Second Edition. New York: Pitman Publishing Corporation, 1948. Second Edition. Signed by the author on front free endpaper with insciption "To Jack Rabinow, / Jan 21/55 AL Rawlings." Octavo. 303 pages. In illustrated dust jacket with original "$5.00" price present. Green cloth boards with spine stamped in gilt... More about The Science of Clocks and Watches
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First Edition. Hardcover. New York: Columbia University Press, 1951. First U.S. Edition. Octavo; 64pp. Printed dust jacket with original $2.00 price over blindstamped blue cloth boards with black title block and gilt lettering to spine. Jacket toned, with chipping at spine ends and a few rubbed punctures along folds. Boards... More about The Impact of Science on Society [Matchette Foundation Lectures, Number III
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 about Tables of the Properties of Saturated Steam and Other Vapors
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 about Elements of Surveying, and Navigation, with a Description of the Instruments and the Necessary...
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 about The Algebra of Electronics: Solving Circuit Problems
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 about Lonely Planets: The Natural Philosophy of Alien Life
50th Anniversary Edition. Mineola: Dover Publications, 2019. 50th Anniversary Edition. Signed by foreword author Paul Dickson without inscription on half title. Quarto; 311pp. Photo-illustrated dust jacket over black cloth boards with gilt lettering. Jacket and covers bumped at corners and head of spine, else jacket is clean and crisp with... More about Apollo Expeditions to the Moon
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 about Nuclear Physics: A Course Given By Enrico Fermi at The University of Chicago
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 about The Soil: Its Nature, Relations, and Fundamental Principles of Management
Hardcover. London: Granta Books, 2002. Second Printing by numberline. Signed by the editor Graham Farmelo to author and language columnist William Safire with brief inscription on full title. Octavo; 283pp. Printed dustjacket with original $25.00 price; book in teal cloth with silver lettering to spine. Jacket nudged at spine ends... More about It Must be Beautiful: Great Equations of Modern Science
First Edition. Hardcover. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1976. First Edition with full numberline. Signed by Kahn on front free endpaper to author, columnist, and former Nixon speechwriter William Safire with inscription: "April 16, 1976 | To Bill Safire, | Whose column I admire, | enjoy, and even endorse... More about The Next 200 Years: A Scenario for America and the World
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 about A Compendious System of Natural Philosophy with Notes Containing The Mathematical Demonstrations,...
First Edition. Hardcover. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1926. First Edition. Octavo; [xii], 362pp. Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Missing dust jacket. Covers shelfworn with bumping to corners and spine ends. Covers open easily and book falls open to between a few gatherings, but binding is holding... More about Holism and Evolution
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 about The Mathematical Theory of Electricity and Magnetism
First Edition. Hardcover. Cold Spring Harbor: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2000. First Edition with no additional printings listed. SIGNED by the author without inscription on full title. Octavo (9.25" x 6.5"); xx, 250pp. Photo-illustrated dustjacket over black leatherette with silver lettering. Jacket lightly shelfworn with some nudging to head... More about A Passion for DNA: Genes, Genomes, and Society
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 about The Raman Effect and its Chemical Applications
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 about Patrick Moore's Data Book of Astronomy
Hardcover. New York: Prentice-Hall, 1950. Third Printing. Signed by the author with brief inscription on front free endpaper: "Inscribed by the author Robert A. Millikan for Mr. & Mrs. J.R. McCreary [?], July 23, 1950." Octavo; 311pp. Photo frontis, with 8pp photo spread at center. Black cloth boards with gilt... More about The Autobiography of Robert A. Millikan
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. Edges have been rubbed and corners are bumped, some fraying on head and foot of spine. Indent on top and bottom of front... More about Applied Elasticity
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 about Fundamental Aspects of Quantum Theory
First Paperback Edition. Paperback. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2014. First Paperback Edition with full numberline. SIGNED by the author without inscription on full title. Octavo (9.25" x 6"); [xvi], 542p. Embossed paper covers. Book very lightly curved along fore-edge, with light shelfwear to corners and rubbing to embossed gilt... More about The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
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. Covers edgeworn with bumping at corners and spine ends, along with some soiling and smudging down spine and more lightly on... More about The Techno-Chemical Receipt Book: Containing Several Thousand Receipts: Covering the Latest, Most...