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 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 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
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
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
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
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Outlines of Astronomy [2 vols]
New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1902. Hardcover. 8vo. Orig. green cloth. T.E.G. Roughly cut edges. 463; vi, 465-922 pp. B&W frontis portrait to vol. I. [1] fold-out chart frontis. + [8] B&W plates at rear of vol. II. Chafed to extremities. Cracked to inner hinge at last plate of..... More
A Treatise on Astronomy
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1834. Hardcover. 18mo. The Cabinet Cyclopaedia. Conducted by the Rev. Dionysius Lardner. Assisted by Eminent Literary and Scientific Men. A new edition. Contemporary burgundy cloth, printed paper spine label. viii, 422 pp. [3] B&W plates at rear. B&W illustration in text. Alternate..... 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