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Browse Books on Astronomy & Space Date Added (descending) Title Author Price (ascending) Price (descending) Date Added (descending)    422 Astronomy & Space Books (showing 121 to 150) Search within Books on Astronomy & Space Keyword/s:  Browse Australian Bookshops specialising in Astronomy & Space Books   Exploring the Solar System Booth, Nicholas ISBN: 0-521-58005-6 Cambridge University Press Cambridge, England 1988 Reprint 4to - up to 12" tall - Quarto Black Boards 1.1 kilo; 176 pages, acknowledgements, introduction by author, index and beauty credits. The text is illustrated with numerous coloured and black-and-white photographs from 30 years of looking at our solar system. Black coloured boards with gilt writing on the spine. A little rubbing to the head and to the heel of the spine and to the book corners. Photographic dustwapper, showing Maat Mons, Venus, with white writing on the front panel and spine. A little rubbing to the head and to the heel of the spine. " Exploring the Solar System chronicles more than three decades of planetary exploration, revealing the solar system in all its colourful glory." -- from the front fold over blurb. The majority of the pictures were supplied by both NASA and ESA and show for the first time, extraordinary detail of our nearest neighbours. Digital image available upon request. PLEASE NOTE *** This book weighs more than 1kg [2.2 lbs] and postage WILL be more than quoted. Please ask the bookselller for correct postage amount. Astronomy Good Price: 20.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0104607  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     The Space Station That Decision; Incremental Politics and Technological Choice McCurdy, Howard E. ISBN: 0-8018-4004-X the John Hopkins University Press Baltimore and London 1990 First American Edition 8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo Blue Cloth 650 grammes; XII, 286 pages, preface by author, technology, introduction, notes, photo credits, and index. The text is illustrated with black and white photographs. Light blue coloured boards with white writing on the spine and small white printers' cartouche to the lower spine edge. A little rubbing to the head and to the heel of the spine. Photographic dustwapper, showing space Station and shuttle, with grey background and blue and maroon coloured riding on this front panel and spine. Small maroon grey printers' cartouche to the lower spine edge. Very, very light rubbing to the top and bottom dustwapper edges. " The Space Station Decision is a timely history of this controversial initiative ( building a space Station ) and provocative look at the role of the bureaucracy in shaping public policy." -- from the front fold over blurb. This book is from the American perpective. Digital image available upon request Science Good Price: 30.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0104613  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     The Apollo Adventure; The Making of the Apollo Space Program and the Movie Apollo 13 Kluger, Jeffrey ISBN: 0-7522-0664-8 Boxtree London 1995 First British Edition Square Octavo Stiffened Wrappers 550 grammes; XXII, 200 pages, foreword by Ron Howard, Prologue, appendix, glossary and author's notes. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece showing the actors from the movie Apollo 13 -- Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton and Kevin Bacon. The text is illustrated with numerous black-and-white photographs and black-and-white line drawings from the Apollo space program and colour photographs ( as well as black-and-white ] from the making of the movie Apollo 13. Photographic front cover, showing a picture of the earth as seen from the moon with a small Apollo shuttle and superimposed upon that it photographs of the actor, Tom Hanks. Gray and white writing to the front panel and white to the spine. A little rubbing and creasing to the book corners and rubbing to the book edges. The remains of a sticker can be seen to the top right-hand corner of the front panel. There has been a triangular crease to the lower lefthand corner of the back panel. In 1970 the Apollo 13 mission to the moon nearly ended in catastrophe when an explosion rocked the spacecraft. With ingenuity and courage the three astronauts made it safely back to earth in the lunar module. This book celebrates not only this momentous event but the entire Apollo space program from Apollo 1 in 1967 through to Apollo 17 in 1972. It also gives a background to the making of the movie based on the Apollo 13 mission. Digital image available upon request. Science Good Price: 25.