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The Race to Space [5 volume set]: A Man on the Moon, Apollo The Race to the Moon, First on the Moon, The Right Stuff, This New Ocean
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The Race to Space [5 volume set]: A Man on the Moon, Apollo The Race to the Moon, First on the Moon, The Right Stuff, This New Ocean

by Chaikin, Andrew; Charles Murray; Catherine Bly Cox; Neil Armstrong; Michael Collins; Edwin E. Aldrin Jr.; Tom Wolfe; William E. Burrows

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Published
1999
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Full Leather
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North Carolina: Easton Press, 1999. Full Leather. Fine. Five volume set. 24 x 16 cm. Octavo. 670pp, 506pp, 434pp, 436pp, 723pp. Uniformly bound into full teal leather with gilt design, lettering, and foredges. 4 raised bands to spines, moire endpapers, silk ribbon. Illustrated with photographs. Nice set in fine condition.
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Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science
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Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science

by Sagan, Carl

Condition
Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Edition
First edition
Published
1979
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780394501697
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New York: Random House, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 24 x 16.5 cm. Octavo. 347pp. Black cloth in dust jacket. Stated first edition with number line beginning in 2 as is typical for Random House first printings. Original price of $12.95 present on front flap. Some edgewear to the jacke.t.
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Elements of Chemistry; In Which the Recent Discoveries in teh Science are Included and its Doctrines Familiarly Explained
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Elements of Chemistry; In Which the Recent Discoveries in teh Science are Included and its Doctrines Familiarly Explained

by Comstock, J. L.

Condition
Used - Fair
Edition
Ninth Edition
Published
1834
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Full Leather
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Hartford: Robinson & Pratt, 1834. Ninth Edition. Full Leather. Fair. 19 x 11.5 cm. 356pp. Index. Some engravings and chemical reaction formulas. Bound into full period leather, gilt spine lettering. Damp staining to the center of the first ~100 or so pages as well as to the top edges of the pages. Scattered foxing. Name on front free… Read more about this item
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Leap of Faith
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Leap of Faith

by Gordon Cooper

Condition
Used - fine
Edition
Collector's Edition
Published
2000
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Full Leather
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$200.00

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Easton Press, 2000. Collector's Edition. Full Leather. fine. Octavo. 9 1/2" x 6 1/2". Bound in dark blue leather with gilt design and lettering to covers and spine. Six Raised Bands. Moire endpapers. Ribbon. Loosely laid in is the Easton Press Photographic frontispiece. CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY ". Signed by Gordon Cooper and dated May 2000. This is also… Read more about this item
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The Conquest of Space
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The Conquest of Space

by Ley, Willy; Chesley Bonestell

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Used - Very Good in Good+ dust jacket
Edition
Sixth Printing
Published
1949
Binding
Hardcover
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New York: Viking Press, 1949. Sixth Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 27.5 x 21 cm. Quarto. 160pp. Black boards in dust jacket designed by Robert Hallock. With color and black and white paintings of the solar system and rockets. Sixth printing done in 1951. Some chipping and edgewear to the jacket. Some scuffing to bottom… Read more about this item
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$100.00
Theory of Stellar Pulsation

Theory of Stellar Pulsation

by Cox, J. P.

Condition
Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Edition
First edition
Published
1980
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780691082523
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Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 24 x 16 cm. Octavo. 380pp. Equations, bibliography, index. Black boards in dust jacket. Some shelf wear. Number 2 in the Princeton Series in Astrophysics.
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$40.00
In the Name of Science; An Entertaining Survey of the High Priests and Cultists of Science, Past and Present

In the Name of Science; An Entertaining Survey of the High Priests and Cultists of Science, Past and Present

by Gardner, Martin

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Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
Edition
First edition
Published
1952
Binding
Hardcover
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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 22 x 15 cm. Octavo. 320pp. Black boards with white emblem in dust jacket. Jacket illustrated by John Teppich. First edition with 1952 on copyright page and no additional printings noted. Corners are lightly bumped and some rubbing to the bottom of… Read more about this item
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The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China Volume 4: An Abridgement by Colin. A Ronan of Joseph Needham's Original Text

The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China Volume 4: An Abridgement by Colin. A Ronan of Joseph Needham's Original Text

by Ronan, Colin A.; Joseph Needham

Condition
Used - Very Good
Edition
First Paperback Printing
Published
1994
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780521338738
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Cambridge University Press, 1994. First Paperback Printing. Paperback. Very Good. 22.5 x 15 cm. Octavo. 334pp. Abridgement of "the main sections" of Volume IV, Part 2, of the original series: Engineers: Their Status, Tools & Materials, Basic Mechanical Principles & Types of Machines, Land Transport, Clockwork, Windmills & Aeronautics. Fading and some creasing to spine. Previous owner's name… Read more about this item
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The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China Volume 2: An Abridgement by Colin. A Ronan of Joseph Needham's Original Text

