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| This selection contains 20 title(s) on 1 page. This is page 1 with nrs. 1 to 20 |
| ARNOPOULOS, PARIS Cosmopolitics: Public Policy of Outer Space Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Guernica Editions. 1998. (ISBN: 155071046x). Original Wraps. 290 pages. A discussion of the international legal, economic and military issues involved with space exploration and the utilization of space resources. In NEAR FINE condition. Minor rubbing to the covers. Text clean and tight with previous owner's name on the ffep. Near Fine. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6 | JP 889] Book number: 001418 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| AUSTIN, JAMES H. Zen and the Brain: Toward an Understanding of Meditation and Consciousness Cambridge, MA, Mit Press. 1999. (ISBN: 0262511096). Original Wraps. 844 pages including index. Using Zen Buddhism as a wedge for an exploration of consciousness, Austin explores the brain mechanisms that produce Zen states, covering other topics such as sleep and dreams, mental illness, etc. NEAR FINE condition. Minor soiling to the covers. Text clean and tight. Near Fine/No Jacket. USD 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 15 | £UK 13.25 | JP 1956] Book number: 001338 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| BOHM, DAVID The Special Theory of Relativity New York, W.A. Benjamin. 1965. Original Wraps. 236 pages including index. An in depth explanation of Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity, with a breakdown of the mathematical formulas and a discussion on its implications. GOOD condition with general darkening, minor soiling and scuffing to the covers.Slight crease to the upper front corner of the cover. Text clean and solid with minor darkening. Good. USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 | £UK 5 | JP 711] Book number: 001581 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| CAMP, MARK;RICHARDSON, GRAHAM T. Roadside Geology of Indiana Missoula, Montana, U.S.A. Mountain Press. 1999. (ISBN: 0878423966). Original Wraps. 315 pages including index. With many photos, illustrations and maps throughout. A guide to the various geological formations in Indiana, revealing fossilized reefs, mastedon skeletons, geodes, and the site of a meteorite impact. NEAR FINE with slight curling to the covers along the fore edge and a hint of scuffing to the extremities. Text clean and solid. Near Fine. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 | £UK 7.25 | JP 1067] Book number: 001810 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| CARROLL, JOHN E. AND KEITH WARNER, EDITORS Ecology and Religion: Scientists Speak Quincy, IL, Franciscan Press. 1998. (ISBN: 0819909866). Original Wraps. 362 pages. A collection of essays bridging the gap between science and religion, explaining various environmental changes and the effects that humans have on their surroundings, in an effort to gather more support from the religious community to instigating changes to the way our environment is treated. FINE condition with no visible wear. Fine. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9 | JP 1334] Book number: 001891 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| CLARKE, ARTHUR C. The Making of a Moon. The story of the Earth satellite Program New York, Harper and Brothers. 1957, First Edition. Hard Cover. Ex-Library, Stated first edition. Hardcover in unclipped jacket. Clarke discusses Project Vanguard in this book, the building and launching of American satellites. With illustrations and photos. EX-LIBRARY in a VERY GOOD jacket on a GOOD book. NO library markings on the jacket. Usual pocket present on inside front cover. Remains of yellowed tape on book cover. Library call letters in pencil on copyright page. Light scuffing to the jacket. Minor edgewear with one small tear on lower edge and light general scuffing. Yellow square of tape at the foot of jacket spine. The book has moderate scuffing to the lower edge. Inner text clean and solid, perhaps slightly toned. Despite the ex-library status, a charming copy in dust jacket. VERY GOOD jacket on a GOOD book. Good/Very Good. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9 | JP 1334] Book number: 000536 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| EINSTEIN, ALBERT Out of My Later Years Philosophical Library. 1950. Hard Cover. Believed first edition. Lacking dust jacket. In GOOD+ condition. Minor soiling. Moderate scuffing to covers. Corners bumped, edges scuffed and rubbed. Some bumping to the edges. Spine pulled and frayed. Spine faded with the lettering also faded. Inner text clean and solid. In GOOD+ condition. Good/No Jacket. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6 | JP 889] Book number: 000072 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| GORDON, ARNOLD L. EUGENE J. MOLINELLI, AND TED N. BAKER Southern Ocean Atlas. Thermohaline and Chemical Distributions and the Atlas Data Set. Objective Contouring and the Grid Point Data Set New Delhi, Amerind Publishing. 