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1954049788San MArino: The Huntington Library 1954. First Edition 1st Printing. Blue Cloth. Fine/Very Good. Portrait Plates. 83 Pp. First Printing Fine In Near Fine Dust Jacket With Browning To Spine And Edges Dj With 1" Split At Lower Front Spine Edge. . A Memorial Collection Of His Essays Published By The Huntington Where He Was A Trustee 1938-1953. <br/> <br/> The Huntington Library hardcover
ria9789813279193_inpHardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Astronomy has been associated with the detection of electromagnetic waves or photons from within and beyond the solar system ranging from Radio to Gamma-ray Astronomy. Particle Astrophysics including Neutrino and Dark-Matter Astrophys hardcover
1975r2216bNew York: Science History Publications. VG: in very good condition with rubbed and chipped dust jacket. 1975. First Edition. Cream hardback leather cover. 240mm x 310mm 9" x 12". 64pp. Signed and dedicated by author on fep. . Science History Publications hardcover
1953002872Oxford University at Clarendon Press: 1953. 875 pages. The Editor's preface notes "Rapid extensions of knowledge stemming from war-time researches in high-speed flight and in ballistics led to the suggestion that the earlier volumes of this work which were largely confined to incompressible flow should be supplemented by others whose prime concern was the effect of compressibility." VERY GOOD HARDCOVERS blue cloth covers lettering is bright on spine spin edge has some fading internally fine. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket Present. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Oxford University at Clarendon Press: Hardcover
198852070London: Chatto & Windus. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0701133325 . Fine condition in a Very Good condition with scuffed surfaces; Bernard Shaw: The Search for Love is the biography of one of the most influential and controversial British dramatists of the early 20th century. The book examines Shaw's life and work focusing on his romantic relationships.; Vol. 1; 8vo; 486 pages . Chatto & Windus hardcover
1974013180London: Oxford University Press 1974. Fine condition in a Very Good dust jacket price-clipped. 8.5" wide by 12" tall. Bright clean square tight and unmarked. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Contains papers presented at a 7-8 December 1972 symposium organized by D. G. Kendall S. Piggott D. G. King-Hele and I. E. S. Edwards. This clothbound edition was published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press London. Bound in the original maroon cloth lettered in shiny gold on the spine. First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. iv 276pp. Oxford University Press Hardcover
1991biblio619Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1991. Fine. <p>4to xxiv 240p ill B&W blue cloth under DJ small tear</p> Cambridge University Press hardcover
1961053228Oxford / London: Pergamon Press / Agard Conference On Low Noise Electronics 1961. First Separate Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Dd-1 To Dd-10. Offprint Stapled. Fine. <br/> <br/> Pergamon Press / Agard Conference On Low Noise Electronics paperback
1993027730Kluwer Academic Publishers 1993. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. Photographs. 92 Pp. Stapled Front Wrapper Offprint From Space Science Reviews 64 Pp 1-92 1963. Inscribed By E. Robert Paul On The Front Page With The Recipient's Name Stamp Dated 1994. This Was Also Published In Green Boards. <br/> <br/> Kluwer Academic Publishers paperback
1857614349London: Longman Brown Green Longmans & Roberts 1857. Very good condition hardcover with gilt decorated red boards and gilt lettering on the spine no dust jacket. Page block is gilt edged with complementary marbled pastedowns and endpapers. Boards are scuffed with some surface colour loss noted. Edges corners and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown and name penned to FEP. A few light spots of foxing on a few of the pages which are otherwise clear and binding is sound. LW. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Used. Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts Hardcover
180542389London W. Bulmer and Co. 1805. 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1805 - Part I. Pp. 31-64 and 1 engraved plate. Clean and fine. <br/><br/><em>First appearance of an importent paper founding the metric of interstellar space.It was the contemporous discoveries of the first minor planets ceres in 1801 Pallas in 1802 and Juno in 1803 that prompted Herschel to investigate the origin of the spurious diameters of stars. "Were their apparent diameters as real as those of planets or spurious as for stars To address this question Herschel conducted an extensive series of experiments in his garden in Slough examining through his telescope small globules of differing sizes and materials placed in a tree some 800 ft ca. 244 m away Herschel 1805. His observations showed that for the smallest globules the diameters were all spurious and all of the same size. Furthermore he found that if just the inner part of the aperture of the telescope were used the spurious diameters whether of globules or of stars were larger. If the whole aperture was employed the diameters were smaller and if only