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1944Best.-Nr. 383430New York: Farrar & Rinehart 1944. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Onwer's name slight smudges on the boards else fine in fine and bright dustwrapper with slight soiling. From the "Labor in Twentieth Century America" series. Farrar & Rinehart hardcover books
1983Best.-Nr. 379053Washington DC: Historical Office United States Senate 1983. Softcover. Near Fine. Bicentennial edition. Quarto. 362pp. Pictorial wrappers. Near fine with light edgewear. Publisher's letter laid in. U.S. Senate Bicentennial Publication #1. Historical Office, United States Senate unknown books
1932Best.-Nr. 382886Cambridge Massachusetts: Harvard University Press 1932. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. A Facsimile Reproduction of the Copy of the English Version in the Huntington Library. Fine in a very good dustwrapper with spine darkened small chips on top edges. Harvard University Press hardcover books
1941Best.-Nr. 360382New York: R.R. Bowker Company 1941. Hardcover. Near Fine. Limited edition this is one of 750 copies. 142pp. Green cloth gilt-stamped spine title. Illustrated plates portrait. Near fine with light spotting on page edges laid in is the dustwrapper lacking the rear panel. Inscribed on the front fly by the author in the year of publication. R.R. Bowker Company hardcover books
1998Best.-Nr. 370651Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press 1998. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Large octavo. 192pp. Illustrated with black and white photographs by Edwin Harlan Remsberg. Fine in a fine dust jacket. The Johns Hopkins University Press hardcover books
1787Best.-Nr. 373880Wein Vienna: bey Rudolph Gräffer und Compagnie 1787. Hardcover. Very Good. Medical Journal. Volume one only of two: a second volume was published in 1801. Text in German. Quarto. LXXXII 432pp. illustrated with an engraved frontispiece plate vignettes and 11 folding plates at the rear. Contemporary half leather and speckled paper-covered boards gilt-stamped spine label. The joints are split but still snug else a very good sound copy. The very scarce medical journal of the Viennese Josephinum a military medical school established in 1783-85 and directed by the Italian physician Johann Alexander Brambilla Giovanni Alessandro Brambilla chief surgeon to Emperor Joseph II and author of the Instrumentarium Chirurgicum Militare Austriacum 1782 the most complete survey of medical instruments of the day. This volume features two treatises by Brambilla: "Gliedschwamme am Knie" and "von der Bleykolik." Also included is "Tetanus von einer Verwundung" by Joseph Plenk the leading dermatologist of the period and "Beobachtungen uber die Samengange ihre Klappen" by the Viennese anatomist and physiologist Georg Prochaska. The engraved frontispiece: "Ratione et Experientia" vignettes and folding anatomical plates including two of a foetus are especially fine. bey Rudolph Gräffer und Compagnie hardcover books
1863Best.-Nr. 360308Washington 1863. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 13pp. and 3pp. blank. Untrimmed. Light small stain and chip to the lower right corner else very good. Scarce. OCLC locates seven copies. unknown books
1865Best.-Nr. 3407161865. Unbound. Engraved copper plate. Measuring 2.25" x 3.25". The plate was stored with two proofs of the engraving made photographically that were folded around the plate. Very good or better bright copper with no discernible wear to the engraved lines. Depicts a bald eagle carrying a shield in its talons in flight with a continental land mass in the background and facing a fortified Civil War camp with an American flag and cannon in the foreground. "Engraving by Jacob Stadelman done about 1865" in pencil on the back of the proofs. Jacob Stadelman was a captain in the First Regiment Pennsylvania Reserve Cavalry from August 8 1861 to March 26 1862. Unique. unknown books
