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National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution in association with Bulfinch Press / Little Brown, 1997. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. Beautiful hardcover book and dust jacket - stated First Edition (and first printing with complete number line) in clean unclipped dust jacket. No bumping or fraying, binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. All pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. With 277 color and 199 black and white illustrations. 317 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, not price clipped, no tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A spectacular illustrated chronicle that brings to life the entire saga of aviation and space flight--from the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum..

New York: Landmark Books (Random House), 1962. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. New York: Landmark Books (Random House), 1962. First Edition . Very Good/Very Good. Landmark Book No. 101 in clean dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with black title box, white lettering on cover and spine. Very light soiling, one tiny spot of wear to front board edge. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Magnificent photo decorated endpapers. No names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with more than 60 black and white photographs. 190 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, has 3/4" tear at top spine edge. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A fascinating and detailed account of this remarkable accomplishment of a dedicated group of space pioneers. As with all books from the remarkable Landmark Series - written for young people, enjoyed by all..

New York: Plenum Press, 1996. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Plenum Press, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/Fine. First Edition, First Printing, SIGNED by the author (association copy), in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean black cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine. No fading or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean. Business card of author laid in; Inscribed and signed by author on the title page as follows: "To Don Yeier - Your wonderful telescope got me started--thanks so much for your fine workmanship! Best of Luck, Patricia Barnes Svarney." Black and white photo illustrations. 292 pages with index. Clean jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

Chantilly, Virginia: The Great Courses, 2009. Book. Fine. Paperback. Chantilly, Virginia: The Great Courses, 2009. Fine. Very clean, complete set. Softcover book is unfaded, no wear, no names, writing or marks. 84 pages. Two-disc set in clean case - excellent condition. Authored by Professor Alex Filippenko, University of California at Berkeley..

New Haven CT / London: Yale University Press, 2015. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, Second Printing.. New Haven CT / London: Yale University Press, 2015. First Edition, Second Printing. Fine/Fine. Second Printing, SIGNED by the author in clean unclipped dust jacket. As new condition. Clean unfaded black boards with silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright, with clean blank endpapers. Inscribed and signed by author on half-title page: "To Carl, A fellow friend of the cosmos - Marcia Bartusiah - 2006." Illustrated with black and white photographs. 237 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1979. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. Fine first edition in clean unchipped dust jacket. Clean red boards with black cloth spine, bright gold lettering on spine. No fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean red endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 377 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped; nice photo of author on rear panel; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Asimov turns his encyclopedic mind and distinctive pen to all the potential disasters that threaten the existence of our civilization. As only he can, Mr. Asimov makes remarkably clear such complicated concepts as black holes, quasars, and supernovas; explains the properties of the sun; discusses the bombardment of the Earth by meteorites and other extraterrestrial objects, and focuses on the awesome impact of nuclear war..

New York: Random House, 1985. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. New York: Random House, 1985. Stated First edition. Near Fine/near fine. Stated First Edition in clean, unclipped jacket. Very clean black cloth boards with unchipped red and gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean color illustrated endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 398 pgs. with index. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. THE book on comets, written by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Carl Sagan and his longtime collaborator, Ann Druyan. Lavishly illustrated throughout with photographs and dozens of specially commissioned full-color paintings, with special focus on Halley's Comet..

New York: Crown, 1983. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Crown, 1983. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Fine. First Edition, First Printing in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean black boards with blind-stamped decoration on cover, yellow cloth spine with metallic lettering. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean blank endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Very faint square shadow on half-title page where bookplate fell off. Introduction and notes by Isaac Asimov. 351 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1954. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1954. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition in unclipped original jacket. Clean dark blue cloth boards with light blue lettering on spine. Very small spots of wear to corners. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean. Previous owner bookplate on front pastedown. Illustrated with black and white plates. 261 pages with index. Dust jacket is not price clipped, has light surface rubbing, a few short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

Cambridge University Press, 1986. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. Cambridge University Press, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Fine. First Edition in clean unchipped dust jacket. Very clean unfaded black cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright with clean blank endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. 203 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. This book describes how the owner of binoculars can use them for astronomical observation. A full description of the "binocular sky" is given, with details of all the most interesting objects..

