New York: Henry Holt and Company 1933. First American Edition. xxiv, 433, [1] pages. 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth with black spine lettering. Four previous owner indications on front endpapers (gift inscription from 1936, ex-libris bookplate, signature and one other). Front hinge cracked with webbing showing but still sound. Corners bumped..... More
New York: Tom Doherty Associates 2004. First Edition. 428 pages. Red printed paper wrappers. SIGNED by author Drake on the front wrapper. Small spot to rear cover, otherwise a very clean unread copy. Near Fine. Wraps. More
![Item #29063 Master of the Cauldron [Uncorrected Proof]. David Drake](/pictures/thumb/29063_1.jpg?v=1678723556)
Geneva, Illinois: Riverbank Laboratories 1918. First Edition. 20 pages 8 3/4 x 11 1/4 inches. (22.3 cm x 28.5 cm). Publisher's stiff tan wrappers with black printed front cover duplicating title page. Provided in the originally issued Riverbank Laboratories button and string flapped manila envelope with limitation number on outside..... More
Riverbank, Geneva Ill. Riverbank Laboratories Department of Ciphers 1919. First Edition. 50 pages 28.7 cm x 22.2 cm. Publisher's stiff tan wrappers with black printed front cover duplicating title page. No statement of limitation. A bright copy noting some minor soiling to the rear cover and a browned spot on..... 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
Philadelphia: James A. Moore, Printer 1877. xii, [9]-200 pages + xxvii pages (a priced catalog of sciopticon apparatus) + 68 pages "Marcy's Sciopticon Catalog". Complete, as issued. In publisher's original green cloth gilt. Front flyleaf creased with small tear. This copy was owned by Charles S Schultz who has tipped..... More
Tuffen West. London and New York: George Routledge & Sons [after 1882]. Later printing. [2], 132 pages. Plus 12 colored plates (numbers II-XII in rear, number I as frontis). 4 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches. Publisher's green cloth with de-embossed design colored in red. Penciled name on recto of frontis..... More
[London]: [Macmillan & Co. LTD] 1959. First Edition. [2], V-VI, 1595-1670 pp. 10 3/8 x 7 3/8 inches. Modern black cloth, printed paper spine label. Bookplate of Andras Gedeon on front pastedown. Fine. Cloth.
"The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1977 was divided, one half jointly to Roger..... More
New York: American Elsevier Publishing Company, Inc. 1968. First American Edition. x, 149, [1-blank],[2] pages. Small 8vo. 7 1/2 x 5 inches. Publisher's buff paper boards. No dust jacket. Spot to upper cover, previous owner's name in several places internally. Very Good. Boards.
Based on a series of special..... More
London: Printed for R. Dodsley, at Tully's Head in Pall-mall; and sold by M. Cooper in Pater-noster-row; and J. Cuff, Optician in Fleetstreet 1743. Second Edition. [2],xvi, [1]-98, [4], 99-311,[13-indices] pages. Pages 307 through index with stain in inner margins affecting text in a few places. With 14 numbered plates..... More
Oxford: Henry Hall for Ric. Davis and B. Took at the Ship in St. Pauls Church-Yard 1680. Second Edition. Two works bound in one volume. A^8a^2; B-Z^8;Aa-Ee^8;Ff^4; *^8;**^4;A^4 B-R^8;S^4; [20], 440 pp., [28], 268 pp. 8vo. Modern calf to period style with simple ruling and tooling. Spine in five compartments..... More
[no place of publication stated]: [no publisher stated] [no date]. 7 x 9 1/4 inches. Silver print with glossy finish. Marked "473" in pencil on verso. Contained in an envelope marked "Lumiere" and "Abordage d'un canot" or "counting a canoe." Near Fine.
