Rangoon: Office of the Superintendent, Government Printing, 1905. Folio, pp. [4], 183, [1]; tables throughout; ex-Oregon Agricultural College with bookplate, pressure stamp on title page, pocket inside back cover, the whole vertically creased and with the rebacking extending into the letterpress on the back wrapper, else a good, sound copy..... More
Albany: published for the convention, 1849. 8vo, pp. 58, [2]; removed from binding, wrappers wanting; a bit of spotting, else very good. "The object of the convention is to take into consideration the iron interests of the state and to adopt such measures as may be deemed advisable, to give..... More
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Shanghai: China Daily Herald Tribute Co., distributed by the Commercial Press, Ltd., 1935-45. Complete from no. 1 to no. 7, the years leading up to World War II and the war years themselves. 7 volumes, thick 8vos, tables throughout (some folding), several folding maps, much advertising matter throughout, some with..... More
New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1937. First edition, 8vo, pp. 316, [2]; pictorial endpapers; previous owner's name on front free endpaper, else very good, sound copy, without the dust jackiet, in original blackcloth, printed paper label on spine. More
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1985. Edition limited to 300 copies, 8vo, pp. [20]; sewn in brown printed paper wrappers, fine. Designed by Abe Lerner. With a slip on the publisher's standing order policy laid in. 30 Years of Bird & Bull, A41. More
[Providence], Union Buildings: September 22, 1836. Quarto bifolium circular (approx. 9¾" x 8"), printed on the first page only with address panel on verso of the integral leaf; previous folds, very good. Rhode-Island Cloth Company circular announces that it has leased the fire proof stores in the Union Buildings, Market-street..... More
Bristol: January 20, 1842. Large bifoliate bill of sale (approx. 13½" x 10¾"), 3 pages plus a docket on the verso of the integral leaf, listing approx. 55 goods and commodities, each with prices affixed, purchased by James Le Baron from the owners of the prize vessel General Jackson which..... More
Glasgow: David Colville & Sons, ca. 1910. Slim 12mo, pp. 15; black and white photographic illustrations; original blue pictorial cloth stamped in gilt; small spot of soiling on upper cover, else fine. Trade catalogue advertising 6 types of pig iron produced by Scotland's largest steel works, which would become a...... More
London: The Hudson's Bay Record Society, 1965. Limited edition for subscribers only, of which this is no. 1079, 8vo, pp. lxviii, 455, [1], xv, [5] (blank); full black cloth gilt, printed paper dust jacket; light soiling to board edges, spotting to text edges; very good. Hudson's Bay Record Society publication..... More
Edinburgh: [publisher not identified], 1756. 12mo, pp. xix, [1]; 228; contemporary full sheep, red morocco label on gilt-decorated spine; covers neatly rejointed, extremities rubbed and worn; good and sound. With a 2-page manuscript summary tipped in at the front regarding the various attributions of authorship. Originally published in London in..... More
Berlin: Julius Springer, 1925. Small folio, pp. [4], 251, [1], [4] ads; 278 illustrations in the text; original parchment-backed gray paper-covered boards stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; plain paper-dust-jacket split along the joints; all else near fine. With the ownership signature of Paul C. Nicholson (1888-1956) on..... More
Hopedale, Mass. The Draper Company, 1901. First edition, 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 304; original brown cloth, gilt lettering on front cover; illustrations throughout, primarily machinery and products; covers rubbed; some pencil markings on front pastedown; otherwise very good. More
Paris: H. Desforges, 1908. Second edition, 8vo, pp. vi, 611, [5]; 44 text illustrations, mostly of implements; mostly unopened, printed paper wrappers; water damage to wrapper and first 5 leaves, leading to a loss of about one inch of the top margin, not affecting text; lower wrapper chipped, upper with..... More
New York: E. Leitz, Inc., 1930. 8vo, pp. 39, [1]; illustrated throughout, largely with photoengravings; some toning of the wrappers, else near fine in original gray printed wrappers. Two-page mimeograph price list for April 1930 laid in. "A microtome is a cutting tool used to produce extremely thin slices of..... More
Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, 1906. Folio, pp. [2], ii, 64; [2], ii, 60; [2], ii, 58; [2], ii, 54; 2 errata slips tipped in; 4 folding maps (2 rather large at 28" x 52"), tables in the text; library card binding with paper label and accession..... More
Los Angeles: Grant Dahlstrom & Saul Marks, 1967. First edition, 1 of 800 copies with typography by Saul & Lillian Marks, The Plantin Press, 8vo, pp. [8], 131, [1]; photographic portrait of Zeitlin, illustrations in the text; fine in original orange quarter cloth over patterned cloth, printed paper spine label..... More
Los Angeles: Grant Dahlstrom & Saul Marks, 1967. First edition, 1 of 800 copies with typography by Saul & Lillian Marks, The Plantin Press, 8vo, pp. [8], 131, [1]; photographic portrait of Zeitlin, illustrations in the text; fine in original orange quarter cloth over patterned cloth, printed paper spine label..... More
Hudson: Observer Press, 1849. First edition, 8vo, pp. 51, [1]; lacking the folding map; accompanied by the report of Prof. Alexander C. Twining, consulting engineer, and the statement of the president and directors to the stockholders of the company. Original tan printed wrappers; upper wrapper loose and reattached with tape..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1913. First edition, 8vo, pp. xxi, [1], 259, [5]; frontis. of the author, original red cloth, gilt spine and cover; near fine; ex-MHS. More
Cambridge & London: Belknap Press of the Harvard University Press, [1975]. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, pp. xxiv, [6], 825, [1]; [10], 829-1625, [1]; frontispieces, 20 illustrations and 4 maps; fine set in near fine dust jackets. Robert Hart's 45-year tenure in China's maritime customs service as Inspector General. Hart..... More
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1984. First edition, 8vo, pp. xvii, [7], 212; 68 tables and 23 figures in the text; a fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. More
Harrisburg, Pa: gedruckt und zu haben bei G. S. Peters, 1829. 16mo, pp. 143, [1]; full contemporary calf; spine ends chipped, calf peeling at the bottom of the upper board, stains, the occasional minor tear, a few leaves extended; fair to good, but complete and the binding is relatively sound..... More
London: Gresham Publishing Company, 1911. 2 volumes, folio; 470 text illustrations and 10 colored overlay plates, each with many articulated parts, some with over 10 overlays, showing cross sections of lathes, boring, milling, grinding, planing and shaping machines; full original dark green cloth stamped in black and gilt - the..... More
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1993. 4to, pp. 190; text illustrations throughout; black cloth, fine in a fine illustrated dust jacket, with a small price sticker on inner flap. More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1935. 8vo, pp. xx, 411, [1]; 49 photoreproductive plates, including frontispiece, charts in text; full burgundy cloth gilt; ex-library from the consulate of Kobe, with their acquisition stamp on free endpaper, half title, and dust jacket, item number label on spine, tide staining to..... More
