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1855287442Paris 1855. unbound. very good. Uncommon A.L.S. "L. Foucault" 8vo. 1 page Paris February 24th 1855 to Monsieur Ami Gilbert Govi in French translated: "Here is my take on the size one has to give the drawing; you could make it even smaller but certainly not any larger. As you know the engraver is more than willing to engrave on your marks so I rely on your extreme kindness. All yours and leaving things in your camp I remain." Two very minor striations at the top left-hand margin otherwise in fine condition.<br/><br/> French physicist who invented the Foucault Pendulum made an early measurement of the speed of light discovered eddy currents and is credited with naming the gyroscope.<br/><br/> unknown books
185408799Paris: Victor Masson 1854. Quarter Leather. Very Good. Octavo. Offered is a very good entire Vol. 41 of Annales de Chimie et de Physique in nice quarter brown leather binding and marbled paper covered boards with raised bands spine gilt lettering on black leather spine label. Light rubbing cover edges scattered foxing. Complete with the foldout plate demonstrating Foucault's apparatus diagramatically reproduced in DSB VOl. 5 p. 85. A Comparison of this velocity in air and in water would be clear experimental test between the wave and particle theories of light since the former required light to travel faster in air; the later; in water.Fizeau returned to the rotating mirror to compare light's velocity in rare and dense media but here he was beaten by Foucault who announced on 30 April 1850 that "light travels faster in air than in water" Foucault's first experiment carried out in 1850 and written up in full in his doctorial thesis of 1853; was purely comparative; he announced no numerical values until 1862. DSB Vol. 5 pp. 85-85. <br/><br/> Victor Masson hardcover books
1966WRCLIT76672Paris: NRF / Gallimard 1966. 4004pp. plus laid-in detached folding plate. Large thick octavo. Stiff printed wrappers. Large bookplate on front free endsheet causing some rippling to adjacent leaves smudge on fore-edge spine a bit creased and hand-soiled from having been read but a good copy. First edition first impression with colophon dated '21 mars 1966'. One of Foucault's most influential works published in the "Bibliothèque des Sciences Humaines." It was translated into English as THE ORDER OF THINGS and has exerted considerable influence in some quarters of contemporary thought. NRF / Gallimard unknown books
1869133625Paris France: L'Académie des Sciences 1869. unbound edges uncut in later portfolio. Science. 4to. unbound edges uncut in later portfolio. 6 pages. Text in French. Extracted from Comptes rendus des séances de L'Académie des Sciences LXIX December 13 1869. The siderostat is a revolving flat mirror designed to enhance telescopic viewing. Foxing. Unopened. L'Académie des Sciences unknown books
1965854371965. FOUCAULT Michel transl. by Richard HOWARD. MADNESS AND CIVILIZATION: A HISTORY OF INSANITY IN THE AGE OF REASON. New York: Pantheon Books/Random House 1965. First printing first American edition. xiv 299 pp. Red cloth stamped in brown and gilt. Faint pale spotting to cloth; owner's ink gift inscription to front flyleaf. Interior clean and tight. In a very good red/color pictorial dust jacket nicked at edges slightly darkened. unknown books
1978140938886New York: Pantheon Books 1978. First American Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. vi 168 1 pp. Crimson cloth lettered in gilt. Near Fine with former owner's name written on front free endpaper citation written on rear endpaper contents otherwise unmarked. In Near Fine dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. The first volume in Foucault's most acclaimed work published in three volumes with a fourth volume uncompleted at the time of his death. Pantheon Books unknown books
197731137New York: Semiotexte 1977. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Volume III Number 1 of this journal devoted to philosophy. A very good copy in bound wrappers with a stain to the front cover and a vertical crease. Still a reasonably nice copy of a scarce early issue. . Contributions by Georges Bataille John Cage Michel Foucault Jacques Derrida and several others. Semiotext(e) paperback books
196519351New York: Pantheon Books Random House 1965. Cloth. Very Good /Very Good. The uncommon 1965 1st American edition. Solid and VG light band of soiling at the front panel's top-edge in a crisp price-intact VG dustjacket with a thin band of offsetting along the lower-edges and light chipping at the foot of the spine. Still though very preseentable. Octavo translated from the French by the poet Richard Howard. <br/><br/> Pantheon Books (Random House) hardcover books
19869012149New York: Pantheon 1986. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. Bound in publisher's original quarter cloth and paper covered boards. <br/><br/> Pantheon hardcover books
1976WRCLIT73646New York: Harper & Row 1976. Stiff pictorial wrappers. A well-read copy. First Harper Colophon printing of A.M. Sherican Smith's translation. Poet / translator / publisher Cid Corman's copy with his 1977 ownership inscription and extensive frequently substantial annotations throughout. Harper & Row unknown books
