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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good + Dust Jacket. Photographs and Drawings By Milford Zornes (illustrator). First UK Edition, First Printing. 176 Pp. Black Cloth, Gilt. First Uk Printing, Originally Published In The Us As "Palomar, The World's Largest Telescope", Entirely Reset And With Different Placement Of The Illustrations But Otherwise Identical. Bright, Clean Copy, Fine, Dust Jacket Bright And Clean, Would Be Fine But Wear At Corners With Short Tears, No Fading.Ownership Signature Of Jpl Astronomer Ray L. Newburn At Top Of Title Page. A Scarce Printing, And Both The Us And Uk Editions Are Scarce When Lightly Used.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Photographs (illustrator). 1st Edition. 480 Pp. Blue Cloth With Silver Stamping, Orange Endpapers. Near Fine, No Marks. Dust Jacket Priced $10.00, Light Wear, Closed 1/2" Tear With Associated Wrinkling At Top Of Front Panel, Slight Fading. A Marvel Of Scientific Biography, By Helen Wright At The Request Of The National Academy Of Sciences After Years Studying Hale's Papers And Extensive Interviews With Relatives, Friends, And Colleagues; Mary Helen Wright Greuter (1914 - 1997) Was An American Astronomer And Historian, Who Wrote And Edited On The History And Methodology Of Sciences, Including Anthropology, Archeology, Mathematics, And Physics. Through Her Father, Who Led The Carnegie Institution For Science Moon Project At The Mount Wilson Observatory, Wright Became Acquainted With People At Mt. Wilson, And Got A Job As An Assistant (1937) Doing Research On The History Of Telescopes; And In The Same Year, Worked As An Assistant At The Vassar College Observatory. She Also Worked As A Junior Assistant At The U.S. Naval Observatory In Washington, D.C. (1942-43); And Was Associated With Palomar Observatory. In 1943, She Became A Freelance Author And Editor.Her Best Known Works Include, Explorer Of The Universe: A Biography Of George Ellery Hale (1966) And Sweeper Of The Sky: The Life Of Maria Mitchell (1949). Wright Was A Member Of The American Astronomical Society, The History Of Science Society, And The International Astronomical Union. She Was Also Co-Editor Of The New Treasury Of Science, And Readings In The Physical Sciences.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good +. First Edition with Original Photograph. 35 Page Keepsake Hand Printed At The Grabhorn Press On Handmade Paper, Plain Blue Wrappers With Cover Label Printed In Black And Red "Palomar June 3, 1948" And The Caltech Emblem. This Publication Includes The Full Text Of The Speeches At The Event. Lightly Used, Slight Fading. Wear At Ends Of Spine With Minute Losses, Text Block Separated From Wrappers As Is Usually Found. [With] The Program For The Event, "Dedication Of The Palomar Observatory", With Background Information But Not Including The Speeches, This Copy With The Original Car Pass For The Event, A Plasticized Card "Card Pass / Palomar / June 3, 1948, With The Caltech Logo, All Printed In Blue On Glossy Card Stock. [With] An Original Photograph, 10 1/8" X 8", Showing The Hundreds In The Audience, Some Quite Distinguished, Seated On Folding Chairs Beneath The Great Telescope.

Wrappers. Zustand: Very Good +. First Edition with Original Photograph. 35 Page Keepsake Hand Printed At The Grabhorn Press On Handmade Paper, Plain Blue Wrappers With Cover Label Printed In Black And Red "Palomar June 3, 1948" And The Caltech Emblem. This Publication Includes The Full Text Of The Speeches At The Event. Lightly Used, Text Block Separated From Wrappers As Is Usualy Found. [With] The Program For The Event, "Dedication Of The Palomar Observatory", With Background Information But Not Including The Speeches. [With] An Original Photograph, 10 1/8" X 8", Showing The Hundreds In The Audience, Some Quite Distinguished, Seated On Folding Chairs Beneath The Great Telescope. [Also With] Three Large Photographs Of Palomar Astronomical Staff: 1. 29 Men, Pencil "Astrophysics Shop & Engineers" On Back, Fragment Of Paper Identifying Many Of Those In The Photo; 2. Photo Of 7 Men In Front Of The Palomar 48" Schmidt Telescope, Including Ira S Bowen, Max Mason, Rudolph Minkowski, Don Henderson, Bob Harrington, Al Wilson; 3. 16 Men In Caltech Library, Ink Notes On Reverse Dated March 1955, Names And Locates "Staff Mount Wilson And Palomar Observatories" Including Guido Munch, Allan Sandage, G W Pettit, Horace Babcock, Rudolf [Sic] Minkowski, Seth B Nicholson, Robert S Richardson, Donald Osterbrock, Olin C Wilson, William A Baum, Fritz Zwicky, Milton Humason, Ira S Bowen, Jesse L Greenstein, Walter A Baade, Armin Deutsch. [With] 4. Frontiers In Space, An Official Publication Of Palomar, Undated, Probably 1950'S. [Also With] 5. Engineering And Science, Two Issues, May 1949 And April 1959, With Articles On Palomar. [Also With] 6. 1950 Handout, "Facts About Palomar", Mimeo, 7 Pp. [Also With] 7. 4 Pp Booklet, "The Palomar Observatory Of The California Institute Of Technology" Undated But Circa 1950. [With] 8. Program, First Day Of Issue Of The Commemorative Stamp", August 30, 1948, With An Attached First Day Cover. [Also With] 9. Giants Of Palomar: Drawings By Dr. R W Porter, 1983.

32mo. 1 p. Unterschrift auf Albumblatt über einer Briefmarke des Palomar Mountain Conservatory".