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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
1963Best.-Nr. 557771New Haven: Yale University Press 1963. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Volume four of nine only. Quarto. xxii 495pp. Black cloth with red and gilt stamped spine. Page edges lightly foxed spine title lightly rubbed edges lightly bumped very good. Yale University Press hardcover books
1959Best.-Nr. 557769New Haven: Yale University Press 1959. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Volume three of nine only. Quarto. xxi 482pp. Black cloth with red and gilt stamped spine. Page edges lightly age-toned with a couple of small stains spine title lightly rubbed corners lightly bumped very good. Yale University Press hardcover books
1957Best.-Nr. 557766New Haven: Yale University Press 1957. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Volume two of nine only. Quarto. xix 534pp. Black cloth with red and gilt stamped spine. Page edges lightly age-toned pencil marginalia on a few pages spine title lightly rubbed corners lightly bumped very good. Yale University Press hardcover books
1909Best.-Nr. 560374New York: The Macmillan Company 1909. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Illustrated by W.T. Benda. Decorative brown cloth stamped in black. Gutters cracked one-inch tear on foredges of last couple pages edges rubbed else a very good copy. Uncommon in this brown cloth. The Macmillan Company hardcover 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
1971Best.-Nr. 52083London: Science Fiction Book Club 1971. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. Pages tanned else a very good hardback in a rubbed and darkened jacket. Science Fiction Book Club hardcover books
1944Best.-Nr. 125511New York: Harper 1944. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very good hardcover with good dustwrapper. 4th edition. Signed by the author on front endpaper. Text clean. Spine ends lightly bumped. Tape on edges and crease of dustwrapper on inner side. Light water stain on dustwrapper. Chipping on edges to the dustwrapper. Harper hardcover books
1926Best.-Nr. 195706New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1926. Hardcover. Very Good. Later printing. Volume two only. Blue cloth stamped in orange. Authorized translation by Ludwig Lewisohn. Owner's bookplate and date inked on front pastedown gutter cracked spine darkened and ends nicked still a very good copy. The European Library. Harcourt, Brace and Company hardcover books
1955Best.-Nr. 17545New York: Vantage Press. Very Good in Very Good dj. c.1955. First Edition. Hardcover. a bit of wear and light bumping at spine ends top front corner also very slightly bumped; jacket age-toned with a bit of wear at extremities small tears with slight paper loss at top of spine small stain at bottom edge of rear panel. A "strange and fascinating novel about an illegitimate child who becomes a modern Jezebel. Through the clever use of her angelic innocent-seeming beauty Edna Mae conquers then destroys all who cross her path. In Farmdale town of her birth she becomes notorious as the cause of a triple tragedy: the deaths of the doctor's son of her youthful lover and of his father -- all in one night." The Chicago-born author's idea of authentic down-home Farmdale dialogue appears to have been primarily the substitution of "ya" for "you" at every opportunity; I suspect he'd never been much farther south than Garfield Blvd. . Vantage Press hardcover books
1937Best.-Nr. 164009New York: Macmillan 1937. hardcover. very good. xi 284 pages 8vo green cloth; spine sunned. New York: Macmillan 1937. A very good copy. Macmillan unknown books
1939Best.-Nr. 11996New York: The Macmillan Company. Very Good- in Fair dj. 1939. 1st U.S. edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . price-clipped ex-lending library book worn but intact markings confined to pocket on front pastedown and remnants of label on ffep; jacket heavily edgeworn moderately soiled top 1-1/2" of spine missing but not affecting spine text torn and ragged along top edge more so to rear panel; see note about wrap-around cover. "The author of the famous novels of Jewish life the Claudia and Gollantz books has this time written the story of a man who was not a Jew but who pretended to be one because he felt it would be an asset in business." NOTE that this copy has an interesting "bonus" feature namely a printed wrap-around paper cover sort of a dust jacket under the actual dust jacket that bears the name of the lending library Ramona Rental Library Los Angeles along with ads for a number of local businesses. . The Macmillan Company hardcover books
1632Best.-Nr. 1417859The Hague: Isaac Burchoorn 1632. Loose folio. Two portfolios containing 127 loose half-page engraved emblems excised from Jacob Cats' 17th century emblem book. Condition of pages is Very Good Minus. Pages show mild age toning to body and mild-to-moderate toning to edges. Occasional light foxing or minor stain to page edge. Spot of mold to p.196. Shelved at Rockville Room C. 1417859. Special Collections - Upstairs. Isaac Burchoorn unknown books