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0104616  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Astronomy and Imagination; A New Approach to Man’s Experience of the Stars Sabatier, Ernest ISBN: 0-7102-0371-3 Routledge & Kegan Paul London 1985 First British Edition 8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo Maroon Cloth 400 grammes; XVIII, 238 pages, foreword by Lesley White -- Astronomy correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, Acknowledgements, Introduction by Author, 4 Appendices, Select Bibliography and Index. The text is illustrated with black-and-white line drawings and star maps. Maroon coloured boards with gilt writing on the spine. A little bumping to the head and heel of the spine and there are some dust marks to the top paper edge. There is an errata page which has been inserted between pages VI-VII. Illustrated dustwapper, being a reproduction of a woodcut by Albrecht Durer, done in 1515, showing astrological map, with white writing on the front panel and the spine. Rubbing to the dustwapper corners and to the head and to the heel of the spine. There has been quite noticeable rubbing of the laminate of them dustwapper panels. In this book the author goes back to the basic of Astronomy -- that of naked eye observation and observer. " Norman Davidson investigated in detail the naked-eye appearances of sun, moon, stars, planets, from its , meteors, etc., pointing out at all stages that observers experience a geocentric view of the heavens and that their knowledge of a heliocentric planetary system is acquired solely by inference." -- from the front fold over blurb. Digital living, available upon request. Astronomy Good Price: 20.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0104644  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Life Off Earth Ridpath, Ian ISBN: 0-246-11933-0 Granada Publishing London 1983 First British Edition Square Quarto Brown Cloth 525 grammes; 128 pages, acknowledgements, introduction by author, index and picture credits. The text is illustrated with coloured and black-and-white photographs, coloured and black-and-white illustrations and the occasional line drawing. Brown coloured boards with gilt writing on the spine. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine and shelfwear to the lower book edges. Dust marks to the top paper edge. A few marks to the book covers. There is a stain to the free front endpaper, it looks like a Zeppelin, to the lower lefthand corner. Illustrated dustwapper, by Barnard Robinson, with red, yellow and white writing on the front panel and spine. A little rubbing to the dustwapper edges. In this book the author takes a series look at the steps which humankind has taken to look for other life in space and what we have done to actually live on other planets. Digital image available upon request. Science Reasonable Price: 20.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0104649  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Catalogue of the Universe Murdin, Paul & Allen, David ISBN: 0-521-22859-X Cambridge University Press Cambridge, England 1980 Reprint 4to - up to 12" tall - Quarto Black Boards One of the third 256 pages, preface by authors, appendix, note on special photographic techniques, glossary and index. Light maroon coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with both coloured and black-and-white photography by David Marlin. Black coloured boards with gilt writing on the spine. Rubbing to the book corners and shelfwear to the lower book edges. Rubbing and bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine. Light browning to the paper edges. Original bookseller's stamp to the lower right hand corner of the free front endpaper and there is the remains of the sticker also visible. Photographic dustwapper ( wraparound ) showing a photograph of a galaxy with white writing on the front panel and the spine. Light robbing to the dustwapper corners and the little chipping to the top front dustwapper corner. A hint of fading to the spine otherwise the dustwapper is in good condition. " The Catalogue of the Universe is a collection and a portrait of the best-known, the most unusual, the most remarkable and the most interesting of all that we know about, or at this moment, can know about, in space." -- from the front fold over blurb. Digital image available upon request. PLEASE NOTE *** This book weighs more than 1kg [2.2 lbs] and postage WILL be more than quoted. Please ask the bookselller for correct postage amount. Astronomy, Reasonable Price: 18.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0104652  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Quest for Space Silvestri, Goffredo ISBN: 0-517-61900-8 Crescent Books (Crown Publishers) New York 1987 First Edition h g f e d c b a Folio - over 12" - 15" tall Hardcover 1.75 kg; 200 pages, last page blank, indexed, appendices, 13 journalists who specialise in writing about space and scientists currently involved in space research have collaborated on this book to bring it within the reach of the reader. Through their expert guidance and with the aid of magnificent colour plates and a wealth of drawing and diagrams, the whole adventure of the conquest of new worlds is brought thrillingly to life. -- front fold over blurb there is a small stain on the bottom edge of the text block, bumping to the tale of the backstrip, and a short tear at the top left-hand corner of the front panel of the dust jacket. Digital image available upon request. This book weighs more than 1.0 kg packed, and extra postage will be requested for delivery outside Australia.  Space Flight Good Price: 20.