The Amateur Astronomer, Vol. I no. 1 (April 1929) - Vol. VIII no. 3, Spring 1936
New York: Amateur Astronomers Association, 1929-1936. Old cloth 3-ring binder with acetate sheaths containing the issues. This started out as a 4 pp. periodical, but expanded in later issues. In 1936 the journal merged with The Sky published by Hayden Planetarium, which subsequently merged with The Telescope in 1941 to become Sky & Telescope, which is still being published. Condition is mainly very good although the first three issues we have have some damage to fore-edges. The first issue has a supplementary sheet laid in, "Professor Einstein Sends Greetings to the Amateur Astronomers Association," reprinting in facsimile the handwritten note, with a printed translation and a facsimile of another note from Einstein. We have Vol. I nos. 1 & 2 (April and May, 1929); Vol. 2 nos. 1 (September 1929) - 9 (May-June, 1930) -- the April 1930 issue has a cover story on the discovery of Pluto, then considered the ninth planet. (Pluto was first discovered on February 18, 1930, by Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona.The discovery was announced on March 13, 1930, in the Astronomical Journal.); Vol. III nos. 1 (October-November 1930) - 7/8 (May-June, 1931); Vol. IV nos. 1 (September-October, 1931) - 8 (Summer, 1932); Vol. V nos. 1 (September-October, 1932) - 3 (March, 1933) -- these expanded to 6 pp. each; Vol. VI nos. 1 - 3 (Winter & Spring, 1933-1934 - Summer, 1934) -- beginning with Vol. VI these are 16 pp. each; with the Spring issue cover story on Hayden Planetarium; Vol. VII nos. 1 (Autumn 1934) - 3 (Spring, 1935); Vol. VIII nos. 1 (Autumn, 1935) - 3 (Spring, 1936). We don't know if we're missing any or not, but it's a nice early run of this rare astronomical journal. Very good. Item #H40351
Price: $175.00