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
![Item #28972 Computers and Automata [Methodos offprint]. Claude E. Shannon, Elwood](/pictures/thumb/28972_1.jpg?v=1660073200)
[New York, NY]: Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated October 21, 1954. [1], [1]-15, [1-bibliography] + [1]-23 (appendix) leaves. 10 7/8 x 8 3/8 inches (275 x 215 mm). Reproduced typescript. Minor edge staining, last few leaves with some dampstaining; four holes punched near the spine, and stapled upper left. Corner badly..... More
[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 staining to wrappers, creasing to rear panel and soft reading creases at foreedge. Very Good. Wraps..... More
![Item #28970 Communication in the Presence of Noise [IRE offprint]. Claude E. Shannon, Elwood](/pictures/thumb/28970_1.jpg?v=1660073199)
Boston, Massachusetts: Ticknor and Fields 1866. First Edition. [2], [129]-256, [8-ads] pages. 8vo (9 7/8 x 6 3/8 inches). Publisher's original tan printed wrappers. Very occasional foxing, dusty. An attractive copy, with spine panel sound and a few penciled notations to the front wrapper. Un-trimmed. Near Fine. Wraps.
Includes..... More
[San Francisco]: [John Henry Nash] [1929]. First Edition. 6 unnumbered pages. Folio. 13 x 9 3/4 inches. Publisher's paper covered boards with original paper label. Minor wear to the extremities, corners lightly bumped.. Clean internally. Printed text inside a decorative border. Very Good. Boards.
Given the fragile construction of..... More
Editae Sancti Francisci in California: A Joanne Henrico Nash 1930. [2], v, [1] pages. 12 x 7 3.4 inches. Publisher's orange paper boards. Gilt stamped decoration front board. Sun faded spine, corners bumped, a rather worn copy. Good. Boards.
A poem celebrating the two thousandth anniversary of Virgil's birth..... More
Los Angeles: The Primavera Press 1934. xii, [2], 85, [3] pages. 8vo. Publisher's black cloth with original printed paper label. Lacks the original paper dust jacket. Spine sunned, with minor blemishes. Clean internally, a nice copy. This copy INSCRIBED by Ward Ritchie: "For Marcis: ------- the noblest of all th..... More
Paris: L. Lescau Photographie 1894. Four albumen photographs, three on cabinet card mounts, each matted. Image area showing through matt is 5 1/4 x 3 inches. Each mat has inked on the recto a number (4051-4054) and a description of the image. Some fading to each image. Least contrast on..... More
![Item #28963 [photographs, medical] Four photographs of patient Jules Pedoux [the first shoulder...](/pictures/thumb/28963_1.jpg?v=1659375790)
[St. Louis, Mo.]: Self-published circa 1900. Three smaller images in a collage photographed, printed and mounted on thin board. The image is 7 5/8 x 9 3/8 inches, with substrate slightly larger. Creased and soiled, mount unevenly trimmed. "Cot and Stretcher", "Patented", and "J.A. Bishop, 634 S 7th St, St..... More
![Item #28954 [photographs, medical] Photographic collage of three images of "patented Cot and...](/pictures/thumb/28954_1.jpg?v=1659375787)
[Indianapolis, Indiana]: [Wm. H. Armstrong & Co] circa 1900. A pair of photographs laid down on a single piece of linen cloth. Each image is 9 1/2 x 8 inches. Marked on recto "Cont Photo. No 2308" and the same across the fold in rear. One inch tear to the..... More
![Item #28953 [photographs, medical] Pair of photographs of a Regimental Surgeons Chest for the...](/pictures/thumb/28953_1.jpg?v=1659375787)
[no place of publication stated]: [no publisher stated] 3rd Qtr 19th century. A grouping of six albumen images. Each image is roughly 4 1/4 x 2 7/8 inches in horizontal or vertical orientations. Inked in black on each verso is "Cont(?) by Dr Nicholaysen" or "by Dr. Nicholaysen" Inked in..... More
![Item #28952 [photographs, medical] Six albumen photographs of mobile field hospital chests...](/pictures/thumb/28952_1.jpg?v=1659375786)
New York: S. W. Benedict, Stereotuyper and Printer 1848. First Edition. 22, [2] pages. 7 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches. Original publisher's wrappers. Ex-library Franklin Institute, with stamps and other shelving indications. Some fraying to the front cover, separation starting at the lower spine. Good. Wraps.
Wrapper title "Translation..... More
[Edinburgh]: National Museums of Scotland 1989. First Edition. xiii, 320 pages. 11 1/2 x 8 inches. Original pictorial wrappers. Bumped corners, creasing to the wrappers. Laid in is the original order form for the book. Very Good. Wraps.