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0214103  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     The Rocket Team: from the V-2 to the Saturn moon Rocket ordway III, Frederick I & Sharp, Mitchell R. Aircraft Designs, Inc Monterey, California 1999 Reprint Quarto -- up to 12 " Tall Spiral Bound 1.1 kg; X, 314 pp; last two pp advertisement for publisher. Colour illustrated card covers, text illustrated with black and white photographs. This book would appear to be a facsimile of the original which was published in the early 1970s. Digital image available upon request. This book weighs more than 1.0 kg packed, and extra postage will be requested for delivery outside Australia.  Space Flight -- History Good Price: 30.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0214166  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     The Solar System Yenne, Bill ISBN: 0-86124-668-3 Bison Books London 1990 First British Edition 4to - up to 12" tall - Quarto Black Boards 1 kilo; 120 pages, introduction by author, index and tables. Black coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photography, coloured photography and illustrations. Black coloured boards with silver writing on the spine. Small silver printers' cartridge to the lower spine edge. Bumping to the lower spine edge and rubbing to the book corners. Illustrated dustwapper, showing the placement of the planets around the sun, with white writing on the front panel and spine. White printers' cartouche to the lower spine edge some rubbing to the edges of the dustwapper. In this book the author gives a detailed description of the physical characteristics of the planets which make up our solar system, the composition, size, temperature surface and the atmosphere of each. Digital image available upon request. PLEASE NOTE *** This book weighs more than 1kg [2.2 lbs] and postage WILL be more than quoted. Please ask the bookselller for correct postage amount. Astronomy Good Price: 20.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0104732  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Astronomy: The Cosmic Journey Hartmann, William K. ISBN: 0-534-09576-3 Wadsworth Publishing Company Belmont, California 1989 Fourth Edition Square Quarto Laminated Boards 1.6 kilos; XX, 698 pages, preface by author, acknowledgements, reviewers, appendices, glossary, references, index and Star maps. Ochre coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with copious coloured and black-and-white photographs, coloured and black-and-white illustrations, Star maps, line drawings and figures. Photographic front cover, showing an eclipse with black and white writing on the front panel and black on the spine. Minor bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine and to the book corners. Rubbing to the book corners and to the laminate of the boards. A textbook for teaching Astronomy, but it not only deals with the basic nuts and bolts of Astronomy in also deals with a more knowlege thirsty audience ".... Astronomy students not only seek and up-two-date summary of astronomical facts; they ask, as people of all ages, about at basic relationships to the rest of the universe. They may study Astronomy partly to study a point of contact between Science another human endeavours: philosophy, history, politics, environmental endeavours, and even the arts and religion." -- from the preface page V. Digital image available upon request. PLEASE NOTE *** This book weighs more than 1kg [2.2 lbs] and postage WILL be more than quoted. Please ask the bookselller for correct postage amount. Astronomy Reasonable Price: 20.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0104735  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Space; The Next 100 Years Booth, Nicholas ISBN: 0-517-57764-X Orion Books New York 1990 First American Edition -- Stat 4to - up to 12" tall - Quarto Black Boards 700 grammes; 128 pages, acknowledgements, editorial consultants and advises, introduction by Admiral Richard T. Truly, Administrator, NASA, and index. Text is illustrated with black-and-white and a coloured photography, black-and-white and coloured illustrations and line drawings. Black coloured boards with silver writing on the spine. Small silver printers' cartouche to the lower spine. Minor rubbing to the book edges. The remains of a sticker can be seen to the top right-hand corner of the the front endpaper and the lower edge of the rear paste down. Illustrated dustwapper, showing a cut away illustration of a satellite against a black background with white and black writing on the front panel and white on the spine. Small blue and white printers' cartouche to the lower spine edge. Minor rubbing to the dustwapper corners. Clipping of the dustwapper, front fold over, top right-hand corner. In this book the author extrapolates and explores existing technologies in regards to space and space technology as to what might happen within the next hundred years. Digital image available upon request Space Exploration Reasonable Price: 18.