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
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
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
![Classics] De legibus Libri Tres. Recensuit, ac Petr Victorii, Paul Manucii, Jo. Camerarii, Dion....](/pictures/thumb/27982_1.jpg?v=1595348763)
[ 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
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
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
Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Company 1912. First Edition. x, 341 pages. Publisher's red cloth gilt. Lower corner tips bumped, some smudging to the cloth from handling. Stamp of David Cheever, M. D. (Boston, MA) on front flyleaf. Frontis foxed, several places where book lays flat from reading -..... 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
[ 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
![artifact, navigation ] E. J. Dent's Dipleidoscope, S/N 431. E. J. Dent](/pictures/thumb/28116_1.jpg?v=1602910493)
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
![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
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=1602608829)
Lancaster, PA and New York, NY: American Physical Society / American Institute of Physics 1958. First Edition. [681]-1038 pages. Small 4to. Original publisher's blue/green printed wraps. Entire number offered. A clean copy noting minor browning to the extremities, spine tips, and spotting to the textblock edges. Bright and clean internally..... 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
![Manuscript document of Roxbury Vermont ] "Elijah Winch Plann of Roxbury [VT] circa 1860" Elijah...](/pictures/thumb/23653_1.jpg?v=1504285786)
