Search Results: Astronomy from Bonnie Lane Books

Hardcover boards clean and bright. Slight bump on foredge, right bottom corner. Clean text, no markings.Slight crease on upper right corner of front free endpaper. This is the true First Edition, first printing, based on the Random House numbering practices. Number line reads 98765432, First Edition.Number lines ending in 2 with the First Edition notation are also first printing.DJ is in Good condition. There are chips along margins, one closed tear on the bottom, and two open tears on back.

Preserved mid-19th Century standard reference work on astronomy by American astronomer and mathematician Elijah H. Burritt. An excellent and very readable copy.Quarterbound with a gilt stripe down the from cover. Two thirds of the leather on spine is missing. The pages are age toned and foxed. Please note the Celestial Atlas mentioned on the title page is a separate volume and is not included here. A gem of a historic study of astronomy. This is an important work for any scholar of the history of astronomy to own- it was used extensively throughout the US and went through many printings, for several decades.

Softcover- was never published in hardcover edition. Softcover is the true First Edition.Softcover is in very good condition, volume has slight bumped edges. Binding tight, text very clean and unmarked. This book is a scarce, small academic press study of the Skidi Pawnee 'ethnoastronomy'. The works attempts to describe ritual objects and astronomical phenomena as perceived by a Native Tribe and the effects that those had on their religious and cultural practices. This book is one of the most important sources for Native American ethnology related to astronomy, and is often cited in books on the subject.