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0104736  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Astronomy Through the Ages; The Story of the Human Attempt to Understand the Universe Wilson, Robert ISBN: 0-691-05836-9 Princeton University Press Princeton, New Jersey 1997 First American Edition 8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo Black Boards 700 grammes; XVI, 304 pages, last 2 blank, list of illustration, preface by author, glossary, bibliography and index. The text is illustrated with both coloured and black-and-white photography and the occasional black-and-white illustration. Black coloured boards with gilt writing on the spine. Very minor rubbing to the book edges. Photographic dustwapper, showing a small part of the Sistine Chapel -- God and Adam almost touching fingers, against a negative of the same illustration with white and yellow writing on the front panel and spine. Very minor rubbing to the dustwapper corners. A history of Astronomy from ancient times through to the Hubble telescope. Digital Ltd available upon request. Astronomy Good Price: 25.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0104769  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     The New Solar System Beatty, J. Kelly & O’Leary, Brian & Chaikin, Andrew ISBN: 0521238811 Cambridge University Press & Sky Publishing Corporation Cambridge, Massachusetts 1981 First Edition Quarto -- up to 12 " Tall Hardcover 1.2 kg; VIII, 224 pages, indexed, includes chapter authors and suggested readings. The text is illustrated with numerous tables, diagrams, charts, and colour, and black-and-white photographs. Introduction by Carl Sagan. The book itself is in very good order, the dust jacket is rubbed at the corners and head and tail of the backstrip, and has a crease on the rear panel. Summarised in this book are the fruits from the first decades of space exploration. This book weighs more than 1.0 kg packed, and extra postage will be requested for delivery outside Australia.  Astronomy Good Price: 22.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0214192  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     The Scientific American Book of the Cosmos Levy, David H. ( Editor ] ISBN: 0-333-78293-3 Macmillan London 2000 First British Edition Square Quarter Navy Blue Boards 1.4 kilos; VIII, 408 pages, preface by author, biographies and further reading and web site listings are you is all this five years. The text is illustrated by black-and-white photography and illustrations. Navy blue coloured boards with silver writing on the spine and small silver printers' cartouche to the lower spine edge. A hint of rubbing to the book edges. Photographic dustwapper, showing the sun and the earth, with white and black writing on the front panel and spine. Small red printers' cartouche to the lower spine edge a hint of rubbing to the edges of the dustwapper. " The science of cosmology deals with nothing less than the origin and structure of the universe: it's true nature, how it came to be, where it may be headed. The Scientific American Book of the Cosmos presents the current state of our knowledge about the universe, written by the most important men and women working in the field today. As cosmology is inclusive of all forms of energy and matter, the book also includes investigations of our home galaxy, the Milky Way; our solar system, from the inner planets to its outer reaches; the origins of life on Earth and the possibility of existing elsewhere; and the world of atomic and sub-a comic particles -- the building blocks of everything there is in the universe." -- from the front fold over blurb. Digital image available upon request. PLEASE NOTE *** This book weighs more than 1kg [2.2 lbs] and postage WILL be more than quoted. Please ask the bookselller for correct postage amount. Astronomy Good Price: 22.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0104780  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     The Biological Universe; The 20th-century Extraterrestrial Life Debate and the Limits of Science Dick, Steven J. ISBN: 0-521-34326-7 Cambridge University Press Cambridge, England 1998 Reprint 8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo Black Boards 825 grammes; XIV, 582 pages, last 4 blank, list of illustrations and tables, acknowledgements, abbreviations, introduction by author, select bibliographical essay and index. Black-and-white illustrated frontispiece, being a reproduction of William R. Leighs' " The Things That Live on Mars " for Cosmopolitan Magazine, 1908. The text is illustrated with 54 black-and-white illustrations/photographs and 12 tables. Black coloured boards with silver writing on this front panel and spine. A little rubbing to the lower look spine edge. " One of the most exciting stories of the 20th-century is the search, observational and theoretical for the evidence of extraterrestrial life. Steven Dick in his Life on Other Worlds has told that story with accuracy, clarity, and thoroughness. He is to be congratulated for this achievement, especially for the accessibility of these presentations and for the balance in which he has handled a history that at many points has been filled with controversy." -- Michael J. Crowe, University of Notre Dame." -- from the back panel blurb. This book is an updated and more complete edition than the first edition. Digital image available upon request. Science Good Price: 30.