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1963003620<p>U.S. Government Printing Office. Fine. 1963. Original Wraps. A one-of-a-kind historical document for serious collectors on May 21 1963 the U.S. State Department sponsored a luncheon for astronaut Gordon Cooper in honor of his successful 22-orbit flight in Faith-7 on May 15-16 1963 this is the four-page program that was handed out at the event it is signed by six of the seven original astronauts on the front the second page contains a quote from President Kennedy and a list of the six Mercury flights page three contains the luncheon menu and the back page has a photograph of Cooper also included is the guest list which does not include astronaut John Glenn's name - proof that he wasn't there to sign it this event took place in the Benjamin Franklin Room and this unique document was obtained by us from a former State Department employee who personally obtained the signatures the program is printed on heavy-stock paper and is flawless it is housed in a manila State Department envelope the guest list is also flawless and all of the signatures are clean and legible. .</p> U.S. Government Printing Office
1929025041Pasadena 1929. Original Drawing . No Binding. Near Fine. 13 3/4" x 12 1/4. Original Pencil Engineering Drawing Of Three Views Of A "Latitude Finder At Any Hour Angle With Three Reflections" Dated 1929 Signed Rwp. The Drawing Is 9 5/8" X 11 1/8" With Ample Margins. Porter Is Famous For His Prescient Pre-Construction Drawings Of The Palomar Observatory And Its Telescopes Machinery And Buildings So Well Visualized That They Were Used As Guides During Construction. <br/> <br/> unknown
1972020368San Francisco: W. H. Freeman and Company 1972. First Edition First Printing . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine DJ. 491 pp. Touch of wear at corners 1/2" closed tear at top and bottom of front spine edge of DJ small bump to lower spine edge of book indecipherable signature of previous owner hidden under front flap J--- M --- P-----. <br/> <br/> W. H. Freeman and Company hardcover
1915056314Washington: Carnegie Institution 1915. First Edition . Printed Grey Wrappers. Near Fine. Photographs. 99 Pp. Printed On Glossy Paper High Quality Plates. First Printing The Scarce Hardcover Issue 1915. Near Fine Gilt Brilliant No Stains Inscribed By Author To His Friend John Campbell Merriam; Documentation Of Their Relationship May Be Found In The Hale Papers At Caltech And In The Merriam Papers At The Library Of Congress. Per Wikipedia John Campbell Merriam 1869 - 1945 Was An American Paleontologist Educator And Conservationist. The First Vertebrate Paleontologist On The West Coast Of The United States He Is Best Known For His Taxonomy Of Vertebrate Fossils At The La Brea Tar Pits. In 1912 He Was Appointed Chairman Of The Department Of Paleontology At The University Of California. That Same Year He Began His Famous Studies Of Vertebrates At The La Brea Tar Pits. He And His Students Categorized Many Of The Vertebrate Fossils Found At The Site And Many More Were Placed In Storage. The Smilodon Was Later Established As The California State Fossil. In 1918 He Was Elected To The United States National Academy Of Sciences. That Same Year He Co-Founded The Save The Redwoods League Which Began Significant Preservation Efforts After Merriam Traveled The Redwood Areas Of Humboldt County California In 1922 Seeking To Spare Its Old-Growth The Effects Of Logging He Witnessed In Redwood Forests Closer To San Francisco. A Biography Which Details His Efforts To Preserve Wild Lands In California And Throughout The United States Was Published In 2005. In 1919 Merriam Served As President Of The Geological Society Of America. In 1920 He Was Appointed Dean Of Faculty At The University Of California Berkeley But He Left That Same Year To Become President Of The Carnegie Institution In Washington D.C. He Accomplishments As President Included Helping To Advance The Educational Programs Of The National Park Service As Well As Helping To Preserve The California Redwoods. He Was Elected To The American Academy Of Arts And Sciences In 1921. His Published Papers Are Collected In A Four-Volume Set Published In 1938 By The Carnegie Institution. Merriam Was A Founding Member Of The Galton Institute And A Cautious Political Supporter Of Eugenics. His Paternal First Cousin Frank Merriam The Eldest Child Of Civil War Veteran Henry C. Merriam Served As The 28Th Governor Of California Between 1934 And 1939 Having Defeated Upton Sinclair With The Aid Of Vicious Propaganda By Ultra-Conservative Interests. . <br/> <br/> Carnegie Institution unknown
