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Zustand: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1300grams, ISBN:0070608350.…

Single Sheet Engraving. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. AN ORIGINAL ANTIQUE VIEW IN CHINA, 7.6 X 5 INCHES, 19 X 13 CMS, MOUNTED [MATTED] AND READY TO FRAME, MOUNT SIZE APPROX 12 X 9 INCHES, 30 X 20 CMS, EXCELLENT CONDINTION, ENGRAVED IN 1843, HAND COLOURED, COLOURING NOT CONTEMPORARY BUT DELICATELY AND SKILLFULLY EXECUTED, WE PACK VERY WELL BETWEEN 2 SHEETS OF THICK HARDBOARD AND DISPATCH QUICKLY BY FIRST CLASS MAIL . SHOWS A FINE VIEW OF CHINA, THE SEVEN STAR MOUNTAINS OR SE TSEIH SING YEN , IMPRESSIVE VIEW OF THE FORTIFIED MOUNTAINS, RIVER AND PEOPLE IN FOREGROUND. ALLOM (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION. 4to. (28 cm.) unpaginated [64p.]. Profusely illustrated with black and white captioned photos, including many of church officials and priests associated with St. Mary Star of the Sea Parish. Stapled booklet in stiff gold pictorial wrappers with a vignette of the church on the front wrapper. Near fine with just a touch of rust to the staples/ n/a.…

Zustand: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original burgundy cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, end paper maps. Quarto 10'' x 7½''. During the ship's 19th voyage, on 1 April 1873, she struck rocks and sank off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, killing at least 535 people. It remained the deadliest civilian maritime disaster in the North Atlantic Ocean until the sinking of SS La Bourgogne on 2 July 1898 and the greatest disaster for the White Star Line prior to the loss of Titanic in April 1912. Contains [xiii] 77 printed pages of text with maps, archive monochrome illustrations throughout. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with small chips across the top edge. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0900976500 TITANIC (White Star Line).…

Zustand: Good. First edition in publisher's white paper printed stapled tabloid 12" x 9½". New short stories and articles by: H. E. Bates 'The Parrot' A Complete Story; John Masefield [Drawn by Joseph Simpson]. Photographs and illustrated advertisements. Extremely rare. Staples weeping and in Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. BATES, H. E. (1906-1974).…

Paris, Bachelier, 1838 a. 1840. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome 7, No 19 and Tome 10, No 17/18. Pp. (769-) 803 a. pp. (671-) 717. (Entire issues offered). Bessel's papers: pp. 785-793 a. pp. 703-710. Some scattered brownspots. First appearance of a milestone paper in astronomy, giving the solution of the great problem of distances in the universe which had baffled astronomers ever since the time of Copernicus, announcing the FIRST SUCCESSFUL DISPLACEMENT OR PARALLAX OF A FIXED STAR and hence deducing the FIRST RELIABLE DISTANCE OF THE EARTH TO A FIXED STAR. The parallax observed corresponded to ab. 600.000 times that of the earth from the sun. On these grounds Bessel calculated the distance to about 11 light years, and this was confirmed by fresh investigations by Bessel in 1839-40 (the second paper offered). In 1842-43 it was also confirmed by C.A.F. Peters at Pulkowa. It is the first published instance of the fathom-line thrown into celestial space.Bessel communicated his observations in Comptes Rendus, in a letter to Humboldt (the offered paper dated Nov. 5, 1838), in "Monthly Notices" in letter to J. Herschel, and in "Astronomische Nachrichten" Vol. 16, No 365-66 (pp. 65-96), 1838), where a more detail account was published.Ther paper "Bestimmung der Entfernung des 61sten Stern des Schwans" in "Astronomische Nachrichten" is dated at the end: Altona 1838, Dec. 13.Bessel's investigation was hailed by John Herschel when Bessel was awarded the R.A.S. gold medal "The greatest and most glorious triumph which practical astronomy has ever witnessed". "For determining the parallax of 61 Cygni, Bessel selected two comparison stars of magnitude 9-10 at distances of roughly eight and twelve minutes of arc. 61 Cygni is a physical double star whose components differ in brightness by less than one magnitude. The distance of sixteen seconds of arc between the components favored the accuracy of the determination of the parallax because pointing could be carried out with two star images. After observing for eighteen months, by the fall of 1838 Bessel had enough measurements for the determination of a reliable parallax. He found that p = 0.314? with a mean error of ±:0.020? This work was published in the Astronomische Nachrichten (1838), the first time the distance of a star became known. Bessel?s value for the parallax shows excellent agreement with the results obtained by extensive modern photographical parallax determinations." (DSB).Parkinson "Breakthroughs" 1838 A. - Shapley & Howarth "A Source Book in Astronomy", pp. 216 ff.…