origin of their quaint names, and if you facts of interest concerning them from the observer's standpoint. Charts have been made in connection with the groups of stars or constellations described, indicating their position with regard to each other during the course of the year. A few photographs taken with the most powerful telescopes have been added... to give an idea of the revelations made by the camera as compared with the limited range of his you obtained by means of an opera-glass or small telescope. The idea is to stimulate a desire to know more about the subject which so fascinated the great Herschel, who first adopted it merely as a hobby, as to lead to his becoming one of the greatest pioneers of this science the world has ever known. - From the Preface
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Book Price: $35.00