unknown: Unknown c1775. All brass and glass construction. 14 1/2 inches tall. Base legs are about 8 inches apart. Has a frog assembly (silk mostly perished). The gross focus works smoothly. One small screw missing on gross focus assembly. Patina uniform, with perhaps 20- 30% of original remaining. Paper tag..... More
Reading, (Penn.): Gedruckt und zu haben bey Johann Ritter und Comp. Wie auch bey unterschiedlichen Stohrhaltern und andern zu finden. [ 1822 ]. First Edition. [36] pages. 6 3/4 x 8 inches. Buff printed self wrappers. Cover title: Der Neue Readinger Calender. Signatures: A-C . Illustrated cover and one other..... More
Newburyport, Massachusetts: M.C. Teel & Son 1883. 1 sheet folded (four pages). Light tanning overall. Folding creases, with some tearing. Local news, much advertising. Very Good.
Preceded by the Newburyport Tri-weekly germ, this paper began Nov. 1, 1881 and ceased in Jan. 1887. It was a daily except Sundays..... More
Newburyport, Massachusetts: William H. Huse & Co 1883. 1 sheet folded (four pages). Light overall browning as normal. Folding creases, with tearing (and minor loss) at the folds. Local news, much advertising. Fair.
The Newburyport Daily Herald ran from 1819-1890. More
8 pages, unopened. Minor loss at middle fold spine. Good. More
A. S. March & Co. 1880. 5 7/8 x 3 3/4 inches folded (5 7/8 x 7 1/2 inches when opened). Folding cardstock lithographed tradecard. Copyrighted 1880 by A. S. March & Co. Printed in red and silver background with black lettering (outsides) and black and white ink internally. Wear..... More
Urbana, IL, U.S.A. ACM Preprints Committee 1958. 59 leaves, irregularly numbered. 8 /12 x 11 inches. Tan self wrappers printed in black ink. Blank spine. Stamp of F. M. Verzuh on rear cover, and handwritten 'ACM-58' and '58 ACM' on spine panel. Lower inch of spine panel paper is loose..... More
(San Francisco): Images and Words Workshop (June 1969). 84 pages. 4to. Publisher's pictorial wraps. Blank spine panel as issued. Exlibrary from the Rowland Institute (properly deaccessioned). Spine label, rear pocket., a few stamps but generally bright and clean copy. Good. Wraps. More
Hedi Krasa. Santiago de Chile: Editorial Rapa-Nui, S. A. 1948. 76 pages. 9 x 5 1/2 inches. Publisher's color printed wrappers with integral flaps. Paper browned throughout, minor rubbing to the cover illustrations. A nice copy. Very Good. Wraps.
"Isidora Aguirre Tupper (22 March 1919 – 25 February 2011)..... More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press 1951. xxxviii, [1]-393, [1 (blank)] pages. 4to. 10 3/4 x 8 inches. Publisher's blue cloth lacking the dust jacket as usual. "NAT ROCHESTER 11-30-51" inked on the front pastedown. Small red check mark on the lower right of front flyleaf, otherwise bright and clean internally..... 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
Washington DC: Department of the Air Force May 1953. [4], 452 pages. 11 x 8 1/2 inches. Aluminum post binding with flexible blue card covers. Previous owner name, occasional note or underlining. A sound working copy with the expected minor soiling from use. Good. Post bound.
Many diagrams and..... More
London: MacMillan and Co 1871. xvi, 279 pages plus addendum (1 page) and 2 folding plates. Small 8vo. Original green pebbled cloth with gold lettering on spine. Front and rear hinges cracked but still sound. Spine sunn darkened but still readable. Corners bumped, minor wear overall to the binding. From..... More
London: Benn Brothers Limited 1921-1924. First Edition. Vol. 1: 282 pages. Vol 2: 227 pages. Vol 3: 339 pages. Three volumes complete. 4to. An exlibrary set (properly de-accessioned) nicely rebound in faux leather cloth binding with gilt spine lettering and inset on front panels. Original cloth title, author, and volume..... More
Boston, [ Massachusetts ]: George W. Light, 1 Cornhill 1837. First Edition. 384 pages. 8vo. (5 x 7 1/4 inches). Publisher's thin cloth covered boards, with blind-stamped decorations and gilt stamped spine. Minor wear to the extremities, a sound clean copy with mild foxing throughout. Very occasional illustration. The first..... More
Warszawa (Warsaw): Panstwowe Wydawnictwa Techniczne 1955. 86, [2] pages. Printed paper wrappers. 5 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches. Illustrated with 107 figures in the text. Soiling to the wrappers. With what appears to be an errata sheet laid in. Very Good. Wraps.
Google translation: "operation of electrical equipment in..... More
The Film Daily 1935. 1088 pages. Publisher's faux leather embossed cloth binding. An impressive compilation of what feels like everything in 1935 in the industry - films, rules, some neat advertisements, and much much more. Author's work, screen play writers and their work, studio personnel lists, city exchanges, a compilation..... More
New York, NY: Haskell House Publishers Ltd. 1974. Later printing. iv, [1], 118 pages. Small 8vo. Publisher's brown cloth with pink spine titles. A new copy. Fine. Cloth. More
London / New York: E. & F. N. Spon / Spon & Chamberlain 1894. First Edition. xi, [1 blank], 162 pages plus 32 pages catalog of Spon published books dated 1894 in rear. 4 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering and slick yellow endpapers. This..... More
[no place of publication stated]: Am. Press Assn [ no date noted ]. A printing plate used to print a map inset. 4 3/8 x 7 5/8 inches. Made of a lead/zinc (?) combination. The back of the plate has three strips of material that we assume were used to..... More
Boston, MA: American Meteorological Society 1985. Conference preprints, 376 pages. Early history of the aviation weather systems and the use of computers in those systems. Complete title: Second international Conference on the aviation Weather System June 19-21 1985 Montreal PQ Canada. Near Fine. Trade Paperback. More
Bombay: Collett & Co / American Mission Press 1839. First Edition. vi, 269, [1] pages. 8vo. Original tan printed wrappers. Creased corners, browning to covers. Covers coming detached, backstrip chipped. Generally clean internally. The second volume of this long lived serial. Previous owner's bookplate on rear of front wrapper. Good..... More
Southbridge, Mass. American Optical Company, Export Sales Department [circa 1946]. First Edition. [1]-198, 203-207, [1] pages. Complete. 8vo. Original blue printed wrappers. Pages 199-202 (not present in this export edition of the catalog) contains Ophthalmic Instruments made by American Optical. Includes the catalogue, pricelist and ERRATA sheet (not usually present)..... More
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: American Radiator and Standard Sanitary Corporation., American-Standard Plumbing and Heating Division [ American Standard ] 1955. 22 pages. Stapled self wrappers. Oblong. 11 x 8 1/4 inches. Full color throughout. With retailer stamp (A. T. Hapenney Co...Dedham, MA) on rear wrapper. Form No. 95-3 (Rev.) printed rear cover..... More
Chicago: American Technical Society 1923. [14], 529 pages. Black flexible cloth binding with gilt spine lettering. Volume 7 ONLY of an eight volume set. Very Good. Wraps.
Contents include Power Stations by George C. Shaad, Switchboards, Switching and Protective Apparatus by C.C. Adams, Management of Dynamo-Electric Machinery by F...... More
