Astronomy by Patrick Moore, Signed (6 results)

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Signed slip affixed to half title page. Signed by both authors. Slight fading to spine. Signed.

Tapa Dura. Condition: Bien. Dust Jacket Condition: Aceptable. 9780851129402|Guinness|Reino Unido|1992|27x19cm.|288pp.|Tapa dura|Estado=Bien|Tapa dura con sobrecubierta. Buen estado. Idioma inglés. Dedicatoria autor en guarda. Dedicatoria autógrafa del auto.

INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Patrick Moore to ffep. Firm binding, very slight browning to page edges. Clipped jacket with tear to top of spine, and some dulling, mild edge wear.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st American Edition. Laid-in is a typed SIGNED thank you letter from Sir Patrick Moore on his personal stationary: "Dear Mr. Monte: Very many thanks. Sorry for poor signature.Old wartime injury has laid me low --darned nuisance, but I go on doing what I do as long as I can, All best wishes, Sincerely, Patrick Moore". DJ lightly rubbed. (Also comes with an unsigned softcover copy of Moore's 'The Observer's Year'). Passion is a large heavy book that may require extra postage depending on destination. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. AUTHOR SIGNED LETTER.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. SIGNED on the title page and also SIGNED and INSCRIBED to Margaretta on the half title. Fine condition in fine dust wrapper in protective cover, small quarto, blue leather textured cloth blocked in gilt, plain end papers, illustrated throughout, xii plus 212 pages including glossary and index. [QP]. Signed by Author(s).

Reprint, first published 1971. With a foreword by the Sixth Earl of Rosse. 8vo. 81pp. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Fine in pictorial card covers."The Story of Astronomy at Birr Castle in Ireland is among the most extraordinary events in nineteenth-century science. Here, in the 1840's, a distinguished telescope-maker and astronomer, the 3rd Earl of Rosse built his great 72 inch reflecting telescope, and so began an epic investigation deeper into the universe than had till then been possible." The Author, Patrick Moore, was an amateur astronomer, who attained fame as a writer, researcher, radio commentator and television presenter. Best known for his progamme "The Sky at Night". This book is signed by Patrick Moore and the Sixth Earl of Rosse.