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‎"(DANIEL, GABRIEL). - AN IMAGINARY TRAVEL IN THE CARTESIAN WORLD.‎

‎Iter per Mundum Cartesii (and) Novae Difficultates a Peripatetico Propositae Auctori Iteneris per Mundum Cartesii Circa cognitionem Brutorum. Cum Refutatione duplicis defensionis Systematis Mundi Cartesii. (2 vols).‎

‎Amsterdam, Abraham Wolfgang, 1694. Uncut in contemp. blank boards. Title handwritten on spine. Spine a little rubbed. (22),307 pp. and (8),159 pp. Textillustrations in woodcut illustrating Cartesian physics and world system. A large copy, few marginal brownspots. Previous owners name on fly-leaf, Vilhelm Maar, Danish historian of medicine.‎

‎First Latin edition (The French original from 1690 Voyage du Monde de Descartes) of this imaginary travel to find Descartes on the moon and in the upper spheres. The work is one of the most importent anti-Cartesian polemics of the 1690's and it attacs the whole of Descartes system in a satirical way.""It aimes principally at the sharp Cartesian distinction between body and soul, related in a satirical fashion the voyage of the disembodied souls of the narrator, of Mersanne, and of another old friend of Descartes in the upper spheres. On their way to visit Descartes in the third heaven, they meet the souls of Aristotle and the disciples of descartes (clearly refelcting here the philosophical opinions of Gabriel Daniel himself). One of the articles of that treaty stipulates that the Cartesians will refer to Aristotle with more respect, whereas the Aristotelians will refrain from calling Descartes ""Enthusiast"", ""Madman"", ""Heretick"" or ""Atheist"" - all of these evidently labels commonly used by the opponents of Descartes at that time."" (Michael Heyd in ""Be Sober and Reasonable""). The work was published anonymous and earlier sometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe. -‎

Bookseller reference : 36324

‎"(JAILLOT, A.H.) - SEA-CHART OF THE NORTHERN PART OF SCOTLAND, IRELAND, ORKNEY ISLANDS, FAROE ISLANDS, SHETLAND FROM ""LE NEPTUNE FRANCOIS"".‎

‎Carte de la Mer D'Ecosse contenant les Isles et Costes Septentrionale et Occidentales D'Ecosse et les Costes Septentrionale D'Irlande.‎

‎(No place, no date(1693)). Very large engraved seechart, measuring 60 x 86,5 cm. in original outline colouring. The chart showing the Northern part of England from Lancaster to Banf, of Ireland from Blackrock to Carlingford and all the Islands to the north: Shetland, Orkney, Faroe etc. etc. A fine impression on good thick paper with the watermark: BYCOLUMBIER. Folded down the center.‎

‎The ""Neptune Francois"" was published in 1693, and its charts are larger and more lavishly decorated than those of any preceding book of its kind. The chart is without year, place and ""par Ordre du Roi"", pointing to a later impression, but issued from the original copperplate. It is also without ""Imprimerie Royale"" belonging to the imprints from 1792. Koeman IV,425:9.‎

Bookseller reference : 16116

‎"(JAILLOT, A.H.) - SEA-CHART OF THE ESTUARY OF THE THAMES FROM ""LE NEPTUNE FRANCOIS"".‎

‎Carte de L'Entrée de la Tamise. Avec les Bancs, Passes, Isles et Costes comprises entre Sandwich et Clay. (No place, no date (1693)).‎

‎Large engraved seechart, measuring 46 x 89 cm. in original outline colouring. The chart showing the South-east coast of England from Sandwich to Clay. With inset view of The Thames between London and Greane Island. A fine impression on good thick paper with watermark: BYCOLUMBIER. Folded down the center.‎

‎The ""Neptune Francois"" was published in 1693, and its charts are larger and more lavishly decorated than those of any preceding book of its kind. This chart is without year, place and ""par Ordre du Roi"", pointing to a later issue, but issued from the original copperplate. It is also without ""Imprimerie Royale"" belonging to the imprints from 1792. Koeman IV,425:8.‎

