Paris: Domino Press, 1931. Hard Cover. First Edition. Colorful French take on the story of Daniel Boone in vibrant colors in the Art Modern tradition of the period. Text in French. Paper covered boards with illustration of Daniel Boone Camping. Soiling to cover boards, wear and rubbing at edges, spine cloth missing, but entire binding intact. Previous owner's name in ink on first free endpaper, clean and vibrant within. Photographs gladly provided. Good. More about Daniel Boone: Les Aventures d'un Chasseur Americain Parmi les Peaux Rouges

Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1890. Wraps. First Edition. 1172 pp. 4to. Wear and cuffing to original light salmon colored wraps. Original paper label pasted to spine with Volume # and year handwritten in black ink. Clean within, most pages uncut. Text in French. Housed in custom protective chemise with gold embossed titling to spine.
Edouard Branly (1844-1940) demonstrates the first sensitive device for detecting radio waves, later named the "coherer." Very Good. More about BRANLY'S COHERER: "Variations de conductibilities sous diverses influences electriques"...

Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1903. Hardcover. First Edition. 1782 pp. 4to. Paper covered boards with brown leather spine with gold embossed tilting, minor chipping to head and foot of spine. Very clean within. Text in French.
In 1903, Pierre Curie and his laboratory assistant Albert Laborde determined that radioactivity releases immense amounts of heat -- 100 calories per gram per hour. Very Good. More about RADIOACTIVITY & HEAT: "Sur la chaleur dégagée spontanément par les sels de radium.”...

Paris: Chez Le Breton, 1760. Full-Leather. A wonderful set in very good condition (some scuffing). Tall 24mos. Tree calf leather, gilt-tooled spine with leather labels, marbled boards. Each vol. has finely engraved frontis and plates. Text in French. Very Good. More about Oeuvres de Moliere. Nouvelle Edition (8 Volumes