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 Properly withdrawn from the Burndy Library, with Bern.....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
[ Burlington, Maine ]: Not published 1879-1909. First Edition. 7 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches. Stiff thin boards (nearly detached) with marbled paper and bits of remaining thin black paper spine. A worn, re-purposed lined notebook containing the manuscript notes from the obstetric practice of Samuel W. Bragg, M. D...... More
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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
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
Philadelphia: The Franklin Institute 1931. First Edition. [2-volume title], 816 pages. Volume 212 of the Journal of the Franklin Institute, Nos 1267-1272, July-December 1931. An exlibrary volume bound in buckram with gold stamped lettering on the spine panel, institutional bookplate, library pocket and remains of check-out sheet in rear, and..... 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
[ 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
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London, U.S.A. Philip Wilson Pub Ltd / Zwemmer 1995. First Edition. xviii, 331 pages. Original maroon paper covered boards. Dust jacket with minor wear and rubbing. Lower corners bumped. Spine and rear dust jacket panel sun faded. Some creasing and rubbing to the dust jacket. Clean and bright internally. Very..... More
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
Boston, Massachusetts: Printed for the author 1835. 52 pages. 8vo. Lacks original wrappers, later string tie at spine. Covers soiled, clean internally. Some pages with turned corners, occasional spotting. Good. Wraps. 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
Philadelphia, PA: James W. Queen & Co. circa 1881. First Edition. 45, [3-ads] pages. Plus advertisements for twenty-one types of Crooke's tubes on the inside cover, and testimonials dated 1881 inside the rear cover about those tubes. The rear cover notes the contents of the pamphlet, and offers additional reference..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, Imprimeur-Libraire 1910. 2 volumes. Vol 1: portrait frontispiece, XIII, [1]-426 pages + 2 plates (labelled I, II). Vol 2: [2], [1]-548 pages + 5 plates (labelled III-VII). Vol 2 lacks half title leaf with title on recto and printer's imprint on verso (supplied in facsimile). Nice green cloth..... More
London: Stephen Couchman for W. Curtis 1796. First Edition. [1], 325-360,[1-index] leaves plus 36 plates (hand-colored copper engravings) interleaved, and extra to the pagination. 5 3/4 x 9 inches. Complete per index. Arranged so that each leaf of text explanation is opposite the colored engraving it describes. Versos are blank..... 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
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
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
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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
