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1850réf. 10335New York: McSpedon & Baker 1850. 8vo. 797850 pp. Document no. 53. Includes the "Proceedings &c. respecting Major John Andre Adjutant General of the British Army" on pp. 807850. Scarce item: OCLC lists only 3 holdings. Sewn; disbound. Light stains in bottom margins throughout. Several pages with rubber-stamps of the New Jersey Historical Society. McSpedon & Baker unknown books
1785réf. 18342Boston: Adams & Nourse 1785. Vol. I. 4to. xxxii 20 568 pp. lacking 6 plts. The first volume in the series including scholarly papers on mathematics botany geology and medicine among other topics. Evans 18900; Sabin 1034; ESTC W15739; Rink 8. Lacking covers; leather partially lost from spine. Title-page and several others rubber-stamped by a now-defunct institution; pages with mild to moderate waterstaining offsetting and foxing. No plates are present. Adams & Nourse hardcover books
1975réf. 78945Seoul: Printed by Samhwa Printing Co 1975. Hardcover. Very Good. 12 627p. Original green cloth. 23cm. Minor scuffing and wear. No Jacket. Printed by Samhwa Printing Co hardcover books
1947réf. 3852San Francisco 1947. Number 96. Bifolium. 4pp. Single leaf folded in half 20 cm x 28 cm. Near fine. Monthly newsletter featuring a few brief Academy news items including two brief pieces on the Grand Canyon one of which described a trip through the Grand with Norman Nevills. Cover photograph by Otis 'Doc' Marston from the library of Francis Farquhar. "Members of the Academy will enjoy this series on the exploits of their fellow members the Farquhars and Norman Nevills. The title: Through the Grand Canyon with America's Famous Boatman Norman Nevills. unknown books
1959réf. 25996Washington DC: National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council 1959. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. First Edition. ix 155 pages. 8 1/2 x 11 inches. Printed two-tone blue wrappers. Minor creasing and sun browning. Clean internally. Nuclear Science Series Report Number 24. National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council publication 573. Wraps. Essentially the verbatim transcript of an informal conference on the matter. Early for this subject. National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council unknown books
1760réf. 14266Amsterdam: Chez Pierre Mortier 1760. Boards. Very Good. Vol 1: III-XVI 727 pages. Vol 2: 2 743 pages. Vol 3: 2 648 pages. Vol 4: 8 404 XXXVI 372 2 III-VIII 256 pages. 4 x 6 1/2 inches 12mo. Uniform period leather bindings with gold decoration to the spine panel leather labels and paper label as well on 4th volume. Leather is rubbed and scuffed corners worn spines hard to read. Second volume has tear to leather at top of spine. Bindings are fundamentally sound. Clean internally. First 3 volumes have decorated pastedown endpapers but plain flyleaves. Last volume has marbled endpapers. Not collated assumed complete sold as is. Boards. Roughly translated "A general table index of the matters contained in the history and the memoirs of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Paris from the year 1699 through 1734". Three volumes complete covering the alphabet A-Z. Together with the fourth volume not usually found covering years 1735-1751 and including a history of the Royal Academy of Sciences published in 1760 complete in one volume plus another index. Chez Pierre Mortier unknown books
1890réf. 16764Paris: Gauthier-Villars / Imprimeur-Libraire 1890. First Edition. Boards. Very Good. First Edition. 4 79 pages. 4to. Original marbled boards with leather spine and gilt titling. Rubbing to the extremities. Occasional soiling internally generally bright and clean. Boards. Roughly translated title: "Collection Of Memoirs Reports And Documents Relating To The Observation Of The Passage Of Venus On The Sun: Annex Gauthier-Villars / Imprimeur-Libraire unknown books
1978réf. 15872Hemisphere Pub Corp 1978. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. Wear to the dj at the top edges. Bumped at the base of the spine panel. Clean internally. Title: Thermomechanics of Magnetic Fluids: Theory and Applications Proceedings of the International Advanced Course and Workshop on Thermomechanics of Magnetic Fluids. Hard Cover. Hemisphere Pub Corp unknown books
1935réf. 006673New York: E. P. Dutton 1935. Near Fine a bit of toning to end pages top edge dusty in a Very Good dust jacket small chips at spine ends and flap fold tips light rubbing. Translated from the French by Lilian A. Clare. One of his classic works on the "primitive" mind Levy-Bruhl influenced the psychological theory of C. G. Jung. First American Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. E. P. Dutton Hardcover books
