New York: The Century Co., 1906. Hardcover. As. 440 pp. 8vo. Brown cloth coverboards feature gold embossed titling on a brown label on spine. Minor scuffing to corners and edges of spine. Head text block is gilded. Very clean throughout. Very Good. More
Boston: Houghton Miffiln, 1994. Hard Cover. First Edition. First Printing. Light spotting along top edge of dust jacket, in mylar cover.
Inscribed by Donleavy in green ink on title page. Fine / Very Good. More
New York: American Institute of Physics, 1964. Wraps. First Edition. [2],107-187, [2] pp. 4to. Gray paper wraps that are quite clean. Ex-library with small black library stamp on front cover and title page, no other markings.
A year before Arno Allan Penzias and Robert Woodrow Wilson discovered Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) radiation, this Soviet team predicted its existence and that it could be measured. Very Good. More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1907. Wraps. First Edition. First Printing. Title page printed in red and green. 48 pp. Cream-colored paper wrappers over stiff paper boards. Front cover is decorated with a motif of holly leaves and berries in bright gilt. Front cover also has a decorative, bright gilt border and the title and author's name in red. Covers are slightly aged, soiled and edge-worn. There are a couple of small holes in the hinge at the front cover. The rear cover has a few tiny, dents and/or scratches. Spine ends are bumped, chipped and split. Corners are bumped. Covers are protected by the original glassine which is aged, soiled and chipped and/or torn along the bottom and, particularly, the top edge. Small... More
![THEORETICAL BASIS FOR THE LASER: "Zur Quantentheorie der Strahlung [On the Quantum Theory of Radiation]" (Physikalische Zeitschrift, Vol. 18, pp. 121-128). Albert Einstein.](/pictures/thumb/27729_1.jpg?v=1461169735)
Leipzigh, Germany: S. Hirzel, 1917. Hardcover. First Edition. xi, 604 pp. 4to. Black cloth binding with gold embossed titling to spine. Ex-library stamp on title page, the only indication of its former life in an institution. Very clean within.
Albert Einstein's (1879-1955) derivation of Planck's law for thermal radiation. Einstein also introduces the possibility of stimulated emission of radiation, the principle behind the laser. Very Good. More
New York: A.L. Burt Co., 1905. Hardcover. First Edition. 308 pp. + pub. ads. 8vo. Dust jacket has color illustration on front, spine chiped at ends, rear panel soiled and edgeworn, now in mylar cover. Lettering on spine sunned. Spine indicates "The Boy Chums Series." Light green boards with pasted-on color picture center front that replicates dust jacket illustration. Red and darker green lettering front and spine. Wear along very edges. Black & white frontispiece illustration.
This was the first title in the series, the story of two boys who meet deadly rattlesnakes, battle a wild panther, are attacked by outlaws, almost lose their boat to a swordfish, are shipwrecked by a monster manatee, and pass safely through many exciting scenes of danger in the... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1924. Hard Cover. First Edition. First Printing. 323 pp. Blue cloth covered boards with light wear and scuffing from age. Small red spots on rear cover board, original paper label pasted to spine has yellowed slightly with age. Clean and crisp within. Very Good. More
Cabot, VT: Vermont Stoveside Press, 1967. Wraps. Limited Edition. 19 pp. 12mo. Heavy cream paper wraps Clean within.
Produced in an edition of 200 copies, this being copy #182. Fine. More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2009. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 287 pp. Folio. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / fine. More
Falconer, Ian. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2007. Hardcover. First Edition. Clean, crisp copy. Fine / 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, 1839. Hardcover. First Edition. iv, [5], [1]-12, [1]-438, [8] 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, # 27495 "Experimental Researches in Electricity -- Eighteenth Series" (pp. 17-32), & #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 in Electricity -- Twenty-Third Series" (pp. 171-188), #27508 which contains "Experimental... More
London: Royal Society of London, 1851. Hardcover. First Edition. x, [1], [1]-331, [1], clvii 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), #27513 "Experimental Researches in Electricity -- Twenty-Eighth... More
London: Royal Society of London, 1846. Hardcover. First Edition. viii, [1]-647, 11 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.
Faraday was the first to speculate that light is a form of electromagnetic radiation. In late 1845 he showed that magnetism and light interacted by demonstrating that a strong magnetic field can rotate the plane of polarization of light, a phenomenon now called the “Faraday effect.” In the paper that described this experiment Faraday also stated his belief that “The various forms under which the forces of matter are made manifest … are so directly related and mutually dependent... More
London: Royal Society of London, 1838. Hardcover. First Edition. ix, [1]-59, [1]-414, [8] 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.
