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Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1930. First edition (presumed). Hardcover. Ex-library with minimal markings and only one date of circulation; else Very Good with light edge-wear. Title partly 20% detached at top fold.. Small octavo in dark blue cloth with gilt titles; x, 246 p. front., plates, diagrs. 21 cm. "Sequel to the author's book 'Meteors'"--Pref. // Astronomy, Comets, outer space.

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1997. First edition, first printing (full number line). Cardboard Covers. Fine in FIne DJ ; As New. 4to, illus dj, bds, b/w illus, index, 365p. comets, meteors.

San Francisco: W. H. Freeman and Co, 1981. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Fine in Fine DJ with faint foxing to top edge ; very faint edgewear. 4to, illus dj, bds, frontispiece, b/w and color photos and illus, index, 387p. Planets.

New York: Springer, 2009. Hardcover. Upper board corners gently bumped; spine lightly sunned; else tight clean and very goo(++) to near fine (-) thus.. 664 pages: illustrations ; 25 cm ; bibliographical references (pages 617-649) and index. . "Translation and study of the Season-granting system"--Page 5. Two sheets of "Emendations" laid in. Inscribed lengthily and signed by the author. / Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. [Series]. Contents: Introduction -- Astronomical reform and occupation politics -- Orientation -- The project: origins and process -- The astronomers -- The observatory and its instruments -- The records -- Evaluation of the Season-granting system -- Canon of the Season-granting system -- Appendix A: The instruments of Kuo Shou-ching -- Appendix B: The account of conduct of Kuo Shou-ching -- Appendix C: Technical terms. "China's most sophisticated system of computational astronomy was created for a Mongol emperor who could neither read nor… Read More

Ottawa: NP, 1960. Paperback. Ex-library w/ usual markings; pocket at rear is empty and presumably once contained a loose map or chart; else Very Good+ with small ding to spine head.. Large octavo in grey printed wrappers; color frontis; 263-338 p. : ill.; fold out maps. Isostasy -- Canada. Gravity -- Canada.

Cambridge: Cambridge Universty Press, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine DJ with 'withdrawn' stamp over library name stamp to top fore-edge; no other library markings.. Medium Octavo in grey illu sDJ; 220p, b/w illus plates; notes, bibliography, chronology, indices. A very nice copy.

Boulder, CO: University of Colorado-Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, 1992. First edition (presumed). Hardcover. As New / Mint (an unread copy). 4to in illus blue-grey cloth; 736 p. : illus with numerous greyscale photos. (some color.) ; 29 cm; bibliographical references (p. 735-736). A lovely copy. // Comets; Halley's comet -- Observations.  Halley's comet -- Atlases; Astronomy.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1957. Hardcover. Ex library stamps (NASA MSC Technical Library, Manned Spacecraft Center, Library of Congress) to front free end paper, title page, contents page, bottom and top edges of text block, back end paper. Ex library label to spine. Heavy discoloration to cloth at spine. Moderate rubbing to head and foot of spine, edges, and outer corners of boards. Bottom outer corners of boards gently bumped. Markings in ink to dedication page and content page. Tape to middle of pages 257-272. Else pages clean and binding tight. Good.. Hardcover small quarto in green cloth boards. 431 pages illustrations, map, diagrams, tables 23 cm. British Interplanetary Society. || Manned space flight. Rockets (Aeronautics). Space flight.

Snowmass Village, Colo: Regents of the University of California, 2001. Paperback. About fine with extremely slight curl to spine, and a few small stains on bottom edge. Paperback large quarto in yellow wraps with black spine; dissertation / college reader binding; 1 volume (various pagings), approx 200 pages : b/w illustrations ; 28 cm. Scarce || Dark energy (Astronomy) -- Supernovae -- Cosmology || Conference papers and proceedings.

Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2004. Hardcover. Ex-library with minimal institutional markings,and overall near fine thus. Please see photos.. Small quarto in blue cloth; (various pagings; approx. 300) ; 24 cm; bibliographical references and indexes. Texts in English, German, and French. Contents: Ptolemy in the Arabic-Latin tradition -- I. Gerard's translations of astronomical texts, especially the Almagest -- II. Gerhard von Cremona als Ubersetzer des Almagest -- III. Uber einige Spuren der syrischen Almagestilbersetzung -- IV. Die astronomische Terminologie im Almagest -- V. A hitherto unknown Arabic manuscript of the Almagest -- VI. The second Arabic manuscript of Ptolemy's Planisphaerium -- VII. The role of al-Andalus in the transmission of Ptolemy's Planisphaerium and Almagest -- VIII. Fragments of Ptolemy's Planisphaerium in an early Latin translation -- IX. Das arabische als vermittler und anreger europaischer Wissenchaftssprache -- X. Erfahrungen und Beobachtungen bei der Arbeit mit Texten der… Read More

London: Constable, 2004. First UK edition. Hardcover. As New / Mint (an unread copy); VERY FINE in same DJ; No remainder marks.. Large octavo, oblong; 288 p. : illus in b/w and color ; 26 cm. A well illustrated, detailed work for the non-specialist. High quality production. // Mars (Planet) -- Pictorial works. Astronomy ; Planetary Sciences; Travel!