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Features: The Launching of the Oriana; The President's Tour; Theories of Cosmology - Part III of How Scientists Understand the Universe; Epsom College; The Greatest Discovery of Roman Gold Pieces since the Great Find at Arras, Including Unique Medallions of the Emperor Maxentius; Armaments Research Exhibition; Scotland Yard at Work; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full black cloth boards. Previous owner's name written on front free endpaper. Tear on edge worn dust jacket. Stated First Printing. 240 pages.
pp. 274 + Plus portrait frontis. Presentation copy from the author. Tall 8vo. Original gold stamped full orange cloth binding. First Edition. MED 7
90 pages. Loaded with wonderful color and black and white photos. Features: Shiau Fang Fang, The Best of Shaolin Kung Fu, Jimping Ash, A Queen's Ransom, The Blazing Temple, War between Film and TV vs. Dept. of Cinema Censorship, Sylvia and Chin Chuan, Chen Chen and Patrick, Hsu Feng's Sweet Wedding Night, Chen Ping and Bao Li, Hu In Meng, Li Hsing, Chang Cheng and Liu Chia Leong, Chen Nei and Fu Shing, Tien Nei and Yuen Hua, Yin Nan See, Miss Universe Pageant 1976, and much more. Binding fragile as first page pages beginning to loosen, otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
Book appears in mint unread condition. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with slight storage rubbing to lower front edge. 258pp. George Gamow's classic Mr Tompkins in Paperback, now fully revised and updated by Russell Stannard. We watch as Mr Tompkins tackles the cosmic mysteries of the universe, black holes, quarks, antimatter and much more including that ultimate cosmic mystery - love.
92 pages. Features: Nikita Khrushchev and 'Doctor Zhivago' - the Pasternak case underlies Moscow's dilemma - to give intellectuals freedom to produce what the regime needs - and yet to keep them on a strong leash; As the Guns Fell Silent - photos of celebration from 40 years ago when the guns of WWI fell silent; Shrunken Heads - and Shrunken Minds - man has yet to overcome his trust in fetishes in his personal and political life; Why They Cheer for (Jimmy) Hoffa - James R. Hoffa has emerged from the attacks upon him stronger than ever; The Trans-Brazillian Highway; Urban Ruin - or Urban Renewal? - the time for decision is now; Ten Best Plays for an American repoertory theatre; Changing Visions of the Universe; Coach with Winning Ways - Oklahoma's Charles Burnham Wilkinson; Now a Varsity Letter for Scholarship; New York's Commuter Ferries; New Lands From Old - the Netherlands reclaims thousands of acres from the sea; "Chosen" Children - a Fresh Look; Ham - The Country Way; 'American' in Paris - home fashion; Patterns on the Snow - fashion; Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Some yellowing with age. A sound vintage copy. Book
Features: Great cover photo of an East German customs checkpoint at Berlin; Berlin Beleaguered - Today the population lives far better than when blockaded a decade ago but it feels a great unease generated by new Communist pressures; West Berlin Moods - photos of Berlin scenes; Labor's House Three Years After - anniversary of the A.F.L.-C.I.O. merger finds the union movement with some notable gains and a closetful of troubles; The 'Overwhelming' Robert Frost - At 84, the new poetry consultant to the Library of Congress looks like the symbol of a poet; What Went Wrong in Pakistan - Its sick parliamentary system has died - photo-illustrated article; How Balanchine Changed Ballet - something special has been achieved by the New York City Ballet, aged ten; The Oval Room - Eisenhoweriana; Messages From the Invisible Universe, by Arthur C. Clarke - Radio waves, reaching the earth from vast distances, are clues to a greater cosmos - with photo of the giant radio-telescope at Jodrell Bank, Manchester; Teaching the Young to Look - and See; Students in Search of Faith - Today's seminarians; Nice two-page color-photo ad for the Dorado Beach Hotel in Puerto Rico; Japan Turns Against the 'Gyangu' - crackdown on teen-age toughs; What Should a Man Tell His Wife?; Hottest Fighter in Town - Jose Torres; Lovely one-page color-photo ad for Jamaica features Mary Martin Halliday; The Care of the Reluctant Schoolboy; Play is Child's Work; Cookie Recipes; The Season for Springerle; Photos of fashionable rainwear for ladies; Photo feature of home designed by Richard Gordon to be child-proof; and more. 96 pages. Many fascinating black and white reproductions of photos plus sensational fashion ads, some of which are in color. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
pp. xxi, 325. Illustrated with numerous photographs and drawings. Pictorial title page. Color pictorial endpapers. 8vo. Original full black embossed cloth binding, lettered in gold and decorated in silver. Original dust jacket, slightly torn bottom spine. Hardbound. Nice copy. SPACE/1
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 352pp. This book 'cuts through the jargon, with step-by-step diagrams that untangle knotty theories, classic quotes that make scientific discoveries memorable, and witty illustrations that enhance and play with our understanding of science.'
