London: Abelard-Schuman, [1959]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price (25 /- net); 223pp.; portrait frontispiece, plates and illus. throughout. Moderate wear to jacket margins; a Near Fine copy in Very Good jacket. Forms part the series The Life of Science Library. More

London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1950. Second Printing. Octavo; publisher's cloth in unclipped pictorial dust jacket; 220pp.; portrait frontispiece, text illus. Light wear and dust soil to jacket, ownership ex libris of the late chemist and bibliophile Sydney Ross to front pastedown; Very Good or better overall. More

Garden City, NY: Anchor Press / Doubleday, [1977]. First Edition Stated. Octavo; publisher's two-toned boards in black pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($7.95); [10],182pp. Moderate wear to jacket margins with subsequent wrinkling, corners nudged, else Very Good and sound. Inscribed and signed by the author on half title page..... More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. First American Edition Stated. Octavo (24cm); publisher's boards in unclipped dust jacket; xi,[1],273pp.; map. Light shelf wear, very faint foxing to top textblock edge, else Very Good and sound. Inscribed and signed by the author on front flyleaf verso. More

Portland, ME: Thomas B. Mosher, 1901. Limited Edition, one of 450 copies on Van Gelder paper. Octavo; 219pp. Beige dust jacket with blue lettering to spine; bound in blue paper-covered boards with white spine and blue lettering. Housed in gray-beige slipcase. Pages unopened throughout. Jacket is a bit toned down..... More

Boston: John Wilson & Son, 1855. First Edition. Signed by the editor (Amos' son) on flyleaf to his nephew with inscription "Amory A. Lawrence, From his aff. uncle William. Boston May 16th 1855"Octavo (9.5" x 5.75"); xii, 307pp. Three plates with tissue guards including portrait frontis, all present. Green leather..... More

New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1926. First American Edition with "(1)" printed at end of p. [247]. Octavo; publisher's moiré cloth in cream dust jacket printed in brown, grey topstain; [6],246pp. Shallow chips and closed tears to jacket extremities, spine a bit toned and faintly damp-spotted, else a Near..... More

New York: Random House, 1981. First Edition, stated, with full RH numberline. Octavo (24cm); typographic dust jacket with $13.50 price intact; yellow boards with red cloth spine and gilt lettering; viii,239pp. Jacket edgeworn with a couple shallow tears and some general smudging and dust-soiling to surface. Boards a touch faded..... More

New York: Harper Design, Harper Collins Publishers, 2014. First Edition. Signed by Kidjo with brief inscription to previous owner at half title. Octavo. 256pp. Color and b&w photographs throughout. Photo-illustrated dust jacket; gray cloth boards stamped in silver; bright green endpapers. Edges of jacket rubbed and creased with some scuffing..... More

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1987. First Edition stated. Octavo (24cm). Pictorial dust jacket with unclipped $17.95 price. Maroon publisher's cloth binding with title stamped in gilt. 255 pp. Dust jacket toned with some rubbing and minor shelf wear. No tears, no chips. Previous owner's address sticker on front..... More

Washington, DC: Published by the Author / Press of Byron S. Adams, 1921. Second Edition. Octavo. 431 pp. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Printed wraps. Light rubbing to edges of wraps and binding sound. Ownership inscription to front free endpaper, but otherwise pages unmarked. Originally published in 1918. Mills..... More

Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1971. First Edition. Octavo (23 cm); 240pp. Boards full bound in brown cloth with silver stamping to spine, wrapped in publisher's cream, price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket lightly creased and bumped at margins. Board corners and spine ends gently bumped with minor offsetting from glue at..... More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. Stated First Edition. Octavo (24cm); 657pp. Publisher’s photographic dust jacket with $35.00 price intact; boards bound in brown cloth with gilt stamping to spine. Dust jacket bumped lightly at spine ends and corners; some staining to rear panel. Foxing appears along spine, at top..... More