Fox, Philip

George Ellery Hale, 29 June 1868 - 21 February 1938 (inscribed offprint)

NP: Popular Astronomy, 1938. First Edition. Wraps. Offprint from Popular Astronomy, October 1938. 10 x 6.5 inches, stapled softcover, very good, light toning and discoloration to covers. Inscribed by author to Frank C. Jordan: Fox was the first director of the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, the first planetarium in the western hemisphere; Jordan was director of the Allegheny Observatory and professor of astronomy at the University of Pittsburgh. Hale was a well known astronomy and expert on sunspots, also facilitating the construction of telescopes at Yerkes and elsewhere. Very good. Item #h45545

Price: $40.00