Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1872. Revised Edition. Ten large octavo volumes. Frontispiece, maps, plates, and numerous small illustrations throughout each volume, including "Annual Revolution of the Earth Round the Sun" to volume three. Three-quarter contemporary sheep over marbled boards; gilt lettering to spine; five raised bands. Marbled endpapers and..... More

Cambridge, MA: The M.I.T. Press , 1966. First Edition. Two Octavo Volumes. 421 p.; 452 p. Black and white charts and graphs throughout. Unclipped dust jackets with original "$7.50" price present. Brown boards stamped in gilt. Dust jackets are lightly worn and creased along edges with general rubbing and..... More

Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1986. English-language text. Octavo. 496 pages. Black and white illustrations throughout. Red boards stamped in white and black. Erratum slip laid in at back. Boards lightly rubbed at corners and spine edges. Binding is sound. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Some foxing to interior, but..... More

First Edition. Hardcover. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1888. First Edition with no additional printings listed. Octavo (9.25" x 6.25"); 25p +35p tables and 2p tipped-in catalog at front. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Covers bumped at spine ends with some general smudging and soiling to face. Cracks..... More

Hardcover. New York: A.S. Barnes and Co., 1849. Revised Edition. Octavo; 188p, + 71p Table of Logarithms and 100p Traverse Table.Charts and illustrations throughout with six fold-out plates at back. Rebacked in matching brown leather and black title card, with leather retained on boards. Covers scuffed along edges with light..... More

Scranton, PA: Intext Educational Publishers, 1971. First Edition. Octavo. 246 pages. Black and white illustrations. No dust jacket. Green boards stamped in black and red. Light shelfwear to edges. Binding is sound. Ownership inscription to front pastedown. Interior otherwise clean and unmarked. More

New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. First Edition. Octavo; xiv + 309pp, including appended tables and index. Blue pictorial dust jacket over blue boards. Pristine, unclipped dust jacket. Binding as new; boards tight and square. Endpapers and pages clean and unmarked. Previous owner's embossed professional seal on bottom..... More

New York: Ecco, 2003. Large Octavo. 440 pages. Second Printing by numberline. SIGNED by the author to previous owner with alien doodle and inscription: "Do Not Judge Us Too Harshly - We Are A Strange Species But We Are Trying To Communicate!" Original dustjacket with $25.95 price; book in dark..... More

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1975. First Edition. Printed orange dustjacket over light olive cloth-covered boards. Light dampstain to jacket at head of spine and adjacent, more visible from interior. Jacket otherwise shows light edgewear with some fading along top edge, but no chips or tears. Boards are square..... More

New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2018. First Edition. Signed by Freeman Dyson on half title with inscription, "For Peggy and Peter from Freeman Dyson." Octavo. 400 pages. Photographic dust jacket over gray boards with silver lettering. Unclipped jacket shows light edgewear with some light creasing on inside flaps..... More

Menston: The Scolar Press Limited, 1973. Second Printing. Octavo; v + 468pp + Index, List of Plates, and Errata [all unpaginated, 13pp]. Fold-out frontispiece engraving of Selborne + second title engraved allegory + reproductions of six natural history images, for all of which the original 18th-century engravings were very fine..... More

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. First Edition. Octavo; 190 pp. Black cloth with gilt stamped lettering and blindstamped Oxford crest. Boards very faintly shelfworn, but sturdy and square. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More

Bristol, UK: Canopus Publishing Limited, 2007. First Edition. Signed on title page with inscription, "To Jim [Tim?] Sellers, May you bring some light to the darkness! Iain Nicholson, 24th April 2007, 50th Anniversary 'The Sky at Night.'" Quarto. 184 pages. Color illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket over black boards stamped..... More