Keyword: Venus

Sort

Showing 1-13 of 13

THE NEXT TEN THOUSAND YEARS: A VISION OF MAN'S FUTURE IN THE UNIVERSE.

By: Berry, Adrian. Introduction by Patrick Moore.

Price: $100.00 USD

Publisher: London, Jonathan Cape: 1974

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Inscribed By Author

Seller ID: 29455

ISBN: 0224009664

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good -

224 pp, 8 3/4" H. Pictorial endpapers. Inscribed on title page: "To Arthur "Sceptic" / With all / best wishes. / Adrian Berry / 25 June 1974". The author's first book. Adrian Berry, 4th Viscount Camrose, a British hereditary peer, was a journalist and author of several books. In this one he "provokes thought about man's role in the whole cosmos in a totally new way, and his ideas will have lasting relevance. For the sheer scale of its undertaking and for the wealth of astronomical knowledge that lies behind it, 'The Next Ten Thousand Years' opens the reader's mind to the rich possibiliti...
View More...

THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION. VOLUME 6, NO. 6. JUNE 1954.

By: Boucher, Anthony/McComas, J. Francis, eds. (Robert Abernathy, Gordon R. Dickson, Michael Shaara, Leslie Charteris, Andre Norton, Levi Crow, Ruth Laura Wainwright, Robert A. Heinlein, T.S. Watt.) Cover art by Kirberger.

Price: $12.50 USD

Publisher: Fantasy House, Concord, N.H., 1954.:

Seller ID: 10903

127 pp, soft cover (digest size). Contents: Heirs Apparent by Robert Abernathy; Miss Prinks by Gordon R. Dickson; Time Payment by Michael Shaara; Fish Story by Leslie Charteris; Mousetrap by Andre Norton; Warrior in Darkness by Levi Crow; Recommended Reading by the editors; Mint, in d/j by Ruth Laura Wainwright; Star Lummox (second of three parts) by Robert A. Heinlein; Visitors from Venus by T.S. Watt; Index to Volume 6. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor edge wear, very light rubbing, spine flat and uncreased. VG+
View More...

BIZARRE TALES FROM WORLD WAR II.

By: Breuer, William B.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Edison, NJ, Castle: 2005

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 22951

ISBN: 0785819924

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

220 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H). B&w illustrations. "Ernest Hemingway stalks U-Boats. A Belgian woman halts the Panzers. Adolf Hitler plays Santa Claus. If you think these are tall tales, guess again. In (this book), popular author and distinguished historian William Breuer brings you more than 140 of the most bizarre, curious, and downright strange incidents from World War II. Drawing from personal interviews, official archives, and declassified documents, Breuer presents little-known stories about the offbeat side of war. You'll discover how 'Venus de Milo' fooled the Germans - watch as drone ...
View More...

LOOKING UP: A HISTORY OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA.

By: Broughton, R. Peter.

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Dundurn: 1994

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28366

ISBN: 1550022083

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

288 pp, oblong (8 3/4" H x 11 1/4" D). B&w photographs, reproductions. "One hundred and twenty-five years ago eight men met on December 1, 1868, to form the Toronto Astronomical Club. Among them were a tailor, a teacher and a cabinet-maker. How surprised these ordinary citizens would be to see that their little group has grown into an organization of over 3000 members in all parts of the country, in the United States and overseas. Twenty-two cities from St John's to Victoria have local chapters or 'Centres' of the RASC. Novices and naturalists, amateurs and professional scientists all pl...
View More...

THE MAGICAL ARTS: A SHORT HISTORY

By: Burland, C. A.

Price: $32.50 USD

Publisher: London, Arthur Barker: 1966

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 25897

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

196 pp, 8vo (8 11/16" H). B&w illustrations. "From the earliest time man has been fascinated by visions and dreams, and by the discovery that there were men who could, by magical powers, improve a crop or foretell the weather. As civilization grew there were demands for knowledge which would give control over other men or protection from the wiles of enemies. The study of magic and counter magic became important in the policy of states. Later magic was denounced as a work of the Devil, and then the Devil himself was demoted to become a laughing stock. Yet even nowadays there exist in the...
View More...

THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION. INCLUDING VENTURE SCIENCE FICTION. VOLUME 22, NO. 6, WHOLE NO. 133. JUNE 1962.

By: Davidson, Avram/Asimov, Isaac, eds. (John Brunner, Djinn Faine, Will Stanton, Josef Nesvadba, Miriam Allen de Ford, Kris Neville, Isaac Asimov, Alfred Bester, Grendel Briarton, Frederick Bland, Ethan Ayer.) Cover art by Ed Emsh.

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: Mercury Press, Concord, N.H., 1962.:

Seller ID: 10936

130 pp, soft cover (digest size). Contents: Such Stuff by John Brunner; Daughter of Eve by Djinn Faine; The Scarecrow of Tomorrow by Will Stanton; The Xeenemuende Half-Wit by Josef Nesvadba; The Transit of Venus by Miriam Allen de Ford; Power in the Blood by Kris Neville; The Troubled Makers by Charles Foster; Science: The Egg and Wee by Isaac Asimov; Books (department) by Alfred Bester; Ferdinand Feghoot: LI by Grendel Briarton; The Fifteenth Wind of March by Frederick Bland; The Diadem by Ethan Ayer; F&SF Marketplace; Index to Volume XXII. Interior - light browning to pages along with a f...
View More...

INANNA: FROM THE MYTHS OF ANCIENT SUMER.

By: Echlin, Kim.

Price: $45.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Groundwood: 2003

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 27747

ISBN: 0888994966

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

72 pp, 9 3/4" H. Decorated endpapers, colour illustrations. "Long before the Bible and the Koran, before the myths of the Greeks and Romans were set down, the people of Sumer recorded the stories of their gods and kings on cuneiform tablets. The world's oldest epic poem is the 'Epic of Gilgamesh', the tale of a hero who was part god, part man. But just in the past century a thrilling discovery was made - the four-thousand-year-old stories of his powerful sister, the goddess Inanna. Inanna is a goddess who embodies the quest for growth. Her stories tell how she develops from childish inex...
View More...

THROO. WISE CRACKING C'ODES FROM THE LUNAR PLEXUS.

By: Kemp, Penn(y).

Price: $17.50 USD

Publisher: Moonstone, Goderich, Ontario, 1988.:

Seller ID: 24133

95 pp, 9" H, soft cover. ISBN 0920259200 B&w illustrations. Contents: for Tara; for Artemis; for Hathor; for Changing Women; for Venus; for Hecate; for Persephone; for Demeter; for Hera. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership mark s. Exterior - minor rubbing. Near Fine
View More...

Image for NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA, OTTAWA, BULLETIN 24/1974. MILLET'S "SAINT JEROME TEMPTED" AND "OEDIPUS TAKEN DOWN FROM TREE": DISCOVERY OF LOST PAINTING / CLODIAN STATUETTE IN NATIONAL GALLERY / MASSIMILIANO SOLDANI'S "VENUS PLUCKING THE WINGS OF CUPID

NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA, OTTAWA, BULLETIN 24/1974. MILLET'S "SAINT JEROME TEMPTED" AND "OEDIPUS TAKEN DOWN FROM TREE": DISCOVERY OF LOST PAINTING / CLODIAN STATUETTE IN NATIONAL GALLERY / MASSIMILIANO SOLDANI'S "VENUS PLUCKING THE WINGS OF CUPID

By: Laughton, Bruce; Hodgkinson, Terence; Montagu, Jennifer.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1974.:

Seller ID: 20605

36 pp, 10" H, soft cover (stapled in wraps). B&w illustrations. Contents: Millet's "Saint Jerome Tempted" and "Oedipus Taken Down from the Tree": The Discovery of a Lost Painting; A Clodian Statuette in the National Gallery of Canada; Massimilian o Soldani's "Venus Plucking the Wings of Cupid". The main text is in English with 'Resumes' in French, captions in English and French. Interior - minor browning, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - slig h t d a r k e n ing to edges of front cover, light rubbing on rear cover, small museum label on rear cover, ...
View More...

