![Mémoires sur la famille des légumineuses [Articles on the Legume Family]. A P. de Candolle,...](/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: 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
Paris: International Academy of Astronautics, 2015. First Edition. Octavo; xvi, 392 pp. Color and black and white illustrations, charts, and tables throughout. Illustrated boards. Covers sturdy and square with a faint run to laminate on front. Bookplate compliments of the Heinlein Prize Trust with printed Dula signature on front free..... More
![Entretiens Populaires [2e Série]. Association Polytechnique, Évariste Thévenin, ed](/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
![Entretiens Populaires [3e Série]. Association Polytechnique, Évariste Thévenin, ed](/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
![Entretiens Populaires [4e Série]. Association Polytechnique, Évariste Thévenin, ed](/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
![Entretiens Populaires [6e Série]. Association Polytechnique, Évariste Thévenin, ed](/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
![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
![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
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1888. Third Edition, Revised. Octavo (20cm.); publisher's green cloth, gilt-lettered spine; viii,[2],307,[1],[2](ads)pp. Light shelf wear and a few surface scratches, corners rather bumped, else Very Good, internally clean and sound. Treatise on natural theology by the American engineer, best known for his work..... 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
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
Ames, IA: Iowa State University Press, 1986. First Thus (stated First Edition). Octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's cloth in pale grey decorative dust jacket printed in red and black; xxxii,182pp.; illus. Light dust-soil and sunning to jacket spine panel, corners bumped, else Very Good or better. Forms part of the Iowa State..... 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
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
![An Introduction to the Global Circulation of the Atmosphere [Signed]. David Randall](/pictures/thumb/003884.jpg?v=1594152579)
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2015. First Edition. Signed by author on front free endpaper to Piers Sellers, former NASA astronaut and space shuttle veteran with inscription: "To Piers, Please write a book. I promise to read it. --DR." Tall Octavo. 442 pages. Glossy black boards. Rubbed at..... More
New Haven: S. Babcock, 1848. Reprint. Octavo. 420 pages. Black and white illustrations throughout. Full contemporary sheep with gilt lettering to spine. Olmsted coined the term radiator, was one of the first to observe Halley's comet, and is generally considered a pioneer in the field of meteor science..... More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1915. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's grey-green printed wrappers; 88pp.; twenty-one plates, including three folding views and one folding map printed in colors. Ex-Free Public Library of New Bedford, MA, with their contemporary rubberstamps, small additional rubberstamp to upper cover reading "Gift of the Government..... More
Boca Raton: Lewis Publishers, 2001. Second Edition. Octavo; [xii], 454pp. Illustrated boards. Covers lightly edgeworn with a few faint scratches to surface. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More