Cherry Hill, NJ: RCA American Communications, (1982). Paperback. Published 1982, 4to, color glossy stapled wraps, 8 pp, illustrated, including color photos. Loosely inserted are 9 glossy press photographs of the Space Shuttle and its components each with RCA news release info enfolding the photo, plus a tenth sheet describing the...
Hardcover. All housed in handsome folding blue cloth box. From the estate of Irwin's two first cousins, Olive Irwin and Edith Irwin Baum (both long-term employees at Gulf Oil). Irwin served as the Lunar Module pilot for Apollo 15 (1971, 4th manned moon landing) and was the eighth person to...
Japan: The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, 2000. Paperback. Paperback, 2000, quarto, 421pp., illustrated in color and b&w. Book VG+ with rubbing and mild edgewear to wrap, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. No DJ. Text in English and Japanese.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1976. First printing. Hardcover. Adolf Grunbaum's copy with his signature on the front flyleaf and his notes to the text. First edition, 1976. Cloth hardcover in dust jacket, 179 pp., Very Good copy in Very Good dust jacket, Grunbaum's ink-notations to some pages, age-toning and wear...
New York: Dover, 1978. Reprint. Hardcover. Complete in three volumes. 1978. Reprint. Hardcover, 8vo. in black cloth, with dust jackets. 2138pp total, illustrated. Fine in near fine dust jackets. Edge wear to djs, now housed in mylar. Internally clean and unmarked. 3vol.
New York: Dover, 1978. Reprint. Hardcover. Complete in three volumes. 1978. Reprint. Hardcover, 8vo. in black cloth, with dust jackets. 2138pp total, illustrated. Fine in near fine dust jackets. Edge wear to djs, now housed in mylar. Internally clean and unmarked. 3vol.
Andover: Mark Newman, 1818. Hardcover. 1818. Hardcover, 8vo., full calf, title label (Chalmer's Works) and gilt bands on spine. Staggered pagination. Good copy: leather rubbed at corners; outer hinges cracked, but boards holding ok; flaking and wear to spine. Previous owner's signature on fly leaf and title page. Some offsetting...
Philadelphia: Sherman, 1868. Second edition. Hardcover. 348 pp. Quarter black leather with marbled boards, 8vo. Very Good copy: some fading, foxing and offsetting at text, but text has remained unmarked. Nice and tight binding; illustrated.
Philadelphia: E. C. & J. Biddle, 1845. Reprint. Hardcover. "1845. Reprint, ""Uniform edition."" Hardcover, 8vo., 394 pp. Profusely illustrated with b&w figures and 5 double-sided plates depicting the position of stars at various points throughout the year. Good. Previous owner's signature to front flyleaf. Foxing throughout; age-toning to pages; some...
Arthur L. Draper was director of the Hayden Planetarium in NYC, then director of Buhl Planetarium in Pittsburgh from 1940 to 1967. This is a folder of papers from Draper's collection, including typescripts with multiple handwritten corrections, and typed accounts by other astronomers, possibly for inclusion in his popular "The...
New York: Dial Press, 1939. Hardcover. 1939, Edition not stated. Hardcover in Very Good condition, with very light edge wear. The dust jacket is also in Very Good condition, with light edge wear.
London: Macmillan, 1914. First edition. Hardcover. First Edition. c.1914. Hardcover. Dark blue cloth. 8vo. 266pp. Frontis. Illus. Very Good. Rubbing to spine-ends and corners, offsetting to endpapers, light age toning to contents.
Cambridge, Mass./London: Harvard University Press, 1999. Hardcover. Presumed first edition, 1999. Large 8vo, cloth handcover, ix + 366 pp. Illustrated throughout in b & w, plus several color plates in center. Indexed. Book is Near Fine, clean with no markings. Dust jacket is Near Fine. Dust jacket housed in archival...
New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. First printing. Hardcover. First printing, 2005, hardcover with cloth-backed boards in dust jacket, octavo, 358pp., illustrated in b&w. Book near fine with mild wear to boards and spine, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ near fine with hint of edgewear, front flap price-clipped.
Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1973. Paperback. Paperback, 1973, quarto, 378pp., illustrated in b&w. Book VG- with front panel showing stamps and marker swipes, rear panel soiled, toning and rubbing, binding tight, text clean and unmarked but toned throughout. No DJ.
New York: Garland Pub. 1993. Hardcover. 1993. Hardcover, octavo. 686 pp. Near fine. Extremities lightly bumped. Contents clean, bright and unmarked.
NyNy: A S. Barnes & Co. 1886. Very Good. Cloth hardbound, 72 pp., clean unmarked text, a very good copy, slight rubbing/soil to covers, expert-repair to spine, slight foxing to endpapers. Binding is Cloth.
New York: Silver, Burdett and Company, 1898. Hardcover. Hardcover with black and gilt stamped blue cloth boards, 1898, octavo, 340pp., color frontispiece, otherwise illustrated in b&w + star charts at rear. Book good+ with rubbing and mild edgewear to boards, binding tight, text shows mild toning and foxing throughout. No DJ.
Philadelphia: M. Carey and Son, 1819. Later printing. Hardcover. "A New Edition, Corrected and Improved." Volume one only. Full leather, spine-label, 248 pp., illustrated with 8 plates at rear, clean unmarked text, Good copy only, front board detached but present, soil and discoloration to the pages of the text, owner's...
Cambridge: MIT Press, 1966. Hardcover. Cloth hardbound in dust jacket, clean unmarked text, 498 pp., near fine in very good+ dust jacket, slight rubbing/soil to dust jacket, some minor wear to dust jacket with some closed tears, creases, etc.
Mexico City: Eduardo Dublan, 1903. Paperback. Published 1903, pale green printed wraps, small 8vo, 7 pp, tanning and light soil to covers. RARE, only 3 copies in OCLC, Harvard, Florida, and Montpellier France.
Pittsburgh: Privately Printed, 1919. Fourth edition. Hardcover. Fourth edition, 1919, hardcover with red cloth boards, octavo, 401pp., not illustrated. Book VG with soil and rubbing to boards, binding tight, text clean and unmarked, with dust to top edge of text block. No DJ.
Pittsburgh, PA: Privately Printed, 1917. Hardcover. Inscription by author on fly leaf. 363 pp. A very good copy in red cloth, gilt titles. No dust jacket. Light rubbing/discoloration of boards and spine, edgewear to upper and lower edges of spine. Fading of page outsides but text is clean, bright and...
San Diego: Academic Press, 1989. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1989. Cloth hardcover in dust jacket, 807 pp., illustrated, clean unmarked text, Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket. Dust jacket housed in archival dust jacket protector.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1969. Second printing. Hardcover. Second printing, 1969. Blue cloth 4to, 810pp. With black and white photo illustrations. Fine in a near fine dustjacket with gentle shelfwear and rubbing to the rear fold. Contents are bright, clean and unmarked. Volume IV of the Solar System series.