Dr. Edmond Halley (1656-1742): A Bibliographical Guide to His Life and Work Arranged Chronologically de MacPike, Eugene Fairfield - 1939

Paperback / softback. New.

London: Taylor and Francis, Ltd., 1937. Studies of the lives & works of these three astronomers, and their interactions. Hardcover, full blue cloth, gilt titling. Shows some wear, cloth bubbled in a few small areas, spine faded, gilt dull, spine ends bumped; paper tanned. Text clean; ix, blank, 140 pages; index, appendixes, 5 illustrations as called for.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Octavo.

New York: Arno Press, 1975. Hardcover. Very Good+. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. Octavo. 300pp (3). 11 illustrations, one of which is a fold-out facsimile. Bound in green cloth, gilt lettering. Previous owner's bookplate on front fixed endpaper. One corner bumped. Reprint of the 1932 Oxford edition. Also includes an unpublished memoir of his life by one of his contemporaries and the Eloge by D'Ortous de Mairan. Part of the series History, Philosophy and Sociology of Sicence: Classics Staples and Precursors.

London: Taylor and Francis, 1937. First edition. Blue cloth. Spine slightly sunned. Former owners name else an unmarked clean and tight hardcover book in very good condition.

LONDON, TAYLOR AND FRANCIS, 1937. FIRST EDITION, VERY GOOD IN ORIGINAL BLUE CLOTH, 5 PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES.

Taylor & Francis, London, 1937. Hardcover. As New. 8vo, hardcover. No dj, blue cloth. Near fine condition. Covers and contents clean, unworn, no marking or writing. Binding square and tight. 300 pp. illus.

Oxford: Clarendon Press / Oxford University Press, 1932. First printing. 8vo. 300 pp. Blue cloth. Very Good. Slight shelfwear to boards. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.

England: Oxford At the Clarendon Press. Near Fine. 1932. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover with partial dustjacket, a superb collector's copy, the blue cloth binding is tight and square, clean as new and the contents are fine, the only remarkable flaws are two minor bumps: one at the top front corner that has caused a tiny crease only and one at bottom spine that has also caused a crease only, the jacket consists of the rear flap, rear panel, and a small portion of the spine only, Halley's correspondence is "Preceded by an unpublished memoir of his life by one of his contemporaries and the 'Eloge' by D'ortous De Mairan," 299 pages, includes a frontis portrait of Halley with the original tissue-guard and ten other illustrations, including two folding facsimile letters, also an extensive Appendix of Halleiana .