New York: Truman Talley Books / E.P. Dutton, Inc., 1985. Bach, D.F. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Crease down front jacket flap, otherwise an excellent copy. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked.
x, 276 pp. When the universe was born some 15 billion years ago, the.....
Williamsburgh: Ephraim Whitman, 1818. Full-Leather.
Portion of lunar eclipse plate absent. Some loss to boards, first and last few pages missing, a few small holes in a few pages, light stain.
245 pp. A collection of useful methods for calculation of commonly needed figures, and detailed explanations of various mathematical.....
Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1923. Low, Will H. Hard Cover.
Hinges loosening, spine toned, frontispiece loose but included, ink gift note on front endpapers. Text clean and unmarked.
ix, [1], 246 pp. Green cloth, black titles and decorations, with constellations on front board and telescope on spine. Black-and-white.....
New York: Konecky & Konecky, 2002. Reissue. Hard Cover.
1 inch closed tear to rear jacket corner, corners a bit bruised, ink gift note on front endpaper.
1180 pp. "The remarkable record of the workings of what many consider to be the greatest human mind that history has ever witnessed.....
London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1785. First Edition. Full-Leather.
First edition (ESTC T105929). Collated and complete. Crudely rebound in upholstery leather, with new end sheets and significant paper restoration to front matter. Ink gift note and owner information on front flyleaf, light stains to some pages (mostly margins), a couple.....
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2005. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Rear endpaper creased, otherwise an excellent copy. Binding tight and square, text clean and unmarked.
xi, 769 pp. Inspiration for 2018 bio-pic starring Ryan Gosling and Claire Foy. "When Apollo 11 touched down on the Moon's surface in.....
New York: Funk & Wagnalls, Publishers, 1885. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Front board spotted, endpapers lightly foxed. Binding tight, text clean and unmarked.
32 pp. A surprisingly scarce guide to the recognition of the names and positions of stars and constellations, using a method the author in his.....
Washington, D.C. Acropolis Books Ltd., 1989. Bean, Alan. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Signed by Joseph Baldanza on half-title page with inscription, "To my friend Lou--with all good wishes." Jacket spine head and spine base bumped, light scratches on front jacket panel. Pages lightly toend.
xii, 291 pp. Illustrated.....
Tucson, Arizona: The University of Arizona Press, 1987. Hard Cover.
First edition. Boards slightly bowed, ink name and date on front endpaper, top edge a bit foxed. Binding tight and square, text clean, bright, and unmarked.
xv, [1], 288 pp. Black-and-white photographic illustrations. The scientific community has argued for decades.....
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2015. Eighth Edition. Soft Cover.
Eighth edition. Two faint creases on back cover. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked.
xv, 363 pp. For a generation, Astronomy: A Self-Teaching Guide has introduced hundreds of thousands of readers worldwide to the night.....
Washington, D.C. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1977. Large Softcover.
Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked.
v, 90 pp. Includes: Summary of U.S. Aeronautics and Space Activities of 1977; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Department of Defense; Department of Commerce; Department of Energy; Department of Interior; Department.....
. S.N., 1983. Taylor, Walter S. Print.
Frame and print in excellent condition.
30 x 23 inches outside to outside. Gold frame, light blue matting, includes poems and sketches beneath the image. Signed by official NASA artist Walter S. Taylor, who painted the image from a jet during the Paris.....
Chicago: People's Publishing Co., 1884. Large Hardcover.
Boards rubbed, corners exposed, hinges weakening. Flags of the Allied Nations chart and blank lease document laid in.
200 pp. Folio, 13 7/8 x 11 5/8. An atlas featuring color maps of the world, as well as a 'plan of the universe' showing.....
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1987. First American Edition. Hard Cover.
First American edition. Top edge faintly foxed, otherwise an excellent copy. Binding tight and square, text clean and unmarked.
x, 356 pp. Translated into English from the original Italian 'Galileo eretico' by Raymond Rosenthal. The author's main thesis is that.....
Rochester, New York: 2020. Large Hardcover.
No jacket. An exceptional copy.
74 pp. Color photographs. Memoirs by the namesake of Rochester's planetarium. Betty Strasenburgh discusses her life in this second part of her pictorial autobiography, from her exploration of the Northwest Passage, travels to England, Cuba, Galapagos, Antarctica, and along.....
Boston, Massachusetts: Ginn and Company / The Athenaeum Press, 1926. Hard Cover.
Presentation copy inscribed and signed by author to his sister on front endpaper of both volumes ('To Edith Dugan Eveleth from Raymond Smith Dugan'). Newspaper clipping on Amherst College's acquisition of a new telescope laid in, 1 inch.....
Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978. Large Softcover.
Front flyleaf toned.
Unpaginated. Includes: Foreword by Michael Collins; Introduction; Editor's Note; Alphabetical Index of Awards and Trophies; Index of Awards and Trophies by Sponsoring Organizations; Addenda by Sponsoring Organizations; Personal Name Index.
New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2020. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First paperback printing. A fine copy.
xxi, 440 pp. Updated with new research. When the space age dawned in the late 1950s, Jackie Cochran held more propeller and jet flying records than any pilot of the twentieth century—man or woman.....
New York: Norton, 2013. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
1st printing. Faint edge wear.
384 pp. With his signature wit and thought-provoking insights, Neil deGrasse Tyson―one of our foremost thinkers on all things space―illuminates the past, present, and future of space exploration and brilliantly reminds us why NASA matters now as.....
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1950. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition, first printing ('First Printing' stated on copyright page, $4.50 jacket price). Board edges slightly faded, jacket edges rubbed with minor loss from corners, minor tape repairs to reverse of jacket spine head and foot. Binding tight and square.....
London: Charles Griffin & Company, Ltd., 1923. Hard Cover.
Edges, endpapers, and margins foxed, spine faded, U.S. Secretary of State Robert Lansing's copy with embossed owner stamp on front endpaper. Binding tight and square.
xi, [1], 234 pp. Blue cloth, gilt titles, black-and-white frontispiece of Andromeda nebula, 18 plate and.....
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1966. Soft Cover.
Cover edges rubbed, address label on front cover verso.
119 pp. CONTENTS: The Phenomenon of Life; The Origin of Life; The Planets and Life; The Detection of Life; Life from Space; Experimental Biology in Space; Bibliography; Index.