WORLD WEATHER RECORDS, 1941-50.
GPO: Washington, DC 1959. 9 x 6", cloth, 1361pp, map,index, ex-lib, moderate markings, upper fore corners bumped, issued w/o jacket, vg. First edition. More
SCIENCE
THE WORLD'S READY RECKONER AND RAPID CALCULATOR Revised.
Laidlaw Bros: Chicago 1929. 5 x 3", cloth, 309pp, rebacked with just half of the original spine, covers well worn & darkened, ink inscription, text browned but custom case included. More
WORM GEAR AND HELICAL SPEED REDUCERS AND SPEED REDUCTION EQUIPMENT.
Transamerica Delaval: Trenton, NJ, 1980. Illustr, 11 x 8.5, stapled yellow wraps, 36 pp, very minor wear and soil else a nice, fresh copy. More
WORST CASE CIRCUIT ANALYSIS HANDBOOKS, 4 VOLUMES IN 5.
Design and Evaluation: Voorhees, NJ, 1986-1988. 11.5 x 10.5, three ring binders, ex lib, moderate usage, includes volume 2A. FIRST ED. More
YALE BANNER & POT POURRI, Annual of the Student of Yale University. Vol. XVII.
New Haven 1925. Photos, illus., ads, 9.5x7.5", cloth 416pp, sl. Cocked, worn & soiled w/bookplate & toning to e.p.s. Yearbook includes info on graduating Senior Benjamin Spock, later the "Baby Doctor", with large section on Spock's crew team winning the Gold Medal in the 1924 Olympics. Spock was also a...... More
THE ARGUMENT OF MATHEMATICS
Springer: (Dordrecht, Holland), (2013). Hardcover. 9.25 x 6.25", glossy boards, 393pp with index, covers rubbed and delaminating a bit near the bottoms of the hinges, extremities bumped, minor soiling to covers, contents nice and untouched. Already printed...no need to demand it! More
LECTURES ON ANATOMY, SURGERY, AND PATHOLOGY; Including Observations on the Nature and Treatment of Local Diseases
C. Smith: London, 1828. 8.25 x 5.25", half leather; marbled boards, 580pp with index, covers very worn, extremities bumped, front hinge torn at top of spine, contents toned and spotted, ink name of former owner at top of title page. Interesting old medical book. More
Les Quantities Elementaires D'Elctricite Ions, Electrons, Corpuscules: Memoires Runis et Publies [2 volumes]
Gauthier-Villars: Paris, 1905. 2 vols. 10 x 6.25", 1138pp, covers rubbed and creased, edges worn and chipped, spines creased and browned, textblock edges spotted, some foxing to pp, with an old (1964) ink presentation inscription from former owner on front blank (browned and corner chipped). SCARCE. More
EPISODES OF INSECT LIFE
Reeve & Benham: London, 1851. Hardcover. Color and black and white illus., 8 x 5", blue cloth, highly decorated gilt covers and spine, aeg, xvii, 434pp. Covers fair (well worn, spine detached, etc.), outer/inner hinges and textblock cracked, blindstamp, toning, scattered foxing, mispagination (357 as 359), contents good. There are..... More
VON ATOMEN UND ATOMZERTRUMMERUNG.
Stutgart (1947). Drawings, 8x6", wraps, 125pp, covers a bit worn and discolored. More
THE BIRTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES.
