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    • Occultations Visible in the United States during the year 1851. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, Volume 2, Appendix 4.
    • Downes, John.
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    • ISBN: NA   Price: $34.55
    • Publisher: Washington:    Date Published: 1850
    • Description: first edition, geodesist and astronomer George Davidson's copy, signed by him on half title; large quarto, 26 pp.; lacks paper wrappers, last page and half title age toned (but signature bold and dark), a few pen notations in text, overall good; published “at the expense of the fund appropriated by Congress for the establishment of a Nautical Almanac and published by the Smithsonian Institution.”. Volumes Included: 1
    • Subject: Geography Astronomy Smithsonian   Show items similar to this.
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    • Item Number: 383101
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    • Occultations Visible in the United States during the year 1852. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, Volume 3, Appendix 2.
    • Downes, John.
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    • ISBN: NA   Price: $34.16
    • Publisher: Washington:    Date Published: 1851
    • Description: first edition, small folio, 34 pp.; paper wrappers darkened and chipped, overall good+; published “at the expense of the fund appropriated by Congress for the establishment of a Nautical Almanac and published by the Smithsonian Institution.”. Volumes Included: 1
    • Subject: Geography Astronomy Smithsonian   Show items similar to this.
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    • Item Number: 383102
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    • Occultations Visible in the United States during the year 1853. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, Volume 6, Appendix.
    • Downes, John.
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    • ISBN: NA   Price: $34.47
    • Publisher: Washington:    Date Published: 1853
    • Description: first edition; small folio, 35 pp.; paper wrappers dark and tattered at margins, light age speckling to interior but mostly unopened; published “at the expense of the fund appropriated by Congress for the establishment of a Nautical Almanac and published by the Smithsonian Institution.” . Volumes Included: 1
    • Subject: Geography Astronomy Smithsonian   Show items similar to this.
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    • Item Number: 383103
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    • An Ephemeris of the Planet Neptune for the date of the Lalande Observations of May 8th and 10th 1795, and for the oppositions of 1846, 1847, 1848 ... Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, Volume 2, Appendix 1.
    • Walker, Sears C.
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    • ISBN: NA   Price: $32.47
    • Publisher: Washington: J. & G. S. Gideon, printers,    Date Published: 1849
    • Description: large quarto, 32 pp., unprinted paper wrappers soiled and stained, large red damp stains in margins, sound and entirely readable but working copy only. Volumes Included: 1
    • Subject: Geography Astronomy Smithsonian   Show items similar to this.
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    • Item Number: 383128
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    • An Ephemeris of the Planet Neptune for the Year 1851. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, Volume 2, Appendix 3.
    • Walker, Sears C.
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    • ISBN: NA   Price: $30.92
    • Publisher: Washington: Gideon & Co., Printers,    Date Published: 1850
    • Description: first edition; large quarto, 9 pp.; soft horizontal fold marks, paper wrappers soiled but with large signature of geodesist and astronomer George Davidson on front cover, good+. Volumes Included: 1
    • Subject: Geography Astronomy Smithsonian   Show items similar to this.
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    • Item Number: 383129
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    • Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections
    • Smithsonian Institution.
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    • ISBN: NA   Price: $29.78
    • Publisher: Washington    Date Published: 1860
    • Description: volumes 1-2, thick octavo, original paper wrappers lost, else textually still good despite weak spines; untrimmed as issued & partly unopened . Volumes Included: 2
    • Subject: Chemistry Geology Astronomy Meteorology Entomology Botany History of Science Technology   Show items similar to this.
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    • Item Number: 539719
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    • Air Transportation. volumes 1 to 51 (1942-1967)
    • John F. Budd, ed.
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    • ISBN: NA   Price: $1,123.10
    • Publisher: NY: Import Publications, Inc.    Date Published: 1942
    • Description: volumes 1-51, an uninterrupted run, bound, mostly quarto, well illustrated throughout, most covers preserved, ex library, price is for the lot:. Volumes Included: 51
    • Subject: travel transportation business history world war two engineering geography meteorology PER   Show items similar to this.
