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Astronomy, Cosmology.
Astronomy, Cosmology.

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1 A Short History of Nearly Everything Bryson, Bill
Doubleday. 2003 0385408188 / 9780385408189 First Edition Hard Cover Near Fine. Near Fine 
A near fine 515 page hardback book without inscriptions or other marks. Page edges beginning to yellow, otherwise unworn. 
Price: 10.00 GBP
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2 Astronomy.  Camille Flammarion.
London. Constable 1914 Good  No Jacket 
A good example of the 1914 edition. Owner's small label inside front cover. Small owner's inkstamp in corner of half-title. Clean and tight inside with sound joints and hinges. Externally looks well worn, rubbed all round, spine sunned and browned, chipped at head and foot. No DJ.  
Price: 15.00 GBP
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3 Catalogue of the Universe.  Paul Murdin & David Allen.
BCA 1980 Very Good  No Jacket David Malin. 
A very good book without inscriptions or other marks. Page edges yellowing, touch of edge rub, no DJ.  
Price: 7.00 GBP
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4 Cosmology : The Search for the Order of the Universe.  Charles J Caes.
Tab Books Inc. 1986 0830626263 / 9780830626267 Good  No Jacket 
A good 178 page large-format paperback book without inscriptions or other marks. Clean, flat and tight inside, edges rubbed, bottom inch of front joint rubbed through. A history of cosmology from Pythagoras to the Big Bang. No mention of Hawkings, though, strangely, even though he was well known & recognised by this time.  
Price: 7.00 GBP
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5 Einstein's Universe.  Nigel Calder.
BCA 1979 Near Fine  Very Good 
A near fine unworn, unmarked book club edition. DJ has a touch of corner rub and half a dozen small splashes of what looks like wood varnish on front cover.  
Price: 8.00 GBP
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6 How Things are: a Science Tool-kit for the Mind.  Brockman & Matson, Eds.
Weidenfeld & Nicholson 1995 0297815113 / 9780297815112 Very Good  Very Good 
Avery good book in a very good DJ. Seems unread.  
Price: 10.00 GBP
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7 Impact! The Threat of Comets and Asteroids.  Gerrit L Verschuur.
OUP 1997 0195119193 / 9780195119190 Very Good  No Jacket 
A very good ex-library large-format paperback with the usual stamps and label residues. Clean, tight and virtually unworn in a clear plastic protective jacket. 237 pages, discusses past impacts and the likelihood of future impacts, together with much background history and science of the whole subject. 3.5 page bibliography, name index, subject index, numerous illustrations.  
Price: 6.00 GBP
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8 Man and the Stars: Contact & Communication with Other Intelligence  Duncan Lunan
Lon Book Club Associates. 1974 First Edition Very Good  Very Good 
A very good 324 page hardback book without inscriptions or other marks. Page fore-edges browned. Mild corner rub. DJ is also very good with very mild rubbing along head and foot and dust staining.  
Price: 10.00 GBP
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9 Positron Named Priscilla, A: Scientific Discovery at the Frontier  Bartusiak, Marcia; Chaikin, Andrew
National Academies Press, U.S. 1994 0309048931 / 9780309048934 Very Good  Very Good 
A very good 348 page hardback book without inscriptions or other marks. DJ has a touch of corner rub and a few very minor scrapes to edge.  
Price: 12.50 GBP
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10 Radio Waves from Space.  Paul Murdin.
Brockhampton Press 1965 First Edition Very Good  Good Michael A Claridge. 
A very good ex-library book with the usual stamps and label residues. Clean and tight, page edges browned. DJ has been bound onto covers with Melinex for library use. Part of the "World of Science" series and appears to have been written for young adults, though it's a very interesting book for any age reader.  
Price: 8.00 GBP
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11 Reverse Time Travel.  Barry Chapman.
Lon Cassell. 1995 0304345245 / 9780304345243 First. Near Fine  Very Good 
A near fine 160 page hardback book without inscriptions or other marks. Virtually unworn and seems little used. DJ is very good with very light rubbing to head and foot and some very minor cover stains. DJ has been price clipped.  
Price: 8.00 GBP
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12 Satellite!  Erik Bergaust & William Beller.
Lon. The Science Book Club. 1957 Good  No DJ 
A good 239 page hardback book without inscriptions or other marks. Pages foxed and browned. Light corner rub. Some light marks accross spine. A tight book.  
Price: 7.50 GBP
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13 Survey of the Moon.  Patrick Moore.
Lon The Scientific Book Club. 1963 Good  Complete but Tatty 
A good 332 page hardback book without inscriptions or other marks. Pages foxed and browned, Corner rub. Sunning to the spine and very top of book. Book generally a little loose. DJ is tatty with heavy rubbing along head and foot and many closed tears along head. Heavy dust staining and sunning to spine.  
Price: 10.00 GBP
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14 The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live in.  Lord Avebury.
London. Macmillan 1906 Reprint. Good  No Jacket 
A good example of the 1906 reprint. A large format paperback of 118 pages. Owner's inscription on half-title. Pages browned, corners rubbed, head and tail of spine chipped, corners curling. Teastain on bottom of front cover.  
Price: 10.00 GBP
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15 The Directory of Possibilities.  Colin Wilson & John Grant, Eds.
Corgi Books. 1982 0552119946 / 9780552119948 Very Good  No Jacket 
A very good clean tight 303 page paperback reprint without inscriptions or other marks. Pages browned, light edge rub, minor cover creases.  
Price: 6.00 GBP
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16 The Guinness Book of Astronomy.  Patrick Moore.
Guinness Publishing. 1983 0851123759 / 9780851123752 Good  Very Good 
A good ex-library reprint hardback book with the usual stamps and label residues. Prelims removed - first page is title page. A good tight book, page edges a tad soiled, touch of shelfwear. DJ is very good in a clear plastic protective jacket.  
Price: 6.50 GBP
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17 The Mysterious Universe.  James Jeans.
Cambridge. CUP 1948 Very Good  No Jacket 
A very good example of the 1948 reprint of the second edition. No inscriptions, endpapers a little foxed. Covers faded. NO DJ. A classic from one of the finest science communicators of the twentieth century.  
Price: 7.00 GBP
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18 The Official Halley's Comet Book.  Brian Harpur.
Hodder & Stoughton 1985 0340365110 / 9780340365113 Very Good  Very Good 
A very good ex-library book with the usual stamps and label residues. Clean, tight & virtually unworn. DJ has the lightest touch of corner rub. Buy now in readiness for the next visit in 2061!  
Price: 8.00 GBP
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19 The Pastime of Eternity D N Sims
Lon Robert Hale & Company 1975 0709147317 / 9780709147312 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Good 
A very good 190 page hardback book without inscriptions or other marks. Pages browned. Light corner and joint rub. DJ is good with rubbing along head and foot and staining to rear panel. 
Price: 12.50 GBP
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20 The Spheres of Destiny: Your Personality and the Planets.  Michel Gauquelin
J M Dent and Sons Ltd. 1980 0460043498 / 9780460043496 Good  Good 
A very good 262 page hardback book without inscriptions or other marks. Light corner rub and light browning to pages. DJ is also good with rubbing along head and foot, and mildrubbing to fore-edges.  
Price: 8.00 GBP
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