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0104782  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Comet Kohoutek; A Workshop Held at Marshall Space Flight Center June 13-14, 1974 Gary, Gilmer Allen [ Editor ] National Aeronautics and Space Administration Washington, D.C. 1975 First American Paperback Editi 8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo Card 425 grammes; X, 272 pages, foreword by Maurice Dubin, Chief, Cometary Physics, Physics and Astronomy Programs, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, preface by editor numeral for tendencies. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photography, black-and-white illustrations, tables, figures and schematics. Peach coloured covers with small peach and white NASA logo to the lower right hand corner of the front panel unknowns writing on the front panel and the spine. Rubbing and slight creasing to the book corners and to the head and to the heel of the back strip. The spine has become faded and results of insect activity can also be seen to the top edge. The results of insect activity can also be seen to the lower right hand corner of the front panel. There are marks and stains to both the front and back panels, the back panel has also suffered sun damage. Browning and light dust marking to the top paper edge. Some marks to the title page. A little browning of the internal pages and a few handling marks as well. In 1970 a rare phenomena occurred in the Astronomy world -- a bright, long-peroid comet was seen circling relatively close to the sun and was named Comet Kohoutek [ 1973f ]. At that time astronomers throughout the world, using various means and different techniques, up to and including the then new Skylab and other NASA technologies, set out to study this new Comet. This book is the result of a two day workshop held at Marshall Space Flight Centre, with the attendance of over 100 scientists from all over the world , to listen to 42 papers for discussion and dissemination of darta gained by the various scientists about Comet Kohoutek. Digital image available upon request. Astronomy Average Price: 25.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0104793  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     AAS-NASA Symposium on the Physics of Solar Flares: Proceedings of a Symposium Held at the Goddard Space Flight Centre, Greenbelt, Maryland, October 28-30, 1963 Hess, Wilmot N. [ Editor ] National Aeronautics and Space Administration Washington 1963 First American Edition Square Quarto Card 1.2 kilos; X, 465 pages, introduction by editor, appendix. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photography, figures, tables and line drawings. Blue and white coloured front cover with blue-and-white NASA logo to the lower right hand corner of the front panel and the lower spine edge. Light and dark blue writing to the front panel and light blue writing to the spine. Rubbing to the book corners and to the book edges. There has been multiple creases to the spine along with fading. Some chipping to the top and bottom spine edges. Marking and fading to the book panels. Previous owner's name to the top right-hand corner of the front cover. A hint of foxing to the first few pages of the book and there is a distinct musty smell in the book is opened. Also inserted loosely is the original order for the book from the original owner from the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska. A bound version of papers discussed and proceedings from the 1963 symposium on the physics of solar flares held at Goddard Space Flight Centre in Maryland. Digital image available upon request. PLEASE NOTE *** This book weighs more than 1kg [2.2 lbs] and postage WILL be more than quoted. Please ask the bookselller for correct postage amount. Science Reasonable for Age Price: 30.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0104797  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     The Meteor Scrap Book Hurwood, Bernhardt J. ISBN: 0-441-52701-9 Ace Books New York 1979 First American Edition 4to - up to 12" tall - Quarto Stiffened Wrappers 325 grammes; 128 pages, last blank, Prologue by Isaac Asimov, cast of characters. The text is illustrated with black-and-white stills from the movie and black and white illustrations. Coloured illustrated front cover, showing a meteor being targeted by a missiles, with white, brown and pale pink writing on the front panel and brown and black on the spine. Rubbing and creasing to the book corners and to the head and to the heel of the backstrip. The covers have become rubbed, faded and a little grubby. A few handling marked to the internal pages and on the verso of both the front and rear cover some rubbing marks. One the first major disaster movies to deal with external threats for the earth, The Meteor movie instilled fear and trepidation about what might be lurking in the cosmos. This scrapbook goes behind the scenes of making the film and at the beginning of each chapter there is a fact about the meteors and meteorites. Digital image available upon request. Movie Tie-in Reasonable Price: 12.