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18851916New York: Henry Holt and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1885. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. Spine is slightly faded on top and bottom. Damp stain to top edge of textblock of final 82 pages - does not affect the text itself. ; Tight binding and clean text. Patterned endpapers covers and spine. Bright gilt lettering on spine. Unidentified photo of man and infant laid in. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 297 pages . Henry Holt and Company hardcover
188424405Leipzig, Gustav Fock, 1884-1893. 8vo. VII, 131 S.; 5 Bl., 124; 22; 39 S. Hldr. d. Zt. m. goldgeprägt. Rückentitel.
183213647s. l.: S. n. 1832. Fine. S. n. s. l. s. d. 1832 14 x 22.50 cm broché First edition of this offprint from a history journal whose origin we have been unable to establish. Our article is presented following that of Arthur Dinaux concerning the ordeal by boiling water a judicial recourse in use during the Middle Ages. Rare. S. n. unknown
184824308Paris: In La Phalange 1848. Fine. In La Phalange Paris 1848 15 x 23.50 cm broché First edition. Our copy is presented in light blue cardboard temporary wrappers with a title label and author's name pasted at the head of the front cover. Some minor foxing at the beginning and end of the volume. In La Phalange unknown
1899E5692San Antonio: St. Mary's Church 1899. 1st ed. . Hardcover. X-Lib NF/No Jacket. 232 pages. Former library copy from the Ursaline Academy of Galveston which later became O'Connell High School. Scarce 1899 1st edition printed by Johnson Bros Printing Co. San Antonio for St. Mary's Church. Very sturdy library rebind done in 1953. Parisot and a few other missionaries left France arriving in Texas in 1853. Lots of first-hand Texas history and accounts of missionaries in Lousiana Texas & Mexico. Incidents with Juan Cortina & Rip Ford and other travels to Santa Fe Niagra Falls Caribbean and more. X-Lib NF/No Jacket. Tight seventy-year-old binding looks nearly new. Library stamps on endpapers and pocket in rear. Item #: E5692. SAVE MORE Additional books in the same order ship for FREE via Standand Shipping. St. Mary's Church hardcover
18479999_01984Paris Librairie Phalanstérienne 1847. 1st Edition . Soft cover. . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Duodecimo. Pp. 70 2 publisher's catalogue. Original printed wrappers sewn spotted trifle edge-frayed spine panel worn. In good condition very good internally preserved entirely in the original state. ~ FIRST EDITION. Published posthumously. Charles Fourier 1772-1837. H-2 IN <br/> <br/> Paris, Librairie Phalanstérienne paperback
18832092902141700755Not Available 1883. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Not Available paperback
18729999_01983Paris Librairie des sciences sociales 1872. 1st Edition . Soft cover. . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Octavo. Pp. 28. original printed wrappers edge frayed and detached. In a very good internal condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Very rare. "L'auteur est un architecte qui passa une trentaine d'années en Grèce où il participa à la propagande fouriériste. Dans cette brochure de 1872 il propose la réalisation d'un 'champ de manoeuvre' qui serait la base des efforts de tous les phalanstériens pour parvenir à la réalisation d'un essai sociétaire. Pour cela il projette la création d'une 'caisse d'épargne productive' et l'acquisition d'un grand domaine agricole." - Bibliothèque virtuelle de l'Université de Poitiers. François Louis Florimond Boulanger 1807-1875. Charles Fourier 1772-1837. I-4 IN <br/> <br/> Paris, Librairie des sciences sociales paperback
182041247Paris De Feugueray 1820. Uncut in orig. printed wrappers partly unopened. In: "Annales de Chimie et de Physique Par Gay-Lussac et Arago." Tome XIII - Avril 1820. The whole issue: pp. 337-448. Laplace's paper: pp. 410-417. Fourier's paper:pp. 418-438. <br/><br/><em>Both papers discusses the cooling of the earth in order to calculate the age of the earth. </em> unknown
