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1975009432Leningrad: Izdatelestvo Lenningradskogo Universiteta Leningrad State University 1975. First Edition . Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/New. Tables. Softcover First Printing. Near Fine. Presented By Kondratyev To Cal Tech Professor Bruce Murray Who Followed William Pickering As Director Of The Jet Propulsion Laboratory And Later With Carl Sagan Was Co-Founder Of The Planetary Society But Not Marked As Such; No Marks Or Inscriptions. Kirill Y. Kondratyev 1920 - 2006 Was A Russian Atmospheric Physicist Lecturer Research Scientist Professor Of Atmospheric Physics Chief Of The Department Of Atmospheric Physics University Vice-Rector And Rector. From 1958-61 He Was Head Of The Department Of Radiation Studies At The Main Geophysical Observatory. He Was A Staff Member Of The Institute For Lake Research And The Research Centre For Ecological Safety. He Helped To Create The Nansen International Environmental And Remote Sensing Centre. He Was A Member Of The Russian Academy Of Sciences The International Academy Of Astronautics The German Academy Of Sciences Leopoldina 1970 The American Meteorological Society And The Royal Meteorological Society. He Received Honorary Doctorates From The Universities Of Lille France Athens Greece And Budapest Hungary. His Prizes Include The Ussr State Prize And The Twelfth International Meteorological Organization Prize. He Was Editorial Advisor To Proceedings Of The Russian Geographic Society Russia Idojaras Hungary Meteorology And Atmospheric Physics Austria Atmosfera Mexico Il Nuovo Cimento C Italy And Sustainable Development Usa. He Was A Leading Researcher In The Complex Atmospheric Energetic Experiment Caenex Project 1970-75 The Object Of Which Was To Study The Transport Of All Categories Of Energy And All Types Of Flux Heat Divergence In The Atmosphere Along With Determining The ShortwaveIr Absorption Of Atmospheric Aerosols. Kondratyev Served As A Member Of The International Programme Committee For The World Conference On Climate Change Held In Moscow In 2003 Where He Presented A Paper Entitled "Uncertainties Of Global Climate Change Observations And Simulation Modeling." His Skepticism About Global Warming Is Said To Have Influenced The Views Of Vladimir Putin The President Of Russia On Climate Change. <br/> <br/> Izdatelestvo Lenningradskogo Universiteta (Leningrad State University) unknown
1985028849Washington: American Chemical Society 1985. First Edition 1st Printing. Blue Cloth. Fine/Fine. Photographs. Vii 175 Pp. Blue Cloth. First Printing. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket. Inscribed By Yeomans "To Jpl Astronomer Ray Newburn- Leader Of The Halley Watch From One Of His Undisciplined Discipline Specialists. Don Yeomans 2-89". <br/> <br/> American Chemical Society hardcover
1953038736Los Angeles: Galaxy Pictures 1953. 1st Edition . No Binding. Fine. Reproduction Of Photograph Montage Used For Central Concept In "Project Moonbase" Written By Seaman And Heinlein. The Film Was Made In Ten Days Including Use Of Same Sets For Another Film Shot Simultaneously. Often Criticized As A Film But Mostly By People Who Couldn't Build A Radio Today Let Alone A Space Station In 1953. From The Forrest Ackerman Collection. 17" X 11". Jacque Fresco 1916 - 2017 Was An American Futurist And Self-Described Social Engineer. Self-Taught He Worked In A Variety Of Positions Related To Industrial Design. Fresco Worked At Douglas Aircraft Company In California During The Late 1930S. He Presented Designs Including A Flying Wing And A Disk-Shaped Aircraft. Fresco Was Commissioned By Earl "Madman" Muntz To Design Low Cost Housing. Muntz Invested $500000 Seed Money In The Project. Fresco 32 Years Old At The Time Along With His Associates Harry Giaretto And Eli Catran Conceived Designed And Engineered A Project House Called The Trend Home. Built Mostly