Fairfield Macpike Eugene (19 results)

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1100grams, ISBN:

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. Octavo. 300pp (3). 11 illustrations, one of which is a fold-out facsimile. Bound in green cloth, gilt lettering. Previous owner's bookplate on front fixed endpaper. One corner bumped. Reprint of the 1932 Oxford edition. Also includes an unpublished memoir of his life by one of his contemporaries and the Eloge by D'Ortous de Mairan. Part of the series History, Philosophy and Sociology of Sicence: Classics Staples and Precursors.

Condition: New.

Original-Leinenband. XIV, 300 Seiten mit einem Porträtfrontispiz, einigen s/w Abbildungen und einem ausfaltbaren Brieffaksimile. Die Ecken und die Kapitale sind etwas bestoßen und der Einband lichtrandig, sonst handelt es sich um ein gutes Exemplar mit nur leichten Gebrauchsspuren. Textsauber und aus einem Nichtraucherhaushalt. Mit Namenseintrag auf der Titelseite. // Original hardcover. The corners and capitals are slightly bumped and the cover has light edges, otherwise it is a clean book in good condition. Book from a non smoking environment. With name entry on the title page. Sprache: Englisch.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Studies of the lives & works of these three astronomers, and their interactions. Hardcover, full blue cloth, gilt titling. Shows some wear, cloth bubbled in a few small areas, spine faded, gilt dull, spine ends bumped; paper tanned. Text clean; ix, blank, 140 pages; index, appendixes, 5 illustrations as called for. Size: Octavo.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

rilegato. Condition: Good. In 8', leg. ed., pp. XIV, 300 con tavv. rip. f.t.; lievi fioriture e segni del tempo alla cop., tagli bruniti, numerose annotazioni a margine del testo, e  al risguardo post.scritte e sott. a matita n.t. ***Books dated over 70 years old are not exportable, please do not order.***. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo (25 cm), frontispiece portrait, XVI, 390 pp., 10 plates. Publisher's blue-grey cloth, gilt spine lettering (binding somewhat rubbed at extremities; free endpapers browned; ownership inscription on front free endpaper). History of Science Society Publications, New Series II. First edition. A fundamental primary source collection for the study of Edmond Halley and Newtonian-era astronomy. Edited by Eugene Fairfield MacPike, the volume brings together key biographical and documentary materials relating to Halley's life and scientific activity, including an early unpublished memoir by a contemporary (attributed to Martin Folkes), and the Éloge de Halley by D'Ortous de Mairan. It also provides extensive bibliographical and archival apparatus, including chronological lists of Halley's correspondence (both printed and unprinted), selected letters and papers, and a substantial appendix (Halleiana I-XXI) covering topics such as Halley's ancestry, India Office records, extracts from Hooke's diary, correspondence of Newton and Hevelius, Halley's Latin verse, his will, voyages, diplomatic missions to Vienna, and a comprehensive bibliography of his published works.

First edition. Blue cloth. Spine slightly sunned. Former owners name else an unmarked clean and tight hardcover book in very good condition.

8vo. ix, 140 pp. Frontispiece, 4 full-page plates, index. Blue gilt-stamped cloth; faded, rubbed. Very good. Scarce. MacPike was editor of the correspondence of Halley.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition. Frontispiece (= Plate I), ix, 140 pp; 4 plates. Original cloth. Very Good. Copy of George Basalla, with his signature.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition. Frontispiece, ix, 140 pp; 4 plates. Original (later?) cloth. Near Fine. Copy of Stillman Drake, with his bookplate.

FIRST EDITION, VERY GOOD IN ORIGINAL BLUE CLOTH, 5 PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover with partial dustjacket, a superb collector's copy, the blue cloth binding is tight and square, clean as new and the contents are fine, the only remarkable flaws are two minor bumps: one at the top front corner that has caused a tiny crease only and one at bottom spine that has also caused a crease only, the jacket consists of the rear flap, rear panel, and a small portion of the spine only, Halley's correspondence is "Preceded by an unpublished memoir of his life by one of his contemporaries and the 'Eloge' by D'ortous De Mairan," 299 pages, includes a frontis portrait of Halley with the original tissue-guard and ten other illustrations, including two folding facsimile letters, also an extensive Appendix of Halleiana.

8vo. ix, 140 pp. Frontispiece, 4 full-page plates, index. Free endpapers toned. Blue cloth; spine faded, front right edge slightly dented. Bookplate. Very good.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. . . . . 2nd ptg. 8vo, hardcover. No dj, blue cloth. Near fine condition. Covers and contents clean, unworn, no marking or writing. Binding square and tight. 300 pp. illus. 18th, Astromomy, Century, History, Planetary, Royal, Science, Society,

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition. Frontispiece, xiv, 300 pp; 10 illus. (1 folding). Original cloth, large 8vo. Top of spine worn. Ghost of spine label. Spine lettering rubbed. Shadow of label on rear cover. Else Very Good. History of Science Society Publications, New Series II. 'For a complete list of Halley's publications, see E. F. MacPike, Correspondence and Papers of Edmond Halley (Oxford, 1932), pp. 272-278 (but note that the second item under the year 1700 should be dated 1710)' (Colin A. Ronan in D.S.B. VI: 72).

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1934 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 124 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 124 MacPike, Eugene Fairfield.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.