Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1954. Hardcover first edition - Publication 4149. In addition to the usual financial reports, and reports on operations, this includes articles on radioisotopes, musical instruments, genetics and an early discussion of factory robotics - the push-button factory by Frank K. Shallenberger, and also the geological history and evolution of insects by F.M. Carpenter, Norsemen in North America before Columbus by Johannes Bronstad, to Colonial Williamsburg; and Charles Bird King, painter of Indian visitors to the nation's capital by John C. Ewers, The mountain village of Dahr Lebanon by Raymond E. Crist, an article on dating the Dead Sea scrolls, on climate and race and more. Illustrated. 481 pp.

New York: Hawthorne Books, Inc., (1966) dj. Hardcover first edition - A look at the three major challenges facing man - water, energy and space. While this book is basically optimistic regarding the future, relatively little has been accomplished in those three areas in the more than 50 years since this was written. Glossary, bibliography, index. 272 pp.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, (c 1955.) dj. Hardcover - Using evidence from the natural sciences this book reveals global catastrophes in prehistorical times that altered the climate and geography of the earth, and even caused entire species to be wiped out. As noted by the publisher "in disciplines as diverse as geology, anthropology, archaeology, paleontology, astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology, classical studies, Egyptology, theology, psychology and also in theory of science. . . the first publication of his books provoked controversies unprecedented in the history of science since Galileo. At the same time recent findings mainly in earth and planetary sciences have confirmed his results and conclusions in a really impressive manner." Index. xi, 314 pp. ISBN: 0-671-823442.

New York: Norton, (2006) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A book by this award-winning writer which "provides a highly personal and philosophical gloss of all six chapters of Copernicus's De revolutionibus (1543). [He discusses] the contemporary mindset, the limits of observation at the time and the scientist's quiet, provincial career. What seems most remarkable about Copernicus's book after reading Vollmann's version is how firmly his work is based on Ptolemy's. It's also striking how close he came to modern astronomical values." SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Illustrated with many diagrams. Includes chronology, sources, bibliography. 294 pp. ISBN: 0-393059693.

New York: Grand Central Publishing, (2019). SIGNED first edition - An exploration of what might be "out there" arranged in a simple question-and-answer format, with answers in "an informal but informative style, which mixes in a healthy dose of humor and pop culture to make big ideas easier to swallow. Dr. Wall covers questions far beyond alien life, venturing into astronomy, physics, and the practical realities of what long-term life might be like for we mere humans in outer space, such as the idea of lunar colonies, and even economic implications." SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Bibliography. viii, 237 pp.

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1925. Illustrated with photographs, foreword by Lorande Loss Woodruff. Bibliography, index, 354 pages. Bound in green cloth with gold lettering.

London & Philadelphia: Charles Griffin / Lippincott, 1923. Hardcover first edition - The first book by this Scottish minister and astronomer, who was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1918 for his contributions to astronomy. Frontispiece plus 18 plates and 8 diagrams. Index. 234 pp.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. dj. Hardcover first edition - An exploration of man's fascination with the planet Mars, from the days of the Babylonians, 3000 years ago, to a discussion of what the future might hold, Includes a special insert of color photographs taken by the United State's unmanned probes which landed on Mars. Other black and white photographs, drawings, graphs, bibliography, index. 244 pp. ISBN: 0-394583590.