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1894034321New York: Scientific American Inc. 1894. First Edition . Illustrated Wrappers. Good. Cover And Interior Page With Text And Photos Of The Columbia. Light Wear With A Few Short Edge Tears. International Postage At Usps Priority Mail Box Rate <br/> <br/> Scientific American, Inc. unknown
1886031026New York: William Wood And Co. 1886. 5th or later Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. Five Color Plates 923 Woodcuts. Xiv 11 1031 Pp. Twelfth Edition Copyright And Published In 1886. Original Brown Cloth Gilt And Blind-Stamped. Worn Gilt Still Bright Frayed Across Top And Bottom Edges Of Spine Lightly Frayed At Corners; Hinges Cracked At Endpapers And Before Half-Title But Binding Solid. Owner's Name "Saturnino S. Peralta" On Front Pastedown Another Owner's Name Dated 1884 On Front Free Endpaper No Other Marks. <br/> <br/> William Wood And Co. hardcover
1881045290New York: D. Appleton 1881. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. Fold Out Chart After Lothar Meyers. Viii 344 Fold Out Chart At Rear. Red Cloth Stamped In Gilt And Black Brown Endpapers. First American Printing With 28 Titles In List At Front. Gilt Bright But Covers Worn Fraying At Corners Small Damp Stain At Lower Right Tip Of Front Cover. Ownership Signature Of Christina Beach Isham Dated 1898 Extensive Pencil Marginalia Apparently In Her Hand On Pp 2-8. Fold Out Chart With 3/4" V-Chip At Top Center Fraying In White Free Fore Edge Margin. <br/> <br/> D. Appleton hardcover
1887103834DLaupp Tübingen 1887. Hardcover. Fair/None. 1/2 Leather with marbled boards. Board edges bumped and the leather on spine mostly gone. 487 page text block is unmarked and solidly bound in actually very good condition. In German. The original classic of Electricity and Magnetism Laupp,, Tübingen hardcover
1869d2414London: Trubner & Co. G: in Good condition without dust jacket as issued. Occasional foxing. Ex Royal College of Surgeons Ireland Library. 1869. First Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 140mm 9" x 6". xxxv 232pp. . Trubner & Co hardcover
188733695BB1887 . Paris: Gauthier-Villars 1887. Gr.-8°. 2 Bll. 403 S. Privat-Halbleinen Bibliotheksexemplar; mehrere Stempel in Titelei; leicht lichtrandig; sonst gut erhalten unknown
1830e7571London: Baldwin & Cradock. G : in Good condition. Rebound. Scattered browning. Fore edge of 17 leaves pages 307-344 damaged and brittle up to 40mm but with no impact on text. Six leaves pages 335- 347 damaged at mid gutter with some loss and impact on text. Some occasional pencil and ink comment. Ex.lib. 1830. First Edition. Brown hardback cloth cover. 210mm x 130mm 8" x 5". 583pp. . Baldwin & Cradock hardcover
1891036016Boston: Houghton Mifflin And Company 1891. 2nd Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good . Figures In Text. 243 Pp. Ad At Rear. Second Edition Copyright 1890 Preface Dated 1890 Title Page Dated 1891 So Apparently A Later Printing Of The Second Edition. Revised. Light Wear A Few Points Of Fraying Gilt Bright Spine Cloth With Some Fading. Yellow Bookplate Illustrated In Black Of The Theosophical University Library At Point Loma With Their Stamp On The First Page No Other Marks; Small Erasure At Foot Of Spine Probably An Erased Call Number. <br/> <br/> Houghton, Mifflin And Company hardcover
1898g8991New York: Frederick Boger. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed. Ex.-lib. 1898. First Edition. Brown hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 150mm 9" x 6". 736pp index. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Frederick Boger hardcover
187719567London: Longmans Green & Co. Very Good- in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. 1877. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards show shelf wear end papers show light discoloration. Previous owner's name "Samuel Jacobsohn" stamped in ink on title page contents page and last page of text.; A tight solid book hinges intact. Untrimmed fore and bottom page edges. Minimal pencil marks. Dark red cloth covered boards blind stamped on front board and gilt titles on spine.; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 509 pages; In small print on title page - "Reprinted from the transactions of the Royal Irish Academy; The reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science; etc." Lloyd was Provost of Trinity College in Dublin. . Longmans, Green & Co. hardcover
1886038804London : Gebbie & Co 1886. 1st Edition 1st Printing. No Binding. Near Fine. 18" X 12 7/8" One Of A Series Of High Quality Productions Published By Gebbie In 1886 With Tissue Guard And With The Explanatory Text Page. <br/> <br/> Gebbie & Co unknown
