The Cosmos: A Beginner's Guide
Acorn Media Group, 2011. Box Set. 12Mo DVD. 169 minutes total running time. A complete 2-disc collection. Still factory sealed in plastic wrapping. Like new condition.
ASTRONOMY
Books about the scientific study of celestial objects, such as stars, planets, comets, and galaxies.
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
Twentieth Centry Fox Home Entertainment, 2014. 12Mo DVD. 553 minutes total running time. A complete 4-disc collection. Still factory sealed in plastic wrapping. Like new condition.
The Nautical Almanac for the Year 1987
National Almanac Office, 1985. Hardcover. 4to. Hardbound in orange paper boards with black cloth spine. Top board titled in black lettering and spine titled in orange. Moisture damage to upper corner of both boards has lifted color. Edges lightly rubbed. 276p. Text unmarked.
World of Copernicus
Signet Science Library, 1963. 9th printing. Paperback. 12mo. Spine uncreased and square though has sticker at foot. Binding tight. Edges foxed and rubbed. 160p. Minor toning to margins of pages but text is unmarked.
'Arc' A Time Machine & Aetheric Particle Accelerators
Winterhaven, Florida: Cadake Industries, 1984. 2nd. 4To Pamphlet. Personal theory and research into building a time machine, the science of particle acceleration and spiritual aspects. Written by local Richard Benson and discovered upon his passing. Plenty of diagrams and illustrations throughout. Saddle stapled, printed paper wraps are minimally worn.....
Elements of Astronomy
Farmer, Brace, & Co., 1855. Hardcover. 12mo. Petite hardbound in blindly decorated green cloth boards. Spine covering missing, a previous owner has titled it in black sharpie. Boards are sunned and surface rubbed. Bumped corners. Front hinge loosened and binding cracked through center. Toned pages are occasionally foxed and marked.....
First Observations in Astronomy: A Handbook for Schools and Colleges
Concord: The Rumford Press, 1913. Hardcover. Book is in very good condition with some very minor shelf wear to the cover.
The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's Race in Space
St. Martin's Press, 1999. Signed. 8Vo Hardcover. 356pp. Signed by Cernan on title page. Text is unmarked on white pages. Black paper boards are crisply pointed. Binding is tight, hinges are secure. Jacket is glossy and unclipped with minor edge wear.
Carrying the Fire An Astronaut's Journeys
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 498pp plus appendix. Pages are clean and unmarked. Red cloth with black border. Printed glossy dust jacket has wear. Light soiling to top edge. Light scuff on front paste-down.
The Rational Almanac: Tracing the Evolution of Modern Almanacs from Ancient Ideas of Time, and Suggesting Improvements
Moses B. Cotsworth, 1905. Narrow Hardcover. 8vo. Early 20th century case for calendar reform, using ancient and prehistoric evidence. A tall, narrow book in blue cloth heavily decorated in gold. Boards are lightly rubbed with bit of chipping to head, heel and corners. 473p. Interior is warmly toned but unmarked.....
Astronomy and the Imagination- A New Approach to Man's Experience of the Stars
Penguin Books, 1987. Reprint. Paperback. 8vo. 237pp. Crisp white pages remain unmarked. Binding firm with lightly creased cover hinges. Illustrated wraps show only minimal shelf wear.
John Dee: Scientist, Geographer, Astrologer and Secret Agent to Elizabeth I
Fredrick Muller, 1968. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. Ex-library with dust jacket pasted to boards and pocket attached to rear fly. 309p. Pages are otherwise unmarked. Text block is toned with a bit of age spotting. Binding secure. Dust jacket is shelf worn with several short tears around the edges, blacked out.....
The Space Elevator: A Revolutionary Earth-to-Space Transportation System
BC Edwards, 2003. 1st Printing. 8vo Softcover. 280p. Contents unmarked with b/w illustrations. Wraps are glossy with bumped corners and a foxed text-block. Tightly bound with unbroken spine.
