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188712904New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good. 1887. Hardcover. Blue cloth; some wear little fraying at top of back strip; ex library; labor communism religious aspects of socialism moral education in public schools cooperative distribution. . G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
192015275Boston: The Atlantic Monthly 1920. paper wrappers. Newton A. Edward. tall 8vo. paper wrappers. pp.446-470. In the Atlantic Monthly October 1920 Vol. 126 No.4 Fleck E.11. Appeared in THE AMENITIES OF BOOK COLLECTING. The Atlantic Monthly unknown books
1978174932New York: Congreve Publishing 1978. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Newton's second book a collection of color and black and white photographs of women in various states of undress or in somewhat kinky situations. A close to near fine copy with some slight looseness to the binding in a near fine dust jacket with some very minor wear. Congreve Publishing unknown books
197852694NY: Congreve 1978. First edition. Newton Helmut. 4to. 152 pp. color and b&w plates. A fine copy in the photo-illustrated dust jacket that has a few faint scratches. Previous owner's neat signature on the half-title page. Newton's audacious fashion work many of which are nudes featuring Paloma Picasso Andy Warhol Patti Hansen and many others. <br/><br/> Congreve unknown books
1978159270New York: Congreve 1978. Large octavo cloth. First edition. The second book of photographs by one of the world's greatest fashion photographers. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #159270 Congreve unknown books
197822671New York: Congreve 1978. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine. Small clothbound quarto. Stated first edition. Text by Edward Behr. A lovely near fine copy in black cloth binding. Lacking the dustwrapper. A collection of Newton's signature color and black and white photographs of the mostly unclad jet set in New York Paris and beyond. <br/><br/> Congreve hardcover books
1949S1356New York:: Ronald Press 1949. 1949. Humanizing science series. 24 cm. xi 174 pp. 59 figs. and illus. index. Navy blue cloth. With Carnegie Mount Wilson Observatory blind-stamp. Ronald Press, (1949). hardcover books
38228NEWTON Ernest SKETCHES FOR COUNTRY RESIDENCES. London: B.T. Batsford 1882. Folio. Publishers blue cloth. Lithographic ti leaf index leaf 16 lithographic plates. First edition. "Designed to be constructed in the patent cement slab system by W. H. Lascelles." Newton served his apprenticeship in the architectural offices of Richard Norman Shaw from 1873 to 1876 remaining in his offices for three mor years until 1880 before commencing his own successful and prolific practice. According to Hermann Muthesius in The English House 1904 "He is one of th busiest architects in England and therefore represents the good principles of current thinking about the house perhaps its most accessible form." Newton' volume is a companion volume to a book published in 1878 by Richard Norman Sh when Newton was still in Shaw's offices. It also has designs to be constructe in the Lascelles patent cement system and contains 28 plates -- thus explaini the numbering of the plates 29 to 44 in Newton's companion volume. Soiled at spine and edges of boards but otherwise a very good copy of an extremely sca book. unknown books
174595840London: Printed by James Bettenham for the Society for the Encouragement of Learning 1745. First edition in English of the mathematical appendixes to <span class="match">Newton</span>'s fundamental 1704 Opticks one of the greatest works of science ever published. Translated from the Latin by James Bettenham Professor of Mathematics at the University of Aberdeen. Quarto bound in contemporary calf gilt titles to the spine burgundy morocco spine label rebacked woodcut diagrams throughout the text engraved tailpiece. In very good condition with some light wear and browning to the text with wide margined text. Exceptionally rare and desirable first editions are scarce with only four appearing at auction in the last 90 years. English mathematician astronomer theologian author and physicist Sir Isaac Newton is widely considered one of the most influential scientists of all time and a key figure in the scientific revolution. In one of his most important works Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica Newton formulated the the laws of motion and universal gravitation that formed the dominant scientific viewpoint until being superseded by the theory of relativity. Considered one of the greatest works of science ever published Newton's second major book Opticks analyzes the fundamental nature of light by means of the refraction of light with prisms and lenses the diffraction of light by closely spaced sheets of glass and the behavior of color mixtures with spectral lights or pigment powders. Printed by James Bettenham for the Society for the Encouragement of Learning unknown books
1958S10196Garden City NY:: Doubleday Anchor Books 1958. 1958. Thin 8vo. 140 pp. 6 figures. Printed wrappers; front cover creased. Ownership signature. Very good. Doubleday Anchor Books, 1958. unknown books
1960S2628London etc.:: Abelard-Schuman 1960. 1960. FIRST EDITION. 223 x 145 mm. 8vo. 223 pp. Frontis. 4 plates bibliog. index. Original light green cloth dust-jacket. Fine. Abelard-Schuman, (1960). hardcover books
1960BL1553London New York Toronto:: Abelard-Schuman 1960. 1960. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. 224 pp. Frontis. plates glossary index. Beige cloth gilt-stamped spine title dust-jacket. Burndy bookplate. Very good. Herbert Douglas Anthony M.A. B.Sc. Ph.D. F.R.A.S. Lieut.-Colonel R.A.E.C. Chief Inspector of Army Education was an English mathematician the headmaster of Elmfield College and of Kilburn Grammar School. Anthony attended Latymer Upper School and was an open mathematics scholar at Queens' College. Abelard-Schuman, (1960). hardcover books