New York: Random House, 1953. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Stated First printing.. New York: Random House, 1953. Stated First printing. Very Good+/near fine. First Edition, First Printing. Very clean unfaded black cloth boards with silver saucer shape on cover, bright silver lettering on spine. No bumping, no wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean gray endpapers, with very brief previous owner inscription on front fixed endpaper (short one liner). 307 pgs. with index. Clean unfaded dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped (3.50 on front inside flap). Written by the science editor of TIME Magazine, authoritative book in its time which separated facts of space flight from theories and fictions, and discusses the possibilities for the future of space flight..

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1965. Book. Illus. by Fred L. Wolff, Illustrator. Near Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1965. Stated First Edition . Near Fine/Very Good. Fred L. Wolff, Illustrator. Stated First Edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean green cloth boards with yellow lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with many photographs and drawings (drawings by Fred L. Wolff). 320 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is not price clipped (5.95 on front inside flap), vertical crease to front panel, a few short closed edge tears; nice photo of author on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. An amazing history of space exploration up until the time of publication (1965) with historical photographs..

Fog City, 2003. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Clean hardcover book with glossy illustrated cover. Binding is tight, all pages and edges are clean. Clean purple endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Beautifully illustrated in full color throughout. 288 pages. This book guides you through the mysteries of the universe and tells you everything you need to know about becoming a proficient backyard astsronomer..

New York: Random House, 2015. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Random House, 2015. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Fine. First Edition, First Printing, SIGNED by the author, in clean unclipped dust jacket. As new condition. Dark blue boards with crisp white lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright with clean blank endpapers. Signed by the author on half-title page, "For Carl, with all best wishes - Tom Levenson." 229 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, not price clipped, enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2021. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Clean hardcover first edition, first printing, SIGNED by author, in clean unclipped dust jacket. Gray paper-covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers. Signed by author on title page beneath his name: "Jeff Shesol". No other names, writing or marks. Illustrated with photographs. 400 pages. Clean jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A riveting history of the epic orbital flight that put America back in the Space Race. .

Brownell, 1967. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Revised Edition.. Brownell, 1967. First Revised Edition. Very Good. Clean softcover book, first revision published May, 1967, written by George Alexander and Edited by the U*SAF Eastern Test Range Public Relations Association. Stapled binding. No chipping, very light rubbing, corner crease. All pages are clean - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with marvelous full color and black and white photos, very historical documentation of the "space race." An authoritative illustrated handbook on technology, history and future of space..

USA: Carroll & Graf, 2004. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First American Edition, First printing.. USA: Carroll & Graf, 2004. First American Edition, First printing. Fine/Fine. First American Edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean unfaded black cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright with clean black endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Beautifully illustrated with awe-inspiring photographs. Contains more than 100 spectacular surface and orbital images from Spirit, Opportunity, Mars Express, the Hubble Space Telescope and Earth-based observations, as well as those historic illustrations depicting Mars in fiction and mythology, movie images, book covers and drawings that adorned the pulp sci-fi stories of the 1930s. Foreword by Jim Garvin, NASA Lead Scientist for Mars Exploration. 250 pages. Clean bright dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped..

New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 2000. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Fine. First Edition in clean unchipped dust jacket. Very clean glossy black boards with image of the earth on cover. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or marks. 301 pgs. Clean dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped - in perfect condition. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover..

New York: Viking, 2009. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Viking, 2009. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Fine. First Edition, First printing (with full number line on copyright page) in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean charcoal gray boards with black spine, red lettering on spine. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright (small remainder mark - black line on bottom text block edge near spine). Clean endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with glossy black and white photographs. 404 pages with index. Clean bright dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. An award-winning historian tells the full story of the space and missile race and its dramatic conclusion - the epic story of the first men on the moon..

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2006. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/fine. Fine First Edition, First Printing in fine unclipped dust jacket. Beautiful glossy black and white boards with image of Saturn on cover, white and blue lettering on spine. No rubbing or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Blue illustrated endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Awe-inspiring full color photographs throughout. 192 pages with index. Clean bright dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Presents 150 of the best photographs received from both Cassini and Huygens, many for the first time. These images--among them the rings from the unlit side nevr visible from Earth, new details of all of Saturn's large moons, and panoramas of Titan's surface--have been processed in high resolution and reproduced in… Read More