an outer annular aperture was used the diameters were smaller still. This experimental discovery that unfilled apertures can be used to obtain high angular resolution remains today the essential basis for interferometric imaging in astronomy in particular Aperture Masking Interferometry. The theoretical justification of this result came with Airy's analysis of the diffraction pattern of a circular aperture 30 years later Airy 1835 and it took a further 30 years before the idea of using multiple apertures was developed. In an early study the Reverend W. R. Dawes noted that he had `frequently found great advantage from the use of a perforated whole aperture' and that when observing Venus this produced `a central image of the planet perfectly colourless and very sharply dened' Dawes 1866. But it was left to Fizeau in his submission to the Commission for the Prix Bordin the following year to remark on `une relation remarquable et n´ecessaire entre la dimension des franges et celle de la source lumineuse' and suggest that by using an interferometric combination of light from two separated slits `il deviendra possible d'obtenir quelques donn´ees nouvelles sur les diametres angulaires de ces astres' Fizeau 1868." </em> unknown
180545883London W. Bulmer and Co. 1805. 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1805 - Part I. Pp. 31-64 and 1 engraved plate. Clean and fine. <br/><br/><em>First appearance of an importent paper founding the metric of interstellar space.It was the contemporous discoveries of the first minor planets ceres in 1801 Pallas in 1802 and Juno in 1803 that prompted Herschel to investigate the origin of the spurious diameters of stars. "Were their apparent diameters as real as those of planets or spurious as for stars To address this question Herschel conducted an extensive series of experiments in his garden in Slough examining through his telescope small globules of differing sizes and materials placed in a tree some 800 ft ca. 244 m away Herschel 1805. His observations showed that for the smallest globules the diameters were all spurious and all of the same size. Furthermore he found that if just the inner part of the aperture of the telescope were used the spurious diameters whether of globules or of stars were larger. If the whole aperture was employed the diameters were smaller and if only an outer annular aperture was used the diameters were smaller still. This experimental discovery that unfilled apertures can be used to obtain high angular resolution remains today the essential basis for interferometric imaging in astronomy in particular Aperture Masking Interferometry. The theoretical justification of this result came with Airy's analysis of the diffraction pattern of a circular aperture 30 years later Airy 1835 and it took a further 30 years before the idea of using multiple apertures was developed. In an early study the Reverend W. R. Dawes noted that he had `frequently found great advantage from the use of a perforated whole aperture' and that when observing Venus this produced `a central image of the planet perfectly colourless and very sharply dened' Dawes 1866. But it was left to Fizeau in his submission to the Commission for the Prix Bordin the following year to remark on `une relation remarquable et n´ecessaire entre la dimension des franges et celle de la source lumineuse' and suggest that by using an interferometric combination of light from two separated slits `il deviendra possible d'obtenir quelques donn´ees nouvelles sur les diametres angulaires de ces astres' Fizeau 1868." </em> unknown
1849614345London: Longman Brown Green and Longmans 1849. Hardcover no dust jacket complementary marbled page block and decorated pastedowns and endpapers in very good condition for its age. Boards are scuffed with surface wear to the rear board. Edges corners spine sides and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. First and last few pages are tanned and foxed with odd marks and spots of foxing on some of the pages which are otherwise clear. Hinge breaks noted however binding remains sound. LW. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Used. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans Hardcover
1865036982London: Longmans Green & Co. 1865. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Plates. Xiv 731 Pp. 9 Plates. Eighth Edition The Last Issued In Herschel's Lifetime. Full Red Morocco 5 Raised Bands Black Morocco Spine Label Full Gilt In Other Compartments Covers With Gilt And Blindstamped Rules At Borders With Gilt Devices At Corners All Edges Of Boards Gilt Marbled Endpapers And Matching Marbled Edges Of Page Block. Binding Bright And Clean Hinges Tight Small Professionally Repaired Fray At Lower Rear Tip And Tiny Repairs At Other 3 Tips. Contents Immaculate. No Names Or Marks Or Bookplates. <br/> <br/> Longmans, Green & Co. hardcover
1959053264Los Angeles California: Aero Publishers. Very Good. 1959. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Large format hardcover no dustjacket one significant flaw: a bump to the bottom front corner which has caused short corner-creases to the pages the book is in great shape otherwise with a clean tight binding and fine contents "an encyclopedic presentation of the wealth of material published on specific research and design problems - materials from articles and reports published all over the world" 607 pages packed with photos and diagrams . Aero Publishers hardcover
