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2003108087NY: Knopf 2003. First trade edition first prnt. First hardcover edition. Preceded by a self-published paperback edition. Signed by Paolini on the title page. Shallow short wrinkle on the dustjacket spine topedge not immediately apparent; otherwise an unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Knopf Hardcover books
200310522NY: Knopf 2003. First trade edition first prnt. 1st issue dustjacket. Preceded by a self-published paperback edition. Signed and dated "'03" by Paolini on the title page. A 4 x 6 inch color digital photograph of Paolini at the booksigning laid in. One dustjacket corner just touched not immediately apparent; otherwise an unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Volume 1 in Paolini's Inheritance trilogy. Paolini's first novel. Signed & Dated by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Knopf Hardcover books
19002440Port Sunlight U.K.: Lever Brothers Ltd. c. 1900. Staplebound. Color illustrated wraps. Very good. Neilson Harry B. Unpaginated. 8 pp. 12 x 9 cm. Charming advertising pamphlet establishing a connection between big business and the homemaker's new purchasing power. The solid yellow bar of soap first introduced in 1884 was one of the first packaged branded soap used to clean clothes dishes and hair. Some light bleeding to illustrations staple rust to spine. <br/><br/> Lever Brothers Ltd. paperback books
1731S13115Lugduni Batavorum:: Joan. et Herm. Verbeek 1731. 1731. Two parts bound as one. 4to. xvi xlviii vii 193 1; 192 xiv pp. Title printed in red & black 32 engraved folding plates 1 folding table index; margin of p.99 trimmed 1 ¾ x 2" away. some foxing browning of leaves title very browned due to offsetting. Beautifully preserved original mottled calf raised bands gilt spine compartments red leather spine label. Ownership mark on title of "Mr. Al. Liotard." Very good. FIRST EDITION incorporating the first Latin edition of the Saggi di naturali esperienze 1667 prepared by the Accademia del Cimento Florence with substantial additions throughout by Musschenbroek. Musschenbroek was one of the great physical experimenters and lecturers of the eighteenth century and the teacher of Nollet. This book contains the first description of the pyrometer an instrument for measuring the expansion of solid bodies under the influence of heat. Like many of Musschenbroek's books the Tentamina contains fine illustrations and is concerned with experiments in measuring humidity magnets and electricity air pressure the structure of ice heat and cold capillarity optics the motion of sound etc. / "He devised many of his experiments in the process consulting records of other experimenters among them those of the Accademia del Cimento. Musschenbroek translated their accounts into Latin adding reports concerning his own work 1731." :: Encyclopedia. / The work opens with Musschenbroek's Oratio de Methodo Instituendi Experimenta Physica regarding his views on experimental philosophy as inspired by Newton. "Underlying Musschenbroek's lectures demonstrated with experiments was the experimental philosophy the principal source of inspiration was Newton but Galileo Torricelli Huygens Reaumur and others were important to this school." :: DSB IX p. 596. The Accademia del Cimento Academy of Experiments was founded in Florence in 1657. Among the founding members were Borelli Steno Redi Cassini Viviani and Torricelli these final two being disciples of Galileo. This makes the Accademia older than either the Royal Society or the Academie des Sciences. Count Lorenzo Magalotti's text includes accounts of experiments on temperature and air pressure including Torricelli's invention of the barometer the velocity of sound and light phosphorescence magnetism amber and other electrical bodies the freezing of water etc. The many fine plates in this translation illustrate the Accademia's work as well as Musschenbroek's own subsequent experiments. :: Wolf History of science I pp. 55-59.2 parts in 1. / Musschenbroek 1692-1761 professor of natural philosophy and mathematics at Utrecht and later professor of experimental physics at Leyden. He was one of the most celebrated physicists and investigators of his time; the experiments he describes are classics in primary instruction. / "Musschenbroek's earliest account of electricity 1731 the estimable notes to his Latin translation of the Saggi is fuller more circumspect and less coherent than 's Gravesande's which he later entertained favorably. Two curious points emerge from the notes. To resolve the discrepancy between the results of Boyle and Hauksbee who respectively did and did not succeed in generating electricity in vacuo Musschenbroek hit on an unprecedented and prescient idea; remarking that Boyle used amber and Hauksbee glass he concluded that these substances have different electricities. . . The second point