New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1948. 2nd Edition. By William R. Amberson and Dietrich C. Smith. ix, 502 p.: 193 in-text illustrations by Norris Jones and William Loechel; 26 cm. Brown cloth with gilt spine title on green background. No dust jacket. Book plate of Jacob W. Gruber on front fixed endpaper... More
New York: Theo Audel & Co., 1941. Hardcover. [8], 421, [13] p.: diagrams; 17 cm. Black faux leather cloth over card with gilt spine title and embossed cover title. All page edges red. Red endpapers. Includes index. Publisher's advertisements on final 6 unpaginated pages. Former owners' names on front free... More
![The Practical Draughtsman's Book of Industrial Design, and Machinist's and Engineer's Drawing Companion: Forming a Complete Course of Mechanical, Engineering, and Architectural Drawing [provenance: John D. Newbold]. Jacques-Eugène Armengaud, Charles A. Armengaud, Jules Amouroux, William C. E. Johnson.](/pictures/thumb/006182.JPG?v=1521842722)
Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird, 1864. Hardcover. "Translated from the French of M. Armengaud, the Elder, and Mm. Armenguad, the Youger, and Amouroux, civil engineers. Rewritten and arranged, with additional matter and plates, selections from and examples of the most useful and generally employed mechanism of the day by William Johnson."... More
![The Intelligent Man's Guide to Science [2 volumes in slipcase]. Isaac Asimov.](/pictures/thumb/005534.JPG?v=1496537534)
New York: Basic Books, 1960. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. 2 volumes in slipcase: 853 p., many unpaginated pages of illustrations: in-text illustrations; 26 cm. Blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine titles. Grey and black slipcase. Books are in Very Good Condition: spines are faded; otherwise, clean and bright. Slipcase is in... More
![Collection of Observations on the Solar Eclipse of November 30th, 1834, made at Philadelphia, Haverford, West-Hills, Baltimore, the University of Virginia, Norfolk, Cincinnati and Nashville [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 5 New Series, Article XI]. Alexander Dallas Bache.](/pictures/thumb/005013.jpg?v=1474052494)
Philadelphia: Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1837. Report by a committee appointed to make a collection of observations on the total solar eclipse of Nov. 30, 1834: Alex. Dallas Bache, Jos. Roberts,Jun., and Isaiah Lukens. [1], 234-247, [1] p.: tables; 29 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. Read... More
![Notes and Diagrams, illustrative of the Directions of the Forces acting at and near the surface of the Earth, in different parts of the Brunswick Tornado of June 19th 1835 by A.D. Bache [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 5 New Series, Article XXVI]. Alexander Dallas Bache.](/pictures/thumb/005028.JPG?v=1474668393)
Philadelphia: Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1837. [1], 408-417, [3] p., 2 leaves of engraved plates (containing 7 illustrations); 29 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. This article by Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867) was read before the Society on April 2, 1836. Bache was the great-grandson of Benjamin... More
![Observations to determine the Magnetic Dip at Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, West Point, Providence, Springfield and Albany by A.D. Bache [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 5 New Series, Article VIII]. Alexander Dallas Bache.](/pictures/thumb/005010.JPG?v=1474052493)
Philadelphia: Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1837. [1], 210-215, [1] p.: tables; 29 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. Read before the Society on Nov. 7, 1834. Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867), great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin and grandson of Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Dallas, taught engineering at West... More
![On the Diurnal Variation of the Horizontal Needle [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 5 New Series, Article I]. Alexander Dallas Bache.](/pictures/thumb/005003.JPG?v=1474052493)
Philadelphia: Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1837. 21, [1] p., 3 leaves of engraved plates: tables; 29 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. This article by Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867) was read before the Society on Nov. 16, 1832. Bache was the great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin and the... More
![On the Relative Horizontal Intensities of terrestrial Magnetism at several Places in the United States, with the Investigation of Corrections for Temperature, and Comparisons of the Methods of Oscillation in Full and in Rarefied Air by A.D. Bache and Edward H. Courtenay [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 5 New Series, Article XXVIII]. Alexander Dallas Bache, Edward H. Courtenay.](/pictures/thumb/005030.JPG?v=1474668393)
Philadelphia: Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1837. [1], 428-457, [1] p.: tables; 29 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. This article was read before the Society on May 6, 1836. Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867), great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin, taught engineering at West Point; served in the United States... More
New York: Walker and Company, 1966. Hard Cover. Edited by Anthony Baines for the Galpin Society. 344 p.: 32 pages of photographs, in-text drawing and music; 24 cm. Black cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Price-clipped dust jacket. Green endpapers. Gift inscription on front free endpaper, dated 1969. Book is in... More
