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1989021429Acropolis Books Ltd. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1989. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0874919215 . Hardcover with dustjacket this copy is signed and dated 10-11-98 by astronaut/artist Alan Bean whose color paintings illustrate this book this signature was obtained personally at Gabriele Art Gallery in Frenchtown New Jersey where Bean was present to sign/promote his and Andrew Chaikin's book "Apollo: An Eyewitness Account" the book has moderate tanning on the title page which is where Bean has signed and on the outer edge of the pages else excellent condition the dustjacket is also in excellent condition with the original price present and a professional removable mylar cover is included a unique item for serious collectors; Signed by Author . Acropolis Books Ltd. hardcover
1999038885Smithsonian Institution Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1999. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 1560988320 . Hardcover with dustjacket first printing as indicated by the publisher's "1" in the number line on copyright page book and jacket are in excellent condition there are no remarkable flaws and a professional removable mylar cover is included inscribed and signed by the co-author: "To Joel - With thanks for the help over the past decade. Curtis Peebles." Illustrated includes a bibliography "documents the adventure triumphs setbacks and fun of pioneering a technology that allowed astronauts to accomplish lifting reentries and precise runeway landings"; 244 pages; Signed by Author . Smithsonian Institution Press hardcover
2001056651Dutton. Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2001. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 0525945717 . Hardcover with dustjacket inscribed dated and signed by the author book has edge-bumping/crinkling to the spine-ends and corners and a tan-colored blemish on the front cover the binding is tight and the contents are fine the jacket has mild rubbing to the glossy surface on the rear panel and edge-wrinkling at top of spine the jacket is clean and presentable the original price is present and a professional removable mylar cover is included "stirring account of the U. S. Space program from its infancy to its greatest triumphs - written by the one man who was there for it all"; ; 371 pages; Signed by Author . Dutton hardcover
1959E4.199US Navy 1959. Book. Good . Wraps. Revised Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. drilled for 3-ring binder bound with cable ties. systems anf flight instructions. light edgewear light edge toning. 102pp w/index. US Navy Paperback
1961E4.200US Navy / US AirForce 1961. Book. Good . Post-Bound. Revised Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. systems and flight instructions. light edgewear cover soil and toning. w/index. US Navy / US AirForce Paperback
2008g8269Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. 2008. First Edition. Illustrated hardback laminated board cover. 260mm x 180mm 10" x 7". xxiii 501pp. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Cambridge University Press hardcover
1996037208New York: W. W. Norton & Company 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 191 Pp. First Printing With Cd In Publisher's Slipcase. Fine In Fine Dj With Unworn Cd Case And Slipcase. Signed By David And Judith Goodstein. <br/> <br/> W. W. Norton & Company hardcover
1966303781966. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover/pub.1966/Gd.condition - The anthology and bibliography published here under the guidance of a study group. AN830378 hardcover
1966040982Washington: National Academy Of Sciences 1966. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Vii 478 Pp. Black Cloth Gilt. First Printing. Near Fine In Near Fine Jacket Clean And Unmarked. <br/> <br/> National Academy Of Sciences hardcover
1968049587Washington D. C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Very Good-. 1968. Hardcover. Large format hardcover was issued without a dustjacket a common title but this one made collectible due to astronaut Buzz Aldrin's signature between two color photos of him walking in space during the Gemini 12 mission on page 183 some rather faint damp-marks near the bottom of the front cover and a small area of paper residue on the back cover mild tanning to the spine and a mild cock to the spine the binding is tight and the contents are fine; Signed by Author . National Aeronautics and Space Administration hardcover
1968AS-23Oxford UK: Oxford University Press 1968. Classic text examines the whole atmosphere including reasons for the existence of the troposphere the stratosphere; formations of cloud rain hail thunderstorms; the Van Allen Belt; the magnetosphere etc. 209 pgs. Illustrated. Graphic frontispiece. Stamped on front endpaper & outer edges. Label removal mark on lower front cover. Dustjacket in mylar. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Professional Library. Oxford University Press Hardcover
