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A Treatise Describing the Construction and Explaining the Use of New Celestial and Terrestrial Globes. Designed to illustrate, in the most Easy and Natural Manner, the Phenomena of the Earth and Heavens, and to shew the Correspondence of the Two Spheres. With a great Variety of Astronomical and Geographical Problems
by Adams, George
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- Fourth Edition
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- 1777
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- Leather Bound
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- 1
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Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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$500.00
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London: Printed for and Sold by the Author, 1777. Fourth Edition . Leather Bound. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. xxviii, 345, 14 pages. Hardcover bound in original full brown leather with raised bands on the spine. Moderate rubbing and wear to the binding, which has a few stains from… Read more about this item Item Price
$500.00
The History of the Lives and Actions of the Most Famous Highwaymen, Street-Robbers, &c. &c. To Which is Added a Genuine Account of the Voyages and Plunders of the Most Noted Pirates
by Johnson, Charles
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition First Printing
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- 1813
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- Leather Bound
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Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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$450.00
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Edinburgh and London: Printed by John Moir, Royal Bank Close, for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, 1813. First Edition First Printing . Leather Bound. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. viii, [9]-529 pages. Copperplate engraved frontis. Hardcover bound in full brown leather, rebacked in darker brown leather with raised… Read more about this item Item Price
$450.00
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From Deferent to Equant: Volume of Studies on the History of Science of the Ancient and Mediaeval Near East in Honour of E.S. Kennedy (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 500)
by King, David A.; Saliba, George
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- Used - Near Fine
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- No Jacket
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- 1st Edition
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- 1987
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- Hardcover
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- 9780897663953
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- 1
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Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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$125.00
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New York: New York Academy of Sciences, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 569 pages. Hardcover bound in blue cloth. Minimal wear to the binding. A sound, clean copy. Contains a few photographs and figures as well as mathematical equations. A nice… Read more about this item Item Price
$125.00
The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must
by Zubrin, Robert
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1996
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- Hardcover
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- 9780684827575
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- 1
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Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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$6.00
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New York: The Free Press, 1996. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. 328 pages, indexed. Hardcover in colour illustrated dust jacket. White mark on spine. Light scuffing and rubbing. Text is clean.
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The Newtonian System of Philosophy; Explained by Familiar Objects in an Entertaining Manner, for the Use of Young Ladies and Gentlemen. Illustrated with Copperplates and Cuts. A New Improved Edition with Many Alterations and Additions, to explain the late new Philosophical Discoveries, &c., &c. By a Teacher of Philadelphia
by Telescope, Tom; [John Newbery / Oliver Goldsmith (?)]; and [Robert Patterson]
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- Used - Good
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- First American Edition
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- 1803
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- Hardcover
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Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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$600.00
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Philadelphia: Published by Jacob Johnson, 1803. First American Edition . Hardcover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 16mo. 137, [3] pages. Hardcover bound in original full brown leather. The binding shows wear and bumping but is sound with rubbed but secure hinges. Headcap of the spine is chipped. Small wormhole near… Read more about this item Item Price
$600.00
The Year-Book of Facts in Science and the Arts for 1877
by Mason, James
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition First Printing
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- 1877
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- Hardcover
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Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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$40.00
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London: Ward, Lock, & Co., 1877. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo. 280, 32 pages. Hardcover bound in brown cloth with elaborate cover designs embossed in black and in gilt. Light to moderate wear to the binding. A sound copy with secure inner hinges and clean text. Contains a… Read more about this item Item Price
$40.00
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Memoir and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel (Signed "Mary F. Thomas" on Title Page)
by Herschel, Mrs. John
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition First Printing
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- 1876
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- Hardcover
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Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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$250.00
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New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1876. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo. xii, 355, (4) pages. Complete with a frontis and two other plates. Hardcover bound in original green cloth with cover designs in black and with titles in gilt. The binding is worn but sound. Some splitting to… Read more about this item Item Price
$250.00
Spectrum Analysis Explained. Its Uses to Science Illustrated, Showing its Application in Microscopical Research, and to Discoveries of the Physical Condition and Movements of the HEavenly Bodies, and Including an Explanation of the Received Theory of Sound, Heat, Light, and Color
by Schellen, H.; et al.
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- 1872
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- Hardcover
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Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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$65.00
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Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1872. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo. Offprint (or continued) publication of a larger work. Pages 55-177, (3), as issued. Hardcover bound in original brown cloth with spine titles in gilt. Moderate rubbing and wear to the binding. The spine has some white shelf numbers partly rubbed off at the… Read more about this item Item Price
$65.00
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U.S. Observatories: A Directory and Travel Guide
by Kirby-Smith, H. T.
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First Edition First Printing
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- 1976
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780442244514
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- 1
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Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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$17.50
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New York, Cincinnati, Toronto, London, Melbourne: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1976. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 173 pages, indexed. First edition SIGNED hardcover in colour illustrated dust jacket. DJ is lightly rubbed, some scuffs. Some toning to edges of cover, as well as spine. Author has written inscription on front flyleaf. Text… Read more about this item Item Price
$17.50
Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy, K.C.B, M.A., LL.D., D.C.L., F.R.S., F.R.A.S. Honorary Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, Astronomer Royal from 1836 to 1881.
by Airy, Wilfrid. (George Biddell Airy)
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- Used - Good
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- First Edition First Printing
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- 1896
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- Hardcover
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Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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$95.00
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Cambridge: At the University Press, 1896. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good. 8vo. 414 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in blue cloth. Rubbing and wear to the binding, with the spine of the headcap a bit chipped or frayed. An ex-library copy with minimal markings. Bookplate on front pastedown, empty pocket on rear pastedown,… Read more about this item Item Price
$95.00