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186552252Berlin, Ernst & Korn, 1865. Lex8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spine. Spine slightly rubbed. Stamps on title-page. XIV,(2),512 pp., 4 folded engraved plates and 1175 textillustrations. Internally fine.
189739554New York, John Wiley & Sons, 1897. Orig. full cloth. Remains of a paperlabel on lower spine. Stamps on titlepage. VII,150 pp. and 69 plates. Fine and clean.
1842522471842. Folio. Clothbacked blank covers. (2),148,(2) pp., textillustrations. Handwritten, but reproduced in Zinkography or lithography throughout. Some brownspots. Signed at end by the author Le Capitaine du Génie ..... (?).
183051877Paris, Didot Frères, 1830. Contemp. clothbacked boards, a paperlabel pasted on upper part of spine. Stamps on title-page. (4),66 pp. and 3 engraved plates.
182837469Paris, Chez L'Auteur, 1828. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt back. Light wear to spine ends. Titlepage with stamp. A small paperlabel psted on lower part of back. (6),516 pp.
183958342Paris, Corréard, 1839. Contemp. hcalf. Paperlabels pasted on spine. Stamps on title-page. 7,652,4 pp., 10 folded engraved plates.
184257626Kopenhagen, Reitzel, 1842. Clothbacked stiff blank wrappers. Stamp on title-page. Lower right corner of title-page defective, but no loss of letters. 22 pp., 1 galvanographic plate.
181949413(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1819). 4to. No wrappers as issued in ""Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London for the Year MDCCCXIX"", pp. 161-208 and 2 engraved plates, showing his invention of the samplin bottle aimd at getting samples from the depth of the oceans.
185558199Berlin, Mittler's, 1855. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt lettering on spine. A paperlabel pasted on spine. VIII,116 pp., 2 large folded lithographed plates, 1 folded table.
185735313London, John Murray, 1857. Uncut in orig. full pictorial cloth, gilt locomotive on frontcover and blindtooled. Rebacked preserving orig. gilt title. Engraved portrait as frontispiece. XVI,546 pp. Internally fine and clean.
189452147Paris, Baudry et Cie, 1894. Royal8vo. Orig. full cloth. A paperlabel pasted on spine. Stamp on title-page. IV,902 pp., 702 textillustrations.
187638919Bruxelles, Paris, Muquardt, berger-levrault, 1876. Small 8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt and somewhat worn. Stamps on titlepage and last page. 164 pp. and 2 large folded lithographed plates with many figs.
1899014235London & Bombay: Longmans Green and Co 1899. Very Good condition. A bright clean square tight copy. Sharp corners. A very scarce book in the original edition especially in collectible condition as nice as this. NO foxing. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Bound in the original black cloth lettered in shiny gold on the spine. First English edition from the Second Revised and Enlarged Edition translated by Robert E. Baynes. Index added to this edition. This copy is from the library of and bears the small ink stamp of Robert B. Sosman. A geophysicist and physical chemist Robert Browning Sosman received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1907 at the age of 26. By 1908 he had joined the Geo-Physical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution. Dr. Sosman worked at the Geo-Physical Laboratory for 20 years serving 8 years as Assistant Director. During World War I his contributions there were instrumental in establishing America's capacity for manufacturing optical glass. In 1928 he left to join the United States Steel Corporation as Assistant Director of Research. Following his retirement from U.S. Steel in 1947 he became visiting professor of Ceramics at Rutgers University. Dr. Sosman was a past president of the American Ceramic Society. In his honor the Society established The Robert B. Sosman Award "the highest recognition of scientific accomplishment given by the Basic Science Division. in recognition of outstanding achievement in basic science of an area that results in a significant impact to the field of ceramics." . First English Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition. 8vo. 472pp 32 pp of publisher's ads. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Longmans, Green, and Co Hardcover
1879W2.162Irvington: self-published 1879. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. hardcover in khaki cloth. slight corner wear small spot to spine. self-published Hardcover
189800007280Jena: Verlag Von Gustav Fischer 1898 877 pages four fold out color maps. Exlibrary stated as withdrawn. Verlag Von Gustav Fischer hardcover
1825092182Havniae: Typis Excudebat Andreas Seidelin 1825 Book. Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Authors. First Edition. Title continues "Habita in societate regia medica Havniensi die XVII Februarii Anno MDCCCXXV". The subject of this "In memoriam" was a Doctor of Medicine at the University of Havniensi and Professor at the Academiae Chirurgorum Regiae Director Generalis. INSCRIBED by "Autor" on the flyleaf. 66 pages. Cover has edge wear and soils; pages have minor age-toning. Typis Excudebat Andreas Seidelin hardcover