1986. Hard Cover. Hardcover, spiral bound. With four envelopes of microfiche included in the rear cover, all present. A large scientific atlas focusing on the ocean surrounding Antarctica that gathers the various survey data available, both chemical and physical, and provides scatterplot graph analysis. VERY GOOD condition. Minor soiling, fading and rubbing to to the covers and extremities. Interior is clean and solid with minor foxing throughout, more moderate and noticeable to the first and last several endpapers. Solid copy of this atlas in VERY GOOD condition. Oversized. International shipping will be extra. Please contact for rates. Very Good/No Jacket. USD 135.00 [Appr.: EURO 90.75 | £UK 81 | JP 12004] Book number: 001647 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| HAWKING, STEPHEN. AN INTRODUCTION BY CARL SAGAN A Brief History of Time. From the Big Bang to Black Holes New York, Bantam Books. 1988, First American Edition. Hard Cover. Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket. First printing/ first issue with a 1 in the number line, and all the correct points of issue corresponding with a first state of the US edition. In the silver dust jacket.198 pages including index and a few illustrations. A classic work explaining the workings of the universe, including some of its stranger aspects, including the effects of black holes. A scarce first US printing, which was withdrawn and destroyed. NEAR FINE jacket on a VERY GOOD book. Very light edgewear to the upper extremity of the jacket. A hint of rubbing to the jacket panels. Minor fading along the extremities of the book. Very faint dampstain in the upper margin of the pages of the book, about ¾ inch by 2 inches, not affecting text and mostly evident as slight waviness to the page in that locale. Nice copy of this work in NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD condition. Very Good/Near Fine. USD 450.00 [Appr.: EURO 302.5 | £UK 269.75 | JP 40014] Book number: 001861 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| KRAUS, JOHN Big Ear Two: Listening for Other-Worlds Powell, Ohio, U.S.A. Cygnus-Quasar Books. 1995. (ISBN: 1882484126). Original Wraps. First printing, in wraps. An enlarged edition of the first book, Big Ear. Isbn#1882484126. With several illustrations. A study of the Big Ear telescope and its use to explore the universe and its search for intelligent life in Outer Space. VERY GOOD condition. Some scuffing, minor soiling and light edgewear to the covers. Inner text clean and tight. Very Good. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6 | JP 889] Book number: 000899 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| LAITHWAITE, ERIC An Inventor in the Garden of Eden New York, Cambridge University Press. 1994, First American Edition. (ISBN: 0521441064). Hard Cover. 289 pages including index and illustrations. A study of human inventions, arguing that many are based on designs gained from ones occuring in nature. Topics include sound and language, geometry sight, gravity, etc. NEAR FINE with minor rubbing to the jacket. Minor edegwear. Slight fading along the book extremities. Text clean and solid. Near Fine/Near Fine. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6 | JP 889] Book number: 001910 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| LANGFORD, DAVID;LOOSLEY, WILLIAM ROBERT An Account of a Meeting with Denizens of Another World, 1871 New York, St. Martin's Press. 1980, First American Edition. (ISBN: 0312002335). Hard Cover. First US edition. Hardcover in unclipped jacket. Isbn#0312002335. 96 pages including bibliography. With several illustrations. A previously unpublished account of Loosley's (a builder and cabinetmaker in Victorian England) encounter with what perhaps were beings from another world. This recently discovered manuscript recounts Loosely's observations of lights moving across the sky and his subsequent investigations and discoveries. Langford provides modern commentary and insight, serving to provide context and speculation. VERY GOOD+ jacket on a NEAR FINE book. Minor soiling to the jacket. Spine a bit sun faded. Light edgewear. Light edgewear to the book. Inner text clean and tight with light toning around the page edges. Nice copy. Near Fine/Very Good. USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 | £UK 5 | JP 711] Book number: 000894 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| MAURICE EWING SYMPOSIUM, 2D, HARRIMAN, N.Y., 1978;TALWANI, MANIK;RYAN, WILLIAM B. F.;HAY, WILLIAM WINN Deep Drilling Results in the Atlantic Ocean: Continental Margins and Paleoenvironment Washington, D.C. U.S.A. Amer Geophysical Union. 1979, First Edition. (ISBN: 0875904025). Hard Cover. With fold out charts and illustrations, as well as many in text illustrations as well. A technical study presenting the findings of drilling in the Atlantic ocean. In VERY GOOD condition. Light fading and rubbing to the covers. Hint of soiling. Binding slightly cocked. Text clean and solid. Previous owner's stamp on inside front cover. Very Good/No Jacket. USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.75 | £UK 21 | JP 3112] Book number: 000939 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| NO AUTHOR GIVEN Thirtieth Annual Report of the American Institute, of the City of New York, for the Year 1869-70 Albany, NY, Printed by the Argus Company. 1870. Hard Cover. 