Category: Science

Image for Convention portant reglementation de la navigation aerienne en date du 13 octobre 1919. Convention relating to the regulation of aerial navigation dated 13th October 1919. Convenzione per il regolamento della navigazione aerea in data del 13 ottobre 191

Convention portant reglementation de la navigation aerienne en date du 13 octobre 1919. Convention relating to the regulation of aerial navigation dated 13th October 1919. Convenzione per il regolamento della navigazione aerea in data del 13 ottobre 191

Price: $110.00

Publisher: Paris, Allied and Associated Powers : 1935

Seller ID: 2242

Condition: Very Good

Original printed wraps, parallel texts in French, English, and Italian printed in 3 columns. Light wear to wraps.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 124 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. .
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Embalmers' Anatomical Aid

Price: $1,800.00

Publisher: Chicago, Western Publishing House : [1889]

Seller ID: 6083

Condition: Very Good

Multi-layered chromolithographic plates on linen-backed coated stock of Torso, Head, Eye, Ear, Upper & Lower Extremities with inexplicably detailed attention to the Male & Female Pelvic rgans. Wear to corners of locking folder (sans key), lacks key to letters in plates, with all movables intact.; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.
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Image for Encyclopædia, or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature : constructed on a plan by which the different sciences and arts are digested into the form of distinct treatises or systems, comprehending the history, theory, and practice of each according to the latest discoveries and improvements; and full explanations given of the various detached parts of knowledge, whether relating to natural and artificial objects, or to matters ecclesiastical, civil, military, commercial, &c.; including elucidations of the most important topic relative to religion, morals, manners, and the oeconomy of life : together with a description of all the countries, cities, principal mountains, seas, rivers, &c. throughout the world; a general history, ancient and modern, of the different empires, kingdoms, and states; and an account of the lives of the most eminent persons in every nation from the earliest ages down to the present times; compiled from the writings of the best authors, in several languages; the m 18 volumes.

Encyclopædia, or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature : constructed on a plan by which the different sciences and arts are digested into the form of distinct treatises or systems, comprehending the history, theory, and practice of each according to the latest discoveries and improvements; and full explanations given of the various detached parts of knowledge, whether relating to natural and artificial objects, or to matters ecclesiastical, civil, military, commercial, &c.; including elucidations of the most important topic relative to religion, morals, manners, and the oeconomy of life : together with a description of all the countries, cities, principal mountains, seas, rivers, &c. throughout the world; a general history, ancient and modern, of the different empires, kingdoms, and states; and an account of the lives of the most eminent persons in every nation from the earliest ages down to the present times; compiled from the writings of the best authors, in several languages; the m 18 volumes.

Price: $3,800.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Thomas Dobson : 1798

Seller ID: 4316

Binding: Full mottled calf with particulars to spine on re

Condition: Very Good

Vol I: 799p, 31 pl. [i]; Vol. II: 799p, 60 pl. Pp 594-600 tear into text without loss; Vol III: 806p, 20pl.; Vol IV. 793p, 26 pl.; Vol V: 807p, 24 pl.; Vol VI: 794p, 22 pl.; Vol VII: 797p, 38 pl. Neatsfoot oil stained pages,; Vol VIII: 800p, 18 pl.; Vol IX: 800p, 31 pl. lacking plate 260; Vol X: 788p, 22 pl.; Vol XI:814p, 19 pl. Several neatsfoot oil stained pages, plate 299 bound in Vol XII on page 78; Vol XII: 799p, 35 pl.; Vol XIII: 799p, 32 pl.Deep neatsfoot oil stains to fore edge, ; Vol XIV: 797p, 16 pl.Initial and last pages with neatsfoot oil stains ; Vol XV: 799p, 41 pl. Several ...
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Supplement to the Encyclopædia, or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature

Price: $500.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Thomas Dobson : 1803

Seller ID: 4318

Binding: Full mottled calf with particulars to spine on re

Condition: Good

3 volumes. Illustrated with copperplates. Supplement Vol I: 704p, 26 pl.; Supplement Vol II: 734p, 13 pl. lacking plate 30 and 39; Supplement Vol III: 48p, 566p, iv, 14 pl, lacking plate 40 First Edition.
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Image for The Ship-Master's Assistant and Owner's Manual [together with] New and Complete Tables of the Net Duties Payable, and Drawbacks Allowed Containing Complete Information, as well to Merchants, Masters of Ships, and Persons employed in the Merchant-Service, as to Officers and others in the Royal Navy, relative to the mercantile and maritime Laws and Customs.

