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Astronomy for Everyman
Davidson, Martin (editor)
ISBN: NoISBN
J M Dent London 1954
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Hard Cover 200+ line drawings, photographs & diagrams; astronomy as it was 50 years ago. 514pp. Good hardcover in poor torn & price-clipped d/j, names on fep. Good
Price: 10.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0250 Bookseller: Kay's Secondhand Books and Sheet Music
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Text-Book on Spherical Astronomy
Smart, W M
ISBN: NoISBN
Cambridge University Press 1960
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Soft Cover 4th Edition. Cover lightly worn & marked, fep has tape marks & name & address of previous owners, light foxing, 430pp. Good
Price: 30.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0251 Bookseller: Kay's Secondhand Books and Sheet Music
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The Stars, A New Way to See Them
Rey, H A
ISBN: 0701150513
Chatto & Windus London 1975
4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Hard Cover Revised First English Edition, 1975. This book is meant for people who want to know just enough about the stars to be able to go out at night & find the major constellations, for the mere pleasure of it; shows constellations as shapes which suggest what the names imply. Pictorial boards, 160pp, tape marks on bep. Very Good
Price: 25.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0265 Bookseller: Kay's Secondhand Books and Sheet Music
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The Amateur Astronomer
Rukl, Antonin
ISBN: 0706410343
Octopus Books London 1979
4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Hard Cover Translated by Olga Kuthanová. Consultant editor John Gribbin. First English edition, 1979. The emphasis is on practical matters: full instructions on where to look to see the most lovely & dramatic sights in the heavens; beautifully coloured illustrations, charts & diagrams. 184pp, tape marks & foxing on eps. As New
Price: 50.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0266 Bookseller: Kay's Secondhand Books and Sheet Music
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Fire on Earth, In Search of the Doomsday Asteroid
Gribbin, John and Mary
ISBN: 068481689X
Simon & Schuster London 1996
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Hard Cover All that is known about comets to date, revealing that these cosmic missiles have been a continuing problem throughout geological time; by examining evidence gathered from the effects of known impacts, the authors come to a frightening conclusion about the future of humankind on earth. 264pp. As New
Price: 20.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0685 Bookseller: Kay's Secondhand Books and Sheet Music
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The Friendly Stars: How to Locate and Identify Them
Martha Evans Martin & Donald Howard Menzel
ISBN: 0486210995
Dover Publications NY 1966
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Soft Cover A new edition of an astronomical classic first published in 1907 with 23 new illustrations by Ching-Sung Yu; descriptions and histories of Capella, Acturus, Deneb, Spica, Vega, Altair, Antares, Formalhaut, Aldebaran, Orion's brightest stars, the heavenly twins (Castor and Pollux), the two Dog Stars, Regulus; double stars, constellations, the mystery of the Pleiades; all visible to the naked eye therefore not requiring any kind of equipment; presented in a refreshingly light and readable style. 147pp, occasional neat pencil underlining, tape marks on eps. Good
Price: 25.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0795 Bookseller: Kay's Secondhand Books and Sheet Music
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The Amateur Astronomer and His Telescope
Roth, Gunter D
ISBN: 0571096565
Faber and Faber London 1972
Soft Cover Translated by Alex Helm. New and revised edition, 1972. 182pp. Stiff boards. Light wear and soiling on covers, heavy foxing on page edges, pages are very good. Bookshop stamps and marks on fep. Good
Price: 20.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0797 Bookseller: Kay's Secondhand Books and Sheet Music
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Skyshooting - Photography for Amateur Astronomers
R Newton Mayall and Margaret W Mayall
ISBN: NoISBN
Dover Publications New York 1968
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Soft Cover A revised and enlarged version of the work originally published in 1949 under the title "Skyshooting - Hunting the Stars with Your Camera". 186pp, cover creased, page edges lightly soiled, a little dog-eared in corners, shop stamp on fep. Good
Price: 20.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0798 Bookseller: Kay's Secondhand Books and Sheet Music
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Frank’s Book of the Telescope: a Guide to Instruments for the Amateur Astronomer
Frank, Charles
ISBN: NoISBN
Charles Frank Glasgow 1959
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Hard Cover 2nd Edition (revised) March 1959. Includes instructions on how to make a simple telescope using ordinary hand tools; illustrated with line drawings and b/w photographs. 132pp, cover lightly soiled, foxing on eps. Good
Price: 20.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0799 Bookseller: Kay's Secondhand Books and Sheet Music
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The Seven Sisters Of The Pleiades: Stories From Around The World
Andrews, Munya
ISBN: 1876756454
Spinifex Press Melbourne 2004
Paperback Remainder mark. Minimal shelfwear to wraps. "What do Halloween, Atlantis, Subaru, the American Presidential elections, the Petticoat Lane market in London, the ship Titanic and atlases all have in common? Each can be traced to the legends of the Seven Sisters of the Pleiades." Brand New
Price: 28.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 019400 Bookseller: Pamela Bakes at Page Two
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Our Changing Universe
Brandt, John C.
