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Catalog:  # 1 / Space / 2008

Index of this catalog:

Meteorites, Comets, and Impacts

Planetary Geology & Volcanism

Lunar Geology

Space Physics

Astronomy and Miscellaneous Space Books


Abbreviations:

cl = cloth (regular hardback); cl[2] = cloth (fine hardback version); cl[3] = cloth (exceptionally fine hardback version with elevated ribbing on spines of books and publications, extra gold leaf, etc.)

pb = paperback, afb = acid-free binder, unb = unbound, vg = very good condition, ovg = otherwise very good, yp = book suitable for a young person, USGS = United States Geological Survey, PP = Professional Paper, B = Bulletin, C = Circular, OFR = Open File Report, USBM = United States Bureau of Mines, GPO = Government Printing Office, NASA = National Aeronautics and Space Administration, A.I.M.E. = American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, SEG = Society of Economic Geology, SEG2 = Society of Exploration Geophysics, AAPG = American Association of Petroleum Geologists, SME = Society of Mining Engineers, SEPM = Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, AGU = American Geophysical Union, GSA = Geological Society of America, E&MJ = Engineering and Mining Journal, A.I.M.M. = Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, I.A.E.A. = International Atomic Energy Agency, A.I.G. = Australian Institute of Geoscientists, A.M.F. = Australian Mineral Foundation, Inc., ME = Mining Engineering


Meteorites, Comets, and Impacts:
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Abbot, C. G., Ed. / MINERALS FROM EARTH AND SKY, Part I: The Story of Meteorites and Part II: Gems and Gem Materials, Volume 3 of the Smithsonian Scientific Series, New York, 1929, cl, several inks marks in text, ovg, - 3 -, $ 45

Anonymous / FALLING FROM THE SKY: A METEORITE RESOURCE CD, operates in Adobe Acrobat, 2007, $ 15

Bjorkman, J. K. / METERORS AND METEORITES IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST, Tempe, 1973, pb, - 3 -, $ 25

Briley, D. J. and Moore, C. B. / A CHECKLIST OF PUBLISHED REFERENCES TO BARRINGER METEORITE CRATER, ARIZONA, 1891-1970, Tempe, 1976, pb, 71 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Dodd, R. T. / THUNDERSTONES AND SHOOTING STARS: The Meaning of Meteorites, Cambridge, 1986, pb, 196 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Dressler, B. O. and Sharpton, V. L. / LARGE METEORITE IMPACTS AND PLANETARY EVOLUTION II, GSA SP 339, Boulder, 1999, pb, 464 pages, - 1 -, $ 58

Farrington, O. C. / ANALYSIS OF STONE METEORITES, Chicago, 1911, afb, Field Museum of Natural History, Volume III, # 9, Publication 151, pages 195 - 229, - 5 -, $ 45

Faul, H. / AGES OR ROCKS, PLANETS, AND STARS, New York, 1966, pb, 109 pages, - 3 -, $ 10

Gibilisco, S. / COMETS, METEORS, AND ASTEROIDS: How They Affect Earth, Blue Ridge Summit, 1985, pb, 208 pages, - 5 -, $ 15

Hutchinson, R. and Graham, A. / METEORITES, New York, 1993, pb, 61 pages, - 5 -, $ 10

Jensen, M. R., Jensen, W. B., and Black, A. M. / METEORITES FROM A TO Z, Denver, 2001, spiral bound, - 3 -, $ 25

Kring, D. A. / IMPACT-GENERATED MELTS AND THEIR INTERACTION WITH CLASTIC MATERIAL: A Short Review, In: The Compass – Earth Science Journal of Sigma Gamma Epsilon, Volume 62, # 1, 1984, pb, pages 2 - 7, - 3 -, $ 8

Lange, E. F., et.al. / A COLLECTION OF ARTICLES ON METEORITES from the Ore Bin, State of Oregon, Department of Geology and Mineral Resources, Miscellaneous Paper 11, 1968,
39 pages, pb, - 3 -, $ 15

