Moore Patrick 1923 2012 (19 results)

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 189 pages; Physical description: 189p. : illus. (some col. ), charts ; 26cm. Summary: The 21 stars of the first magnitude each have their ow…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 189 pages; Physical description: 189p. : illus. (some col. ), charts ; 26cm. Summary: The 21 stars of the first magnitude each have their ow…

No Binding. Condition: Near Fine-. Condition: Very Good + to New Fine. Postal First Day Cover, honoring Mt. Palomar, postmarked Aug. 30, 1948- SIGNED by Sir Patrick Moore: "All best wishes- Patrick Moore". Moore was an English amateur astronomer who attained prominence in that field as a writer, researcher, radio commentator and…

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original colour illustrated paper over boards. Quarto 10'' x 7½''. Contains 63 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout. Rubs to the spine ends and corners, age tanning to the end papers and in near Very Good condition, no…

Condition: Near Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine, illustrated end papers. 8vo 9½" x 6¼" 162 pp ISBN 0710209487. Monochrome photographic illustrations on glossy silk art paper. Fine condition book in very near Fine condition dust wrapper with tiny rubs to to…

Condition: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy paper covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains 228 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper…

Condition: Near Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black paper covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. Quarto 10'' x 7¼''. Contains 121 printed pages of text monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout, astronomical charts to the end papers, British Astronomical Association Circul…

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back publisher's original dark grey cloth covers, gilt stamping to spine and upper panel. 4to 10¼" x 7¼" 240 pages. Twenty-four colour plates. Small erased mark to front end paper. Near Fine in Very Good condition dust wrapper with short closed tear and shallow rub to spine tip, small rub…

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine. 8vo 9" x 6" 200 pages. ISBN 0715360558. Monochrome photographic illustrations on glossy silk art paper. Former message to the front free end paper. Very Good condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, no…

Condition: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black paper covers, white title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 228 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wra…

Condition: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black paper covers, white title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 228 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wra…

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. Plain postcard. Lightly aged. Addressed to John [Graham, obscured by postmark], The Willows, Church Road, Lowfield Heath, Crawley, Sussex. Reads: 'Many thanks. I am terribly sorry to say that I am a broken reed at the moment, because there are various conference dates I haven't got. I'll write wh…

First Edition. [Science Fiction Adventure] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.160. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Stamped Feb 1956 in faint black ink to fly-leaf, otherwise a crisp, clean copy showing only a little light wear to the cloth. No jacket. Very good. The second Maurice Grey adve…

First Edition. [Science Fiction Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine. Light toning and spotting to edges and endpapers. Boards show light wear and some bowing. Very good. Following 'The Master of the Moon' (1952), this is the second Jock and Noel adventure, in…

Condition: Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 158 printed pages of text. Foxing to the closed text block edges. Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with v-shaped piece of paper missing to the bott…

dj. First Edition. [Science fiction adventure] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.192. Publisher's black cloth, silver titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket. Mostly internally clean, a few small marks/stains throughout. Two small black ink inscriptions, one to front pastedown, one to half-title. Ja…

Reprint, first published 1971. With a foreword by the Sixth Earl of Rosse. 8vo. 81pp. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Fine in pictorial card covers."The Story of Astronomy at Birr Castle in Ireland is among the most extraordinary events in nineteenth-century science. Here, in the 1840's, a distinguished telescope-m…

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue covers, black title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 192 printed pages of text with colour frontispiece. Foxing to the closed page edges. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with light rubbing…