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Klein, Dr. Hermann. JAHRBUCH DER ASTRONOMIE UND GEOPHYSIK 1892
Leipzig 1893 Mayer. In German. Article on Northern Lights illustrated with 2 color plates; articles on Sun, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, etc. 8vo., 360pp., stiff wraps. VG. (a17597)
$39.00Klein, Dr. Hermann. JAHRBUCH DER ASTRONOMIE UND GEOPHYSIK 1890
Leipzig 1890. In German. Articles on eclipses, sun, moon, etc. 8vo., 356pp., stiff paper wraps.VG. (a17790)
$35.00Langley, S. P.. THE TEMPERATURE OF THE MOON
Wash. 1887. National Academy of Sciences Vol IV, Ninth Memoir. 4to., pp. 107-212, 26 plates of line drawings, wraps. Small university library stamp on cover and first page. Good plus, spine reinforced, later plain rear wrap; binding secure. (a19937)
$55.00 Schiaparelli, G. V. . DELL' INFLUENZA DELLA LUNA SULLE VICENDE ATMOSFERICHE
Milan 1867. In Italian. Memorie Del Reale Istituto Lombardo, Vo.l X I Della Serie III. Fasc. IV. Lg.4to., 26pp. plus two plates of graphs, rebound in later wraps with original green wrapper bound in. VG. (a44231)
$100.00 Land, Norman S. and Harland F. Scholl . SCALED LUNAR MODULE JET EROSION EXPERIMENTS
Washington 1969. National Aeronautics and Space Administration TN D-5051. 4to., 42pp., wraps. A few institution names stamped on front. Mailing label affixed to rear wrap. VG. (a49459)
$45.00Leighton, Peter. MOON TRAVELLERS A DREAM THAT IS BECOMING A REALITY
London n.d. (c. 1959) Oldbourne. History of moon travel in fiction. 8vo., 240pp., hardcover. Publisher's sticker on titlepage. VG, no DJ. (a58625)
$23.00 Nasmyth, J. und J. Carpenter . DER MOND BETRACHTET ALS PLANET, WELT UND TRABANT
Leipzig 1876 Voss. Autorisirte Deutsche Ausgabe. The first German edition, translated from the first edition of 1874 with superior impressions of the beautiful plates made by using carefully constructed models which were placed in strong sunlight in an effort to give a better image of the moon's surface (see DNB. 4to., 165pp., mit zahlreichen holzschnitten, zwei lithographirten neunzehn tafeln in Lichtdruck, printed paper covered boards with green cloth spine. Good, cover worn and lightly soiled, beginning to tear along rear outer hinge. (a64323)
$600.00 Brown, Ernest W. . THEORY OF THE MOTION OF THE MOON; CONTAINING A NEW CALCULATION OF THE EXPRESSIONS FOR THE CO-ORDINATES OF THE MOON IN TERMS OF THE TIME - PART IV CHAPTERS VII-IX
London 1905 1st Royal Astronomical Society Memoirs.Hardcover. 4to., pp. 51-145, original printed cloth with late spine reinforcement. VG, light cover wear and light cover soiling, (a66232)
$75.00 Saunder, S. A. . DETERMINATION OF SELENOGRAPHIC POSITIONS AND THE MEASUREMENT OF LUNAR PHOTOGRAPHS (FIFTH PAPER) RESULTS OF THE MEASUREMENT OF TWO YERKES NEGATIVES
London 1911 Royal Astronomical Society. Vol LX, part 1. 4to., 81pp., original printed hardcover with later spine. Good plus. (a66241)
$75.00 Cuffey, James . COLLECTION OF 6 MONOGRAPHS ON ASTRONOMY BY CUFFEY
6 Titles: Galactic Clusters NGC; Galactic Clusters Messier; More Galactic Clusters; NGC 5053 and 6838; Linearity in Photoelectric Equipment; Lunar Eclipse of September 1950. Octavo, about 10pp. each, wraps. Light university name stamp on each cover. VG plus. Set of 6: (a66283)
$120.00 Nicholson, J. W. . THE PRESSURE OF RADIATION ON REFLECTING SPHERICAL PARTICLES
1910. Article pp. 544-565 in one issue of Monthly Notices of Royal Astronomical Society. Several additional articles in issue as well. Small octavo, original printed wraps. VG. (a74448)
$38.00 Delaunay, Charles . THEORIE DU MOUVEMENT DE LA LUNE - TOME PREMIER
Paris 1860 first edition. Memoires de l'Academie des Sciences de L'Institut imperial de France Tome XXVIII. In French. Large 4to., 883p., in original orange wraps with mounted printed spine label. Good, wraps a bit worn, some chipping on spine. Text Fine.Some page uncut. Binding secure; no ownership marks. Volume one (of 2 volume set) only. (a86522)
$420.00Schindler, Robert. MECHANICS OF THE MOON (hardcover)
Lucerne 1912 first edition Author. Dedicated to the Astronomers and Astrophysicists. English edition, limited to 300 copies. Hardcover. 12mo., 69pp., 20 monochrome photo illustrations and one photo illustrated folding plate ("Schematic Representatin of the glowing currents of the deluge") in rear, gilt illustrated cloth. Unsigned presentation copy - "Dedicated to Mr. J. Astbury, the author" - from Author. VG, clean, hinges not cracked. no dj. Very Scarce. (s206)
$120.00