ASTRONOMY
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ARCHAEOASTRONOMY AND THE MAYA
Written by Gerardo Aldana Y Villalobos; Edwin L. Barnhart.
Stock no. 1823574
Published by Oxbow Books.
1st
2014.
Fine condition.
This book illustrates archaeoastronomical approaches to ancient Mayan cultural production. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and diagrams and a few colour. ISBN: 9781782976431.
- Categorised in:
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- ASTRONOMY
- PREHISTORIC
- HIEROGLYPHS
- ARCHITECTURE
NASA MISSION AS-506 APOLLO 11 1969 OWNERS' WORKSHOP MANUAL
Written by Christopher Riley; Phil Dolling.
Stock no. 2136332
Published by Haynes Publishing.
1st
2009.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w and colour photos. (Including Saturn V, CM-107, SM-107, LM5). An insight into the hardware from the first manned mission to land on the moon. ISBN: 9781844256839.
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- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- ASTRONOMY
- SPACE TRAVEL
THE ZOOMABLE UNIVERSE
Written by Caleb Scharf.
Illustrated by Ron Miller.
Stock no. 2136329
Published by Atlantic Books.
1st
2017.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
A Step-by-step Tour Through Cosmic Scale, from the Infinite to the Infinitesimal. Nearly square format. Colour photos. ISBN: 9781786494047.
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- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- ASTRONOMY
THE UNIVERSE A THREE-DIMENSIONAL STUDY
Written by Heather Couper; David Pelham.
Illustrated by Harry Willock.
Stock no. 2135891
Published by Century Publishing.
1st
1985.
Very good condition.
From the awesome fury of the Big Bang to the calm of an endlessly wheeling galaxy. Square format, glazed pictorial boards. Amazing pop-ups. Paper engineering by James Diaz, David Carter and David Pelham. ISBN: 0712607749. Pop-ups in very good working order. One moveable (light years) doesn't appear to be working anymore.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- POP-UP
- ASTRONOMY
- ACTION BOOKS
THE YOUNG ASTRONOMER AND HIS TELESCOPE
Written by Patrick Moore.
Stock no. 2130934
Published by Keith Reid.
1st
1974.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Answers the questions so often asked. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0904094081. Top corner of front endpaper has been cut off. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a faded spine.
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- CHILDRENS
- ASTRONOMY
- SCIENCE (CHILDRENS)
COSMIC IMPACT
Written by John Keith Davies.
Stock no. 2126310
Published by Fourth Estate.
1st
1986.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Every day tons of cosmic dust enter the Earth's atmosphere and burn up as falling starts. Sometimes larger stones fall from the sky to the land as meteorites, perhaps causing minor damage in the process.... This book draws together different branches of science and presents a picture of why such collisions occur, what happens when they do, and what the consequences of one might be for the Earth and its inhabitants. ISBN: 0947795200. SIGNED by author to title page. Bumping along cover edges. A few marks to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased.
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- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- ASTRONOMY
- GEOLOGY
EXPLORERS OF THE SOUTHERN SKY A HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN ASTRONOMY
Written by Raymond Haynes; Roslynn Haynes; David Malin; Richard McGee.
Stock no. 2124723
Published by Cambridge University Press.
1st
1996.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Black boards, yellow title to spine. B/w photos. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0521365759. Tape glue outline marks to endpapers, else contents are fine. Wrapper is edge-creased with orange spot sticker to base of spine.
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- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- ASTRONOMY
- AUSTRALIA
FRONTIERS OF ASTRONOMY
Written by Fred Hoyle.
Stock no. 1811415
Published by William Heinemann Ltd..
1st
1955.
Very good condition.
Blue cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. Covers lightly scuffed. Foxing to text block and endpapers else contents clean. Includes letter believed to be from the author to J.E.R, the reviewer.
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- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- ASTRONOMY
SPACELAB: RESEARCH IN EARTH ORBIT
Written by David Shapland; Michael Rycroft.
Stock no. 1808047
Published by Cambridge University Press.
1st
1984.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Charting the twelve-year programme of spacelab's development from he spark of its conception to the blaze of its perfect launch on the Space Shuttle in November 1983. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 0521260779. Blue dustwrapper is edge-worn especially to top & tail of spine, faded to spine and browned at top edges of flaps.
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- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- ASTRONOMY
ASTRONOMY: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE
Written by A.E. Roy; D. Clarke.
Stock no. 1709324
Published by Adam Hilger Ltd..
1988.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Third edition. B/w diagrams. 357 pages. ISBN: 0852743947. Wrapper spine faded.
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- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- PHYSICS
- ASTRONOMY
STEREO STAR MAPS
Written by Richard Monkhouse; John Cox.
Stock no. 1107174
Published by Collins.
1st
1989.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
3D astronomical maps. The night sky in 3 dimensions. Includes 3-d glasses! ISBN: 0001912119. Wrapper spine is faded. 3-d glasses still present and look unused.
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- CHILDRENS
- ASTRONOMY
- NOVELTY
- ACTION BOOKS
LIFE AND WORK OF SIR NORMAN LOCKYER
Written by T. Mary Lockyer; Winifred L. Lockyer.
Stock no. 823575
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd..
1st
1928.
Very good condition.
Red cloth, gilt titles. Biography of Sir Norman Lockyer (Joseph Norman Lockyer), best known for his work in astronomy and physics. B/w illustrations. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Spine lightly faded and slightly bumped.
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- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- ASTRONOMY
- BIOGRAPHY
- PHYSICS