Making Your Own Telescope by Allyn J Thompson

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+, Dust Jacket: Very Good. 1967. Sky Publishing. 9th Edition. Illustrated.

A book that has been used with great success by countless amateur astronomers, this volume presents complete and detailed instructions and numerous diagrams showing how to construct a do-it-yourself telescope. No complicated mathematics are involved, and no prior knowledge of optics or astronomy is needed to follow the text's step-by-step directions, which also offer instruction in the fundamentals of practical optics