1845Best.-Nr. 331752New York 1845. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Printed circular. Bifolium. Measuring 12.5" x 8". 2pp. Two lines of contemporary holograph annotations at end old folds very good. The New York and Harlem Rail Road Company present in this hastily composed circular means and proposals for expansions and connections for Westchester and Putnam counties and specifically to building a rail road to Albany. The circular also lays out earnings and expenses over the course of 1843 to 1845 and begs the reader to consider the importance of legislative support asking: "If this effort fail this City will be without a Rail Road to the Erie Canal for years to come while the products of the vast west are diverted from their natural destination at Albany and pour themselves daily and hourly into the city of Boston. The very products too let it be remembered which were the chief element in the present greatness of New-York." OCLC locates one copy. hardcover books
1855Best.-Nr. 321544Washington: No publisher 1855. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Brown cloth stamped in blind and titled in gilt. Page 147 has one section cut out and removed affecting the text spine ends worn in the case of the crown down to the text block a little foxing leaf with the cure for yellow fever tipped-in apparently as issued a very good copy. Howes B138. [No publisher] hardcover books
1980Best.-Nr. 285717Brazil: Raizes 1980. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Very good with a bump to the top of the spine in a very good dustwrapper with a short tear and wrinkle at the top of the spine. This copy inscribed by Zaragosa with his drawing of an outline of a heart in red crayon and the inscription in red and green crayon. Text in Portuguese. Raizes hardcover books
1820Best.-Nr. 293015Kjobenhavn 1820. Hardcover. Good. Later printing. Good in three quarter leather with marbled paper covered boards and marbled endpapers leather is worn front outer hinge torn about half way from the top corners bumped leather worn through ink notation on front endpaper. 440 pp. hardcover books
1935Best.-Nr. 293768No place - New York: Jacob Rohman 1935. Unbound. Near Fine. Broadside. Measuring 7" x 12". Horizontal fold light paperclip mark near fine. A long poem refusing to follow soulless leaders and decrying global slaughter. Very scarce. OCLC locates no copies. Jacob Rohman unknown books
1997Best.-Nr. 280349New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts 1997. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Fine in boards as issued. Appleton-Century-Crofts hardcover books
1930Best.-Nr. 73875New York: Richard R. Smith 1930. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition. A bit of erosion to the cloth at the bottom of the boards else near fine in an about very good dustwrapper with some moderate chipping and light splash marks on the spine. A novel about a German film company on location in Sardinia. Richard R. Smith hardcover books
1905Best.-Nr. RW1212Braunschweig:: F. Vieweg 1905-7 1909. 1905. 4 parts in 5 volumes. 8vo. xiv 544; 4 xv-xvii 1 545-801 1; xxvii 1 1189 1; xiv 923 1; xii 622 1 pp. 22 plates some folding some in color 838 915 499 531 figs. Modern half brown morocco paste-paper boards blind- and gilt-stamped spine labels raised bands. Fine. FIRST EDITION in German complete. This is the most advanced textbook on Cosmic Physics and Meteorology of its time. "His acclaimed textbook on physics and meteorology Elements de physique experimentale et de meteorologie was published in four parts.6 Also it was translated into German by Johann Heinrich Jakob Muller and published with the title Lehrbuch der Physik und Meteorologie." – Wikip. "Pouillet's lectures — which were partially collected in his Elements de physique experimentale et de meteorologie 1927 and in the Lecons de physique de la Faculte des sciences 1828 — were widely read. Pouillet published a popular account of Elements in 1850. Although offering no spectacular novelties they presented in clear language a survey of the state of the various branches of physics and of recent developments in them." – DSB XI p. 111. / A much revised and expanded version of what was originally Pouillet's Elements de Physique Experimentale et de Meteorologie 1827 which Muller translated into Lehrbuch der Physik und Meteorologie 1842 and then expanded with the supplement Lehrbuch der Kosmischen Physik 1856. It was eventually taken to a ninth edition by Pfaundler 1886-98 and finally revised and expanded yet again by Pfaundler into this final edition including an additional volume Magnetismus und Elektrizitat 1909 written by Walter Kaufmann 1871-1947 and Alfred Coehn 1863-1938. The final version unifies almost a century's worth of effort in various disciplines into a single textbook. F. Vieweg, 1905-7, 1909. hardcover books