concerns repulsion. Musschenbroek records without emphasizing Hauksbee's observation that light bodies are sometimes repelled farther than they are attracted; he squeezes it into a note that also gives an excellent prescription for rubbing the tube :: always end with your hands together :: and a warning about atmospheric humidity. He does not recognize that the Saggi require updating about repulsion and concentrates on the perplexing behavior of screens the opacity of muslin and the transparency of glass." :: J. L. Heilbron Electricity in the 17th and 18th Centuries: A Study of Early Modern Physics 1979 p.242. / Wheeler Gift 276. Not in Bakken. FULL TITLE: Tentamina experimentorum naturalium captorum in Academia del cimento sub auspiciis Serenissimi Principis Leopoldi Magni Etruriae Ducis et ab ejus Academiae Secretario Conscriptorum: Ex Italico in Latinum Sermonem conversa. Quibus commentarios nova experimenta et orationem de methodo instituendi experimenta physica addidit Petrus van Musschenbroek Joan. et Herm. Verbeek, 1731. hardcover books
19751353Miami: Editorial A.I.P 1975. First Edition. Paper. Good. Signed. 126pp with printed ads insider covers. Former friend of Castro and exile. Editorial A.I.P unknown books
200230004NY: North-South Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 0735817022 . Retold and illustrated by Lisbeth Zwerger. Translated by Marianne Martens. First printing thus. Remainder dot on bottom edge else fine in a near fine dust jacket. . North-South Books hardcover books
1943147112Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1943. Second Revised Final draft script for the 1944 film. A few annotations of names or checks in holograph pencil on the top outer corner of verso. <br/><br/>A dramatization of the trials that took place in Japan during World War II eight American aircrew members are taken prisoner by the Japanese Army. They are forced to endure systematic torture and abuse and finally accused convicted and executed as war criminals. This film brought opposition from the Department of Defense fearing strong reactions from the Japanese. <br/><br/>Set in Japan shot on location in Washington DC. <br/><br/>Beige titled wrappers noted as SECOND REVISED FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 229 and production No. 936 dated OCT. 14 1943. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated October 14 1943 noted as 2nd Revised Final. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/20/43 and 12/6/43. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
19303598San Francisco: The Sierra Club/ Taylor & Taylor 1930. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Good. Octavo. Limited to 1500 copies. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED ON THE FFEP A.E. GUNTHER/ THE HAGUE/ MARCH 1931. 152pp. Bound in 1/4 cream cloth over blue paper covered boards printed paper spine label in original plain paper dust jacket with a half inch loss at foot of spine and a larger chip on rear panel; a very nice copy. Albert Everard Gunther's interest was the history of the Natural History Museum London where his grandfather Albert Günther was a Keeper. His two books about the Natural History Museum 1975 and 1980 are useful contributions to the burgeoning subject of museum history and were followed by a study of the eighteenth-century scientific antiquary Thomas Birch published in 1984.Sphaera newsletter. A nice association copy. <br/><br/> The Sierra Club/ Taylor & Taylor hardcover books
193013024San Francisco: The Sierra Club 1930. First Edition. Very Good/Good. San Francisco: The Sierra Club; 1930; First Edition Limited to 1500 copies reprint of 1875 edition printed by Taylor & Taylor 6x8.5"; Blue-gray paper boards with light tan cloth spine and paper label fore and bottom edges untrimmed; plain paper dust jacket with repeat of label printed on spine as issued;1 x 4 152 pp. 1 five images including frontispiece and facsimile of original 1875 title page; Paper boards slightly faded corners bumped minor shelf soiling to top of text block top of spine has small unraveling and top front cover inside edge at spine shows signs of nibbling ink inscription to prior owner on front endpaper; Dust wrapper has typical shelf wear at edges and loss of 4 inches of bottom of spine with no loss to slightly darken spine printing; Cover and text in very good condition and dust wrapper in good condition given the quality of paper. Joseph Le Conte 1823-1901 arrived in Berkeley in 1869 as a Professor of geology natural history and botany with the newly established University of California. In 1870 he was invited by several students to join them on a four week camping trip to Yosemite and the High Sierra. This trip was his first visit to Yosemite which began a lifetime love affair with preserving the Valley. While John Muir is more closely associated with promoting the establishment of national parks Le Conte was instrumental in laying the foundations for the Yosemite National Park in 1890. He co-founded the Sierra Club with John Muir. He died in Yosemite of a heart attack in 1901. San Francisco: The Sierra Club unknown books