1833r2330London: Longman Hurst Rees Orme Brown & Green. G : in Good condition without dust jackets. Rebacked with modern black cloth. Slight foxing. 1833. 5th Edition. Grey hardback boards with black cloth spines. 210mm x 140mm 8" x 6". xxx 701pp; 332pp ads. Volume I and Volume II part I. Volume II part II never published. . Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green hardcover
1877005990London: Trubner & Co. 1877 Book. Good. Hardcover. WRITTEN INSCRIPTION BY "THE AUTHOR" W/O SIGNATURE. First Edition. "The present brief Treatise is essentially a suggestive work not a demonstrative one." The work divides itself into three parts:- Vital Physics Animal Morphology Epidemics and includes a short essay "upon or rather against the Detrital Theory of Geology--a science which records the life of a past world but now entombed in the rocks on the surface of the earth." Edgewear age toning of pages Foxing of FFEP. Trubner & Co. hardcover
1897020146New York: Harper & Borthers 1897. First Edition . Tan Cloth. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Xviii 513 Pp. Tan Cloth Lettered In Dark Brown On Front Cover And In Gilt On Spine. An Introductory College Text From The Experimental Viewpoint. Near New With A Few Tiny Surface Abrasions On Spine. Ink Inscription 'Frederick Bedell From The Publisher Dec 1897" On Front Free Endpaper No Names Or Marks In The Book. Per Wikipedia Joseph Sweetman Ames 1864 - 1943 Was A Physicist Professor At Johns Hopkins University Provost Of The University From 1926 To 1929 And University President From 1929 To 1935. He Is Best Remembered As One Of The Founding Members Of The National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics Naca The Predecessor Of Nasa And Its Longtime Chairman 1919-1939. Nasa Ames Research Center Is Named After Him. He Was Elected A Fellow Of The American Academy Of Arts And Sciences In 1911. He Was The 1935 Recipient Of The Langley Gold Medal From The Smithsonian Institution. Ames Was Also An Assistant Editor Of The Astrophysical Journal And Associate Editor Of The American Journal Of Science; Editor-In-Chief Of The Scientific Memoir Series; And Editor Of Joseph Von Fraunhofer's Memoirs On Prismatic And Diffractive Spectra 1898."Frederick Bedell 1868-1958 Received An A.B. Degree From Yale University In 1890 And A Ph.D Degree From Cornell In 1892. He Was Appointed Assistant Professor Of Physics At Cornell In 1893 And In 1904 Professor Of Applied Electricity. His Most Important Contributions In Electrical Engineering Were His Experimental Investigations And Theoretical Studies Delaing With Alternating Currents. In 1917 He Was Appointed As An Advisor In The Establishment At Cornell Of One Of The United States Army Schools Of Military Aeronautics Which Led To His Work In The Investigation Of Airplane Performance And Design. He Also Worked On The Development Of Devices To Aid The Deaf By Utilizing The Phenomenon Of Sound Conduction Through The Bones. For Twenty-Nine Years He Served As Editor Of The Physical Review. After His Retirement He Did Research At California Institute Of Technology. " His Papers Are At Cornell. Not Inscribed By Ames; Inscribed From The Publisher. <br/> <br/> Harper & Borthers hardcover
1894022196Chicago / London 1894 - 1895: The Open Court Publishing Company 1894. First Edition . Card Wrappers Stringbound. Very Good. 4 Volumes With Appendix To Volume 2 Three Hole Punch At Spine Edge String Bound In Plain Card Wrapers Original Wrappers Bound In Library Stamp At Top Of Cover Of Numbers 2 And 3 And No Other Marks Or Names Chipping To Top Of Covr Page Of Issue Number 4. Early English Language Appearance Of Mach's Thoughts On Conservation Of Energy. The U S Congress Had Already Weighed In On This Issue Decades Earlier And Further Discussion Was Not Of Mainstream Interest. Mach's Book On The Subject Appeared In 1905 Followed By An English Translation. All Four Volumes Volume 5 Nos 1-4 Are Unopened Pages Still Attached At Top Unread And As Issued. <br/> <br/> The Open Court Publishing Company unknown
1832025796New York: J & J Harper 1832. First Edition Thus 2nd Printing. Original Printed Cloth. Good. Frontispiece Engraving Of Sir Isaac Newton After Painting By G. Kneller. 422 Pp. Original Printed Boards. 1831 Printing Indicated On Title 1832 Shown On Front Cover #Xxvi In Harper's Family Library. Binding Strong Hinges Not Broken Some Fraying At Corners Backstrip Worn And Detached Along Front Spine Edge. <br/> <br/> J & J Harper hardcover
1863006976Braunschweig: Verlag von Friedrich Vieweg Und Sohn 1863. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Later Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Both volumes dated 1863 and both are Very Good in original cloth period prior owner name stamped 4 times to front end pages and once to rear paste downs moderate foxing throughout both volumes boards rubbed fold-out color plate in vol. 2 with 2" tear at fold. Numerous wood engravings throughout both volumes. Wiedemann became famous through his works on electromagnetism and made important contributions to the fields of chemistry and physics. Verlag von Friedrich Vieweg Und Sohn Hardcover
