Manchester, England/London: Harrison and Crossfield for Baldwin and Cradock, 1934. Hardcover. Second Edition. xx, 244, [4 ads] pp. 8vo. Original paper covers with wear and scuffing, paper title to spine, chipping at hinges front and rear. Front cover holding by single thread of binding at top of text block.
John Dalton's (1766-1844) first book. Dalton worked in a number of fields in addition to metereorology including chemistry and optics, being the first to conduct research into color blindness. Before weather balloons or airplane observation, meteorology was often practiced by climbing hills and mountains to record variations. Dalton was also known to be quite the mountaineer. This copy is inscribed by Dalton on the first free endpaper. Good. More

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1896. Three Quarter Leather. Third Edition. viii, 538 , iv, 562 pp. 8vo. Three quarter leather binding in what was originally a dark burgundy leather that has darkened considerably at spine due to sunning, marble paper insets to covers. Gold embossed titling to spine. Top edges gilt. Rear exterior hinge on first volume is starting, 7/8" tear in leather at midpoint of spine. Clean within. Good. More

New York: Oxford University Press, 1976. Hardcover. First Edition. First American Edition. First Printing. xi, 224 pp. 8vo. Minor scuffing to , small chip at head of spine, very light rubbing at edges, now in mylar cover. Very light dust spotting along edges of text block, boards and interior pristine.
Clinton Richard Dawkins (b. 1941) is likely best known as a University of Oxford trained evolutionary biologist who has taken on a wider public role as an atheist based upon his study of science and evolution. "The Selfish Gene" was Dawkins' first book and oddly enough, also introduced the word "meme" to the English language. Fine / Very Good. More

London: Royal Collection Enterprises Ltd., 2010. Hardcover. First Edition. 117 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More

Middleburg, VA: Foxcroft School, 1971. Hardcover. First Edition. 100 pp. 4to. Green cloth boards with gold embossed titling to cover and spine. Clean within.
Highly illustated biography/memoir of Foxcroft School founder and longtime headmistress, Charlotte Haxall Noland. Fine. More

New York: The Museum of Modern Art/Horizon Press, 1962. Hardcover. First Edition. 320 pp. 4to. Scuffing and tears to dust jacket from shelf wear, small losses at head and foot of spine, now in mylar cover. Black cloth binding with gold embossed titling to cover and spine, fraying to head and spine, wear to head nd foot of boards at corners. Previous owner's name in ink on first free endpaper, clean within. [Sweeney 1489]. Very Good / Good. More

London: Royal Society of London, 1859. Hardcover. First Edition. vi, [4], 16, [1]-930 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.
The first printing of William Farr's (1807-1883) preliminary report describing the use of the Scheutz calculator to prepare life tables, published five years before his English Life Tables, representing the very earliest application of computers to medical statistics.. Also contains Arthur Cayley's "A Sixth Memoir Upon Quantics" (pp. 61-90) and John Gassiot's "On the Stratifications in Electrical Discharges, as Observed in Torricellian and other Vacua.- Second Communication" (pp. 137-160). Very Good... More

New York: Scholastic Book Services/Pocket Books, Inc., 1965. Mass market paperback. As. First Pocket Cardinal Edition published in 1953, this copy is the 44th printing, printed in January, 1965. 237 pp. 16mo. Mass market paperback with cover image of the actress, Millie Perkins, who played Anne Frank in the 1959 film, "The Diary of Anne Frank" directed by George Stevens. Clean, crisp copy with stained red foredges. An absolutely pristine copy. Fine. More

London: Royal Society of London, 1859. Hardcover. First Edition. vi, [4], 16, [1]-930 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's (1797-1877) second paper describing an early observation of cathode rays, continuing article in our #27535. Also contains Arthur Cayley's "A Sixth Memoir Upon Quantics" (pp. 61-90) and William Farr's “On the Construction of Life-Tables, Illustrated by a New Life-Table of the Healthy Districts of England” (pp. 837-878). Very Good. More

New York: Oxford University Press, 1948. Hardcover. First Edition. xiv, 743 pp. 4to. Dust jacket has minor scuffing and small closed tears at edges and a 3/4" loss at top right corner of rear panel, now in mylar cover. Red cloth boards with silver embossed titling. Previous owner has inscribed his name and date of gift in light blue ink on front pastedwon, they have also pasted a small plate to the first free endpaper of a typed quote by William Maitland, "Today we study the day before yesterday, in order that yesterday may not paralyze today, and that today may not cloud our vision of tomorrow."
Siegfried Gideon (1888-1968) was an important influence on the International Movement in architecture and design. "Mechanization Takes Command"..... More

Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012. Hardcover. Third Edition. xxxviii, 312 pp. 4to. Slight bumping to edges of dust jacket and cover board. Clean and crisp within. Very Good / Very Good. More

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1866. Hardcover. Second Edition. xvi, 237 pp. 8vo. Green cloth boards with blind embossed border front and rear, gold embossed titling to spine. Dark brown endpapers with front gutter split along entire hinge, freeing front board from text block although the cover is still complete. Clean within. Three color plates present and in Fine condition. Good. More

Grey, Joel. New York: powerHouse Books, 2003. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. Unpag. Folio. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
Signed on the title page by Academy Award and Emmy Award winner, Joel Grey. Fine / Fine. More