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The Key to Astronomy
Walter B. Gibson
Key Publishing Co New York, USA. 1958
Soft Cover 96 pages. Book cover has some minor scuffing. Browning to some page edges. Good
Price: 9.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 056322 Bookseller: Leura Books
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Who Goes There? The Search for Intelligent Life In The Universe
Edward Edelson
ISBN: 0450046184
New English Library London, England. 1980 First Edition
Soft Cover 176 pages. Black and white photographs. Minor creasing to spine, edges and corners of book cover. Very minor foxing to page edges and titlepage. Good
Price: 5.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 056288 Bookseller: Leura Books
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The Promise of Space
Arthur C. Clarke
Harper & Row New York, USA. 1968 First Edition
Dust jacket protected with new plastic covering. Hard Cover 316 pages, light to moderate markings including foxing and tanning throughout, dust jacket shows moderate marks, shelf wear, creasing and small edge tears. Good
Price: 10.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 055411 Bookseller: Leura Books
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The Jupiter Effect
John Gribbin and Stephen Plagemann
ISBN: 0006344194
Fontana Great Britain 1977 First Edition
Soft Cover 156 pages. Minor creasing to spine, edges and corners of book cover. Very Good
Price: 5.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 054613 Bookseller: Leura Books
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Space Traveller’s Handbook - Every Man’s Comprehensive Manual to Space Flight
Michael Freeman
ISBN: 0855585137
Golden Press Ltd Sydney, Australia 1979 First Edition
Dust jacket protected with new plastic covering. Hard Cover 208 pages, Illustrated endpapers. With many colour photographs and illustrations. Previous owner's details on reverse of front endpaper. Dust jacket is rubbed along edges with closed tears repaired with tape, now protected with plastic sleeve. Good
Price: 15.00 (AUD)
Book Number: S002341 Bookseller: Leura Books
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Introducing Astronomy
J B Sidgwick
Faber & Faber London, Great Britain 1951 First Edition
Hard Cover 259 pages. B/W diagrams. Foxing to the outer edges. Excellent
Price: 9.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 053108 Bookseller: Leura Books
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Space Travel in Fact and Fiction
Deutsch, Keith
ISBN: 0531041565
Franklin Watts New York 1980 1st Edition
Illustrated Boards VG, Shelfwear, bump, scuffing, ink name, light browning/NO DUST JACKET. "Covers the past and future of space travel, including early discoveries, UFO's, science fiction films of the 1950's, plans for space laboratories and cities, and the science and technology of space travel". 86 pages, including the index. Illustrated with photographs. Expanded condition report/scan on request.
Price: 20.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 026304 Bookseller: Klanhorn
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Life In The Universe
Heidmann, Jean
ISBN: 0070278873
McGraw-Hill NY 1992
4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Soft Cover Translated from the French by Isabel A Leonard. Originally published by Hachette, Paris, as 'La Vie dans l'univers', the new discipline of Bioastronomy studies the possibilities of life in the universe. McGraw-Hill Horizons of Science Series, English Language Ed. 113pp. Very Good
Price: 8.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0204 Bookseller: Kay's Secondhand Books and Sheet Music
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The Astronomer’s Telescope
Patrick Moore & Paul Murdin
Brockhampton Press Leicester, UK 1962 First Edition
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Hard Cover A children's book telling how an astronomer's telescope works, how to make your own telescope & what you can see through it. 96pp, in worn paper d/j, excellent blue cloth boards, foxing on page edges, black spine with gilt lettering, pages & binding in excellent condition. Very Good
Price: 5.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0205 Bookseller: Kay's Secondhand Books and Sheet Music
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Astronomy for Everyman
Davidson, Martin (editor)
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
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 Astronomy. 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: 5.00 (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: 5.00 (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
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
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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Starland of the South
McNair, W.A.,
Angus & Robertson, Australia, 1950.
Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. . 10 full page plates. 2 previous owners have written inscriptions on ffep. Covers have shelf wear as well as marking and bumping. Foxing to extremities. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Astronomy; Inventory No: 007630.
Price: 7.15 (AUD)
Book Number: 007630 Bookseller: Bong Bong Books
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Astronomy Simply Explained for Beginners
Murray; Fred W,
ISBN: 0851742793
Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd, Glasglow, 1978.
Mass Market Paperback. Good/. . Small tears to back pages and back cover Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Astronomy; ISBN: 0851742793. Inventory No: 010493.
Price: 8.25 (AUD)
Book Number: 010493 Bookseller: Bong Bong Books
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Teach Your Child About The Stars
John Ebdon
Pearson Custom Publishing London, Great Britain 1963 First Edition
Hard Cover 92 pages. Black and white illustrations. Minor rubbing and shelf wearing to spine, edges and corners of book cover. Good
Price: 7.50 (AUD)
Book Number: 048898 Bookseller: Leura Books
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Men from Earth
Buzz Aldrin and Malcolm McConnell
ISBN: 0553053744
Bantam Books Sydney, Australia 1989
Hard Cover 312 pages. Scuff marks on cover. Notations in pen on the front endpaper. Very Good
Price: 15.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 048675 Bookseller: Leura Books
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Woomera
Southall, Ivan -- Editor
Angus and Robertson Sydney 1962 First Edition
quarto - over 9¾" - 12" Tall Blue Cloth 700 g; XVI, 264 pages., illustrated with black and white full-page photographs and maps and diagrams. Photographic illustrated dustwrapper. Both top and bottom edges of the dustjacket have short tears, and chipping, with some loss on the bottom edge. A scan can be provided to help assess condition. The book itself shows no sign of damage. And is free of any inscription. Here, for the first time between the covers of the book, is the story of the Woomera rocket range, of its growth in the weird scrub and gibber country of South Australia, of its unique innovations and achievements, of the little-known scientific and human realities that lie behind the well-known name of Woomera. History -- Australia Very Good
Price: 32.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0232464 Bookseller: Syber's Books
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The Atlas Of The Solar System
Bill Yenne
ISBN: 0861243382
Bison Books Great Britain 1987 First Edition
Dust jacket protected with New Plastic Covering Hard Cover 192 pages. Colour photographs. Minor wearing to spine, edges and corners of dust jacket. Very Good
Price: 20.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 047630 Bookseller: Leura Books
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Secrets of Space
Anthony Feldman
ISBN: 0729601773
Books For Pleasure Sydney, Australia 1980 1st Australian Edition
Dust jacket protected with New Plastic Covering Hard Cover 336 pages, light pages marks only, some fox spots and some age yellowing to edges but overall pages are quite clean and remain tightly bound. Dust jacket is neat with light shelf marks and will be covered by a protective plastic jacket prior to shipping out. Ex-School Library Good to Very Good
Price: 20.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 046909 Bookseller: Leura Books
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