Handbook of Iron Meteorites, Their History, Distribution, Composition and Structure, 3 Volume set in Original Box by Buchwald, Vagn Fabritus

Berkeley, California; (1975): Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University By the University of California. First Edition. Quarto. The set is the most comprehensive study of meteorites every made. When it was issued in 1975 at $140.00, universities and science museums were its primary customers. It is indispensable to meteorcists, cosmo-chemists and space scientists as well as metallurgists, mineralogists, geologists, and engineers. Within its 1,418 pages, the three volumes also has 2,163 photographs. Vol. 1, Iron meteorites in general; tables, appendices, references; V. 2: Iron Meteorites; Abakan-Mejillones; Vol. 3 Iron Meteorites: Merceditas-Zerhamra, supplement. Volume 1 has extensive bibliographic references, pages 175-243 and index. A simple check on JSTOR notes it is quoted even in the last three years. Bound in gray cloth lettered in silver. A remarkably clean set free of marks and wear in the original cloth covered slipcase with paper label.