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199123199New York City: Jonathan A. Hill 1991. First Edition. Boards. Fine. First Edition. xiv 2 391 pages. 4to. Tan cloth over decorative printed paper boards. One of a limited edition of 1000 copies. A new unread copy. Boards. An extensively annotated bibliography of the History of Mechanics a collection built by Verne Roberts. Essential reference for the dealer collector or librarian interested in this field of study. Jonathan A. Hill unknown books
196294065NY:: Macmillan Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1962. Hardcover. Black and white illustrations. Stated first printing first edition. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. A clean and well preserved copy. ; 713 pages . Macmillan Company, hardcover books
192786391NY:: Charles Scribner's Sons. Good in Good dust jacket. 1927. Hardcover. B00B8IR5MY . Color illustrated title page and nine color plates. First edition thus. Light mottling to rear board gift inscription from 1930 on half-title page else good in a good previous owner's stamp on front panel age darkened a few small chips long closed edge tear on the rear panel extending onto the spine dust jacket.; 397 pages . Charles Scribner's Sons, hardcover books
1991S11385New York:: Jonathan Hill 1991. 1991. LIMITED EDITION OF 1100 copies. 4to. xiv 391 pp. Frontispiece 49 illustrations. Quarter gilt-stamped beige cloth over illustrated paper-backed boards. Fine. A beautiful alphabetical presentation and description of a library of some 1200 books on mechanics. Jonathan Hill, (1991). hardcover books
197023283New York: The Limited Editions Club 1970. cloth-backed boards slipcase. Limited Editions Club. tall 8vo. cloth-backed boards slipcase. xxi206; x207-4253 pages. Introduction by Jean Jules-Verne. Illustrations by Robert Shore. 2 volumes. Limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by Shore LEC 429. Monthly Newsletter / Prospectus loosely inserted. Designed by Ted Gensamer. Fine in near-fine slipcase. The Limited Editions Club unknown books
1980131182Boston: G. K. Hall & Co. 1980. Octavo pp. i-iv v vi vii-xix xx xxi xxii 1-387 388-394: blank note: last three leaves are blanks cloth. First edition. The only English-language book-length bibliography of writings by and about Verne. The primary bibliography provides a checklist of Verne's fiction and nonfiction citing both French periodical and book publication and English-language translations published as books in Britain and the United States. The annotated secondary bibliography comprehensive through 1978 and selective through 1979 analyzes critical studies in English 450 entries and in French 881 entries. ". well-conceived and -executed generally a first-rate piece of work." - Burgess Reference Guide to Science Fiction Fantasy and Horror 436. Anatomy of Wonder 1987 10-154. A fine copy without dust jacket as issued. #131182 G. K. Hall & Co. unknown books
1980107376Boston: G. K. Hall & Co. 1980. Octavo pp. i-iv v vi vii-xix xx xxi xxii 1-387 388-394: blank note: last three leaves are blanks cloth. First edition. The only English-language book-length bibliography of writings by and about Verne. The primary bibliography provides a checklist of Verne's fiction and nonfiction citing both French periodical and book publication and English-language translations published as books in Britain and the United States. The annotated secondary bibliography comprehensive through 1978 and selective through 1979 analyzes critical studies in English 450 entries and in French 881 entries. ".well-conceived and -executed generally a first-rate piece of work." - Burgess Reference Guide to Science Fiction Fantasy and Horror 436. Anatomy of Wonder 1987 10-154. A fine copy without dust jacket as issued. #107376 G. K. Hall & Co. unknown books
199133901New York: Jonathan A. Hill 1991. First regular edition 1000 copies folio pp. xiv 2 391; frontispiece portrait and illustrations throughout text; a fine copy in original tan cloth over gray paper-covered boards and unprinted cardstock jacket now somewhat smudged. <br/><br/> Jonathan A. Hill hardcover books
1970TB28041New York: The Limited Editions Club 1970. Limited Edition. Both volumes of this two volume set are in fine condition in 1/4 gold colored cloth and printed paper covered boards with gilt text on green title blocks on the spines. Both volumes are small quartos measuring 10 1/2" by 7". Without a dust jackets as issued; however the books are contained within a fine paper covered slip case with a printed label on the spine end of the slip case. With an introduction by JeanJules-Verne and illustrations by Robert Shore. One of only 1500 copies printed with this copy identified as number 969 and signed by the illustrator Robert Shore. From the Earth to the Moon 206 pages with 8 color plates. Around the Moon contains pages 207 to 425 and is illustrated with 8 color plates. A beautiful copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind. The Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1991245425New York: Jonathion A. Hill 1991. First edition one of 1000 copies. 50 black & white illustarions with a facsimile of the frontispiece portrait of Sir Isaac Newton taken from the original engraving by Vertue for the third edition of the Principia. 424 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Cloth-backed decorated boards. Fine. First edition one of 1000 copies. 50 black & white illustarions with a facsimile of the frontispiece portrait of Sir Isaac Newton taken from the original engraving by Vertue for the third edition of the Principia. 424 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Abou 1200 items described. Jonathion A. Hill unknown books