The Ship-Master's Assistant and Owner's Manual [together with] New and Complete Tables of the Net Duties Payable, and Drawbacks Allowed Containing Complete Information, as well to Merchants, Masters of Ships, and Persons employed in the Merchant-Service, as to Officers and others in the Royal Navy, relative to the mercantile and maritime Laws and Customs.

Price: $500.00

Publisher: London, David Steel, at the Navigation-Warehouse : 1796

Seller ID: 2532

Condition: Very Good

The Seventh Edition, Considerably Improved and Enlarged. Home binding in full calf. (See image). Losses to front fly. Leather burn to fly sheets. 2 engraved plates, including frontispiece. Contains abundant amount of information relevant to merchants and owners of ships. ; 8vo; xvii; 360; 100 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.
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Image for Tychonis Brahei, equitis dani, Astronomorum Coryphaei, Vita. Accessit Nicolai Copernici, Georgii Peurbachii, & Joannis Regiomontani, astronomorum celebrium, vita.

Tychonis Brahei, equitis dani, Astronomorum Coryphaei, Vita. Accessit Nicolai Copernici, Georgii Peurbachii, & Joannis Regiomontani, astronomorum celebrium, vita.

By: (Pierre) Petrus Gassendi.

Price: $930.00

Publisher: The Hague, : 1655

Seller ID: 5001

Condition: Good

Full sheep with embossed celestial angles. Lacks frontis portrait; light moisture mark pp.131-232 (see final image); chip to head of spine; lacking corner to index page not affecting text; light worming to rear pastedown; otherwise Very Good. Includes bright engraving of Copernicus as frontis to his vita. Half title in red and black. Painted edges. Contains unpaginated double page plate " tabula ascensionum rectarum" loosely inserted between p. 176-177. Floriated initials; woodcut illustrations. ; Octavo; LX, 373, [11] pages; Additional images and further information provided upon req...
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Cours de mathematiques a l'usage des Ecoles Royales Militaires. Aritmetique, Algebre et Geometrie.

By: Abbé Charles Bossut

Price: $450.00

Publisher: Paris, Jombert : 1785

Seller ID: 3952

Condition: Very Good

xii - 562, [1] pp; 13 folding plates. Heavily deckle edges. Beautifully rebound in supple ruled full tan morocco & housed in morocco-fore edged linen slipcase. Title page expertly reinforced; new endpapers. A fine untrimmed copy.; Octavo; Additional images and further information provided upon request. ; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. First Edition.
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The Astronaut's Library Complete Set: Men From Earth, Moon Shot, Lost Moon, Countdown, Schirra's Space, We Seven [SIX VOLUME] [SIGNED]

By: Buzz Aldrin and Malcolm McConnell, Alan B. Shepard and Deke Slayton, James Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger, Frank Borman with Robert J Serling, Walter Schirra with Richard Billings, Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, and John Glenn

Price: $2,750.00

Publisher: Norwalk, Connecticut, Easton Press : 1997

Seller ID: 7642

Condition: As New

Six volume signed set limited to 3,000 copies. Five out of the six volumes are in publisher's shrink wrap. Numbered and signed by respective astronauts to limitation pages. All Easton press certificates of authenticity are included. Uniformed black leather with gilt particulars. Moire endpapers, silk ribbons, gilt edges, and four raised bands each. Please expect extra postage as this is a larger set. 6.25 x 9.25 in
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Hydrogen as an Energy Carrier, Technologies, Systems, Economy, with 188 figures (INSCRIBED by author)

By: Carl-Jochen Winter, Joachim Nitsch (Eds.)

