Space & Aviation Memorabilia - April 2002 Day 1

1973, "Apollo 17 Preliminary Science Report" (NASA SP-330, 630pp., soft). The Apollo 17 moon mission "an immensely successful voyage ...

Apollo 17 Earth Orbit Chart (41.5 x13.5) displaying the proposed earth orbit, revolution 3, for Apollo 17. This chart displayed the path and perimeter

"Cometographie, ou Traite Historique et Theorique Cometes" by A. G. Pingre (1783, volume 1, hardbound, in French, 632p., ex libris Yale Un...

"Introduction to Astronomy" by John Bonnycastle (1796 first edition, hardbound, 440pp.). This book is written as "a series of letters...

1821//1931, Six Early Emphemerises. All are hardbound and include the years 1850, 1875, 1900 and 1915. The five later issues are all Raphael's a...

"An Introductory Treatise To Physical Astronomy" by Thomas Luby (1828, hardbound, 320pp.). One of the classic works on the two body proble...

Classic Astronomical Works. Lot of two small size paper wrapped books in German including "Neue Unsicht ueber den Mertwurdigen Naturbau der Kom...

1840//1935, Five Small Format Astronomy Books. That range in size from 3 1/2x5 3/8" to 5 1/8x6 3/4" and range from about 50 pages to 225 p...

"The Orbs of Heaven" by John Harris (1851 first printing, hardbound, 302pp.). This book is "a popular exposition of the great discove...

"The Orbs of Heaven" by O.M. Mitchell A similar lot but this is the 1858 edition. Some watersoak to pages and wear to cover but many inter...

"Telescope Teachings" by Mrs. Ward (1859 first printing, hardbound, 312pp.). A splendid book on what one may see through a telescope with ...

"Reduction of the Observations of Fixed Stars" by Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1866 first printing, softcover folio, 261pp.). This volume delin...

1869//1901 U.S.Naval Observatory Publications Lot of two hardbound books including "Zones of Stars" (1872 first printing, 331pp.) being th...

"Contributions to Solar Physics" by J. Norman Lockyer (1874 first edition, hardbound, 676pp.). This classic work being "a popular acc...

"Mean Declination of 2018 Stars for January 1, 1875" published by the U.S. Georgrahical Survey (hardbound, 207pp.). A catalog of stellar p...

"Lectures on Astronomical Theories" by John Harris (1876 first printing, hardbound, 170pp.+). This book is a series of four lectures on th...

1877, "Index Catalog of Books and Memoires relating to Nebulae and Clusters, Etc." by Edward S Holden (Smithsonian Institution, 114pp., ha...

"Stargazing Past and Present" by J. Norman Lockyer (1877 first printing, hardbound, 496pp.). A classic work written by a great author of a...

"Astronomischen Geographie" by Eduard Wetzel (1884, hardbound, in German, 168pp.). A beautiful classic book on determining planetary and s...

"Recreations in Astronomy" by Henry White Warren (1887 first printing, hardbound, 290pp.+). A well written exposition on directions for pr...