Geneva, Illinois: Riverbank Laboratories 1918. First Edition. 24 pages. 22.2 x 28.6 cm. Stiff tan publisher's wraps with cover titles duplicating title page. One of 200 copies per limitation statement on copyright page. Provided in the originally issued Riverbank Laboratories button and string flapped manila envelope with matching limitation number..... More
Geneva, Illinois: Riverbank Laboratories 1918. First Edition. 16 pages plus 9 tables (7 folding) 22.3 x 28.6 cm cm. Stiff tan publisher's wraps with cover titles duplicating title page. One of 200 copies per limitation statement on copyright page. Provided in the originally issued Riverbank Laboratories button and string flapped..... More
London: Heinemann 1985. First Edition. x, 182 pages. Microscopical historian Brian Bracegirdle's copy with his bookplate on the front pastedown. A well read copy with bumped corners, and overall wear. A nice association. Very Good / Very Good. Boards.
Brian Ford is an entertaining writer and also lecturer -..... More
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Glasgow: Charles Frank Limited 1973. First Edition. 60 pp., 11-3/4 by 8 1/4 inches. Comb bound with original Special Exhibition Tools of Science brochure bound in. A well read copy, with mild denting, creasing and other signs of wear. Very Good. Wraps.
While not as well illustrated as we..... More
Jersey, Channel Islands: A. Frank 1979. First Edition. 64 pp., 11-3/4 by 8 1/4 inches. Tan printed cover with perfect binding. Near Fine. Wraps.
An illustrated catalogue with chapter on the instrument trade and the history of the microscope. 59 individual instrument listings, profusely illustrated, good bibliography in rear..... More
Austin, TX: Zeiss Historica Society 2013. Later printing. 93, [1] pages. 7 x 10 inches. Pictorial wrappers, spine glued. A reprint of the original Zeiss catalog from 1905 (now rare) for distribution as a premium to the members of Zeiss Historica Society in 2013. Much higher production values than normally..... More
Cowley, Oxford: Quekett Microscopical Club 1994. First Edition. ix, [1], 243, [1] pages 8vo. Publisher's blue printed boards. A clean bright copy. No dust jacket as issued. Near Fine. Boards.
Includes a cumulative index, and five appendices (Presidents of the Quekett Microscopical Club 1865-1992; Honorary Members of the Quekett..... More
Cowley, Oxford: Quekett Microscopical Club 1996. First Edition. xiii, [1], 88 pages 8vo. Publisher's blue printed boards. Lower boards dented, otherwise a clean usable copy. Very Good. Boards.
A standard reference work on microscopes manufacturers. Bracegirdle collected information on many manufacturers over the years and published them in this..... More
Cowley, Oxford: Quekett Microscopical Club 1998. First Edition. vi, 226 pages. 8vo. Publisher's blue printed boards. A bright clean copy. Fine. Boards.
The standard reference in the field. The first 105 pages are descriptive noting microscope slide makers, biographical information where available, and references to color plate illustrations in..... More
Oxford: The Royal Microscopical Society 1989. First Edition. xi, [1], 116 pages. 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth gilt. A used copy, with minor discoloration and wear to the binding. Very Good. Cloth.
A history of the early days of the Society, with 48 illustrations of people involved, early microscopes, and..... More
Oxford: The Royal Microscopical Society 1989. First Edition. xi, [1], 116 pages. 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth gilt. A bright clean copy. Near Fine. Cloth.
A history of the early days of the Society, with 48 illustrations of people involved, early microscopes, and other fun material. "The Society was founded..... More
London: Electric Telegraph Company August 1st, 1856. A lithographed map by Day & Son, with individual sections cut and then laid on thin linen, the whole folding into a cloth case. The publisher's cloth case (9 x 6 inches) is titled "The Electric Telegraph Company's Map of Europe" (worn, splitting..... More
NY: Sun Day Center [no date stated]. Advertisment on thin board. Oblong, 11 x 28 inches. A touch of wear at the corners, and a bit of small light foxing mostly to the verso. Very Good.