183020421J. Baxter Lewes & London 1830. 1st edition. Good/No Jacket Frontispiece of John Ellman Esq. 8 509 xli14 3 pp. Includes an “appendix on suspended animation poisons and the principal laws relating to farming and rural affairsâ€. Shelf-wear to bottom edge of boards otherwise very well preserved with only the lightest of foxing to some pages. Half leather binding J. Baxter, Lewes & London hardcover
1887204161887. Fair/No Jacket. Paper covers Considerable edge wear but with little loss. A comprehensive listing of agricultural products and livestock. 182 pp plus advertisements some in colour. unknown
1894IB10-344Triest, Sambo, 1894. Halblederband der Zeit, gr.-8?, 912, XXX Seiten mit zahlreichen in den Text gedruckten Abbildungen; Zustand. Einband berieben und angestaubt, ehemaliges Bibliotheksexemplar, gestempelt, Einband mit Signaturetikett
18907080959John Wiley and Sons 1890. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. 8vo. Brown cloth binding with gilt lettering on backstrip. 4 plain stamped bands running continuously across both boards and backstrip. Plain library stamp on front board. Some general shelf wear bumped corners. Internally clean binding firm. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item700grams ISBN: John Wiley and Sons hardcover
1890004471Montreal: Canadian Pacific Railway 1890 Book. Good. Soft cover. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Original green cloth on flexible card cover. Pocket-sized rule book covers everything from air brakes to injured workers. Only 4 years after the "Last Spike" was driven this is a very early official publication and Van Horne was still the boss. Permanently edge-soiled and bent into hip pocket shape but all readable. A prize for a railway collector. 87 pp. Canadian Pacific Railway paperback
189019010St. Louis: Buckland Publishing Co. Good. 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Covers are worn and soiled. Hinges are weak. However and this is the really cool part the accounting sections at the rear were extensively used by a working farm. Most entries are dated 1900 to 1906. Cost and income relating to butter eggs corn potatoes etc. As well as records concerning horses pigs and cows. The pages are not full but there are a lot of entries. The only name I find which might be the owner's is E. L. Bolser. By the way they paid $9.50 to have a well drilled. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 251 pages . Buckland Publishing Co. hardcover
181549862New-York: David Longworth 1815. First Edition. Octavo 20.5cm.; removed; 148pp. Top third of first few leaves quite darkened title page serving as upper cover somewhat chipped with a few tiny losses none approaching text else Good to Very Good overall. From the DAB: ".considered a lucid account of the current state of American scientific research." The discourse pp. 3-38 is followed by more than one hundred pages of notes and citations. SABIN 13715; SHAW & SHOEMAKER 34371. David Longworth unknown
1873DEMO001801INew York: Geo. E. Woodward 1873. First edition. Hardcover. Good. numerous engravings. 12mo 342 pages original green cloth edgeworn rebacked with new endpapers and the original spine laid down; with 4 page publisher's ads on purple paper tipped-in. <br/><br/>Good treatment of up-to-the-minute rifles: Sharps Enfield Henry breech-loaders Peabody Remington Spencer etc. Chapters on hunting the bison moose caribou deer turkey; and one on the hound dog. Illustrated with numerous woodcuts many highlighting the inner workings of the rifles. Geo. E. Woodward hardcover
1884052970St. Louis: Slawson & Co. Printers 1884. 1st Edition . Leather Bound. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. xv 1 654 pages. Hardcover bound in early green full leather. The binding is worn and the headcap of the spine is pulled and torn with a 1 3/4 inch split on the front hinge and a 1 1/4 in split on the rear hinge. The binding is rubbed and scuffed but generally sound. An ex-library copy from the Library of Congress with full markings. All edges gilt. The title page and following page first 2 pages of the Table of Contents is detached as a section but laid in loosely. The text is a little toned but is sound. James Buchanan Eads 1820-1887 was an American engineer best known for his triple arch steel bridge over the Mississippi River at St. Louis constructed in 1874. He was also an inventor who held several patents. He attained recognition and fortune for designing diving and shipwreck retrieval methods along the Mississippi often doing the most dangerous work himself. During the Civil War he helped construct Ironclad ships for use on the Mississippi. He oversaw the construction of 7 ironclads in 5 months. Scarce. <br/> <br/> Slawson & Co., Printers hardcover
