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 Properly withdrawn from the Burndy Library, with Bern...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
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
Paris: Librairie E. Bernard et Cie 1897. [2], 113, [1] pages. 4to. 9 x 11 inches. Half morocco over marbled boards. Paper lightly browned. Upper corners bumped. "Illustrated with 150 figures." Text in French. Very Good. Boards.
Extracted (and published separately) from "La Revue scientifique et industrielle de l'année"... more
Philadelphia: Mathew Carey 1806. First Edition. [4] pages + 48 copper engraved plates (some folding) . Worn leather spine and corners over marbled papers. Previous owner's name on title page "J. Mundell?" Good. Boards.
The PLATE VOLUME ONLY of the American edition, carefully revised and Corrected by Robert Patterson. 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
Cincinnati, Ohio: Privately Printed 1930. First Edition. 68 pages. 5 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches. Cover stamped in blue with 'Azure Checker' and 'Stocks'. Spine is blank. Publishers tan cloth, lightly spotted and soiled, endpapers foxed. Good. Cloth.
No indication of printing other than date. OCLC shows only one... more
![Azure Checker [ Stocks ]. Helen Buether.](/pictures/thumb/18804_1.jpg?v=1504285450)
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
Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1869. XI, 342 pages. 8vo. Full leather rebinding with original publication interleaved with blank lined paper. "J.C. Wilson, Chief of Quartermaster's Division" in gilt on front cover. Gilt titles on spine. Leather worn, with some animal chew to extremities of lower board. Good. Boards.
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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
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 copy INSCRIBED... more
Boston: Isaac. R. Butts 1844. First Edition. [4], 56, 7, [1-blank], xiv pages. 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 worn... 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 Photo Company.](/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
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
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
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
