Astronomy & Space
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Millennium Star Atlas (3 Volumes)
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First Edition.
33.5cm x 23cm. 3 volumes. Blue leather, gilt lettering and decoration, slipcase
An All-Sky Atlas Comprising One Million Stars to Visual Magnitude Eleven fromt he Hipparcos and Tycho atalogues and Ten Thousand Nonstellar Objects.
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Half-Hours With The Stars: A Plain and Easy Guide to the Knowledge of the Constellations
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Third Edition. Twelfth Thousand.
28cm x 21cm. pp. [i]-viii, [7]-22, 12 plates. Quarter cloth, illustrated papered boards.
Showing, in 12 maps, the position of the principal star-groups night after night throughout the year, with introduction and a separate explanation of each map.
Rebacked with new endpapers. Half title, title page, and final plate expertly restored. Very Good Condition. -
The Astronauts
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First Edition.
Book is in Good condition, by which we mean it has marks of age and is well worn from handling, but is still intact and good for reading. Good Condition. -
A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes
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First Folio Printing.
24cm x 16cm. xxiv, 183 pages, [9] leaves of colour plates. Quarter blue cloth, illustrated papered boards, gilt lettering, slipcase.
Introduced by Martin Rees. FORD-SMITH 2056. There being a second Folio printing in 2021, this copy still sealed, but likely the first printing given the provenance of when this collection of Folios was assembled.
Still sealed. Fine Condition. -
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems: Ptolemaic and Copernican
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First Folio Printing.
25cm x 16cm. xxxii, 565 pages, [17] leaves of colour plates. Green decorative cloth in gilt and black, slipcase.
Translated and with notes by Stillman Drake, foreword by Albert Einstein, introduction by Dava Sobel. FORD-SMITH 1867.
Still sealed. Fine Condition. -
Stars in the Making
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24cm x 15.5cm. xii, 160 pages, 23 leaves of black and white plates, black and white illustrations.
Ex-Brisbane Theosophical Society Library, stamps and labels, adhesive clear coat protective wraps. Moderate handling wear and tanning. Good Condition (ex-library). -
My Daughter Beatrice: A Personal Memoir of Dr. Beatrice Tinsley, Astronomer
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Book is in Good condition, by which we mean it has marks of age and is well worn from handling, but is still intact and good for reading. Good Condition. -
Half-Hours With The Stars: A Plain and Easy Guide to the Knowledge of the Constellations
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Third Edition. Seventeenth Thousand.
28cm x 21cm. 22 pages, 12 plates. Quarter cloth, illustrated papered boards.
Showing, in 12 maps, the position of the principal star-groups night after night throughout the year, with introduction and a separate explanation of each map.
Some creasing and rubbing boards. Occasional minor soil. Very minor foxing. Good Condition. -
Half-Hours With The Stars: A Plain and Easy Guide to the Knowledge of the Constellations
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Fourth Edition. Twenty-first Thousand.
28cm x 21cm. [x], [16] pages, 12 plates. Quarter cloth, illustrated papered boards.
Showing, in 12 maps, the position of the principal star-groups night after night throughout the year, with introduction and a separate explanation of each map.
Professionally recased. Odd pagination though all pages present. Minor wear to boards. Early previous owner’s signature to front pastedown. Very Good Condition. -
The Sun, Moon, and Planets: Their Physical Character, Appearance, and Phenomena
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First Edition.
16.5cm x 11cm. x, 233 pages, [6] advertisements, black and white illustrations. Green cloth, gilt lettering, black decorations.
Insect damage to cloth. Some foxing and heavy tanning to edges and endpapers. Centre gathering tender. Previous owner’s inscription. Good Condition. -
Sky Knowledge
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First Edition.
21cm x 14.5cm. 498 pages, black and white illustrations. Illustrated wrappers.
Observations, Sytems, Astral Mechanisms.
Very minor shelf wear. Near Fine Condition. -
The Cosmogony of the Solar System
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First Edition.
22cm x 16cm. 168 pages. Blue cloth, gilt lettering, illustrated jacket.
Minor discolouration to cloth at tail. Creasing to tail of pages 63-66 from miscut edge. Minor marks to misfolded and clipped jacket.. Good Condition. -
How to Find the Stars, and Their Use in Determining Latitude, Longitude, and the Error of the Compass;
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Second Edition.
31cm x 25cm. [iv], 70 pages, 4 folding plates. Blue cloth, gilt lettering.
Cover title: How to Find the Stars, and Their Use At Sea; Together with the A, B, & C Tables, for the Azimuth and Correction of Longitude. Nautical astronomy observer’s manual. Includes four large folding plates of zodiac constellations.
Tanning to spine. Some rubbing and soiling to cloth. Tanning and foxing, mostly to endpapers. 4.5cm closed tear to fold of first plate and crease to fore-edge, other plates Very Good. Bookseller’s stamp, H. G. Blair, Chronometer Maker, Bristol. Good Condition. -
Beyond Southern Skies: Radio Astronomy and the Parkes Telescope
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First Edition.
25.5cm x 18cm. xi, 357 pages, black ad white illustrations. Black cloth, silver lettering, pictorial jacket.
Foreword by Sir Bernard Lovell.
Stain to jacket and lower board. Foxing to top edge. Good Condition. -
The Story of the Heavens
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New and Revised Edition.
23.5cm x 16cm. xii, 568 pages, 24 colour plates, black and white illustrations in the text. Half red leather, red cloth, gilt lettering, all edges gilt.
