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 about Elements of Geography; Containing a Concise and Comprehensive View of that Useful Science, as...

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 about A Remarkable Arrangement of Numbers, constituting a Magic Cyclovolute by E. Nulty [Transactions...

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 about Guide to Gems

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 about Everybody's Aviation Guide: A Complete, Simplified Treatise in Question and Answer Form for those...

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 about The Family Home Computing Library [vol. 1

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 about The Geology of Blair County by Franklin Platt

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 about Silk Throwing: Giving the Most Complete Data ever Published on the Various Processes Raw Silk is...

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 about Other Worlds Than Ours: The Plurality of Worlds Studied Under the Light of Recent Scientific...

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 about Lettere di Francesco Redi Gentiluomo Aretino, ed Accademico della Crusca

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 about The Birds of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalog ... Part IX ... by Robert Ridgway;...

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 about New University Algebra: A Theorectical and Practical Treatise, Designed for Use in Colleges and...

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 about Contributions to the Geology of the Tertiary Formations of Virginia by William B. Rogers and...

Philadelphia: W.W. Walker, 1841. Hardcover. Copyrighted 1835. Title continued: "designed to facilitate the labour of teachers, and assist those who have not the benefit of a tutor's aid; compiled by John Rose." 193 p.; 16 cm. Contemporary full calf with five spine compartments between double gilt rules. Leather label in... More about A Key to Rose's Explanatory and Practical Arithmetic: in which solutions are given to all the...