Chasing Sun by Cohen, Signed (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st UK printing 2010 with full number line. Firmly bound & seems unread. SIGNED on the title page by the author - no further inscription or ownership markings. No tears or loss. Both book & jacket are in excellent clean condition apart from a little dust spotting to the top edge. A heavy book. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Jacket by Rafaela Romaya (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression with full number line. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, WITHOUT DEDICATION, ON TITLE PAGE. Some very slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners very slightly bruised, price clipped, no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy. 682pp, illustrated. Amazingly the first book of its kind, CHASING THE SUN is a cultural and scientific history of our relationship with the star that gives us life. Richard Cohen, applying the same mix of wide ranging reference and intimate detail that won outstanding reviews for 'By the Sword', travels from the ancient Greek astronomers to modern day solar scientists, from Stonehenge to Antarctica (site of the solar eclipse of 2003, when penguins were said to sing), Mexico's Aztecs to the Norwegian city of Tromso, where for two months of the year there is no Sun at all. He introduces us to the crucial 'sunspot cycle' in modern economics, the religious dances of Indian tribesmen, the histories of sundials and calendars, the plight of migrating birds, the latest theories of global warming, and Galileo recording his discoveries in code, for fear of persecution. And throughout, there is the rich Sun literature, from the writings of Homer through Dante and Nietzsche to Keats, Shelley and beyond. Blindingly impressive and hugely readable, this is a tour de force of narrative non fiction. Scarce signed. Signed by Author(s).