2016Best.-Nr. 50169Washington DC: Smithsonian American Art Museum 2016. Very Good. Washington DC: Smithsonian American Art Museum 2016. First Edition. Tall octavo 27cm; publisher's black photo-illustrated paper-covered boards no dust jacket as issued; 111pp.; halftone illus. throughout. Light wear and shallow surface scratches to boards else Very Good internally clean and sound. Smithsonian American Art Museum unknown books
1827Best.-Nr. S14383Paris :: Mequignon-Marvis juillet 1827. 1827. 8vo. 4 iii 1 232 pp. Half-title 1 engraved plate. Contemporary quarter calf handsomely decorated smooth spine gilt-stamping rose paste-paper boards; rubbed. Very good – a lovely copy. 44 First edition in French translated by E. Esslinger of this text analyzing inorganic compounds derived from the second volume of Berzelius' Lehrbuch der Chimie Dresden 1826 "which itself was translated from the second Swedish edition of the Larbok i Kemien." – Neville. Jons Jacob Berzelius 1779-1848 was a Swedish scientist considered along with Antoine Lavoisier John Dalton and Robert Boyle as the founder of modern chemistry. REFERENCES: Cushing B345; Neville I p. 143. Mequignon-Marvis, juillet 1827. hardcover books
1827Best.-Nr. S14150Paris :: Mequignon-Marvis juillet 1827. 1827. 8vo. 4 iii 1 232 pp. Half-title 1 engraved plate. Contemporary quarter calf handsomely decorated smooth spine gilt-stamping rose paste-paper boards; rubbed. Very good – a lovely copy. 044 First edition in French translated by E. Esslinger of this text analyzing inorganic compounds derived from the second volume of Berzelius' Lehrbuch der Chimie Dresden 1826 "which itself was translated from the second Swedish edition of the Larbok i Kemien." – Neville. / Jons Jacob Berzelius 1779-1848 was a Swedish scientist considered along with Antoine Lavoisier John Dalton and Robert Boyle as the founder of modern chemistry. REFERENCES: Cushing B345; Neville I p. 143. Mequignon-Marvis, juillet 1827. hardcover books
1843Best.-Nr. S13870London:: Published for the author by Holtzapffel & Co. . . . 1843 1846 1850 1878 1884. 1843. Complete Five volumes. 8vo. vol. I xiv 2 462; II xx 457-1025 3 8; III viii 8 1026-1477 2 16; IV xix 1 592 12; V xxi 1 652 6 pp. Profusely illustrated 2575 figures in all incl. 78 'plates' figs. plates indexes ads. Original full blind- and gilt-stamped dark brown cloth; vols. 1-2-3-5 each neatly restored preserving the original covers spines laid down. Bookbinder's tickets of J. & J. Thomson Manchester Westleys & Co. and Westleys & Clark London. Handsome set. Very good. GEORGE ELLERY HALE'S COPY WITH HIS SIGNATURE 1910. First edition of the greatest work in English on the lathe and its accessories. The set was published for the author. It is rare today and when found often either incomplete mixed issues or rather worn. The series was proposed to be issued in 6 volumes but only 5 volumes were ever published. / SUB-TITLES: Vol. I. Materials their differences choice and preparation; various modes of working them generally without cutting tools. Vol. II. The principles of construction action and application of cutting tools used by hand; and also of machines derived from the hand tools. Vol. III. Abrasive and miscellaneous processes which cannot be accomplished with cutting tools. Vol. IV. The principles and practice of hand or simple turning. Vol. V. The principles and practice of ornamental or complex turning. / Holtzapffel Charles 1805–1847 mechanical engineer and technical writer was born on 28 December 1805 in London where he was baptized at St Martin's in the Fields on 13 May 1806 the son of John Jacob Holtzapffel and his wife Ann. His father who was from Strasbourg settled in London in 1792 as a tool and lathe maker and was naturalized as a British subject. In addition to a thorough training in workshop practice Holtzapffel received a good general education and by assiduous study and practice became a skilled mechanical engineer. He married on 9 September 1830 Amelia Vaux Dutton 1803–1889 of Islington with whom he had three daughters and three sons. In 1838 he published his New system of scales of equal parts applicable to various purposes of engineering architecture and general science followed by List of Scales of Equal Parts suitable for his system. His principal work Turning