New York: William B. Dana, 1861. Paperback. 3, [2], 338-448 p.: tables, illustrated advertisements; 23 cm. Illustrated salmon wrapper. First 2 leaves, containing advertisements, are on yellow paper. Inside front wrapper stamped: "Transferred from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania." Next to that is written: David S. B. Chew, June 21..... More
Elizabeth, N.J. Meccano Co., 1925. Paperback. 8 p.: illustrations; 21 cm. Stapled; front printed in green and black. Includes an article about the invention of the torque converter by George Constantinesco and directions for reproducing it using Meccano parts, and directions for making a model hydraulic crane. In Very Good..... More
Boston: Otis, Broaders, & Co., 1837. Hardcover. iv, 580 p.; 22 cm. Modern bonded leather spine and corners with gilt-tooled spine label; contemporary marbled paper over boards. Includes index. Advertisements for Hilliard, Gray, & Co. and the American Stationers' Co. on p. 568 (preceding index). Bookplate on front fixed endpaper..... More
S.l. s.n., 1881. 1 handwritten document 36 x 22 cm. (folded). 6 pages (the final 3 blank). Tied to a wrapper. Small stamp at upper edge of first page indicating that the blank document had been sold by John C. Clark & Sons, 230 Dock St., Philadelphia. By this agreement..... More
Washington, D.C. 1840. Paperback. Blair & Rives, printers. 2 p.; 23 cm. Disbound and lacking original wrapper. A Senate document from the 26th Congress, 1st session. A report concerning the coal used by the named British steamship companies on their service between England the New York. In Very Good- Condition..... More
New York: Society of Automotive Engineers, 1933. Hardcover. viii, [2], 733, [5] p.: drawings, charts, tables; 22 cm. Black pebble-grain cloth. Gilt?-stamped spine title (lacking gilt). Embossed cover title. Final 16 leaves containing American standards, standards committees, an alphabetical index, and an index to advertisers are printed on yellow paper..... More
New York: Munn & Co., 1895. Paperback. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16280-16294 p.): illustrations; 41 cm. Features an illustrated article about military gymnastics. Also contains an article on the activities of the Intercontinental Railway Commission by E. Z. Steever; an illustrated abstract of a paper on a pipeline submerged under..... More
New York: Munn & Co., 1895. Paperback. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16312-16326 p.): illustrations; 41 cm. Features an illustrated article about the opening of the North Sea and Baltic canal; a continuation of an article on the tin plate industry in the United States; several articles on photography; an illustrated..... More
New York: Munn & Co., 1895. Paperback. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16344-16358 p.): illustrations; 41 cm. Contains illustrated articles about the Paris-Bordeaux-Paris race of automobile carriages held in June 1895; the triple expansion Corliss engine built on the Frikart system; Syer's apparatus for raising sunken ships; the Baltimore and Ohio..... More
New York: Munn & Co., 1895. Paperback. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16360-16374 p.): illustrations; 41 cm. Contains illustrated articles about the bursting of the dam at the Bousey Reservoir in France; the Daimler gas and petroleum motor; the use of pigeons to send messages from ships at sea; the manufacture..... More
New York: Munn & Co., 1895. Paperback. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16392-16406 p.): illustrations; 41 cm. Contains illustrated articles about lady cyclists in Battersea Park, London; the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad standard types of permanent way; the sharpening of files by sand blast; and the splash of..... More
New York: Munn & Co., 1895. Paperback. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16408-16422 p.): illustrations; 41 cm. Contains illustrated articles about the insurrection in Cuba; digestion in plants by J. Pentland-Smith; the Waterloo and City electrical underground railway, London; and Maxim's flying machine. Scarce. In Very Good Condition: lightly creased; front..... More
New York: Munn & Co., 1895. Paperback. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16424-16438 p.): illustrations; 41 cm. Contains illustrated articles about the French expedition to Madagascar; long range rifle practice by A. G. Holcombe; a continuation of the Waterloo and City electrical underground railway, London; and the military hospital at Santiago..... More
