Map of the Moon, Pocket edition by H.P. Wilkins.

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Map of the Moon, Pocket edition by H.P. Wilkins.

A home-made booklet containing a reduced-scale version of H.P. Wilkins' Map of the Moon.

The notebook's cover is bound with card and sellotape. Stuck on the front cover is an advertisement reading: "SPECIAL OFFER of the H. P. Wilkins map of the moon. An attractive booklet. Reduced in size as published in The Strolling Astronomer. Handy for use at the telescope. 25 regular sections and several special sections." The price is listed as £$5 for the booklet and a one-year subscription, $7 for the booklet and a two-year subscription and $3 for the booklet alone.

Inside the publisher is recorded as Wilkins & Moore, 1955.

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Record Details

Item reference:	REC/69/5; REG08/000080 ZBA4618
Catalogue Section:	Manuscript volumes acquired singly by the Museum
Level:	ITEM
Measurements:	Overall: 200 mm x 105 mm
Date made:	1955
Creator:	Wilkins, Hugh Percival; Wilkins, Hugh Percival
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

Hierarchy

General Records And Descriptions (Manuscript) (REC)
- Astronomical works by Dr Hugh Percival Wilkins, FRAS, Astronomer (Manuscript) (REC/69)