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ROGER BACON ESSAYS / Contributed by Various Writers on the Occasion of the Commemoration of the Seventh Centenary of His Birth

By: (Bacon, Roger). Little, A. G.; compiler and editor

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1914.: 1914.

Seller ID: 29512

Condition: Good

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 remainder in English.

The bookplate of Edward Andrew Donaldson is mounted on the front pastedown. Dust jacket present. First Edi...
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DYNASTY OF IRONFOUNDERS: The Darbys and Coalbrookdale

By: (Darby, Abraham; et al). Raistrick, Arthur

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London: Longmans, Green and Co, (1953).: (1953).

Seller ID: 29628

Condition: Very good

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 good in a good dust wrapper.

First edition. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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EDISON: Inventing the Century

By: (Edison, Thomas). Baldwin, Neil

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York: Hyperion, (1995).: (1995).

Seller ID: 21162

ISBN: 0786860413

Condition: Very good

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.
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A BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF ALBERT EINSTEIN EMERGING FROM UNDER AN ARCH HONORING JERUSALEM.

By: (Einstein, Albert). Harris, Martin.

Price: $450.00

Publisher: [circa 1940's].: [circa 1940's].

Seller ID: 36556

Condition: Very good

[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 if holding a cigarette. A gentle smile illuminates the face of the great scientist and humanitarian. This is one of a very f...
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Image for FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE METEOROLOGICAL BUREAU AND WEATHER SERVICE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 1893. Under the State Department of Agriculture and in Co-operation with the U.S. Weather Bureau....Central Office at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. Transmitted to the legislature February 5, 1894. (State of New York - Department of Agriculture).

FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE METEOROLOGICAL BUREAU AND WEATHER SERVICE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 1893. Under the State Department of Agriculture and in Co-operation with the U.S. Weather Bureau....Central Office at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. Transmitted to the legislature February 5, 1894. (State of New York - Department of Agriculture).

By: (Fuertes, Estevan Antonio; Hoffman, Samuel).

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Albany: James B. Lyon, State Printer, 1894.: 1894.

Seller ID: 33161

Condition: Fair

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 endpapers are soiled and slightly chipped with a couple of short tears along the edges and the pages are darkened. Good. Tip...
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INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS (Nonmettallics other than Fuels)....Sponsored by the Seeley W. Mudd Memorial Fund

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

Condition: Good

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.
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THE ENGINEERING MAGAZINE; Devoted to Industrial Progress. Vol. IV. No. 6. March, 1893.

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

Condition: Fair

- 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 are penciled marks in the margins of the index to technical periodicals. A complete issue.

Among articles worth noting is an...
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WIRE IN ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION

By: (John A. Roebling's Sons Company)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Trenton, NJ: John A. Roebling's Sons Company, (1916).: (1916).

Seller ID: 26024

Condition: Good

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 endpaper. The book is lightly cracked at page 80. Good. Dust jacket present.
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GEOMORPHOLOGY OF THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS. Prepared under the direction of Douglas Johnson, Columbia University. (International Geological Congress XVI session, United States, 1933. Guidebook 7: Excursion A-7)

By: (Johnson, Douglas)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1932.: 1932.

Seller ID: 17436

Condition: Good

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. Good.
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18TH REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST AND PALEONTOLOGIST AND FIELD ASSISTANTS. New York State Museum / 52nd Annual Report of the Regents 1898 Vol. 2. Transmitted to the Legislature 4 January 1899

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

Condition: Good

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 pastedowns to hold the color maps, but the pocket on the front pastedown is torn & perished. Ex-library with a library bookpla...
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE IN EUROPE AND AMERICA: Manuscripts and Printed Books from the 15th to the 20th Century on Astronomy, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Navigation and the Physical Sciences. Catalogue 22

By: (Lathrop C. Harper, Inc.)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York: Lathrop C. Harper, Inc., (1960s).: (1960s).

Seller ID: 7181

Condition: Very good

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.

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LA PHILOSOPHIE DE LA MATIERE CHEZ LAVOISIER

By: (Lavoisier). Metzger, Helene

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Paris: Hermann et Cie, Editeurs, 1935.: 1935.

Seller ID: 31071

Condition: Good

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. Exposes d'Histoire et Philosophie des Sciences. Publies sous la direction de Abel Rey, [No.] II.

The text is in French. Dus...
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LAVOISIER -- THE CRUCIAL YEAR: The Background and Origin of His First Experiments on Combustion in 1772

By: (Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent). Guerlac, Henry

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, (1961).: (1961).

Seller ID: 29611

Condition: Very good

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.
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THREE PHILOSOPHERS (LAVOISIER, PRIESTLEY AND CAVENDISH)

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

Condition: Good

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 very slightly foxed. Good.

First edition. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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CHARLES KENNETH LEITH: Scientific Adviser

By: (Leith, Charles Kenneth). McGrath, Sylvia Wallace

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Madison, WI: The University of Wisconsin Press, (1971).: (1971).

