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A Plain and Familiar Introduction to the Newtonian Philosophy, In Six Sections. Illustrated by Six Copper-Plates. Designed for the Use of Such Gentlemen and Ladies as Would Acquire a Competent Knowledge of this Science, without Mathematical Learning; And More Especially Those Who Have, or May Attend the Author's Course of Six Lectures and Experiments on these Subjects.
by Benjamin Martin
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1751
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$700.00
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Full calf with five raised bands and a faint handwritten title to spine. Complete with six folding plates. Top corner of front fly clipped, as well as to title page affecting the words familiar and introduction (see image). Previous owner's inscription to verso of front fly dated 1864. Minor wear to fore edge of the initial two pages not affecting… Read more about this item Item Price
$700.00
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Charles Darwin: His Life and Work [Leaders in Science Series]
by Charles Frederick Holder
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1891
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- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$120.00
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Burgundy and grey cloth covered boards with gilt particulars. Minor staining to grey cloth (see image) and to bottom of title page. Six pages of ads to rear. Overall a nice tight copy with no previous owners' names or other defacements.
5.5 x 7.75 in Item Price
$120.00
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On the Origin of Species; By Means of Natural Selection of the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life
by Charles Darwin
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1901
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$200.00
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Red cloth with gilt detailing to spine and front cover. Scarce edition of this title. Two pages of ads to rear with a small bookseller's stamp. A clean copy with no previous owners' names or other defacements.
5.25 x 7.75 in Item Price
$200.00
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NASA: The Complete Illustrated History [Signed by Buzz Aldrin]
by Michael Gorn; Foreword by Buzz Aldrin
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- Used - Very Good
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- Collector's Edition
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- 2005
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$365.00
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Boldly signed by Buzz Aldrin, together with the Easton Press Certificate of Authenticity signed by Buzz and witnessed by his wife. Black leather with gilt particulars and a pictorial pastedown of the moon landing to the front cover. All edges gilt. Three raised bands, moire endpapers, and a silk ribbon. A clean copy with no previous owners' names or other… Read more about this item Item Price
$365.00
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Natural Selection [Charles R. Darwin]; Men of the Day No. 33 Sept. 30, 1871
by [Charles R. Darwin]
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1871
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$305.00
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Scarce chromolithograph of Charles Darwin published in Vanity Fair magazine on September 30th, 1871, accompanied with a page of text. The page measures 9.25 x 14 in (23.5 x 35.5 cm). Item Price
$305.00
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Hurricane [Signed]
by Marjory Stoneman Douglas
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1958
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$350.00
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Signed "With best wishes, Marjory Stoneman Douglas" to front fly. Full grey cloth covered boards with a dustjacket wrapped in mylar. Very minor foxing to endpapers and a blue mark to upper front cover of dustjacket (see image). A nice tight clean copy with no previous owners' names or other defacements.
6.5 x 9.25 in Item Price
$350.00
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Adventure in Space: Space Travel.
by Willy Ley
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1958
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$110.00
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Pictorial paper covered boards. The fourth and last title in the Adventure in Space series. Some wear to paper on spine, but otherwise a nice clean copy without previous owners' names or other markings.
8.75 x 11.25 in Item Price
$110.00
The Origin of Species [Harvard Classics]
by Charles Darwin
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Millennium Edition
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- 1993
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$120.00
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Red leather with gilt detailing. All edges gilt. Five raised bands, silk ribbon, and moire endpapers. Spotting and some loses to edges. Rubbing to gilt on boards, not affecting spine, but otherwise remains nice in appearance (see image). No previous owners' names or other markings. Item Price
$120.00
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Historia et Commentationes Academiae Electoralis Scientiarum et Elegantiorum Literarum
by Joseph Noel de Necker
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1770
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$200.00
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Full red cloth with Morocco label to spine. Book plate to front pastedown. Several copperplates throughout. Includes two lengthy papers by Necker. Includes the names of two plants (Araceae and Malvaceae) which were first published in this volume. Latin & German text. Clean copy with no previous owners' names. 25.7 x 20.6 cm; 10.2 x 8.2 in Item Price
$200.00
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The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci
by Leonardo Da Vinci; Edward MacCurdy
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- Used - Very Good
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- Collector's Edition
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- 2014
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$150.00
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Brown leather with four raised bands and gilt particulars to covers and spine. All edges gilt. Moire endpapers, silk ribbon, and smyth-sewn gatherings. Minor scratches to top edge gilt, but otherwise a nice clean copy without previous owners' names or other markings or bookplates. 6.25 x 9.25 in Item Price
$150.00
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Science and Faith: An Address.
