New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1890. Early Reprint. Hardcover. 12mo, 7.4 in. x 5 in., pp. 356, [6] (advertising). Dark red boards with black title on beige paper label to spine. Edgewear to top/bottom of spine. Spine label significantly chipped. Corners bumped. Rubbing to edges. Previous owner's name to..... 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
Paris: Chez Helie Josset, rue St Jacques, a la Fleur de Lys d'or, 1674. Leather-bound. IN FRENCH. EN FRANCAIS. Full leather,small octavo [6x4 inches]. Hinges, spine chipped and spine leather worn and brittle. 182pp + index. Engraved title page. Binding tight. Writing in ink [fountain pen] at bottom and also..... More
New York: Hurst & Company, Undated. Reprint of Second Edition. Hardcover. 12mo, 5 x 7.5 in., pp. 705. With illustrations. Contemporary burgundy morocco half-calf over marbled boards. Gilt title and floral design to spine. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece of Charles Darwin. Rubbing to edges and corners. Leather fraying top of spine,..... More
Montgomery, Alabama: Air Command and Staff College, 1985. First Edition. Pamphlet. Stapled pamphlet, 8 in. x 5.1 in., pp. vii, [1], 75. White paper with two blue double-bars and title to front. Rust to staples. Umarked interior. Laid-in: 3 in. x 5 in. card: "With the compliments of the Air..... More
London: A. & C. Black. Ltd., 1917. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo, 8 in. x 5 in., pp. viii, 199. Red cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Rubbing to extremities. Lower front corner bumped. Bubbling in cloth at edges of front board. Untrimmed fore- and bottom-edges. Repaired front and rear hinges..... More
Edinburgh, Scotland: William Creech, 1796. Third Edition. Leather-bound. 8vo. Half-leather over marbled boards, and contrasting red leather spine label. Internally clean, moderate foxing to some plates, though not to obscure -- diagrams still very visible and usable. Third Edition in English. Lacks half title. xlvii +592 pages. Two folding tables..... 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
London. Longmans Green, and Co., [1897] 1903. First English Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey buckram over boards. Wear to extremities. This is a copy which was recently strengthened by rebacking and adding new leather spine (3 raised bands) with contrasting gilt-on-black spine title label, and gilt 1903 date stamped to bottom..... 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
London, England: Printed for the Heirs of Charles Elliot; and C. Elliot and T. Kay T. Cadell, and C.G. J. & J. Robinsons, 1790. First Edition. Leather-bound. Quarto. Full leather, originally acid-treated for effect. Gilt chain-and-dot border, largely rubbed off. Printed on high rag-content laid bond. Bright and uniformly internally..... More
