Second revised and augmented edition of Bellamy's scarce first book on the Moon's surprising origins and terrible destiny, in the gorgeous original dust jacket designed by Eric Fraser.

First US edition, first issue of the epochal popular survey of quantum physics, Hawking's first book for non-specialists.

Early pirated edition of this "runaway best-seller" targeted at women that introduced popular audiences to Newton's work on light and color (Mazzotti) – an apparently unauthorized printing issued in the same year as the first edition.