London: Royal Society of London, 1897. Hardcover. First Edition. xv, 311 pp. Folio. Burgundy publisher's binding with gold embossed titling to spine. Numerous plates illustrate the articles.
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson's (1869-1959) paper describing the first cloud chamber. Fine. More
London: Royal Society of London, 1884/1890. Hardcover. First Edition. vii, 495, viii, 561, xxiv pp. 8vo. Green cloth bindings with burgundy title patch and gold titling to spine of each volume, call number handwritten in white ink at base of each spine. Wear and scuffing to both from library use. Ex-library with bookplate and library stamp on title page of each volume, some library stamps within. Numerous plates illustrate articles.
Franz Arthur Friedrich Schuster (1851–1934) studied the curved trajectory of cathode-ray particles (which he hypothesized were electrically charged atoms) in a magnetic field, and formulated an algebraic relationship between their charge/mass (e/m) ratio and their velocity. Later, in 1890 he estimated the upper and lower bounds for this ratio. This was the first step towards... More
Schneider, G. D. Athens, OH: Schneider of Athens, 1970. Wraps. First Edition. Unpag. Elephant Folio. 25 loose photographs plates housed within a large cardstock folio. Light foxing within. All is then placed in a black cardboard box which has numerous chips tears, and losses at edges, photographic title label pasted on cover.
Photographs of the author taken during his years in Africa. Inscribed to fellow photographer Eliot Elisofon in October of 1972. Laid in is a tri-fold publication, "Glass Sculpture," by Schneider as well, inscribed to Elisofon. Very Good. More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1913. Hardcover. First Edition. xl, 732 pp. 4to. Terracotta color publisher's binding with gold and black embossed titling and borders to cover board and spine. Ex-Library with Royal College Naval Library bookplate on front pastedown, borrower's card slot glued to front pastedown, due date sheet pasted to first free endpaper. No other library markings present other than the number "53" in white ink at base of spine. Clean within.
In the first paper van den Broek proposes the concept of "atomic number." to explain how the periodic table should be organized. In the second paper Soddy agrees with van den Broek and coins the term "Isotope." In the third paper Rutherford agrees with van den Broek and Soddy. Also contains three... More
London: Taylor and Francis, 1902. Three Quarter Leather. First Edition. viii, 732 pp. 8vo. 6 Plates tipped in at rear. Original brown three quarter leather bindings with five raised bands at spine, burgundy and black title patches with gold embossed titling, gold lines offsetting bands, marbled paper insets to front and rear boards. Scuffing and wear to leather. Blind embossed library stamp on first free endpaper along with an ink WITHDRAWN stamp, blind embossed library stamp on title page, due date sheet tipped onto last page of volume, very clean within.
First determination that radioactivity is a byproduct of transmutation of one element to another. Very Good. More
Various: Various, 1968-1979. Various. As. A collection of 5 separate copies of "Charlotte's Web" in foreign language editions, all signed by E. B. White. Titled as follows: "Charlotte's Web" [Paperback, Fine, Dutch Language (Amsterdam: A.J.G. Strengholt, 1968)]. "Charlotte's Web" [Hardcover, Fine in Fine Dust Jacket; First Persian Language Edition (Tehran, Iran: Zar Press, 1971)]. "Fantastika Wilbur " [Hardcover, Fine, no Dust Jacket as issued; Swedish Language (Oslo: Raben & Sjorgen, 1973)]. "Charlotte's Web" [Paperback, Fine, Greek Language (Greece, 1977)]. "Paukova Mreza" [Paperback, Fine, Bosnian Language (Zagreb: Biblioteka Vjeverica, 1979)].
All are signed by E. B. White on the first free endpaper. Ever the humorist, White has signed the Greek Language edition "E. M. Oyatt," the spelling of his name in Greek. From the Estate of... More
London: Royal Society of London, 1826. Quarter Leather. First Edition. v-iv [sic], [1]-391, [i]-xviii, [12], [v-vi, [1]-187 pp. 4to. Library binding, tan leather spine with gold embossed titling, scuffing and tears where call numbers have been removed. Interiors clean, ex-library stamp on title page, and occurring sporadically within. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound.
This complete volume of papers by numerous authors on a variety of subjects including medicine, natural history, physics, mathematics and archaeology, illustrated with numerous plates. Very Good. More
London: Royal Society of London, 1801. Quarter Leather. First Edition. iii-[viii], [1]-227, [1]-26, [iii]-iv, [1], [229]-420, [11] pp. 4to. Library binding, tan leather spine with gold embossed titling, scuffing and tears where call numbers have been removed. Interiors clean, ex-library stamp on title page, and occurring sporadically within. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound.