1871484427N. J. Newark 1871. Hardcover in good condition. No jacket. 29 pages with one-page appendix. Boards are lightly marked and edge-worn. Minor bumps on spine. Page block and pages are lightly marked and tanned. Light creases throughout pages. Minor tears on lower edges of FEP and title page. Text is clear throughout. HCW. Hardcover. Good. Used. N. J. Newark Hardcover
1843j1944dLondon: N H Cotes. G: in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and marked. Bowing to boards. Splitting to outer hinges. Inner hinge cracking. Staining to paste-downs and eps. Occasional thumbing and marking. Loss to rear ep. 1843. Second Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 180mm x 110mm 7" x 4". viii 172pp. B/w in-text illustrations. . N H Cotes hardcover
1867j1944Edinburgh: A Fullerton & Co. Worn condition. Cover rubbed and heavily taped. Inner hinge cracking. Ex Paisley Free Library and Museum. Content in overall good condition. 1867. First Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 240mm x 160mm 9" x 6". xvi 503pp. 115 b/w woodcuts. . A Fullerton & Co hardcover
2001ML014Dordrecht/Boston/London: Kluwer Academic Publishers 2001 Glossy orange hardcover white titling. No jacket as issued. Spine ends & corners bumped light shelf wear else as new. ix 280 pages bibliography figures. Astrophysics & Space Science Library volume 266. 17 papers plus updated bibliography of Socio-Astronomy. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/No Jacket. 6½" by 9¾". Kluwer Academic Publishers hardcover
1988040391New York: Bantam Books 1988. First American Edition Second Issue 1st Printing. Black Cloth / Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. Charts and Tables Throughout. X 198 Pp. First Printing Of The Final Version After A Suppressed First Issue Which Lacked A Table Of Contents And Had Slightly Different Text. Near Fine In Near Fine Dj No Names Or Marks Dj Not Price-Clipped. <br/> <br/> Bantam Books hardcover
19981311034PN. New. 1998. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition . PN paperback
20011329826PN. New. 2001. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition . PN paperback
1987011367New York: Workman Publishing 1987. 10.25" wide by 10.25" tall. Bright clean square tight unmarked copy. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped 27.50. Beautifully illustrated with more than 100 full-color painting. The narrative is by Hartmann an astronomer adviser to NASA and senior scientist at the Planetary Science Institute. The paintings some double-page spreads are by William K. Hartmann Ron Miller Pamela Lee and Tom Miller. The paintings are of realms beyond our solar system. Some are intended to be as realistic as possible - how they might actually appear to the naked eye. Many others are fantastic imaginings of alien planets and creatures by artists with fertile minds apparently influenced by heavy doses of science fiction. If you enjoy the SCI-FI art of Michael Whelan you'll like these too. Glossary. Index. Keywords: Black Holes Pulsars Astronomy Astrophysics Cosmos Supernova Nebulae Neutron Stars . First Printing of the First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by Hartmann William K.; & Ron Miller; Pamela Lee; Tom Miller paintings. 189pp. Workman Publishing Hardcover
1981046750Cambridge University Press 1981. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Xi 430 Pp. Black Cloth Stamped In Turquoise. First Printing Fine In Fine Dust Jacket No Wear Or Marks. <br/> <br/> Cambridge University Press hardcover
1952024950Astronomical Society of the Pacific / Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories Carnegie Instiotution California Institute of Technology 1952. First Separate Edition . Stapled Wrappers. Fine. Offprint Of Harrington's Article In The Publications Of The Astronomical Society Of The Pasc Vol 64 No 381 December 1952 Reprinted For Distribution By Mt Wilson-Mt Palomar / Carnegie/Caltech. With An Original Photograph Of Harrington And Five Others Involved With The Telescope Standing Beneath It. Also With An Issue Of Caltech's "Engineering And Science" Monthly Containing An Article By Zwicky About The Search For Supernovae With Harrington's Initials On The Cover. Robert G. Harrington Was An American Astronomer Who Worked At Palomar Observatory. He Should Not Be Confused With Robert Sutton Harrington Who Was Also An Astronomer But Was Born Later And Worked At The Us Naval Observatory. He Discovered Or Co-Discovered A Number Of Comets Including Periodic Comets 43P/Wolf-Harrington 51P/Harrington Discovered In 1953 52P/Harrington-Abell Discovered Jointly With George O. Abell In 1955 And The Comet/Asteroid 107P/Wilson-Harrington Which He And Albert Wilson Discovered In 1949 And Which Had Become An Asteroid By 1988. Harrington Co-Discovered The Globular Cluster Palomar 12 With Fritz Zwicky. The Asteroid 3216 Harrington Was Not Named After Robert G. Harrington But Rather After Robert Sutton Harrington. Harrington's Name Is However Associated With The Asteroid/Comet 107P/Wilson-Harrington. <br/> <br/> Astronomical Society of the Pacific / Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories, Carnegie Instiotution, California Institute of Tec unknown
