London: Royal Society of London, 1872. Quarter Leather. First Edition. iv, [4], iv, [4], [1]-501, pp. 4to. Library binding, tan leather spine with gold embossed titling, scuffing. Interiors clean, ex-library stamp on title page and verso, also occurring sporadically within. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound.
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. Very Good. More

Kent, England: George Allen, 1884. Three Quarter Leather. First Edition. vi, 152 pp. 4to. Three quarter leather with marbled paper insets to front and rear boards, matching endpapers and matching marbeling to foredges of text block. Slight wear and scuffing to covers, interior clean and tight. Very Good. More

New York: MJF Books, 2001. Hardcover. Reprint. xviii, 781 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / fine. More

Berlin, Germany/Philadelphia, PA: Julius Springer/The American Philosophical Society, 1935/1980. Three Quarter Leather. First Edition. xix, 870, 12 pp. 4to. Three quarter leather binding with black corners and spine, gold embossed titling to spine, gray cloth inset into front and rear covers. Clean and crisp within. The American Philosophical Society Proceedings is in blue wraps in Very Good Condition with library stamp on top front and rear cover as well as top of some pages within.
Erwin Schrödinger (1887-1961) proposed the Schrödinger's Cat thought experiment in this paper. Schrödinger used the thought experiment to illustrate what he saw as the problem of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics when applied to everyday objects. In the course of developing this thought experiment, Schrödinger also coined the term..... More

Dublin, Ireland: Hodges, Figgis & Co. Ltd., 1952-1953. Hardcover. First Edition. 194 pp. 4to. Blue pastepaper covers with black cloth spine and corners, titling on spine hand lettered in white. Ex-library with minor marks within. Fine. More

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1910. Hardcover. First Edition. liv, 368 pp. 8vo. Green cloth boards with gold embossed tilting to spine. Clean, tight copy. Very Good. More

New Delhi, India: Anmol Publications Pvt. Ltd., 2002. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Clean, crisp copies with dust jackets in mylar covers. Fine / Fine. More

New York: Hafner Publishing Company, 1965. Hardcover. First Edition. First Hafner Edition. xviii. 237 pp. 8vo. Dust jacket has scuffing from shelf wear, small tear at base of spine, 3/4" piece missing from lower right corner of front panel, price clipped and in mylar cover. Green cloth boards with slightly faded gold embossed titling. Clean and crisp within. Very Good / Very Good. More

London: Groombridge and Sons, 1871. Hardcover. Second Edition. xii, 147 pp. 12mo. Burgundy publisher's binding with ornate gold and black embossed deocoration and titling to cover and spine representing a pond scene. Numerous black & white illustrations as well as full page color plates. All edges gilt. A discreet personal library book plate attached to front pastedown. A beautiful volume. Very Good. More

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1923. Hardcover. First Edition. Translated from the Third German Edition. xiii, 626, 8 (ads) pp. 8vo. Tan board with gold embossed titling to cover and spine, light scuffing from shelf wear, bumping to corners. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown as well as an inscription on first free endpaper in year of publication. Very Good. More

St. Louis, MO: Washington Unveristy Studies, 1958. Hardcover. First Edition. First Washington University Studies Edtition. xxxii, 438, 78 (Notes) pp. 8vo. Brown cloth boards with light scuffing, clean within.
A facsimile edition, with notes of commentary, of Sprat's 1667 history of the Royal Society of London. Very Good. More

New York: The Ronald Press Company, 1947. Hardcover. First Edition. xiv, 252 pp. 8vo. Wear and scuffing to dust jacket, small chiops at edges, minor fading to spine, now in mylar cover. Dark blue cloth boards with gold embossed titling to cover and spine. Previous owner's name in ink on front pastedown. Clean within. Very Good / Good. More

London: Royal Society of London, 1862. First Edition. Extracted from original volume. 21 pp. 4to. Very light toning from age.
George Gabriel Stokes (1819-1903) conducted groundbreaking research in fluid dynamics, light, fluorescence, polarization, chemical analysis, and opthalmology. Very Good. More