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Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1977. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 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 yellow highlighting. Dust jacket is price clipped, sunned to spine, has some light wear to extremities, some chafing to joints and edges, short open tear to rear joint at head. Marcus Manilius, who lived in the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius, is the author of the earliest treatise on astrology we possess. His Astronomica, a Latin didactic poem in five books, begins with an account of celestial phenomena, and then proceeds to treat the signs of the zodiac and the twelve temples; there follow instructions for calculating the horoscoping degree, the details of the chronocrators, decans, injurious degrees, zodiacal geography, paranatellonata, and other technical…
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Astronomica
by Manilius, Marcus; Goold, G.P. [editor and translator]
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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
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New York: W.W. Norton Company, 2017. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. First edition stated. Blue paper boards. 222 pp. Spine tilted, else fine.
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Atoms, Stars, and Nebulae
by Goldberg, Leo and Lawrence H. Aller
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Philadelphia: The Blakiston Company, 1950. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 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.
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Black Holes and Baby Universes, and Other Essays
by Hawking, Stephen
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New York: Bantam Books, 1993. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 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.
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Celestial Scenery; or, The Wonders of the Planetary System Displayed. Illustrating the Perfections of Deity and A Plurality of Worlds
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New York: Worthington Co, 1888. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo. Orig. grey publisher's cloth, blue stamped decorations. 384 pp. B&W illustrations in text. Spine soiled, ends bumped, corners worn.
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The Cosmographia of Bernardus Silvestri s: A Translation with Introduction and Notes
by Silvestrus, Bernardus; Wetherbee, Winthrop
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New York: Columbia University Press, 1973. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Full green cloth. viii, 180 pp. Spine sunned, slight bruising to upper corners of boards, else fine. An English translation of Silvestris' Latin philosophical treatise on the creation of the universe.
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The Cosmological Distance Ladder. Distance and Time in the Universe
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New York: W.H. Freeman and Company, 1985. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo (imperial). ix, 353 p.p. Bruising to dust-jacket spine. Red markings to dust-jacket covers. Bumping to spine ends. Otherwise, a near fine copy of book. This book shares diagrams, equations and explanations on how distance and time are represented in the universe.
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Cosmology and Astrophysics: Essays In Honor of Thomas Gold
by Terzian, Yervant and Elizabeth M. Bilson [editors]
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Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1982. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine. 163 p.p. B&W illustrations and photos. Dust jacket has some light bumping to extremities, some darkening to edges of rear cover and flaps. Black holes, pulsars, cosmology and the theory of gravitation are among the subjects treated in this collection of essays written by eleven internationally-known physicists and astronomers to honor Thomas Gold and reflect the breadth of Gold's contributions to science.
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The Dawn of Astronomy. a Study of the Temple-Worship and Mythology of the Ancient Egyptians
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USA: Kessinger Publishing. Soft cover. Fine. 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.
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Discover the Stars
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New York: Sentinel Books, 1944. Soft cover. Very Good. 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, with light soiling and wear to edges, extremities o/w very good.
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The Earth. Its Shape, Size, Weight and Spin
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1913. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 16mo. 138 p.p. Cloth. No jacket. Discolouration to spine. Some rubbing to extremities. Wear to page edges. Clean, near fine copy of book.
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Flying Saucers: Issue No. 43, August 1965
by Palmer, Ray
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Amherst, Wisconsin: Palmer Publications, 1965. Soft cover. Near Fine. 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 Kept Under Wraps? Saucer Club News and more.
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Geography Generalized; Or, An Introduction to the Study of Geography on the Principles of Classification and Comparison. With Maps and Illustrations; and an Introduction to Astronomy
by Sullivan, Robert
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Dublin: Marcus and John Sullivan, 1860. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 18mo. 26th edition. Orig. pebbled brown cloth, unlettered spine. Speckled edges. 320 pp. [2] plate maps. Some rubbing to cloth. Spot of damp staining at head of last few pages.
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The Grand Design
by Hawking, Stephen and Leonard Mlodinow
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New York: Bantam Books, 2010. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Full black paper boards. 198 pp. Colour illustrations in text. Spine tilted. Dust jacket gently bumped to extremities. Fine overall.
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The Green and Red Planet: A Physiological Study of the Possibility of the Possibility of Life on Mars
by Strughold, Hubertus
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London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 18mo. Orig. red paper boards. xvi, 96 pp. [4] pp. B&W illustrations. Spine cocked, lightly bruised at head. Interior age toned. Light foxing to edges of text block, some foxing to interior. Dust jacket is lightly edge worn, chipped to spine ends and corners, a few short tears.
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Halley's Comet: A Mysterious Visitor from Outer Space
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Barrington, NJ: Edmund Scientific, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 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.
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Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Limits
by Russell, Bertrand
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London: George Allen & Unwin, 1948. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Orig. green cloth. 227 pp. Chafing to extremities. Foxing to edges of text block. Interior age toned. Dust jacket is price clipped, sunned to extremities, bumped to edges with some light chipping. Dust jacket is surplus WWII map.
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I.G.Y.: The Year of the New mOon
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Toronto: Longmans, 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Full black cloth. 352 pp. [32] pp. B&W photos. Light rubbing to extremities of boards. Bumping to upper corners of rear half of text block. Dust jacket is edge worn, chipped to top edges, worn and soiled to rear cover. This absorbing account of the work of the International Geophysical Year incorporates the latest reports of the breakthroughs achieved by the most successful undertaking in the history of science, in which scientists of 67 nations pooled their knowledge and resources to study the earth and its environs. The result is " a new portrait of our planet.
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The Illustrated A Brief History of Time
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New York: Bantam Books, 1996. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Updated and expanded edition. First thus. Full black paper boards. 248 pp. With 240 full-colour illustrations. Bump to spine head, else fine.
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In Starland With a Three-Inch Telescope: A Conveniently Arranged Guide for the Use of the Amateur Astronomer, With Forty Diagrams of the Constellations and Eight of the Moon
by Olcott, William Tyler
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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1909. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 18mo. Orig. purple cloth. xiv, 146 pp. Spine sunned. Boards bowed. Small damp stain to fore edge of text block. Ink gift inscription to ffep. Age toning to interior. Offsetting to pp. 50-51.
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