Ionides Stephen A (9 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Blue cloth boards are scuffed, rubbed on edges, partial drink ring on front. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Size: 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Cloth. Condition: Good +. No Jacket. First Edition. (1939), 460pp, illus., stain to spine and part of back cover, no dj.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Very good in very good dust jacket. Former owner's inscription on endpaper. Corners rubbed and bent. Edges of spine slightly rubbed. Dustwrapper shelf rubbed. Edges of dust jacket torn.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Blue cloth showing some scuffing, no jacket. Contents clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. None. First Edition. Out of print. One of the best and most popular history/discourses of astronomy, ideal for beginners and as useful today as in 1939.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Dust jacket missing. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. CLEAN CONTENT PAGES. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to the front and spine. This copy is VG. SIGNED by Stephen A. Ionides and INSCRIBED by Margaret L. Ionides ( Cochran), " Father Noster , with my love." , on the FEP.Exterior spine is moderately faded, a couple of tiny dings on bottom edges, and 3 small (1/2") white scratches to front. Edges , tips and spine ends are sharp. Top page edges dyed faded blue. Inside has yellow/gold EPS, photographic frontispiece of the authors , and is illustrated with drawings/other photographs. Stated First Edition. Text is modestly toned, but unmarked, crisp, and tight. Unusual with BOTH author's signatures, including an inscription by Margaret. Inscribed by Author(s).…

reprint chipped dust jacket Very Good octavo 324pp., b/w pls. & ills., frontis., biblog., index.

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. First Edition. 8vo , 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches (234 x 160 mm); 460 pp. With in-text illustrations, black-and-white photographs, and schematic drawings. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles and blind-stamped decoration to front cover and spine. Binding sound and well-preserved, pages clean and unmarked. Two superimposed copies of the original illustrated dust jacket, both present; very slight wear overall, with a small tear to the inner jacket. An unusually well-protected example. Armorial bookplate of Margaret Ellen Morris pasted inside front cover. PRESENTATION COPY signed by both authors. First edition of this substantial and richly illustrated exploration of astronomy and its historical development, blending scientific explanation with biographical and cultural context. The authors present a sweeping account of humanity's engagement with the stars, from early cosmological thought to modern astrophysical understanding, aimed at an informed general readership during a period of expanding public interest in science. An especially desirable association copy of this ambitious popular astronomy work, enhanced by its dual dust jackets and authorial inscriptions-an uncommon survival in such condition.…