1979réf. S7889Washington D.C.:: National Academy of Sciences 1979-1998. 1979. 16 volumes. 8vo. Various paginations. Numerous biographies of noted scientists photos portraits bibliog. Full cloth 6 vols. with plain brown dust jackets. A few volumes with ownership rubber stamp or signature of Norman Horowitz. FINE. FIRST EDITIONS. Detailed biographies of many important figures in science such as: Percy Williams Bridgman Edwin P. Hubble George Richards Minot Robert Frederick Loeb Earl W. Sutherland Albert Einstein Vesto Melvin Slipher George W. Beadle Edward L. Tatum Sterling Emerson Alfred Sturtevant & many more. Volume numbers are: XLI-XLVII XLIX-52 58 59 62 63 & 73. National Academy of Sciences, 1979-1998. hardcover books
1963réf. S7908Washington D.C.:: National Academy of Sciences 1963. 1963. Thick 8vo. 108 compounds described to supplement the publication Specifications and Criteria for Biochemical Compounds figs. Cloth ring binder. Ownership rubber stamps and signature of Norman Horowitz. FINE. National Academy of Sciences, 1963. hardcover books
1888réf. S6892Bologna:: Bamberini et Parmegolani 1888. 1888. 8vo. 26 pp. Original printed wrappers; dis-bound extremities chipped. Ex library rubber stamp and ms. notations on top cover. Good. Bamberini et Parmegolani, 1888. unknown books
1982réf. S5054Washington D.C.:: National Academy of Sciences 1982. 1982. 254 x 192 mm. 29 pp. Frontis. port. Printed wrappers. Very good. National Academy of Sciences, 1982. unknown books
1999réf. S4779Cambridge MA:: American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1999. 1999. 254 x 179 mm. 8vo. vi 154 pp. Illus. lists of members. Printed wrappers. Very good. American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1999. unknown books
1918réf. 008470Hammond Indiana: Indiana Herb Gardens 1918. RARE in the 1918 First Edition. 3" w x 6 3/8" h blue cloth with black lettering and embossed Native American in medallion front cover. 400 pages portrait numerous illustrations in text index. Very Good cloth rubbed at tips boards soiled prior owner name and town in pencil several times front and rear end papers. A book that was in print as late as 1979. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Narrow 12mo . Indiana Herb Gardens Hardcover books
1955réf. 60529New Haven: Human Relations Area Files 1955. Paperback. Very Good. maps xi 389p. Softcover in original wrapper. 28cm. Name on title-page. Subcontractor's Monograph HRAF-19. Title also appears as "Aspects of Contemporary Belorussia." Human Relations Area Files paperback books
1927réf. 006977London: Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co. Ltd. 1927. Very Good board soiled and rubbed at the tips chips to cloth at spine ends prior owner name front end page small number stamped rear paste down. Binding solid and text clean and unmarked. Malinowski's classic critique of psychoanalysis. International Library of Psychology Philosophy and Scientific Method. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd. Hardcover books
1836réf. 006552Philadelphia: T. Wardle 1836. SCARCE in the First American from the Thirteenth English Edition Corrected. In two volumes apparently rebound in late 1800s green cloth binding about Very Good leather spine labels rubbed and illegible small prior owner name stamp front end pages both volumes end pages foxed period prior owner name in ink volume one only moderate internal foxing and toning hinges starting but holding well. The first edition was published in 1621. First American Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. T. Wardle Hardcover books
1742réf. SS13441London:: Printed for John and Paul Knapton. . . 1742-53. 1742. 5 volumes. 8vo. Vol.1: 4 x 11-456 16; Vol.2: 2 407 15 10; Vol.3: 2 422 16; Vol.4: 2 410 14 11-26; Vol.5: 2 426 14 pp. The first 10 pages of the "Addenda" are bound at the end of vol.2 pp.11-26 are bound at the end of vol.4. 44 of 45 engraved plates mostly folding I: 17; II: 6; III: 6; IV: 6; V: 9 of 10 plates pl. 10 supplied in facs. see p. 422 TOTAL: 44 2 folding tables vol. I tables some folding addenda indexes; 2nd wasp plate vol. V with small scrape effecting some of the image. Original speckled calf; rebacked and with later endleaves vols. I III & V with joints gently mended with kozo. PROVENANCE: Bookplates of Henry and Carol Faul mounted on top of the following engraved bookplate for the American Academy of Arts & Sciences: "Sub libertate Florent" dated 1780 "The Gift of . . ." -- also with their gilt-stamp applied to the foot of the later spines "American Academy"; Rubber stamps discarded of the Linda Hall Library Kansas City MO. Very good. HENRY FAUL'S COPY -- WORKED FOR ENRICO FERMI & BIKINI ATOLL TEST. A collection of early scientific papers from leading figures all belonging to the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris the French equivalent to the Royal Society of London. The abridged papers all appeared between 1699 and 