Bangor, ME: Augustus Choate Hamlin, 1895. Hardcover. First Edition. 72 pp., 44 Color plates (Plate XV reprinted as frontispiece), 6 black and white plates. 8vo. Green cloth boards with light scuffing from shelf wear, dark blemish just below gold embossed titling on cover. Ex-library with blind embossed library stamp within, endpapers have been replaced, no other indication of library use. Very Good. More

Paris: Chez Crochard, 1820. Quarter Leather. First Edition. 448 pp., 8vo. Quarter leather binding with brown leather spine and marbled boards. Spine has four raised bands with black leather patch title with gold embossed titling. A very nicely executed later binding originally published in wraps. Light wear at edges. Ex-Library with small ink stamp on title page and at base of page 5. Very clean within.
Two papers by famous scientists describing theories of the cooling of the earth. Laplace's article, "Sur la Diminution de la durée du jour par le refroidissement de la terre" pp. 410-417, 1820; Fourier's article, "Extrait d'un Memoire sur le Refroidissement seculaire du globe terrestre" pp. 418-438. Fine. More

London: Macmillan and Co., 1963. Hardcover. First Edition. 1434, LV pp. 4to. Green library binding, ex-library with stamp of "Technical Library, U.S. Naval Propellant Plant, Indian Head, Maryland" on first free endpaper, title page, and final free endpaper. No other library markings present Clean within.
An early paper by James Peebles (b. 1935) who was named a Nobel Laureate in Physics in 2019 for his theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology. Volume also contains J. Tuzo William's article, "Did the Atlantic Close and then Re-Open?” (pp. 676-681) where Wilson first proposes the theory of "Continental Drift." Very Good. More

London: Macmillan and Co., 1963. Hardcover. First Edition. 1434, LV pp. 4to. Green library binding, ex-library with stamp of "Technical Library, U.S. Naval Propellant Plant, Indian Head, Maryland" on first free endpaper, title page, and final free endpaper. No other library markings present Clean within.
Wilson first proposes the theory of "Continental Drift." Also contains James Peeble's “Origin of the Microwave Radio Background” (pp. 574-575) Peebles was named a Nobel Laureate in Physics in 2019 for his theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology. Very Good. More