"Translated from the Russian by B. D. Seckler and A. P. Doohovskoy." 25 figures. Full yellow cloth; black particulars to front and spine. Scarce copy in near fine condition. 317pp. View More...
A virgin copy in publisher's unopened shrink wrap. Brown leather boards with gilt particulars. Gilt edges, silk ribbon, five raised bands; Smyth sewn gatherings, moire endpapers. 6.25 x 9.25 in View More...
Quarter white paper over blue marbled paper boards. Particulars printed to paper lable to spine. Some bumping and wear to edges. Previous owners markings inked to front fly paper. A serviceable copy. ; 16mo; 248 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. View More...
Blue boards, gilt particulars to cover and spine, beginnings of separation to front and back hinges. First Edition, numbered 0002. Inscribed by author's brothers-in-law to previous owner on front free fly dated 16.4.1969. Inscribed by author to his brothers-in-law (also named Fernando) on introduction page: A mi querido hermano Fernando/ en recuerdo de los dias que trabaja-/ bamos e hicimos el primer/ libro./ Un fuerte abrazo/ Fernando de S/ Madrid, diciembre - 1957. Includes tabs at the following page numbers: 1, 169, 270, 390, 541. ; xlv + 594 pp. pages. First Edition. View More...
Three volumes bound together in half calf over marbled boards. Gilt particulars to brown morocco label to spine. Former copy of mathematician Percy Alexander MacMahon, whose bookplate is affixed to front pastedown. Inkblots to top of pages 1-5. Moisture marks to margins of first volume, not affecting text. Foxing throughout, otherwise, a clean copy. ; 8vo; xxvii, 321; xxvii, 368; xxxi, 414, [i] pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. . View More...
Full double ruled calf. Loss to head of and cracking throughout spine. (See images.) "Part I. Containing, His new method of Navigation by parallel parts, by which all questions in sailing may be answered with great expedition and truth, in a different manner from plain mercator, and great circle sailing, by the solution of a plain triangle only." "Part II. Containing, The doctrine of the sphere, and the demonstrations and calculations of spherical trigonometry, in which the construction of the figures are new, and drawn so as to represent solids, by which the demonstrations are made easy to th... View More...
Half mottled calf with faux mottled calf boards with gilt particulars and red and black morocco labels to spine. Dark blue page edges as published. Marbled endpapers. Contains 4 texts: Keglesnitslaeren i Oldtiden by H. G. Zeuthen; Spolia atlantica. Om nogle pelagiske Annulata. Med 1 Tavle by G.M.R. Levinsen; Selvregistrerende meteorologiske Instrumenter. Med 1 Tavle by G. Rung; De eucephale Myggelarver. Med 4 dobbelte Tavler. Resume et explication des planches en francais by Fr. Meinert. Danish text throughout. 4 fold out plates. Marinens Bibliotek purple stamp to second free page and title pa... View More...
Signed with dedication to verso of first free page and dated 2009. Pictorial glossy paper boards; matte pictorial paper dust jacket. Includes an application sent to the previous owner for consideration by the Florida Book Awards Competitions. Full color illustrations throughout. No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean. Small closed tear to top edge of front of dust jacket. Unpaginated. 10 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