1893w160721591London: MacMillan 1893. 507pp black pebbled cloth gold writing on spine minor rubbing at spine ends and corner tips slight crack in end page paper along front inside lower spine hinge is still tight two different bookplates for "Louis Maxwell Potts" on front end page first edition many figures and equations footnotes index glossary references ten chapters . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. London: MacMillan Hardcover
1811009891Paris: Chez H. Nicolle 1811. Book. Very Good Plus. Hardcover. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Second augmented and corrected edition of the work originally published under the title "Da Tails Scientifiques". Two volumes handsomely bound in contemporary full mottled calf the backs intricately gilt decorative end papers. Very Good some rubbed spots to end papers. a few small rubs at edges. Chez H. Nicolle Hardcover
1846230200John Weale 1846. 1st. Hardback. Fair. First seperate edition hardback 1846 with no jacket as issued. In overall fair-to-good used condition with some minor signs of age handling and storage - paper-covered boards with red cloth spine worn to edges tanned and a little soiled; title label to spine tanned and chipped. Binding tight and hinges sound. Internally clean no annotation or inscriptions - ownership signature neat to front endpaper dated 11/08/1848; tanning to page-ends with light scattered foxing here and there but text charts tables plates and diagrams bright and clear throughout. Includes publishers catalogue of Engineering and Architectural titles to rear. Photographs available. Not an old library book. John Weale hardcover
18812111902160200219Takahashi Matsunosuke 1881. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 3 Takahashi Matsunosuke paperback
1827005252Paris: Chez Bechet Jeune Libraire 1827. Book. Very Good. Marbled Boards. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bound in period marbled boards leather spine gilt titles marbled end pages. 428 pp. 1 internal folding chart 10 folding charts at rear. Book plate of Henry A. Rowland front paste down with Johns Hopkins Univ. Library "disposed" stamp to book plate and title page. Library label to spine no other library markings. Henry A Rowland was the first president of the American Physical Society and the first occupant of the chair of physics at the Johns Hopkins University. Book is Very Good boards rubbed internally clean unmarked and tight. Tome I only. Chez Bechet Jeune, Libraire Hardcover
1885010230London: Deighton Bell and Co. 1885. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. viii 97 p. two plates 2 16 p publisher's catalogue. Bound in original red cloth with gilt lettering front cover old cloth tape repair to spine Very Good cloth soiled and spotted last few pages with damping at top edge not affecting text small stamp of the Cincinnati Public Library verso of title page no other library markings with slight indication of book plate removal rear paste down. SCARCE."This is to the best of my knowledge the first English-language monograph to deal specifically with chemical dynamics.". George Downing Liveing and the Origins of Chemical Thermodynamics in Great Britain" William B. Jensen Bull. Hist. Chem. Vol. 38 No. 1 2013 . Deighton, Bell and Co. Hardcover
188965142Paris: Gautier-Villars 1889. First Edition. hardcover. near fine. 2 volumes. 8 folding diagrams numerous text diagrams. Small 4to 1/2 brown morocco. decoratively gilt spines blind stamped pattern on covers. Paris: Gautier-Villars 1891- 1889 1891. Near Fine.<br/> <br/> Comprises vols. IV & V of the collection of memoirs. Includes an extensive bibliography.<br/> <br/> Gautier-Villars unknown
1864010636London: Trubner & Co. 1864. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First British Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First British Edition from the then last German eighth including the "Advertisement by the Editor" and the " Introductory Letter" by the author. Green cloth covered blind stamped boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Very Good. Spine has 2 small holes 3" tear to cloth at top back joint both hinges starting but holding nicely. Two different prior owner book plates to front paste down James H. Graff of Baltimore and William B. Jensen noted Univ. of Cincinnati chemist and educator. A printed portrait of Buchner tipped onto front end page. Small book seller stamp to bottom of front end page. A foundational text of 19th-century scientific materialism SCARCE in the First English language edition. . Trubner & Co. Hardcover