| Author |
Title |
Publisher |
Year
Published |
Notes |
| Antoniadi,
E.M. |
La
Planete Mars; etude basee sur les resultats obtenus avec la grande
lunette de l'observatoire de Meudon et expose analytique de l'ensemble
des travaux exectures sur cet astre depuis 1659. |
Paris:
Librairie Scientifique Hermann et Cie |
1930 |
1st
ed. 5 maps, 239 p. "Ouvrage illustre de 150 figures dans le
texte et de dix planches hors texte donnant des vues telescopiques
de Mars et des cartes detailles de la plantete". One of the
seminal works on Mars, a classic study of the history of observation
of the planet as well as a record of Antoniadi's own excellent work.
|
| Antoniadi,
E.M. trans. by Patrick Moore. |
The
Planet Mars. |
Shaldon,
U.K.: Keith Reid, Ltd. |
1975 |
1st
English language ed. One of the seminal works on Mars, a classic
study of the history of observation of the planet as well as a record
of Antoniadi's own excellent work. |
| Baker,
V.R. |
The
Channels of Mars |
Austin:
Univ. of Texas |
1982 |
1st
ed. 198 p. |
| Hoyt,
WIlliam Graves. |
Lowell
and Mars. |
Tucson:
Univ. of Arizona |
1976 |
1st
ed. Also published in trade paperback, 1976 and 1996. The best biography
of Lowell, with good discussion of his influence. 376 p. |
| Kepler,
Johannes and Tycho Brahe. |
Astronomia
nova aitiologetos : sev physica coelestis, tradita commentariis
de otibvs stellae Martis, ex observationibus G. V. Tychonis Brahe,
jussu & sumptibus Rvdolphi II ... plurimum annorum pertinaci
studio elaborata Pragae. |
Prague:
G. Voegelinus |
1609 |
1st
ed. De motibus stellae Martis - "On the motion of the star
Mars". Kepler dicovered the elliptical orbits of the planets
based on Brahe’s observations of Mars and his own calculations
regarding that planet’s behavior. He also determined that planets
speed up as their orbits bring them closer to the sun. |
| Lowell,
Percival. |
Mars. |
Boston:
Houghton-Mifflin |
1895 |
1st
ed. THE classic non-fiction work on the planet Mars by the most
popularly influential and colorful of Mars observers. Covers Lowell’s
astronomical and suppositional observations about the planet. 228
p. |
| Lowell,
Percival. |
Mars. |
London:
Longman, Green and Co. |
1896 |
1st
British edition. THE classic non-fiction work on the planet Mars
by the most popularly influential and colorful of Mars observers.
Covers Lowell’s astronomical and suppositional observations
about the planet. 228 p. |
| Lowell,
Percival. |
Mars. |
History
of Astronomy Reprints |
1978 |
Later
limited edition of the 1895 work. THE classic non-fiction work on
the planet Mars by the most popularly influential and colorful of
Mars observers. Covers Lowell’s astronomical and suppositional
observations about the planet. |
| Lowell,
Percival. |
Mars. |
Elibron
Classics |
2001 |
Later
UK reprint edition of the 1895 work. Paperback. THE classic non-fiction
work on the planet Mars by the most popularly influential and colorful
of Mars observers. Covers Lowell’s astronomical and suppositional
observations about the planet. |
| Lowell,
Percival. |
Mars. |
Waterbury,
CT: Brohan |
2002 |
Later
reprint edition of the 1895 work. Paperback. THE classic non-fiction
work on the planet Mars by the most popularly influential and colorful
of Mars observers. Covers Lowell’s astronomical and suppositional
observations about the planet. |
| Lowell,
Percival. |
Mars
and Its Canals. |
New
York: Macmillan |
1906 |
1st
edition. 393 p. 2nd of the three major books by Lowell about Mars.
There was a second printing in August 1907, and it was still being
printed as of 1911. |
| Lowell,
Percival. |
Mars
and Its Canals. |
Waterbury,
CT: Brohan |
2003 |
Reprint
edition of the work, a facsimile of the thisd edition of 1911. Paperback.