19831332474Norwalk CT: Easton Press 1983. Easton Press Famous Editions. Hardcover. Octavo; VG: Blue Gray leather binding with gilt lettering and balloon illustration; Silk moire endpapers; Sewn in silk bookmark; all edges gilt; Light shelfwear; Gilt edges unscratched; Interior clean; Shelved case 9 3/4. 1332474. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Easton Press hardcover books
191857.1New York: Scribners 1918. 1st. Hardcover. N.C. Wyeth. In publisher's black cloth with full color pastedown on front cover. Spine stamped in gilt still bright. Edges uncut. Previous owner's inscription on front endpapers. Contents clean and very bright. Image available on request. <br/><br/> Scribners hardcover books
19268511JNew York: Grosset & Dunlap 1926. Photoplay edition issued to coincide with the release of the Universal - Film de France silent film adventure epic starring Ivan Moujoukine and Natalie Kovenko. Ownership signature. Near fine in a very good slightly chipped dust jacket with a 1 1/2†detached yet present piece to the bottom of the spine. The dust jacket is a full wraparound color painting of the heroes in a horse-driven wagon running at full tilt escaping from hordes of mounted Cossacks. Rare in jacket. Grosset & Dunlap unknown books
1988007457New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1988. SCARCE. Publisher's promotional poster 18" w x 24" h featuring the Wyeth illustration. Distributed in limited numbers at the ABA trade show in 1988. Fine as issued. Well suited for framing. Will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. First Printing. Poster. Fine. 18" w x 24" h. Charles Scribner's Sons books
1991WRCLIT75148New York: Jonathan A. Hill 1991. xiv2pp. Quarto. Cloth-backed decorated boards. Frontispiece. Illustrations. Fine in modestly tanned original white paper shipping jacket. First edition ordinary issue. One of 1000 copies of 1100 designed and set by W. Thomas Taylor. Preface by Verne L. Roberts. The Roberts collection presented here features well-annotated entries for books in the fields of mechanics and biomechanics material strength and the history of technology and is among the best references in the field. Jonathan A. Hill hardcover books
195970868Norwalk Connecticut: The Easton Press 1959. Hardcover. Fine. A volume in The Collector's Library of Famous Editions series. Signed on the title page by Ray Bradbury who wrote the introduction. First published in French in three volumes 1874 The Mysterious Island follows the adventures of a group of castaways on an uncharted island and is one of the books in Verne's series of Voyages extraordinaires or Extraordinary Voyages. A French novelist Jules Verne 1828-1905 had a pivotal influence on the development of modern science fiction. Illustrated by Edward A. Wilson. Collector's Notes laid in. Tall octavo. Full blue leather binding with elaborate gilt stamping two raised bands moire silk endpapers and a ribbon marker. A fine copy. The Easton Press hardcover books
1991WRCAM28882New York: Jonathan A. Hill 1991. 2xiv2391pp. Frontispiece portrait. Cloth. As new. The best reference in the field compiled by the leading collector of the topic. Jonathan A. Hill hardcover books
1991WRCLIT24462New York: Jonathan A. Hill 1991. xiv2391pp. Quarto. Linen and pictorial boards. Frontis portrait. Illustrations. As new in unprinted dust jacket as issued. First edition trade issue. One of 1000 copies from an edition of 1100 copies printed by W. Thomas Taylor. An extensively annotated descriptive catalogue of this collection of primary works relating to the history and development of the mechanical sciences and engineering from the 16th through the 19th centuries. Jonathan A. Hill hardcover books
19051284632Paris: Collection Hetzel 1905. small 4to. 204pp.; VG; bound in red cloth gilt lettering on spine polychrome aux feuilles d'acanthe; mild shelfwear; age-toning to pages; ownership markings on front pastedown; LP consignment; shelved case 8. 1284632. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Collection Hetzel unknown books