Seller ID: 1503

Condition: Very good

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 edition

A study of the career of geologist Charles Kenneth Leith [1875-1956]. Leith was head of the University of Wisconsin Geology Department for thirty years. He served as a consultant for the location and valuation of ore deposits for several mining companies and served as...
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ALFRED GOLDSBOROUGH MAYOR. (In Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXI Eighth Memoir)

By: (Mayor, Alfred G.). Davenport, Charles B

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1927.: 1927.

Seller ID: 32208

Condition: Good

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. Good.

This eighth memoir in a National Academy of Sciences series is a biography of Alfred Goldsborough Mayor [1868-1922]....
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NEWTON DEMANDS THE MUSE: Newton's Opticks and the Eighteenth Century Poets

By: (Newton, Isaac). Nicolson, Marjorie Hope

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1946.: 1946.

Seller ID: 30177

Condition: Very good

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1946.. 1946.. Very good. - Octavo, cloth in a dust wrapper. The spine & extremities of the dust jacket are darkened and its front panel is creased with a small, light stain & with a short tear to the panel's top edge. The jacket spine is chipped with a tear near the head. xi & 177 & [1] pages. There are tiny brown marks to the fore-edge & the front margins of 4 pages. Very good in a good dust wrapper.

First edition.

History of Ideas Series No. 2.

The book "traces the growing interest in Newton's prismatic discoveries and the 'scientific' p...
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SIR ISAAC NEWTON 1727-1927: A Bicentenary Evaluation of His Work. A Series of Papers Prepared under the Auspices of The History of Science Society

By: (Newton, Isaac). Smith, David Eugene; Mller, Dayton C.; Birkhoff, George David; et al

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Baltimore, MD: The Williams & Wilkins Company, 1928.: 1928.

Seller ID: 29729

Condition: Good

Baltimore, MD: The Williams & Wilkins Company, 1928.. 1928.. Good. - Octavo dark blue cloth. The binding is rubbed & bumped. The spine is faded with its head & tail chipped & with a small tear to its mid-section. ix & 351 pages plus 3-page colophon. Illustrated with tables & with black- and-white portrait plates with printed tissue guards, including a frontispiece. There is a newspaper cutting mounted on the front pastedown with offsetting to the endpaper. The top page corners are lightly bumped & the inner edges of the pages are slightly darkened. There is some offsetting to the margins of pa...
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JOHN RAY: A Biographical Sketch written for the Centenary of the Cambridge Ray Club and read, in part, at the dinner in the Hall of Trinity College on 16 March 1937. [Together with]: THE MENU and TWO COPIES OF THE SEATING CHART

By: (Ray, John). Seward, A. C

Price: $175.00

Publisher: [Cambridge]: Privately printed, (1937).: (1937).

Seller ID: 29632

Condition: Good

[Cambridge]: Privately printed, (1937).. (1937).. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed gray wrappers. The binding is bumped with the spine & extremities darkened & the spine chipped. The rear wrap is creased with a chip to its front edge. 42 & [1] pages plus colophon. Illustrated with a black-and-white portrait plate. Good.

Accompanying the pamphlet is the original dinner menu, bound in cream wrappers with a sepia-toned portrait of Ray mounted on the front wrap. One leaf of the menu lists the courses of the dinner and the wines to accompany them. The other leaf lists the order of the ...
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Image for 1705-1756 SCIENCE - ILLUSTRATED with 272 PLATES & MAPS: PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS AND COLLECTIONS, [FROM THE YEAR 1665, TO THE YEAR 1750] ABRIDGED AND DISPOS'D UNDER GENERAL HEADS. (A complete set of first editions contemporaneously bound in 11 volumes).

1705-1756 SCIENCE - ILLUSTRATED with 272 PLATES & MAPS: PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS AND COLLECTIONS, [FROM THE YEAR 1665, TO THE YEAR 1750] ABRIDGED AND DISPOS'D UNDER GENERAL HEADS. (A complete set of first editions contemporaneously bound in 11 volumes).

By: (Royal Society: Newton, Isaac; Halley, Edmond; Herschel, William; Middleton, Capt. Christopher; et al.). Lowthrop, John; Motte, Benjamin; Reid, Andrew; Gray, John; Martyn, John (editors).

Price: $4,500.00

Publisher: London: Bennet, Knaplock, Wilkin, et al, 1705 through 1756. [1705].: [1705].

Seller ID: 35525

Condition: Good

A COMPLETE SET OF FIRST EDITIONS OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY, ABRIDGED, PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH COPPER PLATE ENGRAVINGS, MANY FOLDING, INCLUDING THE RARE KINO MAP OF CALIFORNIA - Quarto, 9-1/2 inches high by 7-3/8 inches wide. Eleven volumes uniformly bound in paneled brown mottled calf with gilt decorated panels between raised bands and red leather title labels on the spines. The leather covers are heavily rubbed and scuffed with wear to the corners and extremities. The heads and tails of the spines are chipped and the leather is split and worn along the spines. ...
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