19868007575<p>Scotland: Pentland Press. Signed On Front End-Sheet By Author. Stated First Published In 1986 The Pentland Press Ltd. 1986 Blue Hard Covers Tiny Worn Speck On Bottom Edge Otherwise Sharp Corners And Edges Spine Square. Bright Silver Letters On Spine. 116 Thick Bright White Pages Are Tightly Bound. Approx. 45 Color Plates And Many B/W Illustrations Throughout. Appendix Bibliography And List Of Plates. Book Protected By Clear Protective Cover Over Boards. No Dust Jacket. See Photos 63-N . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1986.</p> Pentland Press hardcover
1950037416Circa 1950: Mt Wilson And Palomar Observatories 1950. Original Astronomical Photographs . No Binding. Near Fine/No Jacket. Original Astronomical Photograph Approximately 14" X 10 3/4". Fine. Black Images On Grey Background With Alignment Circles And Cross Lines. Annotated At Edges "4147 Center Red And P. E. Standards / 100" Astrophotometer Orientation" "N" At Top Of Astrophotograph Ink Quadrant Numbers And Also Ink Numbering Of Some Stars With Pencil Letters In Circles; All Annotations Appear To Be In Hand Of Edwin P. Hubble But Not Signed By Hubble. Stamp Of Mount Wilson And Palomar Obervatories On Verso "Object: Ngc 4147 / Enlargement 20X /Telescope Ph-707-S Remarks 100 200 Orientation". <br/> <br/> Mt Wilson And Palomar Observatories unknown
1950037420Circa 1950: Mt Wilson And Palomar Observatories 1950. Original Astronomical Photographs . No Binding. Near Fine/No Jacket. Original Astronomical Photograph Approximately 14" X 10 3/4". Fine. Black Images On Grey Background With Alignment Circles And Cross Lines.Annotated At Edges "Ngc 4147 Red P. E. Standards / 100" Astrophotometer Orientation" "N" At Top Of Astrophotograph Ink Quadrant Numbers And Also Black And Red Ink Hand Numbering Of Some Stars With One Unnumbered But Annotated "E" And "Var 1" With Arrow; All Annotations Appear To Be In Hand Of Edwin P. Hubble But Not Signed By Hubble. Stamp Of Mount Wilson And Palomar Observatories On Verso With Pencil Information Filled In "Object: Ngc 4147 / Telescope Ph-711-S Remarks 200 Orient". <br/> <br/> Mt Wilson And Palomar Observatories unknown
1994059827New York: Norton 1994. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 9 1/4" Tall. Drawings and Photographs Throughout. 619 Pp. Grey Cloth Spine Lettered In Silver Blue Boards. First Printing. A Fragile Binding For Unknown Reasons Often Found Near New But With Front Hinge Cracked Or Broken This Copy Not So Fine With Fine Dust Jacket Priced $30.00. This Copy Inscribed By Thorne On The Title Page. <br/> <br/> Norton hardcover
1938038618Pasadena 1938. Original Blueprint . No Binding. Near Fine. 17 5/8" x 16 3/4. Original Pencil Mechanical Drawing On Vellum 14" X 11" Initialed By Ejp. <br/> <br/> unknown
1994060062New York: Norton 1994. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 9 1/4" Tall. Drawings and Photographs Throughout. 619 Pp. Grey Cloth Spine Lettered In Silver Blue Boards. First Printing. A Fragile Binding For Unknown Reasons Often Found Near New But With Front Hinge Cracked Or Broken This Copy Fine Except Hinmge Cracked 1 1/2" At Bottom Of Front Endpapers And 2 1/2" At Top Before Half Title Page. With Near Fine Dust Jacket Priced $30.00. This Copy Signed By Thorne On The Title Page. <br/> <br/> Norton hardcover
1975051527Washington D. C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Very Good. 1975. Hardcover. Large format hardcover issued without a dustjacket this copy is inscribed and signed by Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins the inscription reads "For Richard Pietroski with all good wishes - Michael Collins - Apollo XI." Moderate scuffing to the illustrated cover is the only remarkable flaw the binding is tight and clean and the contents are fine; Signed by Author . National Aeronautics and Space Administration hardcover