Bookseller reference : 16120

‎"(TSCHIRNHAUS, EHRENFRIED W. von.). - THE ""TSCHIRNHAUS TRANSFORMATION""‎

‎Aufrendi omnes terminos intermedios ex data aequatione.‎

‎Leipzig, Grosse & Gleditsch, 1683. 4to. Without wrappers. In: ""Acta Eruditorum Anno MDCLXXXIII"", No. V (May issue). Pp.177-224 (entire issue offered). Tschirnhaus' paper: pp. 204-207. Some browning as usual. With titlepage to the volume 1683. Titlepage with a stamp and a faint dampstain.‎

‎First edition of Tschirnhaus' ""Tschirnhaus Tranformation"".Tschirnhaus work intensively on finding a general method for solving equations of higher of higher degree. ""His transformations constituted the most promising contribution to the solution of equations during the seventeenth century"" but his elimination of the second and third coefficients by means of such transformation was far from adequate for the solution of the quintic.(Boyer. A History of Mathematics, 1968, 472 p.).Tschirnhaus (1651-1708) , a Saxon nobleman, had as wide interest as acquaintances: He studied in Leyden, served in the Dutch army, visited England and Paris several times. He set up a glassworks in Italy and is said to have introduced Porcelain to Europe. He wrote about philosophy and mathematics and was a close friend of Leibniz.""In mathematics, a Tschirnhaus transformation, also known as Tschirnhausen transformation, is a type of mapping on polynomials developed by Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus in 1683. It may be defined conveniently by means of field theory, as the transformation on minimal polynomials implied by a different choice of primitive element. This is the most general transformation of an irreducible polynomial that takes a root to some rational function applied to that root.""(Wikipedia).Parkinson ""Breakthroughs 1683 M.‎

Bookseller reference : 45600

‎"(WIBERG, MARTIN) - THE WIBERG CALCULATING MACHINE PRESENTED.‎

‎Rapport sur la machine à calculer présentée par M. Wiberg. (Commissaires: Mathieu, Chasles, delaunay rapporteur)‎

‎(Paris, Mallet-Bachelier), 1863. 4to. No wrappers. In: ""Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences"", Tome 56, No 8. Pp. (317-) 364. (Entire issue offered). The paper: pp. 330-339.‎

‎First apperance of this detailled report and examination by the French mathematiciens Mathieu, Chasles and Delaunay of the calculating machine invented by Martin Wiberg as an improvement on the Scheutz machine. The machine could produce tables of logarithms.‎

Bookseller reference : 59088

‎"[THE ECONOMIST - HITLER CALLING FOR AN ""EXPORT BATTLE""].‎

‎The Real Threat to Our Export. [The Economist, Weekly Commercial Times, Bankers' Gazette, and Railway Monitor: A Political Literary, and General Newspaper].‎

‎London, The Economist Office, 1939. Small folio. Bound with the original wrappers in comtemporary half cloth. Entire volume 134, January - March, 1939, of The Economist. Binding with minor wear, otherwise fine and clean. Pp. VIII, 660, 17-24.‎

‎Original printing of The Economist - the most important and influential economic journal worldwide - from the year 1939 where Hitler invaded Poland and thereby initiated The Second World War.On January 30 Hitler gave a speech before the Reichstag calling for an ""export battle"" to increase German foreign exchange holdings. The same speech also sees Hitler's ""prophecy"" where he warns that if ""Jewish financers"" start a war against Germany, the result will be the annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe"". Hitler's speech and general economic policy (effectuated by Dr. Schacht) is an important subject in the present issues of The Economist‎

Bookseller reference : 46859

‎"[THE BRITISH JOURNAL FOR THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE]‎

‎The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. Vol. 1-2, 5-10, 12-20, 21-30, 32-55. [54 volumes in total].‎

‎Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1950 - 2004. 8vo. Volume 1-2 + 5-10 + 12-20 in green buckram with gilt lettering to spine. Volume 21 in orange buckram. Volume 22-30 in full buckram in different colours. Volume 32-55 in uniform blue buckram. All volumes with small library stamps to titel page and library label to back board.‎

‎""For over fifty years, The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science has published the best international work in the philosophy of science under a distinguished list of editors including Alexander Bird, Peter Clark, Mary Hesse, James Ladyman, Imre Lakatos, and David Papineau. One of the leading international journals in the field, it publishes outstanding new work on a variety of traditional and 'cutting edge' topics, from issues of explanation and realism to the applicability of mathematics, from the metaphysics of science to the nature of models and simulations, as well as foundational issues in the physical, life, and social sciences. Recent topics covered in the journal include the epistemology of measurement, mathematical non-causal explanations, signalling games, the nature of biochemical kinds, and approaches to human cognitive development, among many others. The journal seeks to advance the field by publishing innovative and thought-provoking papers, discussion notes and book reviews that open up new directions or shed new light on well-known issues."" (Oxford University Press).‎

