[ Genessee County, New York ]: Not published 1863-1864. First Edition. 360 numbered pages plus notations on endpapers. Folio (9 x 13 3/4 inches). Stamped reverse calf with leather with diced leather reinforcements on the edges and center of spine. Three compartment labels on the spine: "Journal | D |... more
Concord [New Hampshire ]: Edson C. Eastman, Publisher 1877. First Edition. Volume II ONLY (of three volumes). xi, 684, [1-errata] pages. 4to. Publishers 3/4 leather over pebbled cloth gilt. Minor wear to the binding, several spots with some wear to the leather. Colored frontis with ghosting opposite to title page... more
Concord [New Hampshire ]: Edson C. Eastman, Publisher 1874. First Edition. Volume I ONLY (of three volumes). xi, 667, [1-errata] pages. 4to. Publishers 3/4 leather over pebbled cloth gilt. Minor wear to the binding, several spots with some wear to the leather. Binder's ticket on front pastedown (Crawford). A very... 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
Fitzwilliam, NH: Ken Roberts Publishing Co. 1991. Later printing. xvi, 494 pages. 4to. 9 x 11 inches. Publisher's maroon cloth gilt with grey dust jacket printed in red and black. An apparently unread copy noting that a (blank) portion of the title page was excised at the bottom of the... more
Fitzwilliam, NH: Ken Roberts Publishing Co. 1982. reprint. [2], 94, [2] pages plus wrappers. 4to (9 1/2 x 12 inches). Brown leatherette gilt, plain brown spine. A few minor blemishes to binding, otherwise a new copy. Near Fine. Boards.
A quality reprint done by Ken Roberts Publishing Co. in... more
Boston [ Massachusetts ]: Reprinted for Isaac Edrehi, son of the Late British Consul at Jerusalem 5618 [sic] but 1855. vi, [7], [5]-140 + 147 + 148 + vi, [3]-159 pages. Four books bound in one. Publisher's embossed leather gilt, rebacked in cloth with original leather spine laid down and... more
New York: Analyses Publishing Co 1909. First Edition. 551 pages. Original green cloth. 4to (8 3/4 x 11 1/2 inches). Professionally recased, inner hinges reinforced. Very Good. Cloth.
The First Annual Number 1909 (the series ran until at least 1920). "After the 1907 crash nearly ruined Moody and many of... more
The Review of Scientific Instruments 1951. First Separate Edition. 601-604 pages. 7 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches. The four page offprint of this work, reprinted from the Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 22, No 8. August 1951. Bright and clean, with some minor creasing. Near Fine. Pamphlet.
"The Nobel... more
[ 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
Cleveland, Ohio: The Williams Publishing Company 1888. First Edition. XVIII, 9-507 pages. Plus three frontispieces (2 portraits, one scenic). 8vo. Publisher's plum cloth gilt. Original decorated endpapers. Minor spotting to page edges. Some minor scuffs to the binding. A nice copy. Very Good. Cloth.
Spine / front panel title... more
Philadelphia: Henry F. Anners 1850. 140 pages. 4 x 6 inches. Publisher's green cloth gilt. Spine browned (sunned). One page with marginal tear just to the textblock (no loss). Minor wear to the cloth extremities. Spine notes "Abbott's Moral Library" and "Little Mill Dam" in gilt. Several engravings at end... more
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press 1925. First Edition. 31 pages. Original light grey wrappers printed with green titles. 8vo. Untrimmed as issued. Soiling to the covers, minor chipping to the edges as normal. 8 figures on 2 pages. Crease to rear wrapper, short closed tear. Frontispiece is a photomechanical print... more
Brooklyn, N. Y. Standard-Johnson Co., Inc. circa 1936. First Edition. 24 pages. 7 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches. Buff wrappers with embossed decoration. Handbill and 1936 pricelist laid in. Illustrated. Covers soiled, catalog creased vertically as if for mailing. Some pencilled notations internally (prices, etc). related to the items on... more
Boston, Massachusetts: Charles H. Pope 1906. Second Edition. xvi, 9-160, [3-ads] pages. Orange stiff printed wrappers. 4 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches. Illustrated. Mild soiling to the covers, blank spine sunned, 1 1/2 inch tear to base of spine panel. Page edges soiled. Clean internally. Two page map "Map of... more
New York City: Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation 1927. 27 pages. 8 x 10 1/2 inches. Printed wrappers. Bumped, minor browning and foxing. Previous owner name with "Please Save" penned on front cover. Very Good. Wraps.
Covers a brief history of the Diesel Engine, Worthington's work on it, and... more
New York: John Wiley & Sons 1948. First American Edition. [8], [7]-194 pages. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth with black embossed box with white "CYBERNETICS" on front panel and similar design on the spine panel with author and publisher in blank print. Dust jacket with 1 1/2 inch closed tear to... more
New York: John Wiley & Sons 1949. Later printing. [8], [7]-194 pages. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth with black embossed box with white "CYBERNETICS" on front panel and similar design on the spine panel with author and publisher in blank print. A nice copy of the third printing (January, 1949) in... 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
Prov. R. I. [ Providence, Rhode Island ]: Henry L. Tillinghast [ circa 1850 ]. First Edition. Single leaf, printed on recto only. 6 1/4 x 9 inches (16 x 23 cm). Wove paper, no watermarks. A nice impression noting some ghosting to the left of the larger characters (presumably... more
Leiden: Museum Boerhaave Communication 271 1997. First Edition. 198, [1] pp., 8-1/2" x 10-1/2" Blue cloth boards with illustration inset in front cover. Sticker on front flyleaf, corners rounded. Light soiling to cloth. Very Good. Cloth.
A descriptive catalogue of 295 artifacts in the physical laboratory instruments collection of... more
Providence [ Rhode Island ]: Rhode Ilsnad Publications Society. 1990. First Edition. 100 pp., 7" x 11" Paper covers with perfect binding Signed and dedicated by the author. Sticker on front flyleaf, otherwise a bright clean copy. Near Fine. Wraps.
Many illustrations, pictures and histories of Rhode Island lighthouses. 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
New York: Bell Telephone Laboratories 1930. 10 pages. Original blue printed paper wrappers with a touch of fading at the extremities. 6 x 9 inches, stapled, 3-hole punched as issued. Monograph B-502, July 1930, of the Bell Telephone System Technical Publications. Near Fine. Wraps.
Clinton Joseph Davisson shared the... more
New York: American Institute of Electrical Engineers 1959. First Edition. 244 pages. Original pale blue printed paper wraps. Significant dampstaining to the bottom edge of the book, extending into the textblock, worst on the title page, and gradually fading toward the back of the volume. Does not affect readability, but... more