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. 7 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches. Original buff printed wrappers. 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, we..... 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
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
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)
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
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 collection 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
![Autographs ] Small collection of material between Nobel Laureate Francis Crick and Meyer...](/pictures/thumb/14270_1.jpg?v=1504285366)
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
![artifact, navigation ] E. J. Dent's Dipleidoscope, S/N 431. E. J. Dent](/pictures/thumb/28116_1.jpg?v=1602910493)
[Indianapolis, New York, Kansas City]: [Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc.] Herbert Dingle 1965. First Edition. i-xxvii pages. 12 1/2 x 8 inch paper. An original typescript paginated in pencil on the upper right hand corners. Editorial marks, corrections and strikethroughs throughout. Folded with mild soiling throughout. Bottom edges frayed. Old cellotape marks..... 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
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
![Photograph ] Edison Radios First Phonograph's Words! Thomas A. Edison, Governor Moore](/pictures/thumb/26732_1.jpg?v=1509117871)
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)
Salem: Printed at the Observer Office 1847. First Edition. 116 pages. 4to. Publisher's original cloth. This copy has the bookplate of William Goddard Weld, and an inscription on the back of the frontispiece: "Wm G. Weld with the regards of Chas. E. Endicott" (perhaps a relative of the author). Minor..... More
![Memoir of John Endecott [ Endicott ], First Governor of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay : Being...](/pictures/thumb/24535_1.jpg?v=1504285888)
[ no place ]: Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated 1933. First Edition. 2 leaves of paper apparently excised from a meeting minutes book. The first, marked '49' upper right, votes to continue an honorariam to Mrs. Mina M. Edison during the calendar years of 1933 and 1934, with terms and conditions..... More