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    • Item Number: 445466
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    • Journal of the British Interplanetary Society. Volumes 1 to 28 (1934-1975)
    • British Interplanetary Society.
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    • ISBN: NA   Price: $2,833.06
    • Publisher: London:    Date Published: 1934
    • Description: volumes 1-28 (1934-1975), an uninterrupted run of complete volumes, FIRST EDITIONS, mostly bound, well illustrated throughout,. Volumes Included: 28
    • Subject: Travel Technology History of Science Astronomy PER   Show items similar to this.
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    • Item Number: 445526
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    • Asteroid Supplement to New Tables for determining the Values of b subscript s superscript (i) and Its Derivatives. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, Volume 9, Appendix 2
    • Runkle, John D.
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    • ISBN: NA   Price: $32.79
    • Publisher: Washington:    Date Published: 1857
    • Description: small folio, 71 pp., geodesist and astronomer George Davidson’s copy, signed by him on title; lacks paper wrappers and thread tie broken, light general age toning but last blank dark, good. Volumes Included: 1
    • Subject: Geophysics Astronomy History of Science Smithsonian asteroids perturbation   Show items similar to this.
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    • Item Number: 383100
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    • Zeitschrift der Gessellschaft fur Erdkunde zu Berlin. 1910-1915
    • Georg Kollm, ed.
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    • ISBN: NA   Price: $335.81
    • Publisher: Berlin: Ernst Siegfried Mittler und Sohn    Date Published: 1910
    • Description: thick quartos, complete years (1910 thru 1915), illustrated, ex library binding set; price is for the lot:. Volumes Included: 6
    • Subject: Geography Geology History of Science BIG SETS   Show items similar to this.
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    • Item Number: 505959
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    • Report upon Geographical and Geological Explorations and Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian, In charge of First Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler. ,,, Vol. II. Astronomy and Barometric Hypsonetry.
    • Kampf, F., et al.
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    • ISBN: NA   Price: $111.14
    • Publisher: Washington: GPO,    Date Published: 1877
    • Description: Volume 2 only but complete for this topic; first edition; large, thick quarto (leaves 29.5 cm. tall), xiii, [1], 571 pp., largely tabular, 22 plates, many are graphs but including a plan of the Ogden Observatory and a folding map of the site and eighteen sketch maps on three folding plates; library markings, black original cloth dulled at spine with chipping at head and tail, light general age toning but a clean interior. Volumes Included: 1
    • Subject: history of science, astronomy, meteorology, RBH   Show items similar to this.
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    • Item Number: 865589
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    • The U. S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere during the years 1849-'50-'51-'52 . Volume I. Chile: Its geography, climate, earthquakes, government, social condition, mineral and agricultural resources, commerce &c., &c.
    • Gilliss, J. M.
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    • ISBN: NA   Price: $115.21
    • Publisher: Washington: A. O. P. Nicholson, printer,    Date Published: 1855
    • Description: Volume 1 only; large quarto, xiii, [1], 556 pp., frontis., long panoramic view from Santa Lucia, color plate of Araucanian Chief, views and plans; issued as 33d Congress, 1st Session, HED 121; lacks the 3 folding map sheets, needs rebacking, sold as is. Volumes Included: 1
    • Subject: Chile travel geography nautical studies astronomy ohh   Show items similar to this.
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    • Item Number: 530242
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    • The Polar Times. Numbers 1-25, 40-54 (1935-1962 passim)
    • Howard, August, ed.
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    • ISBN: NA   Price: $604.56
    • Publisher: NY: American Polar Society    Date Published: 1935
    • Description: Nos. 1-25, 40-54 (1935-1962 passim), partly bound, well illustrated, very good. Volumes Included: 3
    • Subject: Arctic Antarctica Travel Natural History Meteorology Rare   Show items similar to this.
