New Guide to the Moon [VINTAGE 1976]

Moore, O.B.E., D.SC, (Hon), F.R.A.S., Patrick (Director of the Lunar Section of the British Astronomical Association)

Edité par W.W. Norton & Company, New York, 1976

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Fine condition black boards with gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition color photographic dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Patrick Moore; Author Dedication; List of Plates; Foreword by Patrick Moore; Acknowledgments; Appendices: I. Observing the Moon; II. Lunar Literature and Lunar Maps; III. Numerical Data; IV. Eclipses of the Moon, 1976-1986; V. Lunar Landings; VI. Description of the Surface, and Map: First Quadrant, Second Quadrant, Third Quadrant, Fourth Quadrant; VII. Index to Formation in the Map and Text, Latin and English Names of the Lunar Seas; VIII. The Far Side of the Moon and Index. Illustrated with a section of black-and-white photographic plates and black-and-white diagrams. Full number line (1 through 10) indicating first edition, first printing, but no dust jacket price and typical tiny indent at lower outer rear board indicating book club edition. "The is the first detailed guide to the only heavenly body we now know at first hand. It has been written by one of the world's foremost lunar experts. He is, at the same time, perhaps the most widely read author of books on astronomy for the general reader. Contents: The Lunar World; A Picture of the Universe; The Birth of the Moon; The Movements of the Moon; The Moon and the Earth; Observers of the Moon; Features of the Moon; The Craters of the Moon; Atmosphere and Life/ Eclipses of the Moon; The Way to the Moon; Exploring the Moon; The Molding of the Surface; Flashes, Glows, and Moonquakes; Beyond Apollo and Appendices (listed above) 1 through 8." - from the inner front jacket flap.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: New Guide to the Moon [VINTAGE 1976]
• Éditeur: W.W. Norton & Company, New York
• Date de parution: 1976
• Langue: anglais
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Illustrateur: Brinton, H. (jacket photograph)
• État de l'article: Fine
• État de la jaquette: Fine