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Berlin, et al., Springer-Verlag : 1988

Seller ID: 6242

Condition: Fine

Inscribed by one of the two editors, Winter, to second free page and dated 3.3.97, as well as including Winter's business card. Bright red cloth boards with text. Organized into three parts: A, Significance and Use of Hydrogen; B, Production of Hydrogen from Nonfossil Primary Energy; and C, Design of a Future Hydrogen Energy Economy--and is organized into 13 sections within these three parts. xii, 377 pp., [2]. 6 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches. First Edition.
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Florae Berolinensis prodromus secundum systema Linneanum ab illustr. viro ac eq. C.P. Thunbergio emendatum conscriptus

By: Caroli Ludovici Willdenow AKA Karl Ludwig Willdenow

Price: $700.00

Publisher: Berlin, Wilhelmi Viewegii : 1787

Seller ID: 2974

Condition: Very Good

Full vellum with gilt title to green morocco label to spine. A nice clean copy without previous owners' names or other markings. Seven plates engraved by Happe after drawings by Beyel. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xvi, 439, [7] pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. .
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We Seven [SIGNED]

By: Carpenter, M. Scott, L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., John H. Glenn, Jr., Virgil I. Grissom, Walter M. Schirra, Jr., Alan B. Shepard, Jr., and Donald K. Slayton

Price: $1,000.00

Publisher: Norwalk, Connecticut, Easton Press : 1997

Seller ID: 7643

Condition: Fine

Limited to 3,000 copies, in which this is number 785. Signed by Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, and John Glenn to limitation page. Easton Press certificate of authenticity for Carpenter and Cooper are present, but lacking Glenn's (superfluous) certificate. Dot of gilt not adhering to page edge. Black leather boards with gilt particulars. Moire endpapers, a silk ribbon, and four raised bands. Gilt edges and Smyth sewn gatherings. No previous owner's names.
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The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom.

By: Charles Darwin

Price: $750.00

Publisher: London, John Murray : 1876

Seller ID: 4345

Condition: Very Good

Half polished calf; marbled boards & endpapers; five raised bands; ruled black morocco label to spine. Three line errata slip facing p.viii. Wear to head of spine & corners (see images), otherwise a nice clean copy without previous owners' names or other markings. viii, 482 First Edition.
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The Origin of Species [Harvard Classics]

By: Charles Darwin

Price: $120.00

Publisher: Norwalk, Easton Press : 1993

Seller ID: 8270

Condition: Very Good

Red leather with gilt detailing. All edges gilt. Five raised bands, silk ribbon, and moire endpapers. Spotting and some loses to edges. Rubbing to gilt on boards, not affecting spine, but otherwise remains nice in appearance (see image). No previous owners' names or other markings.
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Image for La Lumiere Electrique, Journal Universal d'Electricite--Tome Trente-Neuvieme (39/XXXIX)) Applications de l'electricite, lumiere electrique, telegraphie et telephonie, science electrique, etc.

La Lumiere Electrique, Journal Universal d'Electricite--Tome Trente-Neuvieme (39/XXXIX)) Applications de l'electricite, lumiere electrique, telegraphie et telephonie, science electrique, etc.

By: Cornelius Herz (Director)

Price: $110.00

Publisher: Paris, Bureaux du Journal : 1891

Seller ID: 6932

Condition: Very Good

Half red calf over textured cloth boards with two black morocco labels and gilt particulars to spine. Illustrated with black and white figures and illustrations throughout. French text throughout. This volume contains Numbers 1-13 for beginning months of 1891. No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean. Light wear to edges of calf on boards. Sunning to right edge of front board (see image). 9 x 11 inches.
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Image for Precision Measurement of the Elastic Constants of Solids and their Temperature and Pressure Variations An Abstract of a Thesis in Solid State Science

Precision Measurement of the Elastic Constants of Solids and their Temperature and Pressure Variations An Abstract of a Thesis in Solid State Science

By: David L. Miller

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Pennsylvania, Wert Bookbinding, Inc. : 1969

