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Rare books on astronomy and cosmology from the late Middle Ages through to the 20th century, including classical and medieval astronomy and astrology, the solar system, astrophysics, cosmology, observatories and astrophotography, and the Space Race and space exploration.

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  • First edition, the rare offprint of astronomer and mathematician Karl Schwarzschild's doctoral dissertation on the theories of Poincaré, Die Poincarésche Theorie, published in 1896.
    First edition, the rare offprint of astronomer and mathematician Karl Schwarzschild's doctoral dissertation on the theories of Poincaré, Die Poincarésche Theorie, published in 1896.

    SCHWARZSCHILD, Karl.
    Die Poincarésche Theorie des Gleichgewichts einer Homogenen Rotierenden Flüssigkeitsmasse. 1896.
    £1,250.00

  • First English language edition of The Primeval Atom, Georges Lemaitre's popular account of his big bang theory. An unusually attractive copy in the uncommon dust jacket.
    First English language edition of The Primeval Atom, Georges Lemaitre's popular account of his big bang theory. An unusually attractive copy in the uncommon dust jacket.

    LEMAÎTRE, Georges.
    The Primeval Atom. An Essay on Cosmogony. 1950.
    £1,250.00

  • First edition and an unusually nice copy of Space, Time and Gravitation, Arthur Eddingotn's popular work on how his 1919 eclipse observations proved Einstein's theory of special relativity
    First edition and an unusually nice copy of Space, Time and Gravitation, Arthur Eddingotn's popular work on how his 1919 eclipse observations proved Einstein's theory of special relativity

    EDDINGTON, Sir Arthur Stanley.
    Space, Time and Gravitation. 1920.
    £500.00

  • Ninth edition of James Ferguson's Astronomy Explained Upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles in a contemporary calf binding
    Ninth edition of James Ferguson's Astronomy Explained Upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles in a contemporary calf binding

    FERGUSON, James.
    Astronomy Explained Upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles, 1794.
    £450.00

  • First edition of Pierre Simon Laplace's Traité de Mécanique Céleste (Treatise on Celestial Mechanics), published between 1799 and 1825.
    First edition of Pierre Simon Laplace's Traité de Mécanique Céleste (Treatise on Celestial Mechanics), published between 1799 and 1825.

    LAPLACE, Pierre Simon, Marquis de.
    Traité de Mécanique Céleste. AN VII [1799] - AN XI 1802; Courcier, AN XIII, 1805; Huzard-Courcier, AN XIII 1805; Bachelier, 1825.
    £15,000.00

  • Third edition of A Comperndious System of Astronomy, an important book by one of the early promoters of science education for girls, Margaret Bryan
    Third edition of A Comperndious System of Astronomy, an important book by one of the early promoters of science education for girls, Margaret Bryan

    BRYAN, Margaret.
    A Compendious System of Astronomy, 1804.
    £1,750.00

  • First edition, the corrected second printing, of Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time, one of the most successful popular science books ever published.
    First edition, the corrected second printing, of Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time, one of the most successful popular science books ever published.

    HAWKING, Stephen W.
    A Brief History of Time. From the Big Bang to Black Holes. 1988.
    £950.00

  • Sammelband containing the first editions of two significant astronomical textbooks, an influential 1556 edition of Sacrobosco's De Sphaera and Peucer's Elementa Doctrinae.
    Sammelband containing the first editions of two significant astronomical textbooks, an influential 1556 edition of Sacrobosco's De Sphaera and Peucer's Elementa Doctrinae.

    SACROBOSCO; PEUCER, Caspar.
    Sphaera Emendata. 1556 [&] 1551.
    £4,750.00

  • First edition of John Winthrop's book Two Lectures on Comets, published in 1759 to coincide with the 1758/1759 appearance of Halley's Comet.
    First edition of John Winthrop's book Two Lectures on Comets, published in 1759 to coincide with the 1758/1759 appearance of Halley's Comet.

    WINTHROP, John.
    Two Lectures on Comets, 1759.
    £2,500.00

  • First edition of astrophysicist George Gamow's A Star Called the Sun, published in 1964.
    First edition of astrophysicist George Gamow's A Star Called the Sun, published in 1964.