Bookseller reference : 51769

‎"A Gentleman of the Middle Temple"‎

‎The Grounds and Rudiments of Law and Equity Alphabetically Digested: Etc.‎

‎London: Printed for T. Osborne 1751. Leather bumped rubbed and scratched with some minor staining to boards and minor chipping to spine. Hinges/joints cracked. Small period ink notation to corner of front pastedown. Occasional foxing and browning throughout otherwise textblock clean and solid. Second Edition. Full Leather. Good/No Jacket. Folio. Printed for T. Osborne Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 47143

‎"A Guardian of the Poor""‎

‎The Irish peasant a sociological study 1892 Leather Bound‎

‎2019. Leather Bound. New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine. Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back 1892. This book is printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Lang: - eng Pages 188. EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED FOR LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. FOLIO EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE. hardcover‎

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‎"A Guardian of the Poor""‎

‎The Irish peasant a sociological study 1892 Hardcover‎

‎2020. Hardcover. New. Lang: - eng Pages 188. Reprinted in 2020 with the help of original edition published long back 1892. This book is Printed in black & white Hardcover sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 1111001263495

‎"A Practical Housekeeper"‎

‎The Purity Cook-Book (Cookbook)‎

‎202 pages. 23 x 16cm. Index. Several charming colour illustrations plus more in black and white. Navy blue cloth-covered boards with white lettering on front board. Coupon page at back present and complete. Binding intact. Unmarked. A high-quality copy of this lovely vintage Canadian cookbook. Driver O771.2 Book‎

‎"AEPINUS (ÆPINUS), FRANZ ULRICH THEODOSICUS. - ANALYSIS OF THE MICROMETER.‎

‎Sur les inconvéniens qu'on a lieu de Craindre dans l'usage du Micrometre, surtout par Rapport aux Instrumens qu'on adapte au quart de Cercle.‎

‎(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1758). 4to. No wrappers as issued in ""Mémoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres"" Tome 12 (1756), pp. 365-386 a. 2 folded engraved plates.‎

‎First apperance of the paper in which Aepinus gives a mathematical analysis of a micrometer adapted to a quadrant circle, his only publication related to satronomy.‎

Bookseller reference : 49127

‎"AIRY, B.G. (GEORGE BIDELL). - THE FIGURE OF THE EARTH.‎

‎On the Figure of the Earth. Read June 15, 1826.‎

‎(London, W. Nicol, 1826). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1826 - Part II. Pp. 548-579. Clean and fine.‎

‎Airy's classic paper on the figure of the earth.‎

Bookseller reference : 46375

‎"AMONTONS, (GUILLAUME). - ESTABLISHING THE LAW OF PROPORTIONALITY AND THE BASIC CONCEPT OF FRICTION.‎

‎De la Resistance cause'e dans les Machines, tant par les frottemens des parties qui les composent, que par la roideur des Cordes qu'on y employe, & la maniere de calculer l'un & l'autre.‎

‎(Paris, Jean Boudot, 1702). 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from ""Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences. Année 1699"". Pp. 206-227 a. 5 large engraved plates (tables). Textillustrations. Last leaf with a small paperloss in inner margin‎

‎First appearance of a milestone paper on the friction loss of energy in machines, hereby establishing the basic concepts of friction.""In the same year (1699) Amontons produced the first known study on the question of losses caused by friction in machines. He then established the las of proportionality between friction an the mutual pressure of the bodies in contact."" (DSB I, p. 138).‎

Bookseller reference : 44387

‎"AMPÈRE, ANDRÉ-MARIE. - THE INVENTION OF THE SOLENOID.‎

‎Description d'un Apparail électro-dynamique.‎

‎(Paris, Crochard, 1824). 8vo. Without wrappers. In 'Annales de Chimie et de Physique', Series 2 - Volume 26, Cahier 4. Pp. 337-448 (entire issue offered). With htitle to volume 26. Amperes' paper: pp. 390-411 and 2 folded engraved plates.‎

