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 Properly withdrawn from the Burndy Library, with Bern.....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
London: E. Flesher, for R. Davis 1675. First Edition. 1 leaf, 1-38 pages. 8vo. A1a (sub-title page on electricity) ; A2a-C4b (pp 1-38). Last two leaves with smaller font size as issued. Bound in later paper wrappers, the whole in cloth boards with 4 flap enclosure inside. Near Fine. Cloth..... 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
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
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 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
[ 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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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: 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). Lacks preliminary leaf with printer's imprint and engraved bust frontispiece present in some copies. Nice green cloth spine gilt over marbled..... 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
Paris: Gauthier-Villars 1886-1888. First Edition. 2 volumes. Vol 1: xvi, 467 pages. Vol 2: xiii, 573 pages. Half calf over marbled boards. Large 8vo. 6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches. Light browning to pages. Frontispieces and plates each accompanied by guard sheet with descriptive letterpress. Near Fine. Boards.
Epstean..... 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
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
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
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