Larimer, J. W. / THE PETROLOGY OF CHONDRITIC METEORITES IN THE LIGHT OF EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES, Tempe, 1967, pb, 32 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Lemaire, T. R. / STONES FROM THE STARS: The Unresolved Mysteries of Meteorites, Englewood Cliffs, 1980, cl, 185 pages, - 3 -, $ 40

Maffei, P. / MONSTERS IN THE SKY, 1977, Cambridge, 342 pages, signature on foward, ovg, $25

Mason, B. and Graham, A. L. / MINOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS IN METEORITIC MINERALS, SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE EARTH SCIENCES, 1970, # 3, pb, 17 pages, - 3 -, $ 18

Meen, V. B. / CHUBB CRATER, UNGARA, QUEBEC, Reprinted from the Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Volume XLIV, # 5, pages 169 - 180 with 5 plates, - 3 -, $ 10

Merrill, G. P. and Foshag, W. F. / MINERALS FROM THE EARTH AND SKY, Smithsonian Scientific Series Volume 3, New York, 1934, cl, 331 pages, - 3 -, $ 38 [First half of book dedicated to the size, form, composition of meteorites and the second half concerns gems and gem materials]

Moore, C. B., Ed. / RESEARCHES ON METEORITES, New York, 1962, cl, 227 pages, - 3 -, $ 45

Nininger, H. H. / FIND A FALLING STAR, New York, 1972, cl, 254 pages, a few ink marks in text, ovg, - 3 -, $ 100

Nininger, H. H. / OUR STONE-PELTED PLANET: A BOOK ABOUT METEORS AND METEORITES, Boston, 1933, cl, 237 pages, tape make on spine, signature and name stamps on endplate typical of a - 3 - book, - 3 -, $ 550 [This is one of Nininger’s more sought after meteorite book]

Norton, O. R. / ROCKS FROM SPACE: Meteorites and Meteorite Hunters, Missoula, 1994, pb, 449 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

Rowe, M. W. / XENOMALIES, Tempe, 1967, pb, 48 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Silver, L. T. and Schultz, P. H., Ed. / GEOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF IMPACTS OF LARGE ASTEROIDS AND COMETS ON THE EARTH, GSA SP 190, Boulder, 1982, pb, 528 pages, - 3 -, $ 35

Stone, R. W. and Starr, E. M. / METEORITES FOUND IN PENNSYLVANIA, Bulletin G2, Revised, Harrisburg, 1967, pb, 35 pages, - 5 -, $ 25

Wilkening, L. L. / PARTICLE TRACK STUDIES AND THE ORIGIN OF GAS-RICH METEORITES, Tempe, 1971, pb, 36 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Yeomans, D. K.  /  COMETS:  A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF OBSERVATION, SCIENCE, MYTH, AND FOLKLORE, New York, 1991, cl, 483 pages, -  5 -, $ 35


Planetary Geology  & Volcanism and related Planetary Studies:
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Alfven, H. and Arrhenius, H. / EVOLUTION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM, NASA SP - 345, Washington, D. C., 1976, cl, 599 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Carr, M. H., et.al. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE TERRESTRIAL PLANETS, Washington, D.C., 1984, cl, 317 pages, NASA SP - 469, - 2 -, $ 40

Carr, M. H., et.al. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE TERRESTRIAL PLANETS, Washington, D.C., 1984, cl, 317 pages, NASA SP - 469, - 3 -, $ 20

Briggs, G. A. and Taylor, F. W. / THE CAMBRIDGE PHOTOGRAPHIC ATLAS OF THE PLANETS, 1st Edition, Cambridge, 1982, cl, - 3 -, $ 20

Dauvillier, A. / LE VOLCANISME LUNAIRE ET TERRESTRE, Paris, 1958, pb, 300 pages, - 5 -, $ 32

Elston, D. P. / ACCRETION OF MURRAY CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITE AND IMPLICATIONS REGARDING CHRONDRULE AND CHONDRITE FORMATION, Tempe, 1969, pb, 51 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Fleming, J. A., Ed. / TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM AND ELECTRICITY, New York, 1939, cl, 794 pages, - 3 -, $ 35

