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Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Softcover. Trade paperback, 9 in. x 6 in., pp. xi, 219. Illustrated with diagrams, charts, and black and white photographs. Very light thumbing to corners. More
Paris, France: Chez Mequignon-Marvis, 1819. First French Edition. Leather-bound. Octavo. Tree calf (8" x 5") , Once halfbound. Corners reinforced with green leather(?). Replacement label 5 7/8", along spine, in contrasting red, ruled and lettered in gilt). Light foxing throughout. Bears bookplate of Chandler Dymock Ingersoll to front pastedown, and..... More
Braunschweig: von Friedrich Vieweg & Sohn. 1877. Second Edition, Revised & Enlarged. Leather-bound. 8vo. Original half-leather over marbled boards Rubbing and some scuffing to extremities with 1/4" loss of leather at top of spine, and a bit of peeling of marbled paper to rear board. Second edition, substantially enlarged and..... More
Portland, OR: J.K. Gill Co., 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 8.3 in. x 6 in., pp. 211. Illustrated with tissue-guarded frontis photo of the author and thirty additional plates. Ribbed olive green cloth boards with gilt framed title to front and gilt title and wreath to spine. Bit of rubbing..... More
New York: Thomas Kinnersley, 1825. Leather-bound. Quarto, 10.6 in. x 9 in., pp. xvi, 879, 55, [1] (directions to binder). "Embellished with a Series of Beautiful and Appropriate Engravings, Designed and Executed by the First Artists." Twenty-one copper engravings. Rebound in half calf over marbled boards with original spine laid..... More
CHICAGO, ILL: Laird & Lee, 1904. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. "A Text-book for Students Apprentices Artisans Engineers", sections on static and current electricity, batteries, measuring instruments, direct and alternating current machinery, transformers, converters, power stations, electric railways, telegraph, electric light, telephone, wireless telegraphy, electroplating, X-rays, radium, etc. Includes 150 black and..... More
London, England and New York: E. & F.N. Spon / Spon & Chamberlain, 1915. Revised "New Impression" Pamphlet. Pamphlet, brown card covers with black lettering and design, and black lettering to spine. Creased bottom front corner (cover and pages) where booklet obviously once fell to the floor. Book consists of..... More
Paris, France: Chez Jean-Thomas Herissant, 1761. Leather-bound. IN FRENCH. EN FRANCAIS. Quarto. Full mottled leather. Considerable wear to corners and edges, with missing leather. Spine shows five raised bands (six compartments) with gilt decorations to each compartment. Front board a little loose, but still holding nicely. Marbled endpapers. Tailpieces at..... More
New York: Robert Carter and Brothers, 1858. ("A New, Improved, and Enlarged Edition"). Octavo. Brick red/Light Brown cloth covered boards, both front and rear bordered with stamped, heraldic motif in black. Title in red-on-(bright) gilt to spine, with chessboard-like design within black and gilt lines at top and bottom. 403..... More
Missoula,Montana: Mountain Press Publishing, 2022. Second Printing. Softcover. Perfectbound folio 9 in. x 8 1/4 in. A guide to 60 of the most compelling geologic sites in the state...with "destinations that span the state's geologic history from the Triassic marble at Oregon Caves to the 240 year-old lava dome on..... More
London: William S. Orr & Co., 1846. Hardcover. 4to (measuring 10" x 7" x 2"), three-quarter bound leather over black buckram, a later but handsome rebinding, with original spine label affixed. Fourteen engravings on steel, "eight line engravings, and two hundred and fifty vignettes on wood, with several hundred diagrams..... More
Salem [Mass] New-England: Printed and sold by Samuel Hall, near the exchange, 1772. First Edition. Stitched Pamphlet. ORIGINAL Stitched Pamphlet (8 3/8 in. x 5 1/2 in. [vi] pp. 87. Andrew Oliver proposed that comet tails were made up of air, and that life could exist in such air. 87..... More
London, England: I (John) Okes, for Jasper Emory, 1639. First Edition. Pamphlet. First book on Metallurgy in English. LACKS TITLE. Quarto. (6 3/4" x 5 1/2"). Disbound with leather remnants of spine. Woodcut initials and decorations. Our copy missing first unsigned signature : 4to: B-I , K² [$3 signed]; 34..... More
Whittier, California: Self-Published, 1911. First Edition. Leather-bound. Quarto. 10.25" x 6.75". Brown, limp suede, with leather title sewn into suede cover, from the back. Yapp edges. Bound/tied with leather cord. 68 pages. Printed by Will A. Smith's print shop, Whittier, California. Headpiece design to top of each page depicting geothermal..... More
Portland, OR: Metropolitan Press, c. 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 8 in. x 5.25 in., pp. 23. Blue cloth boards with gilt title to front and spine. Rubbing to boards. Sunning to spine and edges. Unmarked interior. Laid-In: personal printed paper "Season's Greetings" bookmark of noted Oregon/Arizona/Washington State poet and..... More