St. Louis: Aeronautical Chart and Information Center, 1962. 2nd edition, November 1962. Scale 1:5,000,000. Single lithographed sheet, size 34 x 35 in. (864 x 889 mm, lunar diameter 27 in). The map with a few marginal kinks, but generally well preserved. ----
"The USAF Lunar Reference Mosaic (LEM) is a...... More
Ingolstadt: Eder for Elisabeth Angermaria, 1614. Disquisitiones mathematicae, de controversiis et novitatibus astronomicis quas sub praesidio Christophori Scheiner, De Societate Iesv . . . publice disputandas posvit, propvgnavit . . . Ioannes Georgius Locher ... Ingolstadt: Eder for Elisabeth Angermaria, 1614. [Bound before:] II. TANNER, Adam, praes. Astrologia Sacra: hoc..... More
Washington, D.C. NASA, 1968. NASA negative no. AS08-14-2383. William Anders, December 24, 1968. Size 11 x 14 inches (272 x 350 mm). Chromogenic print laid down on matt 16 x 20 inches, signed in felt-tip pen on the matt 'To: Myra and Roy - With best wishes, James Lovell, Apollo..... More
Tbilisi: Metsniereba, 1982. In Russian, with additional English explanation and English and Georgian title page. Oblong folio (282 x 355 mm). 22, [4] pp., 21 color-printed maps. Publisher's original printed cloth (light rubbing of extremities, corners bumped). ----
A rare lunar atlas, being a result of a polarimetric imaging project..... More
Bound in early 20th century half cloth over marbled boards with two paper labels to spine. Content list in neat contemporary hand bound at beginning. Papers: 1. GUSSEW, H. Ueber die Gestalt des Mondes. 36 pp. With the author's presentation inscription. Waterstain throughout. 2. CELORIA, G. Sull'eclissi totale di Luna..... More
Image 11-401/3.15 N00992, taken with Soviet Zond 8 spacecraft on October 24, 1970. Sheet size 300 x 400 mm. Glossy photopaper under grey photo mount. A few light creases. Provenance: British astronomer Patrick Moore. More
Mosaic of four sections, approx. size 340 x 820 mm, framed under glass and photo mount. Silk photopaper. Creator B. A. Käfig(?), signed in pencil on photo mount. Near pristine condition of photograph with no visible scratches. Provenance: British astronomer Patrick Moore. ----
Shown on this Earth-based telescopic image are..... More
Image size 420 x 450 mm (with stripes of background sky attached at left and right side), all mounted on card board. Silk photopaper. Creator unknown and unsigned. Provenance: British astronomer Patrick Moore. More
Lunar World Record Team, 2009. Sheet size 608 x 507 mm, under photo mount. Signed in the image by the members of the team. This Photographic print was presented to Sir Patrick Moore by the team members on the occasion of the Guinness Wold Records presentation event, which was hosted..... More
Washington, D.C. Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers, 1960. 1 folding map, 1440 x 975 mm, image size 1275 x 940 mm. Light yellowing of paper, some paper thinness on old folds, but generally in a very good condition. ----
VERY RARE FIRST EDITION. The Army Corps of Engineers published..... More
London: for W. Johnston, 1769. Two parts in one volume. 8vo (203 x 124 mm). viii, 1-346, [5], 348-464, [1], 468-536; [2], 63, [3] pp. 3 pages errata and 8 folding engraved plates bound at end of part II. Contemporary mottled calf, spine with 5 raised bands and gilt-lettered red..... More
Paris: Chez Thomas Jolly & Simon Bernard, 1671. Folio (367 x 240 mm). [46], 419 [1], [30] pp., including additional engraved title by G. Eddelinck after le Pautre, 57 engraved plates (including 6 folding), 2 engraved illustrations in text, dedication with engraved headpiece incorporating the arms of Colbert, woodcut head-..... More
Antwerp: Hieronymus Verdussen, 1645. Two parts in one volume. Folio (303 x 205 mm). [52], 356, [4, blank] pp., 10 engraved plates by Arnold Loemans including a lunar map; [16], 279 [1], [28, index] pp. Each part with separate title-page, first title-page printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece, woodcut..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1970. 8vo (235 x 154 mm). xiii, 434 pp. With 29 pages of black and white photograps. Publisher's black cloth over boards (lightly rubbed on the spine ends and corners with mild soiling to the rear board), blindstamped title on front board, gilt title on..... More
