Paris: Éditions Bossard, 1924. Ouvré, Achille. Paperback. 139, [7] p.: frontispiece portrait of Vauban, 1 leaf of a facsimile; 19 cm. Light green wrappers with black spine title and wrapper title. Title page in red and black. Collection des Chefs-d'Oeuvre Méconnus, no. 38. This is number 1,496 of a limited..... More

Philadelphia: Vulcan Assembly of Philadelphia, 1908. Paperback. 63, [1] p.: illustrations; 15 cm. Dark brown wrappers printed in black. The Vulcan Assembly of Philadelphia, founded in 1902, was a fraternal organization of industrial engineers, "who at some time . . . had charge of a steam engine and boiler." In..... More

Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird & Co., 1883. Hardcover. Title continued: "as well as the most approved processes of deposition by simple immersion, with descriptions of apparatus, chemical products employed in the art, etc. Based largely on the "Manipulations Hydroplastiques" of Alfred Roseleur." Imprint includes: London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle &..... More

London: J. Johnson; F. and C. Rivington; R. Faulker; J. Walker; J. Scatcherd; J. Nunn; Longman and Rees; Cadell, Jun. and Davies; and T. Hurst, 1800. Hardcover. Vol. 5 only. v, [3], 375, [1] p.; 17 cm. 19th-century half calf with six spine compartments between double gilt rules. Gilt-tooled title..... More

Menasha, WI: American Anthropological Association, 1955. Paperback. xiii, [1], 242 p., 2 folded tables: tables; 24 cm. Beige wrappers printed in dark brown. In Good Condition: cover lightly soiled; back cover creased; fore-edge of last 4 leaves creased and chipped; clean and tight. More

Halle im Magdeburgischen: Renger Buchhandlung, 1722. Hardcover. [14], 568, [8] p., engraved frontispiece and xiv folded leaves of plates; 17 cm. Signatures: ):(7 A-Z8 Aa-Nn8 (8vo). Contemporary vellum with gilt-tooled spine title over a brown background. All page edges dark red. Title page in red and black. Woodcut head- and..... More

Washington, D.C. Signal Office, 1885. Paperback. 21 p.: tables; 24 cm. Plain wrapper printed in black. Caption title: Cold Waves and Their Progress Across the United States. In 1870 the U.S. military was authorized to begin taking meteorological observations across the country. Because the information was most quickly communicated nationwide..... More

Meadville, Pa. Flood and Vincent, 1895. Hardcover. 362 p., frontispiece: illustrations, graphs; 20 cm. Red cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and black cover title and decoration. Maps on endpapers. "Chautauqua Reading Circle Literature" on front cover and at head of title page. A list of Chautauqua Reading Circle Literature on..... More