1948026063Pasadena / San Francisco: California Institute of Technology / Grabhorn Press 1948. First Edition with Original Photograph . Wrappers. Very Good . 13" Tall. 35 Page Keepsake Hand Printed At The Grabhorn Press On Handmade Paper Plain Blue Wrappers With Cover Label Printed In Black And Red "Palomar June 3 1948" And The Caltech Emblem. This Publication Includes The Full Text Of The Speeches At The Event. Lightly Used Text Block Separated From Wrappers As Is Usualy Found. With The Program For The Event "Dedication Of The Palomar Observatory" With Background Information But Not Including The Speeches. With An Original Photograph 10 1/8" X 8" Showing The Hundreds In The Audience Some Quite Distinguished Seated On Folding Chairs Beneath The Great Telescope. Also With Three Large Photographs Of Palomar Astronomical Staff: 1. 29 Men Pencil "Astrophysics Shop & Engineers" On Back Fragment Of Paper Identifying Many Of Those In The Photo; 2. Photo Of 7 Men In Front Of The Palomar 48" Schmidt Telescope Including Ira S Bowen Max Mason Rudolph Minkowski Don Henderson Bob Harrington Al Wilson; 3. 16 Men In Caltech Library Ink Notes On Reverse Dated March 1955 Names And Locates "Staff Mount Wilson And Palomar Observatories" Including Guido Munch Allan Sandage G W Pettit Horace Babcock Rudolf Sic Minkowski Seth B Nicholson Robert S Richardson Donald Osterbrock Olin C Wilson William A Baum Fritz Zwicky Milton Humason Ira S Bowen Jesse L Greenstein Walter A Baade Armin Deutsch. With 4. Frontiers In Space An Official Publication Of Palomar Undated Probably 1950'S. Also With 5. Engineering And Science Two Issues May 1949 And April 1959 With Articles On Palomar. Also With 6. 1950 Handout "Facts About Palomar" Mimeo 7 Pp. Also With 7. 4 Pp Booklet "The Palomar Observatory Of The California Institute Of Technology" Undated But Circa 1950. With 8. Program First Day Of Issue Of The Commemorative Stamp" August 30 1948 With An Attached First Day Cover. Also With 9. Giants Of Palomar: Drawings By Dr. R W Porter 1983. <br/> <br/> California Institute of Technology / Grabhorn Press unknown
1968028784Pasadena: Jet Propulsion Laboratory 1968. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Three Ring Binder Looseleaf 1 1/8" Thick Plus The Printed Binder Itself Six Sections Each Paginated Separately. Prepared By Members Of The Lunar And Planetary Science Section Under Nasa Contract Nas 7-100 To "Present An Up-To-Date Scientific Model Of The Planet Mars With Data Values Limitations And Sources And With A Limited Amount Of Interpretation Where Appropriate". The Manual Was Updated Later Notably In 1972 And 1977. A Wealth Of Information In Charts Transparent Overlays Maps Etc. Carefully Organized And Indexed With Two Large Folding Maps In The Pocket At Front. Very Scarce. <br/> <br/> Jet Propulsion Laboratory hardcover
1989PH-379Berlin-Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag 1989. Classic comprehensive monograph presents a detailed outline of general relativity as an integral part of ordinary classical physics and applied to practically oriented problems such as clock synchronization laser ranging to satellites or reflectors on the Moon or very long baseline interferometry. Includes coverage of measuring techniques and accuracies in the fields of astrometry celestial mechanics and geodesy; relativity's role in the theoretical analysis of experimental data; etc. Also includes the "Note Added in Proof". 208 pgs. Illustrated with 32 figures. Minor rubbing to corners and lower edge. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Springer-Verlag Hardcover
1967AS-54London U.K.: Chapman & Hall 1967. Classic preeminent text is the first definitive book published on Interstellar Grains. This book discusses the author's theories research and observational data of Interstellar Garins. Topics covered include: Theory of light scattering by spherical grains; Interstellar reddening and polarisation observations; Interstellar condensation theories of grain formation; Condensation of graphite grains; Frequency distribution of ice grain sizes; Physical properties of interstellar grains; Optics of grains; Alignment of non-sherical grains. 154 pp. Illustrated. Minor rubbing to dustjacket edges; in mylar. Minimal shelfwear. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Chapman & Hall Hardcover
1915053856Washington: Carnegie Institution 1915. First Edition . Printed Grey Wrappers. Near Fine. Photographs. 99 Pp. Printed On Glossy Paper High Quality Plates. First Printing The Scarce Hardcover Issue 1915. Near Fine Gilt Brilliant No Stains Inscribed By Author To The Friday Morning Club. <br/> <br/> Carnegie Institution unknown
