by Alison Lurie (retold by) and Monika Beisner (illustrator)
Sixteen legends of the constellations and how they got their names, taken from such varied sources as ancient Greece, Babylon, Egypt, Sumeria, the Bible, Norway, the Balkans, Indonesia, and the Indigenous peoples of the Americas.
Condition: navy with gilt titles on spine, with previous owner's name on back flyleaf, else a near fine copy in a jacket which has been rubbed with edge-wear to crown and heel of spine else very good, presents well in protective mylar.
Published by Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979. First American Edition (stated).
