Boston, Massachusetts: Printed for the author 1835. 52 pages. 8vo. Lacks original wrappers, later string tie at spine. Covers soiled, clean internally. Some pages with turned corners, occasional spotting. Good. Wraps. More
New York: G. W. Dillingham, Publisher 1890. First Edition. viii, [9]-399 pages. 4to. 8 x 9 1/4 inches. Three quarter leather over marbled boards. Page edges and endpapers also marbled. Leather binding rubbed at the extremities, and drying. Front joint started lower few inches. Still a readable copy as long..... More
Geneve, Paris, Bruxelles: L Held, L. Hachette et Cie, A. Lacroix van Mennen et Cie 1860. Authorized French edition. XVI, 285 pages. 8vo (5 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches) Frontispiece is steel engraving of Humboldt. 1/4 leather over marbled boards w/gilt spine titles. Light overall wear to the binding. Uniformly..... More
Beverly Hills, CA: The Wisdom Society c1967. First Edition. 480 pages. 8vo. Publisher's white boards with gilt titles. Light overall wear. Laid in is a three page typewritten letter from the editor to Dr. Edwin H. Land on Wisdom Magazine letterhead dated August 21, 1967. Very Good. Boards.
The..... More
New York, NY: Haskell House Publishers Ltd. 1972. Later printing. xvi, 426 pages. Publisher's lime green cloth with (sloppy) black title stamping on spine panel. Minor soiling, an apparently unread copy. Near Fine. Cloth.
A reprint of the original published in Toronto by A. H. Hovey in 1871. Difficult..... More
New York, N.Y. Haskell House Publishers Ltd. 1970. Later printing. viii, 455 pages. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth. A new copy noting a bit of fading to the spine panel lettering and a touch of red to the upper page edge corners. Near Fine. Cloth.
Reprints the original publication from..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company 1943. First Edition. [12], 340 pages. 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth with white spine titles. Lacking the dust jacket as often the case. This example warmly INSCRIBED by Orville Wright on the half title page: "To Frank and Anne with my most affectionate regards, Orville..... More
![Item #29707 The Wright Brothers [INSCRIBED by Orville Wright]. Orville Wright, Wilbur Wright](https://kuenzigbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/29707_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1761679974)
Jacket drawing by Frederick Wallace and Leonard De. Boston, Massachusetts: Little, Brown & Company 1943. First Edition. [8], [1]-231, [1] pages. 8vo. Publisher's salmon cloth decorated in green. Dust jacket in matching salmon, white, and black. Dust jacket with tearing, creasing and wear mostly along the top edge. Small puncture..... More
![Item #29676 While we are absent [Review Copy]. Ann Leighton, pseud. of Isadore Smith](https://kuenzigbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/29676_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1758050016)
London: The Royal Society 1927. First Edition. ix, 247 pages. 8vo. Publisher's maroon cloth. From the library of bibliophile Sydney Ross with his book ticket on the front pastedown. Lightly faded cloth, corners bumped. A sound copy. Very Good. Cloth.
Recounts much of Pickering's work in Chemistry and Physics..... More
Gibbsborro, NJ, U.S.A. The Paint Works Corporate Center 1999. First Edition. 105, [2] pages. Oblong folio (12 x 9 inches). SIGNED by the artist Soraida on the title page. Unread, clean and crisp copy. Near Fine. Wraps.
"Soraida Martinez (July 30, 1956) is an American of Puerto Rican descent..... More
Oslo: J W. Cappelens Forlag 1949. First Edition. 182, [1] pages. 5 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. Thick pressboard covers with embossed title and author name. Original printed dust jacket. Dj is worn, browned at spine, and with soiling. Text in Norwegian (?). Untrimmed. Good / Good. Boards.
The..... More
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New York: The Gordian Press 1966. [10], [309]-664, [10 (blank)], 671-730 (new supplement), [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 which adds the new supplement on pages 671-730. Near..... More
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[Washington, DC]: Government Printing Office 1846, 1880. 528 pages. Large 8vo. Cloth. WITH 8 pages. Henry's Memorial was published in 1880 and has several letter fragments affixed to the front pastedown (Smithsonian envelope fragment addressed to Dr. William P. Vail" with Vail's note thanking the sender for the book). The..... More
New York, N.Y. Haskell House Publishers Ltd. 1971. Later printing. xii, 343 pages. 8vo. Publisher's brown cloth. A bright clean copy. Fine. Cloth.
A quality reprint of the first edition published in 1934. The text copy is bright and crisp - but the images aren't reproduced as well and..... More
Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Printing & Publishing Co / The Imperial Press 1902. 251, [11-ads] pages. 8vo (6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches). Tan cloth printed in black. Apparently inscribed by author and daguerreian James F. Ryder on the front flyleaf: "Percival Calverts(?) I am Very Truly Yours" in dark..... More
Austin, TX: Zeiss Historica Society 2010. First Edition. 24 pages. 8 1/4 x 11 inches. Stapled pictorial wrappers. Minor wear to the extremities. A nice clean copy. Near Fine. Wraps.
The Zeiss Historica Society was founded by Thomas Schreiner, Charles Barringer, Jr. and (as noted in some of the..... More
Austin, TX: Zeiss Historica Society 2015. First Edition. 24 pages. 8 1/4 x 11 inches. Stapled pictorial wrappers. Minor wear to the extremities. A nice clean copy. Near Fine. Wraps.
The Zeiss Historica Society was founded by Thomas Schreiner, Charles Barringer, Jr. and (as noted in some of the..... More
New York, N.Y. Haskell House Publishers Ltd. 1973. Later printing. 327,[3] pages. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth. A fine copy noting light corner bumping. Near Fine. Cloth.
Reprints the J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 1925 edition which was originally issued in 1500 copies. This reprint is new old stock from the..... More
Providence: George H. Whitney 1857. 348 pages. 8vo. Publisher's brown cloth with blindstamped decorations. Spine titles in gilt. Corners worn, head/tail of spine frayed, front joint starting at top. Book ticket of Jacob Babbitt, Jr. Bristol R. I. on front pastedown. Endpapers browned. Paper browned throughout, one signature proud. Good..... More
Hartford, Conn. Privately Published 1874. First Edition. 120 pages. 5 1/2 x 7 1/2. Publisher's brown cloth with embossed/gilt decorations. Frontispiece is a mounted photograph of Capron. Corners bent, offsetting of the portrait to the title page. Otherwise a bright clean copy with just a few blemishes to the front..... More
Berkeley, Los Angeles: University of California Press 1984. Later printing. xviii, 375, [1] pages. 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth in a pictorial dust jacket. Nice clean example. Near Fine / Near Fine. Cloth. More
[ no place ]: Self-published. [2], 21, [3-last blank] pages (plus frontis and 5 blank leaves in rear). Tree calf with decorative borders. Spine panel coming loose at front joint (hinge holding). Overall wear to extremities of the binding. Bright and clean internally, noting 'withdrawn' stamp on front flyleaf (no..... More
Wien [ Vienna ]: Carl Konegen 1905. First Edition. X, 250, [1] pages. 8vo. Quarter cloth with gold gilding on spine panel over marbled paper boards. Original paper wraps bound in. Stamp of Conservatoire Botanique Ville de Geneve in several places. Wear to the corners, fundamentally sound. Text in German..... More
[ no place ]: Privately Printed (John Wilson & Son) 1894. First Edition. [4], 104, [1] pages. 8vo. Publisher's cloth gilt. A bright clean copy, noting some spotting to the top page edges. Near Fine. Cloth. More
