Arthur Beer Editor (17 results)

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paperback. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good EX-LIBRARY copy. No jacket. First Edition. New York / Oxford / London/ Paris:: Pergamon Press, 1961. A square, tight copy. 7.5" wide by 10" tall. Stamped "WITHDRAWN" on the endpapers. Inner hinges are perfect. Pages are clean and unmarked. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with photos and line drawings. Bound in the original navy blue cloth. The seven papers included are: AN 8TH-CENTURY MERIDIAN LINE: I-HSING'S CHAIN OF GNOMONS AND THE PRE-HISTORY OF THE MERIC SYSTEM by A. Beer; Ho Ping-Yü, et al; ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES by Sir Harris S.W. Massey; DYNAMICAL EFFECTS IN THE MOTION OF EARTH SPUTNIKS by L. I. Sedov; PHOTOGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL EARTH SATELLITES by A.G. Massevitch & A.M. Lozinsky; ARCHAEOMAGNETISM by J.C. Belshé; THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SOLAR CENTRE OF ACTIVITY by C. De Jager; ON THE DISPERSION IN THE PERIOD-LUMINOSITY RELATION by C. Payne-Gaposchkin. Index. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good EX-LIBRARY copy./No jacket. vii, 194pp.…

Hardcover. Condition: UsedGood. Hardcover; surplus library copy with the usual stampings and reference numb er affixed to the spine; fading, scuffing, and shelf wear to exterior; bump s to the lower corners; in good condition with clean text and tight binding. ASIN: B0058SZBLM.

Hardcover. Condition: UsedGood. Hardcover; Volume 1 only; includes Co-operation and Organization, History a nd Philosophy, Dynamics, Theoretical Astrophysics, Instruments, Radio Astro nomy, and Solar Physics; surplus library copy with the usual stampings; ref erence number removed from spine; fading and shelf wear to exterior; bindin g reinforced; otherwise in good condition with clean text.…

Hardcover. Condition: UsedGood. Hardcover; Volume 2 only; includes Solar-Terrestrial Relations, Geophysics, Planetary System, Stellar Astronomy, Photometry, Spectroscopy, Spectal Pe culiarities and Novae, Galaxies, Cosmogony and Cosmology; surplus library c opy with the usual stampings; reference number removed from spine; fading a nd edge wear to exterior; otherwise in good condition with clean text, firm binding.…

Hardcover. Condition: UsedGood. Hardcover, Volume 4 only, includes Astronomical History, Celestial Mechanic s, Geophysics, Artificial Satellites, Solar Research, and Astrophysics. Sur plus library copy with the usual stampings; reference number taped to spine and information marked out with Wite-Out; fading and shelf wear to exterio r; otherwise in good condition with clean text, firm binding.…

Hardcover. Condition: UsedGood. ASIN: B000Q1YIJ2; Hardcover, Volume 5 only, includes Astronomical History, Celestial Mechanics, Geophysics, Theoretical Astronomy, Stellar Dynamics, a nd Astrophysics. Surplus library copy with the usual stampings; reference n umber taped to spine and information marked out with Wite-Out; fading and s helf wear to exterior; otherwise in good condition with clean text, firm bi nding.…