‎First appearence of the paper in which Ampere describes his invention of the SOLENOID, the electro-magnetic device he used in his early electrodynamical experiments.""A solenoid is a coil wound into a tightly packed helix. In physics, the term solenoid refers to a long, thin loop of wire, often wrapped around a metallic core, which produces a magnetic field when an electric current is passed through it. Solenoids are important because they can create controlled magnetic fields and can be used as electromagnets. The term solenoid refers specifically to a magnet designed to produce a uniform magnetic field in a volume of space (where some experiment might be carried out).""Poggendorff I, p. 29. - Ronalds, p. 10.‎

Bookseller reference : 45511

‎"AMPÈRE, ANDRÉ-MARIE. - DEMONSTRATING THE BOYLE-MARIOTTE LAW OR AMPÈRES GAS LAW.‎

‎Démonstration de la relation découverte par Mariotte, entre les volumes des gaz et les pressions qu'ils supportent à une même température. Lu a l'Institut, le 24 janvier 1814.‎

‎Paris, Crochard, 1815. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt. Slightly rubbed. A few scratches to binding. Wear to top of spine. Small stamps on verso of titlepage.In: ""Annales de Chimie, ou Recueil de Mémoires concernant la Chemie"" Tome 94. 336 pp. a. 1 plate (the plate in facs., not belonging to Ampere's paper). Ampere's paper: pp. Some scattered brownspots.‎

‎First appearance of Amperes second paper on molecular physics.""The noumenal aspect of chemistry fascinated Ampère. Although his derivation of Avogadro’s law came three years after Avogadro had enunciated it, the law is known today in France as the Avogadro-Ampère law. This was Ampère’s first excursion into molecular physics, and was followed almost immediately by a second. In 1815 he published a paper demonstrating the relation between Mariotte’s (Boyle’s) law and volumes and pressures of gases at the same temperature. The paper is of some interest as a pioneer effort, along with Laplac’s great papers on capillarity, in the application of Mathematical analysis to the molecular realm.""(DSB).The volume contains 3 importent papers by Jean-Baptiste Biot on polarisation of light and Berzelius ""Experiences pour déterminer les proportions définies, dans lequelles les élémens de la nature organique sont combinés"" + ""Suite..."" 1-2, pp. 5-33, pp. 170-190 a. pp. 296-232‎

Bookseller reference : 45113

‎"AMPÈRE, ANDRÉ-MARIE. - THE NEW ELECTRIC MOTOR AND AMPÉRE'S ""FORCE LAW""‎

‎Expériences relatives à de nouveaux phénomenes électro-dynamique. (+) Mémoire sur la Détermination de la formule qui représente l'action mutuelle de deux portions infiniment petites de conducteurs voltaiques.‎

‎(Paris, Crochard, 1822). No wrappers. In: ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago."", Tome 20 (Premier Cahier) Pp. (5-) 112 a. 1 engraved plate. (Entire issue offered). Ampère's paper: pp. 60-74 a. 1 engraved folded plate depicting apparatus. Some brownspots to the plate.‎

‎First apperance of this importent paper in which Ampère his creation of a new kind of electric motor where he succeeded in spinning a cylindrical magnet around its axis by connecting it to a battery generating a steady current.With the invention of the battery (Allessandro Volta, 1800), the generation of a magnetic field from electric current (Hans Christian Oersted, 1820) the foundation for building electric motors was laid.Togetner with this paper comes the importent paper in which Ampère introduced his ""LAW OF FORCE"", the force which exists between two current elements. - Extract from the same volume of ""Annalen"", pp. 398-421. The text refers to the plate attached to the first paper offered here.‎

Bookseller reference : 48224

‎"AMPÈRE, ANDRÉ-MARIE. - INCORPORATED IN THE ""PRINCIPIA"" OF ELECTRODYNAMICS AND THE INVENTION OF THE SOLENOID.‎

‎Extrait d'un Mémoire sur les Phénomènes électro-dynamiques. (Communique à l'Academie royale des Sciences le 22 dévcembre 1823). + Suite de l'Extrait, fait par M. Ampère, de son Mémoire sur les Phénomènes électro-dynamiques. + Description d'un Appa...‎