1934029712Oxford: The Clarendon Press 1934. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Blue Cloth. Fine/Very Good DJ. Xv 502 Pp. Blue Cloth Gilt. Scarce First Printing Of A Classic Work. This Book Was Reviewed By Einstein In The Journal "Science" In 1934. Fine Gilt Very Bright Although Edges Of Page Block Are Browned; Small Owner's Name Frank J. Steinebrey Jr. On Front Pastedown; He Was A Cal Tech Trained Physicist Active In The Pacific Rocket Society Circa 1945-1946. Also With A Clipped Signature Of Richard C Tolman Laid In Loosely. In The Scarce Dj Slightly Taller Than The Book Browned Light Wear No Loss Of Lettering Except That Price Has Been Clipped At Bottom Of Front Flap Small Losses At Corners With 1/4" Chips At Two Upper Corners Of Spine. <br/> <br/> The Clarendon Press hardcover
1903028837Boston And New York: Houghton Mifflin And Company 1903. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Frontispiece. X 424 Pp. Blue Cloth Gilt. Detailed Autobiography With Succinct Explanations Of His Own Work And That Of Others He Worked With. This Example Inscribed "From The Author" To R C Archibald Who Wrote The Official Biography And Bibliography Of Newcomb Published In The Memoirs Of The National Academy Of Sciences In 1924 And Also With The 1956 Signature Of A Prominent Jpl Astronomer Who Managed The U.S. Halley Watch Group. This Example Very Good / Near Fine Light Wear Gilt Brilliant Hinges Tight. Simon Newcomb 1835 -1909 Was A Canadian-American Astronomer Applied Mathematician And Autodidactic Polymath. Newcomb Visited Paris France In 1870 Already Aware That The Table Of Lunar Positions Calculated By Peter Andreas Hansen Was In Error. While In Paris He Realized That In Addition To The Data From 1750 To 1838 That Hansen Had Used There Was Further Data Stretching As Far Back As 1672 And Newcomb Used The "New" Data To Revise Hansen's Tables. In 1878 Newcomb Started Planning For A New And Precise Measurement Of The Speed Of Light Starting Development A Refinement Of The Method Of Léon Foucault. A Letter From Albert Abraham Michelson Began A Long Collaboration And Friendship. In 1880 Michelson Assisted At Newcomb's Initial Measurement But Michelson Left To Start His Own Project. Miichelson Published His First Measurement In 1880 But Newcomb's Measurement Was Substantially Different And In 1883 Michelson Revised His Measurement To A Value Closer To Newcomb's. In 1881 Newcomb Discovered The Statistical Principle Now Known As Benford's Law Formulating The Principle That In Any List Of Numbers Taken From An Arbitrary Set Of Data More Numbers Will Tend To Begin With "1" Than With Any Other Digit.I N 1891 Within Months Of Seth Carlo Chandler's Discovery Of The 14-Month Variation Of Latitude Now Referred To As The Chandler Wobble Newcomb Explained The Apparent Conflict Between The Observed Motion And Predicted Period Of The Wobble As Due To Elasticiity; He Used The Variation Of Latitude Observations To Estimate The Elasticity Of Earth Finding It To Be Slightly More Rigid Than Steel. He Wrote On Economics And His Principles Of Political Economy 1885 Was Described By John Maynard Keynes As "One Of Those Original Works Which A Fresh Scientific Mind Not Perverted By Having Read Too Much Of The Orthodox Stuff Is Able To Produce From Time To Time In A Half-Formed Subject Like Economics." He Was Credited By Irving Fisher With The First-Known Enunciation Of The Equation Of Exchange Between Money And Goods Used In The Quantity Theory Of Money. His Reputation Suffers From His Personal Hostility To C. S. Pierce Son Of Newcomb's First Great Mathematics Instructor And Also From Newcomb's Disbelief In The Possibility Of Manned Flight. <br/> <br/> Houghton, Mifflin And Company hardcover
1948024946Pasadena / San Francisco: California Institute of Technology / Grabhorn Press 1948. First Edition with Original Photograph . Soft cover. Very Good . 13" Tall. 35 Page Keepsake Hand Printed At The Grabhorn Press On Handmade Paper Plain Blue Wrappers With Cover Label Printed In Black And Red "Palomar June 3 1948" And The Caltech Emblem. This Publication Includes The Full Text Of The Speeches At The Event. Lightly Used Slight Fading. Wear At Ends Of Spine With Minute Losses Text Block Separated From Wrappers As Is Usually Found. With The Program For The Event "Dedication Of The Palomar Observatory" With Background Information But Not Including The Speeches This Copy With The Original Car Pass For The Event A Plasticized Card "Card Pass / Palomar / June 3 1948 With The Caltech Logo All Printed In Blue On Glossy Card Stock. With An Original Photograph 10 1/8" X 8" Showing The Hundreds In The Audience Some Quite Distinguished Seated On Folding Chairs Beneath The Great Telescope. <br/> <br/> California Institute of Technology / Grabhorn Press paperback
