Search Results: Space Exploration from The Owl at the Bridge

N.Y., Del Rey, 1984. First Edition. Hard Cover. xii, 259, [1] p.21.5 cm. A collection of Clarke's essays on the past as well as the future. Stock #29,184. Vg/ dj vg.

Aviation (lots 1-16); Wright Brothers (17-39); Rocketry & Unmanned Exploration (40-51); Soviet & Russian Hardware, Gear, & Models (52-67); American Gear, Hardware & Models(68-81); Project Mercury (82-95); Project Gemini (96-115); Apollo Program through Apollo 10 (116-127); Apollo 11 (128-146); Apollo 12-17 (147-206); ShuttleMissions (207-213). Auction catalog: 75 pages, index, color illus.; 26.5 cm. Color pictorial paper covers; VG+. Stock#ofc0199.

Bantam Books [c1988]. Hard Cover. x, 198 p., index, illus.; 23.5 cm. Contents include Our Picture of the Universe; Space and Time; The Expanding Universe; The Uncertainty Principle; Elementary Particles and the Forces of Nature; Black Holes Ain't So Black; The Origin and Fate of the Universe; The Arrow of Time; The Unification of Physics. Pictorial dj; minor wear; ownership signature of Dr. Irving A. Beck; VG. Another copy, dj; VG. Another copy, BOMC, minor wear, $7.50. stock#31707x.

Exeter Books, NY [c1985]. 'A Bison Book'. Hard Cover. 192 p., illus. throughout incl. color, 31 cm. A 'detailed catalog of spacecraft developed for commercial, military and NASA programs', arranged alphabetically, from AEROS and AFSATCOM to West Ford and Whitecloud; appendices Space Stations, Launch Vehicles, Acronymns[!] and Abbreviations. Color pictorial dj; minor wear, ink inscription on title-page; VG. stock#32598 oversize.

Includes A Collection of Globes (lots 400-445); a Celestial Atlas; Scientific Instruments (lots 447455; Houdon's L'écorché in bronze; Books & Manuscripts (lots 457-485); Aviation (lots 486-511); Space History (lots 512-592); Technology (lots593-658)recorders, cipher machines, computers, robots). 258 lots, index; color illustrations; glossy paper covers; fine. Stock#ofc0493.

[Washington] NASA SP-329, 1974. Hard Cover. 225 p., photos, maps. Contents include Foreword by James C. Fletcher; Giant Volcanoes of Mars; Mysterious Canyons; Channels; Fractures and Faults; Escarpments; Fretted and Chaotic Terrains; Craters; Wind-Shaped Features; Extensive Plains; Polar Regions; Clouds of Mars; Natural Satellites; Martian Enigmas; Similarities: Mars, Earth, and Moon; Shaded Relief Map of Mars. Black cloth stamped in gold; VG+. Stock#27167.

Princeton University Press, c1993. First Edition. Divided into three sections: I The Development of Physical Cosmology; II General Relativity and Cosmology; III. Topics in Modern Cosmolgy. Hard Cover. xviii, 718 pages, illus., 24 cm. Stock#29118. Fine/ dj fine.

Mansfield Centre, Conn., Martino Pub., 2007. Published for Paul Luther. Hard Cover. Two volumes: Volume 1, A-K, (iv), viii, 1-511 p.; Volume 2, L-Z, (iv), 513-1048 p. Title continues: "from 1450 to 1940. Transcribed, Composed, and Edited by Paul Luther." "Catalogue of the Library Compiled to June 1884; Supplementary Catalogue, June 1884 to June 1898; Supplementary Catalogue [with additions], June 1898 to June1925; Yearly Notices of Additions, June 1925 to 1940; Catalogue of the Grove-Hills Library. Luther's compilation is an exhaustive new bibliography on the literature of astronomy. It records over 4000 authors and 15,000 titles, with an additional 3000 new cross-references. Most authors are recorded with full names, dates of birth and death, and the authorities for that information. Most titles are recorded with the approximate size of the book, place of publication and date of publication. Special care has been taken to record titles by obscure minor figures, meteorological… Read More

Philadelphia, Winston, 1958. Hard Cover. 118 p., illus. incl. color; 26 cm. Published just a few days before the Soviets launched Sputnik. Stock#40538. Good+, ex-library/ dj good+.

Crescent Books, NY [1980]. Hard Cover. 96 p., index, photos (mostly color); 32.5 cm. "This book tells of the wider world beyond the Earth, from the humble Moon tothe awesome quasars. It reports on our first tentative steps as a spacefaring race, and looks to our directions in the future." Grey pictorial boards, black spine stamped in white; no dj; spine ends & corners bumped; good. stock#40912 oversize.

[San Rafael, Calif., Classic Press, 1969]. Hard Cover. 77 p., color illus.; 28.5 cm. Includes a record of moon and space exploration (including Project Apollo), synopses of moon trips, and an evaluation of possibilities for future space exploration. Bibliography: p. 76. Stock#40995. Good+ / illustrated boards.