1720 and include diverse topics such as anatomy apiculture astronomy incl. Moon chemistry electricity entomology gases geography geology herpetology invertebrates magnetism medicine meteorology mineralogy monsters music mollusks natural history optics physics scientific instruments including the barometer microscope zoology and more. / AMONG THE NUMEROUS CONTRIBUTORS OR NOTABLES MENTIONED: Agricola Amontons Baert Juan de Barros Bernoulli Bignon Borelli Bouvet Robert Boyle Carre Cassini Chazelles Chevalier Coronelli Dampier Descartes Dodart Fermat Fontenay Fontenelle Galileo Gandolphe Gassendi Gesner Gouye Halley Van Helmont de la Hire du Hamel Huygens Jeaugeon Kepler Kircher Leibnitz Lemery Leuwenhoek Malpighi de Marca Mariotte Mollard Gregory Nazianzen Isaac Newton de Nointel Ortelius Parent Picard Renau Riccioli Sanctorius Strabo Tournefort Varignon etc. PROVENANCE: 1 American Academy of Arts & Sciences bookplate: The Academy seal features Minerva the goddess of wisdom science and trade and the arts. Her temple on the Aventine Hill was a meeting place for skilled craftsman writers and actors. She is also depicted as a warrior a symbol appropriate for an organization created in the midst of the American Revolution. Around Minerva are representations of the new country—on her right a field of Indian corn a stand of oaks and the outline of a town; at her feet a hoe a plow and a sickle; on her left a quadrant and a telescope a ship heading for shore and the sun completely risen above the cloud. Over the whole is the motto SUB LIBERTATE FLORENT which suggests that arts and sciences flourish best in. -- 2 Rubber stamps discarded of the Linda Hall Library Kansas City MO. -- 3 Henry and Carol Faul. Henry Faul was a geologist working on Enrico Fermi's team at the University of Chicago. He was responsible for prospecting uranium ore in Colorado and Utah. He also travelled to Manhattan Project sites at Los Alamos and in Washington DC. Following the war Faul continued to work on nuclear projects and participated in the Bikini Atoll test. He received his M.S. from the University of Chicago during the war and went on to get his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ESTC T131275. Printed for John and Paul Knapton. . . , 1742-53. unknown books
2013réf. 48777Washington D.C.: The National Academic Press 2013. 176 pp. Softcover. Small 8vo. Black paper wrappers. Lightly bumped at head; else no other noticeable damage or flaws; interior tight clean and bright. A very nice copy. Very good/No jacket issued. The National Academic Press paperback books
1961réf. M6801Jerusalem:: Israel Program for Scientific Translations 1961. 1961. 242 x 172 mm. 8vo. vi 263 pp. Figs. tables. Printed wrappers; wrappers stained. Very good. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Published for the National Science Foundation Washington D.C. and the Department of Health Education and Welfare. 23 articles translated by M. Roublev. Israel Program for Scientific Translations, 1961. unknown books
1900réf. 008172London / New York : S. T. Freemantle / J. B. Lippincott Co. 1900. # 188 of 208 copies printed for America. Two volumes in publisher's original green buckram gilt lettering at spines top edges gilt. Profusely and wonderfully illustrated. Very Good spot of discoloration rear board Vol. II scattered light toning at end papers only. A handsome set of this classic of natural history. . Limited and Numbered First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Thick 8vo. S. T. Freemantle / J. B. Lippincott Co. Hardcover books
réf. qms374La Haye 1984. Text in English. Octavo black cloth hardcover paper labels 237 pp. Near-Fine with light rubbing to upper cover. hardcover books
1933réf. 007840London: William Heinemann 1933. SCARCE "With 480 cinematographic and 54 full-page illustrations". Includes cinematographic supplement of 12 flip films illustrating exercises. From the collection of Rosalind Cassidy her namestamp half-title page one of the most distinguished leaders and thinkers in 20th century American physical education. Later from the collection of The Kinsey Institute for Sex Research its namestamps and "Duplicate Copy" stamp. Very Good hinges broken yet binding holding nicely rear joint 1" split to cloth. A SCARCE and fascinating book with quite nice Association to the fields of sex research and physical education. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. William Heinemann Hardcover books
1980réf. 2794Zagorski: Khudozhestvenno-pedagogicheskii muzei igrushki Akademiia pedagogicheskikh nauk SSSR 1980. Wraps. Very Good. 48 pages. Cataogue of the Art Education Museum of Toys at Zagorsk Russia. Text repeated in Russian English French German and Spanish. 41 color illustrations. Khudozhestvenno-pedagogicheskii muzei igrushki, Akademiia pedagogicheskikh nauk SSSR paperback books