The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China Volume 2: An Abridgement by Colin. A Ronan of Joseph Needham's Original Text

by Ronan, Colin A.; Joseph Needham

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Used - Very Good
Edition
First Paperback printing
Published
1981
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780521315364
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981. First Paperback printing. Paperback. Very Good. 22.5 x 15 cm. Octavo. 459pp. An abridgement of Volume III and a section of Volume IV, part 1 of the original. Illustrations, bibliography, index. Fading to spine. Previous owner's name stamp on foredge and inside front and back cover.
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The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China Volume 5: An Abridgement by Colin. A Ronan of Joseph Needham's Original Text

The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China Volume 5: An Abridgement by Colin. A Ronan of Joseph Needham's Original Text

by Ronan, Colin A.; Joseph Needham

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Used - Very Good
Edition
First Paperback Printing
Published
1995
Binding
Paperback
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Cambridge University Press, 1995. First Paperback Printing. Paperback. Very Good. An abridgement of the first section of Volume IV, Part 3 and the final section of Volume IV, Part 2 of the original series. Sections consist of Roads, Walls & The Great Wall, Building Technology, Bridges, Hydraulic Engineering I - Control, Construction & Maintenance of Waterways. Hydraulic Engineering… Read more about this item
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The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 1; An Abridgement by Colin A. Ronan of Joseph Needham's Original Text

The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 1; An Abridgement by Colin A. Ronan of Joseph Needham's Original Text

by Ronan, Colin A.; Joseph Needham

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Used - Good
Edition
First Paperback edition
Published
1980
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780521292863
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1980. First Paperback edition. Paperback. Good. 23 x 15 cm. Octavo. 326pp. An abridgement of volumes I and Ii of the original. Illustrations, bibliography index. Some creasing to spine. Name stamp on foredge and inside front and back cover.
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Archaeoastronomy in pre-Columbian America

Archaeoastronomy in pre-Columbian America

by Anthony F. (editor) Aveni

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Used - good/good
Published
1975
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780292703100
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University of Texas Press, 1975. Hardcover. good/good. Quarto. 10" x 7 1/2".. 436pp.
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Einstein Symposion Berlin; Lexture Notes in Physics 100

Einstein Symposion Berlin; Lexture Notes in Physics 100

by J. Ehlers, Munchen, K. Hepp,H.Nelkowski, A.Hermann, H. Poser, R. Schrader and R. Seiler

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Used - very good
Published
1979
Binding
Softcover
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Springer-Verlag, 1979. softcover. very good. Softcover. 550pp.
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The Legacy of Leon Van Hove
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The Legacy of Leon Van Hove

by Alberto Giovannini, Editor

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Used - fine/fine
Published
2000
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9789810243302
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World Scientific, 2000. Hardcover. fine/fine. Quarto. 10 1/2" x 8". 570pp. English text. A fine copy in dust jacket. World Scientific Series in 20th Century Physics - Vol. 28.
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$100.00
Alfred Russel Wallace: A Life

Alfred Russel Wallace: A Life

by Raby, Peter

Condition
Used - near fine/near fine
Edition
First edition
Published
2001
Binding
Hardcover
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Princeton University Press, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. near fine/near fine. A veyr nice copy in dust jacket.
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The Analysis of Starlight: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Astronomical Spectroscopy

The Analysis of Starlight: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Astronomical Spectroscopy

by Hearnshaw, J. B.

Condition
Used - very good
Edition
First edition
Published
1986
Binding
Hardcover
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Cambridge University Press,, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. very good. octavo. 9 1/4" x 6". . 531pp. Glossy pictorial covers.
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The Classical Theory of Fields

The Classical Theory of Fields

by L.D.Landau and E.M. Lifshitz and translated from the Russian by Morton Hamermesh

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Used - very good
Edition
Third Revised Edition
Published
1971
Binding
Hardcover
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Pergamon Press/Addison-Wesley Publishing, 1971. Third Revised Edition. Hardcover. very good. Yellow cloth cover. 374pp. No dust jacket.. Names of previous owners on front endpaper.
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Elements of Aerodynamics of Supersonic Flows

Elements of Aerodynamics of Supersonic Flows

by Ferri, Antonio

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Used - near fine
Published
2005
Binding
Hardcover
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Dover Publications, 2005. Hardcover. near fine. Octavo. 9 1/2" x 6 1/4". Glossy pictorial covers. 439pp.
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Astronomies and Cultures; papers deived from the third
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Astronomies and Cultures; papers deived from the third "Oxford" International Symposium on Archaeoastronomy, St. Andrews, UK, September 1990

by Ruggles, Clive L.N. and Nicholas J. Saunders, edited

Condition
Used - very good/very good
Edition
First edition
Published
1993
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780870813191
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Colorado University Press, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. very good/very good. Octavo. .9 1/4' x 6". 344pp. Nice copy in dust jacket.
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Stories and the Brain: The Neuroscience of Narrative
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Stories and the Brain: The Neuroscience of Narrative

by Armstrong, Paul B. B.

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Used - very good
Published
2020
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9781421437750
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Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020. paperback. very good. Softcover. 257pp.
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