‎Paris, Crochard, 1824. 8vo. Contemp. hcloth with gilt lettering to spine. In 'Annales de Chimie et de Physique', Series 2 - Volume 26. 448 pp. a. 5 large folded engraved plates. (Entire volume offered). Ampere's papers: pp. 134-162, 246-258 a. 390-411. A bit of browning to halftitle and verso of last plate. A few scattered brownspots.‎

‎The first paper is the first appearance of one of Ampere's importent contributions to electrodynamic. This memoir was later incorporated in his great memoir of 1827 ""Mémoire sur la théorie mathématique des phénomenes electro-dynamiques...."", published 1827, the ""Principia"" of electrodynamics.The second paper is the first appearence of the paper in which Ampere describes his invention of the SOLENOID, the electro-magnetic device he used in his early electrodynamical experiments.""A solenoid is a coil wound into a tightly packed helix. In physics, the term solenoid refers to a long, thin loop of wire, often wrapped around a metallic core, which produces a magnetic field when an electric current is passed through it. Solenoids are important because they can create controlled magnetic fields and can be used as electromagnets. The term solenoid refers specifically to a magnet designed to produce a uniform magnetic field in a volume of space (where some experiment might be carried out).""The volume contains further importent papers by Poisson ""Sur la Chaleur rayonnante"", pp. 225-246 + Note.. pp. 442-44, Gay-Lussac, Savart, Pelletier et Caventou, Becquerel etc.‎

Bookseller reference : 48831

‎"AMPÈRE, ANDRÉ-MARIE. - THE CARDINAL FORMULAS OF ELECTRO-DYNAMICS.‎

‎Mémoire sur une nouvelle Expérience électrodynamique, sur son application à la formule qui représente l'action mutuelle de deux élemend de conducteurs voltaïques, et sur de nouvelles conséquences déduites de cette formule. (Lu à l'Academie royale de...‎

‎(Paris, Crochard, 1825). Extracted from ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago."", tome 29 a. 30. Ampère's papers: pp. 381-404 a. 1 folded engraved plate (tome 29) + Suite pp. 29-41 (tome 30) + ""Lettre à Gerhardi"": pp. 373-381 (tome 29). With both halftitlepages to vol. 29 a. 30. Scattered brownspots.‎

‎First appearance of this famous memoir, in which Ampère presented his collected results on electrodynamics to the French Academy, creating the foundation of 19th century developments in electricity and magnetism. In the words of James Clark Maxwell, ""We can scarcely believe that Ampère really discovered the law of action by means of the experiments which he describes. We are led to suspect, what, indeed, he tells us himself, that he discovered the law by some process which he has not shown us, and that when he had afterwards built up a pefect demonstration he removed all traces of the scaffolding by which he raised it.""The offered memoir was published BEFORE the famous ""Theorie mathématique des phénomènes électro-dynamiques uniquement déduite de L'expérience"", which did not appear until 1827. That 1827-Memoire incorporates, together with a new presentation of Ampère's results from 1820, 1822, 1823, the offered memoir (1825). (Horblit: 100 - Dibner: 62).""From 1814 until 1820 Ampére did not perform the kind of research that would have made it into the annals of the histrory of science, but on September 11, 1820 when he heard Francois Arago speak about Oersted's work, he got fresh inspiration and started the work that made him famous. Arago related how Oersted had found that a steady electric current influences the orientation of a compass needle. After a weak Ampère had determined experimentally that that two straight, parallel, and current-carrying, wires execute a force on each other. The magnitude of the force is inversely proportional to the distance between the wires and proportional to the strenghts of the current..... During the following years he continued his researches, both experimentally and theoretically. he built an instrument for measuring electricity that later was developed into the galvanometer. Finally in 1825 he presented his collected results to the Academy IN ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED MEMOIRS IN THE HISTORY OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY (The paper offered)."" (Citizen's Compendium, p. 2). - Norman No 47.‎

Bookseller reference : 47420

‎"AMICI, JEAN-BAPTISTE. - INVENTION OF THE ACROMATIC MICROSCOPE.‎

‎Sur les Microscopes catadioptriques. (Traduit de l'italien).‎

‎Paris, Crochard, 1821. No wrappers. In: ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago."", tome 17, Cahier 4. With titlepage to tome 17. Pp. 337-414 a. 1 engraved folded plate. (Entire issue offered). Amici's paper: pp. 412-434 a. 1 folded engraved plate. Clean and fine, printed on good paper.‎

