West Point, N. Y. Lithographed by J. C. Poortermans, 1832. Hardcover. [4], 55 p., 24 folded leaves of plates; 35 cm. Original calf spine and plain boards. Plates removed from volume by previous owner. Both text in original plain binding and separate plates are housed in a new clamshell box..... More
Prague: Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, 1965. With Arnost Babicky and Radko Vrabec. 292 p.: 89 in-text figures, 44 unpaginated pages of illustrations; 24 cm. Blue cloth with black-stamped spine title and design on front cover; color dust jacket. Includes references, concluding remarks, author index, and subject index. Book is in..... More
Paris: Firmin Didot Freres, 1831. Hardcover. Édition stéréotype, gravée, fondue et imprimée par Firmin Didot. 34, [205] p.: tables; 14 cm. Contemporary tree calf; black leather spine label with gilt-tooled title. Gilt-tooled decoration on spine; gilt-ruled floral border on each board. All page edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. Dark blue ribbon..... More
Topsfield, Mass. Salem House, 1986. Hardcover. 224 p.: color illustrations; 25 cm. Blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. No dust jacket. Includes bibliography and index. Contents: Hurricanes -- Tornadoes -- Waterspouts -- Hail -- Lightning -- Avalanches -- Floods -- Meteoroids -- Earthquakes -- Volcanoes. In Near Fine Condition: faded..... More
New York: Charles Boni Paper Books, 1930. Paperback. 250, [6] p.; 19 cm. Paperback with cover design by Rockwell Kent; illustrated endpapers, possibly designed by Rockwell Kent. The Rockwell Kent-designed emblem of Charles Boni Paper Books on the title page. First American edition. Fourth unpaginated page following text contains subscription..... More
Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1766. Hardcover. "Sixieme Edition, Réimprimée sur la quatrième, pour servir d'abrégé de la cinquième." xxxvi, 412 p.: 19 folded plates; 17 cm. Contemporary full mottled calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Morocco label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title. Gilt-tooled in other spine compartments. Gilt..... More
Philadelphia: Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1837. 23-119, [1] p., 19 leaves of handcolored lithographed plates drawn by J. Drayton; 29 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. Final 2 pages of text contain "Systematic Index of the Shells Described in Mr Lea's Memoirs: Volumes III., IV. and V."..... More
Paris: Lambert & Durand, 1741. Hardcover. [2], 236 p.; 15 cm. Contemporary full polished speckled calf; six spine compartments. Red morocco label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title; gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. Gilt-rolled edges. All page edges are red speckled. Marbled endpapers. Woodcut title vignette, headpieces, initials, and tailpiece..... More
San Diego: Harvest Original // Harcourt Brace & Co., 1995. Paperback. A Harvest Original/First Edition. xvi, 432 p.: illustrations; 20 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. In Near Fine Condition: two page corner creased; clean and tight. More
Washington, D.C. Joseph Henry Press, 2001. Hardcover. xiv, 252 p.: 4 unpaginated pages of color illustrations; 24 cm. Light blue cloth with dark blue spine title. Color illustrated dust jacket. Includes appendices, references, source material, and index. Australian paleontologist John Long's fascinating account of collecting fossils in Antarctica, first detailed..... More
Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird, 1869. Hardcover. "Second American Edition, to which are added general instructions for the use of aniline colors." xxviii, [1], 18-343, [3], 23, [1] p.; 24 cm. Black pebble-grain cloth with gilt-stamped spine title: "Dyeing, Cleaning, and Scouring." Blaind-stamped decoration on boards. Yellow endpapers. Includes index, and..... More
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
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1964. Hardcover. 384 p.; 22 cm. Black cover with gilt spine title. Top page edges red. Lacking dust jacket. Contains 28 short stories first published in 1963. The authors include those who specialized in science fiction, such as William Tenn [Philip Klass], Fred Saberhagen, Fritz..... 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