Geneva: Henricum-Albertum Gosse, 1747. 4to (260 x 205 mm). viii, 581 [1] pp. Including 51 folding engraved plates. Contemporary calf, spine with two gilt lettered labels and rich floral gilt decoration, red-dyed edges, and marbled endpapers. ----
Graesse VII 469. Final edition. Volume III of the five-volume encyclopedic standard work..... More
Berlin / Leipzig: Various.. 1. Die Atomionen Chemischer Elemente und ihre Kanalstrahlen-Spektra. Berlin: Julius Springer, 1913. 43 [1] pp., 1 plate. Original publisher's wrappers, all pages untrimmed. Some staining and dust-soiling. Text little age-toned. 2. Änderungen der Struktur und des Spektrums chemischer Atome. Nobelvortrag gehalten am 3. Juni 1920 in..... More
Various: Various.. Items have various states of preservation, wrappers little stained and dust-soiled, text generally very little age-toned. The collection comprises:
1. The Scattering of Electrons by Atoms. In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Vol. 127, No. 806, 1930, pp. 658-665. Entire number. Publisher's printed wrappers..... More
Various: Various.. Items have various states of preservation, wrappers mostly browned and dust-soiled and with occasional edge-chipping and folds, text generally very little browned, iron staples of Nature issues mostly rusty. The collection comprises:
1. Energy of secondary Röntgen radiation. Offprint from: Proceedings of the Physical Society of London. Vol..... More
Various: Various.. Items have various states of preservation, wrappers mostly browned and dust-soiled and with occasional edge-chipping and folds, text generally very little browned. The collection comprises:
1. The photoelectric effect in potassium vapour as a function of the frequency of the light. Extract from: The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin..... More
London: E.J. David, 1903. 8vo (245 x 182 mm). [3] 4-16 pp. Original printed orange wrappers (little dust soiled, two vertical folds, paper sticker on front cover). Internally crisp and clean without stains or markings. Provenance: Henri Becquerel, inscribed in ink by the author on front cover "M. Henri Becquerel..... More
Various: Various.. Various states of preservation, wrappers mostly browned and dust-soiled and with occasional edge-chipping, text generally little browned. Front wrappers mostly with shelf marks and ink stamps.
1. The phase in the case of polar reflexion from cobalt and nickel and the angle of reversal of the null rotation..... More
Vienna: Trattner, 1754. 4to (290 x 223 mm). [8], 218 pp. Title page printed in red and black and with engraved vignette, engraved headpiece on page 1. Bound in contemporary calf, spine richly gilt decorated, blind ruling to boards, all edges dyed red (slight wear to extremities, boards scratched, corners..... More
Gdansk: Simon Reiniger for the author, 1668. Folio (349 x 224 mm). [38], 913, [47] pp., including half-title, additional engraved pictorial title-page after A. Stech by E. Visscher, letterpress title, 38 engraved plates (4 double-page) numbered A-OO, engraved illustrations throughout, 2 engraved ornamental initials, 2 engraved historiated headpieces, engraved allegorical..... More
Various: Various.. The collection includes most of Dewar's significant papers on the subject, including those which Dahl cites in the first chapter of his book. Several are presentation copies. All wrappers somewhat browned and dust-soiled, pages more or less age-toned. Housed in a custom clamshell box, gilt-lettered spine label.
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Budapest, Vienna and Leipzig: Hartleben, 1861. 8vo (229 x 145 mm). vi, 543 [1] pp. Original contemporary half cloth and marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt, marbled edges (upper joint repaired, some light marginal wear and edge chipping of paper over boards). Text generally very bright and clean with only..... More
