Worlds in Collision by Immanuel Velikovsky, First Edition (39 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Pages are in ideal shape, free of damage. Dust jacket clean and whole; signs of use and fading chiefly at edges. Strong spine with shelf wear.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Quill Edition stated and the printing numerals are a full line beginning with 1. AS NEW. No wear to the covers. No spine creasing from opening. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. No name of previous owner. No odor. No water damage. No soiling. No sun fading.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover and dust jacket. Dust jacket in protective mylar cover. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Toning to jacket. Foxing to edges. 346 p., 24 cm. "Immanuel Velikovsky was the Russian born writer whose theories about colliding planets entertained and outraged the scientific world while mesmerizing millions of science buffs. Trained as a physician and psychiatrist in Moscow during the early 1900's, Dr. Velikovsky studied Freud's analysis of the subconscious mind of Moses. That work, coupled with his own vast knowledge of mythology and Biblical lore, led him to embark on an unorthodox lifelong course of study summarized in his now famous 'Worlds in Collision,' published in 1950. Dr. Velikovsky's fanciful theories centered on his belief that a fragment of the planet Jupiter, later identified as Venus, careered through the heavens around 1500 B.C., and lightly brushed against the planet Earth, causing a series of catastrophic consequences earthlings have since tried to forget, hence the origin of a Velikovsky notion he called 'collective amnesia.' Among the effects of the collision, according to the writer, were these: interruption of the Earth's rotation, causing the oceans to spill; the leveling of mountains in some places and their sudden establishment in other locations. According to Dr. Velikovsky, before Venus proceeded on its troubled course, disturbing the heavenly peace for at least another 52 years, it sprinkled a trail of hydrocarbons in its wake. Turning aside the body of conventional scientific knowledge in many disciplines whose domains his ideas touched, Dr. Velikovsky, for instance, rebutted the argument of geologists who pointed to fossil tree rings as proof of an uninterrupted diurnal cycle in the world's history for the last 360 million years. Dr. Velikovsky's controversial theory and his popularity with much of the lay public led some of his critics to threaten his publishers with boycotts and caused others to dismiss him affectionately as the 'Grand old man of the fringe. With near religious zeal, his supporters point proudly to his acceptance by others such as his close friend, Dr. Albert Einstein, with whom he exchanged a lively correspondence and personal visits. An annotated copy of 'Worlds in Collison' was found at Dr. Einstein's bedside after his death, the Velikovsky supporters say proudly.".

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. text clean and unmarked. binding tight. boards have light wear and some small, very light stains. edges of pages have light foxing and light wear. dust jacket has very light wear.

Softcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Softcover Laurel Edition 6th printing published by Dell, December 1969. Black covers with graphics. Good+ condition. The covers show some shelf wear. The spine has a vertical crease down the center. Organization stamp on the top edge of the text block and marked out on the first page. Lower corners through page 8 are creased. The interior pages are clean and unmarked. The book will be carefully packaged for shipment for protection from the elements. USPS electronic tracking number issued free of charge.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Review copy with slip laid in. Near fine jacket.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Printing. Mild reading wear to corners, otherwise tight copy. 346pp. Book.

Condition: Fair. First edition copy. . Former Library book. Former Library book with usual markings or With usual library markings. Spine damage. (Planet, Stars, Folklore).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. used hardcover with jacket in good condition, jacket is in fair condition. STATED FIRST EDITION Jacket is missing a significant portion of its total; part of title is torn away and missing with missing piece extending onto top quarter of spine. in addition to large missing piece, jacket is worn heavily and has many chips and tears around edges from shelfwear and age. Jacket is not price clipped and original $4.50 price is intact, but bottom corner of the inside front flap of jacket has been clipped for no apparent reason. Volume is in good condition with some fraying of cloth boards and edges and corners. Page block remains mostly clean with small grey spot to bottom of block. Binding is clean, straight, and tight. There are no markings to text.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Black cloth covers with gold lettering with red background on covers and spine ends which is bright. Covers exhibit very light bumping on spine ends. Moderate soiling and shelf wear to covers and spine. Light soiling and yellowing to front and bottom page ends. Light foxing and yellowing to inside front and back covers. Text is slightly yellowed. Otherwise clean and unmarked. Hinges are tight. DJ is in a protective mylar cover with large tears, chips and creases to all edges, corners and spine ends. Tears and creasing on front hinges. Heavy soiling and shelf wear to covers and spine. Author "Contends that more than once the planets of our solar system ran amok and caused enormous cataclysms; the earth became a primeval chaos, land masses were destroyed and large portions of the human race perished." All of our books are individually inspected and never ex-lib unless explicitly described as such.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Thus.

Condition: Good+. 1st thus. 1967 STATED FIRST LAUREL EDITION!DELL 9702Worlds in Collision is a book by Russian-American independent scholar Immanuel Velikovsky published in 1950. The book postulates that around the 15th century BC, the planet Venus was ejected from Jupiter as a comet or comet-like object and passed near Earth (an actual collision is not mentioned). The object allegedly changed Earth's orbit and axis, causing innumerable catastrophes that are mentioned in early mythologies and religions from around the world. The book has been heavily criticized as a work of pseudoscience and catastrophism, and many of its claims are completely rejected by the established scientific community as they are not supported by any available evidence. Tight and bright. paper pull lower left on the cover 1.5".

