Astronomy from Zephyr Books

Paris.: Desaint & Saillant., 1764. 1st Edition.. 4to, contemporary full brown leather, raised bands, gilt spine decorations, red spine labels, red edges.. Good plus, moderate wear to covers, spine ends chipped, hinges cracked, scattered marginalia minor marginal worming to a few leaves, contents tight and bright.. 26.5x20.5 cm.. French text. First edition of this important work by the… Read more about this item

Paris.: Brunet., 1724. Nouvelle édition, Augmentée de pieces diverses. . Contemporary, brown mottled leather, raised bands, gilt spine decorations, red edges, ribbon marker. . Very good, previous owner’s marks to endpapers.. 12mo., 16.5x10 cm. . French text. A nice copy of Fontenelle’s famous book written to explain the Copernican model of the universe in layman’s terms. weight: 0.8… Read more about this item

Paris. : Lelong., 1823. Old quarter leather over marbled boards, gilt spine titles.. Good, ex-library with stamps to title pages, spines worn and beginning to split.. 12mo., 15x10 cm. . French text. weight: 2.0 lb. 4 engraved frontispieces, 4 title page vignettes.

Berlin.: Chretien Frederic Himburg., 1783. Old blue boards, leather spine label with gilt title.. Good, covers show moderate wear, contents very good with light foxing.. 12mo., 16.5x10 cm.. French text. Scarce Berlin edition contains plates not found in other editions. weight: 0.6 lb. Engraved frontis. 11 additional engraved plates one of which is folding.

Berlin.: Julius Springer., 1885. 1st Edition.. Contemporary blindstamped green cloth. gilt spine title, marbled edges, decorative endpapers. . Fine, tight and bright.. 8vo.,2.5x14.5 cm. . German text. weight: 0.9 lb. One full-page plate, 6 text illustrations

Stuttgart. : Hoffmann., 1837. Old quarter leather over marbled boards. gilt spine title. . Very good, rear outer hinge partially split, light shelfwear, old library stamp to title page.. 8vo., 23x14.5 cm. . German text. A book on astronomy for a popular audience. weight: 2.1 lb. Portrait frontis, 23 plates.

New York.: Pergamon Press. , 1976. Green pictorial boards. . Blacked-out owner’s name on ffeps, otherwise a very good set, no dustjacket.. 8vo.. Very heavy set, weight: 12.7 lb. will require extra shipping.

New York.: Pergamon Press. , 1975. Brown pictorial boards. . Blacked-out owner’s name on ffeps, otherwise a very good set, no dustjacket.. 8vo.. Very heavy set, weight: 12.4 lb. will require extra shipping.

Pacific Grove. : The Lighthouse Writer’s Guild. , 1985 . 1st Edition.. Black cloth, gilt spine title. . Very good, a few pages had bent corners, in a very good dust jacket with light edgewear.. 22x14 cm. . Signed by the author on the ffep and dated 1989. Scarce. weight: 0.9 lb. Numerous… Read more about this item

New York.: Pergamon Press. , 1977. Red pictorial boards. . Blacked-out owner’s name on ffeps, spine head on volume 3 bumped and chipped, otherwise a very good set, no dustjacket.. 8vo.. Very heavy set, weight: 12.9 lb. will require extra shipping.

New York.: Pergamon Press. , 1974. Orange pictorial boards. . Blacked-out owner’s name on ffeps, otherwise a very good set, no dustjacket.. 8vo.. Very heavy set, weight: 11.6 lb. will require extra shipping.

New York.: The Macmillan Company., 1926.. 1st edition.. hardcover.. very good with a very good dust jacket; some wear to jacket with small pieces missing along edges of dj.. sm4to..

London.: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts. , 1858. 5th edition. . Original brown cloth, blindstamped borders, gilt spine title.. Spine sunned and pulled at head, inner hinges split and glue-repaired, still a good copy with very good contents. . 8vo.. 7 engraved plates including frontis, one folding.

London. : W. and S. Jones, Opticians. , 1803. 5th edition. . Later half maroon cloth over marbled boards, handwritten paper spine label, marbled edges. . Covers lightly worn, lacks half-title, title page soiled and tipped in on extra endpaper, may be missing a sheet at end of text, otherwise a good plus copy with 16 plates present.. … Read more about this item

New York.: Pergamon Press. , 1980. . 1st Edition.. Yellow pictorial boards. . Blacked-out owner’s name on ffep, otherwise a very good copy, no dustjacket. . 8vo..

New York. : Pergamon Press. . Hardcover, pictorial blue cloth. . A very good copy. . 8vo..

New York.: Pergamon Press. , 1979. . White and black pictorial boards. . Blacked-out owner’s name on ffeps, otherwise a very good set, no dustjacket. . 8vo.. Heavy set - requires extra postage.

Paris. : Flammarion., 1896. Publisher's black cloth, gilt spine decorations. . Good plus, spine faded, inner hinges starting, moderate foxing mostly marginal, some pages toned. . 4to.. French text. Numerous plates and vignettes, two chromolithograph plates.

New York.: Hyperion., 1993.. wraps.. very good; bumped corners, previous owner’s name front free end paper.. sq8vo.. Illustrations by Brian Sullivan.. Signed by Astronaut Charlie Duke on page 65.

New York.: Pergamon Press. , 1978. . Blue pictorial boards. . Blacked-out owner’s name on ffeps, spine head chipped on vol 1, otherwise a very good set, no dustjacket. . 8vo.. Heavy set - requires extra postage.