182844899Paris Crochard 1828. 8vo. Without wrappers. Extract from 'Annales de Chimie et de Physique' Series 2 - Volume 37. With halftitle to vol. 37. Pp. 291-315 and 1 folded engraved plate depicting experimental apparatus and the new contact thermometer. <br/><br/><em>First appearance of an importent paper investigating the heat flow in different substances by using his new contact thermometer. </em> unknown
1846206121846. Paris ˆ la Librairie sociÂŽtaire 1846. Un vol. au format in-8 212 x 138 mm de 1 f. bl. xxxvi - 336 pp. 1 grand tableau dÂŽpliant in fine et 1 f. bl. Reliure de l'ÂŽpoque de demi-veau blond dos lisse ornÂŽ de filets gras en noir filets dorÂŽs roulette dorÂŽe sur les nerfs piÂce de titre de maroquin cerise titre dorÂŽ toutes tranches mouchetÂŽes. Edition en partie originale et originale collective. Tome Ier seul des Oeuvres complÂtes de l'auteur ; cependant complet en tant que tel. Ouvrage fondamental de Fourier ''l'un des esprits les plus originaux qui se soient jamais produits dans la famille des utopistes et des rÂveurs'' celui-ci prÂŽsente iicses objectifs pour un gouvernement et une ÂŽconomie mondiale rÂŽgis par l'Attraction PassionnÂŽe. ÇSur les ruines des sciences incertaines s'ÂŽlÂve la thÂŽorie de l'Harmonie universelleÈ seule possibilitÂŽ pour transformer la sociÂŽtÂŽ ÇremÂŽdier au plus scandaleux des dÂŽsordres sociaux ˆ la pauvretŽÈ ; contre les morales et les idÂŽologies qui prÂchent pauvretÂŽ et mÂŽdiocritÂŽ il dÂŽfend l'opulence pour tous le luxe la gourmandise et la voluptÂŽ ; seule l'ÂŽmancipation de la femme libÂŽrÂŽe de la servitude du mariage et par consÂŽquent la libÂŽration de l'enfant des principes oiseux de l'obÂŽissance pourra permettre la rÂŽalisation de cette transformation. Les trois ennemis naturels des passions et de l'harmonie sont dit-il l'uniformitÂŽ la tiÂŽdeur et la mÂŽdiocritÂŽ : Çl'ÂŽquilibre des passions ne peut s'ÂŽtablir que par un choc rÂŽgulier des contrairesÈ. ''Selon Charles Fourier tout le travail de la civilisation se rÂŽduit ˆ rÂŽprimer comprimer supprimer nos instincts. En renonÂant ˆ ses instincts en rÂŽsistant ˆ l'impulsion du plaisir en luttant contre ses propres passions l'homme renonce au bonheur et fausse le but de la vie. Il faut donc pour arriver au bonheur laisser aux instincts des passions leur libre essor les utiliser au profit de la sociÂŽtÂŽ et absorber l'humanitÂŽ dans l'industrie attrayante. Pour parvenir ˆ ce but Fourier construit une civilisation nouvelle basÂŽe sur le libre essor des passions qui elles-mÂmes obÂŽissent comme les astres ˆ une attraction mystÂŽrieuse et en les soumettant aux lois de l'harmonie universelle il rÂŽtablit dans le monde le bonheur de tous les Âtres et remplit le voeu de la nature.'' in Louandre & Bourquelot. Louandre & Bourquelot III La LittÂŽrature franÂaise contemporaine p. 551 - QuÂŽrard III La France littÂŽraire p. 181 pour l'originale de 1808. Angles lÂŽgÂrement ÂŽlimÂŽs. Petit dÂŽfaut affectant la coiffe supÂŽrieure. Rares et claires rousseurs dans le texte. Nonobstant belle condition. b42961 unknown
1830950Paris: Bossange père P. Mongie 1830. First Edition. Wraps. Very good. Rare Supplement to Le Nouveau Monde <br /> <br />FOURIER Charles. Le Nouveau Monde Industriel ou Invention du Procédé d'Industrie attrayante et combinée distribuée en séries passionnées LIVRET DANNONCE. Paris: Bossange père P. Mongie 1830. <br />1 blank leaf 577 - 664 8 leaves = advertisements. Octavo. First Edition in original wrappers. <br /> <br />Original edition of the scarce 88-page Livret DAnnonce The New Industrial World: announcement booklet which continues the pagination from the 1829 text from 578 to 664. This supplement was done at the request of many friends of Fourier who wanted him to complete what they perceived to be unfinished thoughts from the original book. Scarce in original wrappers. <br /> <br />CONDITION: Very good in original green wrappers lightly chipped edges and some minor loss to spine. Light foxing. Pages clean. Mostly unopened. <br /> <br/><br/>MORE PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST Bossange père, P. Mongie paperback
