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

Chicago: Aries, 1944. Illustrated with a few tables and charts. xxiv + 164pp., 8vo, blue cloth; rubbed at extremities; small ink stamp front free endpaper. Chicago: The Aries Press, 1944. Internally fine, a very good (+) copy. More

Oxford: Clarendon, 1995. A few images, some in color. 274pp. 8vo, blue board, d.w. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1995. Near fine copy in near fine d.w. More

North Shields: Potts, 1883. Some illustrations, folding table. xv + 393pp. plus hundreds of pages of appendix, tables and index. Thick 8vo, full spotted leather; heavy foxing to endpapers and title page, hinges mended, covers worn and dampstained. North Shields: J. W. Potts, ca. 1883. Seventh edition. A worn but sound and very good copy. More

Florence: 1779. Engraving. Image size 7.25 x 7.75 inches. Sheet size 9 x 11.5 inches. The letter U, Urania, from A Dilettanti delle Bell' Arti, a decorated alphabet book. Depicts Urania, the muse of astronomy. In very good condition. Shows some light staining. Stitching holes at left edge. Numeral 24 in pencil at right top corner. The first edition of an inventive and rare engraved alphabet book in which each floridly elaborate letter stands independently in a landscape where it..... More

Melbourne: Melbourne University, 1959. 107pp., Illustrated. Thin 8vo, cloth, d.w.; d.w. chipped. Melbourne UP, (1959). Very good. More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1981. 289pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper edgeworn. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1981. Very good. Signed by the author. More

Paris: Droz, 1935. 200p. + addenda & errata. 8vo, printed wrappers, uncut. Paris Droz, 1935. The wrappers are lightly rubbed & toned. More

Hartford: F. J. Huntington, 1835. Map. Framed hand-colored engraving. Image measures 15" x 20". Frame measures 26" x 31.5" x 1". Shows some light foxing. In very good condition. Archival frame with conservation glass. Includes a scale exhibiting the sun's place in the ecliptic every day of the year. Published in Burritt's 'Atlas, Designed To Illustrate The Geography Of The Heavens'. Elijah Hinsdale Burritt (1794 - 1838) was an American astronomer and mathematician based in Connecticut. More

New York: Viking, 1979. Illus. 154pp. 8vo, cloth backed boards, d.w. New York: Viking, (1979). Very good. More

large folding map, five additional folding maps, one folding plate and folding chart. [viii], 288pp. 4to, publisher's marbled wrappers, untrimmed; (some dampstaining to the inner margins on the last quarter of the text, otherwise a truly superb copy). A Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale, 1753. First edition. "Mr Chabert's work is highly praised by the commission appointed by the French Academy of Sciences to examine it, and it is is recommended as a model to future navigators. It is divided in..... More