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1896réf. 50094Lynn MA: Nichols Press 1896. First Separate Edition. Octavo 23.5cm.; publisher's cream stitched card printed wrappers; 12pp. Wrapper extremities rather toned and brittle with a few small chips to extremities else Good and internally sound. Obituary of the late astronomer Benjamin Apthorp Gould 1824-1896 first published in the "Boston Transcript" December 12 1896. Nichols Press unknown
1855réf. 50253New York: Edward P. Allen 1855. First Edition. Octavo 23cm.; publisher's tan wrappers printed within decorative border; 24pp. Tiny chip at spine crown extremities slightly toned else Very Good and sound. Lecture dating early in Steiner's storied career delivered while professor at Columbian College now George Washington University and the National Medical College. Following the Civil War Steiner was elected president of the Frederick County School Board in Maryland focussing much of his energy on the education of Black children. Edward P. Allen unknown
1867réf. 48943New Haven: Tuttle Morehouse & Taylor 1867. Offprint. Octavo 23cm.; publisher's peach printed wrappers; 19pp. Wrappers a bit brittle with a few chips along extremities not approaching text bottom fore-edge corner creased else Very Good internally sound. Offprint of a paper by the glass manufacturer first published in the "American Journal of Science and Arts" September/November 1867. Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor unknown
1982réf. 023023Shanxi: Cartographic Publishing House 1982. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. VG/none used the map is 1:8000000 and consists of 6 folded sections folded up into a large 15 inch X 10 1/2 inch paper sleeve. I did not unfold all of the sections but they appear to be in good condition with no tears to folds that I saw. The text is in Chinese and English. Stated first edition. The explanatory notes book was also dated 1982. Text in the fore-part is Chinese and is 45pp. The rear part is in English and is 49pp. Interior is clean no marks binding tight. Exterior of the book shows slight bit of shelf rubbing corners are not worn top fore-corner of the upper has been folded over and shows several crease lines. Price is for the two2 items. Cartographic Publishing House paperback
1833réf. 49821New York: G & C & H Carvill 1833. First Edition. Octavo. Original pebble-grained boards; paper spine title; 1-78-1582pp. Backstrip partially detached ; spine label faded barely legible; text fresh and unmarked - Good or better. Ex-U.S. Naval Lyceum with ink pressure stamp to endpapers and title page with de-accession dated 1927 on verso of title page. Pencil ownership inscription of a "Thos. J. Manning U.S. Navy" at head of title page. Verso of final text leaf prints a brief list of errata. G & C & H Carvill unknown
2020réf. x-3030470237Springer Nature 2020. Paperback. New. 460 pages. 9.25x6.10x1.08 inches. Springer Nature paperback
2019réf. __1076966039Independently published 2019. Paperback. New. 84 pages. 11.00x8.50x0.19 inches. Independently published paperback
1837réf. ZB1174804St.-Petersbourg/Leipzig: W. Graeff/Leopold Voss 1837. lv 133 pp. original plain blue paper wrappers untrimmed and unopened spine worn covers tattered occasional light to moderate foxing. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. St.-Petersbourg/Leipzig: W. Graeff/Leopold Voss unknown
1872réf. 48012New York: D. Van Nostrand 1872. First Edition. Presentation copy inscribed "To Commander J.S. Skerrett with the regards of the author" undated but apparently contemporary. Octavo; publisher's pebbled cloth stamped in gilt and blind; 11416pp. Errata slip inserted folowing author's introduction; 16pp publisher's catalog of "Naval Books." Bit of discoloration at base of front cover; private library stamp to front endpaper and title page; Very Good. A basic treatise on astral navigation written as a textbook for students at the U.S. Naval Academy where the author was an assistant professor in the Department of Astronomy. Inscribed to J.S. Skerrett at this time commanding officer of the U.S.S. Portsmouth. A nice copy of what was according to a contemporary review in the journal Popular Science ".a harmful book being full of doubtful statements of confused mathematics and questionable precepts and one not likely to improve the art of navigation or the science of nautical astronomy in any way. D. Van Nostrand unknown
1886réf. ZB1175423Washington: GPO 1886. 169 pp. numerous plates; contemporary quarter leather & cloth covered boards binding worn however internally clean and tight; includes On Composite Photography as Applied to Craniology by J. S. Billings among the 9 contributions. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Washington: GPO hardcover
2013réf. x-0309265959National Academies Press 2013. Paperback. New. 170 pages. 8.90x6.00x0.50 inches. National Academies Press paperback
2003réf. x-3540204091Springer Verlag 2003. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 1110 pages. 9.25x6.00x1.75 inches. Springer Verlag paperback
1974réf. x-3662393492Springer Verlag 1974. Paperback. New. 1972 edition. 376 pages. 9.44x6.61x0.85 inches. Springer Verlag paperback
2014réf. x-0309285968National Academies Press 2014. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 195 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. National Academies Press paperback
2016réf. x-331937091XSpringer 2016. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 206 pages. 9.25x6.10x0.50 inches. Springer paperback
2010réf. x-9048158303Springer Netherlands 2010. Paperback. New. 544 pages. 11.69x8.50x1.20 inches. Springer Netherlands paperback