Of Aluminum And Glass It Was On Prominent Display At Stage 8 Of The Warner Bros. Sunset Lot In Hollywood For Three Months. Without Federal Or Further Private Funding The Project Did Not Go Into Mass Production. This Experience Led Fresco To The Conclusion That Society Would Have To Be Changed For His Inventions To Reach Their Potential.In The Late 1940S Fresco Created And Was Director Of Scientific Research Laboratories In Los Angeles. Here He Also Gave Lectures And Taught Technical Design Meanwhile Researching And Working On Inventions As A Freelance Inventor And Scientific Consultant. During This Period Fresco Struggled To Get His Research Funded And Faced Setbacks And Financial Difficulties. In 1955 Fresco Left California After His Laboratory Was Removed To Build The Golden State Freeway.In 1955 Fresco Moved To Miami Florida. In Miami Fresco Presented Designs Of A Circular City. Fresco Made His Living Working As An Industrial Designer For Various Companies Such As Alcoa And The Major Realty Corporation. In 1961 With Pietro Belluschi And C. Frederick Wise Fresco Collaborated On A Project Known As The Sandwich House. Consisting Of Mostly Prefabricated Components Partitions And Aluminum It Sold For $2950 Or $7500 With Foundation And All Internal Installations. During This Period Fresco Supported His Projects By Designing Prefabricated Aluminum Devices Through Jacque Fresco Enterprises Inc. From 1955 To 1969 Fresco Named His Social Ideas "Project Americana". Looking Forward Was Published In 1969. Author Ken Keyes Jr. And Jacque Fresco Coauthored The Book A Speculative Look At The Future. The Authors Picture An Ideal 'Cybernetic Society In Which Want Has Been Banished And Work And Personal Possessions No Longer Exist; Individual Gratification Is The Total Concern' .Fresco Formed "Sociocyberneering" A Membership Organization Claiming 250 Members. He Hosted Lectures In Miami Beach And Coral Gables. Fresco Promoted His Organization By Lecturing At Universities And Appearing On Radio And Television. Fresco's "Sociocyberneering" As A Membership Group Was Discontinued And Land Was Purchased At Another Location In Rural Venus Florida. He Established His Home And Research Center There.Fresco With Meadows Supported The Project In The 1990S Through Freelance Inventing Industrial Engineering Conventional Architectural Modeling And Invention Consultations. In 2002 Fresco Published His Main Work The Best That Money Can't Buy. In 2006 William Gazecki Directed The Semi-Biographical Film About Fresco Future By Design.In 2008 Peter Joseph Featured Fresco In The Film Zeitgeist Addendum Where His Ideas Of The Future Were Given As Possible Alternatives. Peter Joseph Founder Of The Zeitgeist Movement Began Advocating Fresco's Approach. In April 2012 The Two Groups Disassociated Due To Disagreements Regarding Goals And Objectives. <br/> <br/> Galaxy Pictures unknown
1953038735Los Angeles: Galaxy Pictures 1953. 1st Edition . No Binding. Fine. 17" X 1". Reproduction Of Photograph Montage Used For Central Concept In "Project Moonbase" Written By Seaman And Heinlein. The Film Was Made In Ten Days Including Use Of Same Sets For Another Film Shot Simultaneously. Often Criticized As A Film But Mostly By People Who Couldn't Build A Radio Today Let Alone A Space Station In 1953. From The Forrest Ackerman Collection. Jacque Fresco 1916 - 2017 Was An American Futurist And Self-Described Social Engineer. Self-Taught He Worked In A Variety Of Positions Related To Industrial Design. Fresco Worked At Douglas Aircraft Company In California During The Late 1930S. He Presented Designs Including A Flying Wing And A Disk-Shaped Aircraft. Fresco Was Commissioned By Earl "Madman" Muntz To Design Low Cost Housing. Muntz Invested $500000 Seed Money In The Project. Fresco 32 Years Old At The Time Along With His Associates Harry Giaretto And Eli Catran Conceived Designed And Engineered A Project House