London: English Universities Press, 1968. Hardcover. x, 207 p.; 18 cm. Blue cloth with silver-on-black spine title. Yellow and black dust jacket. Part of the publisher's Teach Yourself Books series. Label on front dust jacket flap indicating that this was published in the U.S. by Dover Publications, New York. Book..... More
Indianapolis: Howard W. Sams & Co., 1965. Paperback. First printing, March 1965. 110 p.: illustrations, diagrams; 22 cm. Paperback. A Howard W. Sams Photofact Publication -- PSL-1. A handy reference to transistorized and solid-state circuits. Includes a chart on the characteristics of common rectifier circuits and three rectifier-selection charts. Scarce..... More
Edinburgh, Dublin, and London: A. Fullarton and Co., 1862. Hardcover. xiii, [3], 211, [1] p., 15 leaves of engraved plates; 30 cm. Original plain moire grey cloth. Yellow endpapers. Circular stamp on endpapers and title page of the Clinton Hall Association, N.Y., "For the use of the Mercantile Library." The..... More
London: John Noon, 1738. Hardcover. Title continued: "In Four Parts. Part I. Somatology, treateth of the universal nature and properties of matter, or substance, and the specifick qualities of natural bodies. Part II. Cosmology, exhibiteth a general view of the universe, and its great constituent parts; the sun, moon, planets..... More
Paris: Chez Lefèvre, Libraire, 1822. Hardcover. Nouvelle Édition, corrigée et augmentée. Vol. 2 only (of 2 volumes): [4], 428 p., [4] leaves of handcolored plates; 21 cm. Contemporary polished calf; black morocco spine labels with gilt-tooled title and volume number. Gilt-tooled decoration on spine; gilt-tooled and blind-tooled borders on both..... More
Boston: Young and Minns, 1801. Hard Cover. One volume containing seven publications of the Massachusetts Agricultural Society, those for 1801, 1803, 1804 (two different publications--the second actually 1805?), 1807, 1809, and 1810. 93, [3] p.; 93, [3] p.; 61, [3] p.; 111 p.; 85, [1] p.; 91, [1] p.; 112..... More
Prague: Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. First Conference Arranged by E.S.A.B.R. Held in Prague, August 18-22, 1964. 498 p.: numerous in-text illustrations; 24 cm. Gray cloth with black spine and cover titles; red and black dust jacket. Includes discussions. First Edition. Contains 65 papers presented by authors..... More
Boston: Chase and Nichols, 1863. Hardcover. 228 p.: tables; 20 cm. Black cloth spine with gilt spine title and embossed spine decoration. White paper over boards printed in black. Front cover reproduces title page; back cover has publisher's advertisement for Chase & Nichols. Pale yellow endpapers. Front fixed endpaper and..... More
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1870. Hardcover. ix, [2], 12-184 p.: frontispiece, in-text plans and line drawings; 18 cm. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and decoration; blind-stamped decoration on both boards. Dark brown endpapers. Frontispiece is an elevation of the garden front of a stable of Fairman Rogers, Philadelphia..... More
West Chester, Pa. J. Hodgson, printer, 1849. Paperback. 8 p.: tables; 22 cm. Lacking wrapper. Disbound from a volume of unrelated 19th-century pamphlets. "18" in ink at upper right-hand corner of title page. Caption title. Publication information from library records. Robert Emmet Monaghan (1822-1895) was a Pennsylvania lawyer and represented..... More
Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie. 1865. Hardcover. [6], 277, [3] p.: 1 double-leaf map and 22 leaves of wood-engraved illustrations (counted as pages in pagination); 18 cm. Red morocco spine with gilt-tooled black spine label; gilt-tooled spine decoration. Red-and-black marbled paper over boards. Red speckled page edges. Marbled..... More
New York: New American Library, 1977. Paperback. First Mentor Printing, Feb. 1977. xiii, [3], 191, [2] p.; 18 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. A Mentor Book 451-MJ1539. Provides "a framework for understanding the dangers to society posed by total commitment to technical progress." -- back cover. In Very Good Condition..... More
Boston: Thomas and Andrews, 1804. Hardcover. "On a new Plan...Adapted to the capacities of Children and Youth: designed for a Reading and Classical Book in Common Schools; and as a useful Winter Evening's Entertainment for Young People in Private Families; Illustrated with a neat Map of the United States, and..... More
