Cambridge, Mass. Houghton Mifflin Company, The Riverside Press, 1908. Hardcover. [2], v, [3], 288, [2] p.: tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Burroughs from a photograph taken in 1905; 18 cm. Original green publisher's cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and front cover signature of author. This is the second state of the... More
Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird, 1874. Hardcover. "A New, Revised, and Improved Edition. To which is added an Appendix, containing The manufacture of Russian sheet iron by John Percy; The manufacture of malleable iron castings, and improvements in bessemer steel by A.A. Fesquet." 683, [1], 23, [1] p.: 609 in-text illustrations... More
Harrisburg, Pa. Board of Commissioners for the Second Geological Survey, 1883. Hardcover. Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania: 1883. xx, 574, 5, [1] p., frontispiece map and 54 leaves of plates: 60 in-text illustrations; 23 cm. Original grey cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Without the separate atlas containing 25 large plates... More
New York: A.S. Barnes & Co., 1864. Hardcover. [2] p., 28 leaves containing 132 geometric figures (each leaf signed: Oliver J. Stuart, sc. N.Y.); 26 cm. Leather spine with dark brown cloth over boards; gilt-stamped cover title: Descriptive Geometry -- Plates. All page edges marbled. The author, Albert Ensign Church... More
New York: A.S. Barnes & Co., 1864. Hardcover. vii, [1], 192 p.; 22 cm. Dark brown cloth with gilt-stamped title: Descriptive Geometry, and Shades & Shadows. Blind-stamped decoration on both boards. All page edges marbled. Advertisement on title page verso for works published by Barnes & Burr and copyrighted 1864... More
Hartford, Conn. S.G. Goodrich, 1825. Hardcover. Second Edition. 240 p.: in-text drawings; 18 cm. Contemporary full tree calf with six spine compartments between double gilt rules; leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title"Comstock's Chemistry." Inscription on front fixed endpaper: "From Est of Clara Hoffmann Dec 1926." Includes questions for... More
![A System of Natural Philosophy; In which the Principles of Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Acoustics, Optics, Astronomy, Electricity, and Magnetism, are Familiarly Explained [provenance: Anna Yerkes]. J. L. Comstock.](/pictures/thumb/004566.JPG?v=1472082370)
New York: Robinson, Pratt, & Co., 1836. Hardcover. "Illustrated by more than two hundred engravings. To which are added, questions for the examination of the pupils designed for the use of schools and academies. Thirty-fifth edition." 295 p.: in-text diagrams; 19 cm. Contemporary full tree calf with five spine compartments... More
![On the Difference of Longitude of several places in the United States, as determined by observations of the Solar Eclipse of November 30th, 1834 by Edward H. Courtenay [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 5 New Series, Article XV]. Edward H. Courtenay.](/pictures/thumb/005017.JPG?v=1474052494)
Philadelphia: Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1837. [1], 344-346 p.: tables; 29 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. Read before the Society on Oct. 16, 1835. Edward H. Courtenay (1803-1853) was a professor of mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania when he presented this report. Later he was... More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1895. Hardcover. xviii, 411 p.: 42 leaves of plates (1 in color): plan, illustrations, many in-text drawings; 23 cm. Full calf with five spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled red label in second compartment and black label in fourth. Blind-rolled border on boards. This is... More
Columbus, Ohio: Charles E. Merrill Publishing Co., a Bell & Howell Co., 1983. Hardcover. x, 308 p.: illustrations, tables; 24 cm. Red paper over board; front cover illustrated. Designed as a textbook, with exercises and laboratory activities for each chapter, and a glossary, selected answers, and an index at the... More
Chicago and New York: Rand, McNally & Co., 1899. Hardcover. Revised Edition. xii, 672 p.: illustrations; 19 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Top page edges gilt. No date of publication. "Alpha Library" -- at head of title page. The publisher's series Alpha Library was started in the... More
Chicago and New York: Rand, McNally & Co., 1899. Hardcover. "Two Volumes in One." xxi, [1], 224 p.; v, [1], 218 p.: illustrations; 19 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Top page edges gilt. Includes glossary and index. No date of publication. "Alpha Library" -- at head of... More
Amsterdam: Elsevier // Academic Press, 2013. Paperback. Fourth Edition. xvi, 331, [1] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Includes index and answers to exercises. In Near Fine Condition: edges rubbed; clean and tight. More