1740Best.-Nr. 56036Leipzig: Jacob Schuster 1740. Second edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Octavo. 7 8 leaves 1120 64pp. 2 folding plates. Bound in vellum. Red edges. Frontispiece engraving with seven variant images including a map of the world. Decorative woodcut head and endpieces and initials. Folding plate A contains a genealogy of the tribe of Levi facing page 276 and a genealogy of the Herodians. The two registers at rear relate to explications of passages in various books of the bible the second to places names and various matters. Introduction into Biblical history and its most important parts of geography chronology genealogy history Biblical scribes the history of idols and antiques brought into clear and short order in the spirit of the Holy Bible with thorough notes and registers. Dedicated to the German politician and statesman Heinrich von Podewils. Inside cover and recto and verso of front free endpaper as well as recto of endpaper with commentary in period handwriting. Text in German Gothic script. Vellum binding with some rubbing and light staining. Block lightly age-toned. Jacob Schuster hardcover books
1988Best.-Nr. 13279New York: Basic Books 1988. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. Underlined and annotations by Oliver Sacks on p.8: "what mad pursuit" and kind remarks on page 22. Dr. Sacks often wrote conversations with the author and reactions in the margins. Signed on the front endpapers "Oliver Sacks "re-re-read '05." From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks the renowned neurologist author and educator. He was in his life celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Light shelfwear even toning/sunning with a clipped dj else tight bright and unmarred. Blue cloth. 8vo. 326pp.Index. All underlining emphasis and notations are in the hand of Dr. Oliver Sacks. Signed by Oliver Sacks. Basic Books hardcover books
1998Best.-Nr. 13243Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. First Edition. Hardcover. "On the revolution in modern biology by one of the scientists who helped make it." Annotated and signed by Oliver Sacks. Notes by Sacks on rear ffep: "Marvelous work! Must get everything else of his in English. noted page numbers pp. 35-36 "team work" and "communal creativity." From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks the renowned neurologist author and educator. He was in his life celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Ex-library and annotation marks else tight bright and unmarred in a mylar dustjacket. 8vo. 158pp. All underlining emphasis and notations are in the hand of Dr. Oliver Sacks signed by Oliver Sacks. Harvard University Press hardcover books
1996Best.-Nr. 11542New York: Marcel Dekker 1996. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good in Wraps. First Edition. Original Wraps. Inscription on front inside wrappers of Volume 1: "Now it's my turn. It's not as exciting but it's practical. Inscription on front inside wrappers of Volume 2. "Oliver have you finished volume 1 yet" From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks the renowned neurologist author and educator. He was in his life celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Minimal / Moderate shelfwear else tight bright and unmarred. Glossy paper wraps. 8vo. xix 1146pp. Illus. b/w plates. 2 volumes. Marcel Dekker unknown books
1956Best.-Nr. 7184Berkshire: Golden Cockerel Press 1956. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Textblock Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Designed by Christopher Sandford. Illustrated by Gwenda Morgan. "Among the manuscript note-books of the brothers Grimm are a large number of the fairy-tales they collected with such tireless enthusiasm. A considerable number of these have never been available to the general reader and are virtually unknown. Wilhelm Hansen director of the Lippe Folk Museum had access to the manuscripts and selected fifty of these tales for us tales which Taylor who made the first English translation had described as 'most curious' and 'of great merit' but which he felt bound to suppress 'in deference to the scrupulous fastidiousness of modern taste especially in works likely to attract the attention of youth'. Gwenda Morgan's quaint engravings seemed to compliment these folk tales to perfection." Cock-A-Hoop. Minor shelf/edge wear even sunning at spine else tight bright and unmarred. Purple cloth board gilt lettering and decorative elements frontispiece teg. 8vo. 160pp. Illus. b/w plates. Numbered limited edition this being 188 of 500. Golden Cockerel Press hardcover books
2002Best.-Nr. 6190Portland ME: Ascensius Press/Ornaflat Publishing 2002. Limited Edition Fascimile Reproduction. Stiff Wraps. Fine in Fine DJ. Limited Edition Fascimile Reproduction. Stiff Wraps. Explores a curious lawsuit regarding the buried treasure of renowned Pirate Captain Kidd and a cast of characters from Cotton Mather Fredrick Law Olmsted Lady Dunmore John Jacob Astor. Photographic illustrations reproduce several paintings frontispiece shows John Jacob Astor dressed in the regalia of a Fur Trapper of 1813 and there is also a reproduction of a letter from F.L. Olmsted. A new issue of the minor classic story by Franklin H. Head founder of the Chicago Liars Club telling the tale of Frederick Law Olmsted"s $5000000 lawsuit against John Jacob Astor in 1898 for his theft of the Pirate Captain Kidd's treasure. A hoax that has at various times been taken as true. The colophon is inaccurate: the 400 "trade edition" copies were never printed and only 50 of the 100 listed hand-bound copies on hand-made paper were printed. Tight bright and unmarrd. DJ bright and clean. White cardstock stiff wraps. 12mo. 38pp plus np plates. Illus. b/w plates. Numbered limited edition. Ascensius Press/Ornaflat Publishing unknown books
