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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
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
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
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
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
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
18812111902160200219Takahashi Matsunosuke 1881. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 3 Takahashi Matsunosuke paperback
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
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