Photographic Atlas by Barnard, Used (5 results)

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HARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: no. 1st. Carnegie Institution of Washington. HARDCOVER. 1927. PASRMW :Barnard s Photographic Atlas of Selected Regions of the Milky WayCarnegie Institution of Washington. HARDCOVER. 1927.A Photographic Atlas of Selected Regions of the Milky WayRARE Vol. 1 original with a contemporary reprint of Vol. 2 included.By Edward Emerson Barnard; Edwin B. Frost (ed.); Mary R. Calvert (ed.)Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1927. Publication No. 247. Composed and Printed by The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.This mixed set includes a scarce vintage copy of the lavish first volume containing 51 glossy, original photographic prints mounted on linen backing. It is in a sturdy binding of brown cloth, showing scuffs and lightly worn extremities. Scant pencil notations neatly throughout. (Very Good). Volume Two (a Near Fine leatherbound reprint**) features charts and tables. From the estate of radio astronomer Arthur Covington (1913-2001), by way of Astronomy contributor Alister Ling's collection.51 plates, 50 charts, and tables. Vol. I: 10 x 11 inches; Vol. II: somewhat smaller. The first volume (Part 1) is bound in slightly scuffed brown cloth. bright gilt lettering on the spine. No jacket as issued. The front paste-down has Covington's bookplate affixed. Ink marks on the plate and pencil marks on the endpaper reference the print on which an asteroid named for Covington is captured. Ghosts of the frontispiece portrait appear burned onto the preceding endpaper as well as the following tissue guard and title page. Behind several of the plates, the backing has frayed slightly, showing a few stray threads. Page edges are toned and thumbed. See photos. Additional images are available upon request."Edward Emerson Barnard was an amateur astronomer who turned his love of astronomy and comet hunting into a career as a professional astronomer and astrophotographer.His atlas was a historic work. The images were taken circa 1905 with the Bruce Telescope (Lick Observatory), a photographic instrument specially constructed for the task. It was a composite of three separate telescopes: a 10-inch aperture f/5 refractor, a 6.5-inch aperture f/5.4 refractor, and a 3-inch guidescope.Only about 700 copies of the Atlas are thought to exist. The amazing thing about it is that each plate is an actual photographic print made from the original negative. Barnard, a perfectionist, personally inspected each of the 35,000 prints. However, the work was not completed at the time of his death in 1923. It was finally finished by Edwin B. Frost, then director of the Yerkes Observatory, and by Barnard's niece Mary R. Calvert and published in 1927."-- Jerry Lodriguss on AstropixVolume One from this listing is part of the original series of 700 copies, making it a scarce collector's item. Media Mail not available for this item. The charge for insurance and special handling is not included.Subject: Science | Space Science | Astronomy | Astrophotography -. Very Good. 1st. . Very Good. 1st.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Russet cloth covers have gilt titles on spine. Boards show some smudges, scuffing, edgewear. Staining and discoloration of covers at opening edges. Cloth is peeling at back cover Volume I. Corners are bumped, frayed, with exposed board. See photos. Spines have gilt text, dimmed, and are somewhat darkened, with bumped, scuffed ends. Bindings are secure. Pastedowns and feps have some light foxing, staining. Owner's name and date in pencil, presumably his own hand. Book plate on each pastedown. See photos. Frontispiece, a photographic portrait of Barnard, is present and has intact tissue guard. Original bill of sale is affixed inside back cover of Vol. I. See photos. Ex libris Dr. Roy K. Marshall, astronomer and planetarium director. Photographic plates are bright and clear, plates are fabric backed, some pigment loss at margins. See photos. Interior Volume I is gently age-toned, exhibits moderate to heavy foxing to plate backing and cover sheets, illustration shadows on pages facing plates. Interior Volume II is gently age-toned, with marginal toning. See photos. Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks. Text block edges have some dirt, some foxing.** PS2023.0727** 51 plates, 50 charts and tables. Vol. I: 10.75 x 9.75 inches; Vol. II: 10.75 x 10.5 inches** A photographic Atlas of regions of the Milky Way, undertaken and directed by Edward Emerson Barnard (1857-1923), Professor of Practical Astronomy at the University of Chicago and Astronomer at the Yerkes Observatory there from 1895 until his death. The Atlas was published after Barnard's death, edited by Edwin B. Frost, the Observatory's Director and Mary R. Calvert, Assistant. Sections of the night sky appear in photographs with descriptions in Volume I; then those same areas are drawn in charts, with accompanying tables, in Volume II.** This work is Publication No. 247 of the Carnegie Institution of Washington.** Ex libris Roy K. Marshall, astronomer. Marshall worked at the Alder Planetarium in Chicago, and the Yerkes Observatory. He was the Director of the Fels Planetarium at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, and the first Director in 1949 of the newly opened Morehead Planetarium at UNC Chapel Hill. Marshall ordered this Atlas from the Carnegie Instution of Washington in January, 1929. The bill of sale is affixed inside the back cover of Volume I.** "Postage for oversized and international shipping will be calculated by size and weight. AbeBooks shipping quotes are ESTIMATES only. Seller Inventory #009757"**.

First edition. Two volumes. Oblong quarto (Part I: 275mm x 250mm. Part II: 275mm x 275mm). Publisher's original brown cloth with gilt titles to the spine, without dustwrapper as issued. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Part I with portrait frontispiece, halftone plate of the Bruce photographic telescope and 51 full-page silver photographic prints mounted on linen. Part II with 50 black and white charts and tables. An excellent better than very good copy, the binding square and firm, with light mild bumping to the spine tips, the cloth a little marked and lightly rubbed to the extremities. The contents, with a previous owner's name to the front endpaper of each volume, are intermittently spotted mainly to the first and last pages, with some offsetting of the portrait frontispiece onto the previous page and tissue guard. The facing page of plate 48 has a small tear to the bottom edge with associated creasing, which has also creased the lower border of plate 48 (not affecting the image). The prints have occasional silvering to the extremities, very light surface rubbing and offsetting in places, and are otherwise in near fine condition throughout. A pioneer of celestial photography and one of the greatest observational astronomers of his time, E. E. Barnard made several important contributions to the field, including the discovery of Jupiter's fifth moon, numerous comets and the star with the greatest known proper motion (named Barnard's Star in his honour). He became interested in astronomy as a child, buying a small telescope with which he discovered comets, nebulae and other celestial objects. As a teenager he worked in a photography gallery in Nashville, learning photographic skills he would later apply to the celestial field. In 1888, the Lick Observatory offered Barnard a position as astronomer, where he began photographing the Milky Way, followed by tenures as Professor of Practical Astronomy at the University of Chicago and astronomer at Yerkes Observatory. In 1897, the university was gifted funding from Miss Catherine W Bruce for the purchase of a telescope and observatory allowing him to continue his work, with the Carnegie Institution providing funding for the production of his seminal Atlas in 1907. Ever meticulous, he personally examined each one of the 35,700 photographic prints produced for the edition, rejecting those not up to his high standards. The images and descriptive text were completed before his death in 1923, the work seen through the press by the director of Yerkes Observatory, Edwin B. Frost, with Barnard's niece and personal assistant Mary Calvert completing the 'Catalogue of Dark Objects' and 'Tables of Objects', which she had worked on under his supervision. A beautiful copy of this scarce and important work, published in an edition of just seven hundred copies. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.