"Perhaps not surprisingly, the National Museums of Scotland possess the largest..... More
[Firenze]: Giunti / [Istituto e museo di storia della scienza] 1995. 240, [1], [1-blank] pages.10 3/8 x 7 5/8 inches. Publisher's wrappers. Light overall wear. Profusely illustrated with black and white images of instruments in the collection. Text in Italian. Very Good. Wraps.
Title in English: "The Physics Instruments..... More
[Boston?]: [Thomas Hollis, Druggist and Chemist?] [circa 1850?]. 8 3/4 x 10 3/4 (widest points). Loss to the margins at left, staining overall. Nice decorative border. Good.
Southern Methodist University includes this item in an online catalog "TRADE CATALOGS IN DEGOLYER LIBRARY" (#1396) with the attribution to Thomas Hollis..... More
![Item #28945 [Broadside] HOLLIS'S Extra Fine Black INK POWDER. A SUPERB ARTICLE For making a Fine...](/pictures/thumb/28945_1.jpg?v=1659375785)
London: Biggs and Co. (1902). [8], 503, [1-blank], iii, [5-ads] pages. 8vo. Publisher's original maroon cloth with gilt titles. Corners bumped, overall wear to the extremities. Hinges cracked (as normal for this title) but still sound. Several small inked notations (a name?) on two leaves. Very Good. Cloth.
This..... More
London: Biggs and Co. (1902). [8], 503, [1-blank], iii, [5-ads] pages. 8vo. Publisher's original maroon cloth with gilt titles. "D. Van Nostrand Company, New York" ink stamped below the London imprint at base of title page (probably the American distributor). A withdrawn ex-library example with cracked hinges (still sound), bookplate..... More
Clearwater, FL: Snibbe Publications, Inc. 1977. 96 pages. 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 inches. Publisher's wrappers. Some minor creasing, lightly browned pages. Stamped on rear cover "US Marine Corps Recruting Office, 800 Lee Street, Des Plaines, Illinous 60016" with another similar stamp to the side. Very Good. Wraps.
One..... More
![Item #28944 Marine Corps Reserve 1977 Baseball Guide [Thirteenth Annual Edition] [cover title]....](/pictures/thumb/28944_1.jpg?v=1657292660)
Waterbury, CT: American Office - Print[ers] [circa 1860]. First Edition. Broadside. 12 x 10 inches. 25.3 x 30.5 cm. Decorative borders. Imprint is "American Office - Print - Waterbury CT." Circa 1860. A strong impression with a nice decorative border. Minor browning and offsetting to verso. An excellent example. Fine..... More
![Item #28939 [Broadside, Photography] SPLENDID DAGUERREOTYPE MINIATURES, TAKEN IN EVERY STYLE, BY...](/pictures/thumb/28939_1.jpg?v=1656111305)
London: Holland Press 1976. Reprint. xvii, [1 blank], [2], iii, [1 blank], 304 [2] pages; Frontispiece, [2], [305]-609, [1] pages. Publisher's green cloth. Dust jacket is price clipped and spine sunned as usual. Several tape repairs to dust jacket, creasing, and overall wear. Clean internally, a sound working copy. Very..... More
New York, N.Y. Haskell House Publishers Ltd. 1970. Later printing. viii, 455 pages. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth. A new copy noting a bit of fading to the spine panel lettering and a touch of red to the upper page edge corners. Near Fine. Cloth.
Reprints the original publication from..... More
New Haven: S. Babcock [c1841]. [5], 6-24 pages. 5 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches. Publisher's blue printed wrappers. Light foxing throughout, tiny hole in back cover and last two leaves affecting a few letters. Illustrated throughout with wood engravings. Front cover with vignettes of various sports activities including baseball surrounding..... More
Boston [Massachusetts] [but Hartford, CT]: Edward Draper, at his Printing-Office, in Newbury-Street, and Sold by John Boyle in Marlborough-Street [but Ira Webster] 1777 [but 1844]. Later printing. [84] leaves. Not paginated. 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches. Drab blue paper covered wood boards with plain leather spine panel. Paper with..... More
Kate Greenaway. London and New York: George Routledge and Sons 1885. First Edition. [24] pages. 4 x 3 inches. Original cream coloured glazed pictorial boards. Yellow cloth spine and turquoise endpapers. Page edges tinted yellow. Spine worn with insect damage and soiling. Covers with some loss to glazing but generally..... More
Kate Greenaway. London and New York: George Routledge and Sons 1884. First Edition. 10 leaves plus wrappers. 5 3/16 x 3 1/2 inches. Light green imitation leather self-wrappers with title and picture of two girls carrying baskets of flowers stamped in gold on front cover. Rear cover blank. Both covers..... More