Walloston's paper outlines his development of the meniscus lens, a lens when used with the camera obscura flattened the image projected causing less distortion from the actual item being projected. This complete volume of papers by numerous authors on a variety of subjects including medicine, natural history, physics, mathematics and archaeology, illustrated with numerous plates. Very Good. More
London: Royal Society of London, 1799. Quarter Leather. First Edition. iii-vi, [1], [1]-156, [1]-26, [iii]-iv, [157]-348, [7] pp. 4to. Library binding, tan leather spine with gold embossed titling, scuffing and tears where call numbers have been removed. Interiors clean, ex-library stamp on title page, and occurring sporadically within. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound.
This full volume of papers by numerous authors on a variety of subjects including medicine, natural history, physics, mathematics and archaeology, illustrated with numerous plates. Very Good. More
Waltham, MA: Chronica Botanica Co., 18961949. Wraps. First Edition. 285-396 pp. 4to. Light wear and scuffing paper covers, small tears at head of spine, previous owner's name stamped in ink on front cover and first free endpaper. Very Good. More
Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, 1896. Wraps. As. 95, [2] pp. 12mo. Light wear and scuffing to covers, some chipping at edges, encased in custom mylar dust jacket. Folding plate illustration at rear. Text in German. Very Good. More
London: Royal Society of London, 1782, 1783. Quarter Leather. First Edition. iii-vii, 302, xxv, [1], [iii]-iv, [305]-462, [1] pp. 8vo. Library binding, tan leather spine with gold embossed titling, scuffing and tears where call numbers have been removed. Interiors clean, ex-library stamp on title page, and occurring sporadically within. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound.
Article building upon Newton's theories, Short paper by Volta announcing the invention of the "condensatore" for measuring small amounts of atmospheric electricity otherwise too weak for detection Paper by Wedgwood that describes the construction and use of a pyrometer, an ingenious invention for determining and registering high temperatures by the measurement of the shrinkage suffered by cylinders of prepared clay in the furnace or kiln. This... More
Oxford, England: The Clarendon Press, 1909. Wraps. First Edition. 47, [5] pp. Folio. Explanatory text and two chromocollotype plates (one double) in wraps, along with 4 pages of black & white photographs of cave paintings from which some of these illustrations were derived. Cave paintings copied by M. Helen Tongue for this publication. Published with 54 individual color plates and map as to where the paintings were found (all present and in Fine condition) that accompany the volume and all are housed in a the original cardboard clamshell box. Box has considerable wear and repairs with splitting at edges, fair condition at best.
Also contains, "Notes on the Bushmen" by E. & D. Bleek, pp. 36-44. Very Good. More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970. Hardcover. First Edition. x, 806 pp. 8vo. Dust jacket has numerous chips, tears, and losses, as well as minor staining, now in mylar cover. Green cloth boards with ivory cloth spine and gold embossed titling. Wear and scuffing to boards, light rust-like staining to boards and edges of text block.
Inscribed by E. B. White (1899-1985) to his wife, Katharine S. White (1892-1977) in blue ink on the first free endpaper: "For Katharine '...a lovely girl with ideals, principles, intelligence....' on that fateful day. 13 November. from Husband" A gift on the 41st anniversary of their wedding on November 13, 1929. According to Martha White, their granddaughter, Katharine White was a great admirer of Lady Bird Johnson and... More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1950. Hardcover. First Edition. Annals of Mathematics, Second Series, Vol. 52, No. 2, September 1950. pp. 491-505. 4to. Ex-Library. Red cloth library binding with gold embossed titling to spine, call number pasted at base, library stamp at head and foredge of text block. Library bookplate on front pastedown, card pocket at rear. Very clean within.
Alan Turing's (1912-1954) last paper. Turing gained posthumous fame for his work in early computer theory and the practical application of those theories in the development of the Colossus computer that was responsible for the breaking the German Enigma codes during World War II. After the War, Turing began to contemplate his earlier paper, "On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem," (Proceedings of... More
New York: Tudor Publishing Co., 1945. Hardcover. First Edition. First Tudor Publishing Edition. xxxii, 814 pp. 8vo. Wear and scuffing to dust jacket, small losses and tears at edges, now in mylar cover.
