Astronomy for Everyone by Simon Newcomb

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good. 1932. Garden City.  New and Revised Edition. Illustrated.

The heavens, the stars, the planets, the moons and thte sun are known to must of us merely as beauty, romance, mystery. What is above and what influence do these vast worlds have upon us. In these days when new worlds and new systems of stars are brought into view by the perfecting of astronomical instruments, interest in the sciences is at its height.

Newcomb wrote this book in order to bring within reach all of the wonders of the sky and their significane in the universe.