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London: A. Owen & Co., 1907. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Near-fine with slight wear at the spine ends, otherwise extremely bright and clean inside and out. Very scarce. Philipp Fauth was a German astronomer who excelled in lunar research conducted during 40 years in his observatories in Landstuhl, Germany and later Grünwald, Bavaria. Thanks to a donation he could afford one of the highest quality telescopes in Germany.

London: A.Owen & Co.,1907.. 1st edition. A Summary of Twenty Years Selenographic Work, and a Study of Recent Problems. Translated by Joseph McCabe. Glossy paper. Pp.160, ads (for Watson & Sons and for Carl Zeis teslescopes) pp.12 (publisher's catalogue), frontispiece + 66 further illustrations and photographs. Octagonal owner's bookplate with crest and motto (Semper Vicilans) [Wilson Family} to inside front board, scuff to facing front free endpaper. Dark blue cloth, gilt title to front and spine, spine slightly dulled with wear to top and tail and edges. Scarce. G+.

London: A. Owen & Co, 1907. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo (208 x 143 mm). 160 pp. [2], 12 pp. Half-title, colored frontispiece, advertisements, 66 b&w illustrations in text. Original publishers blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine and upper board (a trifle rubbing to extremities and spine ends). Provenance: British Astronomical Association (library stamp and shelf mark on front endpaper, rear endpaper with library card in pocket); cancelled inscription on half-title. ---- FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, originally published in German the year before. Philipp Johann Heinrich Fauth (March 19, 1867 - January 4, 1941) was a German selenographer. Born in Bad Dürkheim, he worked as a schoolteacher. As an amateur astronomer, he studied the formations on the Moon with great intensity and meticulousness. He compiled an extensive atlas of the moon between 1884 and 1940 (which was not completely published until 1964, and prized… Read More