84029Fine. unknown
200329652New York: Random House. As New in As New dust jacket. 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0375812040 . A first printing of the first edition in As New condition in alike dust-jacket SIGNED by astronaut and author Sally Ride directly on the title page; Starting from the sun and working their way outward Space Shuttle astronaut Sally Ride and Tam OShaughnessy embark on a tour of the nine planets and explain formation current conditions and possibility of life on each; 4to; ii 130 pages; Signed by Author . Random House hardcover
1966059823New York: E. P. Dutton & Co 1966. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Photographs. 480 Pp. Blue Cloth With Silver Stamping Orange Endpapers. Near Fine No Marks. Dust Jacket Priced $10.00 Light Wear Closed 1/2" Tear With Associated Wrinkling At Top Of Front Panel Slight Fading. A Marvel Of Scientific Biography By Helen Wright At The Request Of The National Academy Of Sciences After Years Studying Hale's Papers And Extensive Interviews With Relatives Friends And Colleagues; Mary Helen Wright Greuter 1914 - 1997 Was An American Astronomer And Historian Who Wrote And Edited On The History And Methodology Of Sciences Including Anthropology Archeology Mathematics And Physics. Through Her Father Who Led The Carnegie Institution For Science Moon Project At The Mount Wilson Observatory Wright Became Acquainted With People At Mt. Wilson And Got A Job As An Assistant 1937 Doing Research On The History Of Telescopes; And In The Same Year Worked As An Assistant At The Vassar College Observatory. She Also Worked As A Junior Assistant At The U.S. Naval Observatory In Washington D.C. 1942-43; And Was Associated With Palomar Observatory. In 1943 She Became A Freelance Author And Editor.Her Best Known Works Include Explorer Of The Universe: A Biography Of George Ellery Hale 1966 And Sweeper Of The Sky: The Life Of Maria Mitchell 1949. Wright Was A Member Of The American Astronomical Society The History Of Science Society And The International Astronomical Union. She Was Also Co-Editor Of The New Treasury Of Science And Readings In The Physical Sciences. <br/> <br/> E. P. Dutton & Co hardcover
1966060253New York: E. P. Dutton & Co 1966. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Photographs. 480 Pp. Blue Cloth With Silver Stamping Orange Endpapers. Near Fine No Marks. Dust Jacket Priced $10.00 Light Wear 1/2" Tear At Top Of Front Spine Edge Slight Fading. A Marvel Of Scientific Biography By Helen Wright At The Request Of The National Academy Of Sciences After Years Studying Hale's Papers And Extensive Interviews With Relatives Friends And Colleagues; Mary Helen Wright Greuter 1914 - 1997 Was An American Astronomer And Historian Who Wrote And Edited On The History And Methodology Of Sciences Including Anthropology Archeology Mathematics And Physics. Through Her Father Who Led The Carnegie Institution For Science Moon Project At The Mount Wilson Observatory Wright Became Acquainted With People At Mt. Wilson And Got A Job As An Assistant 1937 Doing Research On The History Of Telescopes; And In The Same Year Worked As An Assistant At The Vassar College Observatory. She Also Worked As A Junior Assistant At The U.S. Naval Observatory In Washington D.C. 1942-43; And Was Associated With Palomar Observatory. In 1943 She Became A Freelance Author And Editor.Her Best Known Works Include Explorer Of The Universe: A Biography Of George Ellery Hale 1966 And Sweeper Of The Sky: The Life Of Maria Mitchell 1949. Wright Was A Member Of The American Astronomical Society The History Of Science Society And The International Astronomical Union. She Was Also Co-Editor Of The New Treasury Of Science And Readings In The Physical Sciences. <br/> <br/> E. P. Dutton & Co 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
173435013Paris: Clouzier Bordelet Gissey. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1734. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; 19 engraved plates. 40 398 8; 8 382 24 pages including half-titles. 2 volumes. 12mo 165x94 mm contemporary mottled calf gilt; some plates toned dampstaining in lower outer corners of Volume 2 opening leaves. Paris: Gissey et al. 1734 Fourth edition of a work originally published in 1709 based on the author's lectures at the University of Paris containing detailed descriptions of 116 experiments. An account of various electrical experiments with magnets. Pierre Poliniere was one of the earliest in France to present public lectures on experimental natural philosophy and one of the first on the continent to advocate Newton's theory of colour. His Experiences de physique of 1709 contains a hundred experiments to do with the weight and elasticity of air chemistry hydrostatics sound magnetism light and colour. DSB XI 67-68. PROVENANCE-Astronomy and Science Books from the Collection of Martin C. Gutzwiller. . Clouzier, Bordelet, Gissey hardcover