CELTIC SACRED LANDSCAPES.

By: Pennick, Nigel.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Thames & Hudson: 1996

Seller ID: 29080

ISBN: 0500016666

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

224 pp, 9 3/4" H. B&w drawings. "From the original Celtic site of the castle at Tintagel, passing through the sacred forest of Broceliande in Brittany and on to the monastery of Scelig Mhichil off the coast of Ireland, Nigel Pennick takes us on an exhilarating spiritual and historical tour of the Celtic holy places of Europe. He delves into the mystery and lore behind the power of sacred trees and stones; springs and wells as places of healing; holy mountains as centres of geomythic energies; sacred caves; holy islands; sanctified earthworks and cities; paths and trackways; places for demon...
View More...

Image for 12 VOLUMES OF THE TEMPLE SHAKESPEARE. LIFE & DEATH OF KING JOHN / KING HENRY IV, FIRST & SECOND PARTS / KING HENRY V / KING HENRY VII, FIRST-THIRD PARTS / KING RICHARD III / KING HENRY VIII / SONNETS / VENUS & ADONIS / RAPE OF LUCRECE - IN DECORATIVE BOX

12 VOLUMES OF THE TEMPLE SHAKESPEARE. LIFE & DEATH OF KING JOHN / KING HENRY IV, FIRST & SECOND PARTS / KING HENRY V / KING HENRY VII, FIRST-THIRD PARTS / KING RICHARD III / KING HENRY VIII / SONNETS / VENUS & ADONIS / RAPE OF LUCRECE - IN DECORATIVE BOX

By: Shakespeare, William. Prefaces, Introductions & Notes By Israel Gollancz.

Price: $250.00 USD

Publisher: London, J.M. Dent: 1896

Seller ID: 30686

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Twelve volumes from The Temple Shakespeare - 5 1/2" H, maroon cloth with gilt lettering/decoration on spines, blind stamped design (Shakespeare's coat of arms) on front boards, top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed, integral pale blue ribbon bookmarks. Each volume has a frontispiece with a tissue covering bearing a caption and a tissue-covered decorated title page. There is a reproduction of Shakespeare's coat on arms in yellow & black on the front pastedowns and a variation on the rear pastedowns. The accompanying box is covered in the same maroon cloth, lined with a floral patterned paper in...
View More...

WALTER CRANE.

By: Spencer, Isobel.

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Macmillan: 1975

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 27917

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

208 pp, 11 1/8" H. B&w and colour illustrations. "More than any other artist of the time Walter Crane appears at the center of the great surge of interest in the decorative arts in the late nineteenth century. He was the driving force behind the Arts and Crafts movement, a children's book illustrator, designer of textiles, tiles, stained glass and ceramics, and a painter who enjoyed a reputation on the Continent as the most popular of the Pre-Raphaelites. Long before his name came to be associated with Kate Greenaway and Randolph Caldecott as the outstanding artists for the nursery, his br...
View More...

STARGAZERS AND GRAVEDIGGERS: MEMOIRS TO "WORLDS IN COLLISION".

By: Velikovsky, Immanuel.

Price: $77.50 USD

Publisher: New York, William Morrow: 1983

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 21402

ISBN: 068801545X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

346 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H). "With the publication of Immanuel Velikovsky's 'Worlds in Collision' in 1950 a bombshell burst upon the literary and scientific scene whose reverberations continue to this day. Even prior to publication, the book was the subject of intense controversy. In it, Velikovsky suggested a catastrophic history of the solar system, which at once resolved innumerable historical, astronomical, and geological enigmas, while also challenging more than a few hallowed scientific dogmas. Through a concerted campaign of letter writing, a successful boycott of the original publishe...
View More...

$0.00 USD (0 Items)

Keyword: Venus