1986060043Oxford / New York: Oxford University Press / Clarendon Press 1986. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Xx 706 Pp. Grey Cloth Spine Lettered In White; White Boards. First Printing Indicated. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket Priced $29.95 No Wear But Slight Yellowing To Edges Of Flaps. Per Wikipedia John David Barrow Frs 1952 - 2020 Was An English Cosmologist Theoretical Physicist And Mathematician. He Served As Gresham Professor Of Geometry At Gresham College From 2008 To 2011. Barrow Was Also A Writer Of Popular Science And An Amateur Playwright. Barrow's Approach To Philosophical Issues Posed By Physical Cosmology Made His Books Accessible To General Readers. For Example Barrow Introduced A Memorable Paradox Which He Called "The Groucho Marx Effect" See Russell-Like Paradoxes. Here He Quotes Groucho Marx: "I Wouldn't Want To Belong To Any Club That Would Accept Me As A Member". Applying This To Problems In Cosmology Barrow Stated: "A Universe Simple Enough To Be Understood Is Too Simple To Produce A Mind Capable Of Understanding It". <br/> <br/> Oxford University Press / Clarendon Press hardcover
1981AS-41Cambridge England: Cambridge University Press 1981. Classic comprehensive text presents detailed coverage of the various types of meteorites emphasizing their pertology mineralogy and major element chemistry. Topics covered include the chondrites: their classification properties and histories of the three major classes and the relationship of time and process in their chemical and physical evolution; various nonchondritic meteorites and their genetic relationships; nature of asteroidal parent bodies; differentiated meteorites: iron meteorites pallasites and their associates; etc. 368 pgs. Illustrated. Dustjacket has some minor rubbing on the rear cover; in mylar. Minimal shelfwear. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cambridge University Press Hardcover
1984AS-38Tucson Arizona: University of Arizona Press 1984. Comprehensive classic text presents deatiled topics covering ring systems; dynamical processes; origin and evolution of planetary rings; solar nebula and the planetary disk; unsolved problems in planetary ring dynamics; dust-magnetosphere interactions; rings in astronomy and cosmology 1600-1900; rings of Uranus; Saturn's rings: properties and processes; ethereal rings of Saturn and Jupiter; dynamics of narrow rings; waves in planetary rings; atlas of Saturn's rings; etc. 784 pgs. Illustrated including a color fold-out chart of Saturn's rings. Minimal shelfwear. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. University of Arizona Press Hardcover
2000059948Prometheus 2000. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 396 Pp. Black Boards. First Printing Indicated. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket. Signed By Stenger On The Title Page. <br/> <br/> Prometheus hardcover
1978010417Toronto: University of Toronto Press 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good-. 8-1/2 x 11 Cloth in DJ; 442pp; Slight scuffing small mark & a tiny bit of edgewear to DJ DJ protected by mylar sleeve decorated endpapers text unmarked binding is tight Near Fine/VG- condition. Unique comprehensive reference work presents a complete history of geared planetary machines from Archimedes to present-day astronomical clocks based on personal examination of numerous machines instruments and clocks in Europe and North America as well as on study of the scientific literature. Includes bibliography and over 300 illustrations. University of Toronto Press hardcover
1964049422<p>New York: Viking Press. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1964. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover first printing with dustjacket this unique copy is signed by author Willy Ley on the title page book has moderate soiling to the outer page-edge and very mild foxing to the blank end-papers the binding is clean and tight and the contents are fine the jacket has some surface-scuffing and a few short edge-tears it is clean and bright the original price 6.50 is present and a professional removable mylar cover is included features full-color paintings by Chesley Bonestell photos and diagrams and a Foreword by Wernher von Braun "In this book the famous collaborators Chesley Bonestell and Willy Ley invite you to accompany them on a voyage to the strange stellar systems in the nearby regions of the galaxy"; Signed by Author .</p> Viking Press hardcover
