The Seven-Year Odyssey that Transformed the World. Pp. xiv+466, 2 full page portraits, text illustrations and maps, notes, time-line, selected bibliography, index; very slight flaw to cloth near top edge of boards; text block faintly browned; dust wrapper; Little, Brown, London, 2002. First U.K. edition. *'The story of how science... More
Pp. xiv+250; orange cloth, spine lettered in black, top fore-corner of lower board faintly bruised; dust wrapper, a trifle scuffed; edges of leaves faintly soiled; Granada, London, 1984. First U.K. edition. *Collection of essays on mainly astronomical topics, including the sun, the stars, the planets, and the moon. More
John Glanvill's translation, with a prologue by David Garnett. Pp. x+138+[2](colophon), 8 coloured pictorial headpieces, title page decoration printed in red & black, plus colophon decoration in black & white; limp vellum with leather thongs, lettered and decorated in gilt, faintly soiled and a trifle sprung; top edges gilt on... More
An Autobiography and Other Recollections. Edited by Katherine Haramundanis. Pp. [vi]+270(last blank), text illustrations, bibliography index; top fore-corners of boards a trifle foxed; dust wrapper, edges and backstrip faded and a trifle rubbed; Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1984. First edition. *'Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin became acclaimed in her lifetime as the greatest... More