Easy Star Lessons 1882

Easy star lessons
RA Proctor
1882 first edition Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly

8vo HB. pp: prelims, 239, xxxii (Publishers' catalogue). Coloured star maps. Internal hinges and overall binding reasonable with some loose sections. Good endpapers, bound in blue cloth, blocked and lettered black and gilt. Moderate overall shelf-wear, with some marking to the outer cover and fading and rubbing to spine.
A very scarce title with no results on either WorldCat or the British Library.

"Easy Star Lessons" by Richard A. Proctor is a book designed to introduce beginners to astronomy and stargazing. It includes maps that show which stars are visible in the north, south, east, and west at convenient hours throughout the year. The book was originally published in 1882 by Chatto and Windus in London.