London: Taylor and Francis, 1892. Three Quarter Leather. First Edition. vii, [1], 533 pp. 8vo. 10 plates, all folding. Rebound in an exquisite three quarter leather binding with brown leather spine with four raised bands, gold embossed titling on black leather patch titles, marbled paper insets to cover boards. Only indication of ex-library status is Japanese ink stamp on the title page. Very clean within.
Francis Ysidro Edgeworth's (1845-1926) paper in which he descriubes the first systematic analysis of correlation in relation to the normal distribution. Herein he coins the term "coefficient of correlation." Fine. More

Chicago, IL: Kelmscott Gallery, 1986. Wraps. First Edition. 85 pp. Oblong 4to. Light scuffing to covers from shelf wear. 120 illustrations of plans, photographs of houses, studies, interiors by the architects and designers included in the exhibition of the same name that was shown at The Armstrong Gallery in New York, March 12-April 5; The Tartt Gallery in Washington, DC, April 12-May 3; and Lunn Ltd. in Chicago, May 8-13, 1984. Fine. More

London: Royal Society of London, 1843. Hardcover. First Edition. viii, [1]-336, [2] 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. Crumpling and tears to p. 37/38, does not impact this article.
Also see our #27486 which contains Faraday's "Experimental Researches in Electricity -- Eleventh, Supplemental Note, Twelfth, Thirteenth & Fourteenth Series, #27489 which contains Faraday's "Experimental Researches in Electricity -- Fifteenth Series" (pp. 1-12), #27500 with Faraday's "Experimental Researches in Electricity -- Nineteenth, Twentieth & Twenty-First Series" (pp. 1-62), our #27503 which contains Faraday's "Experimental Researches in Electricity -- Twenty-Second Series" (pp. 1-41), our #27505 which contains "Experimental Researches..... More

London: Royal Society of London, 1856. Hardcover. First Edition. iv, [3], v, [1]-951 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.
Also see our #27486 which contains Faraday's "Experimental Researches in Electricity -- Eleventh, Supplemental Note, Twelfth, Thirteenth & Fourteenth Series, #27489 which contains Faraday's "Experimental Researches in Electricity -- Fifteenth Series" (pp. 1-12), #27495 which contains Faraday's "Experimental Researches in Electricity -- Eighteenth Series" (pp. 17-32), #27500 "Experimental Researches in Electricity -- Nineteenth, Twentieth & Twenty-First Series" (pp. 1-62), & #27505 "Experimental Researches in Electricity -- Twenty-Third Series" (pp. 171-188), #27508 which contains "Experimental Researches in Electricity --..... More

Galena, IL: Community Development Fund of Galena, 1937. Wraps. As. Later Printing, n.d.. 79 pp. 8vo. Slightly lighter blue wraps that than the true first edition of this publication. Clean and crisp within, 15 pages (unpaginated) of black and white photos at rear, Large, color folding map in Fine condition tipped into rear of book.
A reprint of one of the earliest city guides produced as part of the WPA American Guide Series. Very Good. More

Ferriss, Hugh. New York: Ives Washburn, 1929. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 140, [iii] pp. 4to. Wear and scuffing to dust jacket, chips and tears, small losses at head and foot of spine, darkening to spine from sunning, cellophane tape repairs to rear of dust jacket, not visible from front, now in mylar cover. Black cloth covered boards that are sharp and tight, silver embossed signature of Hugh Ferris on cover, silver embossed titling to spine. Slight bumping to corners, clean and tight within.
Hugh Ferriss (1889-1962) was trained as an architect but spent his career creating fabulous renderings for other architects. Through those renderings, Ferriss produced an urban vision that sold buildings on behalf of architects like Raymond Hood, Cass Gilbert, and Holabird &..... More

New York: Carlyle Communications Inc., 1973. Mass Market Paperback. As. 252 pp. 12mo. Light wear and scuffing to covers, minor soiling, creasing to spine. Very Good. More

New York: Twelve: The Hachette Book Group, 2017. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 406 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy. Brand New.
Signed by Al Franken in black sharpie on the title page. Fine / fine. More

Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1816. Hardcover. First Edition. 452, 440, 448 pp. 8vo. Volumes I & II have blue paper boards with a brown tape spine; Volume III has the same brown paper spine, but with brown leather covers, also has marbled endpapers. Light scuffing from shelf wear. Clean within. Numerous plates and illustrations, some folding. Text in French.
Augustin-Jean Fresnel's (1788-1827) first published paper on light. In it he repeated with more precision the diffraction experiment first performed by Thomas Young, thus supporting the wave theory of light. He also provided the basis for determining the wavelength of light by establishing the algebraic relationship between the wavelength and the spacing of diffraction fringes and made the first tentative speculation about the transverse nature of light waves. ..... More

College Park, MD: The American Physical Society, 2002. Wraps. First Edition. 230401-1 - 239602-1, xlv, [5] pp. 4to. Green paper wraps with some scuffing, ex-library with stamp on first free endpaper. Clean and crisp within.
This is the first experiment to produce a substantial number of antihydrogen atoms (~50,000) that lasted a relatively long time (a few seconds). Fine. More

Park Forest, IL: The Prairie School Press, 1963. Hardcover. Facsimile Edition. Unpag. Folio. Green cloth boards with brown cloth over spine that wraps 1/3 of the way to front and rear boards, gold embossed titling to spine and rear board. Top edge gilt. Small bump 1-1/2" above foot of spine. Prospectus laid in. Housed in custom green cloth slipcase.
A stunning copy of the facsimile edition of "The House Beautiful" produced by William Winslow and his Auvergne Press in 1896/1897. Winslow was a client of Frank Lloyd Wright and enlisted Wright to create the intricate designs that adorn each page. Winslow's original edition was bound with a brown leather spine, here reproduced in cloth. A faithful facsimile, this edition even includes the fourteen page booklet..... More

London: Royal Society of London, 1858. Hardcover. First Edition. v, [8], 21, [1]-909 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.
John Gassiot (1797-1877) describes an early observation of cathode rays. Also contains Arthur Cayley's "Memoir on the Theory of Matrices" & "A Memoir on the Automorphic Linear Transformation of Bipartite Quadric Function" (pp. 17-37, 39-52) and Joseph Lister's "An Inquiry Regarding the Parts of the Nervous System Which Regulate the Contractions of the Arteries," "On the Cutaneous Pigmentary System of the Frog," & "On the Early Stages of Inflammation" (pp. 607-625, 627-643, 645-702). Very Good... More

Berlin, Germany: G. Reimer, 1964. Hardcover. Facsimile Edition. iv, 404, 3 plates at rear. 4to. Pages 13-28 misbound at rear between pages 392 & 393, complete. This is a facsimile edition of the original journal, published in 1829. Text in German.
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss's (1777-1855) first published paper on his principle of least constraint. Fine. More