1910s-20s Western Wildlife Photo Album by Noted Astronomer William Wright - $350 - (Northampton, MA)
1910s-20s Western Wildlife Photo Album by Noted Astronomer William Wright. - - - DISCUSSION: The typewritten title page explains- “All the photographs in this Album, were taken in the native haunts of the game. None were taken in parks of other preserves. Many of them were taken with the Telephoto lens, at a distance of, from two to six hundred yards. [signed] W.H. Wright”. Wright’s subjects include big horn sheep, antelope, mule deer, and elk, mostly in wintertime. William Hammond Wright [1871-1959] was an astronomer and director of the Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton in Santa Clara County, California, from 1935 to 1942. He was famous for his work “on radial velocity of stars in our galaxy, and his work with his own version of the spectrograph that he designed himself”. He was also noted for his work on astronomical photography. That he spent his spare time using a telephoto lens to photograph terrestrial wildlife is not all that surprising. - - - DESCRIPTION & CONDITION: Album. 8”x5.5”, typewritten title-page, plus 17 pasted-in black & white photos, each about 3”x4.5”, on 50 pages. Covers worn and soiled, pages clean and good. Stock #44244 - - - OVERSEAS BUYERS PLEASE NOTE: Our International shipping charges are based on the weight, when boxed for shipping, of each item -please check the postage chart for the cost of shipping to your country. We offer “combined shipping charges” for orders for more than one item –this often means the shipping cost for the items is less than it would have been if they had been purchased and shipped one at a time, so please ask us for a shipping quote if you are thinking about buying more than one item. Thanks! - Joslin Hall Books & Ephemera Selling books & ephemera since 1983 - Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. Your satisfaction is guaranteed with every item you purchase.
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