This is a rare still photograph 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. A bright and clean cop noting a few blemishes to the dust jacket Includes Appendices. Near Fine / Near Fine..... More
Maynard, Massachusetts: Digital Equipment Corporation 1972. Third Edition. 8 x 5 1/4 inches. Variously paginated. Publisher's brown and white printed wrappers. The usual browning to the paper, and some creasing/dings to the page edges. Rear cover with denting from heavy books once stacked on top (at a guess). Very Good..... More
![Item #29037 Introduction to Programming [PDP-8 Handbook Series]. Digital Equipment Corporation, DEC](/pictures/thumb/29037_1.jpg?v=1669167800)
Philadelphia: David McKay, Publisher 1901. [6], ii, [9]-183, [1], [6-ads] ages. 8vo. Publisher's forest green cloth with red and white stamped titles. Spine titled in red. Includes a partial dust jacket, the first we've seen on this title (chipped, dampstained, etc). Bookstore ticket of Goodman's of Manchester, NH on front..... More
Oberkochen/Wurtt: Carl Zeiss 1960-1964. First Edition. Five issues. Self-wrappers, pagination as below. 11 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches. Printed text, stapled with light blue linen tape at spine as issued. A few blemishes here and there, but very clean copies overall. Black and white and occasional color plates. Issues included..... More
Lee Brown Coye. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House 1964. First Edition. xi, [1], 432, [2] pages. 8vo. Black cloth binding with green, white and black printed dust jacket. Lower corner tips lightly bumped and worn. Spine panel a touch sunned as is rear panel and flap extremities. Still much brighter..... More
Torino: Dall Stamperia Reale 1837-1841. Four volumes, each uniformly bound in 1/4 leather over marbled boards. Flat spines with labels in green and brown (now faded). Gilt titles and ruling. Volume 1 with minor worming to the base of the rear panel resulting in some separation of the leather at..... More
New York, NY: Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated April 1950. First Separate Edition. 60 pages. 11 x 8 1/2 inches. Original printed grey, blue and black wrappers, stapled. Five holes punched at the spine as issued. Printed on glossy paper. Rusty staple impression on rear cover, soft bump to top pages..... More
![Item #29028 Communication Theory of Secrecy Systems [Bell Monograph]. C. E. Shannon, Claude Elwood](/pictures/thumb/29028_1.jpg?v=1666624272)
New York, N.Y. Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated March 1951. First Separate Edition. 15, [1-blank] pages. 10 7/8 x 8 3/8 inches (275 x 213 mm). Publisher's printed grey, blue and black wrappers. Stapled, with five holes punched at the spine as issued. Printed on a non-coated paper. Near Fine. Wraps..... More
![Item #29027 Prediction and Entropy of Printed English [Bell Monograph]. C. E. Shannon, Claude Elwood](/pictures/thumb/29027_1.jpg?v=1666624272)
New York: The Gordian Press 1966. [10], [309]-731, [1] pages. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth with black and gilt spine titling. A new copy noting a bump to the bottom board edge. This is Volume II ONLY. Fine. Cloth.
This edition reprints the original 1948 Harvard University Press edition, with..... More
![Item #29026 The Letters of Edgar Allan Poe [Volume II only]. John Ward Ostrom, Edgar Allan Poe](/pictures/thumb/29026_1.jpg?v=1666624272)
[Southampton, MA]: The Antiquarian Scientist 2006. First Edition. 64 pages. Photographically illustrated wrappers. 8 x 8 inches. A new copy with just a touch of wear. Bright and clean internally. SIGNED by author Raymond V. Giordano. NOTE: the publisher is sold out, and this work will not be reprinted. Fine..... More
[New York]: [Pynson Printers] [November, 1935]. First Edition. [8] pages plus one plate. String bound. Overall light wear and mild creasing. Inserted plate shows two photogravures of papermaking (images 33 and 57 from the book). Rear cover notes works by Dard Hunter, is dated November 1935, and is watermarked "JAPAN"..... More
![Item #29017 [ephemera, publishing] "In the raiment of the gods..." Being an unconventional...](/pictures/thumb/29017_1.jpg?v=1666624271)
(Chillicothe, Ohio): (The Mountain House) c1932. [4] page advertisement, 11 x 8 1/4 inches, a single sheet folded. Untrimmed. Folded horizontally as if for mailing. Small stain to upper edge, tanning to the paper at the extremities. Dard Hunter watermark on rear page with a decorative motif. This is a...... More
![Item #29016 [ephemera, publishing] Old Papermaking in China and Japan. Dard Hunter, Litt D](/pictures/thumb/29016_1.jpg?v=1666624271)
