Serge d'Urach.
d'Urach, Serge. 1994. Wraps. First Edition. Unpag. 4to. Heavy paper covers. Clean within. Text in French.
Inscrbied by the artist on the title page. Fine. More
d'Urach, Serge. 1994. Wraps. First Edition. Unpag. 4to. Heavy paper covers. Clean within. Text in French.
Inscrbied by the artist on the title page. Fine. More
London: Royal Society of London, 1837. Hardcover. First Edition. x, [1]-178, [179]-446 pp. 4to. Library binding, tan leather spine with gold embossed titling. Interiors clean, ex-library stamp on title page, and occurring sporadically within. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound.
Also contains J. Frederic Daniell's article, "Further Observations on Voltaic Combinations. In a Letter addressed to Michael Faraday" (pp. 141-160). Very Good. More
London: Royal Society of London, 1880. Hardcover. First Edition. x, 419 pp.; iv, 421-1092 pp. 51 plates. 4to. Library binding, tan leather spine with gold embossed titling. Interiors clean, ex-library stamp on title page, and occurring sporadically within. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound.
George H. Darwin's (1845-1912) "Resonance Theory" of the origin of the moon, according to which the moon might have originated from the fission of a parent earth as the result of an instability produced by resonant solar tides.
Also contains William Huggins's paper on stellar spectrum photography, "On the Photographic Spectra of Stars." Very Good. More
davis, scott b. Santa Fe, NM: Radius Books, 2021. Hardcover. First Edition. 125 pp. Folio. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
Stark black and white images of edges, famliar images that will be recognized by anyone who has spent time in the Sonoran Desert, or would like a sense of what the desert "feels like" visually. Scott's work is simple, with subtle detail that causes the eye to linger. Singed by scott on a tipped in page. Fine / Fine. More
Debus, Luca. San Diego, CA: Top Shelf Productions, 2023. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 440 pp. Oblong 8vo. Clean, crisp copy. No dust jacket, as issued.
A fascinating, visual biography of Peanuts creator, Charles M. Schulz. Fine. More
Delano, James Whitlow. Milan, Italy: 5 Continents Editions, 2004. Hardcover. First Edition. 23 pp. 72 photographs. Oblong 4to. Slight wear and scuffing to dust jacket, now in mylar cover. Terracotta paper covered boards with light rubbing to foot of boards. Clean within. Very Good / Very Good. More
Lancaster, PA: American Physical Society, 1951. Wraps. First Edition. 349-262 pp. 4to. Green paper wraps with slight darkening at edges of covers from age. Clean within.
Announcement of the discovery of Positronium, an atom that consists of an electron and its antiparticle, a positron, and is therefore the lightest atom. The orbit of the two particles is similar to that of the hydrogen atom (electron and proton). Because the electron and positron annihilate one another, positronium has a very short half-life (approximately 125 picoseconds). Very Good. More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1845. Full Leather. Twelfth Edition. 175 pp. 12mo. 13 illustrations. Full red leather binding with bold embossed titling to cover as well as a holly sprig, borders on both front and rear boards; five raised band at spine, gold titling, and green leather patch titles that have faded to brown. Slight fading along top edge of front cover, light wear and bumping. Interior front and rear boards have gold dentelle boarder with Sangorksi and Sutcliffe label embossed on front board. Clean and crisp within. Very Good. More
Ruohomaa, Kosti. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1977. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 192 pp. 4to. Light scuffing to dust jacket, now in mylar cover. Minimal spots along edges of text block, previous owner's name in ink on front pastedown, clean within. Very Good / Very Good. More
Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 1994. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 470 pp. 8vo. Previous owner's tasteful signature in red ink on first free endpaper. Clean, crisp copy with no dust jacket as issued. Fine. More
Dallas, TX: University Press in Dallas/Southern Methodist University, 1943. Wraps. First Edition. 111 pp. 8vo. Light blue wraps with an illustration of a cowboy on a horse looking to the horizon and tilting in black ink. Ex-library with earlier library call number attached to front cover at lower left corner, ex-library stamp on title page. A Peter Hurd illustration graces the frontispiece, clean within.
Inscribed by the author on the title page: "To the Arizona Pioneers Historical/Society/With good wishes and appreciation/J. Frank Dobie/Austin, TX/April, 1951" Very Good. More
London: George Newnes, Limited, 1892. Hardcover. Second Edition. 283 pp. 8vo. Burgundy cloth pictorial boards with an image of Dr. Watson and a woman on the cover, Mr. Holmes on spine. General wear and scuffing, fraying at base of spine, small losses along edges, small hole 3" down from head of spine, even with Holmes' forehead. Front and rear endpapers have a green flower repeating pattern, previous owner's name in light black ink on first free endpaper. Text block slightly loose but still tight to boards, clean within.
An early edition of Doyle's second stand-alone Sherlock Holmes title. Good. More
Kenna, Michael. San Francisco: Arion Press, 1985. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 201 pp. 4to. Dark grey cloth boards with a large paw imprint printed on covers, black titiling to spine. Photo illustrated endpapers, clean and crisp within. Housed in a matching cloth slipcase in the same color cloth with a printed paper label affixed to spine, Michael Kenna's photo of the moors printed and attached to front and rear panels; top of slipcase has light spotting.