President Carter declared May 3, 1978 to be Sun Day - International Sun..... More
Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagshandlung und Druckerie 1863. VIII, 551, [1] (blank) pages. Plus original albumen photograph of Darwin mounted on thin board inserted before the half title (with original tissue guard still present). 8vo. 1/4 leather gilt over marbled boards. Light overall wear to the binding. Bookseller ticket (LW Schmidt..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge at the University Press 1904. First Edition. xvi, 650, [4] (ads) pages. Plus folding table extra to the pagination. 8vo. Original light green cloth boards with black titling to spine and front board. Corner tips and base of spine bumped. Light wear overall, clearly a read copy. While..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge at the University Press 1904 [but circa 1907-8]. First Edition. xvi, 650, [4] (ads) pages. Plus folding plate extra to the pagination. 8vo. Original dark green cloth boards with gilt titling to spine and front board, and blind ruling to boards. Corner tips and base of spine bumped..... More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press 1949. First Edition. xvi, [2], 336 pages. 4to [10 3/4 x 8 3/8 inches]. Publisher's blue cloth. The rare dust jacket is present, albeit chipped, stained, and worn (especially at foredges). Bright and clean internally. Near Fine / Fair. Cloth.
"The electromechanical Harvard Mark..... More
New York City [NY]: The Safety First League 1924. 236, [2] (index) pages + frontis. 11 1/2 x 13 3/8 inches (oblong). Publisher's red cloth gilt. This copy INSCRIBED boldly by the author "Union City New Jersey Oct 29, 1925. To National Automobile Service Corporation. Yours sincerely Joseph Grondahl Author"..... More
Bob Eggleton. London: Paper Tiger 2000. First Edition. [6], 112 pages. Pictorial wrappers. 11 5/8 x 8 1/4 inches. SIGNED by Bob Eggleton on the title page. Lightly worn and read, a great reading copy. Very Good. Wraps.
Occasional text and captions are written by established author Nigel Suckling..... More
New York: American Institute of Electrical Engineers [AIEE] September 16, 1938. Later printing. [1]-11, 12 pages. 10 7/8 x 8 3/8 inches. Copied loose leaves stapled upper left. A later generation copy the MIT Preprint of the AIEE paper. Copy quality is not ideal, but it is readable and a...... More
Milano: Editrice La Fiaccola 1954. Later printing. 115-130 pages. 234 x 188 mm. (9 1/4 x 6 5/8 inches). Printed light green printed wrappers. Tanned pages, light browning to the extremities. “Reprinted by kind permission of the Author and the Editors from the Proceedings of the I.R.E. October 1953." Near..... More
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[New York]: [The Institute of Radio Engineers, Inc.] 1949. First Separate Edition. [9]-22 pages. 11 x 8 1/2 inches. Self-wrappers, last page (rear cover) blank. Two staples near spine printed on buff paper. Light soiling and creasing to wrappers. Thumbing crease. Staples rusted. Good. Wraps.
Shannon presented this paper..... More
![Item #29120 Communication in the Presence of Noise [IRE offprint]. Claude E. Shannon, Elwood](https://kuenzigbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/29120_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1687359883)
New York, NY: Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated March 1954. first separate Edition. 1-8 pages. 11 x 8 1/2 inches. Publisher's printed grey, blue and black wrappers, stapled. Five-holes punched at the spine as issued. Pencil marked "p.26" on the front wrapper. Dampstained lower right corner throughout, mostly marginal. Very Good..... More
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[New York]: Academic Press September 1957. [5-blank ], 6-25, [1-blank] pages. Self-wrappers. 8 7/8 x 6 inches. Stapled at the spine. Staples rusty, staple impression in several places on wrappers. Near Fine. Wraps.
"In this paper, we will develop certain extensions and refinements of coding theory for noisy communication..... More
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New York, N.Y. Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated March 1954. First Separate Edition. 4 pages. 10 7/8 x 8 3/8 inches (275 x 213 mm) Publisher's printed grey, blue and black wrappers, stapled. Five holes punched at the spine as issued. Crease to lower right corner of wrapper. Near Fine. Wraps..... More
![Item #29117 Machine aid for switching circuit design [Bell Monograph]. C. E. Shannon, E. F....](https://kuenzigbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/29117_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1687359883)