181748917Paris Crochard 1817. Contemp. hcloth. Spine with gilt lettering. In: "Annales de Chimie ou Recueil de Mémoires concernant la Chemie" 2e Series Tome 6. - 4484 pp. a. 2 engraved plates. The entire volume offered. Fourier's paper: pp. 259-303. A few scattered brownspots. <br/><br/><em>First apperance of this importent memoir in which Fourier gives an account of the Physical theory of heat conduction and radiation."Fourier made observations on the heating power of the Sun and on night-time refrigeration. He conducted experiments on the heating and cooling of objects of different composition and shape and on the transmissionabsorption and reflection of radiant heat. He employed basic physical principles and formulated mathematical laws to explain and predict universal phenomena such as ‘the progressive extinction of heat rays in the atmosphere." James R. Fleming </em> hardcover
182345991Paris Crochard 1823. No wrappers. In: "Annales de Chimie et de Physique Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago." tome 22 Cahier 4 With titlepage to vol. 22. Pp. 337-444. Entire issue offered. Oersted & Fourier's paper: pp. 375-389 and 1 folded engraved plate. showing apparatus used. <br/><br/><em>First appearance of this importent paper - which can bee seen as the precursor of OHM'S LAW - in which Ørsted explains the experiments he did together with Fourier on the thermo-electric effects discovered by Seebeck. They proved with different experiments that the effect depended solely on the heating of the plates in the voltaic arrangements. Ørsted calls Seebech's observations "the most beautiful of the discoveries which have as yet grown out of mine his discovery of electromagnetism three years before""We learn from his letters that thet the experiments on which the paper was founded had taken him 3 weeks a space of time which evidently much too short for the performance of the work; thus Ørsted himself points out a fundamental flaw in the experiments but there has been no time to remedy it. The work is of interest both by what has been gained through it and by what does not plainly appear; in some of its results it is the precursor of Ohm's law and by its defects it shows how great was the feat of the actual discovery of this law."Kirstine Meyer.The offered issue contains further Poisson "Sur le Phénomene des anneaux colorés" pp. 337-347. Ørsted "Sur le Multiplacateur électro-magnetique de M. Schweigger et sur quelques applications qu'on en a faites" pp. 358-365 Ampère "Extrait d'une Lettre de M. Ampère à M. Faraday" pp. 389-400. </em> unknown
1846049427West Roxbury MA: Brook Farm Press 1846. Newspaper. Good. 8 individual issues of the Brook Farm newspaper issued weekly. Browning occasional light dampstains many pages splitting at the folds chipping and wear and a few small tears to the edges of a few of the issues scattered foxing. Complete pages 1-127 of volume II. Articles on Fourier including Cosmogony by Fourier translated for the Harbinger in two parts and the first two parts of The New Industrial World by Fourier labor unions famine in Ireland and Consuelo by George Sand in parts the first 14 chapters. <br /> <br /> Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Americana; Antiquarian & Rare; Boston; Sociology & Culture. Inventory No: 049427. Brook Farm Press unknown
181749605Paris Crochard 1817. Contemp. hcalf. Spine with gilt lettering. Light scratching to spine In: "Annales de Chimie ou Recueil de Mémoires concernant la Chemie" 2e Series Tome 6. - 4484 pp. a. 2 engraved plates. The entire volume offered. Fourier's paper: pp. 259-303. Internally clean and fine. Stamps on verso of title-page. <br/><br/><em>First apperance of this importent memoir in which Fourier gives an account of the Physical theory of heat conduction and radiation."Fourier made observations on the heating power of the Sun and on night-time refrigeration. He conducted experiments on the heating and cooling of objects of different composition and shape and on the transmissionabsorption and reflection of radiant heat. He employed basic physical principles and formulated mathematical laws to explain and predict universal phenomena such as ‘the progressive extinction of heat rays in the atmosphere." James R. Fleming.The volume contains other notable papers JOHN MURRAY "Analyse de l'Eau de meret Observations sur l'analyse des sources salées" first edition in French MAGENDIE "Mémoire sur Emploi de l'Acide prussique dans le traitement de plusieurs maladies de poitrine et particulierement dans la phthisie pulmonaire" by Leopol de Buch Gay-Lussac etc. etc. </em> unknown
