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(Science Reference - Astronomy) | A group of 73 volumes

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4,000 - 6,000 USD

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3,500 USD

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(Science Reference - Astronomy) 

A group of reference books on various subjects relating to astronomy, comprising 73 volumes, mostly 20th century, including:


Lessing, Erich, Archibald Macleish (preface), Discoverers of Space: A Pictorial Narration... West Germany, 1969, fol., hardcover in dustjacket with slipcase


Hoyle, Fred. Astronomy, Garden City, 1962, 4to, hardcover in slipcase


Land, Barbara, The Telescope Makers: From Galileo to the Space Age, 8vo, New York, 1968, hardcover in dustjacket


William Bixby, et al., The Universe of Galileo and Newton, 4to, New York, 1964, Hardcover


Stevenson, Edward Luther, Terrestrial and Celestial Globes: Their History and Construction..., New Haven, 1921, 2 vols., 8vo, hardcover


Newcombe, Simon, Popular Astronomy, New York, 1878, 8vo, hardcover


Fairfield, Eugene, Hevelius, Flamsteed, and Halley: Three Contemporary Astronomers and Their Mutual Relations, London, 1937, 8vo, hardcover


Proctor, Richard A. The Universe and the Coming Transits... London, 1874, 8vo, hardcover


Vasiliev, A. V., Bertrand Russell (intro), et al., Space Time Motion, London, 1924, 8vo., hardcover


Heninger, Jr., S.K., The Cosmographical Glass: Renaissance Diagrams of the Universe, San Marino, California, 1977, 4to, Hardcover in dustjacket


Neugebauer, O., and Richard Parker, Egyptian Astronomical Texts: III. Decans, Planets, Constellations and Zodiacs, Providence, RI, 1969, 2 vols., Hardcover in plain jackets.


A full list of books in this lot is available on request.


Sold as a group, not subject to return