The Glass Giant Of Palomar

381 pages. Text unmarked.. Recto rear endpaper dirt streaks. Few pencil numbers recto endpaper top left corner. 50 drawing by author. Dj lots of wear along edges. Piece missing top of spine . Giant in tile missing part of body of letters/ Discolor bottom front right corners. Book body age toned. title embossed on front cover. Spine has title,… Read more about this item

Dodd, Mead & Company. 1939. Hardback. Good. Light shelf wear and soiling. No dust wrapper. Very occasional pencil notes. Owner's name and location in ink. Palomar telescope. There are many drawings and photos. Also, a letter from the publishers thanking the book owner for noting an erroneous statement in the book. … Read more about this item

NY: Dodd, Mead & Co. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. Second Printing. Hardcover. Publisher's gilt-titled cloth. 2nd printing signed by Woodbury to the ffep. PO name, tape ghosts to endpages, trace soil to cloth. Tight and square. ; quarto; Signed by Author .

The 200-inch Hale Telescope at Mount Palomar is one of the great achievements of the 20th century. Long the largest reflector (eclipsed eventually with new technology and the Hubble). this book chronicle the difficulties of construction and the many discoveries made with the aid of the Hale.

Dodd, Mead & Co. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1939. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Light lean, rubbing and toning overall, bumps and fraying to the spine ends and corners, sunning to the spine, and a small tear to the front cloth. Inscribed by a previous owner on the front endpaper. Signed by the illustrator and… Read more about this item

NY: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1940. 4th pr.. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover, half leather maroon binding over white boards, ribbed spine with gilt lettering. 368 pages, drawings, diagrams and b&w photographs. The 200-inch Hale Telescope at Mount Palomar was one of the great achievements of the 20th century. Long the largest reflector (eclipsed eventually with new technology and… Read more about this item

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1953. 3rd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Photographs, Drawings. Xii, 385 Pp. Blue Cloth, Gilt. Stated Third Edition And Tenth Printing With 1953 Copyright Date And 1953 Date On Title Page. Touch Of Rubbing At Corners. Ownership Signature Of A Jpl Astronomer And Halley Watch Administrator. Dust Jacket Priced $5.00,… Read more about this item

William Heinemann LTD, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Heavy, extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. 331 Pages. The board are a bit shelf rubbed and edge worn. They are strong and sturdy. Minor damp marks. Clean and complete. Tightly bound. [Ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London: Heinemann, 1940. 1st edition. Very Good. octavo. hardback in original cloth xiii + 331pp., frontis., b/w plates, text ills., Cloth boards sunned at spine & neat ownership signature o/w a very good copy of the scarce first edition

Dodd, Mead & Co., 1939 HARDBACK BOOK IN NEAR FINE CONDITION,UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET [$3.00] IS VERY GOOD-PLUS,FIRST EDITION,SECOND PRINTING. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good.