Gamow, G. / A PLANET CALLED EARTH, New York, 1963, cl, 257 pages, - 5 -, $ 10

Glasstone, S. / THE BOOK OF MARS, Washington, D.C., 1968, cl, NASA Special Publication - 179, 315 pages, - 4 -, $ 25

Hartmann, W. K. / MOONS AND PLANETS, 4th Edtion, Belmont, 1999, cl, 428 pages, sealed CD in back pocket, - 3 -, $ 45

Middlemost, E. / MAGMAS, ROCKS, AND PLANETARY DEVELOPMENT: A Survey of Magma / Igneous Rocks Systems, Essex, 1997, pb, 299 pages, - 3 -, $ 48

Shapley, H. / GALAXIES, Philadelphia, 1945, cl, 229 pages, - 3 -, $ 10

Whipple, F. L. / EARTH, MOON, AND PLANETS, 3rd Edition, Cambridge, 1971, pb, 295 pages, - 3 -, $ 8

Winchell, A. / WORLD-LIFE OR COMPARATIVE GEOLOGY, Chicago, 1883, cl, 642 pages, early geology book on planetary origins, - 3 -, $ 85

Lunar Geology and Related Lunar Books:
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Alter, D. / PICTORIAL GUIDE TO THE MOON, 1963, New York, 199 pages, cl, - 5 -, $ 25

Hill, H. / A PORTFOLIO OF LUNAR DRAWINGS, Practical Astronomy Handbooks 1, Cambridge, 1991, cl, 240 pages, - 3 -, $ 45

King, E. A., Jr., Ed.  /  PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD LUNAR SCIENCE CONFERENCE, Volume 1: Mineralogy and Petrology, Cambridge, 1972, cl, 1132 pages, Lunar Sample Inventory, Author Index, Subject Index, - 3 -, $ 35

Wilhelms, D. E. / TO A ROCKY MOON: A Geologist’s History of Lunar Exploration, Tucson, 1993, pb, 477 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Wilhelms, D. E. / TO A ROCKY MOON: A Geologist’s History of Lunar Exploration, Tucson, 1993, pb, 477 pages, - 5 -, $ 20


Space Physics:
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Avrett, E. H., Ed. / FRONTIERS OF ASTROPHYSICS, Cambridge, 1976, cl, 554 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

Borner, G. / THE EARLY UNIVERSE, Berlin, 1988, cl, 439 pages, 180 figs., 15 mostly colored plates, - 1 -, $ 50

Lebovitz, N. R., Reid, W. H., and Vandervoort, P. O. / THEORETICAL PRINCIPLES IN ASTROPHYSICS AND RELATIVITY, Chicago, 1978, cl, 258 pages, - 2 -, $ 25

Papagiannis, M. D., SPACE PHYSICS AND SPACE ASTRONOMY, 1972, New York, cl, 293 pages, - 5 -, $20

Tucker, R. H., et.al. / GLOBAL GEOPHYSICS, New York, 1970, cl, 199 pages, - 5 -, $ 15


Astronomy and Miscellaneous Space Books:
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Apt, J. Helfert, M. and Wilkinson, J. / ORBIT, Washington, D. C., 1996, cl, 224 pages, - 3 -, $ 15

Asimov, I. / EXPLORING THE EARTH AND THE COSMOS, New York, 1982, cl, 339 pages, - 3 -, $ 10

Asimov, I. / ASIMOV ON ASTRONOMY, New York, 1979, cl, 238 pages, - 3 -, $ 10

Baade, W. / EVOLUTION OF STARS AND GALAXIES, Cambridge, 1975, pb, 321 pages, - 2 -, $ 20

Berendzen R. / INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION IN AND HISTORY OF MODERN ASTRONOMY, Annuals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 198, 1972, pb, 275 pages, - 3 -, $ 15

