GORE, J. Ellard. Astronomical Essays, Historical and Descriptive. ix, 342pp; 6 plates. Gilt lettered original cloth. Covers unevenly marked, but a sound copy. 8vo. Chatto and Windus. 1907. ~ The first edition by the Irish amateur astronomer John Ellard Gore, a founding member of the British Astronomical Association. The essays include 'a possible celestial catastrophe', Ptolemy's description of the Milky Way, the evolution of astronomical instruments, and the naming of stars.