LATITUDE: How American Astronomers Solved the Mystery of Variation (AUTHOR ARCHIVE INCLUDING PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPHS USED IN BOOK)
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2002. First Edition (Author Archive). Very Good. Item #4401
Original Author Archive including correspondence, newspaper clippings and the 14 B/W photographs used by the Naval Institute Press in the publication of this book. Also includes letters from the Naval Institute Press to the author. This archive is from the personal estate of Bill Carter, former Chief of Geosciences at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Includes original groundbreaking photographs of the Lure Observatory (University of Hawaii) that were not published. A nice lot including the finished book that highlights the efforts in the field by Seth Carlo Chandler Jr. and Simon Newcomb among many others.
Price: $200.00