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By: (Bacon, Roger). Little, A. G.; compiler and editor
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1914.: 1914.
Seller ID: 29512
Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1914.. 1914.. Good. - Octavo, navy blue cloth titled in gilt. The binding is rubbed & lightly bumped with the head of the spine lightly chipped. viii, 425 & [1] pages. There is offsetting to the endpapers & pastedowns with some rippling to the endpapers & half-title. There is scattered light foxing. Good. First edition.The fourteen essays are in the languages of the contributors. Four are in German, two in French and the remai... View more info
By: (Darby, Abraham; et al). Raistrick, Arthur
Price: $20.00
Publisher: London: Longmans, Green and Co, (1953).: (1953).
Seller ID: 29628
London: Longmans, Green and Co, (1953).. (1953).. Very good. - Octavo, cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is lightly rubbed with the extremities slightly faded. The dust jacket is chipped with small pieces out & with its spine darkened. xvi & 308 pages. Illustrated with a color frontispiece and with black-and-white plates and full-page & textual illustrations, including maps, plans & facsimiles. There is light offsetting & staining to the pastedowns & endpapers. Very g... View more info
Price: $125.00
Publisher: Cambridge: Printed for the Editors at The University Press, Cambridge, 1909.: 1909.
Seller ID: 35494
- Octavo, softcover bound in buff wrappers titled in brown on the front cover and with a table of contents printed on the rear cover. The covers are soiled with minor slight dampstaining to the top front corner of the front cover. The darkened spine is chipped and there is a crease to the bottom front corner of the rear cover. 71 deckle-edge pages numbered [185] to 253, illustrated with a full-page frontispiece photograph of Charles Darwin's room at Christ's College. The... View more info
By: (Edison, Thomas). Baldwin, Neil
Price: $25.00
Publisher: New York: Hyperion, (1995).: (1995).
Inscription: Signed
Seller ID: 21162
New York: Hyperion, (1995).. (1995).. Very good. - Octavo, gray boards backed with green cloth in a dust wrapper. The rear panel of the dust jacket is lightly rubbed. x & 531 pages. Black-and-white illustrations. The fore-edge is slightly soiled. A page corner is creased. Very good. First edition.Inscribed by Neil Baldwin in the year of publication and signed in full on the front endpaper. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View more info
By: (Einstein, Albert). Harris, Martin.
Price: $450.00
Publisher: [circa 1940's].: [circa 1940's].
Seller ID: 36556
[circa 1940's]., [circa 1940's].. Very good. - A 9 inch high by 7 inch wide black & white photograph of Albert Einstein on 14 inch high by 11 inch wide photo paper. The portrait depicts the disheveled scientist emerging from under an arch proclaiming, in a quote from Psalm 137, verse 5: "If I forget thee O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning". Depicted in mid-stride as he walks towards the camera Einstein, impeccably dressed, has his hand held up as... View more info
By: (Fuertes, Estevan Antonio; Hoffman, Samuel).
Price: $125.00
Publisher: Albany: James B. Lyon, State Printer, 1894.: 1894.
Inscription: Signed
Seller ID: 33161
WITH A SIGNED FORM LETTER IN SUPPORT OF THE METEOROLOGICAL BUREAU BY E.A. FUERTES, DEAN OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AT CORNELL, TO DR. SAMUEL HOFFMAN - Octavo, green cloth titled in gilt on the spine. The covers are slightly darkened along the top and there is some minor chipping to the head and tail of the spine. 457 pages, illustrated with 44 maps and charts, including 41 folding maps and charts printed in 2 and (sometimes) 3 colors. The front hinge is starting to crack. The... View more info
By: (Gillson, Joseph L.; editor-in-chief)
Price: $20.00
Publisher: New York: The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, 1960.: 1960.
Seller ID: 4841
New York: The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, 1960.. 1960.. Good. - Large octavo, red cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & the spine. The covers are slightly rubbed. x, [ii] & 934 pages, with a frontispiece portrait and textual illustrations and diagrams. "Return to Map Projects Western Printing and Lithographing Co." is stamped in black on the front endpaper. Good. Third Edition, Completely Revised. View more info
By: (Griffin, Henry A.; Hazen, H.A.; Gribble, Theodore Graham; et al). Dunlap, John R.; editor.
Price: $50.00
Publisher: New York: The Engineering Magazine Company, 1893.: 1893.
Seller ID: 35941
- Octavo, 9-1/2 inches high by 6-1/2 inches wide. Softcover, bound in buff paper wraps, titled with illustrations in black on the front cover. The covers are soiled, darkened and heavily chipped. The front cover is detached and sections of the spine have perished. pages [1]-30, [i]-[viii], 799-950 and [33]-88, with profuse textual illustrations and pictorial ads throughout. The pages are darkened and there is some dampstaining to the front edges of a few pages. There ar... View more info
By: (Henry, Joseph). Coulson, Thomas
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1950.: 1950.
Seller ID: 30262
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1950.. 1950.. Good. - Octavo, cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is bumped & lightly rubbed with the head of the spine chipped & 2 small stains to the bottom edge of the front cover. The dust jacket is lightly chipped & soiled with some brown staining to its front panel. The jacket spine is darkened with small pieces out of its head. The printed price on the front flap has been crossed out in ink. [vii] & 352 pages. Black-and-... View more info
By: (Hollerith, Herman). Austrian, Geoffrey D
Price: $30.00
Publisher: New York: Columbia University Press, 1982.: 1982.