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0104804  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Origin of the Solar System: The Capture Theory Dormand, John R.; Woolfson, M. M. ISBN: 047021466X Ellis Horwood Ltd Chichester, Sussex 1989 Reprint 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Laminated Illustrated Boards 550 g; 230 pages, includes index, six black-and-white photographs, bibliography/references in the text is illustrated with numerous charts, and diagrams and tables. Colour illustrated laminated boards. Very clean tidy copy. A Part of the Ellis Horwood Library of Space Science and Space Technology. This book discusses in detail The Capture Theory of the Origin of the Solar System developed by the authors over the last 25 years. The book includes an historical review of ideas about the solar system from the time of pre-Christian Greece and theories of its origin up to the end of the second decade of the century. Following a fairly detailed description of the system as we know it today, more modern theories are examined and discarded as most fail in important respects to explain even the most obvious features of the system. In this way the authors decide the criteria on which to base the capture theory in which none of the events described are improbable -- nor do they contravene the laws of physics as do some other theories. -- from the verso of the front board Astronomy Very Good Price: 18.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0214829  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     The Monuments of Mars; a City on the Edge of a Forever Hoagland, Richard C. ISBN: 1-883319-30-7 North Atlantic Books Berkeley, California 1996 Fourth Edition 8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo Stiffened Wrappers 900 grammes; XLII, 526 pages, last 2 pages order form of for book, author's preface, author's preface -- Addendum, publisher's foreword by Richard Grossinger, appendix to the fourth edition and index. Text is illustrated with numerous black-and-white photographs and computer enhancements black-and-white line drawings and sketches. Photographic front cover, showing a side of Mars with 4 small photographs of the face of Mars, with white writing on the front panel and red, white and yellow on the spine. Rubbing and scuffing to the book corners and rubbing to the book edges. A NASA sanctioned exploration into unusual features on the face of Mars, " Either these features ( at Cydonia ) on Mars are natural, and this investigation is complete waste of time, or they are artificial and this is one of the most important discoveries of our entire existence on earth. If they are artificial it is imperative that we figure them out, because they ' do not belong there '. Their presence may be trying very hard to tell us something extraordinary..." from the author on the back panel. Digital image available upon request. PLEASE NOTE *** This book WILL weigh more than 1kg [2.2 lbs] when packed and postage WILL be more than quoted. Please ask the bookselller for correct postage amount. Digital image available upon request. PLEASE NOTE *** This book weighs more than 1kg [2.2 lbs] and postage WILL be more than quoted. Please ask the bookselller for correct postage amount. Astronomy Reasonable Price: 18.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0104919  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     High Resolution Astrophotography Dragesco, Jean ISBN: 0521415888 Cambridge University Press Cambridge 1995 First Edition Quarto -- up to 12 " Tall Hardcover 800 g; XIV, 162 pages, last four pages blank, indexed, includes references and bibliographies. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs, and sequential plates, and line drawings and charts. This work is a rich one. The illustrations could have been drawn entirely from remarkable photographs that the author himself had obtained. But his sense of fairness came first, in a way which offers the reader a much more elaborate analysis, being based upon the best expertise and the most superb results available. He searched everywhere for the best talents, identified where they could be found, set down their experiences and presented their results of his book in just recognition of them and to the benefits of the reader. The result is astonishing, since the quality of the planetary images presented is unique. This book has obtained its goal. It reveals a desire for telescopic observation, to practise planetaryphotography, to perfect the art, to begin with interesting photographs, and then to systematically produce remarkable images. Astronomy Very Good Price: 35.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0214991  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Telescopes for Stargazing: the amateur astronomers guide book on how to choose, test and use astronomical instruments, for observing the sun, our moon, the planets, other stars, nebulae and galaxies, and celestial phenomena plus: an introduction to Astrop Paul, Henry E. Amphoto (American Photographic Book Publishing Co, Inc New York 1965 First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Black Cloth 450 g; 160 pages, illustrated throughout with tables, some line drawings, and numerous black-and-white photographs. Photographic illustrated dust jacket. Rubbing and shipping to both the top and bottom edges, the bottom edge a little more so. Digital image available upon request. The front fold over flap has several stickers, and the original camera shop sticker is on the rear panel of the jacket. A large portion of the book is devoted to illustrating telescopes you can buy or build, and showing what you can see and photograph through them. Astronomy Good Price: 14.