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| This selection contains 3 title(s) on 1 page. This is page 1 with nrs. 1 to 3 |
| CORLISS, WILLIAM R. Lightning, Auroras, Nocturnal Lights and Related Luminous Phenomena; A Catalog of Geophysical Anomalies Glen Arm, MD, The Sourcebook Project, 1982, First Printing. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall, Ex-Library, Very Good/No DJ, An ex-library, but so nice looking we bought it not realizing it. Upon close examination two tell-tale signs were found -- blank stickers on two pages and a smooth neat removal of card pocket and stamp on rear free endpaper. No other markings . Book is very clean inside and out with bright blue boards showing no bumping. A collection of natural phenomenon not readily explained by scientific theories. Covers the following phenonmena: GLA, Aurora-like; GLB, ball lightning; GLD, diffuse electrical discharge; GLL, lighnting anomalies; GLM, low-level meteor-like luminous; GLN, nocturnal lights; and GLW, marine phosphorescent displays. Also includes five indices -- time-of-event, place-of-event, first-author, source and subject. Unpaginated. USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 | £UK 18.25 | JP¥ 2648] Book number: 17886K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books. | ||
| CUNNINGHAM, CLIFFORD Introduction to Asteroids: The Next Frontier Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A., Willmann-Bell, 1988. (ISBN: 0943396166) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall, Very Good/, Nice copy of a slightly hard to find title. Very clean inside and out with no spine crease, names or writing. Illustrated throughout with charts, photos, and graphs. Also includes tables for 3,317 asteroids. The author's goal was to make the subject more understandable to the amateur astronomer and to cover topics not discussed in Tom Gehrel's 1979 landmark book, Asteroids. Despite title, book is not overly simplistic. 208 pages. Indexed. USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 | £UK 11 | JP¥ 1589] Book number: 17854K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books. | ||
| HESTHAL, CEDRIC E. The Study of Physical Phenomena Dubuque, Iowa, Wm. C. Brown Book Company, 1959, Revised Edition. Soft Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall, Good-plus/, A rather scarce book written by a then professor of physics and astronomy at Ohio State University. Spiral bound to lie flat. Measures 9"x11" and is tighly bound. Light edgewear to tan covers with light soiling to back. Toning to outer page edges. Contents clean with minor underlining and a few penciled notes. Most could be erased, but we will leave them in case they have value to the buyer. A scholarly tome on astonomy first published in 1953 and revised here. Photos, drawings and star maps. 332 pages. USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 | £UK 18.25 | JP¥ 2648] Book number: 18726 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books. |
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