London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, 1956. First Edition. Octavo (24.5cm); publisher's cloth in unclipped photo-illustrated dust jacket; xi,[3],207pp.; frontispiece, seven leaves of plates (collated complete). Moderate wear to jacket margins, corners bumped, slight lean to spine, brief glue residue to front free endpaper, else Very Good, internally clean and..... More

London: Cassell and Company, 1895. First Edition. Small octavo (18.5cm); publisher's green gilt-lettered cloth; vi,[7],224,[14]pp.; portrait frontispiece and two additional leaves of plates. Moderate shelf wear mostly at spine ends and corners, boards slightly bowed, later (1922) ownership inscription to front free endpaper and 20th century ex libris of the..... More

Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1986. First English Language Edition. Octavo (20.5cm); publisher's leatherette in photo-illustrated dust jacket; 181pp.; twenty-six leaves of halftone plates printed on rectos and versos. Jacket and board margins rather rubbed with extensive shallow chips to the former. About Very Good and sound. Forms part of..... More

New York: Henry Schuman, [1947]. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm); publisher's cloth, black topstain, in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($3.00); x,210pp. Moderate wear and chipping to jacket margins, rear panel toned, corners nudged, else Very Good and sound. Inscribed and signed to British chemist and science historian..... More

Leamington and London: Printed for the Author / The Courier Press, 1929. First Edition, Limited to 200 copies. Quarto (24.5cm); publisher's purplish-blue gilt-lettered simulated cloth, xxiv,172pp.; portrait frontispiece, forty-six (46) plates printed on twenty-three leaves (collated complete). Boards a bit bumped along margins, spine a shade sunned, front hinge just..... More

London: Macmillan, 1972. First Edition. Octavo (24cm); publisher's boards in unclipped pictorial dust jacket; xii,204pp.; illus. Very light shelf wear, jacket spine panel a bit sunned, final leaf of text torn at top edge without loss of meaning; Very Good and sound overall. Ownership ex libris of the late chemist..... More

[Buenos Aires]: [Ediciones Anzilotti], [1972]. First Edition Limited to 2000 copies. Slim oblong octavo (17x25.5cm.); original pictorial wrappers; [32]pp.; illus. throughout. Wrappers very slightly toned along margins, else a Fine example. Exhibition catalog to the Czech-born Argentinian sculptor's space age installation known as the Ciudad Hidroespacial, a series of..... More

Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1890. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine, dark brown glazed endpapers; xvi,405,[3](ads)pp.; portrait frontispiece, four leaves of plates. Moderate edge wear to cloth margins, corners bumped, else Very Good and sound. Ownership ex libris of the late chemist and bibliophile Sydney Ross to..... More

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1988. First Edition. Octavo; 243pp. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket; red cloth boards stamped in gilt; errata slip to preliminaries. Dust jacket rubbed and toned along edges. Boards gently nudged at spine ends; binding sound; pages unmarked; Very Good or better. More

Cambridge: Published for the Dyson Family by W. Heffer & Sons Ltd., 1951. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm); publisher's boards in unclipped pictorial dust jacket; xiv,[2],294pp.; halftone frontispiece, seven leaves of plates. Light shelf wear to jacket margins, else a Very Good or better copy. Ownership ex libris of the late..... 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