A very small selection of items we took to the Boston ABAA fair.
New York: Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated 1949. First Separate Edition. 18, [2 (blank)] pages. 10 7/8 x 8 3/8 inches. Original blue and gray printed wrappers with 5 hole punches at the spine (as issued). A touch of wear to the extremities, and offsetting to rear panel (apparently from an..... More
![Item #29191 Physical Principles Involved in Transistor Action [Bell Monograph]. J. Bardeen, W. H....](https://kuenzigbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/29191_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1696874229)
London: Quekett Microscopical Club 2010. First Edition. viii, 221,[1] pages. 4to (9 5/8 x 9 3/4 inches). Publisher's blue and white printed boards. A clean, apparently unread copy. No dust jacket as issued. Near Fine. Boards.
A standard reference in the field which has not been well distributed. This..... More
[Brooklyn, NY]: [Brenack Brothers] 1920s-1940s. A large archive of over 100 photographs documenting some of the work done by stevedores Brenack. The firm made crates, boxes, cradles and other mechanical devices to enable safe shipping of large items by boat, truck, or other necessary means. The archive contains many interesting..... More
![Item #29206 [archive, photographic] A large archive of photographs of the Brenack Stevedoring...](https://kuenzigbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/29206_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1699145981)
New York: Fowlers and Wells 1848. viii, [9]-72, [12-ads] pages. 7 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches. Original buff printed wrappers. Significant staining from front wrapper through page 30 in ever decreasing size. Spine paper detached lower inch. Very nicely illustrated. Good. Wraps.
While noted as the twelfth edition, we..... More
Boston: Leonard C. Bowles, and Wait Greene & Co. 1830. First Edition. 46 pages. 14.3 x 8.5 cm. Engraving illustrates title page. Publisher's original printed wrappers, string bound. Covers soiled, foxed throughout. Ink stain page 11 affecting readability. Front flyleaf torn. Spine paper frayed and with loss. Rear wrapper with..... More
Gottingen: Herausgegeben von der Koniglichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Gottingen 1863-1874. Seven volumes in three. 11 1/4 x 10 inches. 3/4 leather over green pebbled cloth gilt. Pages edges tinted red. Firtst volume: [4], 478 + [4], 504 + [4], 499, [1] pages. Plus one plate. Contains 1. Bd. Disquisitiones..... More
Boston: Palmer and Hall (successors to Danel Davis, Jr.) Magnetical and Telegraphic Instrument Makers 1857. [2-(advert)], [iii]-viii, 322, [5-(catalog)], [1-(blank)] pages. Plus two page engraved pages as "frontis" by Daniel Davis Jr. "Copied from the Galvanic Battery, from the Original Plate". Publisher's stamped brown cloth gilt. Insect damage (silverfish) to..... More
London and New York: MacMillan and Co. 1891. First English Edition. xxxiii, [3], 976 pages. Color lithographed frontispiece of the Aurora Borealis. Original blue cloth with blind stamped title and decorations. Titles in gilt on spine. Spine panel still bright and readable, minor wear at the corners and head/tail spine..... More
[Reading, PA]: [self-published]. 5 x 7 1/2 inches (album dimensions). A leather photograph album with images glued to paper which are affixed to tabs, many with tissue guards. . The album cover notes "B.J. HACKETT | ANIMAL PAINTER". The album is quite worn, with hinges very loose. The album contains..... More
![Item #29207 [Americana] A unique sample book of Animal Artist B.J. Hackett of Reading, PA. B. J....](https://kuenzigbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/29207_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1699145983)
Boston, [Massachusetts]: Laban Heath 1864. First Edition. 26, [1], [1 (blank)] pages plus 8 plates extra to the pagination (plate 6 is the frontis). Publisher's brown cloth with stamped decorations in blind and gilt. Spotting and wear to the cloth. The plates are black and white engravings by the American..... More
Hanover, NH: Bragg Hill Press 2023. First Revised Edition. xvii,[1-blank],357,[1-blank],[2] pages. 11 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches. Pictorial paper boards. 80 lb satin paper printed in black ink. Profusely illustrated. New copies directly from the printer. For international orders, due to weight we must send international priority shipping not first..... More
[Baltimore, Maryland]: G. Dobbin & Murphy 1807. First Edition. 10 1/2 x 8 3/8 inches (widest dimensions). A letterpress broadside removed from a scrapbook. Staining, soiling, old glue/paper remnants. Several inked notations on the back including "I love to laugh, & never was a weeper!" Good.
