Books for sale to benefit the BAA

[Dr Richard John McKim]

We have acquired various surplus books from collections of deceased members, and I am now offering the following items. A further list will be posted later. They are in very good condition unless stated otherwise. Please send me your bid for the book(s) you are interested in, and I will let you know if it is acceptable. If the bid is successful, you would then need to pay this donation to the BAA Office, and to reimburse me for the cost of postage and packaging. You could of course collect any item in person, and the two books by Becvar are too large to post. My email and home addresses are given under Archivist in the inside back cover of the Journal. The items are for sale to members only, residing within the UK. If I have given a guide price as a minimum bid, it is only because the item is quite rare. Please send a private email to ask about condition or to request photos.

A.Becvar
Atlas Eclipticalis 1950.0
1962

A.Becvar
Atlas Borealis 1950.0
1964

J.F.W.Herschel
Outlines of Astronomy
6th edition 1859
This one is a Prize copy with inscriptions. Plate A is badly damaged (subject, planetary perturbations), but all other plates and text are sound with minimal foxing. Spine and boards rubbed and detached. But a chance to get a cheap copy of this classic. Offers above £10.

Allan Chapman
The Victorian Amateur Astronomer
1998
Until lately, before the release of a second edition, this book was very scarce and was offered for sale at silly prices. Any offer over £20 considered.

A.F.o’D.Alexander
The Planet Uranus
1965
Much harder to find than Dr Alexander’s The Planet Saturn, this volume is in excellent condition but is missing the dust jacket. Offers above £10.

G.F.Chambers
A Cycle of Celestial Objects
2nd edition 1881
In original cloth binding. A very nice copy. Normally offered for very high prices. Offers above £50.

R.N.& M.Mayall
Sundials
1973
Fine copy with dust jacket.

Colin Rohan
The Skywatchers Handbook
1985
Fine copy.

N.E.Howard
Standard Handbook for Telescope Making
1984
Fine copy in dust jacket. Very similar to the first edition but now with the Dobsonian included.

G.E.Satterthwaite
Encyclopaedia of Astronomy
1973
The dust jacket has a few tears, otherwise very good.

E.W.Maunder
Astronomy without a telescope
1904
Lovely copy with pictorial boards.

E.W.Maunder
Sir William Huggins and spectroscopic astronomy
Arcturus editions softcover reprint 1980

Patrick Moore
Practical amateur astronomy
1970
Fine copy in dust jacket

G.Serviss
Pleasures of the Telescope
1909
Ex BAA library copy with boards and spine detaching. Has been heavily used, but a complete and readable copy of thus classic.

As already stated, a further list will follow later.

Richard McKim (Archivist)

[Dr Richard John McKim]

An update with additions. The Becvar atlases are spoken for. All offers on the rest will be considered.

Additions…
H.D.Howse
Greenwich Time and the discovery of Longitude 1981
Nice copy with dust jacket

R.A.Proctor
Easy star lessons 1881
Good clean copy but little piece of titlepage missing

G.F.Chambers
The Story of the Comets 1909
A classic and sought-after book in good condition

Will Hay
Through my telescope 1935
Worn ex BAA library copy, no dust jacket (perhaps there never was one).

R.s.Ball
Ball’s Popular Guide to the Heavens
1955 edition revised by E.A.Beet, v.g. Condition

More to come later.

[Pauline Phillips]

Hi Richard
Interesting list of books! Typo on Colin Ronan name btw. I have a copy of the Will Hay book and I too did not have a dust jacket

[Alex Pratt]

Distinguished BAA member Colin Ronan is credited as science consultant to the 1960s Children’s puppet sci-fi series on Talking Pictures TV on Saturday mornings.

[Dr Richard John McKim]

Thanks to Pauline for the correction, and we must blame my iPad! In fact I provided Colin some artwork for that book. I was sitting in his lounge at Bar Hill, Cambridge, and he was returning some material to me that had been published in the latest Journal, when he suddenly asked if he might keep one Figure a bit longer for use in his latest book.

I have quite a few more books to list. Thanks to those who made offers.

[Dr Richard John McKim]

Some more books have gone, but please enquire if anything interests you, so here are some more. Offers to my email address in the back of the Journal please.

A.M.Clerke The system of the stars second edition 1905.
Ex Croydon AS library copy, as indicated on flyleaf and one other page but otherwise in vg condition in original green cloth binding

A.M.Clerke A Popular history of astronomy during the nineteenth century 1885
V good in original binding

A.M.Clerke Problems in Astrophysics 1903
Excellent condition, original binding with previous owner’s neat signature on flyleaf

E.Forbes David Gill: man and Astronomer 1916
Original binding with the front board slightly loose

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