The sixteenth book of the renowned Arion Press and produced in an edition of 400 copies. Signed by Michael Kenna on the "Photographer's Statement" page in pencil. A wonderful combination of timeless text and timeless photographs the evoke the timber of the book. Fine. More
Paris: 1838, 1840. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. Blue cloth covered boards with gold embossed titling to spine and titled "Recherches de Chimie Organique". Four extracts from proceedings published by L'Academie des Sciences in Paris. Papers are of two different sizes but have been bound in one uniform binding. The titles are as follows: "Mémoire sur les Éthers Composés" published by L'Academie in 1838, Volume XV, pp 457-494. "Mémoire sur la loi des Substitutions et la Théorie des Types" published by L'Academie in 1840, Volume X, pp 147-207, Dumas dissertation on pp. 149-178. "Recherches sur le Veritable Poids Atomique du Carbone" published by L'Academie in 1840, Volume XI, pp 991-1020, "Reserches de Chimie Organique, Relatives a l'Action du Chlore sur l'Alcool loi des Substitions ou Métalepsie"..... More
Albuquerque, NM: The Book Stops Here, 1995. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 103 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More
London: J. Brotherton, J. Hazard,... 1734. Full leather. First Edition. First Abridged Edition. xx, 472, 402 pp. 8vo. Full leather binding with considerable wear and tear, covers detached. Front and rear endpapers also detached, text block tight. Clean within. Dozens folding plates illustrate the papers.
This full volume of papers by numerous authors on a variety of subjects including medicine, natural history, physics, mathematics and archaeology, illustrated with numerous plates. Good. More
Eckmair, Frank C. Canton, NY: Caliban Press, 1995. Wraps. Limited Edition. Unpag. 8vo. Heavy, rough paper wraps with exposed, Japanesque stitching at spine. Spine has seen some rubbing of the papers finish. Clean, tight copy and pristine within.
A beautiful production with exqiite wood engravings illustrating different images of "home" for the artist. Printed in an edition of 90 copies, this copy is also signed by Frank C. Eckmair (1930-2012) at the colophon. Very Good. More
Portland, ME: The Southworth Press, 1928. Hardcover. First Edition. xxv, 542 pp. 8vo. Blue cloth boards with gold embossed titling to cover and spine, spine has darkened heavily. Interior quite clean. Very Good. More
Eichenberg, Fritz. New York: Donnell Memorial Library, 1991. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 31 pp. 4to. Gray paper boards with black ribbon binding in the Japanese style with Fritz Eichenberg initials blind embossed on cover. Slight sunning to edge of spine where exposed in the matching slipcase that is in Fine condition. Eichenberg's self portrait serves as the frontispiece.
Fritz Eichenberg (1901-1990) was a woodcut artist and educator and this volume was created in his memory. Published in an edition of 250 copies and although usually numbered, this copy is penciled "A.E." at the colophon. Printed at the Press of the Sea Turtle in Easthampton, MA, by Harold McGrath. A beautiful remembrance of an exceptional man. Very Good. More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1978. Hardcover. First Edition. 263 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More
New York: Carol Southern Books, 1995. Hardcover. First Edition. Ninth Printing. 248 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy. Fine / Fine. More
New York: Grune & Stratton, 1967. Hardcover. First Edition. viii, 557 pp. 4to. Wear and scuffing to dust jacket, fading, losses at edges, 2" piece missing from head of spine, now in mylar cover. Blue cloth boards with staining at edges of front boards, entire spine. Pervious owner's signature on first free endpaper, clean within. Good / Good. More
London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1945. Hardcover. First Edition. xxxii, 404 pp. Wear and scuffing to dust jacket, small losses and chips, sunning to spine, now in mylar cover. Tight and bright blue cloth boards with gold embossed titling to spine. Clean within. Very Good / Good. More
Amhers, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 1968. Hardcover. First Edition. 114 pp. 4to. Minor sunning and scuffing to dust jacket, now in mylar cover. Brown cloth boards with signature of Frederick Law Olmsted embossed in black on cover, black embossed titling to spine. Clean within.
An important early work on the life and work of Frederick Law Olmsted. Fine / Very Good. More
London: Royal Society of London, 1843. Hardcover. First Edition. viii, [1]-336, [2] pp. 4to. Library binding, tan leather spine with gold embossed titling. Interiors clean, ex-library stamp on title page, and occurring sporadically within. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound. Crumpling and tears to p. 37/38, does not impact this article.
Also see our #27486 which contains Faraday's "Experimental Researches in Electricity -- Eleventh, Supplemental Note, Twelfth, Thirteenth & Fourteenth Series, #27489 which contains Faraday's "Experimental Researches in Electricity -- Fifteenth Series" (pp. 1-12), #27500 with Faraday's "Experimental Researches in Electricity -- Nineteenth, Twentieth & Twenty-First Series" (pp. 1-62), our #27503 which contains Faraday's "Experimental Researches in Electricity -- Twenty-Second Series" (pp. 1-41), our #27505 which contains "Experimental Researches..... More