    GAMOW, George.
    A Star Called the Sun. 1964.
    £250.00

  • Synthesis of Elements in Stars.
    Synthesis of Elements in Stars.

    BURBIDGE, Margaret & G[eoffrey] R.; FOWLER, William; HOYLE, Fred.
    Synthesis of Elements in Stars. October, 1957.
    £3,750.00

  • Thumbprint-signed copy of the eighth printing of Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time, presented to the former porter at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge.
    Thumbprint-signed copy of the eighth printing of Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time, presented to the former porter at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge.

    HAWKING, Stephen.
    A Brief History of Time. From the Big Bang to Black Holes. 1988.
    £12,500.00

  • Mare Nectaris - Mare Imbrium. 1:2,500,000. Pictorial relief printing.
    Mare Nectaris - Mare Imbrium. 1:2,500,000. Pictorial relief printing.

    US ARMY MAP SERVICE.
    Mare Nectaris - Mare Imbrium. 1:2,500,000. Pictorial relief printing. March, 1962.
    £10,000.00

  • A Treatise of Blazing Starres in Generall.
    A Treatise of Blazing Starres in Generall.

    NAUSEA, Friedrich [FLEMING, Abraham (translator)].
    A Treatise of Blazing Starres in Generall. 1618.
    £4,750.00

  • First collected edition of mathematician Oronce Finé's Protomathesis, a beautifully illustrated publication encompassing arithmetic, geometry, cosmography, and sundials.
    First collected edition of mathematician Oronce Finé's Protomathesis, a beautifully illustrated publication encompassing arithmetic, geometry, cosmography, and sundials.

    FINÉ, Oronce.
    Protomathesis: 1532 [part titles of 'De geometria' dated 1530 and of 'De solaribus horologiis' 1531].
    £50,000.00

  • The Glass Giant of Palomar.
    The Glass Giant of Palomar.

    [HALE, George Ellery] WOODBURY, David O.
    The Glass Giant of Palomar. 1939.
    £250.00

  • An inscribed second edition of physicist Brian Greene's bestselling popular science book The Elegant Universe.
    An inscribed second edition of physicist Brian Greene's bestselling popular science book The Elegant Universe.

    GREENE, Brian.
    The Elegant Universe. 2003.
    £250.00

  • First edition of physicist Alan Guth's memoir The Inflationary Universe, a fine copy in the dust jacket.
    First edition of physicist Alan Guth's memoir The Inflationary Universe, a fine copy in the dust jacket.

    GUTH, Alan.
    The Inflationary Universe. 1997.
    £250.00

  • Through the Telescope.
    Through the Telescope.

    BAIKIE, James.
    Through the Telescope. 1906.
    £250.00

  • First edition of this striking 1972 portfolio of Soviet Space Art by Andrei Sokolov and A. Leonov, Kosmicheskie Dali [Cosmic Distances], presentation copy inscribed by Sokolov.
    First edition of this striking 1972 portfolio of Soviet Space Art by Andrei Sokolov and A. Leonov, Kosmicheskie Dali [Cosmic Distances], presentation copy inscribed by Sokolov.

    [SPACE ART]. LEONOV, A.A. & SOKOLOV, A. (illustrators); DENISOV, V.P.; ALIMOV, V.I.
    Kosmicheskie Dali [Cosmic Distances]. 1972.
    £3,750.00

  • First edition of Fundamental Properties of the Galactic System, eight cosmology papers published in 1941, one by a prominent female astronomer.
    First edition of Fundamental Properties of the Galactic System, eight cosmology papers published in 1941, one by a prominent female astronomer.

    [SANDAGE, Allan] [VYSSTOSKY] Williams, Emma T. R., et al.
    The Fundamental Properties of the Galactic System. October 15, 1941.
    £450.00

  • Description et usage du mécanisme uranographique, contenant un abrégé élémentaire de cosmographie.
    Description et usage du mécanisme uranographique, contenant un abrégé élémentaire de cosmographie.

    ROUY, Charles.
    Description et usage du mécanisme uranographique, contenant un abrégé élémentaire de cosmographie. 1816.
    £4,500.00

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