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
![Elements of Geography; Containing a Concise and Comprehensive View of that Useful Science, as divided into 1. Astronomical 2. Physical, or Natural 3. Political Geography [provenance: Look and Nickerson families]. Jedidiah Morse.](/pictures/thumb/003158.JPG?v=1472082276)
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
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
![A Remarkable Arrangement of Numbers, constituting a Magic Cyclovolute by E. Nulty [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 5 New Series, Article VII]. Eugenius Nulty.](/pictures/thumb/005009.JPG?v=1474052493)
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
![Collections towards a Flora of the Territory of Arkansas by Thomas Nuttall [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 5 New Series, Article VI]. Thomas Nuttall.](/pictures/thumb/005008.jpg?v=1474052493)
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
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
New York: Norman W. Henley Publishing Co., 1929. Hardcover. v, [1], 247, [1], 34 p.: photographs, drawings; 20 cm. Red cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles. 34-page publisher's catalog no. 29 of "Practical and Mechanical Books including Aviation and Automobile Books" follows text. Small bookdealer's label on back fixed... More
New York: Collins & Brother, 1868. Hardcover. "Parker's Juvenile Philosophy -- Part II" -- at head of the title page and front cover. 150, [6] p.: illustrations; 17 cm. Original black leather spine with gilt-stamped spine title "Parker's First Lessons" and illustration. Brown paper over boards with illustrated front cover... More
![The Family Home Computing Library [vol. 1]. Richard Pawson, Jefferson Gareth.](/pictures/thumb/003447.JPG?v=1472082291)
London: Orbis Publishing, 1984. Hardcover. Vol. 1 only, of 4 volumes. [4], 120 p.: illustrations; 29 cm. White paper over boards with red spine and cover titles; cover illustration of a happy family enjoying their computer. Red endpapers. Fascinating and heavily illustrated overview of home computing as of 1984, with... 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
Philadelphia, Pa. Textile Publishing Co., 1920. Hardcover. [6], 204, [38] p.: diagrams, illustrations; 19 cm. Publisher's black cloth with gilt-stamped cover title. Industry advertisements on endpapers. Four unpaginated pages preceding text and final 38 unpaginated pages contain advertisements for fabric manufacture businesses in the United States and Japan, as well... More
![Light Science for Leisure Hours: A Series of Familiar Essays on Scientific Subjects, Natural Phenomena, &c. [First Series]. Richard A. Proctor.](/pictures/thumb/003292.JPG?v=1472082283)
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1891. Hardcover. New Edition. x, 314 p.; 20 cm. Contemporary full polished calf; leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title. Third compartment has gilt-tooled "First Series"; gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. Gilt-tooled banner on front board with motto "Beati Mundo Corde." Both boards ahve... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1897. Hardcover. "Authorized edition." 334 p., color frontispiece and 4 additional leaves of color plates: many in-text black-and-white illustrations; 20 cm. Half morocco with gilt-tooled spine title. Marbled paper over boards. Top page edges gilt. The author, Richard A. Proctor (1837-1888), was an English... More
Philadelphia: University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, 1992. Hardcover. xviii, [2], 309 p., [16] unpaginated pages of illustrations: in-text illustrations; 24 cm. Dark blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine title; gilt-stamped facsimile of author's signature on front cover. Illustrated dust jacket. Peach speckled endpapers. The author, Froelich Rainey... More
New York: Tudor Publishing Co., 1949. Hardcover. [10], 307, [1], xxiii, [1] p.: illustrations, music, tables; 22 cm. Grey cloth with gilt-and-red spine title. No dust jacket. Former owner's name on front free endpaper: "Franklin B. Zimmerman, Oxford 1954." Musicologist Franklin B. Zimmerman (b. 1923) produced the complete catalog of... More
Napoli [Naples, Italy]: Michele Stasi, 1779. First Edition. Hard Cover. 2 volumes bound together ([2], vi, 307, [1] p.; [2], 264 p.): engraved frontispiece portrait of Redi by A. Zaballi; 21 cm. Contemorary full vellum with gilt-stamped spine title. All page edges marbled. Both fixed endpapers are hand-decorated. Red ribbon... More
Kaunas, Lithuania: Verlag S. Glatt, 1932. Paperback. 2. Auflage [2nd ed.]. 225, [1] p.: 2 leaves of portraits of Einstein, 1 leaf of a facsimile of a letter from Einstein to the author; 24 cm. Original brown wrappers printed in black. Portraits of Einstein are tissue-guarded. Engraved initial letters and... More
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1941. Paperback. Title continued: "of the Higher Groups, Genera, Species, and Subspecies of Birds Known to Occur in North America, from the Artic Lands to the Isthmus of Panama, the West Indies and other Islands of the Caribbean Sea, and the Galapagos Archipelago." ix, [1]... More
New York: Ivison, Phinney, Blakeman & Co., 1866. Hardcover. Imprint also includes: Chicago: S.C. Griggs & Co. 312 p.; 19 cm. Full speckled calf with five gilt-ruled spine compartments; black morocco label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: Robinson's New Elementary Algebra. All page edges marbled. At head of title... More
New York: Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor, & Co., 1875. Hardcover. 420 p.: formulas; 21 cm. Contemporary full calf with five gilt-ruled spine compartments; leathr label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: Robinson's New University Algebra. At head of title page: Robinson's Mathematical Series. Title page verso contains list of works in... More
Harrisburg, Pa. Packer, Barrett and Parke, 1838. "Read in House of Representatives, February 1, 1838." 91, [5] p., 1 folded table and 1 folded map; 21 cm. Disbound; lacking frontispiece. Henry D. Rogers was the first state geologist of Pennsylvania. In Good- Condition: disbound; lacking frontispiece; folded table is complete... More
![Contributions to the Geology of the Tertiary Formations of Virginia by William B. Rogers and Henry D. Rogers [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 5 New Series, Article XIV]. William B. Rogers, Henry D. Rogers.](/pictures/thumb/005016.jpg?v=1474052494)
Philadelphia: Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1837. [1], 320-341, [1] p.; 29 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. Read before the Society on May 5, 1835. William B. Rogers (1804-1882) was an American geologist and founder of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His brother Henry D. Rogers (1808-1866) was... More