Alexander, T. / Dowling, John / Harri, J.T. / Nolan, J.J. / Rogers, R.A.P. / Harris, J.T. / Drumm, J.J. / Egan, M. / Gatenby, J.T. / Cahill, P.J. / Charlesworth, J.K. / Armstrong, E.C.R. / Breuil, H. / Macalister, R.A.S. / Power, P. / Westropp, T.J. et al.

Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Volume XXXVI. Section A: Mathematical, Astronomical, and Physical Science / Section B: Biological, Geological, and Chemical Science / Section C: Archaeology, Lingusitics, and Literature.

Dublin, Hodges, Figgis & Co., 1921-24. 27 x 18 cm. Proceedings individually paginated. With Illustrations, Maps etc. Contemporary quarter leather over cloth covered boards. Gilt title and Volume Number on Spine. Very good condition. Dust dulled and binding slanted.

Chambers, George F.

A Handbook of Descriptive and Practical Astronomy. I. The Sun, Planets, and Comets.

Fourth Edition. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1889. 21 x 14 cm. xxxi, 667 pages. Illustrated with 36 plates and numerous drawings (253 illustrations in total) in the text. Library binding. Quarter morocco over textured boards. Gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Ex library with library plate (Belfast Library) on front pastedown. Binding rubbed and bumped. Some material losses to spine ends. Front joint started to crack. Innner hinges reinforced. Binding sound. Edges dust dulled. Internally a very clean copy.

Dick, Thomas.

Celestial Scenery. Or, the Wonders of the Planetary System Displayed. Illustrating the Perfections of the Deity and a Plurality of Worlds.

London, Ward and Co., ND. [c. 1850s]. 17 x 11 cm. xvi, 412 pages. Illustrated. Half leather over paper covered boards. Red morroco spine label with gilt title. Gilt decorations. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Ex Libris and name of previous owner on front end papers. Internally clean.

French, Francis / Burgess, Colin.

Into That Silent Sea: Trailblazers of the Space Era, 1961-1965. With a Foreword by Paul Haney.

First Edition. Lincoln / London, University of Nebraska Press, 2007. 16 x 23.5cm. (27), 397 pages. Original quarter-clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very minor signs of wear to edges but otherwise excellent condition.

Guillemin, Amedee / Lockyer, J. Norman & Proctor, Richard A. (Editors).

The Heavens. An illustrated Handbook of Popular Astronomy.

Fifth Edition. London, Richard Bentley & Son, 1872. 22 x 14 cm. xii, 432 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original blue cloth. Hard cover. Illustrated front board. Bevelled boards. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Age darkened. Ex Libris on front paste down. Name of previous owner on title page, otherwise clean.

Hamilton Moore, John.

The New Practical Navigator; Being A Complete Epitome of Navigation: To which is added, all the Tables Requisite for Determining the Latitude and Longitude at Sea…

The Seventeenth Edition. Greatly Enlarged and Improved. London, Printed for Johnson, Richardson et al, 1807. 21 x 13 cm. xvi, 328 pages plus Tables. With a Frontispiece and ten Plates. New (2021) dark blue half cloth over matching marbled boards. New end papers. Gilt title and decorations. Internally age darkened and mildly foxed in places. Edges age darkened. Some of the plates with some paper losses to front edge, but not affecting actual images.

Hitchcock, Frank L. / McClelland, J.A. / Nolan, P.J. / Plummer, H.C. / Ryan, H. / A;gar, J. / Scharff, R.F. / Carpenter, G.H. / Armstrong, E.C.R / Macalister, R.A.S. / Westropp, M.S.D. / Power, Rev. Patrick et al.

Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Volume XXXIV. Section A: Mathematical, Astronomical, and Physical Science / Section B: Biological, Geological, and Chemical Science / Section C: Archaeology, Lingusitics, and Literature.

Dublin, Hodges, Figgis & Co. 1917-19. 27 x 18 cm. Proceedings individually paginated. With Illustrations, Maps etc. Contemporary quarter leather over cloth covered boards. Gilt title and Volume Number on Spine. Very good condition. Dust dulled and slanted.

Life Magazine. Barnstorming the Moon (June 6, 1969) & On the Moon (August 8, 1969).

Two Magazines. 1969. Very good condition.

[Macfarquhar, Colin & Gleig, George – Chief Editors]

Encyclopaedia Britannica. Three Plates Volumes with 460 Plates. Volumes 1, 3 & 4 (including the Plates issued as a Supplement in 1801-03.

Third Edition & Supplement to 3rd Edition. Three volumes of four. [Edinburgh], [Privately published by Andrew Bell, Archibald Constable & Colin Macfarquhar], [1788 – 1803]. c. 26 x 20 cm. Vol.1: Plates 1 – 161 / Vol. 3: Plates 292 – 446 / Vol. 4: Plates 447 – 542 and 1 – 50. See comments below for noted ‘anomalies’. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Red spine labels with gilt title. Gilt decorations and volume numbers in gilt. Very good condition. Bindings rubbed and bumped with wear to spine and ends and corners (see images). Edges age darkened. Joints cracked, but bindings remain sound. Spine leather dried and cracked. Internally dust dulled, but generally clean. A few closed tears and some edge wear to some plates. Overall a very nice collection of more than 450 plates. See images.

Moore, Patrick.

The Astronomy of Birr Castle. With a Foreword of the Earl of Rosse.

First Edition. London, Mitchell Beazley, 1971. Octavo. xii, 81 pages. Original cloth hard cover inside original dust jacket. Very good condition. A bright and clean copy.