Collected by Adam Ott of Pittsburgh, an avid amateur astronomer, there are over 150 postcards, not including some duplicates, mainly going back to the early 1900s and the majority are pre-1970. Includes postcards of the Dudley Observatory in Albany, Naval Observatory in Washington, Harvard Observatory, Ohio State Observatory at Columbus.....
Collected by Adam Ott of Pittsburgh, an avid amateur astronomer. All in very good condition, with most being before 1950 and including many postcards of well known planetaria including variants and some duplicates, as well as a handful of astronomically related postcards, but the vast majority being of planetaria. Includes.....
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.
Northfield, MN: Carleton College Observatory, 1888. 2 issues, both in pale olive wraps, very good, 9.25 x 6 inches, with Holden's long article on Lick Observatory, and Keeler's observations of Saturn from Lick Observatory: Keeler was the first to observe that the rings of Saturn do not rotate as a......
Buenos Aires: Ediciones Saber y Tiempo, 2001. Paperback. Trade wraps, very good plus with lightest fading to joints, xxix, 562 pages : illustrations.
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. revised and enlarged edition. Three volumes, complete. 8vo. in dust jackets. Varying internal paginations, illustrated. Very good in very good dust jackets. Light edge wear, price stickers to dj. Edges faintly foxed. Internally unmarked. Set may require extra postage. 3vol.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. First printing. Illustrated boards, no DJ., 207+pp.
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.....
Washington DC: US Naval Observatory, 1983. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo, blue cloth, very good, bookplate of LeRoy E. Doggett; the editor's own copy. The LeRoy E. Doggett Prize is Awarded biennially by the Historical Astronomy Division of the American Astronomical Society for individuals who have significantly influenced the field of.....
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.
Washington DC: US Naval Observatory, 1999. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo, blue cloth, very good, no jacket. 424 pp.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992. First printing. Hardcover. Large 8vo, cloth in dust jacket, about fine with just a touch of wear. 304 pp, ill.
London: D. Midwinter, 1726. Hardcover. Volume I only. 8vo, old calf, good with front joint neatly strengthened, replacement spine label (paper), contents very good with all plates collated present, moderate wear and tanning to title page. xii (4) 512 pp, with 34 plates total. This volume does not print Halley.....
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.
San Marino, CA: The Huntington Library, 1977. First printing. Hardcover. Small quarto, cloth in dust jacket, book near fine, jacket very good, touch of fading to spine, one half inch tear to bottom of jacket's front panel. 209 pp, ill.
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.