2nd of the three major books by Lowell about Mars. |
| Lowell,
Percival. |
Mars
as the Abode of Life. |
New
York: Macmillan |
1908 |
1st
edition. 288 p. 8 lectures published together, this work puts forth
the full unfettered view of Lowell’s populated Mars. 3rd of
his mars titles, and arguably the most controversial. A second printing
was done in 1909, and a third in 1910. |
| Lowell,
Percival. |
Mars
as the Abode of Life. |
Waterbury,
CT: Brohan |
2000 |
Rrprint
edition. 288 p. Paperback. 8 lectures published together, this work
puts forth the full unfettered view of Lowell’s populated Mars.
3rd of his mars titles, and arguably the most controversial. |
| Nelson,
the Earl (Albert Francis Joseph Horatio). |
There
IS Life on Mars . |
London |
1955 |
1st
UK edition. A well meaning, yet seriously flawed book looking at
the possibility of plant and intelligent life on Mars. perhaps too
heavily influenced by Lowell. Lovely dust jacket however. |
| Nelson,
the Earl (Albert Francis Joseph Horatio). |
There
IS Life on Mars . |
New
York: Citadel Press |
1956 |
1st
US edition. 152 p. A well meaning, yet seriously flawed book looking
at the possibility of plant and intelligent life on Mars. perhaps
too heavily influenced by Lowell. Lovely dust jacket however. |
| Schiaparelli,
Giovanni Virginio |
Corrispondenza
su Marte. Vol. 1 1877-1889. Vol. 2 1890 - 1900. |
Pisa
: Domus Galilaeana |
1963,
1978 |
1st
edition. 2 volumes. in Italian. I understand this to be the complete
correspondence of Schiaparelli concerniing Mars. |
| Schiaparelli,
Giovanni Virginio |
Il
Pianeta Marte. |
Milan
: Casa Editrice Dotter Francesco Vallardi |
1893 |
1st
edition. 21 p. Illus. A scarce but important pamphlet by this famous
astronomer. |
| Schiaparelli,
Giovanni Virginio |
Osservazioni
Astronomiche e Fisiche sull'asse di Rotazione sulla Topografia del
Pianeta Marte fatte nella Reale Specola di Brera in Milano Coll'Equatoriale
di Merz (Opposizione del 1886). |
Rome:
Reale Accademia dei Lincei |
1897(?) |
1st
edition. 50 p. Illus. Schiaparelli's notes on Mars from his observations
of the Opposition of 1886. |
| Schiaparelli,
Giovanni Virginio |
Osservazioni
Astronomiche e Fisiche sulla Topografia e Constituzione del Pianeta
Marte fatte nella Specola Reale in Milano Coll'Equatoriale di Merz-Repsold
Durante l'Opposizione del 1890. |
Rome:
Reale Accademia dei Lincei |
1910 |
1st
edition. 60 p. Illus. Schiaparelli's notes on Mars from his observations
of the Opposition of 1890. |
| Schiaparelli,
Giovanni Virginio. translated by William Sheehan. |
Astronomical
and Physical Observations of the Axis of Rotation and the Topography
of the Planet Mars. First Memoir, 1877-1878. |
Asscoiation
of Lunar and Planetary Observers |
1996 |
1st
English language edition. 59 p. Illus. Monograph number 5. |
| Sheehan,
William. |
The
Planet Mars: A History of Observation & Discovery. |
Tucson:
University of Arizona |
1996 |
1st
edition. 270 pgs. A more advanced and academic look at the history
of Mars in human civilization and science. Highly recommended for
any student of Mars.
|
| Sheehan,
William and Stephen James O'Meara. |
Mars:
the Lure of the Red Planet. |
New
York: Prometheus Books |
|
1st
edition. 406 p. A more popular apporach than his earlier "Planet
Mars", this work covers both the history of Mars and human
imagination and more recent developments in science. |
| Slipher,
Earl C. |
A
Photographic History of Mars: 1901 - 1961. |
Flagstaff:
Lowell Observatory with the assistance of the Aeronautical Chart
and Information Center, USAF |
1962 |
1st
edition. 168 p. Illus. Very nice fold out map of Mars at back. A
surprisingly scarce title. |
