New York: Macmillan Company, 1935. First American Edition from the British sheets. Thick octavo; publisher's cloth in printed price-clipped dust jacket; xxvii,[1],692pp.; frontispiece, thirty-six (36) leaves of plates printed on rectos and versos, hundreds of text illus. throughout. Jacket quite worn with substantial loss affecting nearly the entirety of rear..... More

London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1895. First Edition in book form. Small octavo. 76 pp. + advertisements. Black and white photographs and illustrations; fold-out of Thaumatrope laid in. Publisher's red cloth decorated in black, gray, and gilt; floral endpapers. Slightly ex-library with bookplate of University of Oxford's Laboratory of..... More

New York: Macmillan Company, 1928. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's black cloth, gilt-lettered spine; xvii,[5],361pp. Cloth extremities quite scuffed with shallow loss at spine crown and bumping at tail, front hinge cracked, textblock toned, contemporary ownership ex libris and signature of a Kennedy Crumrine to front pastedown and free endpaper..... More

V.p.: v.i., 1826-1838. Mixed Editions. 12mo (18cm.); contemporary sheep over marbled boards. Contemporary library markings including spine shelf number and ex libris mounted to upper cover, neat manuscript table of contents affixed to front pastedown, hand-made paper fore-edge tabs, general scuffing to extremities, leather a bit dried, else Very Good..... More

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1982. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in pictorial dust jacket; xiv,173pp. Moderate wear to jacket from handling, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper, else Near Fine in Very Good jacket. More

Paris: Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin, 1981. Facsimile reprint of the 1674 edition. Octavo; publisher's red printed card wrappers, yapp edges; [10],319pp. Light shelf wear, spine a shade sunned, contemporary ownership signature inside upper cover, else Very Good and sound. More

London: Temple Press Ltd, 1951. First UK Edition. Octavo. 198 pp. Black and white and color illustrations. Black cloth stamped in gilt. Lacks dust jacket. Boards worn along extremities with some general scuffing and spine faded. Binding is sound. Tear and wear along center of top of final..... More

Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie., 1867. 2e Édition. Small octavo (17.75cm.); contemporary red cloth-backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine; [4],v,[1],253pp. General shelf wear, spines a bit toned, else Very Good and sound. Forms part of a series of popular science pieces published annually. Includes essays on the Suez Canal..... More

Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie., 1866. Two volumes; small octavo (17.75cm.); contemporary red cloth-backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine; [4],237; [2],238pp. General shelf wear, spines a bit toned, else Very Good and sound. Forms part of a series of popular science pieces published annually. More

London: Evelyn, Adams & McKay, [1969]. Facsimile Reprint of the 1854 Edition. Quarto; publisher's cloth in decorative white dust jacket; xv,[5],647pp. Jacket extremities rather chipped with short closed tear to rear panel's top margin only just touching text, the whole rather dust-soiled, corners bumped; a Very Good, internally sound copy..... More

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1978. First Edition. Bookplate signed by Aldiss loosely laid in at front. Octavo; 206pp. Illustrated dust jacket with £4.50 price intact; book in sea-blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket shows a couple dime-sized chips at top and bottom of back panel, with another small..... More

Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1995. First Edition. Signed by Brian Warner with brief inscription to photography historian Larry Schaaf. Octavo. 241 pp. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Illustrated glossy boards. No dust jacket, presumably as issued. Errata slip laid in at front. Boards show light shelfwear with..... More

Boston: Artech House Publishers, 2000. First Edition with full numberline. Octavo; xv, 370 pp +1 ads. Charts and diagrams throughout. Illustrated boards. Covers sturdy with a few faint scratches to surface, nudging to spine ends, and a light roll to spine. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Publisher's news release..... More