1930222672San Francisco: The Sierra Club 1930. One of 1500 copies. Printed by Taylor & Taylor. Frontispiece. x viii 152. 2 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Tan wrappers. One of 1500 copies. Printed by Taylor & Taylor. Frontispiece. x viii 152. 2 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The Sierra Club unknown books
193022245San Francisco: The Sierra Club 1930. Cloth backed boards spine label fine copy. One of 1500 printed by Taylor and Taylor. <br/><br/> The Sierra Club hardcover books
187538698San Francisco: Francis & Valentine 1875. 103pp. plus nine original mounted albumen photographs. Inscribed on front fly leaf. Original blue cloth front board gilt. Small tear in lower outer corner of mount of second photograph not approaching printed border.<br/> <br/>Provenance: Signed by one of the members of the University Excursion Party Everett Pomeroy "Compliments of Everett B. Pomeroy"<br/> <br/>A beautiful book with superb original photographs depicting the range of northern California's natural splendor.<br/> <br/>This copy is signed by one of the members of the University Excursion Party Everett Pomeroy "Compliments of Everett B. Pomeroy" and is quite rare. Everett Pomeroy was one of five graduates who received a B.A. from the University of California in 1871 the school's second graduating class. Pomeroy went on to earn a Master's degree in 1875 and was also a member of the California state National Guard. In 1875 President Grant appointed him United States Attorney for Arizona Territory. A rare photographically-illustrated account of a tour of Yosemite and the High Sierras by one of the pioneer founders of the University of California. Joseph Le Conte studied with Louis Agassiz at Harvard before going to California to serve as professor of geology and he was among the charter members of the Sierra Club. This work describes Le Conte's first expedition with students of the University into the Sierras and the text wonderfully conveys Le Conte's enthusiasm for the region and its natural beauty. While in Yosemite the group visited James Hutchings's hotel and met John Muir who accompanied the group to Lake Tenaya Tuolumne Meadows Mount Dana over Tioga Pass and down to Mono Lake. In his autobiography he describes his first years in California as "very active ones for me the wonderful new country so different from any that I had previously seen the climate the splendid scenery the active energetic people and the magnificent field for scientific and especially for geological investigations." "A record of an excursion by Prof. Le Conte and nine members of one of the early classes of the university. It is stated that but 20 copies were printed" - Cowan. The actual number of copies printed was almost certainly higher perhaps as many as 120 twelve for each member of the party. The images are captioned on the mounts as follows: 1 ".Great Yosemite Fall" frontispiece group portrait of the party. 2 "The Grizzly Giant." 3 "The High Sierras." 4 "The Gates of the Valley." 5 "Bridal Veil Fall." 6 "The Heart of the Sierras. Lake Tenaya." 7 "Day-Dawn in Yosemite. The Merced River." 8 ".North Dome South Half Dome." 9 "Montgomery St. San Francisco. Where our trip ended." The photographs are very handsomely composed and printed images of Yosemite and the High Sierra in very good condition. Farquahar speculates that the photographs "must have been procured from one or more of the professional photographers who operated in Yosemite Valley." The source of the photographs was likely J.J. Reilly a professional photographer active in the Yosemite Valley at the time.<br/> <br/>Cowan 1914 p.137; Farquhar 14a; Currey & Kruska 230; Howes L175 "aa." Kurutz California Books Illustrated with Original Photographs p.16 and item 27; Zamorano Select 64.;Cox Classics 64; Robinson High Sierra Classics 1; Rocq 16596; Eberstadt 124:38. Francis & Valentine unknown books
1875WRCAM41643CSan Francisco: Francis & Valentine 1875. 