Co-edited by husband and wife team E. B. White (1899-1985) and Katharine S. White (1892-1977), Coward McCann published the original edition of this title on November 7, 1941, the Tudor Publishing edition was the second edition produced in hardcover, the Armed Services Edition (in wraps) was issued in 1944. [Hall B5] The only book that the Whites collaborated on, the title went through multiple editions over the years, the last published in an abridged version in 1962. This edition is unique in that it is White's personal copy, with both their... More
Philadelphia, PA: A. J. Holman Company, 1971. Full Leather. As. 280, 166 [Concordance], 22, [8] maps pp. 8vo. Flexible black leather binding with gold embossed titling to spine, all edges gilt, black ribbon marker. Black leather binding. Housed in custom clamshell box.
A unique, humorous, and poignant item, E. B. White's (1899-1985) personal Bible. Unique in that White has signed the Bible on the second free endpaper, humorous in that he has filled out the pre-printed gift presentation page to himself on May 28, 1975, on the occasion of "his buying a new Bible," and poignant that the only indication of any use is his recording of the death of his wife on the pre-printed page for family information: "Katharine Sergeant White July 20, 1977."... More
London: Royal Society of London, 1818. Three Quarter Leather. First Edition. vi, iv, [1], 527, [7], 23 [plates] pp. 4to. Recent brown three quarter leather bindings with five raised bands at spine, burgundy title patch with gold embossed titling, gold lines offsetting bands, decorative stamp in each compartment without titling, blind embossed borders to front and rear boards. Interiors clean, ex-library stamp on title page, and occurring sporadically within. Meteorological Journal for 1817 (26 pp.) included bound in at midpoint in the volume. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound.
Robert Seppings (1767-1840) was an English naval architect who developed a number of innovative designs that provided great assistance to the English Navy, his most noticeable being the system of cross-bracing outlined in this paper. William... More
Buenos Aires, Argentina: Guillermo Kraft, 1958. Full Leather. Fifth Edition. xix, 421, [2] pp. Folio. Originally published in wraps, this edition has been encased in a special binding of leather and horsehair that resembles a saddle or saddlebag. Leather exhibits wear and some losses to spine and corners, the horsehair portions are in very good condition. On color illustration is loose and laid in. Text in Spanish.
A dictionary of terms relating to ranching, horsemanship, Gauchos, and life on the ranches of Argentina in a fascinating binding. Originally published in 1943, this Fifth Edition was produced in an edition of 3,150 copies, this being #2555. Very Good. More
Braunschweig & Berlin, Germany: Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn/Julius Springer, 1929. Hardcover. First Edition. vii, 889 pp, 8vo. Volume is ex-library with brown patterned paper boards, lighter brown cloth spines and corner tips; gold embossed titling to spine. Wear to edges of cover boards where cloth has worn to reveal board beneath, hinge cloth beginning to split at front and rear cover but still tight to boards. Library stamps within, including stamps on title page of each volume, very clean with card pocket remaining on the rear pastedown of each volume. Minor waffling at base of text block from moisture, no damage to pages or text. All text in German.
Leó Szilárd (1898-1964) was a physicist and inventor who submitted patents for the cyclotron and linear..... More
Braunschweig & Berlin, Germany: Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn/Julius Springer, 1921-1922. Hardcover. First Edition. Volume 7: vi, 414 pp. 8vo; Volume 8: iv, 419 pp. 8vo; Volume 9: iv, 412 pp, 8vo. Each volume is ex-library with brown patterned paper boards, lighter brown cloth spines and corner tips; gold embossed titling to spine. Library stamps within, including stamps on title page of each volume, very clean with card pocket remaining on the rear pastedown of each volume. All text in German.
The Stern-Gerlach Experiment, conducted by Otto Stern (1888-1969) and Walter Gerlach (1889-1979) at the University of Frankfurt in 1922 was the first experiment to demonstrate the basic principles of quantum mechanics (physical phenomena at the atomic scale) and even went so far as to demonstrate... More
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1985. Hardcover. First Edition. First Greenwood Press Edition. Originally published in 1960 by the Oxford University Press. Clean, crisp copy. No dust jacket as issued. Fine. More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1962. Hardcover. First Edition. 68 pp. Light scuffing to dust jacket closed tear at head and foot of spine. Previous owner's name in ink on second free endpaper. Very Good / very good. More
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, n.d. Hardcover. First Edition. 1920s. 127, [1] pp. 12mo. Black cloth covered boards with red titling to spine. Light scuffing at edges, clean within. Very Good. More
Amsterdam, Netherlands: North-Holland Publishing Company, 1967. Hardcover. First Edition. xi, 430 pp. 8vo. Red cloth covered boards. Ex-Library with call number on label at spine, one stamp at base of preface page, much white out here and there where other stamps were covered over. Very Good. More
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