Boston: I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews, 1801. Hardcover. "On a new Plan. Adapted to the capacities of Children and Youth; and designed, from its cheapness, for a Reading and Classical Book in common Schools, and as a useful Winter Evening's Entertainment for Young People in Private Families. Illustrated with a...... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991. Hardcover. xii, 591, [1] p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Light brown cloth with black spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Edwin S. Porter (1870-1941) was was an important early cinematographer with the Edison Manufacturing Company and the Famous Players Film Company. He took charge of motion..... More
Washington, D.C. Bureau of Navigation, 1886. Hardcover. Second Edition. "Published in compliance with a joint resolution of the forty-sixth Congress." viii, 519, [7] p., 2 double-leaf maps of ecipses: tables; 27 cm. Dark blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Preface is by Simon Newcomb, Professor U.S. Navy. Includes corrections to..... More
Philadelphia: Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1837. [4] p., 1 leaf of a handcolored engraved leaf: tables; 29 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. Read before the Society on June 27, 1834. Mathematician Eugenius Nulty (1790-1871), a professor of mathematics at Dickinson College from 1814 to 1816, was..... More
Philadelphia: Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1837. [1], 140-203, [1] p.; 29 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. Read before the Society on April 4, 1834. Thomas Nuttall (1786-1859) was an English botanist who trained as a printer, but was encouraged to follow his interest in botany after..... More
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1996. Paperback. First MIT Press paperback edition. xx, [2], 362 p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. The author "examines the continuing appeal of the 'technological sublime' as a key to the nation's history, using as examples the natural sites, architectural forms, and technological..... More
Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, Publishing House of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1965. Hardcover. 174, [2] p.: illustrations; 25 cm. Black cloth with white spine title. Orange and black dust jacket. "The author has established some hereditary regularities of papillary patterns by his new method of cellophanedactylograms . . . The..... More
Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books, 2004. Paperback. 224 p.: color illustrations, maps; 20 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Describes more than 130 varieties of gemstones, with: over 850 photographs of gems, crystals, and jewelry; more than 50 drawings and diagrams; and maps of important gem locations throughout the world. In Very..... More
Baltimore: W.H. Sadler, 1888. Hardcover. "Showing the interest on from $10 to $10,000--rate, ten per cent. per annum; Designed for the practical use of the Banker, Merchant, Accountant, Mechanic, Farmer, Business Man and Student." [6], viii, [1], 6-323, [3] p.: illustrations, tables; 17 cm. Brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine title..... More
Philadelphia: printed by L.R. Bailey, 1852. Paperback. 50, [2] p.: tables; 22 cm. Disbound from a volume of unrelated 19th-century pamphlets. Attached to blank leaf facing title page is an undated clipping reproducing an 1833 remonstrance against lighting the city with gas, directed to the Select and Common Councils of..... More
Harrisburg: Board of Commissioners for the Second Geological Survey, 1881. Hardcover. vii, [1], 311, [1], 4 p., frontispiece map of Pennsylvania, 1 folded map: illustrations; 22 cm. Black cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. "Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania: Report of Progress T." -- at head of title page. Folded map..... More
New York: Boschen & Wefer, 1894. Hardcover. vii, [3], 91 p.: 1 full-page and many in-text illustrations; 24 cm. Red cloth spine; salmon paper over boards. Black cover title. Bookplate of the Washington County Historical Society on back fixed endpaper. Small paper labels on spine and front board. Three-digit number..... More