Stockholm, Sweden: P.A. Norstedt & Söner, 1903-1949. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Uniformly bound volumes in goldish brown cloth with black leather title patch with gold embossed titling on each volume. Clean within. Articles are in Swedish, English, French, and German. Although ex-library, stamping is minimal and non-existent in a number of volumes. Heavy set, will require additional postage.
Important scientific journal focusing on mathematics, astronomy, and physics published by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Volumes included in set: 1, 3, 5-14, 17, 20-26, 30-36. Fine. More

Derby, CT: Charleton Publications, 1969-1971. Wraps. First Edition. 3 issues: Vol. 21, No. 117 (April 1969); 50 pp. Vol. 22, No. 137 (December 1970); Vol. 23, No. 144 (July 1971). Each issues is 50 pp., 4to. Light scuffing, address label on each issue has been blocked out with black marker.
Issues feature the work of Chet Atkins, Bill Anderson, Roger Miller, Waylon Jennings, and Merle Haggard. Very Good. More

Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1983. Hardcover. First Edition. First English Translation Edition. Considerable wear and scuffing to dust jacket, small losses at edges and front flap of spine. Clean within.
Prepared for the 100th anniversary of Einstein's birth to present the views of Russian scientists and philosophers about Einstein's concepts and philosophy. Very Good / good. More

London: William Clowes and Sons, 1862-1873. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Uniform red cloth bindings with gold embossed titling to spine. Very minor wear overall, a remarkably clean set.
An interesting 19th century publication, London Society brought together popular authors, poets, and artists to create a monthly magazine of entertainment. This set represents the first eleven years of publication. London Society published the early works of authors like Arthur Conan Doyle and artists Randolph Caldecott, Mary Ellen Edwards, and George Cruikshank. Fine. More

1940s. Spiral Bound. First Edition. Small spiral bound "Artcraft Sketchbook" with brown cardboard covers. Has a new mylar dust jacket and housed in a custom clamshell box built by bookseller's in-house bindery.
Note taped to verso of front cover signed Florence Phinney but no record of that name associated with a cartoonist. An exquisite collection of fifteen original pencil drawings with some colored pencil work from the World War II era depicting life on the home front. This unknown artist was very likely a professional as each drawing is exceptional and very humorous. Fine. More

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1908. Hardcover. First Edition. x, 159 pp. 12mo. Blue cloth cover with ornate gold embossed decoration on cover board. Bumping and scuffing to corners and edges. Endpapers have are slightly brittle due to quality of paper, interior pages have light foxing throughout. Otherwise clean with chromolithograph illustrations of locations along the ship's route. Good. More

London: Royal Society of London, 1886. Three Quarter Leather. First Edition. 842 pp. 43 plates. 4to. Recent brown three quarter leather bindings with five raised bands at spine, burgundy title patch with gold embossed titling, gold lines offsetting bands, decorative stamp in each compartment without titling. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Numerous pages throughout volume are brittle with small tears and losses at edges, a large tear at midpoint in the title page of Poynting's article. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound. The occasional library stamp as it is an ex-library volume, rebound.
William de Wiveleslie Abney (1843-1920) extended his interests to spectroscopy and was the first to suggest (1877) that stars with rapid axial rotation could be detected by broadened lines in their..... More

Abranowicz, William. Bedford, NY: Mianus River Gorge, Inc., 2005. Hardcover. Limited Edition. Unpag. 36 plates. Folio. Light scuffing to dust jacket with minor stains from shelf wear, now in mylar cover.
A wonderful record, in 36 color plates, of a year in the Mianus River Gorge. Published in an edition of 1,250 copies in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Mianus River Gorge. Fine / Very Good. More

Boston, MA: Thomson Wadsworth, 2005. Hardcover. Third Edition. First Printing. xx, 1545 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy. No dust jacket, as issued. Fine. More

London: Royal Society of London, 1878. Hardcover. First Edition. v, 756 pp. 31 plates. 4to. Recent brown three quarter leather bindings with five raised bands at spine, burgundy title patch with gold embossed titling, gold lines offsetting bands, decorative stamp in each compartment without titling, blind embossed borders to front and rear boards. Table of Contents has a horizontal tear mid-page on p.[v], triangular piece missing from lower right corner of p. 163. Interiors clean. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound.
Adams and Day's paper outlines their discovery that, when illuminated with a candle, that selenium produced a flow of electricity. Current solar panels and other solar charged equipment like desktop calculators were built off this principle. Also contains..... More

Boston, MA: Art in Boston, 2009. Broadside. First Edition. 8 1/2 by 11 inches. Paper is Mohawk Via Felt. Designed by Stephen Stinehour, for “Art in Boston” for the Botolph Club & Gallery Kayafas. Fine. More

Brussels, Belgium: Association Pour La Diffusion Artistique et Culturelle, 1957. Wraps. First Edition. 276 pp. 4to. Slick stiff wraps with scuffing from shelf wear, clear exterior original laminate on cover starting at edges. Very clean within. A photo of Walter Gropius and one of his buildings grace the front cover.
This premier issue of "Zodiac" contains Walter Gropius's (1883-1969) article, "Apollo in the Democracy" (pp. 9-14) which was his address when given the Hanseatic Goether Prize at Hamburg June 5, 1957. This publication represents a "Who's Who" in International and Modern design mid-century. Articles by Sigfried Giedion, Ettore Sottsass Jr., Victor Gruen and others, accompanied by reviews of books, and photographs of contemporary buildings. What is as interesting as the design content are the advertisements..... More