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
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The Story of the Sun
London: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1897. Hardcover. 8vo. xii, 376 p.p., [18 p.p. ads]. Burgundy cloth boards with gilt titling to front board and spine, and blind tooling. Some rubbing to front board, joint, spine ends, and corners. Minor bumping to spine ends. With eleven full-page colour plates w/ tissue..... More
The Universe and Dr. Einstein
New York: William Sloane Associates, 1948. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. With a foreword by Albert Einstein. First printing stated. Quarter black cloth, tan cloth boards. 127 pp. Boards sunned, rubbing to edges. Spine tilted. Bookplate and ownership inscriptions to ffep. Dust jacket is price clipped, sunned, edge worn. 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
Planetary Theory
New York: Dover Publications Inc., 1964. Soft cover. 8vo (small). Dover Books on Astronomy and Astrophysics Series. xi, 302pp (13)ads. Wrappers faded and lightly soiled with some small tears and bottom and top edges, o/w very good. Equations of Motion, Resonance, The Trojan Group of Asteroids and other applications and..... 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
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
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
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
Brief Answers to the Big Questions
New York: Bantam Books, 2018. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Full blue paper boards. xxiii, 230 pp. Fine. With a foreword by Eddie Redmayne and an afterword by Lucy Hawking. Will humanity survive? Should we colonize space? Does God exist? Thee are just a...... 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
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The Universe in a Nutshell. The Illustrated A Brief History of Time. [2 vol]
New York: Bantam, 2001. Hardcover. 8vo (imperial). Deluxe set, in custom slipcase. Full black cloth. viii, 216 pp.; 248 pp. Illustrated in colour. Fine in fine glossy paper slipcase. 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
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
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
Scientific Astrology
Montreal: Dero Editions. Soft cover. 4.5" x 7" [N.d., ca. 1970s]. Paperback. 159 pp. All edges red. Some creasing to joints and rubbing to covers. 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
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
Flying Saucers: Issue No. 43, August 1965
Amherst, Wisconsin: Palmer Publications, 1965. Soft cover. Wrappers with illustration of Mars on front cover, 96pp. Illustrated. Light browning to pages, wrappers a bit faded but o/w fine. Contents: Mars, the Red Planet. Does it Have Flying Saucers? Head Shrinkers from Space? UFOs: Mystery of Movement? Why are the Saucers..... More
The Earth. Its Shape, Size, Weight and Spin
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1913. Hardcover. 16mo. 138 p.p. Cloth. No jacket. Discolouration to spine. Some rubbing to extremities. Wear to page edges. Clean, near fine copy of book. More