Charles E. Merrill USA 1956
Soft Cover Some creasing and wear to wraps, internally very good. Good
Price: 10.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 005014 Bookseller: Pamela Bakes at Page Two
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Comet
Sagan, Carl
ISBN: 0747276641
Headline 1997
8vo softcover 398pp index, colour & b/w illus. very good. Pulitzer Prize-winning astronomer Carl Sagan, author of Cosmos and Contact, and writer Ann Druyan explore the origin, nature, and future of comets, and the exotic myths and portents attached to them. The authors show how comets have spurred some of the great discoveries in the history of science and raise intriguing questions about these brilliant visitors from the interstellar dark.nnWere the fates of the dinosaurs and the origins of humans tied to the wanderings of a comet? Are comets the building blocks from which worlds are formed?nnLavishly illustrated with photographs and specially commissioned full-color paintings, Comet is an enthralling adventure, indispensable for anyone who has ever gazed up at the heavens and wondered why.
Price: 18.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 43710 Bookseller: Dial a Book
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Astronomy
Burnham, Robert (editor)
ISBN: 1876778814
Fog City Press 2002
Small 8vo laminated boards, hardcover 320pp index, colour illus. Fine.
Price: 15.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 43829 Bookseller: Dial a Book
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Alchemy of the Heavens
Croswell, Ken
ISBN: 0192861921
Oxford Univ Press 1996
8vo softcover 340pp very good, owner's name on fep.
Price: 12.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 44003 Bookseller: Dial a Book
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Man and the Stars
Brown, Hanbury
ISBN: 0198510012
Oxford University Press 1978
4to hardcover 185pp index, b/w illus. very good / very good d/w.
Price: 18.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 43243 Bookseller: Dial a Book
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The Cosmos: A Beginner’s Guide
Hart-Davis, Adam
ISBN: 1846072123
BBC Books 2007
Large 8vo softcover 192pp index, colour illus. Fine. Product Description: How close are we to finding extraterrestrial life in our solar system? What is the ultimate fate of the universe? How can we prevent an asteroid from crashing into Earth? Many questions, and some answers, are discussed along with reports from the cutting edge of space research.
Price: 25.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 42763 Bookseller: Dial a Book
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Cosmic Horizons: Astronomy at the Cutting Edge
Tyson, Neil De Grasse (Editor)
ISBN: 1565846028
New Press 2001
Large 8vo softcover 256pp colour illus. very good. Leading experts explain the discoveries of modern astrophysics in an illustrated companion to the American Museum of Natural History's newly renovated Rose Center for Earth and Space. Cosmic Horizons illuminates the most recent discoveries of modern astrophysics with essays by leading astronomers, including NASA scientists.
Price: 15.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 41737 Bookseller: Dial a Book
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The Heavens on Fire: The Great Leonid Meteor Storms
Littmann, Mark
ISBN: 0521624053
Cambridge University Press 1998
Large 8vo hardcover 349pp index, b/w illus. very good, missing title page. / very good d/w. Meteor succeeded meteor in such rapid succession that it was impossible to count them; at times the sky seemed full of them, and the earth was illuminated as with a morning light. Eye-witness accounts such as this, and every spectacular detail of the Leonids, the greatest meteor showers of all, can be found in the acclaimed The Heavens on Fire. In this volume, author Mark Littmann vividly tells the history of meteors, and especially the Leonids, whose terrifying beauty established meteor science. He traces the history and mythology of meteors, profiles the fascinating figures whose discoveries advanced the field, and explores how meteors have changed the course of life on Earth. Crisp illustrations capture the excitement of past meteor showers and help elucidate important concepts.
Price: 18.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 40591 Bookseller: Dial a Book
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House in Space
Cooper, Henry S F
ISBN: 0207957223
London : Angus and Robertson 1977
8vo hardcover 184pp, b/w illus. very good / very good d/w.
