Boston, Massachusetts: Ticknor and Fields December 1866. First Edition. [2-ads], [649]-772, iv, [4-ads], 8 pages. 6 1/2 x 10 inches. Buff wrappers printed in black ink. The entire issue offered (The Atlantic Monthly, December 1866, Vol 18, Number 110). Uncut, untrimmed. Minor creasing, soft crease down the front panel, a...... 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
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
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)
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)
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
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
London: Bernard Quaritch (Vols I and II) / Richard Taylor and William Francis (Vol III) [ 1839, 1844, 1855 but 1878-1882 ]. Later printing. Three Volumes. Vol I: vii, 574 pgs + 8 folding plates. Vol II: [5], viii, [v-vi], 302 pages + 5 plates (two folding). Vol III: [5]..... More
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
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
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. 8vo (5 3/4 x 8 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..... 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
![Fuller's Time Telegraph and Palmer's Computing Scale [ Full Size ]. John E. Fuller, Aaron Palmer](/pictures/thumb/23776_1.jpg?v=1504285796)
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
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
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
[ no place ]: [ General Motors Acceptance Corporation ] 1960. First Edition. 14 x 15 inches (dimensions of artists' board). Illustration extends almost to the board extremities. Taped to the rear of the artist board is a copy of the magazine cover it was used on. Artist is unknown..... More
![Original art ] Cover art for GMAC MIC [General Motors Acceptance Corporation's Motors Insurance...](/pictures/thumb/27899_1.jpg?v=1590640323)