in-8°, VIII-277 pages, Bl./Wh. illustr., fig., index. Paperback. Foreword by Stephen Hawking. VG [EN-2/3]
156 pages. Features: Interview with Christopher Alexander; Four Reviews and an overview of Christopher Alexander's 'The Nature of Order' - an essay on the art of building and the nature of the universe; Going after the avant-garde - architectural aesthetics and the spirit of advertising; Architecture - biological form and artificial intelligence; Urban superconscious and the return of the garden myth; On the early sketches of Eric Mendelsohn; A view of berlin holocaust memorials; A treasure of Sullivan architectural ornament; Charles Biederman (1906-2004); Why Charles Biederman matters (to me); An imaginary dialogue between Kandinsky and Klee on Abstract art and nature; Florida Everglades; The color of art in nature's landscape; book reviews. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy. Book
np. Double column. Slightly soiled. 4to. Modern wraps. SCIENCE BOX 3
pp. vii, 23 + Plus numerous drawings, maps and photographs of the excavation. 4to. Original printed blue wraps. Very good copy. First excavated by James Pritchard (1956-1962), Gibeon has significant archaeological remains - especially from the days of the early Israelites. First Edition. SCIENCE BOX 3
117p. Drawings by the author. 8vo. Paperback. Nice copy. SPACE/5
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 231pp. Acclaimed physicist Lee Smolin provides the first concise and accessible overview of current attempts to reconcile Einstein's theory of general relativity with quantum theory as a step towards a 'theory of everything'.
pp. xiv, 224 + Numerous full page photographs. Uncut. Large 8vo. Original full light blue cloth binding, gold lettered. Original dust jacket with price, slightly worn with small loss at top of spine. Hardbound. Nice copy. First Edition(?). SPACE/4
In 8? (cm ), senza rilegatura, pagg.1 cromolitografia di cm 20,2x12,7 (cm 26,8x18,2) compresi i margini bianchi), velina di protezione parlante con qualche leggera aderanza d'inchiostro, ottimo e fresco es.
Monografia fuori commercio, per gli abbonati di "Universo" (4c).
Reveu, & augment? en quatri?me Edition, de plusieurs Remarques, & Figures - L'Autheur au Lecteur - Le Libraire au Lecteur - Table des Longitudes...principales villes de l'Univers, avec leursblongitudes & latitudes - 1 15,2x9,2 cm., legatura ottocentesca in mezza pelle, piatti marmorizzati, fregi e titolo in su tassello, pp. (10) 324. 79 tavole fuori testo, di cui 10 tabelle, (numerazione si ferma a 70 per che alcune son contrassegnate con stesso numero ma con lettera), altre numerose tabelle nel testo, testatine, capilettera e finalini, in lingua francese, segni d'uso, strappo con mancanza ad una tavola, manca l'antiporta, discreto esemplare, ex libris
Collana Scienza e Idee. Prima edizione.<BR>In 8°; pp. 303 con numerose illustrazioni in nero nel testo; brossura editoriale con alette; cucito.<BR>NUOVO.
Toraldo di Francia Giuliano Un universo troppo semplice. La visione storica e la visione scientifica del mondo. , Feltrinelli 1990, piatti e dorso lievemente segnati dal tempo. tagli bruniti. interno ingiallito,complessivamente in buono stato. Buono (Good) . <br> <br> Copertina flessibile <br> 155<br> 8807080885
Mm 150x210 Brossura editoriale di pp. 111, con 22 illustrazioni a colori su tavole fuori testo, in buono stato. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
in-12, 320 pages, entièrem. ill. en couleurs, index, broche, couv. cartonnage sple ill. plast. Bel exemplaire. [SC-3]
in-8°, 236 pages, ill. et fig. hors texte N&B, gloss., index, broche, couverture illustree plast. Bel exemplaire. [SC-1]
in-8°, 311 pages, quelques figures, broche, couverture illustree. Bon etat (dos insole). [DV-6]
