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Not sure whether this is the correct place for this, but at a car-boot sale today I found and purchased a copy of the reference book ‘Text Book of Field Astronomy’ - second impression - published November, 1960. It was published by HMSO and the War Office. For its age and condition, (just a some minor wear and tear to the dust-jacket), it is very clean inside and out, no handwritten notes or ‘sticky-notes’ stuck to pages, etc., by [the] previous owner or owners.

If anyone has used this book, or other editions and would like to share your comments, please feel free to respond.

Thank you.

 

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image #1... book dust-jacket and slip-case.


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image #2... dust jacket removed showing hardcover and spine.

 

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image #3... quote: ‘PLATE XII   DIAGRAM FOR SOLVING THE ASTRONOMICAL TRIANGLE’

 

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image #4... notes on the dust-jacket.

 

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image 5... close-up of the slip-case text.

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You lucky so an so, unless you paid a load for of course. Looks like a future collectors piece especially with the MOD dust jacket. Big like from me, I love old school stuff like that. I hope you treasure it and with carefull handling, get some use from it.

Marv

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54 minutes ago, jambouk said:

We have a copy of this in the Library of the Society for the History of Astronomy, 1958. It seems it was written / edited by EW Playfair according to my notes.

James

 

Thank you @jambouk :icon_salut:

I have this name on the 'frontispiece'. My edition also mentions,

  • 'Introduction' by: L. F. de Vic Carey, Brigadier, G.S.
  • 'Author's Preface' by C. A. Biddle

 

40 minutes ago, Marvin Jenkins said:

You lucky so an so, unless you paid a load for of course. Looks like a future collectors piece especially with the MOD dust jacket. Big like from me, I love old school stuff like that. I hope you treasure it and with carefull handling, get some use from it.

Marv

Hi @Marvin Jenkins... I only paid £3.00GBP.

Publishers price was £2. 17s 6d or £2.88 in todays money if decimalisation was around then... which I know it was not!
Allowing for inflation [from 1960 to 2021] that works out at £68.04 in todays money at time of submitting this reply,
an increase of... 2,262.43% 🤑

 

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