Albany: 1856. First Edition. 8vo., 139 pages; Fair; lacking front cover, back cover light green, age-toned, heavy spotting and stains, chipping and tears on all edges; front page has light smudging, tears at top and bottom of spine and both outside corners, binding thread exposed, slight spotting; clean interior but for creased, torn, and smudged upper right corner from page 119 to end. More about Inauguration of the Dudley Observatory at Albany, August 28, 1856

Milano: Sperling & Kupfer, 2000. Octavo; VG/VG Hardcover; Black spine with white and yellow text; Light shelf wear to covers, slight fraying at head of dj; Boards are strong and clean, binding solid; Text block clean in Italian language; 264 pp. More about Il Cielo Infinito, La nuova cosmologia: inflazione, materia oscura, frattali

New York: University of Cambridge, 1984. First Edition. Octavo; pp 468; VG/G; ivory spine with black and brown text; dust jacket shows light toning to exterior; minor rubbing to edges; cloth has slight wear to exterior; strong boards; text block shows slight shelf wear to exterior edges; interior clean; profusely illustrated. More about The Astronomical Scrapbook: Skywatchers, Pioneers, and Seekers in Astronomy

New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2008. Paperback Edition. rectangular Qto. dark gray glossy wraps spine with large white uppercase title between tiny white author and small publisher logo. chafing concentrated at wraps spine ends and moderately to thick illustrated softcovers. superficial rubbing to exterior. a celestial blend of science and art as the. b/w and color images are enlarged and have captions of text detail. most are surrounded by a thick black frame.remainder mark on head-edge. 320 pp. ISBN# 9780810995468. More about BEYOND : VISIONS OF THE INTERPLANETARY PROBES

Londini [London]: Typis Henrici Woodfall, Sumptibus Pauli et Isaaci Vaillant, 1739. First Edition. 4to., xvi, 307pp., 5pp. Index; VG; bound in polished brown calf, spine paneled tan leather with red label and gilt lettering; spine rebound, previous boards; boards have a gilt border, gilt rule to covers; gilt tooled turn-ins; marbled endpapers; some wear and bumping to corners, wear to boards; frontispiece portrait of Bentley, engraved by Geo. Vertue after I. (Sir James) Thornhill; large engraved headpiece to the dedication; folding plate of Farnese atlas, in excellent condition, plate only has the two folds; wide margins; consignment; shelved case 4. More about M. MANILII. ASTRONOMICON. EX RECENSIONE ET CUM NOTIS RICHARDI BENTLEII

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1955. Octavo; vg/good-; dj, sunned blue spine with black text; dj, age-toned; open and closed tears, all edges; HB, black cloth spine with yellow text; boards, minor shelf wear and bumping; text block, clean; 59pp. More about CO-ORDINATION OF GALACTIC RESEARCH [ International Astronomical Union - Symposium No. 1 - Held at...

Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001. Dutch Printing. thick Qto. VG-/ - no DJ. vibrant blue leatherette with a fine grain to the HB spine and the adjacent panels. stamped silver titling between thin silver decorative stripes at tip and tail. two small nicks to front board, pushed in spine ends and gently abraded corners. VOLUME 1 ONLY! chapters filled with color and b/w figures printed among the text on semi-glossy stock. thick volume, slightly graying on fore-edge and tail, otherwise a solid copy with no interior writing or marks. out-of-print. 960 pp. ISBN# 0792371941. More about THE CENTURY OF SPACE SCIENCE : VOLUME I

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1974. Octavo; VG/VG; hardcover; off white spine with black text; dust jacket has minor tears to the top corners and bumps to the tips; boards have white spots at the bottom edge and are slightly shelf edge but binding is solid; front free end-paper has an inscription; bottom edge has a slight stain; 273p. More about The Milky Way [SIGNED

Boston: American Stationers [John B. Russell], 1837. First Edition. Large Quarto; VG; 371 Pages; re-bound in 3/4 green leather with marbled boards and end papers; Gilt lettering to spine; Illustrated with B & W plates throughout, including many telescopic views of the moon; Also 3 fold-out hand-colored diagrams of the constellations; Some waviness and age toning to the text block, as is typical; Some spots of foxing; Light tears at the folds of some illustrations; Shelved Case 10. More about The Wonders of the Heavens: Being a Popular View of Astronomy, Including a Full Illustration of...

Berlin: Springer, 1960. first edition. octavo in pale yellow cloth with DJ; VG/VG-; spine brown with brown letters; DJ heavily worn; boards, paper and text in good condition; previous owner's inscription on ffep; bilingual German and English; pp. 330; shelved in Astronomy. More about DIE ENTSTEHUNG VON STERNEN DURCH KONDENSATION DIFFUSER MATERIE

Paris: Albert de Visscher, 1962. First Edition. Quarto, 160 pages; VG/G-; spine blue with white lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, moderate wear, chipping to head and tail of spine, all edges; text in French; shelved front table. More about ATLAS DE LA LUNE - ASTRONOMIE-ASTRONAUTIQUE

Carnegie Institution of Washington. First Edition. 8vo, paged 268-280, illustrated; VG; grey cover with black print, pencil notation at top right of front cover, pen inscription on front cover beneath title "Gift of Prof. R. Daly-1957", light smudge to upper right of cover edge, slight bump to lower spine corner, back cover has library stamp at top left corner; interior clean but for spot on p. 271, crease on title page and p. 271; "Extracted from Year Book No. 23, 1924, pages 268 to 280." More about The Genesis of Planets