Mathews was known..... More
![Item #29221 [Broadside, medical] Fresh drugs & medicine : the subscriber has again resumed the...](https://kuenzigbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/29221_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1699145987)
28 Cornhill, Boston: American Tract Society [ca 1876?]. 64 pages. 5 x 3 3/8 inches. Publisher's purple cloth with gilt spine titling and decorations. Cloth faded. Front blank flyleaf excised. Foxing throughout. A sound copy. Good. Cloth.
One of "The Banner Stories" (so noted at head of title page)..... More
[no place of publication stated]: [no publisher stated] circa 1880. 3 3/8 x 7 inches. Colored albumen photograph mounted on a beige card using the typical stereoview layout. This example hand colored. Verso with white printed label "The White Slave" numbered 4518 and some pencil notations. Staining to verso, very..... More
![Item #29205 [Stereoview, SLAVERY & ABOLITION] The White Slave. stated](https://kuenzigbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/29205_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1699145981)
New York: D. Appleton & Co 1905. Sixth edition, first state. 1 leaf (presentation copy leaf), xvii, [1], 1143 pages. Original (red) cloth. Professionally rebacked with original spine laid down. Original boards preserved with color toning mostly to the rear board to address mild dampstaining. Light marginal dampstaining to the..... More
London: Asher & Co. 1873. First English Edition. [4], [1]-148 pages + 8 plates (one folding). 8vo (9 7/8 x 6 1/2 inches). Publisher's original brick cloth with gilt decoration of Eruption of Vesuvius 1872 on front panel. "Palmieri, Vesuvius" in gilt on spine. This copy has been expertly recased..... More
Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press 1960. xx, [2], 3-644 pages. 8vo. Publishers original blue cloth. First printing of the Third Edition (with no additional printings on the copyright page). A bright clean copy, the nicest we've handled noting a touch of fading to the spine panel. Near Fine. Cloth..... More
New York: No 9. Murray Street: W. J. Johnston, Publisher circa 1876. Later printing. [6], [7]-188 pages. 6 7/8 x 5 1/4 inches. Publisher's mustard cloth with stamped decorations in black and gilt. Cancel author's name pasted on title page (the original author name was "John Oakum"). The frontispiece is..... More
A Bordeaux: L'Imprimerie de R. Laguillotiere et Comp.e [1828]. 51,[1 (blank)] pages. 8 3/8 x 5 3/8 inches. Self wrappers enclosed in much later paper wraps. Outer wrappers separating. Browning and foxing throughout. Signature (indecipherable) at head of title page. Good. Wraps.
English translation (rough): "The bust of Henry..... More
New York, New York: North American Maps & Autographs circa 1984. An offering of a major collection of aeronautica by firm North American Maps & Autographs (owners E. Forbes Smiley III and Lisa A. Benson). The offering includes: 1) Main catalog of the collection including: a) Reproduced cover sheet "A..... More
London: R. Hunter 1823. First Edition. [6], [1]-83, [1-(blank)], [1-(errata)], [1-(blank)] pages + frontis + seven engraved plates (one folding). 8vo. 9 1/8 x 5 1/2 inches. Later 1/4 calf over drab boards with gilt spine lettering and leather tipped corners. Vaious penciled notations from previous booksellers presumably on the..... More
New York, NY: Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated March 1951. First Separate Edition. 48 pages. Self wrappers. Blue cloth spine over stapled printed grey, black and blue wrappers. 5 hole punched at spine as issued. A bright clean copy noting soft bump to upper corner and some minor discoloration to rear..... 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. A touch of wear to the extremities, a nice copy. Near Fine. Wraps.
During..... More
![Item #29188 Communication Theory of Secrecy Systems [Bell Monograph]. C. E. Shannon, Claude Elwood](https://kuenzigbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/29188_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1696874229)
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. The variant printed on a non-coated paper. Rear..... More
![Item #29109 Prediction and Entropy of Printed English [Bell Monograph]. C. E. Shannon, Claude Elwood](https://kuenzigbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/29109_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1687359881)
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. One of two variants known, this example printed..... More
![Item #29190 Prediction and Entropy of Printed English [Bell Monograph]. C. E. Shannon, Claude Elwood](https://kuenzigbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/29190_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1697849362)