Faraday makes an early step toward the discovery of the electron. In 1838, he passed an electrical current through a glass tube containing various gases, and noticed a strange “glow discharge” that occurred at both electrodes as he evacuated the tube. The glows extended from both electrodes for some distance as he increased the evacuation, but it never fully met at the middle. Also see our #27489 for Faraday's "Experimental Researches in Electricity -- Fifteenth Series," # 27495... More
Self Published, n.d. Wraps. First Edition. 24 pp. 12mo. Brown paper wraps with burn mark at top edge of front page that has continued into the text block to page 5. Cover has split at base of spine to front staple, otherwise tight copy. Previous owner's address on rear cover in ink.
An interesting piece details the séance in which the medium Arthur Ford had received guidance from Houdini's spirit and uttered the code word that Houdini and his wife, Bess had agreed upon prior to his untimely death. Bess Houdini later denied that the word "Forgive" was the word he was to utter from beyond. Very Good. More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1902. Hardcover. As. Vol. 1: 320; Vol. 2: 341 pp. 8vo. Green cloth cover boards feature gold embossed titling on spine, light scuffing overall, with some staining on front board near spine of Vol. 1. Frontispieces of each volume have red ink captions on wax paper covers. Clean throughout.
With photogravures of the original illustrations by Rooker and Corbould. Very Good. More
London: M. A. Nattali, 1844. Hardcover. First Edition. vii, [1], 109, [3], 10 plates. 4to. Red cloth covered boards with blind embossed border detail to front and rear boards, gold embossed titling to spine. Spine cloth has split at rear gutter causing a 7" flap from, 1-3/4" flap at the foot of the spine that is still attached. Bumping to corners, soiling as well. Previous owner's bookplate attached to front pastedown, age toning to endpapers. Light soiling within.
Illustrated with 10 plates showing different types of tools and techniques for engraving. An important book in its time that illustrated the entire procees, from the tools of the artist to the tools of mechanical production. Good. More
Boston, MA: John P. Jewett & Company, 1854. Hardcover. As. vi, 161 pp. 16mo. Brown blind embossed publisher's binding with gold embossed illustration of a three masted schooner on front cover, gold embossed titling to spine. Bumping to corners, light wear to head and foot of spine. First free endpaper missing. Light foxing throughout, heavier and endpapers. Illustrated throughout with woodcuts.
A later printing of an account first published in 1829. Scarce nevertheless. Very Good. 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
London: Royal Society of London, 1852. Hardcover. First Edition. viii, [1]-659, [1], 14 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 contains Michael Faraday's "Experimental Researches in Electricity -- Twenty-Eighth & Twenty-Ninth Series" (pp. 25-56, 137-159); Charles Wheatstone's "Contributions to the Physiology of Vision. Part the Second. On Some Remarkable, and Hitherto Unobserved, Phenomena of Binocular Vision (Continued), (pp. 1-17)" James Prescott Joule's "On the Air Engine" (pp. 65-82); George Gabriel Stokes' "On the Change of Refrangibility of Light" (pp.463-562). Very Good. More
New York: Random House, 2006. Hardcover. First Trade Edition. 422 pp. 8vo. Dustjacket has minor wear at corners and edges of spine. Cover boards are light blue paper and beige cloth and have orange metallic titling on spine. Endpapers are beige with a handwriting print design. Signed by the author on the title page. Very Good / Very Good. More
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1852. Three Quarter Leather. As. 768, 710 pp. 4to. Color frontis Vol. 1, Handsome volumes have corners and backstrips of smooth calf, set off with stamped rules. Leather replacement spines have five raised bands, red title blocks, and gilt lettering and embellishments. Some corner and edge-wear. All leather lightly scuffed. Boards are a peacock marbled pattern in shades of tawny browns, with all edges in matching pattern. Endpapers have been added to Vol. 1 in a different marbled navy/red/light blue design; Vol. 2's original endpapers match boards and are tape-reinforced. Foxing to all flyleaves; little or none in text blocks. Stamp of previous owner on title page of Vol. 1 and on half-title of Vol.2. Vol. 1 has a lovely full-color... 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
New York, NY: The MacMillan Company, 1931. Hard Cover. First Edition. First American Edition. Fifth Printing. Slight bumping to corners, fraying at top of spine, titling has faded but is still readable. Good. More
