Tychonian Society, 1984. First edition. Trade Paperback. Very good softcover. Light wear to edges of covers with some minor scuffing. Clean, unmarked text. Tight binding. 288 pages with illustrations, endnotes, and 2 appendices. A study and attempted refutation of Copernican theory by a leader of the biblical and geocentric view..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1918. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. No dust jacket. Ex Library with usual stamps, sticker on spine, DISCARDED stamp on flyleaf. Old library bookplate on pastedown. 268 p. w/ b&w illus, footnotes. In 5 sections, each a...... More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2000. First edition. Hardcover in full cloth. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of dj and boards. 499 p. w/ illus, glossary, bibliography, index, and extensive endnotes. Joint creator of the Hertzsprunger-Russell diagram that defined the field for stellar astrophysics, he also..... More
Cambridge, MA: Sky Publishing Corporation, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 309 p. w/ illus., footnotes, bibliography, index. 12 essays drawn from Houston's tenure as a columnis at Sky & Telescope from 1946 to 1994. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984. First edition. Hardcover w/glossy pictorial boards. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. No dust jacket issued. Spine a bit faded. Bumping at head and heel of spine. 411 p. w/ endnotes, index. A scholarly biography of Keeler, first astronomer at..... More
Cambridge University Press, 1986. Hardcover. First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in blue glossy binding without dust jacket. Light wear and rubbing to edges of boards with minor bumping to head and heel of spine. Light scuffing to covers. 514 pages with figures, tables, glossaries, appendices, annexes, endnotes, and index..... More
