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Edité par A. & C. Black Ltd, 1919
Vendeur : World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Royaume-Uni
Etat : Fair. 1919. No Edition Remarks. 247 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with illustrations to board and spine. Eight Black & white plates. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Front endpaper is missing. Hinges are cracked with exposed binding. Pen inscription to front pastedown. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Spine has crushing to both ends causing fraying to cloth. Spine is heavily tanned. Book has forward lean. Boards are bowed.
Edité par Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1951
Vendeur : Anybook.com, Lincoln, Royaume-Uni
Etat : Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. With owner's name inside cover. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,800grams, ISBN:
Edité par Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1935
Vendeur : Anybook.com, Lincoln, Royaume-Uni
Etat : Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,950grams, ISBN:
Etat : 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. Light foxing. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1050grams, ISBN:
Edité par Oxford University Press, London, UK, 1933
Vendeur : BookAddiction (ibooknet member), Canterbury, Royaume-Uni
Livre
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. xx, 204pp; 20pp black and white illustrated plates and one fold-out. Blue cloth-covered boards, blind-embossed border on front, gilt titles on spine; bottom text block edge untrimmed. 12mo. Sun-faded spine, lightly rubbed spine ends, quite cocked. Text block edges tanning. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight.
Edité par Oxford University Press, London, 1933
Vendeur : The Odd Book (ABAC, ILAB), Wolfville, NS, Canada
Livre Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. 1st Edition. xix, 204 pages. P.H. Nowell-Smith, 1946 to right first leaf. Pencil scoring and marginalia throughout - not that of Nowell-Smith. Dust jacket sunned and stained.
Vendeur : Manhattan Rare Book Company, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, Etats-Unis
Etat : Very Good. Mars and the Imagination: A monumental and carefully curated collection of over 900 works of both fiction and non-fiction tracing the history of our understanding and obsession with the Red Planet. To begin exploring the collection, please see our description available on this page under "View the Collection". Background Mars and the Imagination was conceived and assembled by the experienced collector David Wenner - whose comprehensive collection on the history of physics now resides at the Niels Bohr Library of the American Institute of Physics - and represents much more than a "collection" of works. Through his years of research and study, Wenner was able to unearth important and previously unrecognized literary and historical texts, making new connections among them. Contextualized in such a way, the items in Mars and the Imagination collectively tell an illuminating story through primary sources that to our knowledge has not been previously attempted. It is the story of our fascination with the Red Planet, a story of our wonder about something that is just out of reach, a story that has revealed as much about us as it has about Mars. Fiction and Non-Fiction For hundreds of years, Mars has been observed by scientists, but lurked tantalizingly on the edge of our ability to truly understand the nature of the planet. It thus became a perfect template for speculation: What are the conditions on Mars? Is it hospitable to life? Are there, or have there ever been, living beings on Mars and if so, are they like us? Superior to us? Threatening to us? Will we ever be able to visit Mars? The approaches to answering these questions have been varied, with both scientific inquiry and imaginative fiction in a continual dialogue of influence on each other. Mars and the Imagination, therefore includes texts by such scientific giants such as Kepler, Huygens, Hooke, and Cassini, but also fiction by literary masters such as Swift, Wells, Asimov, Bradbury, and Clarke. Different Formats, Different Audiences: A Vision of Mars for All The collection includes many specialist textbooks and journal articles written by scientists for fellow scientists, but it striking to witness how discussions of Mars seeped into the public consciousness of each generation. There are many papers from esteemed scientific journals such as Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Comptes Rendus or Nature, but Mars is represented just as thoroughly in more popular publications such as The New Yorker, National Geographic, Life Magazine, and even Playboy. It seemed, at times, that all society had a keen interest in news and speculation about Mars. The collection reflects this - seeing different formats and genres from the same period next to each other underscores the point that wonder about Mars has been part of the zeitgeist of each era, including our own. Rescuing Primary Sources and Preserving the Ephemeral One of the strengths of the collection is the preservation of essential primary source material that might otherwise be lost. Many of the items were published in ephemeral formats such as journals, magazines, or as pulp fiction. They were not designed to last and are extremely difficult to find in collectible condition today. Similarly, many of the more scholarly scientific works were published for a small audience of peers and never existed in large numbers. Mars and the Imagination provides a unique opportunity to see these primary sources in one place, and preserves them for future generations. Beautifully Presented and Exhibit-Ready Most of the items in Mars and the Imagination are safely housed in beautiful custom boxes, with the contents often grouped together by themes and carefully labeled. Thus, the collection is attractively presented and easy to navigate, serving not only as a working library for study and enjoyment, but as an exhibit-ready collection. For a more detailed exhibition of highlights form the collection, please click on the attached P.