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
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
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
Lancaster, PA and New York, NY: American Physical Society / American Institute of Physics 1958. First Edition. [227]-613 pages. Small 4to. Original publisher's blue/green printed wraps. Entire number offered. A clean copy, noting some shallow puncture marks and deeper impressions to the first 45 pages from what looks like staple... more
[ Lancaster, PA ]: The Physical Review 1947. First Edition. 1139-1146 pages. 7 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches (8vo). Original green printed wrappers. Offprint from The Physical Review, Vol 72, No 12, pp. 1139-1146, December 15, 1947. A touch of fading to the edges, otherwise a fine copy. Near Fine... more
Braunschweig: Henry Litolff's Verlag circa 1858. Zehn Bändes im Zwei [Ten volumes bound in two]. Volume One: [2], 159, [2], 154, [2], 154, [2], 150, [2], 151 pages. Contains Bändes I-V, each with separate title page and contents. Imprint is Braunschweig, Henry Litolff's Verlag. Volume Two: [2], 159, [3], 149... more
Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger for the Library Committee of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania 1875. First Edition. xv, [17]-236 pages. Plus thirteen plates with albumen photographs by Frederick Gutekunst. 8vo. Publisher's vibrant blue cloth with highly decorated gilt spine. #991/1000 copies. A bright clean copy, noting old tape repair... more
Cambridge: At the University Press 1957. Later printing. xvi, [1], 302, [1] pages. Publisher's grey cloth with red and black printed dust jacket. The second printing, issued in the same year as the first, 1957. Dust jacket noting "Second impression" and with five dollar retail price. Dj with lower corner... more
Riverbank, Geneva Ill. Riverbank Laboratories Department of Ciphers 1954. Reprint. 3-9,[1-blank] p. 28.5 cm. Comb binding. Soiling to the front cover, clean internally. There were 2 issues of this publication - both are marked 1917 on the front cover. The second issue (as offered here) was published in a comb... more
Paris: Imprimerie-Librairie Militaire Universelle, L. Fournier 1921. First Edition. Publication No 22 (English): 87 pages; WITH Publication No 22 (French): 91 pages. Together 2 volumes. Lacks the rare English and French 8 page appendix inserts. Publisher's stiff tan wrappers with black printed front cover duplicating title page. Hinges reinforced with... more
Massachusetts: John E. Fuller [ 1845-1846 ]. A rare circular slide rule. 11 1/16 inches by 11 1/16 inches by almost 5/16 inches thick. Constructed of three layers of book board, the center board intact, the outer two boards with circular volvelle cutouts, the whole connected with a center metal... more
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press 1931. First Edition. [8], 114, [1] pages. 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth gilt. Lacks the original dust jacket. Previous owner name "K. T. Bainbridge, Dec 25, 1931" on the front pastedown. A few passages highlighted in the margins with pencil marks. Folding plate of the periodic... more
A. Marseille: Chez Jean Mossy 1773. x, [2], 460 pages including tables + 11 illustrations on 5 plates. 8vo. 1/4 leather over marbled boards. Marbling worn, overall minor wear to the binding. Marbled endpapers dampstained. Marbled page edges. Unobtrusive occasional marginal dampstaining throughout. (pages 157-160 mis-numbered or bound out of... more
Hartford: Elihu Geer for the Hartford Steam Printing Company 1886. First Edition. [2], vii-xii, 13-16, [folding map], 31-501 pages. Complete as issued. Front pastedown is calendar for 1866/67. Front flyleaf is Title page. Last page serves as rear pastedown endpaper. Foldout city map is in excellent condition. Original publisher's brown... more
Leipzig: E. B. Schwickert 1842. First Edition. 11 1/4 x 9 inches. Oblong. 1/4 leather over marbled boards. Ex-libary "Deventer Bibliotheek", with blue ink-stamp on title page and a few labels on the spine. Otherwise unmarked. An atlas volume containing all copper plates, with most plates clean, and a few... more
Philadelphia: Joseph & James Crukshank 1803. [1]-152 pages plus 13 folding engraved plates. Later calf spine and corners over marbled boards. New endpapers when rebound. Browned throughout but not brittle. Very good. Boards.
Rink (Technical Americana #2396) notes that Robert Gibson's "A treatise of practical surveying... The 8th ed..... more
[ Menasha, WI ]: American Mathematical Society 1951. First Edition. Volume 1 (Issues 1-2): [2], 286 pages + Volume 2 (Issues 1-2) [2], 334 pages + Vol 2 #6 : 839-998 pages. A collection of 5 issues of the Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society bound in one physical volume... more
Japan: Electrotechnical Laboratory 1956. First Edition. [2], viii, [2], [10 plates], [1]-214 pages. Original blue cloth with white titling on spine and front panel. Minor bumps to corners and wear to the extremities. Errata sheet tipped in on rear pastedown. INSCRIBED by author Komamiya "to Mr. Albert E. Slade with... more
Mainz: Victor v. Zabern [ no date ]. First Edition. Oblong 4to. 11 x 7 1/2 inches. Brick red cloth (worn at head/tail of spine) with brass clasp closure at fore-edge. Front hinge tentatively re-attached with tissue. Aeg. Contains 50 albumen photographs of paintings, marked '1a' to '50a', each on... more
[ New York ]: 1900-1902. First Edition. 3 1/2 inches by 6 inches. A small lined notebook with Grant's address on the inside cover noting 232 exposures which he took, Each entry includes the Date of Exposre, Plate used, Exposure, Time of Day, Stop Lens and Light. Images taken include... more
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