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
![Item #13576 Mostly About Museums: From the Papers of A.E. Parr [Signed to Stephen Jay Gould]. A...](/pictures/thumb/13576.jpg?v=1658171958)
[New York]: The American Museum of Natural History, [1959]. First Edition. Signed by the author to paleontologist and evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould on title page with inscription "To Dr. Stephen J. Gould, with appreciation from Albert Eide Parr." Tall octavo; 112pp. Green paper over black cloth boards with..... More
![Item #9426 Mémoires sur la famille des légumineuses [Articles on the Legume Family]. A P. de...](/pictures/thumb/9426.jpg?v=1619620911)
Lehre: J. Cramer, 1966. First Thus of reprint edition in facsimile of volume published in Paris in 1825. Octavo (28x20x3.5cm); [ii] + vi + 525pp + 2 fold-out geographical distribution tables + 70 full-page plates. The copper engraving plates reproduce the botanical drawings by Jean-Christophe [Kumpfler] Heyland. [Entirely in French..... 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
Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1976. First Thus. Octavo; publisher's blue-grey printed card wrappers; xiii,[1],272pp. Light shelf wear, spine rather sunned and faintly creased, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper, else Very Good and sound. Issued as Vol. XXVIII of Philosophia Antiqua: A series of monographs on ancient philosophy. More
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
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
New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1962. First U.S. Edition (stated First Edition, with A-N code). Bookplate signed by Arthur C. Clarke loosely laid in at front. Octavo. 234 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Green and black boards stamped in gilt. Price-clipped dust jacket rubbed with some light staining..... More
New York: Meredith Press, 1967. First Edition, stated. Signed by Arthur C. Clarke without inscription at front free endpaper. Octavo. 301 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $6.95 price present. Black boards stamped in silver and purple. Dust jacket lightly worn along edges with some general rubbing but no..... More
![Item #7115 Entretiens Populaires [2e Série]. Association Polytechnique, Évariste...](/pictures/thumb/7115.jpg?v=1598288714)
Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie., 1867. 2e Édition. Small octavo (17.75cm.); contemporary red cloth-backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine; [4],vii,[1],262pp. General shelf wear, spines a bit toned, else Very Good and sound. Forms part of a series of popular science pieces published annually. Includes a contribution by the French..... More
![Item #7114 Entretiens Populaires [3e Série]. Association Polytechnique, Évariste...](/pictures/thumb/7114.jpg?v=1598288579)
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
![Item #7112 Entretiens Populaires [4e Série]. Association Polytechnique, Évariste...](/pictures/thumb/7112.jpg?v=1598288334)
Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie., 1864. Small octavo (17.75cm.); contemporary red cloth-backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine; [4],410pp. General shelf wear, spine a bit toned, light soil to preliminaries, else Very Good and sound. Forms part of a series of popular science pieces published annually. Includes hygienist Apollinaire Bouchardat's..... More
![Item #7113 Entretiens Populaires [6e Série]. Association Polytechnique, Évariste...](/pictures/thumb/7113.jpg?v=1598288462)
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
Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1986. English-language text. Octavo. 496 pages. Black and white illustrations throughout. Red boards stamped in white and black. Erratum slip laid in at back. Boards lightly rubbed at corners and spine edges. Binding is sound. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Some foxing to interior, but..... 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
![Item #10091 A Rude Awakening [Signed Bookplate Laid in]. Brian W. Aldiss](/pictures/thumb/10091.jpg?v=1625682341)
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
![Item #7291 The Satellite Communication Applications Handbook [Second Edition]. Bruce R. Elbert](/pictures/thumb/7291.jpg?v=1600451635)
Boston: Artech House Publishers, 2004. Octavo; xvii, 532 pp +1 ads. Illustrated glossy boards. Covers show a tiny tear at head of spine, else are sturdy and solid. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. 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
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
Cambridge: Printed for the Members of The Limited Editions Club at the University Press, 1956. First Thus, Limited to 1500 copies of which this is no. 432. Quarto; publisher's decorative cream cloth stamped in brown, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, brown topstain, in original paper-covered slipcase; xvi,[2],489pp.; wood-engravings throughout..... More
Scranton, PA: Intext Educational Publishers, 1971. First Edition. Octavo. 246 pages. Black and white illustrations. No dust jacket. Green boards stamped in black and red. Light shelfwear to edges. Binding is sound. Ownership inscription to front pastedown. Interior otherwise clean and unmarked. More
Ames, IA: Iowa State University Press, 1986. Reprint. Octavo. 182 pp. Black and white illustrations. Red cloth boards stamped in gilt. No dust jacket. Significant bump at head of spine, else boards sturdy and squared. Ownership inscription to front free endpaper but pages otherwise unmarked. Binding is sound. More
London: Frank Cass & Co. Ltd, 1968. Reprint. Octavo. 160 pp. + index. Red cloth boards stamped in gilt. No dust jacket. Boards show light shelfwear with bumping to top corners and nudging at spine ends. Spine a bit dulled. Ownership inscription to front free endpaper, else pages unmarked. More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1948. First Edition. Octavo. 182 pages. Orange printed wraps. Annals of Mathematical Studies Number 18. Light wear to edges of wraps. Stained along spine with some general creasing and rubbing. Bookseller pencil price to front wrap and bookseller ticket to bottom of rear..... 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