103pp. plus nine original mounted albumen photographs. Original blue cloth front board gilt. Cloth a bit soiled moderate wear at spine ends and corners. Inscribed on front fly leaf see below. Small tear in lower outer corner of mount of second photograph not even approaching the printed border. Very nice tonality in the photographic prints. Very clean internally. Very good. This copy is signed by one of the members of the University Excursion Party Everett Pomeroy "Compliments of Everett B. Pomeroy" and is quite rare thus. This firm has handled five copies of this book - and noticed several others in the market - and this is the first association copy we have seen. Everett Pomeroy was one of five graduates who received a B.A. from the University of California in 1871 the school's second graduating class. Pomeroy went on to earn a Master's degree in 1875 and was also a member of the California state National Guard. In 1875 President Grant appointed him United States Attorney for Arizona Territory. <br> <br> A rare photographically-illustrated account of a tour of Yosemite and the High Sierras by one of the pioneer founders of the University of California. Joseph Le Conte studied with Louis Agassiz at Harvard before going to California to serve as professor of geology and he was among the charter members of the Sierra Club. This work describes Le Conte's first expedition with students of the University into the Sierras and the text wonderfully conveys Le Conte's enthusiasm for the region and its natural beauty. While in Yosemite the group visited James Hutchings's hotel and met John Muir who accompanied the group to Lake Tenaya Tuolumne Meadows Mount Dana over Tioga Pass and down to Mono Lake. In his autobiography he describes his first years in California as "very active ones for me the wonderful new country so different from any that I had previously seen the climate the splendid scenery the active energetic people and the magnificent field for scientific and especially for geological investigations." "A record of an excursion by Prof. Le Conte and nine members of one of the early classes of the university. It is stated that but 20 copies were printed" - Cowan. The actual number of copies printed was almost certainly higher perhaps as many as 120 twelve for each member of the party. <br> <br> The images are captioned on the mounts as follows: <br> <br> 1 ".Great Yosemite Fall" frontispiece group portrait of the party. <br> <br> 2 "The Grizzly Giant." <br> <br> 3 "The High Sierras." <br> <br> 4 "The Gates of the Valley." <br> <br> 5 "Bridal Veil Fall." <br> <br> 6 "The Heart of the Sierras. Lake Tenaya." <br> <br> 7 "Day-Dawn in Yosemite. The Merced River." <br> <br> 8 ".North Dome South Half Dome." <br> <br> 9 "Montgomery St. San Francisco. Where our trip ended." <br> <br> The photographs are very handsomely composed and printed images of Yosemite and the High Sierra. Farquhar speculates that the photographs "must have been procured from one or more of the professional photographers who operated in Yosemite Valley." The source of the photographs was likely J.J. Reilly a professional photographer active in the Yosemite Valley at the time. <br> <br> A beautiful book with superb photographs depicting the range of northern California's natural splendor. COWAN 1914 p.137. FARQUHAR 14a. CURREY & KRUSKA 230. HOWES L175 "aa." KURUTZ CALIFORNIA BOOKS ILLUSTRATED WITH ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS p.16; item 27. ZAMORANO SELECT 64. COX CLASSICS 64. ROBINSON HIGH SIERRA CLASSICS 11. ROCQ 16596. EBERSTADT 124:38. Francis & Valentine hardcover books
1875WRCAM41643ASan Francisco: Francis & Valentine 1875. 103pp. plus nine original mounted albumen photographs. 20th-century three-quarter morocco and blue cloth spine gilt. Spine sunned. Frontispiece photograph with three small stains and the final two photographs exhibiting some moderate fading else quite clean internally. A very good copy. A rare photographically illustrated account of a tour of Yosemite and the High Sierras by one of the pioneer founders of the University of California. Le Conte studied with Agassiz at Harvard before going to California to serve as professor of geology and he was among the charter members of the Sierra Club. This work describes Le Conte's first expedition with students of the University into the Sierras and the text wonderfully conveys Le Conte's enthusiasm for the region and its natural beauty. In his autobiography he describes his first years in California as "very active ones for me the wonderful new country so different from any that I had previously seen the climate the splendid scenery the active energetic people and the magnificent field for scientific and especially for geological investigations." "A record of an excursion by Prof. Le Conte and nine members of one of the early classes of the university. It is stated that but 20 copies were printed" - Cowan. The actual number of copies printed was almost certainly higher perhaps as many as 120 twelve for each member of the party. <br> <br> A beautiful book with superb photographs depicting the range of northern California's natural splendor. The images are captioned on the mounts as follows: <br> <br> 1 ".Great Yosemite Fall" frontispiece group portrait of the party. <br> <br> 2 "The Grizzly Giant." <br> <br> 3 "The High Sierras." <br> <br> 4 "The Gates of the Valley." <br> <br> 5 "Bridal Veil Fall." <br> <br> 6 "The Heart of the Sierras. Lake Tenaya." <br> <br> 7 "Day-Dawn in Yosemite. The Merced River." <br> <br> 8 ".North Dome South Half Dome." <br> <br> 9 "Montgomery St. San Francisco. Where our trip ended." HOWES L175. COWAN 1914 p.137. FARQUHAR 14a. CURREY & KRUSKA 230. KURUTZ CALIFORNIA BOOKS ILLUSTRATED WITH ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS 27. ZAMORANO SELECT 64. Francis & Valentine hardcover books
