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
Boca Raton: CRC Press, 1997. First Edition. Octavo; 514pp, including index. Blue pictorial cover. Boards tight and square. Endpapers and pages clean and unmarked. Previous owner's embossed professional seal on bottom of half title page. Standard, authoritative textbook, still in wide use, in as-new condition. More
First Edition. Hardcover. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1888. First Edition with no additional printings listed. Octavo (9.25" x 6.25"); 25p +35p tables and 2p tipped-in catalog at front. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Covers bumped at spine ends with some general smudging and soiling to face. Cracks..... 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
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. First Edition. Octavo; xiv + 309pp, including appended tables and index. Blue pictorial dust jacket over blue boards. Pristine, unclipped dust jacket. Binding as new; boards tight and square. Endpapers and pages clean and unmarked. Previous owner's embossed professional seal on bottom..... More
New York: Ecco, 2003. Large Octavo. 440 pages. Second Printing by numberline. SIGNED by the author to previous owner with alien doodle and inscription: "Do Not Judge Us Too Harshly - We Are A Strange Species But We Are Trying To Communicate!" Original dustjacket with $25.95 price; book in dark..... 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
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New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2006. First Edition. Octavo. 510 pages. Signed by Kandel on front free endpaper to William Safire with inscription, "For Bill Safire / With admiration, friendchip [sic] and / much thanks for your help with this book. / Eric." In Search of Memory..... 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
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1960. Later Printing. Signed on front free endpaper: "Very best wishes, George Steele." Octavo; 220pp. Patterned paper boards with black cloth spine; white spine lettering. Board corners slightly bumped. Bottom edge of back panel shows minor staining, probably a wash from cloth spine. Spine..... More
Menston: The Scolar Press Limited, 1973. Second Printing. Octavo; v + 468pp + Index, List of Plates, and Errata [all unpaginated, 13pp]. Fold-out frontispiece engraving of Selborne + second title engraved allegory + reproductions of six natural history images, for all of which the original 18th-century engravings were very fine..... More
London: Charles Knight, 1864, 1844. First Editions. 24mo; 197pp, 272pp. Two volumes bound together in brown cloth-covered boards with brown leather spine and corner tips and gilt lettering/tooling to spine. Red staining to page edges. Boards bumped at corners with some fading and smudging to cloth and a few scuffs..... More
First Edition. Oxford: Clarendon Press at Oxford University, 2001. First Edition. Octavo; 470 pages. Navy blue cloth with spine and front stamped in gilt. Sticker to rear cover and light scuffing. Spine ends gently nudged. Ownership inscription to front pastedown. Tight in binding. A sound copy. 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
First Edition. Hardcover. New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1939. First Edition. Signed without inscription on full title by Edward Teller. Octavo; 544pp. Navy cloth binding with lettering stamped in gold on spine. Corners of cover have been rubbed through to boards and there is some fraying to the head and..... More
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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
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publisher 1875. Stated Eighth Edition, "Revised and Greatly Enlarged." Octavo; xxxii + 474pp + appendix of 11 tipped-in fold-out maps and charts; additional plates, maps, charts, and diagrams embedded in text. Brown cloth with blind-stamped borders on panels, gold lettering on spine. Spine eroded..... More
New York: Charles T. Hurlburt, 1856. Re-issue of the First Edition, with Hurlburt imprint printed on a small paper slip pasted over the original Henry W. Law imprint on title page. 24mo; [ii], 291pp. Blind embossed black cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Boards a bit warped, with bumps..... More
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First Edition. New York: Ecco / HarperCollins, 2008. First Edition. Signed by author on front free endpaper to William Safire with inscription, "For Bill Safire / What an inspiration / it has been to know you / my gratitude and thanks / with affection / Michael / 2008." Octavo;..... More
Copenhagen: Technological Institute, 1957. First Edition in English. Quarto; 158pp. B&W photographs throughout with two color photo plates. Coated white dust jacket with color photograph of Olsen clock. Binding of patterned cobalt cloth with white spine; lettering stamped in blue. Lacks slipcase. Dust jacket mildly age-soiled with small tear and..... 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
First Edition. Hardcover. East Pittsburgh, PA: Westinghouse Technical Night School Press, 1925. Stated First Edition. Octavo; 544pp. Navy cloth binding with lettering stamped in gold on spine. No dust jacket. Edges have been rubbed and corners are bumped, some fraying on head and foot of spine. Indentation on top and..... More
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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