The Jazz of Physics: The Secret Link Between Music and the Structure of the Universe
New York: Basic Books, 2016. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter black paper, green paper boards. 254 pp. B&W illustrations in text. Fine condition. More
Astronomy
The Milky Way
Philadelphia: The Blakiston Company, 1945. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Harvard Books on Astronomy. 2nd edition. Orig. maroon cloth. 224 pp. B&W illustration in text. Spine tilted. Chafing to extremities, small damp stain to front board. Foxing to top edge of text block. More
Touching the Earth
Toronto: Key Porter, 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 9.25" x 9.25" SIGNED by author to title page. Full black paper boards. 144 pp. Numerous colour photos in text. Light rubbing to edges of boards. Dust jacket is price clipped. Else fine. Touching the Earth is an amazing visual and written testament..... More
Space, Gravity, and The Flying Saucer
London: Werner Laurie, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Orig. blue cloth. 182 pp. [5 pp.] B&W plates, incl. frontis. B&W illustrations in text. Ink presentation inscription to front pastedown, dated December 1954. Spine is cocked and discoloured, bumped at ends. Front board slightly bowed and worn to lower front corner..... More
The Universe at Midnight: Observations Illuminating the Cosmos
New York: The Free Press, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter black cloth, black paper boards. xii, 338 pp. Front boards slightly bowed. Dust jacket as a few bumps and some light creasing to front flap. Fine overall. More
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
New York: W.W. Norton Company, 2017. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. First edition stated. Blue paper boards. 222 pp. Spine tilted, else fine. More
The Velikovsky Affair: The Warfare of Science and Scientism
New Hyde Park, NY: University Books, 1966. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Orig. brown cloth. 260 pp. Light chafing to corners, sunning to top of fore edge. Ownership stamp to ffep. Dust jacket is sunned to spine, rubbed to covers, small chip to spine head. More
Celestial Scenery; or, The Wonders of the Planetary System Displayed. Illustrating the Perfections of Deity and A Plurality of Worlds
New York: Worthington Co., 1888. Hardcover. 16mo. Orig. grey publisher's cloth, blue stamped decorations. 384 pp. B&W illustrations in text. Spine soiled, ends bumped, corners worn. More
Halley's Comet: A Mysterious Visitor from Outer Space
Barrington, NJ: Edmund Scientific, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Orig. navy paper boards. 125 pp. [32] pp. B&W photos. Rubbing to extremities. Bookseller's rubber stamp to ffep. Dust jacket is rubbed to covers, bumped to spine ends. More
The Meaning of Relativity. Third Edition, including the Generalized Theory of Gravitation
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1950. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Original grey cloth boards.150 pp. Errata at p. 147. Spine sunned, small damp stain to spine head. Ink gift inscription to ffep. Dust jacket has significant loss to tail edges, chip to spine head, short open tear to head of..... More
Atoms, Stars, and Nebulae
Philadelphia: The Blakiston Company, 1950. Hardcover. 8vo. The Harvard Books on Astronomy. Orig. maroon cloth. 323 pp. B&W illustration in text. Spine cocked, some minor chafing to cloth. Foxing to edges of text block. More
Black Holes and Baby Universes, and Other Essays
New York: Bantam Books, 1993. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter black cloth, black paper boards. ix, 182 pp. Fine condition. These thirteen essays and one remarkable extended interview broadcast over the BBC on Christmas day 1992 range from the autobiographical to the purely scientific. More
The Illustrated A Brief History of Time
New York: Bantam Books, 1996. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. 8vo. Updated and expanded edition. First thus. Full black paper boards. 248 pp. With 240 full-colour illustrations. Bump to spine head, else fine. More
The Grand Design
New York: Bantam Books, 2010. Hardcover. 8vo. Full black paper boards. 198 pp. Colour illustrations in text. Spine tilted. Dust jacket gently bumped to extremities. Fine overall. More
Beyond Relativity
London: Regency Press, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth, gilt lettered spine, 127pp. Frontispiece, underlining in blue pen on pp. 15, bookplate on ff/ endpaper along with bookstore label , a small spotted stain on lower text-block, but else fine in very good d/w a bit soiled, worn, with..... More
Red Giants and White Dwarfs: The Evolution of Stars, Planets and Life
New York: Harper & Row, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter black cloth, orange paper boards. xii, 176 pp. B&W photos. Slight sunning to top edges. Ink ownership stamp to ffep. Dust jacket is age toned and light bumped at extremities, else fine. More
Discover the Stars
New York: Sentinel Books, 1944. Soft cover. 12mo. Sentinel Books Series on Arts, Crafts, Hobbies, Sports, Games, Education No. 17. Later printing. Orig. illustrated wrappers, 106pp. Illustrated with line drawings and diagrams by the author. Four leaves are clipped at upper margin (starting on pp. 63, text unnafected). Wrappers faded..... More
The Dawn of Astronomy. a Study of the Temple-Worship and Mythology of the Ancient Egyptians
USA: Kessinger Publishing. Soft cover. 4to. xvi, 432 p.p. Paperback. Small bends to front cover. Marks to edges of pages. No marks to interior, a fine copy of book. Lockyer was an English scientist and astronomer, he is credited with discovering the gas helium. More
Rudimentary Astronomy
London: John Weale, 1852. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 48mo. Green limp patterned cloth with printed paper label on upper front cover, xx, 156pp. Frontispiece, illustrated title page plus in-text illustrations, light damp staining at upper corners, bookplate with light staining on front endpapers, boards and spine sunned with soil on lower..... More
The Messier Album: An Observer's Handbook
Cambridge, MA: Sky Publishing Corporation, 1978. Hardcover. 8vo. Full black cloth. viii, 216 pp., [32 pp.] colour plates. Dust jacket lightly bumped to extremities, else fine. More
Astronomica
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1977. Hardcover. 18mo. Loeb Classical Library No. 469. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and LCL monogram to front board. cxxiii, 386 p.p. Colour map frontis and folding star chart at rear. B&W illustrations. Light rubbing and bumping to spine ends. Some spots of..... More
Observations Connected with Astronomy and Sacred History, Sacred and Profane, on the Ruins of Babylon as Recently Visited and Described By Claudius James Rich, Esq.
London: John Murray, 1816. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Orig. boards with printed paper label on upper cover, spine rebacked with orig. printed paper label laid on and with new endpapers. viii, 164pp, [5]pp with list of subscribers. Featuring [4] engravings, and a title-vignette. Small rubber stamps in lower margins of..... More
The Story of the Starry Universe: The Science of Astronomy -- The Size, Motions, Relative Positions and other Phenomena of the Heavenly Bodies
New York: P.F. Collier & Son Corporation, 1941. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Popular Science Library. Orig. blue paper boards. Pictorial endpapers. viii, 368 pp. [12] double-sided B&W plates, [1] colour frontis. Spine sunned, light chafing to extremities, a few small spots of soiling to boards. Foxing..... More
Secrets of the Stones: New Revelations of Astro-archaeology and the Mystical Sciences of Antiquity
Rochester, VT: Inner Traditions International, 1989. Soft cover. 8vo. Soft cover. 128 pp. B&W illustrations in text. Fine. More
Einstein et L'Univers: Une Lueur Dans Le Mystere Des Choses
Paris: Librarie Hachette, 1924. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Le Roman de la Science. Quarter bound tan calf over marbled boards and marbled endpapers, halftitle, 248pp. Bookplate of Stillman Drake, an American-Canadian scientific historian and author. Light pencil underlinings, some light wear to edges but a fine copy of this popular exposition..... More