1989257741Cambridge United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press 1989. Hardcover is sound with very slightly worn corners bumped bottom corners lightly softened ends of spine and tiny tear on head of spine. Pages are clean and tight throughout. Bottom corners of early pages are lightly creased. Profusely illustrated by diagrams and tables. No dust jacket. T. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Used. Cambridge University Press Hardcover
1937030244New York: Prentice - Hall 1937. SCARCE 1937 FIRST EDITION with 167 pages -- same as the 1946 reprint. Very Good condition. Only a little light shelfwear. NO chips tears creases or fading. Square and tight. Corners are not bumped. Hinges are perfect. Something previous owner's name is marked out on the front pastedown endpaper. Brown offset from binder's glue to the gutters of the endapers front and rear. Pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 33 illustrations: Diagrams. Tables. Photo. Equations and forms. Index. Bound in the original dark blue almost black cloth stamped in gold on the spine. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by Arvid Reuterdahl. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. xv 167pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Prentice - Hall Hardcover
1990048148Cambridge Uk: Cambridge University Press 1990. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. Xiii 562 Pp. Softcover. First Printing 1982. Near Fine The Personal Copy Of Ralph A. Kavanagh One Of The Authors With His Name Stamps. <br/> <br/> Cambridge University Press 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
1933033449Leipzig: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft 1933. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Figures And Charts. Xii 364 Pp. Ads At Rear. Cloth Printed In Brown. Very Lightly Used Would Be Near Fine But Short Pull-Tear At Top Of Spine1/2" Diameter Paper Label And A Blind-Stamp Of The Mt. Wilson Observatory Carnegie Institution On Front Free Endpaper. <br/> <br/> Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft hardcover
1762r3699cParis: Desaint & Saillant. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed and scuffed. 1762. New Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 170mm x 100mm 7" x 4". 504pp. Text in French. . Desaint & Saillant hardcover
1986EC29267BBNew York: Stewart Tabori & Chang 1986. L1 - A revised and enlarged edition hardcover book SIGNED by Joe Allen with "To a fellow space entusiast on the occasion of the Mayor's salute to the Space Industry! STS-5 'Columbia' 1982 STS-51A 'Discovery' 1984 Houston Texas May 19 1988" written on the half-title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket and book have some bumped corners light discoloration and shelf wear. Includes a laid in two-fold program of The Houston Mayor's Salute to the Space Industry held on May 19 1988 which was SIGNED by Walter Cunnigham Apollo 7 astonaut and James B. Irwin Apollo 15 astronaut. Entering Space: An Astronaut's Odyssey by Josep P. Allen with Russell Martin. Designed by Hans Teensma. Revised and enlarged to include Joe Allen's first-hand account of the triumphant satellite rescue mission. 10"x10" 239 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. On November 12 1984 astronaut Joseph P. Allen made history by retrieving from space the malfunctioning Indonesian Palapa B-2 satellite and returning it to the space shuttle Discovery. For the first time a satellite was snared in space and returned to earth for repairs and eventual redeployment. This landmark achievement has launched a new phase of manned space flight and we are one step closer to living and working in space. Now in the revised edition of Entering Space Allen expands and updates the 1984 book to include this daring mission. In Entering Space Allen shares his firsthand insights into the incomparable experience of traveling in space and brings the human dimension of our space program into focus. He gives us a fascinating account of a shuttle flight describing the tension of a countdown and launch the complexities of living for days in the strange weightless environment the challenges of working in space the emotional impact of seeing earth from space the drama of the meteoric descent and landing. The book includes more than 200 dramatic color photographs taken by the astronauts and selected from tens of thousands in the NASA photographic laboratories. Many have never before been seen by the public. Here are pictures of life on board the spacecraft glorious views of earth as seen from space as well as startling images of the moon and the mysterious planets. Entering Space conveys the irresistible lure of space flight a sense of the wonder of humankind's continuing space odyssey. . Signed by Author. Revised and Enlarged. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Stewart, Tabori & Chang Hardcover
