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
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; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989. Hardcover. xiii, [1], 466 p.: illustrations, diagrams; 24 cm. Red cloth spine with gilt spine title; blue paper over boards. Illustrated dust jacket. The author, Roger Penrose, shared the 1988 Wolf Prize with Stephen Hawking for the Penrose-Hawking singularity theorems. In this book..... 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
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
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
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
Philadelphia: David McKay, 1897. Hardcover. Second edition, revised and corrected by H.L. Stellwagen. 413, [1] p.: frontispiece illustration of a Silsby engine and other full-page illustrations of steam fire engines (included in pagination), tables, in-text illustrations; 17 cm. Original black leather binding with wrap-around flap; gilt-stamped spine title "Roper's Hand-Book..... More
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
Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo and Co., 1853. Paperback. [1], 418-520 p.: tables; 24 cm. Brown wrapper printed in black. Publisher's advertisement for medical books on both sides of back wrapper. A few pages are unopened; entirely untrimmed. Contains the proceedings of meetings in Feb., March, and April 1853, which included medical..... More
Paris: Imprimerie de Firmin Didot Frères, 1825. Pamphlet. 4 p.; 25 cm. Caption title. At head of title: "Institut Royal de France. Académie Roayle [sic] des Sciences [Académie Royale des Sciences]. "Ch Ravel" written next to title; ink underlining of "de Lacépede" in title. Disbound from a collection of pamphlets..... More
Quebec, Canada: Minireference Co., 2014. Paperback. [2], ix, [1], 432 p.: illustrations; 22 cm. Paperback. Includes answers and solutions to problems. In Near Fine Condition: cover slightly creased; clean and tight. More