1909136551909. Illustrated. London: Grant Richards 1909. Original dark blue cloth pictorially decorated in ochre yellow and light blue. First British Edition and first edition in the English language. This is a tale of a meteor's close brush with Earth with the main events taking place in Virginia. The story had first appeared in a French daily journal in March-April 1908 -- three years after Verne's death. Despite the date 1909 on the title verso this book was actually published in November 1908. Though sited in America the book was not published in the United States. This is a handsome volume with one of the 24 Roux plates reproduced upon the decorative front cover. This copy is near-fine contemporary school prize label on the front paste-down light foxing throughout on this thick wove paper rear endpaper cracked. Taves & Michaluk V060; Myers 9. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1941WRCAM48307Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington 1941. vii1192pp. plus three full-page illustrations and twenty-two maps most folding. Folding frontispiece. Quarto. Modern three quarter calf and marbled boards gilt leather spine labels t.e.g. Front board slightly bowed. Bookplate on rear pastedown. A touch of light scattered foxing. Very good. The introductory material explains the process by which the Spanish colonized Florida while the bulk of the text explains the evolution of the defense system of Florida from the early defenses of St. Augustine up through the end of the French and Indian War when the Spanish were forced to give up claims to Florida to the British. The many maps and plans are mainly devoted to fortresses. Carnegie Institution of Washington hardcover books
199164643New York: Jonathan A. Hill 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 50 black and white illustrations including a facsimile of the frontispiece portrait of Sir Isaac Newton taken from the original engraving by George Vertue for the third edition of the Principia. New York: Jonathan A. Hill 1991. First edition - deluxe issue limited to 100 copies bound in quarter goatskin by hand and containing a re-strike from the original engraved copper plate of the famous frontispiece of Newton. "The Verne L. Roberts collection is devoted to rare and important books in the fields of mechanics biomechanics the strength of materials and the history of technology. This is one of the most remarkable private libraries to be formed in recent decades and the books and manuscripts in this catalogue including many of the classics of physics demonstrate the origins of these fields of science and their development through the ensuing three centuries. The roots of these sciences are also illustrated through a number of important 15th and 16th century books. The catalogue describes approximately 1200 items. The extensive bibliographical and historical descriptions of the books and authors document and define the growth and development of ideas in the history of science and technology. Many of the books are noted for their rarity and have not hitherto been described adequately from a historical or bibliographical point of view. Quarto. Original pictorial paper-covered boards over the blue goatskin spine with silver titles. A fine copy. Jonathan A. Hill hardcover books
1965144489Paris: Les Films Ariane 1965. Vintage borderless photograph of Ursula Andress on the set of the 1965 film provocatively eating a banana. With agency stamps and holograph annotations on the verso. <br/><br/>Loosely based on the 1879 novel "Tribulations of a Chinaman in China" by Jules Verne. An adventure-comedy following the depressed billionaire Arthur Lempereur Jean-Paul Belmondo who after a series of suicide attempts hires hit-men to kill him but after he meets Alexandrine Pinardel Ursula Andress he tries to cancel the hit.<br/><br/>Shot on location in Malaysia China Nepal India and France. <br/><br/>6.5 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine. Les Films Ariane unknown books
1927875231927. WYETH N. C. VERNE Jules. MICHAEL STROGOFF a Courier of the Czar. Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1927. First edition thus with Wyeth's illustrations: a color-illustrated title-page nine color plates and color-illustrated endpapers. viii 397 pp. Octavo black cloth with a large color-illustrated label on upper board and gilt-stamped title on spine. Clean and fresh it is a very good copy in an illustrated dust-jacket that has small chips at heel and crown and shows slight edgewear. This is one of the Scribner series of illustrated classics for younger readers. unknown books
1909499London: Richards 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 1st edition in English. Original blue cloth the hottest stars are blue. Fine. The plot is Verne's take on H. G. Wells' In the Days of the Comet 1904 and this edition of it has never been scarce even when it's fine. Right now there are 20 copies in cloth for sale with fine ones at $500 to $800 verifying that sellers can't find buyers at those prices obstinate sellers cautious buyers and the only way seller and buyer can defeat this kind of inertia is to unite at a fair price in a market driven alliance of reason. So seek union but don't support irrationality and hide your frustration since it will do you no lasting good to call out a stubborn bookseller and tell him or her "your end of the boat is sinking" Book Code. Richards hardcover books