and mechanical manipulation intended as a work of general reference and practical instruction on the lathe was designed to fill six volumes but only five were published. The first three volumes appeared in 1843 1846 and 1850 posthumously published by Holtzapffel's widow. The final two volumes were completed by his son John Jacob Holtzapffel. The family business was Holtzapffel & Co. 64 Charing Cross Road London. They made lathes and other machines and published a number of works in connection with woodworking. They also marketed an amateur printing press about which they published a number of booklets. / In his writing Holtzapffel throughout displayed a masterly knowledge of technical art and of the scientific principles underlying it. He was a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers and a member of its council. He was for a time chairman of the mechanics' committee of the Society of Arts. He died on 11 April 1847 at 127 Long Acre Covent Garden London of chronic abscesses of the liver and was buried at St Marylebone. – DNB. / His son John Jacob II was eleven years old when his father died. Twenty years later in 1867 he became head of the firm which he ran until 1896. He completed Vol. 4 "The Principles and Practice of Hand or Simple Turning" which was published in 1879. He also made the 750 woodcut illustrations that it contains. Vol. 5 "The Principles and Practice of Ornamental or Complex Turning" was published in 1884. PROVENANCE: Signature and armorial bookplate of John Hick 1815-1894 "Omne Bonum" Desupee Bolton – vol V Charles possibly S. or E. Fletcher Aug. 1844sic and again 1884 on half-title – signature of George Ellery Hale 1868-1938 astronomer Jan 1910. Hick's bookplate is mounted on the half-title. NOTE: John Hick JP DL 1815-1894 of Bolton was a wealthy English industrialist art collector and Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1880 he is associated with the improvement of steam-engines for cotton mills and the work of his firm Hick Hargreaves and Co. universal in countries where fibre was spun or fabrics woven. "His final years at Mytton Hall were devotedto compiling an elaborately illustrated catalogue of the collection; some of these works were auctioned by Christie's during June and July 1909 following Rebecca Hick's death in 1908. The Hick library at Mytton Hall was dispersed at Capes Dunne & Co. Manchester in November 1909." Wikip. See: Sinkankas 3008–3010. Published for the author, by Holtzapffel & Co., . . . 1843, 1846, 1850, 1878, 1884. hardcover books
1978Best.-Nr. 215083New Haven: Yale University Press 1978. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Third edition. Very good in good dust jacket. Hardcover rubbed at spine ends and corners cover edges lightly faded cover and foredges lightly soiled. Dustwrapper soiled and browned wrinkled from water damage rubbed at spine ends and corners. Yale University Press hardcover books
1913Best.-Nr. 621773Philadelphia: Wilmer Atkinson Co 1913. Hardcover. Very Good. Stated ninth edition. 16mo. 176pp. Blue cloth boards stamped in black and red and orange endpapers. Illustrated in black and white with full-color plates. Boards and spine worn hinges starting very good or better. An instructional book that'll teach you not to count your chickens before they hatch and how to take care of them once they do. Wilmer Atkinson Co hardcover books
1908Best.-Nr. 621777Philadelphia: Wilmer Atkinson Co 1908. Hardcover. Very Good. Stated second edition. 16mo. 144pp. Illustrated in black and white with full-color plates. Boards and spine worn and a wrinkle to the cloth on the front board very good. Wilmer Atkinson Co hardcover books
1992Best.-Nr. 223442Dover 1992-03-23. Paperback. Very Good. 9x0x12. 1992 Dover Publications Inc. Soft wrappers are clean crisp and glossy- display minimal wear correlating to age of book. Spine is secure and uncreased. Pages are clean and unmarked. Some pages display fold creases on bottom right corner. Internal prints are crisp and vibrant. Profession packaging and prompt shipping. JB. Dover paperback books
1997Best.-Nr. 010195Seattle WA: University of Washington Press 1997 Hard cover in dust jacket. Originally published in 1970 an edition published in 1997 with additional artwork by Lawrence. . Hard Cover. As New/As New. Illus. by Jacob Lawrence. 4to. University of Washington Press hardcover books