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1972. First Edition. 4to., 89 pp., VG/VG; DJ, spine black with gold and white lettering; minimal wear to DJ, mild age-toning to margins of flaps, price uncut "$12.95" to front flap, DJ protected by mylar; black cloth boards, gold lettering to spine, gray pictorial endpapers; slight cocking to spine, very mild bumping to corners, minimal wear to boards; "First published in 1972" stated to copyright page; interior clean; shelved Review Table. More about BEYOND JUPITER: THE WORLDS OF TOMORROW

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. First Edition. Quarto; VG/VG; blue spine with white text; jacket has minor shelfwear, slight staining on back; boards are strong and clean; textblock is clean; pp 205. More about Turn Left at Orion: A Hundred Night Sky Objects to See in a Small Telescope - and How to Find Them

Richmond: Willmann-Bell, Inc., 1993. Quarto VG; hardcover without jacket; dark grey jacket with white text; boards have moderate stains and a minor chip to the top corner otherwise boards are sturdy; with the exception of minor scratches are the bottom fore edge text block is clean; ( 473 Galaxies). More about The Deep Sky Field Guide: to Uranometria 2000.0

Columbia, MD: The Universities Space Research Association, 2015. Octavo: VG/no-DJ paperback: Photograph of the moon across spine with some dark blue showing by head and tail white text: Covers are clean with very light shelfwear, binding solid: Textblock is clean: 370 pp. More about The Formation of the Moon

Ohio: The House of Ideas, Inc., 1967. First Edition. Quarto picture book, unpaginated, VG-; blue and white pictorial matte paper boards, no lettering to spine: mild wear to boards; mild bumping to head, tail, and corners; age-toning/wear to text-block; light age-toning to edges of interior, texts and graphics unaffected; fully illustrated; shelved Front Counter. More about THE ADVENTURES OF STARBEEM AND RE-KOIL

Washington: National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian, 1974. Proceedings [1967 &1968]. Quarto; vg/wraps; white spine with white text on blue band; minor shelf wear and bumping; text block, clean; 307 pp.; photos, drawings, tech plans, graphs, tables and figures; wraps, foxing and spot staining; else very good; ---PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST AND SECOND HISTORY SYMPOSIA OF THE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF ASTRONAUTICS AT BELGRADE, YUGOSLAVIA, 26 SEPTEMBER 1967, AND NEW YORK, U.S.A., 16 OCTOBER 1968. More about FIRST STEPS TOWARD SPACE [SMITHSONIAN ANNALS OF FLIGHT, NUMBER 10, FINAL NUMBER IN SERIES

Cambridge University Press, 1999. Fourth. Small quarto; VG/no-DJ paperback; space illustration with mostly white and tan text; cover has scratches and minor shelf-wear around edges; textblock is clean; pp 421. More about The New Solar System

Bristol, England and Philadelphia: Adam Hilger/IOP Publishing Ltd, 1988. Octavo; pp 376; VG/no-DJ; black spine with red and white text; cloth shows slight wear to exterior; minor bumping to corners; strong boards; text block shows light wear to exterior edges; interior clean; profusely illustrated. More about Under Capricorn: A History of Southern Hemisphere Astronomy

Chantilly, VA: The Teaching Company, 2003. One clear plastic clam-shell case containing 2 DVDs of 4 lectures each, and a Course Guidebook. The spine has a white label with black text; guidebook text block is clean; --This offer is for Parts II only of a two-part set (Lectures 9 through 16). More about UNDERSTANDING THE UNIVERSE: WHAT'S NEW IN ASTRONOMY, 2003 [THE GREAT COURSES, PART II OF 2-PART SET

Geneva: Saas-Fee, 1976. First Edition. Octavo; VG/No jacket softcover; Red spine with black lettering; Wraps are clean with some light wear to the edges, some creasing to the front; Binding is sturdy; Text block is clean; 252 pages. More about GALAXIES: SIXTH ADVANCED COURSE OF THE SWISS SOCIETY OF ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS

Ontario: Apogee Boooks, 2001. Octavo: VG/no-DJ Paperback: White spine with orange text: Covers have mild general shelfwear, some light fraying at corners, some scuffing: Textblock is clean and pages are free of markings, folds and tears: 296 pp. More about Arrows to the Moon: Avro's Engineers and the Space Race

Ilmenau: Bernh. Friedr. Voigt, 1825. [Nach der 15ten Ausgabe aus dem Franzoischen ind Duetsche ubersetzt und mit Zusatzen und Anmerkungen]. 12mo; good+/none; brown spine with no text; gilt bands, flaking loss; boards, brown marbling; major edge wear and bumping; text block, clean; all edges, tinted green; 590 pp.; illus., seven [7] Tafeln, being three [3] folded charts, one folded table, and four [4] plates; foxing and mild toning; binding shaken; split starts, joints and spine; major chipping and wear; else very good; ---TEXT IN GERMAN; ---[SUBTITLE: In zwei und zwanzig Vorkesungen, ohne Hulfe der Mathematik, erlautert; Nebst den neuesten Entdeckungen des Dr. Herschel in London, welche in Deutschland noch wenig bekannt sind. Mit 7 lytthographirten Tafeln und einer Himmelkarte] Shelved in Case #10. More about DARSTELLUNG DES GROSSEN WELTGEBAUDES

Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1984. Quarto; good/wraps; blue spine with white text; moderate shelf wear; flaking, all edges; text block, clean; B/W illustrations; tables; 231pp. More about PLANISPHERIC ASTROLABES FROM THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY