Paris and Caen: Ballay et Conchon and Buhour 1857. First Edition. [1]-147 pages. Publisher's original green printed wrappers. Later grey-green tape applied to spine with title lettering in calligraphy. Old penciled price on front cover, otherwise minor wear to the wrapper extremities. Properly withdrawn from the Burndy Library, with Bern..... 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
Paris: Chez Bossange, Masson et Besson 1797. Three vols. 8vo., pp. [ff 1] + plate location & errata leaf + lxxii + 30 + [1]-319; [ff 1] + plate location & errata leaf + [1]-372; [ff 1] + plate location & errata leaf + [1]-426; worn period calf gilt with..... More
New York: Fowlers and Wells 1848. viii, [9]-72, [12-ads] pages. Original buff printed wrappers. 8vo (4 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches). Significant staining from front wrapper through page 30 in ever decreasing size. Spine paper detached lower inch. Very nicely illustrated. Good. Wraps.
While noted as the twelfth edition..... More
Boston, Massachusetts: The Atlantic Monthly Company 1945. First Edition. [1]-129,[5] pages. Entire issued offered, The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 176, No. 1. Small 4to. (7 3/4 x 10 5/8 inches) A worn copy with front cover detaching from spine top half (assocaited closed tear and crease upper left), overall rubbing. Spine..... More
London: Sold by A. Phillips (successor to her late uncle, Mr. Lewis) ... ; Longman and Rees ... ; Cadell and Davies ... 1803. First Edition. viii, 112 pages. 3 folding leaves plates in rear. 8vo. Publisher's drab boards expertly rebacked in paper with new paper label. This PRESENTATION COPY..... 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
Oxonii [ Oxford ]: E Typographeo Clarendoniano [Clarendon Press] impensis Stephani Fletcher 1716. 8vo., [ff 1 - frontis], [ii], [2], 333, [334-384] Index, Index to Notes and Errata; contemporary full vellum with vellum scuffed and rubbed, especially at spine; ex-library label to spine; ex-library stamps and markings to top edge..... More
![Classics] Liber de Claris Oratoribus, qui dicitur Brutus. Ad M. Brutum Orator. Ad C. Trebatium...](/pictures/thumb/27984_1.jpg?v=1595348763)
Amstelodami [ Amsterdam ]: Ex typographia P. & I. Blaeu, prostant apud Wolfgang, Ianssonio-Waesbergios, Boom, à Someren, & Goethals 1688. 8vo.,[xvi], 688, [64] Index, [ii] (blanks), [2]-452, [16] Index; contemporary full vellum somewhat soiled and darkened; ex-library label removed from spine; ex-library stamps and markings to top edge, front pastedown..... More
![Classics] De Officiis Libri Tres Cato Major, Laelius, Paradoxa, Somnium Scipionis. Ex recensione...](/pictures/thumb/27985_1.jpg?v=1595348764)
Cantabrigiae [ Cambridge ]: Typis Academicis Excudebat J. Bentham, Impenis Gul. Thurlborourn … et J. & P. Knapton 1745. 8vo., pp. [iv], 425, [426] blank, [427-428] ads; handsome and contemporary full vellum, lightly soiled and darkened, especially at spine; ex-library label and call numbers to spine; ex-library stamps and markings..... More
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London: British Interplanetary Society 1948-1955. An incomplete run of this journal. All are tan printed wrappers, stapled. 6 x 9 inches. All but the first issue have added three hole punches for a binder (not issued this way). Unless noted, issues are near fine (noting punched holes) with a previous..... 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
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
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 ]: E. J. Dent circa 1860. We are pleased to offer a E.J. Dent dipleiodoscope. Primarily made from brass (with lead weighting in the base) and glass. 83.6 mm wide x 52 x mm deep x 59.6 mm high. It is marked "E. J. DENT PATENTEE 431" on..... More
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Paris: Gauthier-Villars 1892, 1906. 2 titles in one volume. VIII, 248, [V]-VII, [1] pages + 20 plates + [249]-251 pages. Second title [1]-207 pages. Half calf over marbled boards. Large 8vo. 6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches. Light browning to pages. Near Fine. Boards.
The first title, "Traite de..... More
Oxford, NY: Douglas & VanWagenen, Druggists and Grocers [ Van Wagenen ] between 1860-1869. First Edition. Single sheet broadside, printed on recto only. 8 3/8 x 15 3/8 inches (21.4 x 39.2 cm). Uniformly dampstained over much of the broadside, but in a non-offensive manner. Folds and staining, including two..... 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
Washington, D. C. The National research Council 1943. First Edition. We offer a nearly complete run of this important early computer serial: Numbers 1, 2, 5-59, 66-70, each in the original wrappers as published. Small quarto and octavo sizes, approx 12 inches shelf space. Occasional minor soiling. From the library..... More
![Mathematical Tables and Other Aids to Computation [ MTAC ]. EARLY COMPUTING, Raymond Clare...](/pictures/thumb/20095_1.jpg?v=1504285487)
London: The Television Press, Ltd 1928. First Edition. 48 pp. 8.5 x 11 inches. A vertical fold through the magazine (probably folded for mailing). Near Fine. Wraps.
The history of practical television began in late 1927. This magazine is the first journal devoted strictly to this medium. There were..... More
Chicago: Electric Appliance Company 1897. First Edition. 567 pages (plus additional tipped in pages). 8vo. 7 x 10 1/4 inches. Publisher's red cloth with black embossed lettering. Minor soiling to the covers. Clearly used, but still sound. Very Good. Cloth.
A copiously illustrated general catalog of electrical supplies from..... More
[ Roxbury, Vermont ]: Self published [ circa 1860 ]. First Edition. A manuscript document of Roxbury Vermont on a thick blotter like paper. 17 x 14 1/2 inches edge to edge. There are four large edge chips and some water damage affecting the content. The document includes 176 identifiable..... More
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