London: John Murray 1850. Second Edition. xxxvi, 684 pages. 8vo. Full vellum binding with gilt decorations and black spine label. Minor soiling to the vellum, and wear to the spine label. Binding very sound. Map is present in rear folder. Map outer fold is browned and worn with some material... More
Stuttgart: Oktagon Verlag 1995. First Edition. 16 leaves. 5 x 6 3/4 inches. Publisher's yellow cloth over padded boards with silver stamping. Spine construction reminds me of a photograph album. Other than prelims and colophon page, this book consists of snapshots, two per leaf, printed on Kodak paper and tipped... More
Freiberg i. Sachsen: Craz & Gerlach (Joh. Stettner) [1892]. First Edition. [1], 20 leaves. AEG. Title page followed by 20 photomechanical images of mining, each with captions in German, printed on one side only. 9 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. Publisher's red cloth, stamped in gilt and black. Previous owner... More
Paris: Isidore Liseux 1879. Second Edition. [4], 140 pages plus 12 etching proofs as frontispieces. Bound in full vellum (4 x 6 inches) with title, author, and date hand decorated on the spine with flourishes. Marbled endpapers. Original wrappers bound in including the spine panel here found affixed to it's... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Files and G. Masson n.d. [c1896]. 214, [32-ads] pages. Publisher's light brown cloth with black printing. 4 1/2 x 7 3/8 inches. Advertisements in rear are heavily browned and brittle (several with old cellotape repairs and with some tearing/chipping). Otherwise textblock has only light browning. Ex-library Franklin... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars 1904. First Edition. [4], 546, [2-ads] pages. Half calf over marbled boards. Large 8vo. 6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches. Light browning to pages. Near Fine. Boards.
A practical technical dictionary concerning the use of photographic chemicals designed for both professionals and amateurs. Includes many examples of... More
Philadelphia: The Franklin Institute 1931. First Edition. [2-volume title], 816 pages. We offer here the entire Volume 212 of the Journal of the Franklin Institute, Nos 1267-1272, July-December 1931. An exlibrary bound in buckram with gold stamped lettering on the spine panel, institutional bookplate, library pocket and remains of check-out... More
Knoxville Tennessee: C. M. McClung & Co. Inc. circa 1921. First Edition. lxi, 1030 pages. 3/4 leather spine over buckram cloth binding. Marbled page edges, plain blue endpapers. A well thumbed, and yet still sound copy. Includes color and black and white illustrations. Some pages include samples (see page 265... More
Boston: Isaac R. Butts 1844. First Edition. [4], 56, 7, [1-blank], xiv pages. 8vo. Publisher's brown cloth, blind stamped design front and rear panels. Spine panel with gold lettering ''Pneumatic Experiments'' still bright and clean. 1/2 inch chip missing from head of spine panel. Base of spine panel and corners... More
Boston, Massachusetts: Thomas Hall, Electrician and Manufacturer of Electro Medical Instruments 1865. [4], 241, [7], 36, [4] pages. 5 x 7 1/2 inches. Publisher's green cloth gilt. Light wear to the binding, with boards showing at corners and one spot on spine. Library of C. E. Stevens label on front... More
Mr. J. F. Richardson. New York: D. Appleton and Company 1883. Later printing. 158 pages. Plus 27 lithographed plates and an extra lithographed title page, each with protective tissue. Small folio 7 1/2 x 10 inches. Publisher's grey cloth illustrated in gilt and maroon on front panel, and in blind... More
[ Cleveland, Ohio ]: Cleveland Commercial Photo Company circa 1923. Oblong 8vo. 11 x 8 inches (photographs 9 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches). An album containing thirty seven silver prints total of which four are duplicates, most mounted on linen backings. Secured in a two post binder with flexible black... More
![Commercial Sample album for Cleveland Commercial Photo Company [ my title ]. Cleveland Commercial...](/pictures/thumb/26689_1.jpg?v=1512070436)
Paris: A la Librairie des sciences médicales de Just Rouvier et E. Le Bouvier 1837. First Edition. VIII, 496, [3] pages plus 3 plates in rear. 8vo. Marbled boards with simple rules and spine label. Damage to lower portion of spine panel (scraped with some loss of material). Front joint... More
Munchen: In Commission Bei Anton Bstieler / Druck von Hans Schoffl 1883. 187,[1] pages. 12mo. 3/4 cloth over marbled boards. Frontispiece is image of Grafe Cesare Mattei. Last page is advertisement for Electro-Homoopathie. Text in German. Lightly browned throughout, wear and rubbing to the binding. One small spot of abrasion... More
New York: Basic Books, Inc. 1988. First Edition. The archive includes: 1) Francis Crick INSCRIBED 1st edition of his book "What Mad Pursuit" dated October 1988 2) A check to Francis Crick dated 11/3/88 in payment for the book, ENDORSED by Crick on the back. 3) August 18, 1993 TLS... More
Baltimore, Maryland: The Johns Hopkins Press 1932. First Edition. 137-196 pages. Extracted froma bound volume of the Bulletin of the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Vol. L, No. 3. Bright and clean. We included the title page of the bound journal as well (properly withdrawn from the Hartford Medical Society Museum). Very... More
Paris: Bachelier 1839. First Edition. [4], 903, [1-errata] pages. 8 x 10 inches. 4to. 1/4 cloth over marbled boards with corners tipped in cloth. Ex-library (Harvard Chemical Library), properly withdrawn, with library bookplate on front pastedown endpaper and one stamp. Professionally rebacked with original spine panel laid down. Pageblock sound... More
[ London ]: [ Macmillan & Co ] 1925. First Separate Edition. [1]-6 pages (last blank). 7 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches. Offprint from Nature, Volume 115, February 7, 1925. Separately paginated (originally 195-199 pages). A worn copy, with browning, creasing and old cellotape repairs (marginal and at the spine)... More
![Australopithecus Africanus: The Man-ape of South Africa [ The Taung Child ]. Raymond A. Dart](/pictures/thumb/27478_1.jpg?v=1568763951)
New York, N.Y. The American Institute of Electrical Engineers 1906. First Edition. viii, 952 pages. 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt spine titles. Minor wear to the extremities of the binding, recently recased with new endpapers. Offered is the entire year of the Transactions of the AIEE, Vol XXV, Jan... More
London: Printed for John Bullord, and Sold by Matt. Gilliflower in Westminster-Hall; Ben. Tooke, next the Temple Gate; Christopher Bateman, at the Bible in Pater-noster-Row; and Richard Parker at the Unicorn, on the Royal Exchange, Booksellers 1699 / 1698. [1-title page], [1-blank], [12], 1-288, 291-451, [1-blank] + [1-special theophrastus title... More
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Doubleday-Hill Electric Co 1916. First Edition. 1475 pages. Thick 4to. (7 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches) Publisher's printed two tone yellow cloth. Covers soiled, bumped at corners. Sound. Last hundred pages with marginal dampstaining lower right corner. Occasional dampstaining at corner tips elsewhere. Well illustrated, occasionally in color... More
Dingman's Ferry, PA: American Fireworks News 1992-2006. First Edition. 8 1/2 x 11 inches. Variously paginated. Nos 128-132,134, 135-151, 153-161, 167-172, 176-178, 180-181, 183-209, 211-212, 214-224, 226-234, 236, 238, 242, 245-246, 249-250, 253-267, 272-298. Total of 141 issues. Very Good. Wraps.
"he who hath once smelt the smoke is... More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Arthur D. Little, Inc. 1933. First Edition. A set of 4 Industrial Bulletins from Arthur D. Little, Inc. (Jan, Mar, and Dec 1933 plus June 1934) along with a letter from Frank L. Tucker of Arthur D. Little, Inc. (Chemists, Engineers) and a small promotional photograph (c) 1933... More
New York: Pacific & Atlantic Photos Inc. 1927. First Edition. An unframed press photograph (6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches) with the original paper description affixed to rear. Pacific & Atlantic Photos, Inc. credit instructions stamped on rear. Some minor offsetting of ink apparently from paper description on lower 3/4... More
![Photograph ] Edison Radios First Phonograph's Words! Thomas A. Edison, Governor Moore](/pictures/thumb/26732_1.jpg?v=1509117871)
Unknown: [ Underwood & Underwood ] [ 1922 ]. Later printing. An unframed silver print mounted on backing board showing Steinmetz (the Father of Electrical Engineering and the founder of the GE Research lab) and Thomas Edison examining some insulators on a laboratory table at GE in 1922. While this... More
![Photograph ] A Wonderful Image of Thomas Edison and Charles Steinmetz Examining Insulators....](/pictures/thumb/24593_1.jpg?v=1504285893)