Seller ID: 4649

Condition: As New

8 1/2" x 11". [vii], 80 p. Gilt particulars to front cover and spine. Includes 19 figures, 4 tables, and 2 appendixes. Book submitted in partial fullfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy December, 1969 at the Pennsylvania State University, Department of Materials Science.
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Annales des Mines, Mémoires sur l'exploitation des mines/Ducets/Tables des Matieres Et sur les sciences et les arts qui s'y rattachment

By: Dunod, H., E. Pinat, et al

Price: $6,750.00

Publisher: Paris, French Department of Public Works (Ministre des Travaux Publics) : 1836-1914

Seller ID: 1252

Condition: Very Good

Quarter red calf. Approximately 151 volumes uniformly bound in a very attractive, yet sturdy quarter red calf for J.M.B. (at foot of spine) about 1920. Numerous fold-out plates. All volumes remarkably supple & durable without the expected defects. ; Includes Decrets, Memoires, Indices; 8vo ; Ducrets: Vol. I (1862) - vol. X (1871) Sixieme Serie (complete - 10 )Vol. I (1872) - vol. III (1874), IV, V, VI + VII, VIII + vol. IX (1880), X (1881) Septieme Serie (complete - 10)Vol. I (1882) - vol. VI (1887) + vol. VIII (1889) - vol.X (1891) Huitieme Serie (8 volumes)Vol. I (1892) - vo...
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Universe: The Definitive Visual Guide

By: Edited by Martin Rees

Price: $180.00

Publisher: Norwalk, Connecticut, Easton Press

Seller ID: 7563

Condition: As New

As new still wrapped in publisher's shrink wrap. Black leather boards with gilt detailing to cover and spine. Three raised bands and a silk ribbon. A scarce copy with no markings. 10 x 12 in
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The Limestones of Maryland, Maryland Geological Survey With special reference to their use in the manufacture of lime and cement

By: Edward Bennett Mathews, John Sharshall Grasty

Price: $110.00

Publisher: Baltimore, John Hopskins Press : March, 1910

Seller ID: 6190

Condition: Very Good

Dark green cloth boards with gilt particulars to front board and spine. Several hors texte plates with black and white photography as well as diagrams and figures throughout. Previous owner's book plate to front paste-down, otherwise no previous owners' names or other markings. Covers the areas of Piedmont Plateau, Frederick Valley, Washington County, Allegany County, and Garrett County. Wear to corners and fraying to head and tail of spine (see image). xii, 227-484 pp. (continuous pagination from earlier parts). First Edition.
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Atlas, Designed to Illustrate the Geography of the Heavens, Comprising the Following Maps or Plates.

By: Elijah H. Burritt

Price: $1,200.00

Publisher: New York, Huntington and Savage. : 1835

Seller ID: 8009

Condition: Very Good

Bound in stripped homespun. Eight engraved plates, of which two are double-page and seven are hand-colored. Stated as "New Edition," which is an updated and revised edition with new engraved plates by W.G. Evans and revised by Archibald M'Vickar. This work includes a plan of the Solar System, Celestial maps of the skies in January-March, October-December, April-June, July-September, South Pole, North Pole, and Planisphere of the Whole Heavens on Mercator's Projection. No previous owners' names or other markings. 14.25 x 16.25
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The Architect's Handbook of Marble, Granite, and Stone - (3 vol. - Complete)

By: Enrico Corbella, Lucio Calenzani,

Price: $260.00

Publisher: New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold : 1990

Seller ID: 5595

Condition: Very Good

3 volumes complete in original slipcase. Pictorial paper boards for first two volumes; third volume is also pictorial board, though in a 2-ring binder. Vol. 1: Technical Guide; Vol. 2: Overview of the Italian Stone Industry; Vol. 3: Color Sample Book. Copiously illustrated with diagrams and color photography. Foxing to first and last couple pages to vol. 3, not effecting the color samples. Previous owner's name to first free page of vol. 1, otherwise no other previous owners' names or other markings. Vol. 1: 165 pp.; Vol. 2: 189 pp.; Vol. 3: xv, 155 pp. 9 x 11 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches.Please expect ...
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Category: Science