New York: Munn & Co., 1895. Paperback. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16440-16454 p.): illustrations; 41 cm. Contains illustrated articles about the voyage of the Antarctic to Victoria Land in the southern polar regions; hydraulic swing bridges in the North Sea Canal; the British yacht Valkyrie III; and irrigation in India..... More
New York: Munn & Co., 1895. Paperback. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16456-16470 p.): illustrations; 41 cm. Contains illustrated articles about the French battleship Bouvines; the North Sea Canal excavator; and Junkers' gas calorimeter. Also, Agricultural Chemistry by H. W. Wiley, and Tramps as Human beings by Morrison I. Swift. Scarce..... More
New York: Munn & Co., 1895. Paperback. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16472-16486 p.): illustrations; 41 cm. Front illustration is of tigers on the East Indian Railway, drawn by John Charlton from a sketch by L. Trelyven Creole. Contains illustrated articles about the Glasgow District subway; the action of an electric..... More
New York: Munn & Co., 1895. Paperback. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16504-16518 p.): illustrations; 41 cm. The front illustration is of the Emperor William Church in Berlin, Germany. Also contains illustrated articles about the New York Clearing House; the Volga Ferry steamer; the mother of pearl industry; the Tussah silk..... More
New York: Munn & Co., 1895. Paperback. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16552-16566 p.): illustrations; 41 cm. Contains illustrated articles about Rivoire's apparatus for registering music; a dry insulator for the detection of leakages of gas; the panoramic photo-field glass; the La Burt conduit railway; the Canadian ship canal and St..... More
New York: Munn & Co., 1895. Paperback. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16568-16582 p.): illustrations; 41 cm. Front illustration is the Queen of Madagascar. Contains illustrated articles about Alpha, the educated horse; the Barrows electric tricycle; a hydraulic steam lifeboat; and a sea water distiller. Also, The Human Races of Madagascar..... More
New York: Munn & Co., 1895. Paperback. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16584-16598 p.): illustrations; 41 cm. Contains illustrated articles about the funeral of Louis Pasteur; the H. M. S. Majestic; the Emerson chronograph for electric roads; and the proposed new underground railway for central London. Also, advice for cyclists. Scarce..... More
New York: Munn & Co., 1895. Paperback. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16600-16614 p.): illustrations; 41 cm. Front illustration is of breaking in warrigals (wild horses) in Queensland. Contains illustrated articles about protection and dispersion in plants by John R. Jackson; the Rebello keyless watch; the electricity works of the Great..... More
New York: Munn & Co., 1895. Paperback. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16616-16630 p.): illustrations; 41 cm. Contains illustrated articles about Emperor Frederick's monument at Worth; ball bearings and rubber tires for carriages; the coinage of Rome by G. F. Hill; and the Jackson-Harmsworth polar expedition. Also, The Nitrogen of the..... More
New York: Munn & Co., 1895. Paperback. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16632-16646 p.): illustrations; 41 cm. Contains illustrated articles about the adjutant bird; adhesive organs in animals by R. Lydekker; gold milling in California by Ed. B. Preston; and railway signaling by W. McC. Grafton. Also, Geological History of Lake..... More
New York: Munn & Co., 1895. Paperback. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16664-16676, [2] p.): illustrations; 41 cm. Contains illustrated articles about the fleets in the Levant; the Queen Anne's Railroad; a continuation of railway signaling by W. McC. Grafton; the silver and brass sign industry; developing tables; elevated electric transportation;..... More
Wakefield, Mass. 1885. 1 photograph 11 x 19 cm., mounted. Approx. 1885. Shows the brick firehouse "Lucius Beebe No. 1" and a gazebo, in Wakefield, Mass. Caption on the back in pencil reads: "Steamer Lucius Beebe no. 1. House on commons facing Church St. formerly Housed old Yale engine. torn..... More