Thomas Reid's Inquiry. The geometry of visibles and the case for realism
New York: Burt Franklin, [1974]. First edition, 8vo, pp. [10], 147; frontispiece portrait; fine in original cloth, dust-jacket. Review copy with slip laid in. More
New York: Burt Franklin, [1974]. First edition, 8vo, pp. [10], 147; frontispiece portrait; fine in original cloth, dust-jacket. Review copy with slip laid in. More
N.p., June 1: n.y. Allow me to introduce to you Professor Bache of the University of Pennsylvania who is travelling through Europe to make himself acquainted with our scientific institutions... 4to, integral leaf detached, traces of mounting, one or two words smudged. More
[London]: Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1928. 8vo, pp. [543]-552; original green printed wrappers; stab-sewn; illustrations throughout. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Royal Society, A, Vol. 119, 1928. More
Arlington, Massachusetts: Medical History Publishing Associates, [1986]. First edition; 8vo; pp. vii, [1], 448; 12 illustrations; fine copy in original blue cloth, gilt spine. More
Cambridge, [Mass.]: Aug. 16, 1854. Broadside (approx. 9¾' x 7¾"), in the form of a letter: "Sir, I have completed a translation of Gauss's Theoria Motus Corporum Coelestium, etc. which I propose to publish, adding to it some notes and an appendix. The translation will be published under the auspices..... More
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1948. Second edition, 8vo, pp. viii, 191, [2, ads]; very good in original blue cloth in dust-jacket slightly discolored, with light edgewear. This second edition includes a new chapter on the use and implications of aircraft during the Second World War. Other chapters have been..... More
New York: Woman's Press, 1951. First edition, 8vo, pp. viii, 116; illustrations by E. Warren throughout; original blue cloth (soiled); ex-University of Rochester Library with usual markings, interior fine. More
England: Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, 1924. 8vo, pp. [471]-479, [1], [2] 1 photographic plate (6 leaves); original green printed wrappers; illustrated throughout. Reprinted from the Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, Vol. 68, Part III, October 1924. More
Amsterdam: C. G. Van der Post, 1857. 4to, pp. [4], 115, [1]; Bound with: De Haan, Over eenige nieuwe herleidingsformulen bij de theorie der bepaalde integralen. Amsterdam: C. G. Van der Post, 1870. Pp. 64, [2]. Bound with: De Haan, Over eenige gevallen bij de theorie van onstadige (discontinuë) functiën..... More
Genève: Du Villard fils & Nouffer, 1778. First edition, 2 vols., 8vo, pp. 272; 334; title within printed border; woodcut ornaments; contemporary full mottled calf, red and black morocco labels on gilt-decorated spines; short crcaks in 2 joints else generally very good and sound. Quérard II, p. 440. More
Dublin: William Williamson, 1758. First Dublin edition (the first English edition was printed in London earlier the same year), 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. xviii, [19]-378; [4], [9]-356; 5 engraved plates (3 folding); contemporary full calf recased and rebacked in modern calf of slightly varying color, gilt lettered direct on spine;..... More
Paris: Baillière et Fils, 1909. Second edition, thick 8vo, pp. 839, [8] ads; 420 illustrations in the text; orig. green printed wrappers; joints and spine restored with remains of old tape residue, else good and reasonably sound given the bulkiness of the volume. Issued as no. XXXIV in the publisher's..... More
Paris: Masson et Cie, 1927. 8vo, pp. 343, 48 (pub ads); numerous black & white illustrations, 4 color plates at rear, unopened; publisher's ads are toned, extremities toned and creased, long crack in wrappers extending length of spine, else very good in original printed wrappers. Head of title reads, "Annales..... More
Quebeci: ex typis Tho. Cary & Socii, 1835. 8vo, 395pp., contemporary half calf rubbed, worn and chipped, but sound; spine with hairline cracks. First edition of this text book of moral philosophy, logic, and ethics. TPL 5048. More
[London]: Reprinted from Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, 1935. 8vo, pp. 533-564; original tan printed wrappers. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series A, No. 865, vol. 148, pp. 533-564, February 1935. More
Paris: Germer Bailliere, 1847. First edition, pp. viii, 904; line illustrations and charts throughout; contemporary sheep-backed marbled boards, some light foxing on a number of leaves, otherwise a fine copy, complete with the half-title. The author's principal work. After Carron du Villard's treatise, this is the second systematic textbook in..... More
Milano: [Tipolito Macchi, 1971]. Facsimile edition limited to 150 copies (this no. 14); folio, pp. [2], 25, [3]; 64 facsimile plates of horological mechanisms and tools; original half black calf over marbled boards, all edges stained red; fine. This facsimile edition includes the text of the first Horology section of..... More
Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Co., 1963. First edition, 4to, pp. 365; black and white photographic illustrations throughout; original blue-green pictorial cloth, shelf wear, else very good; ex-School of Medicine and Dentistry Library with usual markings, interior mostly fine. More
Chicago: The Press of the Silver Quoin, 1944. Edition limited to 40 copies, 12mo, pp. [20]; fine copy in original blue paper-covered boards. With the note on the rear pastedown in Emerson Wulling's hand, "Ex dono J.M. Dille, by mail, 12/3/45." This is the second Silver Quoin book. More
Washington, D.C. National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, 1958. 4to, pp. [8], 271, [1]; figures, tables, illustrations, and maps throughout; text in double column; original green cloth-backed printed boards; ex-University of Minnesota, with accession numbers on spine, bookplate, and pocket inside back cover; markings aside, a very good..... More
New York: Pollard and Moss, 1890. New Edition. 8vo, pp. v, [1], [xiii]-xvi, [9]-407, [ 7] ads; original brown cloth, spine lettered and decorated in black; paper browned, otherwise very good. More
Washington DC: Smithsonian, 1899. 8vo, pp. 26; original printed boards backed in black cloth, ex-Hill library, with the usual marks; title corrected with tape, small tape repair on letter of transmissal page, good and sound. More
Washington: GPO, 1932. Second edition, 8vo, pp. vii, [1], 265; illus.; separate large facsimiles of Mitchell map of 1755 and 1848 map of southwestern US incl.; near fine in original printed wrappers. More
Washington, D.C. prepared at the Library of Congress and sponsored by the Office of Antarctic Programs, National Science Foundation, 1965. 4to, pp. vi, 506; original blue cloth; gilt lettering on front cover and spine; near fine. Primarily scientific publications, encompassing biology, geology, meteorology, and physics. Volume 1 of 4. More
[Lexington, KY]: the University Press of Kentucky, [c1970]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xxxviii, [2], 418, [1]; endpaper maps and frontispiece portrait printed in brown; a fine, crisp copy in dustjacket with a handful of minor smudges. More