Nurnberg [Nuremburg]: Johann Leonhard Schrag, 1830. Revised Edition. Octavo (23 cm); xxviii; 466pp+4 fold-out copper plates, collated complete. Boards half bound in leather and brown marbled paper with gilt decoration and titling to spine with red leather label. All edges stained red with black flecking. Boards worn, bumped, and rubbed..... More
Istanbul, Turkey: Mathematical Research Institute, 1974. Facsimile Edition. Slim octavo; publisher's maroon gilt-blocked leatherette; [2],11,[53]pp.; illus. throughout. Textblock starting to pull from binding, else Very Good, binding bright and sound. Introductory text in German followed by 50pp. in Arabic. Facsimile edition of the lost eight book of Apollonius'..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1962. First Edition. Photographic dust jacket. Iceberg blue cloth with white spine stamping and one emblematic white square on front panel. Jacket shows slight spine darkening, with expected wear at crown and foot of spine; one minor chip at jacket crown. Cloth is very clean..... More
Lexington, SC: Palmetto Bookworks, [2002]. First Edition, Limited to 1000 copies. Quarto (28cm); publisher's pictorial card wrappers; xxvi,291pp. Light shelf wear, else Very Good and sound. Inscribed and signed by the author on title page. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1955. First Printing, stated. Octavo; 208pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.75 price intact; book in gray cloth with red lettering and Cock Robin Mystery logo. Jacket lightly rubbed along edges with faint creasing along top back and some general smudging and toning to surface. Front..... More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1948. First Edition. Octavo. 182 pages. Orange printed wraps. Annals of Mathematical Studies Number 18. Light wear to edges of wraps. Stained along spine with some general creasing and rubbing. Bookseller pencil price to front wrap and bookseller ticket to bottom of rear..... More
New York: s.i., 1929. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm); publisher's blue gilt-lettered cloth; x,215pp.; frontispiece. Moderate rubbing along cloth margins, hairline crack to front hinge, contemporary gift inscription to title page and ownership signature to rear endpaper; later ownership ex libris of the late chemist and bibliophile Sydney Ross to front..... More
A La Haye: Arnout Leers, 1684. 12mo; 19th-century dark brown morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, gilt spine in five compartments; [2],400,[6]pp.; six leaves of tables (collated complete), steel-engraved emblems throughout text, including title page. Binding quite scuffed and worn along margins, joints cracked, rather large loss of spine leather, 20th-century..... More
Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1968. First Edition. Octavo (24cm); publisher's cloth in unclipped pictorial dust jacket; xvi,[2],478pp.; eight leaves of plates. Moderate chipping and wear to jacket margins, spine panel sunned, rear panel toned along extremities; a Near Fine copy in Very Good jacket overall. Ownership..... More
Cambridge: At the University Press, 1907. First Edition. Two volumes; octavos (22.5cm); publisher's green cloth, gilt-lettered spines, top edges gilt; xii,475; vi,507pp.; frontispieces at head of both volumes, two additional plates in Vol. I (collated complete). Light shelf wear, corners nudged, endpapers toned; Very Good and sound overall. Ownership ex..... More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1953. First Edition. Octavo (22cm); publisher's cloth, black topstain, in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($4.00); xiv,249pp.; two leaves of plates printed on rectos and versos, text illus. throughout. Light wear to jacket margins, orange portion of spine panel lightly sunned, else Very Good..... More
Bristol: Adam Hilger Ltd, [1985]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket; xiv,370pp.; halftone illus. throughout. A Fine copy. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1974. First U.K. Edition. Octavo; publisher's boards in brown price-clipped dust jacket designed by Michael and Shirley Tucker; xi,[1],372pp.; portrait frontispiece, mathematical equations throughout. Light shelf wear to jacket margins, very slight spine lean, corners bumped, else Very Good and sound. Ownership ex libris of the..... More
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, [1972]. First Edition. Octavo (26cm); publisher's cloth in unclipped dark blue pictorial dust jacket; x,[2],516pp. Moderate wear and a few small chips and closed tears to jacket margins, else Very Good and sound. More
London: Routledge, 1994. First Edition. Two thick octavo volumes; printed green boards; 842, 843-1806pp. No dust jackets. Bumping and rubbing to boards; bindings sound; pages unmarked; a Very Good set. More
Oxford, UK: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1922. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's blue cloth boards with spine stamped in gilt; no dust jacket; 213pp. Two facsimile fold-outs. Bumping and rubbing to boards; binding sound; bookplates to preliminaries; off-setting to endpapers, else unmarked; Very Good and sound. Quite scarce in retail..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, [1995]. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm); publisher's cloth in dust jacket; xviii,781pp.; diagrams throughout. Rather extensive ink underlining throughout, though free of external flaws. Very Good and sound overall. More
London: Taylor and Francis, Ltd., 1938. First Edition. Octavo; blue cloth boards with spine stamped in gilt; 240pp. Frontis; no dust jacket. Light edgewear and scuffing; spine faded and gilt rubbed. Binding sound; bookplates to preliminaries; mild spotting and toning to endpapers, else unmarked; a Very Good and sound copy..... More
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1961. First Edition. Octavo (2cm); publisher's cloth, black topstain, in blue unclipped dust jacket lettered in white; 230pp.; portrait frontispiece and three leaves of plates. Moderate wear and a few surface scratches to jacket margins, spine panel a shade toned, else Very Good and..... More
New York: National Bureau of Economic Research / Distributed by Columbia University Press, 1970. First Edition. Large octavo (24 cm); 629pp. Salmon cloth-backed boards with maroon stamping to spine wrapped in publisher's red dust jacket with price intact ($15.00). Spine scuffed and rubbed with sunning to spine and chips and..... More
Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1968. First Edition. Large octavo (25cm); publisher's cloth in unclipped printed dust jacket; xiii,[1],713pp. Light wear and dust-soil to dust jacket, corners bumped, else Very Good and sound. More
New York: Springer-Verlag, [1995]. First Thus. Octavo (24cm); publisher's yellow paper-covered boards; xviii,270pp. Corners and spine ends a bit bumped, else Very Good and sound. Issued as Sources in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences 13. More
New-York: William A. Davis & Co. for Gaine & Ten Eyck, T. Allen, S. Campbell, E. Duykinck & Co. N. Judah, T. & J. Swords, B. Gomez, New York; M. Carey, Philadelphia, and C.R. & G. Webster, Albany, 1798. Eighth Edition. Octavo (21cm.); full contemporary sheep, red gilt spine label;..... More
Dublin: Boole Press, [1983]. First Edition. Octavo (25cm); publisher's boards in yellow pictorial dust jacket; xvi,224pp.; illus. throughout. Some bubbling to dust jacket lamination, spine panel very lightly sunned, corners bumped; Very Good overall. Biography of the 19th century Irish astronomer, mathematician, and physicist Sir William Rowan Hamilton (1805-1865)..... More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1894. First Edition, First Thousand. Octavo. 176 + 2pp. publisher's advertisements. Equations, charts, and a few illustrations. Bound in dark brown publisher's cloth with gilt stamping to spine; dark brown endpapers. Very light wear to extremities and corners slightly bumped. Binding sound. Annotations and..... More