Price: 15.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 38560 Bookseller: Dial a Book
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Images of the Universe
Stott, Carole (Editor)
ISBN: 0521424194
Cambridge ; New York Cambridge University Press 1991
4to softcover 245pp colour & b/w illus. very good.
Price: 15.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 37012 Bookseller: Dial a Book
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Visions of Heaven: The Mysteries of the Universe Revealed by the Hubble Space Telescope
Wilkie, Tom
ISBN: 0340717343
London Hodder & Stoughton Ltd 1998
Small 4to hardcover 205pp b/w & colour illus. very good / very good+ d/w. The Hubble Space Telescope's spectacular pictures of nearby planets, remote stars, and distant galaxies captured the public imagination in a way not seen since the heady days of the Apollo Space Program. In Visions of Heaven, we see their full range, from the stellar nurseries where young stars are hatched out of immense clouds of gas and dust, to the magnificent remains, glowing across billions of miles, of once-mighty stars. But Hubble has brought us more than just glorious pictures: it offers new insights into the cosmos, and with them, the glimmering of answers to some of the most fundamental human questions. What really happened "in the beginning?" Is there life on other planets? What does the future hold? To the astronomer's eye, each of the Hubble pictures may tell a clear story, but the casual reader needs a guide to see and appreciate the deeper order contained within the images. Now, Visions of Heaven presents these remarkable pictures with a concise narrative that reveals the thrilling and moving stories behind them.
Price: 25.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 37373 Bookseller: Dial a Book
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Window In the Sky
Lawton, A T
ISBN: 0715377574
David Charles 1979
8vo hardcover 223pp index, b/w illus. very good, owner's initials on fep. / very good d/w. Astronomical bodies. Observation from space vehicles.
Price: 15.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 33398 Bookseller: Dial a Book
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Practical Skywatching
Levy, David H.
ISBN: 1876778911
Fog City Press 2002
4to hardcover 480pp index, colour & b/w illus. very good / very good d/w. Practical Skywatching is part of a four-book series, The Nature Companions; practical guides to observing and appreciating the wonders of the natural world. This spectacular series provides readers with a thorough understanding of topics such as skywatching, birding, natural habitat gardening, and rocks and fossils. Written in clear, accessible text by acclaimed scientists and specialists in each field, each book contains a wealth of images by the world's foremost photographers and detailed, specially commissioned illustrations. Designed for enthusiasts of all ages, The Nature Companions series is a comprehensive source of reference that belongs in the personal library of all those who are curious to learn more about the world around them.
Price: 30.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 34518 Bookseller: Dial a Book
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Stargazer’s Companion
Blum, James K.
ISBN: 0792452623
Mallard Press 1990
Oblong 4to hardcover 144pp index, colour & b/w illus. very good / very good d/w.
Price: 18.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 34867 Bookseller: Dial a Book
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Coming of Age in the Milky Way
Ferris, Timothy
ISBN: 0385263260
New York Anchor Books/Doubleday, 1989
8vo softcover 496pp index, b/w illus. very good. From Publishers WeeklynThe ancient Egyptians regarded the sky as a kind of tent canopy. Thirty centuries later, astronomer William Herschel argued that the sun belongs to a huge cluster of stars (a galaxy, as we call it today) and charted great swaths of intergalactic space through a telescope. How the human species slowly awakened to the vast reaches of space and time is the story absorbingly told by popular science writer Ferris (The Red Limit, Galaxies). His narrative humanizes the scientific enterpriseGalileo emerges here as a careerist, and Johannes Kepler as a self-loathing neurotic. Although it covers well-trod ground, this remarkable synthesis makes broad areas of science accessible to the layperson, from Darwin's and Lyell's investigations of the age of the earth to modern physicists' quest for a perfectly symmetrical, hyperdimensional universe. BOMC alternate. nCopyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. nnFrom School Library JournalnYA In the first section, Ferris uses historical anecdotes to relate astronomical discoveries and the foibles of their discoverers in a successful attempt to show the ``big names'' of science as real persons, warts and all. The second section, on the history of space and time, is also well done, if lacking in the human details. The third section, which deals with cosmology and modern physics, uses a philosophical approach to discuss difficult material; the result is not easy to absorb, but it is... read more --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Price: 15.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 29844 Bookseller: Dial a Book
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Secrets Of The Sky
Ruggieri, Guido
Hamlyn: London, 1969.
4to. hardcover. 176pp. indexcolour & b/w illus. very good. / very good d/w.' '
Price: 22.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 30201 Bookseller: Dial a Book
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