ASTRONOMY of today: a popular introduction in non-technical language
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1909. 8vo, pp. 362-[363]; color frontis, plates, illus. in text; very good in orig. red cloth gilt; ex-MHS. More
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Astrophel and Stella.
Portland: Thomas B. Mosher, 1905. First edition Ltd. to 925 copies, 12mo, pp. {viii], 141; white art vellum soiled, silk ribbon bookmark laid in, box slightly soiled and worn, else good. Hatch 317. More
At a General Assembly of the governor and company of the English colony of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations ... An act for the establishment of a college or university, within this Colony... [drop title]
[Providence: J. Carter, 1803.]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 12; uncut; recent marbled wrappers; slight toning, else near fine. Timely reprint of the 1764 act establishing Rhode-Island College, which in the following year became Brown University. Among its clauses was one exempting the college president and professors from state taxes. American..... More
At the General Assembly of the Governor and Company of the English Colony of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, in New-England, in America; begun and holden by adjournment at East-Greenwich, within and for the colony aforesaid in the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty-four ... An act for the establishment of a college or university, within this colony [drop title]
[Providence: printed ... by J. Carter, 1803.]. 8vo, pp. 12; stitched, as issued. An early 19th century reprint of the original charter to form Rhode-Island College, published here to commemorate the change of name to Brown University in 1804. American Imprints 4972; Bartlett, p. 64; Sabin 70716. More
At the General Assembly of the State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, begun and holden by adjournment at Newport, within and for said State, on the second Monday of June ... Present, His Excellency Nehemiah R. Knight, Esq. governor... [drop title]
[Providence: Hugh H. Brown, printer, 1817.]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 56; stitched, as issued; uncut; some worming in the blank outer margins of the first ten leaves (not touching any letterpress); all else very good. At the head of the title: June, 1817. Signed in ink at the end by..... More
Atami: "the Riviera of Japan" [cover title]
Atami: Atami City Office, ca. 1946. Small 12mo, single sheet folded into 10-sided pamphlet; black and white illustrations, mostly photographic; a few stains, else very good. Travel brochure for "Japan's No. 1 Spa," printed in occupied Japan. More
Athens national museum thera collection: specially selected 16 sheets
Athens: Athens National Museum, 1976. Set No. 3. 16 color postcards in pictorial slipcase. Near fine, with a little age toning to case. Depicted are frescoes from c. 1500 B.C. More
Atlas and farmers' directory of Meeker County, Minnesota, containing plats of all townships with owners names
St. Paul: Published by The Farmer [by] Webb Publishing Company, 1913. Large, slim 4to, pp. 37, [9]; full-page color maps throughout; original green printed cloth (soiling), edges quite frayed and worn; joints reinforced, large tear to pp. 22A-22B affecting text without loss of meaning, else interior very good and sound..... More
Atlas of Beijing
Beijing: Surveying and Mapping Pub. House, 1994. Folio, pp. [8], 271, [5]; color maps, diagrams, and photographs on geography, history, culture, urban development, and so on; text in Chinese; maroon patterned cloth with gilt title on spine and cover, in pictorial paper dust jacket, both fine, in a slip case..... More
An authentic account of the value of property destroyed by the great fire in Fall River, July 2, 1843
Boston: Dutton & Wentworth, 1844. First edition, 8vo, pp. 33, [3]; tables in the text throughout; stitched, as issued; self-wrappers; title page soiled, top edge trimmed close; very good. Includes the names of the property holders, their losses, the amount of insurance, and the names of the insurers of each..... More
Autograph book containing approximately 68 autographs, among whom John Greenleaf Whittier, evidently collected by a student at the Friends' Boarding School in Providence, R.I., now Moses Brown