1888222New York: D. Appleton and Company 1888. Sm. 8vo. xviii344pp. Index. Plus 10pp. ads. Orig. olive cloth. D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
003853New York: Oxford University Press 1957. First Edition. Octavo. 124 pp. Light chipping corners dj price clipped. A minor classic of Civil War diaries chronicling Sherman's march through Columbia South Carolina. New York: Oxford University Press, 1957 unknown books
197536981Paris: Les Francs Bibliophiles 1975. First edition. Loose folded sheets in stiff paper wrappers in illustrated cloth chemise in silk slipcase. A fine copy in fine wrappers in very good chemise with faded spine in a very good slipcase sunned at edges. 136 pp. illus. Illus. with 26 color and b/w lithographs incl. 7 dbl. page color. Folio 42 cm. Publication No. 23 of Les Francs bibliophile. No. 157 of 170 copies on large vellum of a total limitation of 205. Cet ouvrage le vingt-troisième publié par la Societe de Francs-Bibliophiles a été réalisé sous la direction de J.-M. Delettrez et J.-C. Romand. Il a été tiré 170 exemplaires sur grand vélin de Rives numérotés de 1 a 170 ainsi que 35 suites complètes dont 15 sur japon nacré Kaji et 20 sur velin de Rives. Les Francs Bibliophiles hardcover books
199334274NY: Holiday House. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 082340921X . Illustrated by Robert Rayevsky. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Holiday House hardcover books
1949137081Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1949. Post-production Dialogue and Continuity script for the 1949 film. Brief notation in holograph ink on the front wrapper and in pencil on the verso of the last page. <br/><br/>Based on the novel "Thieves' Market" by A.I. Bezzerides who also wrote the screenplay. <br/><br/>Based on Bezzerides' own experiences as a truck driver the author's adaptation of his own novel takes a direct aim at the fruit industry of the West coast resulting in essential proletarian literature. The novel's rich California scenery comes through beautifully in Dassin's visually stunning film reminiscent of the director's earlier noirs "Brute Force" in 1947 and "The Naked City" in 1948 Silver et al. <br/><br/>Blue studio wrappers dated August 19 1949 noting footage of 8437 feet. Mimeograph duplication. Very Good plus overall bound internally with three gold brads. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 273. Grant US. Hardy The BFI Companion to Crime. 129. Selby Canon. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
001147Lothrop 1987 Book. As New. Hardcover. F. Cloth. As New/No Jacket. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. ISBN:0-688-04045-4. Lothrop, 1987 Hardcover books
001074Morrow 1986 Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. F. Cloth. As New/As New. First Edition. Signed by Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0-688-06135-4. Morrow, 1986 Hardcover books
248505Tokyo: Kobunsha. paperback. very good. 16mo color illustrations with colored pictorial front wrapper; silk ties. Tokyo: Kobunsha n.d.<br/><br/> Japanese Fairy Tale Series number 5. The front edge is chipped but otherwise a fine example of an ephemeral piece. Printed on paper not crepe.<br/><br/> Kobunsha unknown books
1966132176Hollywood: National Screen Service / Paramount Pictures 1966. Vintage full-color still photograph from the 1966 film. Based on the 1959 novel by Jack Finney. <br/><br/>A band of incompetent treasure hunters including Frank Sinatra unsuccessfully attempts to highjack the Queen Mary by utilizing an old World War II Nazi submarine that they find sunk in the Bahamas. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Screen Service / Paramount Pictures unknown books
19946354NY:: Dutton. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1994. Hardcover. 0525452710 . 1995 Caldecott Honor Book. First printing. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket folds are slightly off center price clipped dust jacket. . Dutton, hardcover books
1773045263Parma: Stamperia Reale 1773. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Full navy cloth bearing gilt Harvard University stamp on spine bookplate on pasted endpaper and library stamp on first page. Some discoloration to spine where sticker was removed minor wear to corners extra engraved titlee dedication to Duke Ferdninand I and Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria. Interior bright with limited foxing to some pagesand vignette illustrations. Overall an attractive book of verse. 18 137 1pp. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Poetry. Inventory No: 045263. <br/><br/> Stamperia Reale hardcover books