1098 pages including index plus an errata page. A book presenting brief discussions on new invention and innovations in science, light, electricity, agriculture etc. Also included are the proceedings of the Photographical Section of the American Institute, from 1869, a brief look at horology from past ages, telegraph wire, photography, etc. There are a few illustrations including two of lunar landscapes. It is in GOOD condition with some scuffing, fading and minor soiling to the covers. The corners are bumped and frayed with minor loss of cloth. The spine is pulled and frayed at the head and foot with minor loss, as well as a small rectangular piece of cloth missing from the center of the backstrip. The text block is solid with minor sporadic soiling and foxing throughout. The pages are somewhat browned. There are pencil check marks next to several passages, as well as vertical pencil lines in the margins next to several passages as well. Overall its a solid book in GOOD condition. Good/No Jacket. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 | £UK 12 | JP 1778] Book number: 001762 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| PICKOVER, CLIFFORD A. Time: A Traveller's Guide New York, Oxford University Press. 1999. (ISBN: 0195130960). Original Wraps. 285 pages including index. With illustrations. A study of time examing its nature and striving to answer questions such as is time travel possible, does time only flow in one direction, what is eternity, etc. offering scientific evidence to back the book's conclusions. VERY GOOD condition with minor creasing to the corners of the book, slight curling along the covers' fore edges, minor soiling and rubbing to the rear cover. Text clean and solid. Very Good. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6 | JP 889] Book number: 001912 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| ROBINSON, J.W., EDITOR Handbook of Spectroscopy. Volume 2 Only Boca Raton, CRC Press. 1980. (ISBN: 084930332x). Hard Cover. Ex-Library, 578 pages including index. A guide to infrared, Raman, and Ultraviolet Absorption spectroscopy, among others. Appears slightly ex-library with a pastedown on the inside front cover, a pocket removed from the rear and the library name inked out on all page edges. GOOD+ condition. Minor scuffing and edgewear. Remains of a sticker on the upper front cover.Minor soiling to the rear. Text clean and solid. Good/No Jacket. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 17 | £UK 15 | JP 2223] Book number: 001452 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| SCHUMM, STANLEY A. To Interpret the Earth: Ten Ways to Be Wrong West Nyack, New York, U.S.A. Cambridge Univ Pr. 1993. (ISBN: 0521395070). Hard Cover. With some photos and graphs/charts. A discussion of the general basis behind the scientific approach to problems within the earth sciences, explaining the difficulties of interpreting the complex and dynamic systems that comprise the earth. VERY GOOD jacket and book. Light scuffing and edgewear to the jacket. Slight bowing to the covers of the book. Text tight with some underlining/highlighting to pages 75-94. Very Good/Very Good. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 17 | £UK 15 | JP 2223] Book number: 000804 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| SISSON, SEPTIMUS; GROSSMAN, JAMES DANIEL, REVISOR The Anatomy of Domestic Animals. Fourth Edition Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders Company. 1953. Hard Cover. Fourth edition. 972 pages including index. With many color and black and white photos. A complete guide to the anatomy of domesticated animals including the ox, sheep, horse, pig and dog. VERY GOOD condition. Some soiling to the covers. Uneven fading. Minor scuffing and edgewear. Text clean and solid with minor darkening to the pages. Very Good/No Jacket. USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.75 | £UK 30 | JP 4446] Book number: 002062 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| SUNDERLAND, JABEZ T. Evolution and Religion. With an introduction by David Starr Jordan Boston, The Beacon Press. 1925. Hard Cover. Hardcover in unclipped jacket. A revised and up to date edition of “The Spark in the Clod.” 185 pages including a bibliography. This work seeks to illuminate, in the wake of the firestorm raised by creationists in the early 1900’s, the positions held by those believing in evolution and reconciling that position in a positive way toward religion. An important early text in this regard. VERY GOOD jacket on a VERY GOOD+ book. Jacket in protective mylar. Light soiling, darkening and general wear to the jacket. A few small chips and tears present along jacket extremities. Light fading and rubbing to the book itself. Spine sun faded. Inner text clean and tight with the pages somewhat darkened. Nice copy of this work in VG/VG+ condition. Very Good/Very Good. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 | £UK 12 | JP 1778] Book number: 000613 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| TEETS, BOB West Virginia Ufo's: Close Encounters in the Mountain State Terra Alta, West Virginia, U.S.A. Headline Books. 2001. (ISBN: 0929915135). Original Wraps. Second printing. In wraps. Isbn#0929915135. With some illustrations. A collection of interviews by this former journalist with witnesses to UFOs. Also included is a history of UFO sightings in West Virginia, beginning in the early 1800's. NEAR FINE. A hint of scuffing to the covers. Text clean and tight. Near Fine. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 17 | £UK 15 | JP 2223] Book number: 001006 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. |
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