Called The Trend Home. Built Mostly Of Aluminum And Glass It Was On Prominent Display At Stage 8 Of The Warner Bros. Sunset Lot In Hollywood For Three Months. Without Federal Or Further Private Funding The Project Did Not Go Into Mass Production. This Experience Led Fresco To The Conclusion That Society Would Have To Be Changed For His Inventions To Reach Their Potential.In The Late 1940S Fresco Created And Was Director Of Scientific Research Laboratories In Los Angeles. Here He Also Gave Lectures And Taught Technical Design Meanwhile Researching And Working On Inventions As A Freelance Inventor And Scientific Consultant. During This Period Fresco Struggled To Get His Research Funded And Faced Setbacks And Financial Difficulties. In 1955 Fresco Left California After His Laboratory Was Removed To Build The Golden State Freeway.In 1955 Fresco Moved To Miami Florida. In Miami Fresco Presented Designs Of A Circular City. Fresco Made His Living Working As An Industrial Designer For Various Companies Such As Alcoa And The Major Realty Corporation. In 1961 With Pietro Belluschi And C. Frederick Wise Fresco Collaborated On A Project Known As The Sandwich House. Consisting Of Mostly Prefabricated Components Partitions And Aluminum It Sold For $2950 Or $7500 With Foundation And All Internal Installations. During This Period Fresco Supported His Projects By Designing Prefabricated Aluminum Devices Through Jacque Fresco Enterprises Inc. From 1955 To 1969 Fresco Named His Social Ideas "Project Americana". Looking Forward Was Published In 1969. Author Ken Keyes Jr. And Jacque Fresco Coauthored The Book A Speculative Look At The Future. The Authors Picture An Ideal 'Cybernetic Society In Which Want Has Been Banished And Work And Personal Possessions No Longer Exist; Individual Gratification Is The Total Concern' .Fresco Formed "Sociocyberneering" A Membership Organization Claiming 250 Members. He Hosted Lectures In Miami Beach And Coral Gables. Fresco Promoted His Organization By Lecturing At Universities And Appearing On Radio And Television. Fresco's "Sociocyberneering" As A Membership Group Was Discontinued And Land Was Purchased At Another Location In Rural Venus Florida. He Established His Home And Research Center There.Fresco With Meadows Supported The Project In The 1990S Through Freelance Inventing Industrial Engineering Conventional Architectural Modeling And Invention Consultations. In 2002 Fresco Published His Main Work The Best That Money Can't Buy. In 2006 William Gazecki Directed The Semi-Biographical Film About Fresco Future By Design.In 2008 Peter Joseph Featured Fresco In The Film Zeitgeist Addendum Where His Ideas Of The Future Were Given As Possible Alternatives. Peter Joseph Founder Of The Zeitgeist Movement Began Advocating Fresco's Approach. In April 2012 The Two Groups Disassociated Due To Disagreements Regarding Goals And Objectives. <br/> <br/> Galaxy Pictures unknown
2014058721Timber Times Inc. 2014. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/As New. Photographs Throughout. 327 Pp. Black Cloth. First Printing. As New Fine In Fine Dust Jacket Still In Publisher's Shrinkwrap. <br/> <br/> Timber Times, Inc. hardcover
1976056744Los Angeles Ca: Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences / Samuel Goldwyn Theatre 1976. 1st Edition 5th or later Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8 Pp. For The Program With A Talk By Powers Plus The Dramatization Starring Lee Majors Noah Beery Nehemiah Persoff Lew Ayres Etc. Inscribed By Powers. <br/> <br/> Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences / Samuel Goldwyn Theatre paperback
1966059508Berkeley: Howell-North Books 1966. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Photographs. 188 Pp. Hardcover. First Printing 1966 Date On Title Page. Fine In Near Fine Dj Priced$.40. <br/> <br/> Howell-North Books hardcover