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0214996  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     The Next Ten Thousand Years; a vision of man’s future in the universe with an introduction by Patrick Moore Berry, Adrian ISBN: 0224009664 Jonathan Cape London 1974 First Edition 8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo Hardcover 500 g; 224 pages, includes two in the text figures, glossary, bibliography, notes and references, index. Illustrated endpapers, coloured illustrated dust jacket. Page 213/to 14 has been accidentally crumpled at the top corner, and there is slight bumping to the tail of the back strip. The dust jacket is rubbed and chipped, with amateur tape repairs to a couple of short tears. Now protected. Science Good Price: 16.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0104942  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     NASA : The Journey Continues Benedict, Howard Pioneer Publications, Incorporated Houston, Texas, U.S.A. 1989 First Edition Quarto -- up to 12 " Tall Blue Vinyl 1.55 kg; XII, 304 pages, last page blank, indexed, illustrated throughout with colour photography, and high detail colour illustrations, as well as black-and-white photographs. Slight bump into the head and tail of the back strip, and an ownership inscription dated 06/90 on the front end page. This is a history of the United States space exploration program started as a result of Russia putting the Sputnik into orbit. Please enquire as to postage costs for delivery outside Australia, because, with packaging this book will weigh more than 1 kg Aeronautics Good Price: 20.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0215142  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Where No Man Has Gone Before : A History of Apollo Lunar Exploration Missions Compton, William D. ISBN: 078813633X DIANE Publishing Company Collingdale, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. 1996 Reprint Quarto -- up to 12 " Tall Spiral Bound 1.10 kg; this is a "print on demand book" that was imported into Australia. The "publisher" describes the book as a follows: -- Where No Man Has Gone Before: A History of Apollo Lunar Exploration Missions DIANE Publishing Co. 1989, 1989. When the crew of Apollo 11 splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on July 24, 1969, Americans hailed the successful completion of the most complex technological undertaking of the 20th century: landing humans on the moon and returning them safely to earth. This document records the engineering and scientific accomplishments of the people who made lunar exploration possible. It shows how scientists and engineers worked out their differences and conducted a program that was a major contribution to science as well as a stunning engineering accomplishment. This is a Government report and is usually bound with a ring binder. It is printed on demand, and is not an original. 415 pp. " Please enquire as to postage costs for delivery outside Australia, because, with packaging this book will weigh more than 1 kg Aeronautics Good Price: 25.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0215143  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     The Living Universe Hebwynd, James D. and Rytov, V.A. The Scientific Book Club London 1963 Book Club 8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo Blue Boards 250 grammes; 128 pages, The Authors, acknowledgements, bibliography and index. The text is illustrated with black-and-white illustrations, figures and line drawings. Blue coloured boards with black writing on the spine. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the backstrip and discoloration to the top backstrip edge. The spine is cocked. Browning and staining to the top text block edge and light B=browning to the other text block edges. The internal pages have become somewhat tanned. Illustrated dust wrapper, showing an abstract design, with white and yellow writing on the front panel and spine. Rubbing and chipping to the dustwrapper corners and to the head and to the heel of the backstrip area. Handling marks to the back dustwrapper panel. There is a tear to the front dustwrapper panel measuring 2.5 " x 2 " with associated creasing. In this book 2 scientists, one from America and one from the USSR, discuss the probability of life in our solar system outside of Earth. ( The conclusion is there isn't any life outside of Earth in the solar system ). What makes this book interesting is that the scientists involved were from 2 countries who were at the height of the Cold War. Digital image available upon request. Science Good Price: 17.