New York: Morrow, 1976. 8vo, cloth backed boards, d.w. New York: Morrow, 1976. First Edition. Fine. Her first book. Scientifically accurate poems about the solar system, written while the author was a student at Cornell. Astronomer Carl Sagan served as a technical adviser for the book, and the dedicatory poem is to him. Review copy. Presentation, signed by Ackerman on the half-title. Scarce. More

London: Various, 1772. Rubricated text throughout. Illustrated with many charts and some woodcut diagrams. Thick 12mo, contemporary red calf, gilt, leather label, a.e.g. London: various publishers, , for The Company of Stationers, 1772. First editions. An interesting collection in a very good(+) attractive period binding Titles include: Remarkable News from the Stars; The Gentleman's Diary & Mathematical Repository; The Ladies' Diary; Vox Stellarum; Merlinus Liberatus; Parker's Ephemeris; The Coelestial Diary; Poor Robin; The English Apollo; Speculum Anni; Olympia Domata; The..... More

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1971. With an English translation by W.K.C. Guthrie. 16mo, green cloth, d.w. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, (1971). Fine in near fine dust wrapper. Loeb Classical Library, No. 338. More

Lilienthal: 1807. Important A.L.S. "J.W. Bessel", 8vo. 2 pages, Lilienthal, December 10th 1807, in German, writing to fellow astronomer Carl Ludwig Harding who discovered Juno (a moon of Jupiter), concerning observational reports on Comet orbits that he is comparing with those reported by Olbers, which are included in this letter. He thanks Harding for sending along his map of comet Orbis and adds that observations of "their" comets are enclosed. Bessel stresses the point that the observations made with the..... More

London: John Bevis, 1786. Celestial Atlas. Oblong folio (19 1/4" x 14 7/8"), leather spine over marble boards. "Table of the Stars" in gilt on spine. 51 uncolored engraved celestial charts. No frontispiece, title or index page. Individual charts with printed arms of the dedicatees (either academic institution or nobleman) beneath each image. Each annotated with pencil, possibly by Richard Alexander, the previous owner. Plates are generally in good condition with foxing and minor staining. First and last plates exhibit..... More

New York: Macmillan, 1964. Illustrated. Grey cloth, d.w. New York: Macmillan, (1964). Very good. More

London: Crowell-Collier, 1969. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, d.w. London: Crowell-Collier, (1969). Very good. More

New York: Broadway Books, 2003. 544 pages, thick 8vo, black boards, dust wrapper. Canada: Doubleday, (2003). A fine copy. More

New York: Viking, 1980. With many illustrations. Tall thin 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Viking, (1980). Near fine. More

Faenza: 1837. Frontispiece copper plate portrait of the astronomer + 4 woodcut illustrations. 48pp. 12mo, wrs. Faenza, 1837. Very good (+). Astronomical and astrological guide for 1837. More

New York: Christie's, 2008. Illustrated. 395 pages, 4to, blue cloth with inlaid plate front cover; realized prices written in pencil adjacent to listings. New York: Christie's, 2008. A near fine copy. More

Hampton, VA: 1960. Exceptional 9.5 x 8-inch vintage 1960 NASA training photo of Cooper strapped in a procedure trainer at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Virginia, fully outfitted in a spacesuit, familiarizing himself with the controls of a spacecraft. Boldly signed using his real name "Leroy G. Cooper, Jr." Photograph I.D. NASA G-60-2613, with imprint caption on the back. Bottom edge trimmed; paperclip impression in the upper left corner; glue stains on the back. Very good(-) condition. American aerospace..... More