First Observations in Astronomy: A Handbook for Schools and Colleges
Concord, New Hampshire: Rumford Press, 1913.
Price: $150.00
Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. 126pp. Flexible green cloth over boards gilt. Previous owner's name front fly, lightly rubbed, near fine. Textbook by an important early female astronomer. Byrd was an active participant in the co-education movement, she also taught at Smith and Carleton Colleges. She resigned from Smith in protest over their ties to both Carnegie and Rockefeller.
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