‎First French edition of Amici's famous paper ""Dei microscopii catadiottrici"" first published in Italian in 1818, in which he describes his invention of a new type of catadioptric microscope, the first with successfull achromatic lenses. The invention had a great impact on biology - Amici himself was able to see the streeming movements of protoplasm in the Alga Chara and in examining the hairs on the stigma of Purslane he saw a tube given off by the pollen grain, and the granular content os prerform streaming movementys like those in Chara, an importent feature in plant fertilization.‎

Bookseller reference : 48349

‎"ANDREWS, THOMAS. - THE ""CRITICAL TEMPERATURE"" OF GASES.‎

‎The Bakerian Lecture. - On the Continuity of the Gaseous and Liquid States of Matter. Received June 14, - Read June 17, 1869.‎

‎(London, Taylor and Francis, 1870). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1869 - Vol. 159 - Part II. Pp. 575-590 and 1 plate. Clean and fine.‎

‎First apperance of the paper in which Thomas Andrews announces his discovery of the ""CRITICAL POINT"", which states that for every gas there was a temperature above which pressure alone could not liquefy it.""This was a crucial discovery for it pointed the way toward the liquefaction of the permanent gases by demonstrating the necessity of dropping the temperature below the critical point before exerting pressure. This new view led within half a century to the work of Dewar and Kammerlingh-Onnes and the liquefaction of all known gases.""(Asimov).Magie: A Source Book in Physics, pp. 187-192. - Parkinson, Breakthroughs: 1869 C.‎

Bookseller reference : 42299

‎"An Officer in the Late Army"‎

‎A Complete History of the Marquis De Lafayette Major General in the Army of the United States of America in the War of the Revolution; Embracing An Account of His Late Tour Throughout The United States To The Time Of His Departure September 1825‎

‎Hartford: S. Andrus & Son 1846 Book. Fair. Hardcover. half-leather over black boards; corners & spine edges & ends heavlily rubbed; spine ends chipped; moderate foxing; newspaper clipping tipped in on ffep about death of Mrs Julia Gaugh a cousin of Abraham Lincoln's wife who had been dissed by Gen. Lafayette at the age of 9; dated Nov 22 1909; text block tight; bookplate on fep; blind stamp and stamp on ffep. S. Andrus & Son hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 013879

‎"An Officer on the Staff"‎

‎Letters from Head-Quarters; or the Realities of the War in the Crimea‎

‎London: John Murray 1858. A good copy in decorated red boards which are showing some wear at the edges. Lacks front end-paper. Pp.xii412. Frontispiece. 3 folding maps. An account of the Crimean War which defends the actions of Lord Raglan. Third Edition Condensed. John Murray hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 12027

‎"Anne"" the still room maid‎

‎The Bolton Castle Wensleydale Book of Recipes: past and present‎

‎Self published. First Edition. Good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges slightly nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Physical description; 12 pages. Notes; No clear date given. Subjects; Recipe Book. Recipe Book. Bolton Caste Wensleydale. Self published unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 279684

‎"ARAGO, FRANCOIS - LOUIS DAGUERRE. - FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE PRODUCTION OF DAGUERROTYPES.‎

‎Fixation des images qui se forment au foyer d'une chambre obscure. (Seance du Lundi 7 Janvier 1839).‎

‎Paris, Bachelier, 1839. 4to. No wrappers. In: ""Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences"", Tome VIII No. 1. Pp. 1-36. (Entire issue offered with htitles and titlepages to volume 8). Arago's paper: Pp. 4-7. Light toning to halftitle. Stamps to title-page (one punched in lower margin). Fine and clan.‎

‎First printing of the first announcement and description of the production of Daguerreotypes made by Arago to the French Academy on January 7, 1839. The first complete report was printed on August 19, 1839. The presentation by Arago preceeded Daguerre's own publication ""Historique de description des procédés du daguerreotype et du diorama"", (1839).""Arago, himself a chemist and a member of the Chamber of Deputies, made a brief pronouncement on Daguerre's proces in the Chamber on 7 January 1839 (the paper offered). and in the following August printed the full text of his report thereon made to a joint sesion of the Chambers of Deputies and the Academy of Sciences.""(PMM: 318 (Note to).‎

Bookseller reference : 49478