1958BL4515Garden City New York:: Doubleday Anchor 1958. 1958. Sm. 8vo. 140 pp. 6 figs. Paperback. Very good. Doubleday Anchor, 1958. paperback books
1961BL3774New York:: Collier Books 1961. 1961. Sm. 8vo. 188 pp. Index. Printed wrappers. 1 leaf creased. Very good . Collier Books, (1961). unknown books
1985009809Berkeley: University of California Press 1985. Book. Near fine condition. Paperback. Reprint edition. Octavo 8vo. Two volume set. Paperback bindings with minimal shelfwear. No date of publication though it is a 13th printing circa 1985. Translated into English by Andrew Motte in 1729. The translation revised and supplied with an historical and explanatory appendix by Florian Cajori. Vol. I: xxxvi 396 pages of text. Vol. II: iv 397-680 pages of text. The text is clean and unmarked. Reprint edition. University of California Press Paperback books
1946S2624Berkeley:: University of California Press 1946. 1946. Second printing. 261 x 178 mm. 8vo. xxxv 680 pp. Frontis. port. title in red and black illus. Brown cloth. Very good. University of California Press, 1946. hardcover books
1946261646Berkeley: University of California Press 1946. Second printing of this UC Berkeley production: xxxv 680p. rubricated titlepage illustrated with the tables and diagrams called for hardbound in massive brown buckram boards spine-titled gilt. A bit dim with age spine lettering legible but just barely otherwise an all-round good copy; hinges sound endsheets clean and free of any marking no ownership or institutional traces: condition may be described as good to very good. University of California Press unknown books
192310364New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1923. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. First Edition. xxii 636 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles. 8vo. Top edge gilt. Spine sunned. INSCRIBED "To Mr & Mrs. Richard Hoe Lawrence with the kind regards of the author" at the top of the title page. Hinges sound lower corners soft. Cloth. "Richard Hoe Lawrence 1858-1936 of New York City was a numismatic collector and scholar who was closely associated with the American Numismatic and Archeological Society later the American Numismatic Society during its early formative years in the nineteenth century. He amassed notable collections of Roman Republican and Early Imperial denarii and served as the Society's curator 1879 and librarian 1880-1885 overseeing the production of the library's first printed catalog. Lawrence served as president of the Grolier Club in New York City 1906-1908." numismaticsorg. G. P. Putnam's Sons unknown books
009262New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1968. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 252 pp. Signed by author. DJ moderately soiled with light tear upper dj some rubbing scoring. Reverse cover slightly bowed. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1968 unknown books
1962169087New York: Acquavella Galleries 1962. Paperback. VG. Stapled by illustrated wraps. 30 pp. 18 bw plates. Catalogue lists 46 works. Acquavella Galleries paperback books
1968160000San Francisco: The Trystero Company 1968. 16p. folded tabloid underground newspaper news opinion articles photos events actions comix psychedelia mailing address stamped cover else very good on newsprint. The Express Times was S.F.'s main political underground paper. This is the issue immediately prior to the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention with the prophetic headline: "If you're going to Chicago be sure to wear some armor in your hair." Articles include Eldridge Cleaver choosing Jerry Rubin as his vice presidential candidate on the Peace & Freedom Party ticket report on Huey Newton's trial an interview with Peter Townsend of the Who about their Tommy album Rick Griffin drawing near plug for a Zap Comix exhibit. Back cover is a hand-drawn and lettered astrological analysis for the week of Aug. 21-27 entitled "the gigantic tent of Hermes Trismegistius" by the Berkeley Astrology Guild. The Trystero Company unknown books
193046314London & NY: Putnam 1930. 1st ed. Hardcover. Near Fine. frontis illustration photos maps on endpapers index xv 339p. Magenta cloth. 22cm. Slight cover fading. Some rippling in front free endpaper. No Jacket. Highly critical account of New Zealand's administration of Western Samoa. <br/><br/> Putnam hardcover books
2004150539Tokyo: Ozone Rocks / Ozone Community 2004. First edition. Softcover. Text in English. Includes numerous color and black and white images by Wolfgang Tillmans Ryan McGinley Helmut Newton Gaku Watanabe Taro Hirano Sofia Coppola Chikashi Suzuki Soichiro Hamada Hibiki Kobayashi and with a selection of black and white images from Josef Koudelka's seminal body of work "Gypsies." A fine copy in wrappers. Scarce with no copies listed in OCLC. Ozone Rocks / Ozone Community unknown books
1856182658Philadelphia: Lippincott 1856. Hardcover. VG- corners bumped and light wear to leather boards front end paper is loose previous owner's name on ffep age toning to pages as expected with age but text is otherwise very clear. Bound in 3/4 red leather and marble illustrated boards; five raised bands on spine with extensive gilt tooling and lettering; red marble illustrated end papers; two bw illustrated frontispieces; 220 pp. Contents include: The Pleasant Way; The Spider's Example; The Marks of a Ben-Oni; The Crooked Things Straightened; The Great Man in God's Sight; The Lily's Lessons: The Gift for God; The Wonderful Lamp; The Child's Fortune Told; The Millennial Menagerie; The Best Merchandiese; and The Lessons Jesus Teaches. Lippincott hardcover books
191715267Boston: The Atlantic Monthly 1917. paper wrappers. Newton A. Edward. tall 8vo. paper wrappers. pp.382-390. In the Atlantic Monthly September 1917 Vol. 120 No.3 Fleck E.3. Appeared as a Christmas greeting in 1913 and later as a chapter in THE AMENITIES OF BOOK COLLECTING. On William Godwin. Wrappers chipped. The Atlantic Monthly unknown books