1936ZB573251Oslo: 1936-64. library buckram volumes 1-9 an uninterrupted run of complete volumes minor ownerhsip markings else verey good PRICE IS FOR THE LOT:. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Oslo: hardcover
1995x-0792337840Kluwer Academic Pub 1995. Hardcover. New. 308 pages. 9.21x6.14x0.75 inches. Kluwer Academic Pub hardcover
19911160531.34Kluwer Academic Publishers Dordrecht 1991. Paperback. New. 8vo paperback. 2 volume set. NEW. Still in shrinkwrap - never opened never read. xiv xiv 1360 total pp. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht paperback
1986DBS-9780897663359New York Academy 1986. 1st. Hardcover. New. New York Academy hardcover
1986DBS-9780897663359New York Academy 1986. 1st. Hardcover. New. New York Academy hardcover
2002x-3540425594Springer Verlag 2002. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 255 pages. 9.75x6.50x0.50 inches. Springer Verlag hardcover
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1834DEMO016653IStuttgart: Carl Hoffmann 1834. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 4 fold-out engravings. 12mo 362 pages contemporary marbled boards leather label on spine. Ex libris in 1841 Dr. Paalzow possibly German physicist Carl Adolf Paalzow. Some foxing tidal stain at gutter near heel. Scarce. <br/><br/>Von Littrow was the third Director of the Vienna Observatory the first university astronomical observatory. He also created the only conformal retroazimuthal map projection the Littrow projection. This treatise on theoretical astronomy is the first volume of a trilogy. 4 fold-out engravings. Carl Hoffmann hardcover
1958032778Washington: Public Affairs Press 1958. First Hardcover Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good DJ. Drawings. Vi380 Pp. Maroon Cloth Gilt. Excellent Compilation Of Short Articles By About 37 Prominent Russian Space Scientists. First Published By Rand Corporation In 1957 As A Paperback This Is The First Hardback Issue And The First Issue Intended For Wide Public Use. A Fine Copy In A Dj With Wear Short Tears And Small Losses None Affecting Lettering Or Design Price Clipped No Fading Or Staining. <br/> <br/> Public Affairs Press hardcover
1952030600China Lake : U S Naval Ordinance Test Station Inyokern Technical Publishing Division 1952. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Photographs And Charts. Viii 110 Pp. Blue Cloth Gilt #105 Of A Limited Issue Of 120 Copies. Exceptionally Scarce; Worldcat Locates Only One Institutional Copy At The U S Naval Postgraduate School In Monterey. This May Have Been The Caltech Hydrodynamics Laboratory Copy With A Single Datestamp"Received August 8 1952 Engineering" On Front Cover With Pages From The Rocketeer Laid In Loosely Referring To Both The Engineering Department And Another Article On The China Lake Facility And An Orange Flyer Laid In Loosely Regarding Congratulations Received On The 12Th Anniversary Of That Facility; No Other Marks Other Than The Circular Date Stamp. <br/> <br/> U S Naval Ordinance Test Station, Inyokern, Technical Publishing Division hardcover
2002022314United Kingdom: Easton Press 2002. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket/As Issued. 10x1x11. Special Easton Press leather-bound collector's edition. Very good copy with a hint of shelfwear. Beautiful photographs throughout. Gilt page edges and attached ribbon bookmark. Blue leather boards with gilt lettering and design. Easton Press hardcover
19701060220.18Technivision Services Slough England for the Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development NATO 1970. Hardcover. Good. 8vo hardcover. No dj. Good condition. Ex-NASA copy w/ stamping to endpapers & bottom text-block edge; boards very slightly bowed interior clean binding tight. 3-223 p. illus. Technivision Services, Slough, England, for the Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development, NATO hardcover
