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br. Il cielo notturno da sempre suscita ammirazione ed è fonte di ispirazione per artisti, poeti, scrittori e amanti, ma rappresenta anche un'occasione incomparabile di conoscenza per gli astrofisici che, a loro volta incantati, trascorrono lunghe ore a osservare il cosmo per indagarne e svelarne i misteri. Anche Trinh Xuan Thuan approfitta di un cielo favorevolmente calmo e terso per trascorrere una notte a contemplare le galassie nane compatte blu nell'osservatorio di Mauna Kea, sull'isola di Hawaii. Intanto, avendo per compagni di viaggio l'arte e la letteratura, passa in rassegna le grandi domande che l'astronomia si è posta nel corso dei secoli e le risposte che finora si è data. Appaga la naturale curiosità del lettore conducendolo con passione, competenza e chiarezza in un'affascinante esplorazione della bellezza e dei segreti dell'universo. Che cosa sono le stelle, i pianeti, le galassie, gli ammassi di galassie? Come e da che cosa ha avuto origine l'universo? E qual è il suo destino? Qual è la soluzione di enigmi come quelli della materia oscura e dell'energia oscura? Dobbiamo pensare di essere soli nel cosmo o da qualche parte esistono altre forme di vita e di intelligenza? Passato, presente e futuro si incontrano e sovrappongono nell'osservazione dello spazio: riusciamo a vedere oggi quanto è già accaduto miliardi di anni fa e a immaginare cosa potrà succedere tra miliardi di anni. Basta contemplare l'oscurità celeste, con sete di sapere e umiltà, finché non sorge di nuovo il Sole.
bross. edit. ill. con bandelle
in 4°, bross. edit. ill., minime tracce d'uso in cop. - trad. di Luisa Bresciani - numerose fotografie e piantine a colori nel testo
in-8°, 333 pages, ill. hors texte N&B, broche, couv. Pli aux dernières pages et au 2e plat, sinon bel exemplaire, non coupe. [NAN-1][CA-00] Comment les hommes se sont-ils représenté le ciel au cours des âges ?
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and plates, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; cloth, gilt back, backstrip lightly faded at headband else a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with small loss (affecting lettering) at tail of backstrip. Vividly-written account of major airship disasters.
tela edit. con titoli e fregi oro e sovrac. ill. - prima edizione it. - trad. e adattamento di Diamante Capponi e Giorgia Gessner con la consulenza di Vittorio di Sambuy - con 64 disegni, 16 fotografie in b.n. e 8 tabelle
Collana: I Libri della Quercia, ottobre 2011. Rilegato con copertina rigida e sovraccoperta. Prima edizione. Spedizioni tracciabili con raccomandata entro 24 ore dall'ordine. First edition. Hardback cover with dust jacket in fine conditions, no price clipped, no inscriptions or markings inside. Worldwide delivery.
trad. di Elisa Morpurgo n. 69 in 16, tela edit. con sovrac. ill., minime rotture in sovrac., firma di appartenenza
168 pages. Superb compilation of classic southern rock songs as performed by The Allman Brothers. Six pages of colour photos of band members. Includes music, chords and lyrics to: Ain't Wastin' Time No More; Blackhearted Woman; Blue Sky; Come and Go Blues; Don't Keep Me Wonderin'; Don't Want You No More; Dreams; Every Hungry Woman; Hot'Lanta; I'm Your Hoochie Cooche Man; In Memory of Elizabeth Reed; It's Not My Cross To Bear; Jelly Jelly Blues; Jessica; Leave My Blues at Home; Les Brers in A Minor; Little Martha; Melissa; Midnight Rider; Mountain Jam; One Way Out; Pony Boy; Ramblin' Man; Revival; Southbound; Stand Back; Statesboro Blues; Stormy Monday Blues; Trouble, No More; Wasted Words; Whippin' Post; You Don't Love Me. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Precious memento of this great band. Book
Mm 145x225 Volume cartonato rigido di pagine 322, sovraccoperta figurata. Opera in ottime condizioni. Spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
Pages 178-264 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Mysterious Heart of Asia (part I) - Brigadier-General Sir Percy Sykes gives an account of his adventures during a war-time expedition, with photos; The Murder Ship - the Russian schooner Johannis and one of the most tragic narratives in the annals of the sea; The Lifted Veil (part I) - POWs in Turkey concoct a 'spook' and create an amazing deception for their captors; The Largest Camera in the World - constructed by George Lawrence of Chicago - fantastic photo-illustrated article; 'Twixt Earth and Sky - the story of a German's vengeance and the terrible ordeal that resulted for a timber-getter in the New Zealand kauri forests; The Great Zeebrugge Raid - And After (part II) - a Royal Marine captured on the Mole describes the full story of the historic landing (in part I) and curious adventures during subsequent captivity; The Bullet-Hole Cross - Guatemalan estate manager Mr. Dellplain incurs the wrath of an Indian who swears to have his life; The Mystery of the Missing Nun (part II) - Sister Janina disappeared from a peaceful little village in Michigan; Timber-Cruising in California - Terence H. Lambert describes interesting experiences among the big trees of California; Pirate Gold - The Buried Treasure of Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia; After Big Game in East Africa - advice on the fitting out of expeditions, cost, and the game available; Photo of amazing bamboo scaffold structure over the great Ch'ien Men Gate, Peking as it was being rebuilt; A Two-Days' Battle with a Baboon - it escaped aboard a ship!; A Night With a Madman in India; The Sheriff's Bad Day - this story hinges on a very odd connection with this publication; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Book
