first edition
1940 · Berkeley & Los Angeles
by Herrick, Samuel
Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1940. First edition. First edition. Complimentary copy inscribed on behalf of Samuel Herrick Jr. and the Los Angeles Astronomical Department on front free endpaper; could be in Herrick's hand or a secretarial inscription. [iv], 56 pp. Bound in publisher's wraps. Near Fine with light shelf wear.A descendant of the poet Robert Herrick, Samuel Herrick Jr. (1911-1974) was an astronomer who worked with Robert Goddard on celestial mechanics and rocket navigation, contributing to the development of the American space program. His papers are held at Virginia Tech; he is described by that institution (truncated)