New York: Academic Press, 1960. First Edition. Octavo; 522pp. Printed dust jacket over burgundy cloth-covered boards with black title bar and gilt lettering to spine. Jacket shows a few clean half-inch tears at folds, with a few more shallow tears along edges and toning to spine. Boards are sturdy with... More

Hardcover. New York: A.S. Barnes and Co., 1849. Revised Edition. Octavo; 188p, + 71p Table of Logarithms and 100p Traverse Table.Charts and illustrations throughout with six fold-out plates at back. Rebacked in matching brown leather and black title card, with leather retained on boards. Covers scuffed along edges with light... More

First Edition. Hardcover. Princeton: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1958. First Edition with no additional printings listed. Printed red dustjacket with original $8.75 price; book in gray cloth with black title card to spine. Jacket shows a couple small tears along edges with sunning to spine and some toning/foxing to back... More

Paperback. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1950. Revised Edition, Second Impression. Printed paper covers; [x], 248p. Illustrations throughout with unopened foldout at back. Covers toned and faded along edges with some chipping and wear at spine ends. Previous owner's name on first page, else unmarked. Binding is sound... More

Hardcover. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1898. Later Printing. Small octavo (7" x 4.5"); xv, 303p +3p ads. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Covers lightly edgeworn with a rust-colored smudge over spine, along with a smaller one to back along with a few light scuffs. Previous owner's bookplate... More

Third Edition. Hardcover. London: Sam Harding, 1738. Third Edition. Volume I Only, containing Parts I, II, and half of Part III. Octavo (8" x 5"); Part I [l], 75p, Appendix to Part I 19p, Part II 1-82, [ii], 83-176, Part III 96p. Twenty fold-out plates. Contemporary calf with gilt ruled... More

Hardcover. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1915. Third Edition. Octavo (10.5" x 6.75"); vi, 587p +2 catalogue. Dark blue cloth with beveled edges and gilt lettering to spine. Covers edgeworn with a few small tears along edges, frayin gat spine ends, and running to cloth. Hinges cracked with both boards opening... More

New York: Academic Press, 1961. First Edition. Octavo; 704pp. Blue cloth-covered boards with red title strip to spine and gilt lettering. Boards lightly bumped at corners and spine ends, else sturdy and square. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Not an ex-library copy. More

Hardcover. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. First Edition. Signed twice by Patrick Moore, once without inscription on full title and again with a brief dedication on front free endpaper. Quarto; 576pp. Pictorial dust jacket with white text against a black background. Black cloth binding with lettering stamped in gold on... More

New York: Pantheon Books, 1992. First Edition. Quarto. 334 pages. Signed by author on half title page to William Safire with inscription, "To Bill Safire, / with great respect / and best wishes, / Steven Weinberg / Nov 1999." Illustrated unclipped dust jacket shows light creasing to spine... More

First Edition. Hardcover. New York: Plenum Press, 1986. First Edition. Tall octavo; xi, 464pp. Printed paper-covered boards. Covers lightly edgeworn with some smudging to face. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Proceedings of a NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Fundamental Aspects of Quantum Theory, held September 2-7, 1985 in Villa... More

Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird & Co., 1908. Later Printing. Octavo; xxxii, 495pp + 32pp publisher's catalog at back. Red publisher's cloth with ornate gilt and black illustration and lettering. A compendium of "approved receipts and processes of practical application in the industries and for general purposes," with "all... More