182444820Leipzig Johann Ambrosius Barth 1824. Without wrappers as issued in "Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg.von Poggendorff" Bd. 2 Jahrgang 1824 Zwölftes Stück. Pp. 345-448 entire issue offered. Fourier's paper: pp. 359-402. <br/><br/><em>First German edition in the same year as the French " Résumé théorique des Propriétés de la chaleur rayonnante" of this importent paper which gives an analytical account of surface-emissions and absorption based on the principle of equilibrium of temperature forecasting the more elaborated theories which he published in his famous work "La Therorie analytique de la chaleur. 1822". His analytical mathematical method that any continous function can be represented as a sum of sine and cosine curves is here applied to physical problems f.i. his treatment of the warming and cooling of the earth and terrestrial temperatures. The theory of terrestrial temperatures played a central role in Fourier's mathematical physics. </em> unknown
1817516951817. Ann. de Chim. 2 6. - A Prais Chez Crochard Libr. 1817 8° 448 pp. 2 Tafeln feiner Pappband. First appearance of this important memoir in which Fourier gives an account of the Physical theory of heat conduction and radiation. Joseph Fourier 1768-1830 "made observations on the heating power of the Sun and on night-time refrigeration. He conducted experiments on the heating and cooling of objects of different composition and shape and on the transmission absorption and reflection of radiant heat. He employed basic physical principles and formulated mathematical laws to explain and predict universal phenomena such as 'the progressive extinction of heat rays in the atmosphere." James R. Fleming Joseph Fourier the 'greenhouse effect' and the quest for a universal theory of terrestrial temperatures. Endeavour Vol. 232 1999 pp.72-75 unknown
184717897Paris: Au bureau de La Phalange 1847. Fine. Au bureau de La Phalange Paris 1847 15 x 22 cm broché First edition of this offprint from the journal La Phalange. Blue-grey temporary wrappers title-label pasted to front cover. Rare and handsome interior condition almost entirely free of foxing. Au bureau de La Phalange unknown
18788656869Cambridge University Press 1878. First English edition. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Large brown cloth 8vo with black borders on boards and gilt lettering and publisher motif on backstrip. Lightly bumped frayed corners and a two inch split in seam of backstrip. Black end papers. Interior is secure clean and clear except for a moderate amount of foxing. Trimmed. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1100grams ISBN: Cambridge University Press hardcover
182443911Paris Crochard 1824. Without wrappers. In: "Annales de Chimie et de Physique Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago." tome 27 Cahier 3. Pp. 225-336. Entire issue offered. Fourier's paper: pp. 236-281. <br/><br/><em>First printing of this importent paper dealing with the "Green-House-Effect". It is the second paper from 1824 in which Fourier investigates the connection between the temperature of the earth and radiation. Fourier's analysis in these two papers is widely recognized as the first proposal of what is now known as the greenhouse effect theory.In the 1820s Fourier calculated that an object the size of the Earth and at its distance from the Sun should be considerably colder than the planet actually is if warmed only by the effects of incoming solar radiation. He examined various possible sources of the additional observed heat in articles published in 1824 the paper offered is the second of the papers published 1824 and 1827. While he ultimately suggested that interstellar radiation might be responsible for a large portion of the additional warmth Fourier's consideration of the possibility that the Earth's atmosphere might act as an insulator of some kind is widely recognized as the first proposal of what is now known as the greenhouse effect theory. </em> unknown