Hans Christian Orsted: Reading Nature's Mind.
Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2013. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. xix, 743 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More
Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2013. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. xix, 743 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More
New York: Christie's, 1988. Wraps. First Edition. 185 pp. 4to. Light bumping at edges. Clean within.
Auction catalog for the Legendary rare book dealer, John Fleming (1910-1987). Very Good. More
Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1939. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. xiii, 591 pp. 8vo. Light scuffing to dust jacket from shelf wear, sunning to spine, now in dust jacket. Bright red cloth boards and sparkling gold embossed titling, clean and sharp within.
Inscribed by Samuel Chugerman (1881-1956) in 1941 to his childhood friend, Aaron Rabinowitz. Laid in is Chugerman's letter to Rabinowitz alerting him to the publication and enclosing a copy of the review from the "Survey Graphic" of December 1939. Fine / Very Good. More
Johnson, Gigi Shaule. Los Angeles, CA: Suttonhouse Ltd., 1936. Hardcover. First Edition. Unpag. 4to. Dust jacket has very light scuffing from shelf wear, includes the elusive gold band with testimonial by John Steinbeck that "This is a a completely charming book!". Cover boards clean and sharp as is the interior.
A relatively unknown children's book by the author of "The House of Otowi Bridge" Fine / Very Good. More
San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1969. Hardcover. First Edition. 202 pp. 4to. Green cloth boards with gold embossed titling. Very light foxing within, otherwise sharp and clean. Small red remainder mark at base of text block. Very Good. More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2011. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 256 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More
Portland, OR: Poor Claudia & Tale City Press, 2009. Wraps. Limited. Unpag. 8vo. Green paper wraps, clean and crisp.
A mixture of poetry and essays signed by all contributors and the illustrator on the inside front cover flap. Clean, crisp copy. Of the 850 copies printed, this is #506. Fine. More
San Francisco, CA: City Lights Books, 1975. Wraps. First Edition. 40 pp. Oblong 8vo. Very slight wear, clean within. Very Good. More
San Francisco, CA: City Lights Books, n.d. Wraps. First Edition. Unpag pp. 8vo. Very slight wear, clean within. Very Good. More
Boston, MA: City of Boston, 1888. Hardcover. First Edition. 127 pp. 8vo. Brown cloth publisher's binding with gold embossed city seal on cover, scuffing to exterior boards. Front pastedown gutter has torn, but still tight to text block. Interior clean with slight darkening of paper from age. Photographs illustrate some of the projects, with early water staining.
A significant report in that it contains 20 page report (pp. 51-71) by Frederick Law Olmsted outlining the city's progress in planning for open space, public usage, and improvements. A large onionskin folding map shows the greater Boston areas, bay islands, and is keyed to parts of the report. A large folded map is laid in that details the Back Bay Fens in a plan provided by Frederick..... More
Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Hardcover. First Edition. x, 352 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy. No dust jacket, as issued. Fine. More
London: Royal Society of London, 1874. Hardcover. First Edition. v, [4], [1]-818 pp. 4to. Library binding, tan leather spine with gold embossed titling. Interiors clean, ex-library stamp on title page, and occurring sporadically within. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound.
Latimer Clark's first attempt to determine a standard measurement for the ‘volt.’
Also contains William Crookes' "On Attraction and Repulsion Resulting from Radiation" and J. Norman Lockyer's: "Researches in Spectrum-Analysis in Connexion with the Spectrum of the Sun. No. III & No. IV" (pp. 479-494 and 805-813). Very Good. More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1918. Hardcover. First Edition. xix, 545, [2 ads] pp. 8vo. Red cloth boards with gold embossed titling to cover and spine. Very light wear. Clean within. Very Good. More
New York: Harper, 2019. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 451 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
Signed by the author on the title page. Fine / Fine. More
Los Angeles, CA: Warner Independent Pictures, 2005. Wraps. First Edition. Specially printed for distribution to members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences in consideration for the nomination for Best Screenplay. 98 page production draft shooting script for the film of the same name. Fine. More
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1875. Hardcover. First Edition. xxv, 756 pp. 26 Plates. Folio. Printed paper covers with blue cloth spine and gold embossed titling. Wear and scuffing overall, losses to corners, tearing at head and foot of spine. Text block loose in boards with splitting to gutters but text block still tight. The 26 plates, a number are folding, are in Very Good condition. Ex-library with small label at base of spine, some stamping within. Good. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1939. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. x, 375 pp. 8vo. Light wear and scuffing to dust jacket, small chips and tears at edges, now in mylar cover. Rust cloth boards with silver embossed titling, slight yellowing to endpapers. Clean within. Very Good / Very Good. More
New York, NY: Viking, 1988. Hard Cover. First Edition. First Printing. xxxi, 350 pp. 8vo. Slight scuffing to dust jacket, now in mylar cover. Dust soiling along top edge of cover boards, small blue smudge at top of half title page, clean within.
Inscribed boldly by Senator Mitchell and Senator Cohen on half-title page. Very Good / Very Good. More
Paris: Editions Litteraires de France, 1951. Wraps. Limited Edition. 139 pp. Folio. Housed in a cardboard folder with a printed spine, it is then housed in a matching slipcase with Touchages illustrations reproduced on the sides. The slipcase is in Good condition with scuffing and wear and a split along the top seams. Printed wraps enclose the loose signatures of this production. The signatures are in excellent condition with interleaving over each illustration.
Produced in an edition of 159 copies, this being #90. Very Good. More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1899. Hardcover. First Edition. ix, 397 pp. 8vo. Red cloth binding with gold embossed titling to cover and spine which has darkened ever so slightly. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Folding map facing first chapter is in Fine condition, illustrated in text throughout, three folding maps are tucked in tipped in folder at rear and are in Fine condition as well. Very Good. More
London: The Argonaut Press, 1930. Hard Cover. First Edition. First Argonaut Press Edition. Faux vellum spine, red gray cloth covered boards with color embossed crest on front boards. Light scuffing to boards, interior clean and crisp, with some pages uncut. Limited edition printed on Japon Vellum in an edition of 1050 copies, this copy not numbered. Very Good. More
Washington DC: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2000. Hardcover. First Edition. 284 pp. 4to. Slight wear and scuffing to dust jacket, small 3/4" tear at upper left corner of dustjacket, now in mylar cover. Green cloth boards with gold embossed titling to spine. Clean within. Fine / Very Good. More
Durham, NH: University of New Hampshire Press, 2005. Hard Cover. First Edition. First Printing. xxxi, 348 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More
Camden, ME: Edward J. Walsh History Center, Camden Public Library, 2009. Hardcover. First Edition. 296 pp. 4to. Dust jacket in mylar cover. Previous owner's signature on first free endpaper. Fine / fine. More
Chinnery, George. Woodbridge, Suffolk, England: Antique Collectors' Club Ltd., 1993. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 320 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More