Cambridge: At the University Press 1878. First English Edition. xxiii, [1-blank], 466, [2], 24 pages. 2 leaves (pages 309-12) with shallow horizontal tears at the top margin not affecting text. Original publisher's brown cloth. Carefully erased ink signature from title page resulting in thinned paper. Acid ghosting from endpapers on..... More
[London]: [ C. Davis ] [ 1753 ]. First Edition. 289-296 pages. 4to. 19 x 24 cm. (7 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches). An extract from "Philosophical Transactions Giving some Account of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours, of the Ingenious in Many Considerable Parts of the World ... Vol..... More
[ London ]: [ C. Davis, Printer to the Royal Society ] [1753]. First Edition. 565-568 pages. 4to. 19 x 24 cm. (7 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches). An extract from "Philosophical Transactions Giving some Account of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours, of the Ingenious in Many Considerable Parts..... 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
Geneva, Illinois: Riverbank Laboratories 1918. First Edition. 24 pages. 22.2 x 28.6 cm. Stiff tan publisher's wraps with cover titles duplicating title page. One of 200 copies per limitation statement on copyright page. Provided in the originally issued Riverbank Laboratories button and string flapped manila envelope with matching limitation number..... More
Cambridge: At the University Press 1957. Later printing. xvi, [1], 302, [1] pages. 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches. 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..... More
Riverbank, Geneva Ill. Riverbank Laboratories Department of Ciphers 1954. Reprint. 3-9,[1-blank] pages. 20 x 26.8 cm. Comb binding over printed tan covers. Minor edge fading to cover, clean internally. There were 2 issues of this publication - both are marked 1917 on the front cover. The second issue (as offered..... 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
Troy, [NY]: Moffitt & Lyon 1802. First Edition. 285, [3] pages. 12mo. 4 x 6 1/4 inches. Polished calf with black spine label "Electricity" with minor loss. Light wear to the extremities. Minor worming in the gutter base of spine affecting a few letters in the Preface. No flyleafs (as..... 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
Lancaster, PA: American Institute of Physics 1962. First Edition. [2], 1130 pages. Light brown buckram binding with gilt spine lettering, bumped at head of spine. Physical Review 125 Jan-Feb 1962 (entire volume offered). Ex-library, properly de-accessioned, with minor markings. Very Good. Cloth.
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New York, NY: Walter Gibson and Bruce Elliott / Bruce Elliott 1942-1954. First Edition. A complete run of 300 issues of the Phoenix, continuously paginated across issues. 1201 total pages of Magic!!! Each issue with four pages. 8 1/2 x 11 inches, one sheet folded. B&W reproduction process. Includes index..... More
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Spartan Giordano (photography). Tallmadge, Ohio: Classical Science Press 2012. First Edition. xxxv, [1], 299 pages. Folio. 13 x 9 inches. Original green cloth with leather spine label. SIGNED by author Raymond Giordano on the front flyleaf. Includes 185 pages of illustrations of 127 simple microscopes manufactured from 1680 to 1880..... More
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[ 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. 7 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches. 4to. 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..... 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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Isaac Sprague. Boston, Massachusetts: James Munroe and Company 1848. First Edition. 230, [2-blank] pages + 100 plates (plate 27 bound out of order between plates 21 and 22). 8vo. Publisher's brown cloth gilt. Soiling to the binding, clumsy repair to top several inches of spine panel. Rear joint starting at..... More
Leipzig: Verlag Springer & Moller A. G. Lack und Farbenwerke 1930. First Edition. [8] pages + 30 Tafel (plates) as issued. Lacks the original housing portfolio. Plates measure 11 x 15 1/4 inches. The 8 text pages were originally staple bound, now separated with chipping and edge tears but no..... More
various: Zeiss Historica Society 1981-2006. First Edition. Individual issues with 10 to 24 pages. 8 1/4 x 11 inches. Stapled pictorial wrappers. This set were effectively file copies retained by one of the founders, and some have significant wear. 51 total issues from Volume 3, No 1 Spring 1981 through..... More
Cleveland: J. H. Jansen circa 1915. First Edition. Portfolio containing twenty (of 20) plates, each mounted on cardstock with printed caption slips affixed upper left. Each mount bearing a library ink stamp at upper right corner); mild foxing to cardstock on one or two examples; one Parrish plate with crease..... More
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Chicago: H. G. Fischer & Co., Inc. 1st quarter 20th century. An exceptional salesman's book with photographs of products made by the company. There are twenty seven 7 1/2 x 10 inch photographs laid down on linen. The whole in a five ring binder with the company's information impressed on..... More
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New York: Bell Telephone Laboratories 1950. First Edition. 675 pages. 8vo. Blue cloth with previous owner name (C. K. Birdsall) printed at base of spine panel and signature on front wrapper of January issue. Bound privately from separate issues, this copy does not have a volume title page. The entire..... More
[ Gloucester Massachusetts and others ]: [ self published ] 1928-1935. First Edition. An archive of material related to American Inventor John Hays Hammond, Jr. The archive includes 4 letters to Janet Mabie (of Eaton Centre, New Hampshire) all from 1935. 2 comment on a Mr. Lear "who curiously enough..... More
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Frankfurt am Mayn: Friedrich Wilmans 1810. First Edition. XI, [1 blank], [2 - inhalt], [1]-487, [8] pages. 4to (8 x 9 3/4 inches) Full leather with raised bands. 8 copperplate engravings, 6 of which are folding (and several with hand coloring). Overall a bright clean example. Very Good. Boards.
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