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0105010  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Our Neighbour Worlds Firsoff, V A Hutchinson's Scientific and Technical Publications London 1952 First British Edition 8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo Light Blue Cloth 900 grammes; 336 pages, list of illustrations, appendix, index. Illustrated stress that coloured illustrated frontispiece, showing two views of Mars and a view each of Jupiter and Saturn. The text is illustrated with black-and-white illustrations and line drawings. Light blue coloured boards with gilt writing on the spine. Bumping, rubbing and fraying of the head and the heel of the backstrip. Heavy bumping to the book corners. Shelf wear to both the top and bottom book edges. Rubbing of the cloth of the book panels and there are some marks to the back panel. Browning to the text block edge. Browning to the endpapers and light tanning to the internal pages. A 1950s look at the future of space exploration. Digital image available upon request. PLEASE NOTE *** This book WILL weigh more than 1kg [2.2 lbs] when packed, and postage WILL be more than quoted. Please ask the bookselller for correct postage amount. Astronomy Reasonable Price: 22.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0105013  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Fire on Earth; In Search of the Doomsday Asteroid Gribbin, john and Gribbin, Mary ISBN: 0-684-81689-X Simon & Schuster London 1996 First British Edition 8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo Black Boards 500 grammes; XVIII, 268 pages, last 4 blank, acknowledgements, introduction by authors, and further reading. Black coloured boards with gilt writing on the spine. Minor bumping to the head and heel of the backstrip. Light browning to the text block edges and to the internal pages. This book is an ex-library book and has a library stamp on the title page and library details on the verso, otherwise no other stamps or other markings noted. On both the front and rear paste downs the remains of tape can be seen. Illustrated dustwrapper, by Fred Gambino, with red and white writing on the front panel and Spiner. A hint of rubbing to the dustwrapper edges. The dustwrapper is protected by library sleeving and on both the front and rear fold over panels there is a small piece of tape still in situ. A well-researched and authoritative study of the history of asteroid and comet impacts on the Earth, and an examination of scientific knowledge to protect the planet in the future. Digital image available upon request. Astronomy Average Price: 14.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0105028  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Man on the Moon Fairley, Peter Arthur Baker Ltd London 1969 First British Edition 8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo Grey Boards 480 grammes; 254 pages, last 2 blank, list of illustrations. The text is illustrated with 16 pages of black and white photographs. Grey coloured boards with gilt writing on the spine. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the backstrip and shelf wear to the lower book edges. Staining to the book panels and foxing marks to the top text block edge. Light browning to the other text block edges. Offset tanning and browning to the endpapers and original bookseller's sticker to the lower right-hand corner of the front paste down. The internal pages, though slightly brown, cleaned and not marked. Photographic dustwrapper, showing one of the Apollo 11 crew members on the moon against a black background with silver and blue writing on the spine and front panel. On the back panel there is a photograph of the author and the Russian astronaut, Valery Bykovsky. Multiple tears to the top and bottom dustwrapper edges, measuring from 0.25 " -- to 1 ". The major damage to the dustwrapper has been the last 1.25 " of the backstrip area is missing and a previous owner has repaired the damage with masking tape on the verso of the dustwrapper and where the missing piece is has coloured the area with black marker. Light rubbing to the dustwrapper as well. Clipping of the dustwrapper, front fold over, lower right-hand corner. The author covers the " space race " from both the Russian and American no point of view ending up with the successful lunar landing by Apollo 11 and Niall Armstrongs' " one small step for man....." . Digital image available upon request. Space Exploration Good Price: 20.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0105038  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     The Soul of the Night: An Astronomical Pilgrimmage Raymo, Chet ISBN: 0138228833 Prentice Hall Direct New Jersey 1985 First Edition 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Black Cloth Green Boards 650 g; XIV, 210 pages, last page blank, indexed. Each of the chapters has a black-and-white "lino-cut" illustration as a chapter head. Illustrated dust jacket. Slight rubbing of the edges of the jacket, bumping of the rear upper board, slight split to the lower rear fold over corner. In the visionary yet intimate tradition of Carl Sagan and Lewis Thomas,, this book joins science to the deeper personal concerns of philosophy. It is an astronomer's Odyssey through the heavens, bonding the glorious, mysterious phenomena of the night sky to the workings of the human mind and psyche. It is an exploration of how the stars move through the realms of mythology, literature, religion, history, and anthropology for its inspiration. Cosmology Good Price: 15.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0215322  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates   422 Astronomy & Space Books         Go to page:    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15        Next 30 Books