London: Printed for the Translator, By A. Wilson, Wild-Court, 1803. Octavo. 76 pages. 41 fold-out plates, as there are two plates number 35s. All present. Original blue and tan paper boards with brown spine label. Volume II only. Boards are chipped along spine with some loss. Edges worn with..... More
London: Macmillan & Co., 1962. First Edition. Octavo. 890 pages. Lacks dust jacket. Bound in red cloth covered boards. Title in gilt on spine. Spine ends are worn and corners and edges are rubbed, but binding is sound and boards unmarked. Front board opens shakily but binding is holding. Tears..... More
Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1920. Octavo; 96 pp. 16 fold-out maps, diagrams, and charts -- some in color, all present. Printed paper wraps over stab-stapled text block. Covers toned with some rubbing along edges and chipping to spine ends. Title written on spine, with ownership name dated 2 January..... More
Washington, D.C.: Space Policy Institute, 2003. Octavo; vi, 262 pp. Printed paper wraps. Covers very lightly bumped at top front corner, else clean and crisp. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Collection of papers delivered at the Space Policy Institute's Security Space Forum lunch forums held by the Security..... More
[Philadelphia]: Edgewood Publishing Co., 1882. Edgewood reprint of the Hubbard Brothers edition. Octavo; xi, 484pp. 16 illustrations including frontis over 13 plates, all present (this edition printed without illustrations list, but checked against the Hubbard Brothers edition). Missing Chapter XVI (pages 485-6) from the Hubbard Edition (unsure if in error..... More
[Philadelphia]: Hubbard Brothers, 1882. First Edition. Octavo; xi, 486pp. 16 illustrations including frontis over 13 plates, all present. Publisher's blue cloth with elaborate gilt, black, and blind stamped illustration. Boards well rubbed along edges and corners with some chipping and fraying to spine ends, along with some general scuffing and..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1960. Octavo; x + 303pp. Unpaginated gathering of 16 B&W documentary photographs bound in. Dust jacket in three colors, including "high alert" red. Crimson binding with blind-stamped missile image on front panel and gold lettering on spine. Reviewer copy sent out by publisher, including publisher's..... More