Astronomy & Planetary Sciences

Brooke, Timothy Young. Near-infrared Polarimetry and Spectroscopy of Comets. Stony Brook, New York: State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1988. 4to (large book). x, [1], 104 pages. Index. Bibliographical references. Illustrations. A dissertation in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Earth and Space Sciences (Astronomy). Good hardcover. Exlibrary: spine label, stamps on top, fore and bottom edges, stamp inside front cover, on front flyleaf, on title page and verso; barcode label and stamp on rear flyleaf, stamps inside rear cover. #26907. $35
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Gassman, G. J., editor. The Effect of Disturbances of Solar Origin on Communications. Papers presented at the Symposium of the Ionospheric Research Committee AGARD Avionics Panel, Naples, Italy. New York: A Pergamon Press Book / Macmillan, 1963. 1st printing. x, 349 pages. Index. Bibliographical references. Illustrations. AGARDograph, 59. Published for and on behalf o Advisory Group for Aeronautical Research and Development, North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Very good hardcover in original acetate wrappers. #23090. $30
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Gebbie, Katharine B., editor. The Menzel Symposium on Solar Physics, Atomic Spectra, and Gaseous Nebula in Honor of the Contributions Made by Donald H. Menzel. Proceedings of a Symposium held at the Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 8-9, 1971. 1969. Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards, 1971. x, 203 pages. Bibliographical references. Photographs. Illustrations. National Bureau of Standards Special Publication, 353. Very good stiff wrappers (soft cover). #23079. $20
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Gilliss, J. M. (James Melville), Lieut. A Catalogue of 16,748 Southern Stars Deduced by the United States Naval Observatory from the Zone Observations Made at Santiago de Chile by the U.S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere during the Years 1849-'50-'51-'52. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1895. lxvii, 420 pages. 1 folding plate. Washington Observations for 1890--Appendix I. Good hardcover, 2 bare spots on front cover. #29045. $80
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Hack, Margherita, and Constanze la Dous. Cataclysmic Variables and Related Objects. Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Branch, and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France, 1993. 4to (large book). xc, 767 pages. Index. Bibliographic references. Photographs. Illustrations. Tables. Figures. Monograph Series on Nonthermal Phenomena in Stellar Atmospheres. NASA SP-507. Cataclysmic variable stars. Good soft cover. Former library copy with usual stamps. #27629. $90
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Johnson, Hollis R., and Francois R. Querci. The M-Type Stars. Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Branch; Paris: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1986. 4to (large book). lxxxii, 502 pages. Index. Bibliographic references. Illustrations. Frontispiece. Monograph Series on Nonthermal Phenomena in Stellar Atmospheres.. NASA SP-492. Good hardcover. Former library copy with usual stamps. #27660. $40
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Kurth, Rudolf. Introduction to Stellar Statistics. Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1967. viii, 175 pages. Index. Bibliographical references. Photographs. Illustrations. International Series of Monographs in Natural Philosophy, 10. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. ISBN 0080012418. #23082. $32.50
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Mampaso, A., M. Prieto, and F. Sanchez, editors. Infrared Astronomy IV: Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. 1st edition. xi, 415 pages. Illustrations. Good hardcover. Backstrip slightly scuffed and torn. ISBN 0521464625. #19996. $52.50
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Mattison, Hiram. A Primary Astronomy for Schools and Families. Adapted to the Capacity of Youth, and Illustrated by Nearly Two Hundred Engravings. New York: Sheldon & Company, 1878. 12mo (small book). 168 pages. Illustrations. Noted on title page: Corrected in 1873. Good hardcover. Paper-covered boards with taped spine, front and rear covers worn, soiled and rubbed; internally very good. #26406. $20
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Mendell, Rosalind, and Allen I. Mincer, editors. Frontiers in Cosmic Physics. Symposium in Memory of Serge Alexander Korff. New York, N.Y.: New York Academy of Sciences, 1992. 1st printing. xiii, 364 pages. Index of contributors. Bibliographical references. Illustrations. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 655. Result of a symposium sponsored by the Physics Department of New York University and held on September 13, 1990, devoted to the memory of Serge Alexander Korff, 1906-1989, with discussions of cosmic rays, geophysics, neutrinos, astronomy and astrophysics with electromagnetic radiation, astronomy from exotic places, and cosmology. Very good stiff wrappers (soft cover). ISBN 0897667220. #23077. $17.50
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Office of Space Science and Application. Optical Telescope Technology. A workshop held at Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama, April 29-May, 1969. Foreword by John E. Naugle and Oran W. Nicks. Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Technology Utilization, Scientific and Technical Information Division, 1970. Small 4to (medium-large book). xii, 783 pages. Bibliographic references. Photographs. Illustrations. NASA SP-233. Good soft cover. Former library copy with usual stamps. #27982. $25
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Ogelman, H., and J. R. Wayland, editors. Lectures in High-Energy Astrophysics. Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Technology Utilization, Scientific and Technical Information Division, 1959. v, 165 pages. Bibliographical references. NASA SP-199. Prepared by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Contributors are H. Ogelman, C. Fichtel, R. Ramaty, E. Boldt, D. Wentzel, J. R. Wayland, E. C. Roelof, and L. W. Bandermann. Good pictorial soft cover. Former library copy with usual stamps. #27519. $27.50
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Rickert, Russell K. Astronomy and Space Exploration. Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1974. vii, 342 pages. Index. Bibliographical references. Photographs. Illustrations. Addison-Wesley Series in Physics. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). #23080. $25
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Xanthakis, John N., editor. Solar Physics. Proceedings of a NATO Advanced Study Institute Conference, Athens, September 12-26, 1965. London: Interscience Publishers, 1967. xvi, 535 pages. Index. Bibliographical references. Illustrations. Very good hardcover in slightly worn dust jacket. #23083. $30
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