![La Nouvelle Maison Rustique, ou Économie Rurale, Pratique et Générale de tous les biens de Campagne [vols. 1 & 2]. Jean-François Bastien.](/pictures/thumb/002063.jpg?v=1472082223)
Paris: Deterville Desray, 1798. Hardcover. "Nouvelle Édition, entièrement refondue, considérablement augmentée et mise en ordre, d'après les expériences les plus sûres, les auteurs les plus estimés, les mémoires et les procédés de cultivateurs, amateurs et artistes, chacun dans les parties qui les concernent par J.-F. Bastien." Volumes 1 and 2..... More
Leipzig: Chr. Herm. Tauchnitz, 1909. Hardcover. Zweite, vollkommen durchgesehene und teilwweise Neubearbeitete Auflage. xvi, 766 p.: color frontispiece and 19 additional leaves of plates (7 in color), many in-text illustrations, including maps; 30 cm. Publisher's half diced calf with maroon cloth over boards. Gilt-stamped spine title. Top page edges gilt... More
![Die Sonne und die Planeten: Populär-wissenschaftlich dargestellt von E. Becker [provenance: Emil Poole Albrecht and Florence Craig Albrecht]. Ernst Becker.](/pictures/thumb/005746.JPG?v=1507318570)
Leipzig: G. Freytag, 1883. Hardcover. [2], xi, [1], 296, [2] p.: in-text illustrations; 19 cm. Black cloth with gilt-stamped spine title; blind-stamped spine decoration and series title. Blind-stamped titles and illustration on front board with blind-stamped decorative border on both boards. Binder's name stamped on back board: "H. Spekling Dampfbuchb... More
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1940. Paperback. viii, 506 p., 73 leaves of illustrations; 24 cm. Beige paper covers printed in black. Faint stamp at the head of the front cover and title page for the Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation, Philadelphia. Bookplate for the Foundation inside front cover stamped "Withdrawn."... More
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1942. Paperback. xi, [1], 555, [1] p., 70 leaves of illustrations; 24 cm. Beige paper covers printed in black. Faint stamp at the head of the front cover and title page for the Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation, Philadelphia. Bookplate for the Foundation inside front cover... More
Gorham, N.H. Mount Washington Observatory, 1956. First Edition. 34, [2] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Stapled pamphlet with illustrated front cover. Articles about life at the Mount Washington Observatory during the winter by Richard B. Learnard, Arthur E. Bent, A.A. McKenzie, Gordon H. Miller, and Paul M. Gerhard. In Very Good-... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1962. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. xi, [1], 249 p.: diagrams; 22 cm. Light green cloth with dark green spine title. No dust jacket. Contents: Where We Are -- The Discussing Computer -- Where We Are Heaed -- The Social Responsibilities of Computer People. Includes glossary... More
Boston, Mass. Hilliard, Gray, Little and Wilkins, 1831. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Second Edition with Additions. xv, [1], 521, [1] p.: folded frontispiece, 21 additional leaves of plates (4 folded); 25 cm. Attractive modern rebinding in 19th-century style: calf spine with five spine compartments between gilt Greek key rolls; green leather... More
London: Allen Lane The Penguin Press, 1971. Hardcover. xiv, 338 p.: in-text formulas and drawings; 23 cm. Red cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Michael Wade. Contains essays on body movement and human commnication, some previously published and others published here for the first time. Book... More
Göttingen, Germany: Elie Luzac, fils, 1754. Hardcover. Imprint: A Gottingue & Leide, chez Elie Luzac, Fils. vii, [1], 343, [1] p., 31 leaves of folded plates; 26 cm. Signatures: *4 A-2V4 (4to). Contemporary full polished calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Reddish leather spine label in second compartment... More
Edinburgh, Scotland: J. Murray, 1778. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Title page continued: "As also, Plain Directions for removing most of the valuable kinds of Forest-Trees, to the height of thirty feet and upwards, with certain success; and, On the same principles, (with as equal success) for transplanting Hedges of sundry kinds... More
Philadelphia: Blanchard and Lea, 1855. Hardcover. Second American from the Third and Revised London Edition. 287, [1], 12 p., 1 folded table: in-text drawings and tables; 20 cm. Dark brown rib-grain cloth with gilt-stamped spine title: Bowman's Medical Chemistry. Blind-stamped decoration on both boards. Final 12 pages contain publisher's catalog... More
![Paley's Natural Theology, with Illustrative Notes, &c. by Henry Lord Brougham and Sir Charles Bell with Numberous Woodcuts; to which are added, Preliminary Observations and Notes by A. Potter [vol. 2]. Henry Lord Brougham.](/pictures/thumb/005366.JPG?v=1490394572)
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1839. Hardcover. Vol. 2 only: [3], viii-257 p.: 24 in-text illustrations; 16 cm. Brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine title, including series title and volume number. This was vol. 69 of the publisher's School District Library series. Stamped in red on title page: "Col. Coll. Library... More
London: Printed for the Proprietor, and sold by H.D. Symonds, 1798. Hardcover. 5 volumes (vii, [1], 332 p.; vii, [1], 332 p.; viii, 320 p; viii, 322 p.; viii, 386, 2 p.): 43 leaves of engraved plates; 18 cm. Full contemporary morocco with six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled... More
Williamsburgh: Ephraim Whitman, 1818. Hardcover. [2], 251, [1] p.: tables; 23 cm. Contemporary full calf with gilt-tooled black leather spine label. Errata on final page. Small label on front fixed endpaper of former owner Chester Reese, Olyphant, Pa. Shaw and Shoemaker, 43495. Elijah Hinsdale Burritt (1794-1838) was also the author... More