137 pages plus 32 colour plates, 26 black and white illustrations and index. "Not only a biography of an unusual individual but also an outline history of art in Saskatoon for three decades, decades which were most significant in the realm of art in that city and in Canada." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Nice copy. Book
62 pages. Features: Nice two-color ad for Scout equipment inside front cover; A Cadet Called "Ike" (Eisenhower); The Hurricane Mystery; Nice one-page black and white photo ad for Ford cars; A Day at the National Jamboree; Lion in the Way; Tracking; Top Athletes of 1956 - article with photos; 1956 Photo Contest Winners; Nice two-page two-color ad for the Junikor Sales Club of America features Mickey Mantle; 12 pages of color cartoons and illustrations; Rivers in the Sky - jet streams; One-page black and white photo ad for Chrysler cars; and much more. Bit of scribbling atop front cover. Somewhat above-external wear. A sound vintage copy of this nice Scout collectible. Book
An early men's publication in the model of Playboy. 74 pages with color and black and white photos. Features: Status is a Very Prolix Thing - sature by Charles H. King; The Cash Syndrome - humor by Charles Miron; "A Death in the Family" - fiction by Miriam Allen deFord; Ebon - Photo essay of raven-haired Lorna Lane; Stegopholy Anyone? - article on Masonry Mountaineers/Roof Climbers by Paul Brock; The Cure - fiction by Paul Jacobs; Photo essay on the Tri-State (Sky) Divers; The Vamp - or what happened to the bad old days in Babylon-on-the-Pacific - satire by Stan Cornyn; Chaste, Chasing, Chastened - satire by Robert G. Elliott - a modern discussion of a medieval custom; Ulysses in Beat Town - humor by Earle Schell; Profile of comedian Jackie Kannon; Fashion photos of men's rainwear; Baby Doll! - photo feature of Marie Barry; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Mm 130x210 Volume rilegato in mezza pelle d'epoca con titolo e fregi d'oro al dorso, viii-347 pagine con alcune incisioni nel testo. Leggere tracce d'uso ai margini esterni e qualche tenue fioritura in poche pagine, peraltro copia in buone condizioni con legature ben salde. Spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
Stawell, Royal Astronomer of Ireland, Author of " The story of the Heavens" - Illustrated - Thirteenth Thousand 1 18,5x12 cm., legatura in piena tela, titoli in oro al piatto e al dorso, pagg. XII, 376 (16), 92 figure nel testo, alcune a piena pagina, in antiporta tavola in nero "A Juvenile Lecture at the Royal Institution", protetta da velina, in lingua inglese, piccola scollatura all'interno del piatto anteriore, ma bell'esemplare, interessante e raro. Timbro di Libreria di Aberdeen. Firma di appartenenza
Mm 115x185 Brossura editoriale di 61 pagine, in ottimo stato. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Six colorful punch-out masks.
8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter just a trifle sunned at backstrip. ELUSIVE IN THIS CONDITION.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Creases on spine. 432 pages.
pp. xii, 339 + Photographs. Edges spotted. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, soiled. Hardbound. SPACE/5
bross. edit. ill. con bandelle, piccola rottura al dorso, firme di appartenenza
in 4° oblungo, cartone edit. con titoli argento, comprese sei schede pieghevoli in calce al volume, minime tracce d'uso in cop. - riccamente illustrato a colori
32 pages. Features: A Wasted Sugar Supply - Honey from Honeybees; Wild Youth Proves a Myth - 'girls and boys' between 35 and 45 are rolling up the crime wave; Making the Government Efficient - reorganization would cut 100,000 unnecessary employees from federal payrolls; The White House - a Mecca for Cranks - Secret Service men must be ever alert to guard the President from the Unbalanced; Missionaries and Machine Guns - many preachers of the gospel do not want the protection of bullets; Tom Learns to Play the Game - an American boy who on mastering himself was able to direct others; Henry Ford's Page - Lower price no longer means lower equality; Editorials - making the movies dry, the value of vulgarity, Mussolini forbids earthquake prophet,exams proposed for ministers of religion, Washington's inability to think in other than political terms; Writing Verse for Composite Readers - some versifiers cultivate eccentricity, others are themselves, and therefore poets; Sad Men Who Look So Wistfully at the Sky - author, William F. Hopp has been chaplain of the Michigan State Prison for over seven years - article with photos; Duelists (Fighter Pilots) of the Sky - a tale of knights-errant and their deeds - of their light-heartedness, and their gallant, tragic fate; Under the White Tops with 'Gil' - (part 3) The Big Snake and the Little Dog - and how a darky made millions from circus side shows; Chats with Office Callers - Christmas cards began with Jewish Adolph Tuck, controversy in Canada over union with the U.S., sighting of monster near Prince Rupert, B.C.; The Virginia Signers of the Declaration of Independence; Fascinating illustrated ad for homes which can be built for under $1k in materials; I Read In the Papers - article by Nathaniel Zalowitz in the 'Jewish Daily Forward' declares "...For the overwhelming majority of Jews in American assimilation in any true sense of the term is absolutely out of the question."; The Barefoot Boy - poetry by J.G. Whittier inside back cover. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
IN-16°, PP. 208 (8), ILL. B.N. E A COL. N.T., CART. TELATO EDIT., COP. ILL. COL. (LIEVISSIME TRACCE D'USO E DI POLVERE), LEGGERISSIME BRUNITURE AI MARGINI DELLE CARTE, TIMBRO SIAE A SECCO AL FRONT., RISGG. ILL. COL., PER IL RESTO IN OTTIMO STATO (F), (LA SCALA D'ORO. BIBLIOTECA GRADUATA PER I RAGAZZI, CONCEPITA E DIRETTA DA VINCENZO ERRANTE E FERNANDO PALAZZI. SERIE OTTAVA (VIII) PER I RAGAZZI DI ANNI TREDICI (13); N. 10). COR 200