The Story of the Heavens by Ball, Sir Robert Stawell - 1891

London: Cassell, 1891. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Gilt titled spine. Comet design to front cover. 556 pp. plus ads. Tissue-guarded colour and b/w plates. B/w illustrations. Blank ffep removed. Endpapers lightly foxed. Main text-block and all plates beautifully clean. Binding sound and bright. VG+

15th thousand. Cassell & Co - London.. Early astronomy book with 18 coloured & numerous b&w plates. Original half leather binding with raised bands. A little worn now & boards becoming loose. Contents nice & clean & complete. .

Paperback / softback. New. Originally published in 1885, this beautifully illustrated volume provides a detailed survey of the history and contemporary situation of the solar system, including distant suns, comets, and the Milky Way. Extremely popular in its time, it remains relevant today for its historical account of astronomy as a science.

London: Casset & Company, 1893. New and Revised edition. First published in 1885. Frontispiece and 17 lithographed plates, some in colors, numerous illustrations in the text. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. Original green cloth. Shaken, splitting along upper joint and torn at head of spine, light marginal browning and offsetting, some newspaper clipping tipped onto endpapers, else a very good copy. New and Revised edition. First published in 1885. Frontispiece and 17 lithographed plates, some in colors, numerous illustrations in the text. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. With two Original photographs. With TWO ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS, tipped onto board, one showing the Moon and the other the Pleiades.

London: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1897. Leather. Very Good. 9.5" by 6.5". Not Stated. A new and revised edition of this fascinating work on astronomy, by the Irish astronomer Sir Robert Stawell Ball. The new and revised edition of this work in a full calf binding, with gilt detailing to the boards, spine and square. Marbled to the edges. Binder's stamp of Relfe Brothers to the verso of the front free end paper. Prize bookplate to the front paste down. Illustrated with 18 plates, a few in colour, and numerous engravings in the text. Collated, complete. Sir Robert Stawell Ball (1840-1913) was an Irish astronomer who founded screw theory. In this work, he provides a detailed study of the history and arrangement of the solar system, including planets, distant suns, and comets, and the physics of heat and light. In a full calf binding. Externally fairly smart, with rubbing to the spine, joints and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with the odd spot throughout. Very Good

London: Cassell & Co Ltd, 1897. New Revised Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No DJ. New Revised Edition. DESCRIPTION: Full blue leather prize binding by Relfe Brothers, London with gilt device of Reading School to front. Gilt floral borders to boards. Five ridged spine with decorated panels and gilt titles on red leather tile plate. Marbled edges. Illustrated with ieghteen coloured plates and numerous drawings. Language: English. Book Condition: Fair: Wear to corners, edges and chipped spine ends. 1.5cm tear to upper front spine edge. Rubbed boards with marks. Cracked front and rear endpapers. Hinges remain firm. strong hinges. Stain marks to endpaper margins with light rippling to lower margin of opening pages and upper margins of closing pages. DJ Condition: No DJ Pages xix, 556. Size: 24cm by 15.5cm. POSTAGE: PLEASE NOTE - This is a heavy item and may require additional postage for overseas deliveries. We will contact you if additional charges are required. Please see our postage policy on our shop front… Read More

London: Cassell and Co, 1889. Octavo. frontispiece, 551pp., Illustrated in color and in black and white. In 1874 the position of Royal Astronomer of Ireland and Professor of Astronomy in Trinity College Dublin became vacant. Ball applied and was appointed Royal Astronomer of Ireland and to the Andrews Chair of Astronomy of Trinity College Dublin after successfully submitting a seven-page printed application for these positions. This position he held for 18 years. Later, after the Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry at Cambridge died, Ball applied for the position and was chosen. This was considered the highest scientific chair in England, if not in Europe. He published several books on the heavens. A very nice copy bound in 3/4 red morocco over marbled paper covered boards with matching endpapers and all edges in matching marble, raised bands gilt, lettered and decorated in gilt, small chip to head occasional spots of foxing, no names or book plates.

London, Paris, New York & Melbourne: Cassell & Co, 1885. First Edition. 8vo. xix; 551 pp. Half-title; frontispiece; Index. With coloured plates and numerous illustrations. Three-quarter red leather over cloth covered boards; five raised bands & gilt lettering to spine. A near fine copy of the uncommon first edition of this work. Sir Robert Stawell Ball (1840 1913) was an Irish astronomer who founded the screw theory. In 1874 Ball was appointed Royal Astronomer of Ireland and Andrews Professor of Astronomy in the University of Dublin at Dunsink Observatory. Ball contributed to the science of kinematics by delineating the screw displacement earning him the Cunningham Medal of the Royal Irish Academy. His work "The Story of the Heavens" is mentioned in the "Ithaka" chapter of Ulysses by James Joyce. This beautifully illustrated volume provides a detailed survey of the history and contemporary situation of the solar system, including distant suns, comets, and the Milky Way.