by John Gary M'Kendrick
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1900
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$110.00
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Inscribed by the author without a signature to front endpaper (see image). Green cloth with title to front cover and spine. A scarce copy without previous owners' names or other markings. 4.5 x 6.75 in Item Price
$110.00
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Atlas, Designed to Illustrate the Geography of the Heavens, Comprising the Following Maps or Plates.
by Elijah H. Burritt
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Second Edition
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- 1835
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- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$1,200.00
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Bound in stripped homespun. Eight engraved plates, of which two are double-page and seven are hand-colored. Stated as "New Edition," which is an updated and revised edition with new engraved plates by W.G. Evans and revised by Archibald M'Vickar. This work includes a plan of the Solar System, Celestial maps of the skies in January-March, October-December, April-June, July-September, South Pole,… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,200.00
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The Philosophical Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle Esq [3 Volume Set]
by Peter Shaw, Robert Boyle
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1725
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$1,600.00
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Three volumes. Full brown polished calf painted to evoke inlay with stamped decoration to boards and stamped title to spine. 5 raised bands. Collated complete: 20 copper-engraved plates, including several foldouts. Colored tape to head and tail of spine. 8.A.2 inscribed in ink to front pastedown on all three volumes. No additional markings.
7.5 x 9.5 inches. Item Price
$1,600.00
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Schirra's Space [SIGNED]
by Walter M. Schirra with Richard N. Billings
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- Used - Fine
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- Collector's Edition
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- 1997
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$200.00
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Limited to 3,000 copies, in which this is number 785. Signed by Schirra to limitation page. Easton Press Certificate of Authenticity is included. Black leather with gilt particulars. Gilt edges; smyth sewn gatherings. Moire endpapers, four raised bands, and a silk ribbon. Small indent to lower spine (see image). No previous owner's names or other markings. Item Price
$200.00
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We Seven [SIGNED]
by Carpenter, M. Scott, L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., John H. Glenn, Jr., Virgil I. Grissom, Walter M. Schirra, Jr., Alan B. Shepard, Jr., and Donald K. Slayton
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- Used - Fine
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- Collector's Edition
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- 1997
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$1,000.00
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Limited to 3,000 copies, in which this is number 785. Signed by Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, and John Glenn to limitation page. Easton Press certificate of authenticity for Carpenter and Cooper are present, but lacking Glenn's (superfluous) certificate. Dot of gilt not adhering to page edge. Black leather boards with gilt particulars. Moire endpapers, a silk ribbon, and four raised… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,000.00
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The Astronaut's Library Complete Set: Men From Earth, Moon Shot, Lost Moon, Countdown, Schirra's Space, We Seven [SIX VOLUME] [SIGNED]
by Buzz Aldrin and Malcolm McConnell, Alan B. Shepard and Deke Slayton, James Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger, Frank Borman with Robert J Serling, Walter Schirra with Richard Billings, Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, and John Glenn
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- As New
- Edition
- Collector's Edition
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- 1997
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$2,850.00
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Six volume signed limited set (five of which are in the publisher's original shrink wrap) numbered and signed by respective astronauts to limitation pages. All Easton press certificates of authenticity are included. Uniform black leather with gilt particulars. Moire endpapers, silk ribbons, gilt edges, smyth sewn; four raised bands. No owners' names, bookplates or other deformities. A virgin set.… Read more about this item Item Price
$2,850.00
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Beyond: Visions of the Interplanetary Probes
by Michael Benson with foreword by Arthur C. Clarke
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- Used - Very Good
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- Collector's Edition
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$120.00
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Black leather boards with gilt particulars and a pictorial pastedown to front cover. Moire endpapers, a silk ribbon, and gilt edges. No previous owner's names or other markings. Numerous black/ white and colored photographs throughout. Item Price
$120.00
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Cosmos
by Sylvia Arditi and Marc Lachieze Rey
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- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$110.00
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Grey leather boards with gilt particulars and a pictorial pastedown to front cover. Book arrived to us still wrapped in the publisher's shrink wrap only to be unwrapped to have its picture taken. Smyth sewn binding, moire endpapers silk ribbon, all edges gilt. Item Price
$110.00
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Universe: The Definitive Visual Guide
by Edited by Martin Rees
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- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$180.00
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As new still wrapped in publisher's shrink wrap. Black leather boards with gilt detailing to cover and spine. Three raised bands and a silk ribbon. A scarce copy with no markings.
10 x 12 in Item Price
$180.00
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Discoveries and Inventions From Prehistoric to Modern Times
by Jorg Meidenbauer
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- Used - Fine
- Published
- [2005
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$90.00
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An unused copy only recently removed from publisher's shrinkwrap. Bottom edge lacks some gilt (see image), but otherwise a clean copy. Blue leather boards with gilt particulars. Moire endpapers, three raised bands, and a silk ribbon. Significant illustrations and color photographs inside. Item Price
$90.00