1. De Ropp, Robert S.

The New Prometheans. Creative and Destructive Forces in Modern Science.

London, Jonathan Cape, 1972. 8°. XIII, 288 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

2. Bok, Bart J / Bok, Priscilla, F.

The Milky Way. The Harvard Books on Astronomy.

Second Edition. Philadelphia / Tokyo, The Blakiston Company, 1946. 15 cm x 21.9 cm. VI, 224 pages. Frontispiece. Ninety-three illustrations and two large-scale photographic maps of the Milky Way. Rear pastedown contains two booklets, entitled ‘The Northern Milky Way’ and ‘The Southern Milky Way’, both from “The Milky Way” by Bart J. Bok and Priscilla F.Bok (1941). Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only foxing and discolouration to front and rear pastedowns and endpapers. Very light stain to upper internal pages. Minor signs of wear to dustjacket. Minor dampstain to rear centre of bookblock. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

3. Schonland, B.F.J.

The Flight of Thunderbolts.

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1950. 22cm x 14.5cm. (8) 152 pages. Original Hardcover in original illustrated price-clipped dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Pastedown signed by preowner.

4. Siegel, Carl Ludwig.

Gesammelte Abhandlungen. Band I. Herausgegeben von K. Chandrasekharan und H. Maaß.

Berlin/Heidelberg/New York, Springer-Verlag, 1966. Gr.-8°. 548 Seiten. Hardcover / Originaler Leinenband ohne Schutzumschlag. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen äusserlichen Gebrauchsspuren. Namensstempel des Vorbesitzers auf dem Vorsatzblatt. KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Mängelexemplar.

5. Sikes, [Bartholomew].

Sikes’ Tables of the Concentrated Strength of Spirits, with directions for the use of the Hydrometer. Established Throughout the United Kingdom for Estimating the Duties on Spirituous Liquors. To which is added, Tables of Specific Gravity adapted for the use of the Hydrometer.

Revised. No place, No publisher, No year (c.1865). 14 cm x 21.8 cm. VIII, 102 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original cloth] with gilt lettering on front board with blind tooling. Good- condition. Soiled boards. Stained. Foxing to textblock edge and throughout interior.

6. Sagan, Carl.

Murmurs of Earth. The Voyager Interstellar Record. Carl Sagan … [et al.].

First edition. New York, Random House, 1978. 25 cm. 273 pages.16 pages of of plate. 118 illustrations in colour and black and white with facsimiles, maps, and portraits. Original hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in Protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

7. [Holton, Gerald] Smyth, H.D.

A General Account of The Development of Methods of Using Atomic Energy For Military Purposes Under The Auspices of the United States Government 1940 – 1945.

Washington D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office, 1945. 14 cm x 23 cm. II, 182 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of american physicist Gerald Holton, with his name in pencil on front cover as well as “Smyth Report” on spine. Some further annotations in pencil inside the book on pages I, 115 and 127.

8. [Russell, Bertrand / Einstein, Albert / Oppenheimer, Robert / and other] Boyko, Hugo.

Science and the Future of Mankind [Including Essays by: Bertrand Russell – “Per Aspera ad Astra” / Albert Einstein – “Die Internationale Wissenschaft” / Robert Oppenheimer – “Thoughts on Art and Science: 1.Science and our Times – 2. Prospects in the Art and Sciences”].

First Edition. Den Haag, Uitgeverij Dr. W. Junk, 1961. Size. VIII, 380 (4) pages. Original Hardcover. Gilt lettering spine and frontboard. Former library copy with all usual signs and stamps. (Withdrawn from Simmons College Library). Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

9. Lyle, Oliver.

The Efficient Use of Steam – Written for the Fuel Efficiency Committee of the Ministry of Fuel and Power.

London, His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1947. Large Octavo (16 cm x 24 cm). 912 pages. Original Hardcover in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

10. Jeffreys, Sir Harold / [Norman Robert Campbell].

Original Offprint – Review by British Mathematician and Astronomer, Sir Harold Jeffreys, on two books on Relativity and Physics by Norman Robert Campbell: “Physics, the Elements” and “Modern Electrical Theory – Chapter XVI: “Relativity”.

Philosophical Magazine, 1923, Octavo. 4 pages. Original Offprint. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear. From the library of Percy Bridgman student, Gerald Holton.