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Bournemouth: Published and printed by the Author and by Pardy & Son, 1931. Quarter-Calf. Fine. Scarce first (and only) edition, reproducing in book form Goodacre's section maps of the moon's surface, with exhaustively detailed descriptions of features. Royal 8vo (244 x 175mm): [4],364pp, with 27 plates from Goodacre's map (two keys and 25 sections) and 12 further plates, including nine reproducing lunar photographs; plus 14 full- and 72 partial-page illustrations of Goodacre's sketches of the lunar surface. Original burgundy quarter-morocco over finely woven cloth sides, spine stamped in gilt. A superb copy, tightly bound and clean throughout. See "The Face of the Moon: Galileo to Apollo," an exhibition of rare books and maps, October 13, 1989 to February 28, 1990, at the Linda Hall Library. No entries located in RBH or ABPC. Goodacre was a British businessman and amateur astronomer, and the preeminent British selenographer of the early twentieth century. This privately published monograph of… Read More