1934035132New York: The Viking Press 1934. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. 296 Pp. Green Cloth Gilt. One Of The Lawrence's Own Copies: Ownership Signature Of Lawrence's Friend And Neighbor Ruth Swaine Frieda Spells Her Name "Swayne" In Her Letters As Does Goyen And As Such She Enters Posterity Dated 1934 And Presentation Inscription To Her "To My Brilliant Teacher From Fr.- L-" And Later Inscribed By Swaine To Writer William Goyen "And Now 1954 To Our Brilliant And More Underlined Bill- Ruth". William Goyen And His Friend Joe Glasco Arrived In Taos In 1947 And Were Allowed To Build A House On Her Property. They Became Friends. In 1956 Goyen Was Intimately Involved In The Events Of Frieda's Last Day. Condition Of Book Is Good Wear With A Few Tiny Frays Gilt Very Bright But Cloth Faded; Dust Jacket Browned At Edges Very Browned On Spine Colors Not Faded Not Price Clipped 1/8" Loss Along Top Of Spine And 1/8 V-Chip At Top Of Front Panel And At Each Of Two Upper Tips. <br/> <br/> The Viking Press hardcover
1902042483New York: The Macmillan Company 1902. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. 261 Pp. 3 Pp Ads At Rear. Rough Blue Gray Cloth Stamped In White Red And Black With No Embossed Stamping At All Prfectly Flat Printing. First Printing 1902 One Of 3466 Copies; This Copy In The Scarcer Relatively Rough Blue-Gray Cloth A Copy Of Which Sissons-Martens Says Was Inscribed By London On Nov 16 1902; Most Copies Are In Green Semi-Polished V Cloth Withsome Embossing To The Design. Book Without Marks Some Wear To White Lettering On Spine And Front Panel But All Quite Clear Front Hinge Cracked For A Few Inches Rear Hinge Broken Fraying To Ends Of Spine And At Tips. <br/> <br/> The Macmillan Company hardcover
1975041448Sacramento / San Francisco. : Corti Brothers / Andrew Hoyem 1975. First Edition Thus . Hardcover. Fine. Xxv 80 Pp. Full Brown Leather One Of 10 Copies Printed On English Handmade Paper Taller And Thicker Than The 990 Copies Of The Limited Trade Edition. Fine. Glenn Todd's Copy <br/> <br/> Corti Brothers / Andrew Hoyem hardcover
1914028976New York: The Century Co. 1914. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good . 413 Pp. Green Cloth Ribbed Gilt Lettering On Spine. Pointed Intelligent Commentary On The Evolution Of American Politics Particularly Focused On The Revolution Events Leading To The Civil War And Reconstruction - As War Slavery And Expansion Were So Central To American Politics; Good Index No References But Well-Grounded In The Details Of American History. "Unquestionably We Won The Revolution Because The English Did Not Push The War In 1775 And 1776. The King The Ministers And The Educated Classes Were Firmly Convinced That The Movement Was The Work Of A Small Faction." Covers Immaculate Gilt All Present And Clear But Not Brilliant Hinges Tight No Stains Or Other Damage Very Small Ink Inscription At Top Of Front Free Endpaper No Other Marks. Per Wikipedia Roland G. Usher 1880- 1957 Was A Professor Of History Active In The Twentieth Century. He Had Gained His Doctorate And Been Appointed Instructor In History At Washington University By 1910. By 1915 Usher Was Appointed Professor Of History At Washington University. <br/> <br/> The Century Co. hardcover
1944034638Washington: Army Air Forces 1944 1945 1944. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Two Volumes 1944 In Beige Wrappers Very Good Signed By Captain Peterson / 5D277 At Top; 1945 Volume In Grey Covers No Marks Near Fine. <br/> <br/> Army Air Forces 1944, 1945 paperback
1973056748Random House 1973. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 338 Pp. Blue Cloth Spine Blue Boards. Firs Edition Stated. Inscribed By Both Aldrin And Warga To Psychiatrist John Tarr. Book And Dust Jacket FineNo Wear Except Jacket Shows Odd Fading In Small Area At Top Of Front Panel And Book Itself Shows Dading To Edges; Rear Flap Has A Vertical Crease. <br/> <br/> Random House hardcover