Fifth Printing of the First Abacus Edition. 13 x 19,5 cm. 384 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Abacus] Includes for example the following chapters: In an Immense Universe. The Celestial Harmony. The Origin of the Planetary System. The Origin of Comets; The Planet Earth. Ice Ages. The Mammoths. The Ice Age and the Antiquity of Man. The World Ages. The Sun Ages. etc. Sprache: english.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Pages lightly toned, jacket lightly soiled with minor loss from corners, bottom corner of front jacket flap clipped ($4.50 price still present on top corner). 1950 Hard Cover. xiii, 401 pp. Blue cloth, gilt titles. A seminal work on the role of cataclysm in the Earth's development. With this book Immanuel Velikovsky first presented the revolutionary results of his 10-year-long interdisciplinary research to the public, founded modern catastrophism - based on eyewitness reports by our ancestors - shook the doctrine of uniformity of geology as well as Darwin's theory of evolution, put our view of the history of our solar system, of the Earth and of humanity on a completely new basis - and caused an uproar that is still going on today. Worlds in Collision - written in a brilliant, easily understandable and entertaining style and full to the brim with precise information - can be considered one of the most important and most challenging books in the history of science. Not without reason was this book found open on Einstein's desk after his death. For all those who have ever wondered about the evolution of the earth, the history of mankind, traditions, religions, mythology or just the world as it is today, Worlds in Collision is an absolute must-read.

Condition: Very Good. First edition copy. . Acceptable dust jacket. 1st printing. Dust jacket price clipped. (catastrophism, pseudoscience, speculative history).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. pp384. Owner's mark. Usual age wear only.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. FIRST EDITION. No dust jacket, spine sunned, light wear. Nice condition overall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good Minus. No Jacket. First Edition. Spine lean, slight discoloration to blue cloth, cloth seam starting to fray along spine. Stated First Printing. 401pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Hardcover; 8vo; 401 pages. Blue cloth with gilt on spine and upper board. Gently rubbed edges and corners. Prev. owner's name on fep. Bright and clean interior, yellowing slightly. Lightly sunned spine. VG/--. Book.

Condition: Gut. First Edition. With dust jacket. Good condition. - Wir versenden aus unserem deutschen Lager heraus in plastikfreien oder wiederverwendeten Polstertaschen. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 700.

Condition: good. First Edition. Minimal wear to cover. lightly soiled, worn and torn on.

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Muy bien. FIRST EDITION. Lang: Inglés 0 0 pages. Publicado Por Doubleday & Company, En New York, 1950. Sexta Impresion. Planchas Duras, Plena Tela Editorial. 401 Pp, En 8º Mayor. Muy Buen Estado. 650G.

First Edition, early impression, January 1951. 8vo, publisher's original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, in the dustjacket. 384 pp. A fine copy, the dustjacket slightly mellowed on the spine panel. FIRST EDITION, JANUARY 1951 ISSUE. The author writes: "WORLDS IN COLLISION is a book of wars in the celestial sphere that took place in historical times. In these wars the planet earth participated too. This book describes two acts of a great drama: one that occurred thirty-four to thirty-five centuries ago in the middle of the second millennium before the present era; the other in the eighth and the beginning of the seventh century before the present era, twenty six centuries ago. Harmony or stability in the celestial and terrestrial spheres is the point of departure of the present-day concept of the the world as expressed in the celestial mechanics of Newton and the theory of evolution of Darwin.This book is written for the instructed and the uninstructed alike. No formula and no hieroglyphic will stand in the way of those who set out to read it." WORLDS IN COLLISION, one of Velikovsky's best has stood well the test of time and remains widely read discussed even to this day.

hardcover. Condition: near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near very good. first printing, as stated. Octavo, blue cloth covers, xiii [1] 401 pages. Book has small bump on bottom edge of rear cover, else fine. Dust jacket has a closed tear at head of spine with some abrasion at fold. Rear panel has a half-moon chip (nickel-sozed) on bottom edge and some light soil and foxing on rear and rear flap, Unclipped, with printed price of $4.50 on front flap. The author "contends that more than once within historic times they (the planets) ran amok and caused enormous cataclysms; the earth became a primeval chaos lashed by tornadoes of cinders; the skies darkened; land masses were destroyed; and large portions of the human race perished." 020922A.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Very good with some light corner bumps and mild edge discoloration to blue cloth. Endsheets are age-toned. No markings or bookplate. In good or better dust jacket with NO chips (though there is some minute paper loss along edges in a couple spots.) Only a few tiny edge snags, not price-clipped. Crease to front flap. Spotting due to foxing on rear panel primarily and visible along white band on spine and front panel. 401 pages, not illustrated.

VELIKOVSKY, Immanuel. Worlds in Collision. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1950. 1st ed. xiii,401pp. Orig. cloth, non-priceclipped d/j. A few tiny closed tears to d/j, else a very good copy. Once-famous pseudo-scientific book explaining astronomical folklore.