Minor rubbing to leather. Minor foxing. Minor pencil markings. Bookseller’s label, Robertson’s, Toowoomba. Very Good Condition. -
The Memoirs of a Seafaring Life: The Narrative of William Spavens, Pensioner on the Naval Chest at Chatham
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First Folio Printing.
22.5cm x 15cm. 254 pages, illustrations, some colour. Blue cloth, illustrated papered upper board, gilt lettering, slipcase.
Containing an Account of a Great Variety of such Incidents as the Author Met with in the Sea Service; also a Descriptive Account of the Discipline, Allowance, and Customs of His Majesty’s Navy, the East India Company, and other Merchant’s Services; to which is added a Short and Plain Introduction to Astronomy and Geography; with a Brief Description of Several Countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, and Tabled of Latitude and Longitude, &c. &c.; and an Explanation of Nautical Terms; the Whole Made Easy and adapted to the Capacity of Youth. Edited and Introduced by N. A. M. Rodger.
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Woomera
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First Edition.
24cm x 16cm. xvi, 264 pages, black and white illustrations, maps. Blue cloth, gilt lettering, pictorial jacket.
Ex-Heidelberg Regional Library, stamps and labels. Shelf and handling wear. Edges soiled. Endpapers damaged. Jacket torn, chipped and clipped, adhesive tape repairs. Fair Condition. -
Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo
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Second Printing.
23cm x 18cm. xiii, 364 pages, illustrations, some colour. Illustrated wrappers, illustrated jacket.
Previous owner’s inscription. Near Fine Condition. -
Soviet Space Graphics: Cosmic Visions from the USSR
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First Edition.
28cm x 21cm. 240 pages, colour illustrations. Illustrated matte papered boards.
“This otherworldly collection of Soviet space-race graphics takes readers on a cosmic adventure through Cold War-era Russia. Created against a backdrop of geopolitical uncertainty, the extraordinary images featured, taken from the period’s hugely successful popular-science magazines, were a vital tool for the promotion of state ideology. Presenting more than 250 illustrations – depicting daring discoveries, scientific innovations, futuristic visions, and extraterrestrial encounters – SOVIET SPACE GRAPHICS unlocks the door to the creative inner workings of the USSR.” (publisher’s blurb)
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Music of the Spheres: The Material Universe from Atom to Quasar, Simply Explained
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Revised UK Edition.
22cm x 14cm. xi, 644 pages. Black cloth, gilt lettering, illustrated jacket.
Very Good Condition in Good Jacket. Minor shelf and handling wear. Very minor foxing and soiling. Small chips and tears to jacket edges. Very Good Condition. -
Music of the Spheres: The Material Universe from Atom to Quasar, Simply Explained
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Revised UK Edition.
22cm x 14cm. xi, 644 pages. Black cloth, gilt lettering, illustrated jacket.
Foxing to edges and jacket verso. Good Condition. -
Stromlo: An Australian Observatory
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First Edition. Signed by Author
23cm x 18cm. xix, 364 pages, photographs, some in colour. Pictorial wrappers.
Signed by Tom Frame to the title page.
Minor general wear. Minor tanning to edges. Very Good Condition. -
Astronomy in Australia
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First Edition.
24cm x 18cm. 22 pages. Lettered wrappers.
Sydney Observatory Papers No. 67.
Minor soiling and foxing to wrappers. Small crease to head fore-edge. Good Condition. -
Imperial Map of the Moon: A Lunar Wall Mosaic
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First Edition.106cm x 95cm (unfolded). Single coloured sheet, lettered folder.
1960s large indexed map of the moon. Special 3-D Edition.
Minor wear and foxing to folder. Very Good Condition.
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Apollo 15: The Rover Expedition on the Moon (8mm Castle Films No. 9144)
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First Edition.13.5cm x 13.5cm. 1 8mm film roll, pictorial box.
Super 8 Colour Film roll of NASA’s 4th voyage.
Complete film roll. Some wear to box with small closed tear to one side of lid. Very Good Condition.
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Observations of the Transit of Venus, 9 December, 1874; Made at Stations in New South Wales
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Facsimile Edition.27cm x 21cm. [v], xxviii, 43 pages, 40 plates. Illustrated wrappers.
Minor general wear. Very minor toning to page extremities. Very Good Condition.
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Dark Sparklers: Yidumduma’s Wardaman Aboriginal Astronomy Night Skies Northern Australia
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Second Edition.21cm x 15cm. xxii, 226 pages, colour photographs, illustrations. Illustrated wrappers.
Moderate wear to wrappers, small scorch mark to front cover. Interior clean. Good Condition.
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Diseases From Space
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First Edition.24cm x 16cm. [ix], 196 pages. Blue cloth, silver lettering, illustrated jacket.
Foxing to endpapers and jacket verso. Previous owner’s signature. Very Good Condition.
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Dark Moon: Apollo and the Whistle-Blowers
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First Edition.24cm x 17cm. [viii], 568 pages, black and white illustrations, photographs. Illustrated wrappers.
Conspiracies on the “alleged” moon landings.
Some creasing to wrappers and spine. Internally clean. Good Condition.
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Australian Astronomer John Tebbutt: The Life and World of the Man on the $100 Note
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First Edition.23cm x 15cm. 111 pages, black and white illustrations. Pictorial wrappers.
Very minor wear and soiling to edges. Near Fine Condition.