Hardcover. Condition: UsedGood. ASIN: B000GPU1C6; Hardcover, Volume 3 only, includes Part 1: Dynamics, Inst ruments, Geophysics, Solar System, and Part 2: Stellar Astronomy, Photometr y, Spectroscopy, Stellar Evolution, Galaxies, Cosmology. Surplus library co py with the usual stampings; reference number taped to spine and informatio n marked out with Wite-Out; fading and shelf wear to exterior; otherwise in good condition with clean text, firm binding.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good EX-LIBRARY copy. No jacket. First Edition. New York / London/ Oxford / Paris:: Pergamon Press, 1960. A square, tight copy. 7.5" wide by 10" tall. Stamped "WITHDRAWN" on the endpapers. Pages are clean and unmarked. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with photos and line drawings. Tables. Two folding plates. Bound in the original navy blue cloth. Part I - Dynamics, Geophysics, Instruments, Solar System, Part II - Stellar Astronomy, Stellar Evolution, Photometry, Galaxies, Spectroscopy, Cosmology. Among the 21 papers included are: THE DYNAMICS OF STARS IN NEIGHBOURHOOD OF THE SUN by R. Woolley; REDISCOVERY OF NEPTUNE by R.A. Lyttleton; DETERMINATION OF EINSTEIN'S LIGHT-DEFLECTION IN THE GRAVITATIONAL FIELD OF THE SUN by H. von Klüber; THE CLOCK PARADOX by W. Cochran; ON THE DESIGN OF LARGE TELESCOPES by G.M. Sisson; THE ELECTRONIC COMPUTER AS AN ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENT by Marshall A. Wrubel; TECHNIQUES IN AURORAL INVESTIGATION by A.H. Jarrett; THE TWO BRIGHT COMETS OF 1957 [AREND-ROLAND; MRKOS] by J.G. Porter, et al; THE FIRST 70,000 by John B. Irwin; MULTIPLE COLOUR PHOTOMETRY by Gerald E. Kron; EXCITATION OF EMISSION LINES IN THE SPECTRA OF EARLY-TYPE STARS by B.E.J. Pagel; THE VISUAL MILKY WAY by Sergei Gaposchkin (illustrated with a fold-out drawing, "The first visual representation of the whole Milky Way"). . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good EX-LIBRARY copy./No jacket. vii, 345pp. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good EX-LIBRARY copy. No jacket. First Edition. New York / Oxford / London/ Paris:: Pergamon Press, 1962. A square, tight copy. 7.5" wide by 10" tall. Stamped "WITHDRAWN" on the endpapers. Inner hinges are perfect. Light rubbing to cover. Tear to corner of one page (in the margin only; text is NOT affected). Pages are clean and unmarked. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with star maps, diagrams, and line drawings. Bound in the original navy blue cloth. The seven papers included are: THE VALUES OF THE NUTATIONS AND OF THE PERIOD OF THE VARIATION OF LATITUDE by R.O. Vicente; DISTRIBUTION OF STARS AND INTERSTELLAR ABSORPTION by G. Alter; GALACTIC ORBITS OF STARS by L. Perek; THE MAGNETIC FIELDS IN PLANETARY NEBULAE by G.A. Gurzadian; THE PROFILES OF WEAK FRAUNHOFER LINES by G.I. Thompson; ON THE EVOLUTION OF CLOSE BINARY STARS by F.B. Wood; ANCIENT AND MEDIAEVAL OBSERVATIONS OF COMETS AND NOVAE IN CHINESE SOURCES by Ho Peng Yoke. Index. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good EX-LIBRARY copy./No jacket. vii, 230pp.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No DJ. No marks in very lightly read book. Foxing top edge pages. Some water staining of covers.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 284 pages. 10.00x7.25x0.64 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 312 pages. 10.00x7.25x0.71 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 792 pages. 10.00x7.50x1.79 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Edition. 10 x 7.5 inches. xvi, 317 pp. Navy cloth lettered in silver at spine at light blue spine panel. Rubbing and wear along bottom board edges. Jacket chipped at crown of spine, lightly soiled. Very Good in Good dust jacket. In mylar sleeve.…

Condition: Original blue cloth. Fine. First edition. First edition. Illustrated. xvi, 776; 777-1770 pp. 2 vols. Thick 4to. Edited by Beers, the 2 volumes were published on the occasion of the retirement of F.J.M. Stratton from the chair of Astrophysics in the University of Cambridge. Each volume is inscribed to Dannie Heineman from Arthur Beer. Illustrated. xvi, 776; 777-1770 pp. 2 vols. Thick 4to. Signed.…