1982174767Paris: Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris 1982. First edition. Softcover. 99 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran November 9 1982 through January 9 1983. Text in French by Michel Foucault with an English translation by Jeffrey Kime. Includes numerous black and white images along with a couple color images as well. A near fine copy in wrappers with the ownership signature and address of curator and author Thomas Garver on the verso of the front cover in a near fine printed glassine dust jacket that has some very slight wear. A very nicely printed catalog with an interesting provenance. Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris unknown books
19721329761Paris: Societe D'Edition 1972. Softcover. 12mo; pp 87; G/paperback; dark yellow spine with black text; covers show modest wear to spine; small price sticker to rear; minor chips to spine corners; text block has mild tone to exterior edges; previous bookshop's sticker to ffep; previous owner's name to ffep; uncut pages; remainder mark to exterior tail edge; mild cracking to gutter at p 67; deckled edges; map at rear; text in French and Greek;. History of Polybius;. 1329761. FP New Rockville Stock. Societe D'Edition unknown books
1997249728New York: The New Press 1997. Hardcover. xlv 486p. series preface introduction notes on terms & translations chapter notes index ner-fine first edition first printing stated in quarter-cloth boards and bright white unclipped dj. Second of three volumes. The New Press hardcover books
1997249727New York: The New Press 1997. Hardcover. xlv 334p. series preface introduction notes on terms & translations chapter notes index ner-fine first edition first printing stated in quarter-cloth boards and bright white unclipped dj. First of three volumes. The New Press hardcover books
199243251London & NY: Routledge 1992. First trade paperback printing. 259 pp w/index. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. London & NY: Routledge paperback books
198666796Garden City:: Doubleday. Good in Good dust jacket. 1986. Hardcover. 0385278543 . Translated from the French by Charles Ruas. Introduction by John Ashbery. First edition thus. Remainder spray on bottom edge else good in a good faint damp marks along the spine dust jacket. . Doubleday, hardcover books
1980024212Ithaca: Cornell University Press 1980. 2d Printing. Edited with an introduction by Donald F. Bouchard. Translated from the French by Donald F. Bouchard and Sherry Simon. 240p. dj. Cornell University Press unknown books
1982WRCLIT32608Chicago: U. of Chicago Press 1982. Cloth. First edition. A fine copy in a dust jacket with a thumbnail-size chip from the bottom of the upper panel. U. of Chicago Press hardcover books
198327260Berkeley: University of California Press. 1983. Second Printing. Hardcover. A fine copy in near fine price-clipped dust jacket with a little curl to top edge of rear panel. An Art Quantum Book with a section of plates at rear.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 66 pp . University of California Press hardcover books
193115638Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin 1931. First printing. Hardcover. Very good/good. Large 8vo. Original quarter red cloth with printed paper spine label over light blue cloth board. Very good in good jacket. DJ toned with some rubbing. Some heavy loss to fold at rear flap. Chipping here and there overall. Presents well. Unclipped. Book clean and sound throughout. 338pp. <br/><br/>True story of a Frenchwoman whose Picardy home often served as retreat for soldiers in the midst of WWI. Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
199441132NY: New Press 1994. Paperback. Good. 475pp index. About ten pages have highlighting else very good in publisher's wraps. <br/><br/> New Press paperback books
1979259834Toronto: The Body Politic Collective/Pink Triangle Press 1979. Newspaper. 44p. tabloid newspaper illustrations photos news reviews book and media reviews section opinion resources ads very good on newsprint in stapled wraps. Cover story on police raids on gay baths. Also a report on the 14 "homosexual slayings" in Toronto.The major Canadian LGBTQ periodical from the 1970s and 1980s. Very political and under constant attack from the Right. The Body Politic Collective/Pink Triangle Press unknown books
19721342714New York: Pantheon Books 1972. Hardcover. Octavo; G-/G- Hardcover w/ Dustjacket; Blue and Faded Red spine with White text; Dustjacket has some edgewear some shelfwear small open tears along spine and spine edges small open and closed tears along edges of both covers large open tear at top corner of front cover; Boards strong some edgewear some shelfwear black marks on front cover; Textblock has marking in pen on some pages previous owner's name in pen on front endpaper brown mark along fore edge; 245 pp. 1342714. FP New Rockville Stock. Pantheon Books hardcover books
1964WRCLIT50431Paris 1964. Whole number 17. Small quarto. Printed wrappers. Very good or better. Edited by Jean-Louis Baudry et al. Much of this issue is devoted to a "Débat sur le roman" moderated by Michel Foucault. unknown books
1994248154New York: Pantheon 1994. Hardcover. xxiii 599p. textual note introduction notes bibliography works consulted index near-fine first edition first printing stated in quarter-cloth boards and bright unclipped dj. Pantheon hardcover books
