American astronomer (19 risultati)

Condizione: Very Good. 7 pages, illustrated. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 18 x 25 cms. Category: Harper's Monthly Magazine; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condizione: Very Good. 12 pages, illustrated. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 18 x 25 cms. Category: Harper's Monthly Magazine; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condizione: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 300 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations and archive photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0883185989 ASTRONOMY & COSMOLOGY.…

Condizione: Very Good. First edition thus Blanche MacManus illustrated hard back binding in publisher's original cream paper covered boards, orange title lettering to the spine and to the front cover, Persian design to the front cover. 8vo. 8'' x 5''. Rubáiyát over 40 pages carrying the 75 quatrains of Edward FitzGerald's version enriched with 12 full-page illustrations by Blanche MacManus. Slight sun fading down the spine and rubbing to the covers, in Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.…

Condizione: Very Good. First edition thus Blanche MacManus illustrated hard back binding in publisher's original cream paper covered boards, orange title lettering to the spine and to the front cover, Persian design to the front cover. 8vo. 8'' x 5''. Rubáiyát over 40 pages carrying the 75 quatrains of Edward FitzGerald's version enriched with 12 full-page illustrations by Blanche MacManus. Slight sun fading down the spine and rubbing to the covers, in Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.…

Condizione: Very Good. First edition thus Blanche MacManus illustrated hard back binding in publisher's original cream paper covered boards, orange title lettering to the spine and to the front cover, Persian design to the front cover. 8vo. 8'' x 5''. Rubáiyát over 40 pages carrying the 75 quatrains of Edward FitzGerald's version enriched with 12 full-page illustrations by Blanche MacManus. Slight sun fading down the spine and rubbing to the covers, in Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.…

Condizione: Very Good. First edition thus Blanche MacManus illustrated hard back binding in publisher's original half scarlet leather, gilt title lettering to the spine, marble paper covered sides. 8vo. 7½'' x 5''. Rubáiyát over 40 pages carrying the 75 quatrains of Edward FitzGerald's version enriched with 12 full-page illustrations by Blanche MacManus. Ink message inside dated 1943, light rubbing to the covers and in Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.…

Condizione: Very Good. First edition thus Florence Lundborg illustrated hard back binding in publisher's original dark brown cloth covers, decorative dark grey over-printed design of a tree to the front cover, gilt title lettering to the spine and to the front cover, top edge gilt, black bird silhouette and brown end sheets. 8vo. 8½'' x 6½''. Produced by John Wilson and Son's University Press in Cambridge, Massachusetts and printed on French-folded pages joined in tandem, now divided. Rubáiyát over unnumbered pages carrying the 101 quatrains of Edward FitzGerald's version enriched with lovely illustrations around the quatrains by Florence Lundborg, all of the other leaves have an elaborate border. Ink name dated 1944 to the second front end sheet, light rubbing to the corners and in Very Good clean condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.…

Condizione: Fine. First edition thus Blanche MacManus illustrated hard back binding in publisher's original burgundy leather covers, gilt title lettering to the spine, Persian gilt design to the front cover, marble end papers, top edge gilt. 8vo. 8'' x 5¼''. Printed on hand made paper in publisher's leather binding. Rubáiyát over unnumbered pages carrying the 75 quatrains of Edward FitzGerald's version enriched with 12 full-page illustrations by Blanche MacManus. Inscribed to E. D. R. Shearer, the great Irish sportsman 'To E. D. R. Shearer, + 4 line sonnet, W. E. Henley, from Ravensleigh, January 1927.' In Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.…

Blanche MacManus illustrated hard back binding in publisher's original decorated turquoise cloth covers, burgundy title lettering to the spine and to the front cover, top edge gilt. 8vo. 8'' x 5¼''. Red and green printed title page. Rubáiyát over 159 pages carrying the 101 quatrains of Edward FitzGerald's version enriched with 12 full-page single-sided colour illustrations on coated art paper by Blanche MacManus, including tissue frontispiece. Two lengthy ink messages dated 1921 and 1944 to the front end sheet, page 158 with circular piece of paper missing to the fore edge when cut, not affecting any text, stains and marks to the covers. These illustrations are completely different to those which appear in the trade edition published by The De La More Press during the 1920's. Extremely rare edition of Rubáiyát. Member of the P.B.F.A. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.…

Condizione: Fine. First edition thus hard back binding in publisher's original brown cloth covers, elaborate gilt design to the front cover, gilt lettering to the spine, top edge gilt, grape vine illustrated end sheets. The first printing was a folio, limited issue in 1884 of 100 copies signed by Vedder; followed by a trade edition in quarto in 1886. There were two issues of this 1894 printing; one in folio and this one in octavo measuring 8½'' x 6¼''. Printed on French-folded pages joined in tandem. Rubáiyát over 23 pages carrying the 101 quatrains of Edward FitzGerald's version enriched with Elihu Vedder's dramatic drawings. Correct first edition of this issue with errata note tipped-in concerning Mr. Vedder's interpolated verse of his own (number 44). Exceptionally Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.…

Pas de couverture. Condizione: Assez bon. Authentic photo signed in 2022. Size : 10x15 cm. Condition : pixelated photo, see scans please. Certificate of Authenticity and lifetime guarantee. Signé par l'auteur.

32mo. 1 p.

32mo. 1 p.

5 x 7 inch. Head and shoulders photograph. - Among his achievements were asteroid and comet discoveries, the "dirty snowball" hypothesis of comets, and the invention of the Whipple shield.

6 x 8 cm black and white photograph. In fair condition, lightly faded, with crease to one corner. Proctor's caption, in pencil on the reverse, reads; 'A group at Yerkes Obsy, Dec. 10, 1925. | Left to right | Otto Struve (Dr.) | N. T. Bobrovnikoff (student) | E. Zabler (janitor) | Mis Elizabeth Struve (Computer) | Alice Farnsworth (Dr); Margrethe Jorgensen (Computer) | Mrs. Sullivan (asst. in photo. dept.) | Mrs. Lee (Office Secretary) | Lela Cable (Computer) | This photo was made on a day when Messrs. Frost, Barrett, Lee, Van Biesbroeck & Ross were all absent some of them at the faculty dinner at the Univ. of Chicago.'.…

Pas de couverture. Condizione: Très bon. RARE - Carte personally signed in 2003. + Photo 20x15 cm (recent print). Size : 10x15 cm. Condition : please see scans. Provenance : PhP Autographs collection. Certificate of Authenticity and lifetime guarantee. Signé par l'auteur.

Pas de couverture. Condizione: Assez bon. Rare - Signed photo (with Rabindranath Tagore). Size : 14.5x9.5 cm. Condition : photo slightly soiled, number in red pencil, please see scans. Certificate of Authenticity and lifetime guarantee. Signé par l'auteur.

8vo. 5 total pages, approximately 175 words. Newcomb, born in Nova Scotia, studied at Harvard and began work at the Naval Observatory in 1861, publishing studies of planetary orbits, the motions of the moon, and other subjects during his service there (see a long entry in DAB). Abbot (1831-1927) graduated second in the West Point class of 1854, commanded artillery at a high level during the Civil War, and spent most of his later service directing the army's advance school of engineering at Willet's Point, ending his career on the Panama Canal project, 1897-1915. Folded for mailing. Very good. …