Williams & Wilkins: Baltimore 1938. 10 x 7.5", green cloth, 506pp, 79 figures, index, ex-lib, no jacket, moderate markings, light wear else very solid copy. FIRST EDITION. More
INDEX AND PLATES TO LECTURES ON NATURAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY . . . VOLUME V [only]
R. Hindmarsh: London. 1794. WITH 39 MOSTLY FOLDING PLATES, 8.5 x 5.5, full leather, 43 pp + plates, covers very poor: covers detached, spine badly burned, covers hardly recognizable as leather, bookplate and ink inscriptions (from the Hendrie family of Detroit -- famous family of rich railroad tycoons, connected with..... More
MISSILE HEAD INJURIES IN NIGERIAN SOLDIERS (With Special Study of Tangential Wounds)
(Ibadan University Press: Nigeria), (1978). Illus., photos, x-rays, 9.5 x 6.5", gilt-lettered boards, 137pp, covers rubbed and soiled, extremities bumped, contents used and soiled. SCARCE. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR "Ade" More
MISSILE HEAD INJURIES IN NIGERIAN SOLDIERS (With Special Study of Tangential Wounds)
(Ibadan University Press: Nigeria), (1978). Illus., photos; x-rays, 9.5 x 6.5", pict wraps, 137pp, covers rubbed and soiled, extremities bumped, contents used and soiled. SCARCE. More
TRAUMAN CARE, Adventures of a Specialist Doctor
(Corporate Office Max: Ilorin), (2004). Photos of the author, 8 x 5.75", pict wraps, 104pp, covers a bit rubbed else a decent copy of this SCARCE autobiography of an African-born doctor. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED "Daddy" BY THE AUTHOR. More
The Practice and Theory of Individual Psychology
Harcourt Brace & Co.: NY, 1924. 9 x 5.5", cloth, 352pp with index, covers worn, extremities bumped and fraying, top of spine badly torn, hinges loose, inner hinges cracking, bookplate of former owner inside front cover, pp toned and used. First American Edition(?). More
RARE EARTHS-Nuclear Chemistry. French Bibliographical Digest No. 36, November 1962.
Cultural Center of the French Embassy: NY, 1962. 9 x 6, pict stapled wraps, 96 pp w/index of authors, covers rubbed and soiled, pp browned else a nice copy. More
THE CORAL REEFS OF THE TROPICAL PACIFIC: Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, vol. XXVIII, four volumes.
Cambridge, MA, 1903. 11.5 X 7.5, half leather, 410 pp, 238 plates, text figures, index, uniformly bound in contemporary pebbled olive green morocco over green marbled boards, ex-lib, spine labels and book plates, no edge stamps, shelfwear to papered board edges, else very good set. FIRST ED. More
A VISIT TO THE BERMUDAS IN MARCH, 1894.
Harvard College: Cambridge, MA, 1895. 9.5 x 6, wrappers, pp 209-281, 30 plates, ex-lib, markings limited to stamps on front wrapper, rear wrapper badly chipped and detached, spine tape repaired, one plate loose else internally clean and sound. FIRST ED. More
STUDIES ON GLACIERS, Preceded by the Discourse of Neuchatel.
Hafner Publishing Co: NY, 1967. 18 full page plates (many with overlays), maps, frontis illustr of Agassiz, 12.25 x 9.5, boards, 213 pp + plates, covers heavily worn and soiled, ex-lib with usual markings, contents pretty nice otherwise. Scarce title. More
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Vols 1-4.
Little, Brown: Boston 1857-1862. 13 x 11", cloth, illus, ex-lib, moderate library markings, some spines detached, text blocks all vols. clean, tight complete original subscriber's notice laid in, FIRST EDITION. More
LATE ARCHAIC COMPONENTS AT MODOC ROCK SHELTER, RANDOLPH COUNTY, ILLINOIS
Illinois State Museum: Springfield, IL 1992. 11 x 8.5", softcover, 143pp, illus, appendices, bib, ex-lib, a few markings else clean & tight, vg. First edition. More
With the Wild Animals of Bengal
Publ. by Author: Dacca, Bangladesh, 1981. Map front endpapers, 9.5 x 7.25", boards, 84pp with glossary, covers worn and soiled, extremities bumped, hinges loose, pp toned, in a well worn dustjacket with tears at spine ends. FIRST EDITION, ONE OF ONLY 2000 COPIES. SCARCE. nol. More
UNTERWASSARSHALLTECHNIK: GRUNDLAGEN, ZIELE UND GRENZEN. (Submarine Akustik in Theorie und Praxis).
Berlin 1922. 169 illus, 9.5x6.5", cloth backed boards, 322 pp, inner front hinge cracked, former owners stamp, cover rubbed, else good. A fine survey of underwater sound techniques since Leonardo. More
LETTERS FROM A FATHER TO HIS SON, On Various Topics, Relative to Literature and the Conduct of Life. Written in the years 1792 and 1793.
James Carey: Philadelphia 1796. 6.5x4", lacks covers and leaves to title, title chipped, rear fly chipped, soiled , in special leather backed folding box. More