Practical Astronomy: Containing a Description of the Solar System; The Doctrine of the Sphere; The Principal Problems in Astronomy
Edinburgh: Peter Hill, 1822. Reprint. 12Mo Hardcover. Bright pages unmarked with one foldout chart. Bound in mottled cald with bumped corners, gilt border, stamped portrait on front panel, and gold lettering over spine. Binding is tight, hinges are cracked but fully attached. Ex-libris bookplate on front endpage. Heavy foxing on.....
The Star Called the Sun
Bantam Books, 1970. 1st Printing. 12Mo Softcover. 180. Warm pages are unmarked. Wraps are glossy with minor scuffing on backside and light edge wear. Tightly bound with a lightly creased spine. Date stamped on bottom of text-block.
NASA 40th Anniversary Limited Edition
NASA, 1998. Limited Edition. Spiral Bound. 12mo. Limited edition commemorative souvenir from 40th anniversary gala emceed by Walter Cronkite. Book is spiral bound with metal covers. Content clean and glossy with plenty of bright color photography throughout. Embossed front cover has small ding in upper corner. Surfaces faintly worn.
Nasa 40th Anniversary
Houston Image Group, 1998. 2nd Printing. 8Vo Oblong Steelbook. A limited-edition copy, no. 1539. White pages are glossy and unmarked. Metallic steelbook is shiny with rounded corners and minor shelf weat on back. Spiral binding is tight and intact.
Meteorites in Georgia
Department of Mines, Mining & Geology, 1966. Reprint. Paperback. Stapled. 4to. States. "Reprinted front 'Georgia Mineral Newsletter' Vol. IX, No. 4., Winter 1956.". Stapled binding is completely attached to lightly worn covers. Text is unmarked with glossy black & white photographs throughout.
A.L.P.O.'s Periodic Comet Showmaker - Levy 9 Observer's Guide
Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers. 1st. 4To Softcover. 81pp. White pages unmarked with b/w illustrations. Wraps are pointed and crisp with a lightly rubbed backside. Binding is tight and square, hinges are secure. Spine remains uncreased.
Globular Clusters: Guide to the Globular Cluster Observing Club
Longmont Astronomical Society, 2007. Third Edition. Spiral bound. Softcover. 4to. Spiral binding secure. 53p. Crisp white pages unmarked. Small scuff to rear cover.
Space Propulsion Analysis and Design
1995. 1st Edition, Revised. 8Vo Softcover. 748p. White pages are unmarked with some b/w illustrations. Wraps are glossy and lightly scuffed with pointed corners. Tightly bound with unbroken spine.
Amateur Telescope Making
Scientific American Publishing Co., 1928. Reprint. 12mo Hardcover. 285p. Previous owner's name stamped on half title. Text otherwise unmarked with a mild patina, b/w illustrations and photos. Binding intact with secure hinges. Maroon boards with gold lettering have bumped corners and a 2" inch strip of abrasion on top of.....
In Quest of the Stars and Galaxies
Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2010. 1st edition. Paperback: 457 pages. Book is in very good condition with some minor wear to the cover including a crease.
Sun-Earth-Man, A Mesh of Cosmic Oscillations, How Planets Regulate Solar Eruptions, Geomagnetic Storms, Conditions of Life, and Economic Cycles
Urania Trust, 1989. 1st. 8Vo Softcover. 112pp. Spine is unbroken, hinges are secure. Textblock is square, has heavily bumped corners. Considerable overall shelf/timewear, coverwear, cover edgewear and creasing, pageblush, sporadic hi-lighting and crayon marks throughout first half of book.
Astronomies and Cultures in Early Medieval Europe
Cambridge University Press, 1998. 1st edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 235pp. Pages crisp and unmarked. Deep red cloth covered boards with black stamped titling on cover and spine. Boards are clean, pointed and tightly bound. Dust jacket is intact and shows only minor surface wear.