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Baker, Robert H. ASTRONOMY A Textbook for University and College Students
Toronto D. Van Nostrand Company 1948 Fourth Edition Hardcover; Fourth Printing
This is a hardcover book without a dust jacket. It is the fourth edition, fourth printing. The book is tight, bright, and clean. There is a former owner name on the front end paper that has been inked over. There are no other marks or writing. The book may require extra postage if shipped by air to an overseas destination. ; 8vo; 461 pages
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19.00 USD
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Gribbin, John R and Plagemann, Stephen H.. THE JUPITER EFFECT
New York, NY Walker & Company 1974 0802704646 / 9780802704641 First Edition Hardcover
This is the First Edition published in the U. S in 1974 - a hardcover with a dust jacket. This is a red cloth covered book in fine condition. Tight, bright, crisp and clean. There are no marks or writing. Well cared for. The dust jacket has a light touch of wear to the corners. It is now protected in a new archival see-through, removable mylar cover. There is a foreword by Isaac Asimov. A title phrase on the front cover reads as: The Planets as Triggers of Devastating Earthquakes. Illustrated with graphs and diagrams in black on white. ; 8vo; 136 pages
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19.50 USD
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Jeans, James THROUGH SPACE AND TIME
New York, NY The MacMillan Company 1934 First Edition Hardcover
This is a hardcover book in a flawed dust jacket. The book is tight, bright, clean with a touch of sunning on the top edge, plus a spot of discoloration at the bottom of the spine. The interor is clean and crisp without marks or writing. The dust jacket has a missing section of the spine, plus other tears and chips. It is now protected in a see-through, removable mylar protector which improves the appearance. Illustrated in black and white with maps, photos, drawings, and some graphs. ; 8vo
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15.00 USD
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Miller, Freeman D. ASTRONOMY Vocational and Professional Monographs
Cambridge, MA Bellman Publishing Company 1955 First Edition Softcover Signed by Author
SIGNED. This is a softcover (staple bound) book-let. Miller wrote "With the author's compliments. F. D. M. " on the upper corner of the cover. There is a black and white photograph of the Harvard Observatory 's Agassiz Station (radio telescope "for research on the distribution of neutral hydrogen in our own and other galaxies") . There are sixteen short chapters, a list of Publications, and a Bibliography. The cover has a couple of spots with loss of color and the start of some discoloratio n. The interior pages are very clean. There are no marks or writing. There is a hint of a wrinkle on the pages. ; 8vo; 32 pages; Signed by Author
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35.00 USD
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Morgan, William STORRS B. BARRETT
Williams Bay, WI 1938 Softcover Fine with no dust jacket
This is a pamphlet reprinted from Popular Astronomy, Vol XLVI, No. 3. It is a tribute to Storrs Barrett by a fellow astronomer. The pamphlet is in fine condition. Very clean and without wear. There is a half tone photograph of Barrett.; 8vo; 4 pages
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20.00 USD
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Nansen, Fridtjof FARTHEST NORTH (TWO VOLUMES) Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship : Fram: 1893-1896 and of Fifteen Months; Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen and Liet. Johansen.
New York Harper & Row 1897 First Edition Hardcover
This is the First American Edition by Harper & Row published in 1897. In two volumes with 4 maps and many full page illustrations as well as illustrations within the text. The covers are a dark olive-gray cloth with a decorative blind stamped design in gilt, silver, red, and green ink. The title is enclosed in a circle of a rope design, a compass, wreath, and ship lanterns. Pockets in Volume 1 at the front and rear contain a large map and three smaller maps in color. Most of the full page texts are in half-tone, but there are many rich tinted photogravures with tissue overlay. The color illustrations of Nansen's art are subtle and handsome. Many of his art renderings are of sky phenomena or seas and horizons. Some are of animals. The covers are generally clean, there are some color differences in two places on the front cover of one of the volumes. There is some loss of color on the rear of both books - a slightly mottled book from color lift. The top edges are gilt, the fore and bottom edges are untrimmed. The front end papers of both volumes have a former owner note in pencil naming the family that owned the books in 1897 with a note that the books were read 1897.98. There is a chip to the fore edge of the first blank of Volume 1. The interior pages are quite clean and still fresh, however the last (approx) forty pages of Volume 2 have a waterline at the very bottom of the edges near the spine. The glossy paper pages stuck and were separated with some chipping. There are no other marks or writing. Ample size, well inked text. Nansen was an Arctic explorer, Scientist (Geologist Zoologist) , Oceanographer, Artist, Outdoorsman, Writer, Humanitarian. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922.. Many of the black and white plates are also by Nansen, including a self-portrait. The book also has photographic illustrations. The maps are in fine condition except for one which has a close tear along a fold line, but in the margin. Lithographic color. They are titled: Preliminary Sketch-map of Franz Josef Land, Preliminary map of the Route of the "Fram". Map showing the route of the : Fram: and Nansen's and Johansen's Sledge Journey, Physical Chart of North Polar Regions. In English. There is an Appendix by Otto Sverdrup, Captain of the Fram. All maps and colored and photogravur e plates are collated. 587 pp and 734 pp. ; Vol. 2 VOL; 8vo
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165.00 USD
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Slocum, Frederick PARALLAX OF 17 LYRAE C.
London Royal Astronomical Society 1911 Softcover
SIGNED. This is a small pamphlet containing a short piece about a new star. It is reprinted from the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomica l Society. Vol LXXI, No. 7. It is inscribed to Mr. (Storrs) Barrett 'with compliments of F. S. The covers are paper and stapled to the pages. The cover has a little 'soil, two corner chips, one of a half dollar size on the bottom front, the other much smaller on the rear bottom corner. There is also a small closed tear. There is a little wrinkling. The interior pages are clean. ; 8vo; 3 pages; Signed by Author
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25.00 USD
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