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LIVRE A L’ETAT DE NEUF. EXPEDIE SOUS 3 JOURS OUVRES. NUMERO DE SUIVI COMMUNIQUE AVANT ENVOI, EMBALLAGE RENFORCE. EAN:9781452176390
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Time-Life International. 1969. In-Folio. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 80 pages. Illustré de nombreuses photos en noir et blanc et en couleur.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
"Contents: Report. New guerrilla warfare threatens Malaysia. By Peter Simms. Space Fashion. Tailors and technicians do a precision job of fitting astronauts for a trip to the moon in a $100,000 suit. The Moon Ground. A poem by James Dickey. Three Men Bound for the Moon. Neil Armstrong refuses to ""waste any heartbeats."" By Dora Jane Hamblin. Buzz Aldrin has ""the best scientific mind we have. sent into space."" By Gene Farmer. Mike Collins has cool to cope with space and the Easter bunny. By David Nevin. Mission Profile. In a painting, the flight of Apollo 11 from launch to lunar touchdown. Grip on the Tides. The beauty of seascapes tossed and sculpted by the pull of the moon. Photographed by George Silk. Tidal Creatures. Their very lives depend on the moon. The Lunar Laboratory. When they come back, the astronauts and their moon samples will be sealed off in a new $8.5 million complex in Houston. A close watch on the men and their prizes. By Dora Jane Hamblin. Goodby, Old Moon. A wry and affectionate remembrance of what it used to be. By Paul O'Neil. Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon"
(London, Taylor & Francis, 1869) Large 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London."". 1868. Vol. 158. Pp. 333-345 a. 3 fine lithographed plates.
First appearance of this paper in which Phillips summarizes his importen work on the moons surface.""In 1852 John Phillips brought maturee geological experience to his own personal observations of the physiocal features ofthe surface of the moon, using first the great telescope belonging to the Earl of Rosse...The drawings (of surfaces of the moon) were to be made under a set of standard conditions of representation and on a uniform scale...By 1853 he was recording his observations photographically on collodion palets and employing his great artuistic skill in accurate and detailled drawings...In a summary of his findings published in 1868 (the paper offered), Phillips drew vivid analogies between many of the features seen on the surfaceof the moon and those known to him intimately by observation and measurement on the earth.""(DSB X, p. 584.).
"KATER, HENRY. - THE FIRST OBSERVATION OF ""VOLCANIC"" ACTIVITY ON THE MOON.
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(1821)
(London, W. Bulmer and W. Nicol, 1821). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1821 - Part II. Pp. 130-132 and 1 engraved moon-plate. Offsetting from the plate to the last leaf.
This paper represent the first observation of volcanic-like activity on the Moon, taken place the 4th, the 6th and the 7th Februar 1821. The next year it was confirmed by Olbers. ""I observed a luminous spot in the dark part of the moon, which I was inclined to ascribe to the eruption of a volcano.""(Kater).
ACS PUBLICATIONS. 1991. In-4. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. environ 600 pages - en anglais - dos insolé. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
The American Ephemeris for the 20th Century, 1900 to 2000 at Midnight- Revised 5th edition- moon longitude to 1 second of arc for 0 and 12 hours, sun longitude to 1 second of an arc, planet longitudes ton one tenth of a minute of an arc, moon's true node, direct/retrograde station times, aspectrian of the outer planets : jupiter thru pluto, moon phases with time and zodiacal position ... Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
H.G WELLS (Herbert George). ADOLF HOFFMEISTER (illustrations). PRVNI LIDE NA MÊSICI / THE FIRST MEN IN THE MOON. 1964, SNKLHU, Praha. 1 vol. in-8 format Oblong (à l'italienne) relié de 152 pages. Original binding and dust-jacket and rhodoïd. In Very good condition. Reliure pleine toile blanche et bleue style "avant-garde", dos avec titre en noir. Exemplaire complet de sa jaquette blanche bleue et argentée illustrée, et de son rhodoïd. llustrated by famous Czech artist Adolf Hoffmeister (Collages). First Czech edition of The first men in The Moon (1902), text in the Czech language. PREMIÈRE ÉDITION TCHÈQUE, ILLUSTRÉE DE COLLAGES EN COULEURS DE ADOLF HOFFMEISTER. RARE. EXCELLENT ÉTAT. Très bon