ASTRONOMY SMYTH WILLIAM HENRY Group of 4 volumes 1860; 1864;

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SMYTH, WILLIAM HENRY. Group of 4 volumes. First 3 4to, the last 8vo, first in modern 1/2 calf, the rest in original cloth, with varying wear. London, 1860; 1864; 1864; Oxford, 1881

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The Cycle of Celestial Objects continued at the Hartwell Observatory to 1859. With a Notice of Recent Discoveries, including Details from the Aedes Harwellianae. 6 plates (with varying foxing), including one in color. 1860 Addenda to the Aedes Hartwellianae. 8 plates. Covers partly discolored. 1864 Synopsis of the Published and Privately-Printed Works by Admiral W. H. Smyth. Spine ends worn, front joint partly cracked. 1864 A Cycle of Celestial Objects . . . Revised, Condensed, and Greatly Enlarged by George F. Chambers, F.R.A.S. . . . Second Edition. Color frontispiece (foxed on verso). Spine slightly faded, ends nicked. 1881.