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: McGraw-Hill, 2009. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 109 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
Inscribed by the co-authors, brothers Armsand and Donald Feigenbaum, and signed by both of them. Inscribed to Dana Mead (1936-2018), former CEO of Tenneco (1992-2008) who was a great proponent of the Feignebaum's theories and used them as consultants at Tenneco. Fine / Fine. More

Arlington, MA: Tuesday Journal Press, 2007-2011. Wraps. First Edition. Letterpress printed covers folded to serve as envelope that contains letterpress-printed poems, photos, artwork.
Seven issues, including Premier plus issues 2 3, 5, 7, 8, 9. Each contains 16-20 items, wrapped in folded letterpress-printed "title" sheet. Poets range from David Rivard to Thomas Sayers Ellis to Sophie Cabot Black and Charles Simic. A beautifully produced set. Also contains duplicate issues of the Premier and Issue 2 for a total of 9 issues. Fine. 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

Gotha, Germany: Friedrich Andreas Perthes, 1871. Hardcover. As. 290, [3] pp. 4to. Recent, half-leather binding with brown leather spine, five raised bands, gold embossed titling, brown marbled paper boards. Interior clean and tight. Ex-library with two ink stamps on title page. Text in Latin.
This is the 1871 reprint of the first edition of 1809 that contains Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss's (1777-1855) famous calculations of the orbits of asteroids and other bodies orbiting around the Sun. Also included his description of least-squares. Fine. More

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1998. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. Unpag. Elephant Folio. Clean, crisp extravagantly illustrated volume of one person's collection. Laid in is a 16 pp. catalog of black and white images that provides the background information for each of the series of color photographs of the same objects in the book. Slipcase in fine condition, decorated with same photographs that illustrate the dust jacket, front and rear.
Signed by Geismar and Kahn in year of publication on second free endpaper. Fine / Fine. More

Cincinnati, OH: The Pettibone Bros. Mfg. Co., 1895. Hardcover. Twelfth Edition. 488 pp. 16mo. Brown cloth boards with blind embossed borders to front and rear boards, gold embossed heraldic symbol on cover board, gold embossed titling to spine. Slight mottling to exterior boards from age, two pinpoint holls at base of front hinge. Publishers ads front and rear pastedowns, clean within. Very Good. More

Dallas, TX: Pressworks Publishing, 1981. Hard Cover. Limited Edition. 90 pp. 4to. Light buff colored blank dust jacket. Quarter cloth binding with list of books within printed on pastepaper cover, very light color variation. Clean and crisp with errata slip laid in.
Published in an edition of 225 copies, 1-200 offered for sale. Unisgned, and appears to be copy "B", see photograph. Fine / Fine. More

Gallipolis, OH: Hank Snow Fan Club, 1961-1966. Wraps. First Edition. Seven separate issues of the Hank Snow Fan Club News (Winter 1961, Fall 1962, Spring 1963, Summer 1963, Winter 1963, Winter 1964, Spring 1966). Unpag, 8 pp each. 8vo. Black and white fan club publication reports from fan club members report on attending a Hank Snow concert, and "A Message From" that starts each issue. The first six issues have a black ink notation at the upper right corner of each issue, "CM-30"
Hank Snow (1914-1999) was an early and enduring star of the Grand Ole Opry. Best known for his hits, "I'm Moving On," " I Don't Hurt Anymore," and "I've Been Everywhere." Snow overcame a childhood of poverty and abuse to become one..... More

London: Royal Society of London, 1781. Three Quarter Leather. First Edition. 4to. Two papers published within the annual proceedings report of the Royal Society of London. 4to. Brown three quarter leather binding with five raised bands at spine, red leather patch title, gold embossed titling and blind embossed rose emblems in compartments without titles; marbled paper insets on front and rear boards. Clean within. Trifold Tab 11 illustrating Herschel's description of his telescope and observations tipped in at p. 256 is very clean with no tears or losses. Pages were trimmed when rebound.
Herschel's first scientific paper, on the Periodical Star and the first description of his telescope. Very Good. More

Boston, MA: Little, Brown, and Company, 1934. Hard Cover. First Edition. First Printing. 126 pp. 8vo. Light scuffing to dust jacket with small stain at upper left corner of front which wraps a bit to the spine, tiny tear here and there along the edges, small loss at head of spine, now in mylar cover. Yellow cloth boards with blue embossed titling to cover and spine, clean and crisp within.
The basis for two movies (1939 & 1969) for which Robert Donat won the Oscar for Best Actor at the 1940 Oscars, beating out Clark Gable, Laurence Olivier, Mickey Rooney, and Jimmy Stewart. Fine / Very Good. More