Seller ID: 10021
New York: Columbia University Press, 1982.. 1982.. Very good. - Octavo, red cloth titled in gilt on the spine, in a dust wrapper. xvi & 418 pages. Black-and-white illustrations. There is light foxing to the edges. The book has a slightly musty odor. Very good. First edition. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View more info
By: (John A. Roebling's Sons Company)
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Trenton, NJ: John A. Roebling's Sons Company, (1916).: (1916).
Seller ID: 26024
Trenton, NJ: John A. Roebling's Sons Company, (1916).. (1916).. Good. - Small octavo, maroon cloth. The binding is bumped & lightly rubbed with slight bubbling to the cloth along the top edge of the front cover. The spine is faded with a handwritten title. [vii] & 147 pages. Illustrated with numerous tables. Small stickers have been mounted on the front edges of 2 pages with pencil notations to one of the pages. A previous owner's initials have been stamped on the front ... View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1932.: 1932.
Seller ID: 17436
Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1932.. 1932.. Good. - Octavo, softcovers bound in printed yellow wraps. The covers are soiled with a couple of stains and a tiny tear to the front edge of the rear cover and a tiny tear to the bottom edge of the front cover. iii, [i] & 50 pages, illustrated with a full-page plate, a folding plate and numerous full-page & textual illustrations. There is a small dampstain to the front edge of the last 4 leaves. Go... View more info
By: (Kemp, J. F.; Cushing, H. P.; Smyth, C. H., Jr.; et al)
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Albany, NY: University of the State of New York, 1900.: 1900.
Seller ID: 11557
Albany, NY: University of the State of New York, 1900.. 1900.. Good. - Octavo, dark green cloth titled in gilt on the spine. The binding is rubbed & lightly bumped. 169 pages. The hinges are cracked & the text block is partially detached from the binding. There is offsetting to the endpapers & the page edges are slightly darkened. Illustrated with black- and-white plates, including 1 folding plate, & 3 folding maps, 2 of them in color. There are pockets mounted on the p... View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: New York: Lathrop C. Harper, Inc., (1960s).: (1960s).
Seller ID: 7181
New York: Lathrop C. Harper, Inc., (1960s).. (1960s).. Very good. - Octavo, printed tan wraps with circular vignettes in black on both covers. Light creases to the spine. 100 & [4] pp. Very good. 393 items are catalogued and fully described, with prices. View more info
By: (Lavoisier). Metzger, Helene
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Paris: Hermann et Cie, Editeurs, 1935.: 1935.
Seller ID: 31071
Paris: Hermann et Cie, Editeurs, 1935.. 1935.. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed gray wrappers. The binding is bumped with the spine & extremities slightly darkened. There is a stamp with 2 handwritten prices at the top of the front wrap. There are tears to the head & tail of the spine with a piece out of the tail. 46 & [2] pages. The top page corners are bumped & the edges of the pages are darkened. Good. Actualites Scientifiques et Industrielles [No.] 213. ... View more info
By: (Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent). Guerlac, Henry
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, (1961).: (1961).
Seller ID: 29611
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, (1961).. (1961).. Very good. - Octavo, dark blue cloth. The binding is lightly rubbed & the spine is faded. xix, [1] leaf & 240 pages. Black-and-white portrait frontispiece & 8 pages of black-and-white illustrations. The edges are very lightly foxed. Very good. First edition, as issued without a dust wrapper. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View more info
By: (Lavoisier, Antoine). McKie, Douglas
Price: $10.00
Publisher: London, U.K.: Constable, 1952.: 1952.
Seller ID: 29546
London, U.K.: Constable, 1952.. 1952.. Very good. - Octavo, dark blue cloth. The binding is lightly rubbed. viii, 334 & [1] pages. Illustrated in black & white with 17 plates, including a portrait frontispiece, and with textual illustrations & diagrams. There is occasional light foxing. Very good. First edition. First Edition. View more info
By: (Lavoisier, Antoine-Laurent; Priestley, Joseph; Cavendish, Henry). Aykroyd, W. R
Price: $15.00
Publisher: London, U.K.: William Heinemann (Medical Books) Ltd., 1935.: 1935.
Seller ID: 29595
London, U.K.: William Heinemann (Medical Books) Ltd., 1935.. 1935.. Good. - Octavo, cloth in a dust wrapper. The spine is slightly faded & there is some minor bubbling to the cloth of the front cover. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed with its top edge creased. Its spine is darkened with pieces out of the head & tail & a small white stain near the tail. xi & 227 pages. 8 black-and-white plates, including a portrait frontispiece. The top edge is foxed & the fore-edge is v... View more info
By: (Leith, Charles Kenneth). McGrath, Sylvia Wallace
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Madison, WI: The University of Wisconsin Press, (1971).: (1971).
Seller ID: 1503
Madison, WI: The University of Wisconsin Press, (1971).. (1971).. Very good. - Octavo, greenish yellow cloth titled in black on spine, in dw. The covers are bumped & the dw is rubbed & somewhat faded. xii & 255 pp. There is light foxing to the fore-edge. B&W portrait frontispiece & B&W illustrations. Very good. First editionA study of the career of geologist Charles Kenneth Leith [1875-1956]. Leith was head of the University of Wisconsin Geology Department for thir... View more info
By: (Mayor, Alfred G.). Davenport, Charles B
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1927.: 1927.
Seller ID: 32208
Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1927.. 1927.. Good. - Quarto [approximately 11-1/2 inches high by 8-5/8 inches wide], softcover bound in printed tan wrappers. The binding is lightly rubbed & unevenly darkened. There is creasing & a short tear to the top corner of the front wrap with a crease & 2 short tears to its front edge. Title & 14 pages, partially unopened. Illustrated with a black-and-white portrait frontispiece. The top page corners are creased. ... View more info