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    • Item Number: 538262
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    • Resultats de Voyage du S. Y. Belgica, etc. Meteorologie: La Neige et le Givre
    • Belge. Expedition Antarctique. Dobrowolski, A
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    • ISBN: NA   Price: $207.47
    • Publisher: Anvers: Imprimerie J.-E. Buschmann    Date Published: 1903
    • Description: quarto, 79 pp., drawings in text, original paper wrappers preserved, extracted from larger volume, hence a binding copy, very good. Volumes Included: 1
    • Subject: Antarctica Belgium History of Science Natural History Travel Geography Meteorology   Show items similar to this.
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    • Item Number: 576731
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    • Resultats de Voyage du S. Y. Belgica, etc. Meteorologie: Phenomes Optiques de l'Atmosphere, etc.
    • Belge. Expedition Antarctique. Arctowski, Henryk
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    • ISBN: NA   Price: $518.41
    • Publisher: Anvers: Imprimerie J.-E. Buschmann    Date Published: 1903
    • Description: quarto, 47 pp., drawings in text, original paper wrappers preserved, extracted from larger volume, hence a binding copy, very good. Volumes Included: 1
    • Subject: Antarctica Belgium History of Science Natural History Travel Geography Meteorology   Show items similar to this.
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    • Item Number: 576738
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    • Resultats de Voyage du S. Y. Belgica, etc. Meteorologie: Rapport sur les Observations Meteorologiques Horaires
    • Belge. Expedition Antarctique. Arctowski, Henryk
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    • ISBN: NA   Price: $315.71
    • Publisher: Anvers: Imprimerie J.-E. Buschmann    Date Published: 1904
    • Description: quarto, 153 pp., 23 charts, original paper wrappers preserved, extracted from larger volume, hence a binding copy, very good. Volumes Included: 1
    • Subject: Antarctica Belgium History of Science Natural History Travel Geography Meteorology   Show items similar to this.
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    • Item Number: 576730
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    • Astronomical and Meteorological Observations Made During the Year 1876, at the United States Naval Observatory. In Two Parts. Part I.
    • C. H. Davis
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    • ISBN: NA   Price: $139.08
    • Publisher: Washington: GPO    Date Published: 1880
    • Description: [xcviv], 534, 63 pp., Hardcover, large quarto, front joint splitting, else very good. Volumes Included: 1
    • Subject: meteorology astronomy geography jzx   Show items similar to this.
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    • Item Number: 817358
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    • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. vols. 28-39
    • American Meteorological Society
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    • ISBN: NA   Price: $569.99
    • Publisher: Wasington    Date Published: 1947
    • Description: volumes 28-39, an unbroken run, bound, ex library, very good, PRICE IS FOR THE LOT. Volumes Included: 12
    • Subject: Meteorology Geography Astronomy PER   Show items similar to this.
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    • Item Number: 393675
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    • On the Remains of the Later Pre-historic Man Obtained from Caves in the Catherina Archipelago, Alaska Territory, and Especially from the Caves of the Aleutian Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, Volume 22, Article 6.
    • Dall, W. H.
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    • ISBN: NA   Price: $32.87
    • Publisher: Washington    Date Published: 1878
    • Description: first edition; small folio, [iv], 40 pp., 10 plates; paper wrappers chipped and torn with back cover detached, general light age toning with a few spots in top margin, good+ only. Volumes Included: 1
    • Subject: Geography Language History of Science Travel Alaska Americana Ethnography Anthropology Native Americans Smithsonian   Show items similar to this.
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    • Item Number: 383106
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    • The Palenque Tablet in the United States National Museum, Washington, D. C. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, Volume 22, Article 5.
    • Rau, Charles.
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    • ISBN: NA   Price: $37.16
    • Publisher: Washington:    Date Published: 1879
    • Description: first edition; small folio, ix, [1], 81 pp., 2 plates, 17 figures in text; library hand stamps, paper wrappers darkened and chipped, late leaves becoming detached, one of the plates age toned, else a clean text. Volumes Included: 1
    • Subject: Geography Language History of Science Travel Pre-Columbian America Ethnography Anthropology Smithsonian   Show items similar to this.
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    • Item Number: 383115
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