The Wild Muse

Why Aren't Black Holes Black?

Hazen, Robert M. · 1997

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Anchor First edition, trade softcover. Published NY: Anchor, 1997, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, xix+309pp. Some toning to the paper. Near fine. In Why Aren't Black Holes Black? scientists Robert M. Hazen and Maxine Singer (President of the Carnegie Institution) take us int...

Ingenious Pursuits: Building the Scientific Revolution

Jardine, Lisa · 2000

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Anchor First edition, trade softcover. Published NY:Anchor, 2000, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, xx+444pp., illustrated. Light wear. Very good. Very Good No Jacket, As Issued 1st Edition 1st Printing NY 8vo 464

The Invisible Century: Einstein, Freud, and the Search for Hidden Universes

Panek, Richard · 2004

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.63 | ¥2,874)

Viking Press First edition, first printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Viking Press, 2004. 8vo., 258pp. Bump to upper front corner, else fine in else fine dust jacket. Describes the commonalities in the scientific methods pioneered by Albert Einstein and Sigmund...

When Einstein Walked with Gödel: Excursions to the Edge of Thought

Holt, Jim · 2018

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Farrar, Straus and Giroux First edition, first printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018. 8vo., xi+368pp. As new in as new dust jacket. Does time exist? What is infinity? Why do mirrors reverse left and right but not up and down? In t...

Undiluted Hocus-Pocus: The Autobiography of Martin Gardner

Gardner, Martin · 2013

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Princeton Univ Pr First edition, first printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ Pr, 2013. 8vo., xxvii+233pp., illustrated. Fine in fine dust jacket. Fine Fine 1st Edition 1st Printing Princeton, NJ 8vo 288

The Perfect Swarm: The Science of Complexity in Everyday Life

Fisher, Len · 2009

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Basic Books First edition, first printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Basic Books, 2009. 8vo., xx+260pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Fine Fine 1st Edition 1st Printing NY 8vo 288

A is for Ox: A Short History of the Alphabet

Davies, Lyn · 2006

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Folio Society First edition, first printing. Hard cover in slipcase. Published London: Folio Society, 2006. 12mo., 127pp., illustrated. Burgundy cloth with gilt titles and gilt and orange cover design. As new in as new slipcase. As New No Jacket, As Issued 1st Edition 1st Pri...

A Short History of Time

Holford-Strevens, Leofranc · 2007

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.70 | ¥15,969)

Folio Society First edition, first printing. Hard cover in slipcase. Published London: Folio Society, 2007. 12mo., xiii+137pp., illustrated. Blue cloth with gilt titles and gilt and black cover design. As new in as new slipcase. As New No Jacket, As Issued 1st Edition 1st Pri...

Perception and Change;: Projections for Survival

PLATT, JOHN RADER · 1970

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Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1970. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. First edition, first printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1970. 8vo, 178pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. Near Fine .

Restoring Museum Aircraft

MIKESH, ROBERT · 1997

$80.00 (€72.59 | £60.56 | ¥12,775)

Shrewsbury: Airlife Pub Ltd, 1997. 1st. Hard. 4to. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Pub Ltd, 1997. 4to, 8 1/2" x 12", 218pp, illus. with numerous color and b/w photographs. Blue cloth with gilt titles. Light rub to the cloth at the sp...

Schrödinger's Rabbits: The Many Worlds of Quantum

BRUCE, COLIN · 2004

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Washington, D.C.: Joseph Henry Press, 2004. 1st. Hard. 8vo. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Washington, D.C.: Joseph Henry Press, 2004, first printing. 8vo, ix+272pp. A few small spots of foxing on edge pf page block, else fine in fine dust jacket.. Near Fi...

Historic Airships

HOLLAND, RUPERT SARGENT · 1928

$50.00 (€45.37 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Philadelphia: Macrae Smith, 1928. 1st. Hard. 8vo. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published Philadelphia: Macrae Smith, 1928, first printing. 8vo, 343pp, illus color frontis, full page color and b/w plates, drawings by Manning De V Lee. Bound in original burgundy ...

Sunken Islands of the Mid-Pacific Mountains the Geological Society of America, Memoir 64

HAMILTON, EDWIN L. · 1956

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

NY: The Geological Society of America, 1956. 1st. Hard. 8vo. First edition. Hard cover. Published NY: The Geological Society of America, 1956. 8vo, x+97pp, illustrated with plates and tables, 4 fold out maps in rear pocket. Burgundy cloth with gilt titles. Fine, pristine copy,...

List of Lights and Fog Signals on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States, Corrected to October 31, 1908

LIGHT-HOUSE BOARD OF THE UNITED STATES · 1908

$125.00 (€113.42 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1908. 1st. Soft cover. 4to. First edition. Softcover. Published Washington: Government Printing Office, 1908. Small 4to. wrappers, 8" x 10 1/2", 306pp, illustrated with 25 multi-part b/w plates. Gray covers with black spine and cover tit...

The Human Brain

WHITROCK, M C ET AL · 1977

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1977. Soft cover. 8vo. Softcover. Published Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1977, eighth printing. 8vo. wrappers, xi+214pp, illustrated. Near fine.. Near Fine .

Pottery: A History of the Pottery Industry and Its Evolution As Applied to Sanitation, with Unique Specimens and Facsimile Marks from Ancient to Modern, Foreign and American Wares

THOMAS MADDOCK'S SONS COMPANY · 1910

$50.00 (€45.37 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Trenton New Jersey: Thomas Maddock's Sons Company, 1910. Hard. 8vo. Hard cover in original cloth. Published Trenton New Jersey: Thomas Maddock. 8vo, 7 1/2" x 9 3/8", 224pp, illustrated with numerous b/w plates, 2 color plates. Green cloth with gilt cover title, green endpapers...

Petrology of the San Marcos Mountain Gabbro, San Luis Rey Quadrangle, California

MILLER, FRANKLIN S. · 1934

$125.00 (€113.42 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

Cambridge: Self / Harvard University, 1934. 1st. Hard. 4to. Original typewritten doctoral dissertation submitted to division of Geological Sciences, Harvard University, 1934. 4to. hard cover, 9" x 11 1/8", 215pp, illustrated with 26 multi-part plates with captioned tissue guar...

The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind

JAYNES, JULIAN · 1982

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982. Soft cover. 8vo. Softcover. Published Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982. 8vo. wrappers, 6 1/8" x 9 1/8", 467pp, illustrated. Minor dust spotting on top edge. Very good clean, bright, unmarked.. Very Good .

The Geological Society of America Membership Directory, Centennial Year - 1988

THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA · 1975

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Boulder, Colorado: The Geological Society of America, 1975. 1st. Soft cover. 4to. Softcover. Published Boulder: The Geological Society of America, 1988. 4to. wrappers, xx+252pp. Fine.. Fine .

The Geological Society of America Yearbook 1975

THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA · 1975

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Boulder, Colorado: The Geological Society of America, 1975. 1st. Soft cover. 8vo. Softcover. Published Boulder: The Geological Society of America, 1975. 8vo. wrappers, xxvi+277pp. Near fine.. Near Fine .