The Wonders of the Stars (first printing) A fact-base approach to Astronomy and the galaxy, minus the romanticism

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G.P. Putnam's Sons. New York. 1923. 134 pages with index. First edition, first printing in scarce, rare DJ. Tissue guard protecting frontispiece photograph of a star-cloud and black holes in Sagittarius. Book is about fine; bright, tight and clean. Rust-color cloth stamped in black. Cloth is bright and clean. Minimal shelf-rubbing on tips. Endpapers and pages are clean. Minor faint soiling to top page edges. Rare original DJ is price-clipped. Shallow chipping along edges. Three instances of tape reinforcement on DJ. The ever-controversial prolific author takes aim at astronomy; an emerging science he believed needed to be further explored and discussed on a fact-bas approach rather than the frothy, romanticised writings of the stars that he believed were prevalent during the turn of the century, heading into the 1900s. First edition, first printing in rare near fine condition, in super-rare original DJ. NF/G. N° de ref. del artículo 003002

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