Providence: 1859-61. 8vo, 51 filled-in pages, some pages with several signatures, others have been left blank; the flyleaf has inscription "Mattie from Nellie 1859." A publisher's pebble-grain morocco binding with "Autographs" in gilt on the upper cover, a.e.g.; the spine is perished, 2 or 3 gatherings extended or loose, the..... More
Autographs of four Nobel laureates in peace
V.p., v.d. On index cards and a bookplate. Includes: Norman Ernest Borlaug, Nicholas Murray Butler, Linus Pauling, and Elie Wiesel. More
Autographs of ten Nobel laureates in chemistry
V.p., v.d. Primarily on index cards, 3 with names of the recipient. Includes: Paul Berg, Johann Deisenhofer, Herbert A. Hauptman, Dudley R. Herschbach, Roald Hoffmann, Yuan T. Lee, Rudolph A. Marcus, Glenn T. Seaborg, HenryTaube, and Frank Wilczek. More
Autographs of twenty-one Nobel laureates in medicine
V.p., v.d. Primarily on index cards, some dated; the Watson-Crick signatures on a 11" x 8½" sheet titled "Jurassic Jitters" in 3 paragraphs. Includes: Julius Axelrod, David Baltimore, George Wells Beadle, Baruj Benacerraf, Francis Crick, D. Carleton Gajdusek, Joseph L. Goldstein, Roger Guillemin, George H. Hitchings, Arthur Kornberg, Edwin G...... More
Bacon's four inch map of Central London
London: G.W. Bacon & Co. Ltd., [n.d.] (c. 1940's). Folding map in color (scale: four inches to one mile) which folds up into approx. 8'x5' panels; Street plan of London including electric railways, tubes, bus and tramway routes - also stranger's guide and street index; some minor tears at folds..... More
Bacon's new map of London with guide
London: G.W. Bacon & Co. Ltd., [n.d.] (c.1922). 12mo, pp. 24; large folding map of London in color (29.5 " x 39.25"), 2-page large scale map of central London; front free endpaper offset; upper edge of rear cover sunned, else very good and sound in original green cloth, lettered in..... More
Baedeker's conversation dictionary in four languages, English, French, German, Italian
Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1889. Slim 16mo, pp. vi, 230; text in double columns; original orange cloth lettered in gilt, all edges marbled; ex-Hamilton College Library with usual markings and gift bookplate; spine toned, a few ink markings on covers; bfep nearly loose; contemporary owner signature on ffep, textblock very good..... More
Ballads of the Dorr War; collected from the papers of the day, to which is added an epigram never before printed
Providence: Sidney S. Rider & Brother (printed for private distribution), 1869. Of this pamphlet only twenty-five copies are printed, all of this size; two of which are on blue paper (this one of 23 on regular paper); slim 8vo, pp. 37, [3]; printed on rectos only; contemporary half blue straight-grain..... More
Bartholomew's pocket plan of Glasgow and suburbs [wrapper title]
Edinburgh: John Barotholomew & Son, Ltd., n.d., [ca. 1950s?]. Large folding color map of Glasgow and environs approx. 24½" x 32", folding down into orange printed wrappers (approx. 6¼" x 4"), with a 15-page index mounted inside the front cover; very good, map is fine. More
Bartholomew's road atlas of Great Britain
Edinburgh: John Bartholomew & Son, Ltd., 1952. Ninth edition, "with new town plans and improved road information," small 4to, 96, 116 (index): color road maps throughout; fine copy in the dust jacket. More
Beckett cover standardized paper
St. Paul, Minnesota: McClellan Paper Company, [ca. 1950]. Oblong 8vo, unpaginated; original linen-backed pictorial wrappers, fine. Sample book of "Beckett Cover" paper, with color, weight, and textile samples. "A Butler Brand" printed on front wrapper. Does not seem to be in OCLC. More
Beeswing manifold [watermarked]
New York: International Paper Company, [ca. 1940]. Oblong 8vo, unpaginated; original blue pictorial wrappers (very lightly soiled), minor edge wear; provides 6 sheet of colored sample papers, fine. "McClellan Paper Company, Duluth, Minneapolis, St. Paul" printed on back wrapper. More
Before the computer virus there was the termite
[Two Rivers, WI]: Hamilton Wood Type Museum, n.d., [ca. Folio broadside (approx. 17" x 12½") printed in three colors with wood type on thinly shaved on wood veneer on chipboard. More
BELGIUM: its institutions, industries and commerce. General notes collected and published under the direction of the General Commassariat...
Brussels: Em. Rossel, 1904. 8vo, pp. xx,528; illustrated throughout, original pictorial wrapper preserved; contemporary black cloth, green morocco label, very good; ex-MHS. Issued in conjunction with the Belgium exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904. More