1813réf. 45481Philadelphia: Kimber & Richardson 1813. First Edition. Two volumes; octavo 21.5cm.; Vol. I bound in slightly later half calf over marbled boards black gilt spine label Vol. II in full contemporary sheep red gilt spine label; 4506; 6484pp.; engraved title pages 25 leaves of plates including eight folding. Evidence of previously removed library bookplates to Vol. 1 pastedowns some scuffing to boards more heavily so to Vol. II some light foxing one leaf trimmed close with slight loss of text a couple of closed tears to folding leaves else Very Good and sound overall. Attractive engraved pictorial bookseller ticket to rear pastedown of Vol. II. Complete first and second volumes of the New Series edited by the Anglo-American chemist Thomas Cooper. Though not a particularly brilliant scientist Cooper's "greatest service to science was undoubtedly the dissemination of information" Dictionary of Scientific Biography III p. 400. The present collection includes detailed articles on sugar from beets and grapes "Comparative Height of Mountains on the Earth the Moon and Venus" turnpike roads making "fine Cutlery" foreign and homemade wines criminals from 1805 to 1811 and "the uses of a dead horse by the editor." SHAW & SHOEMAKER 28226. Kimber & Richardson unknown
1807réf. 135159Stockholm: Henrik A. Nordström 1807-08. First edition all published of the series of "Economic Annals" of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Sweden. The work issued in monthly parts deals with economics in the sense of practical advice and findings applicable in agriculture and business in general. 8 vols octavo. 3 folding tables and 1 folding plate. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards flat spines ruled and decorated gilt red morocco labels yellow edges. Spine ends a little worn some slight surface wear and corners rubbed the February 1807 issue lacking 2 leaves pp. 87-90; in very good condition. hardcover
1823réf. 46664Baltimore: N.G. Maxwell 1823. First Edition. 12mo 18.5cm.; calf-backed marbled boards gilt-lettered spine; xv214-211pp. Boards a bit scuffed with brief exposure at corners leather somewhat dried and mottled endpapers toned faint dampstaining to first half of textblock else a Very Good sound copy. Theory on the formation of the earth dedicated to Andrew Jackson. Early chapters cover general natural phenomena such as "strata" and "The various colours of Marble" while the latter half of the text focuses on the North American continent describing "A Flood that was produced by the rise of northeast rise of North America" the formation of the Delaware Schuylkill and Susquehanna Rivers; the formation of the North American prairies; and the "Insects Vegetation &c. of America." The author later published another work titled "Antiquities of America Explained" 1831 arguing that a group of Tyrians and Jews crossed the Atlantic 3000 years ago creating a colony in Nova Scotia that eventually spread across the entire continent. This title missed by Sabin. SHOEMAKER 12827. N.G. Maxwell unknown
1964réf. 041907San Francisco: W. H. Freeman and Company 1964. First Edition . Dark Gray Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 10 1/4" Tall. Fifty Seven Color Drawings By Roger Hayward. X 117 Pp Including 51 Full Page Color Illustrations. First Printing 1964. Interior Immaculate. No Inscriptions. Dj With Slight Rubbing Price Clipped. W. H. Freeman and Company hardcover
1958réf. 042042New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. 1958. First Edition stated 1st Printing. Cloth. Fine/Fine DJ. 153 Pp. Blue Cloth. First Edition Stated First Printing Dj Priced $2.75. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket; Aa Bright Clean Copy With No Wear Or Chips Or Rubbing. Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. hardcover
1827réf. 44516New Haven: Hezekiah Howe 1827. First Edition. Octavo 23.5cm.; publisher's peach wrappers printed within double rule; 24pp. Previously removed from larger volume coin-sized loss at bottom spine edge of upper cover not approaching text upper wrapper fore-edge rather chipped some soil and foxing later ink shelf number to upper cover and title page else Good to Very Good overall. Inscribed at head of front cover: "Revd. Mr. Duttow with the respect of the author." Address by the American physicist who would pioneer the study of meteor science in 1833 following the Leonid Meteor Shower over North America becoming the first American to observe Halley's Comet in 1835. SHOEMAKER 30115 misspelling author name "Olmstead". Hezekiah Howe unknown
1926réf. 041831New York: George H. Doran Company 1926. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 45 Pp. First American Printing With Doran Logo On Title And Copyright Pages. Light Green Cloth Stamped In Dark Green. Lightly Used No Fraying Or Marks Clean No Fading A Little Foxing On Edges Of Pages And Foredge Of Page Block. George H. Doran Company hardcover
1953réf. 041676Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1953. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good Dust Jacket. Xii 114 Pp. Illustrated Boards. Book Fine Exceptionally Clean And Bright No Marks. Dust Jacket With Original 16S Price On Front Flap With Light Wear At Outer Edges No Fading To Spine But Small Triangular Chip At Top Of Spine Not Affecting Lettering 1" Closed Tear At Top Of Front Flap Fold Two 3/16" Closed Tears At Bottom Of Front Panel. Cambridge University Press hardcover
1950réf. 041083New York: Scientific American Inc. 1950. First Edition 1st Printing. Illustrated Wrappers. Very Good. 64 Pp. Illustrated Wrappers. Very Good Rubbing Center Crease. Scientific American, Inc. unknown