Bondi, H. and Weston-Smith, M., Ed. / THE UNIVERSE UNFOLDING, Oxford, cl, 1998, cl, 406 pages, - 2 -, $ 28

Cattermole, P. / EARTH AND OTHER PLANETS: Geology and Space Research, New York, 1995, cl, 160 pages, - 5 -, $ 12

Cohen, N. / GRAVITY’S LENS: Views of the New Cosmology, New York, 1989, pb, 237 pages, - 3 -, $ 5

Comins, N. F. / DISCOVERING THE ESSENTIAL UNIVERSE, New York, 2001, pb, 291 pages, - 2 -, $ 10

Davies, J .K. / COSMIC IMPACT, New York, 1986, cl, 197 pages, - 3 -, $ 16

Faul, H. / AGES OF ROCKS, PLANETS, AND STARS, New York, 1966, pb, 109 pages, - 3 -, $ 4

Feinberg, G. and Shapiro, R. / LIFE BEYOND EARTH: The Intelligent Earthling’s Guide to Life in the Universe, New York, 1980, cl, 464 pages, - 5 -, $ 15

Green, R. M. / SPHERICAL ASTRONOMY, Cambridge, 520 pages, - 3 -, $ 15

Hansen, C. J. and Kawaler, S. D. / STELLAR INTERIORS: Physical Principles, Structure, and Evolution, New York, 1994, cl, 445 pages, 84 figs., floppy disc in sealed pocket, - 1 -, $ 40

Hawking, S. / The Illustrated A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME, Updated and Expanded, 2nd Edition, New York, 1996, cl, 248 pages, - 3 -, $10

Hawking, S. W. / A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME from the Big Bang to the Black Holes, New York, 1988, cl, 198 pages, - 2 -, $ 20

Hines, C. O., et.al. / PHYSICS OF THE EARTH’S UPPER ATMOSPHERE, Englewood Cliffs, 1965, 4343 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Kirchhoff, G. R. / Die KÖNIGLICHEN OBSERVATORIEN FÜR ASTROPHYSIK, METEOROLOGIE UND GEODÄSIE BEI POTSDAM, Berlin, 1890, cl, 159 pages, 10 tafel, - 1 -, $ 70 [1989 reprint of an 1890 original]

Kippenhahn, R. / BOUND TO THE SUN: The Story of Planets, Moons, and Comets, New York, 1990, cl, 282 pages, - 5 -, $ 20

Lederman, L. M. and Schramm, D. N. / FROM QUARKS TO THE COSMOS, New York, 1989, cl, 242 pages, - 2 -, $ 10

Loebl, T. S. / VIEW FROM LOW ORBIT, Hubbardston,1991, pb, 124 black and white plates of North America, - 3 -, $ 20

Matloff, G. L. / THE URBAN ASTONOMER: A Practical Guide for Observers in Cities and Suburbs, New York, 1991, cl, 224 pages, - 1 -, $ 25

Motz, L., Ed. / REDISCOVERY OF THE EARTH, New York, 1979, cl, 279 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

Noyes, R. W. / THE SUN, OUR STAR, Cambridge, 1982, cl, 263 pages, - 1 -, $ 35

Poag, C. W. / CHESAPEAKE INVADER, Princeton, 1999, cl, 183 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

Rossi, B., Ed. / SPACE EXPLORATION AND THE SOLAR SYSTEM, 1964, New York, 311 pages, vg, $25

Sagan, C. / PALE BLUE DOT: A Vision of the Human Future in Space, New York, 1994, pb, 429 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

Shapley, H. / GALAXIES, Revised Edition, New York, 1967, pb, 186 pages, - 3 -, $ 15

Whipple, F. L. / THE MYSTERY OF COMETS, Smithsonian Library of the Solar System, Washington, D. C., 1985, pb, 276 pages, - 3 -, $ 10

Whipple, F. L. / EARTH, MOON, AND PLANETS, 3rd Edition, Cambridge, 1968, pb, 297 pages, - 4 -, $ 10


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