Cambridge, Mass. John Wilson and Son, 1886. Paperback. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, vol. 22, July, 1886. 14-58 p.: tables, maps, charts; 24 cm. Wrapper title. William Morris Davis (1850-1934) was an American meteorologist, geographer, and geomorphologist. He taught geology at Harvard University... More
![Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers [2 vols]. Thomas De Quincey.](/pictures/thumb/001941.jpg?v=1472082219)
Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1853. Hard Cover. 2 volumes (4, [10], 280 p.; [6], 302 p.); 19 cm. Original brown ribbed publisher's cloth with gilt-stamped spine title; boards have blind-stamped center medallions and borders. Pale yellow endpapers. These are the 8th and 9th volumes in the publisher's series De... More
![On the Crystals developed in Vermiculite by Heat by Andres Del Rio [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 5 New Series, Article V]. Andres del Rio.](/pictures/thumb/005007.jpg?v=1474052493)
Philadelphia: Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1837. [2] p.; 29 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. Read before the Society on Nov. 1, 1833. Andres Manuel del Rio (1764-1849), a Spanish scientist who fled Paris during the French Revolution, is considered the founder of crystallography. He headed the... More
![La Science de l'Ingénieur, Divisée en Trois Parties, ou l'On Traite des Chemins, des Ponts, des Canaux, et des Aqueducs [3 volumes]. J. R. Delaistre.](/pictures/thumb/001209.jpg?v=1472082198)
Paris: Chez L'éditeur, 1832. Hardcover. 2nd ed., "Revue et augmentée par M. Laguerenne." Imprint includes: Lyon: Chez M. Favéro. 3 volumes: 57 folded leaves of plates, some in-text tables; 26 cm. Contemporary binding: calf spines with 6 spine compartments between double gilt rules. Black leather spine labels in the second..... More
Lincoln, Neb. University of Nebraska Press, 1989. Paperback. First Bison Book printing. [6], 205, [3] p.; 23 cm. Paperback. Includes an index of passages cited from Husserl. In Good+ Condition: front cover has vertical crease through center; Origin of Geometry text has pencil underlinings and X marks; otherwise, clean and tight. More
![The Works of Thomas Dick [provenance: Israel S. Adams]. Thomas Dick.](/pictures/thumb/003077.JPG?v=1472082270)
Hartford, Conn. H.F. Summer & Co., 1837. Hardcover. Imprint includes: New York: Robinson, Pratt & Co. Four volumes in one. [2], 191, [1], 127, 186, ix, [2], 10-162 p.: in-text line drawings; 22 cm. Contemporary tree calf with gilt-tooled spine title "Dick's Works" and spine decoration. All page edges marbled... More
Paris: Imprimerie de Firmin Didot Frères, 1832. Paperback. 23, [1] p.; 25 cm. Caption title. Untrimmed: lower page edges are uneven and upper page edges have not been opened. Disbound from a collection of pamphlets owned by French homeopath Dr. Charles Ravel (1822-1887). "Ch Ravel" written next to title. Gift... More
![Deductions from Observations made, and Facts collected on the path of the Brunswick Spout of June 19th 1835 by James P. Espy [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 5 New Series, Article XXVII]. James P. Espy.](/pictures/thumb/005029.JPG?v=1474668393)
Philadelphia: Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1837. [1], 422-426 p.; 29 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. This article was read before the Society on April 15, 1836. James P. Espy (1785-1860) was one of the first American meteorologists. In the 1830s he created a network of weather... More
Berlin: M. Krayn, 1920. Hardcover. "Zweite verbesserte Auflage." xi, [1], 310, [2] p.: diagrams, illustrations, tables; 24 cm. Brown cloth with dark brown stamped spine and cover titles. Top page edges dark brown. In Very Good- Condition: cover slightly soiled; front hinge weak; pages are browning; otherwise clean and solid. More
Stockton, N.J. Alexander Farnham, 1972. Paperback. Second Edition. [2], 67, [3] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Orange paper covers printed in black. Illustrated with drawings of many early American tools. Former owner's name at head of front cover and first (blank) page: Lord. In Very Good Condition: cover slightly rubbed; lower... More
Philadelphia, Pa. Conrad Zentler und Georg W. Mentz, 1817. Hardcover. 144 p.; 14 cm. Leather spine with marbled paper over boards. "Gedruckt bey Conrad Zentler"--p. 144. Entirely tables. Translation of Daniel Fenning's The Ready Reckoner. Early American Imprints, 40824; First Century of German Language Printing, 2231; Karpinski, p. 211. In... More
Philadelphia: Matthew Carey, 1809. Hardcover. "The Second American, from the last London edition; revised, corrected, and improved, by Robert Patterson." Imprint includes: "For sale by C. and A. Conrad & Co. Bradford & Inskeep, Hopkins & Earle, Johnson & Warner, and Kimber, Conrad & Co." iv, [1], 8-29, [4], 32-533... More