Washington, D.C. NASA. Ed Mitchell Autograph on a NASA (8x10") black and white publicity photo picturing the LM on the lunar surface. Mitchell has signed in silver ink "Fra Mauro Base".
Apollo 14 (January 31 - February 9, 1971) was the eighth crewed mission in the United States Apollo program..... More
Washington, D.C. NASA, 1968. Frank Borman, James Lovell and Bill Anders Autopen Autographs on a color photograph (10.5x13.5") of the launch of Apollo 8. The picture is mounted on matboard (to 16x20") which shows edge wear and some age discoloration. The photograph has a modest fault in the lower left..... More
London: Printed for George Nicol, 1792. Three parts in one volume. 4to (314 x 243 mm). [10], 153 [1]; [3] iv, 88; [1], 246-264 pp., including engraved frontispiece portrait of the author, 7 engraved maps and plates (5 folding), the 2 maps in the section of the Narrative are printed..... More
London: Printed for John Taylor . . . and S. Holford, 1692. 12mo (148 x 85 mm). [4], 138, [2] pp. Advert leaf G10 bound at end. Signatures: [A]2 B-F12 G10. Contemporary calf, spine blind-ruled and gilt lettered and with two shelf mark paper stickers (old rebacking, some wear to..... More
Frankfurt am Main: Umschau Verlag, 1952. 8vo (210 x 148 mm). [2], 81 [1], [4] pp. Text illustrations, tables and diagrams throughout, final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's pictorial wrappers (light rubbing to extremities, small patch of blank paper over spine chipped off). First blank leaf and last leaf..... More
London: W. Bulmer and Co., 1805. Entire volume, parts I + II offered. 4to (295 x 235 mm). vi, [2], 1-175 [1], 27 [1]; iv, 177-353 [1], [6] pp., part titles, index bound at end, and 9 engraved plates (2 folding). Original blue simple paper wrappers, pages untrimmed and unopened..... More
Paris: Librairie Grecque-Latine-Allemande, N.Maze, and Gide Fils, 1815. 1815-1825. 7 volumes (all published). Elephant Folio (530 x 345 mm). Half-title and general title to each volume, section titles to volumes I and VII, dedication to Nicolaus Jacquin, 714 engraved plates by Turpin, all but two (3 and 96) with fine..... More
Paris: Roret, 1829. 8vo (200 x 125 mm). ii, [2], 244 pp., including half-title. Contemporary half-calf over marbled boards, marbled edges, spine lettered and decorated in gilt (light wear to board fore-edges and corners). Light occasional foxing, a bit stronger to first and final pages, but generally quite clean and..... More
Coblenz: J. Hoelscher, 1839. Two parts in two volumes. Coblenz: J. Hoelscher, 1839-41. 4to (348 x 268 mm). xvi, 653 [3]; xxii, [2] , 687 [1] pp. Bound with the text and protected by tissue paper are 33 aquatint plates ("vignettes") after Karl Bodmer (numbered vig. I- vig. XXXIII except..... More
New York, NY: New York Times, 1969. (17.5x24"). This embossed white card mat was used in the production process to produce the actual newspaper page. The headline reads: "2 Astronauts Land on Moon to Make A New Exploration". Completely readable and probably unique today. More
Exeter: Printed by S. Farley, for Philip Bishop and Edward Score, 1704. 8vo (184 x 110 mm). [16], 183 [i.e. 184] pp. Signatures: A-M8 N4. Title within double-line border, pages 182-184 misnumbered 181-183, a few mispaginations elsewhere. Bound in contemporary calf, spine with raised bands and recent gilt lettering piece..... More
1845. 160 x 175 mm. Salt print from calotype negative, mounted on card, verso with unrelated pencil note in Calvert Jones' hand [Schaaf no. 326]. Condition: some fading to image as usual.
Henry Fox Talbot set up a photographic studio in Reading in 1844 (the 'Reading Establishment'), and many of..... More
London: Robert Scott, 1685. 1685-1686. 4to (230 x 172 mm). Two parts in one volume (including Appendix). [8], 398, [2]; [4], 136 pp., including woodcut initials, diagrams and illustrations in text, full page engraved map on p. 13, full page woodcuts on pp. 104, 108, 112 and 119, errata leaf..... More
