PLATES SHOW "CANALS" OBSERVED ON MARTIAN SURFACE (SCIENTISTS.) HAMILTON, GEORGE HALL. Mars at Its Nearest. Inscribed and Signed, in the third person: "To Dr. Washburn / with the compliments / of the Author," on a front blank. 9 plates. 8vo, rebound in 3/4-calf over marbled boards, worn; original stiff printed wrappers bound in at front and rear, errata slip bound in before half-title, moderate scattered foxing throughout, bookplate of B[enjamin?] E. Washburn M.D. on front pastedown. Dinard: L'Enseigne de l'Hermine, [1925]; inscription: Np, nd
With--George Hall Hamilton. Group of 4 items: Incomplete typescript, late draft of Mars at Its Nearest, unsigned, with few scattered holograph corrections in ink and pencil. Includes additional fragments from earlier typed drafts, lacks chapter 4 and a portion of chapter 6. Together 46 pages, folio, written on rectos of separate sheets • AM, unsigned, table listing typos and numbered pages in first proof of Mars at Its Nearest and corresponding corrections, in pencil. 4 pages, folio • AM, unsigned, notes listing description of each plate from Mars at Its Nearest, in pencil. 1 1/2 pages, 8vo, written on folded sheet. With 20 photographs, unsigned, showing Mars drawings used for cover of Mars at Its Nearest and for each plate (except plate 1), each mounted to one of 9 boards, each mount being 12 1/4x9 inches • AMS, "G.H. Hamilton" in the text, advertisement for Mars at Its Nearest including brief autobiography, summary of the book, and rough sketch indicating placement of illustration. 4 pages, 8x6 1/2 inches, written on folded sheet. With complete October 1921 issue of The Scientific Monthly containing Hamilton's article, "Mars As A Living Planet." 8vo, wrappers, and newspaper clipping from the October 15, 1925 issue of Christian Science Monitor mentioning Hamilton's findings. 4 1/2x3 1/2 inches. Np, circa 1925.
