Astronomy from About Books

Literary Licensing Appears unread. HARDCOVER edition. NOT a library discard. Cover is in Fine condition with only a tiny bit of very light surface rubbing. NO chips, tears, creases or fading. Bright and shiny. Sharp corners. AS NEW inside. NOT a remainder. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked -- apparently never read.… Read more about this item

Cambridge University Press, 2004. Complete with CD-ROM by Nick James (the CD-ROM is still sealed in a clear plastic pouch at the end). Laid-in are two sets of Astronomydotcom viewing glasses (for use in planetariums?). Very Good condition. Light shelfwear. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Pages are clean and… Read more about this item

Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, 2000. Cover is in Near Fine condition (only very light shelfwear). Fine inside. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Pages are clean and unmarked. "Proceedings of the International Symposium..." Graphs. Tables. Color plate. Bibliographical references. Author Index. From the publisher: "Based… Read more about this item

Greenage Books, 2011. Very Good condition. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked. Full color illustrations throughout. Published July 2011 with "1st EDITION" so stated. Has an Introduction; Saai Jai Singh II; Jantar Mantar; Astronomical theories; and 17 astronomical instruments: including Small samrat yantra,… Read more about this item

Bloomington, Indiana: iUniverse, 2015. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR directly on the title page. New and unread in near PERFECT condition (only a tiny bit of very mild shelfwear -- like you sometimes find in any new book store). Flat, uncreased spine. NO chips, tears, creases or fading. Square and tight. Pages are fresh,… Read more about this item

Richmond, Virginia: Willmann-Bell, 1988. BRAND NEW condition. Just a touch of very mild shelfwear to the cover (like you sometimes find in any new book store). NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked -- obviously never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. … Read more about this item

Rostock [Germany], 1895. Good condition. Brief illegible ink note on cover. Minor crease. 1895. First Edition. Bound in the blue original wraps, stamped in black. This is from the library of, and bears the small ink stamp of American mathematician Temple Rice Hollcroft (1889 - 1967). Hollcroft received B.S. in 1912 and A.B. in 1914… Read more about this item

Stuttgart: Gebruder Kröner, 1887. Fair- Good condition. Brief illegible ink note on cover (author's presentation?). Separating at the spine - holding on but only by the treads. Faint spots in the lower page margins. All text is easily legible. 1887. First Edition. Dissertation Tübingen. This was also published the following year in… Read more about this item

Washington D. C.: National Research Council, 1923. Very Good condition. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. Pages are clean and unmarked. Reprinted from SCIENCE, May 11, 1923, Vol. LVII, No. 1480, pages 546-548. This volume was among several dozen books from Temple Rice Hollcroft's library that we were lucky enough to purchase at auction in… Read more about this item

Bruxelles [Belgium]: Académie royale de Belgique, 1936. Presentation copy, SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the title page. Good condition. Crease to corner of front cover and first few leaves in the lower margin only. NO text is affected. PHOTOS UPON REQUEST. Pages unopened/uncut. Bound in the original wraps, stamped in black. This volume was… Read more about this item

London: Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., 1981. Very Good condition. Flat, uncreased spine. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked. NO highlighting. NO underlining. NO margin notes. 1981. Sotheby Parke Bernet Auction Catalogue. Part 7 only. Lots #2769-3309. Well illustrated,… Read more about this item

San Diego, California: Friends of the Malcolm A. Love Library, San Diego State University, 1988. BRAND NEW in a BRAND NEW slipcase. Perfect condition. Still sealed in the publisher's plain paper wrapper. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO rubbing. NO fading. Sharp corners. Hinges are perfect. NO owner's name… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Company, 1977. INSCRIBED/SIGNED by the AUTHOR directly on the title page. All other pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. NOT a library discard. Profusely illustrated, a few in full color. 1977. Tables. Ten appendices. Selected Reading List. … Read more about this item

Cambridge, Massachusetts / Cambridge, England:: Sky Publishing Corp. / Cambridge University Press, 1982. NOT a library discard. Very Good condition. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 45, 269 stars listed. Bound in the original pictorial wraps, lettered… Read more about this item

Washington D. C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1969. Near Fine condition. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Atlas of comets from 1835 to 1962. Well illustrated with drawings and photographic views. Includes numerous comets such… Read more about this item

Chicago, Illinois: The University of Chicago Press, 1972. Near Fine condition in a Very Good dust jacket. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. Pages are fresh, crisp and unmarked. 1972. First Edition. Translated and with an Introduction by Ursula Lamb. Published for the… Read more about this item

San Diego, California: Friends of the Malcolm A. Love Library, San Diego State University, 1988. A beautiful book that appears unread. SEE PHOTOS. Fine condition in a Fine slipcase. Sharp corners. Hinges are perfect. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. NOT a library discard. Fresh and crisp - apparently never… Read more about this item

New York: The Bibliographical Society of America, 1970. Brand New in a Brand New glassine dust jacket. Perfect condition. Just removed from the publisher's cardboard shipping box so we could write this description. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or… Read more about this item

New York: The Bibliographical Society of America, 1970. Brand New in a Brand New glassine dust jacket. Perfect condition. Still SEALED in the publisher's cardboard mailing carton. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. … Read more about this item

Bernardston, Massachusetts: Astronomy Books, 1989. A beautiful copy. Appears unread. Fine condition. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are crisp and unmarked -- apparently never read. First Edition. Limited to… Read more about this item