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London: Fourth Estate, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 532 pp. with bibliography, index. Illustrations. Fascinating story of Wilhelm Reich, a memeber of a group of dozens of expatriated European thinkers who came to the United States in the mid-20th century. Reich, a Viennese psychoanalyst, was one of the most offbeat of these; a Freud disciple, he brocke with the master and his own approach was based on theories of the orgasm and sexual energy. In his practice, he made use of a contraption of wood, metal and steel wool that he dubbed "the orgone box", claiming that by sitting in it, a person could elevate their "orgastic potential", thereby ridding the body of repressive forces, improving sexual potency and enhancing overall health. His theories caught on with such post WWII counter-culture writers and artists such as Burroughs, Ginsberg, Mailer and Bellow. Personally, he faced one debacle after another and…
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Adventures In The Orgasmatron: Wilhelm Reich and the Invention of Sex
by Turner, Christopher
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Applied Atomic Power (signed by R. Tom Sawyer)
by Smith, Edward S.C.; Fox, A.H.; Sawyer, R. Tom; Austin, H.R.
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Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1946. First edition. Hardcover. fine/very good. First edition. Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY R. TOM SAWYER AND DATED 2/21/47 ON THE TITLE PAGE. 227 pp. With diagrams. Early work on the anticipated uses for atomic power for the benefit of the human race. Includes sections on uranium, atom-splitting, a summary of the development of atomic energy, possible methods of concerting atomic energy into mechanical power (Sawyer's contribution to the work), and a summary of industrial benefits. Fine in dust jacket with some edegwear and shallow chipping along the top edge. R. Tom Sawyer was a pre-eminent mechanical engineer of his time; the ASME annually bestows an award in his name.
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The Atom and The Bohr Theory Of Its Structure
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New York: Knopf, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First ediiton. Hardcover in brick colored cloth with paper spine label. xiii+ 210 pp. Folding plate at rear. Frontispiece photographic portrait of Niels Bohr. Illustrations. A tight, internally clean, very good example, rubbing to the spine label.
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Atomic Energy and the Physical Sciences
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Washington DC: GPO, 1950. Softcover. Very Good. 228 pp. in printed wrappers. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. U.S. Govenment report on activities and developments inthe atomic energy program during 1949. With sections on production and production materials, military application, reactor development, biology and medical applications, organization ans personnel of the program, security. Part two covers the research aspect including the nuclear process, research in chemistry, applyig the results of research, AEC management, and atomic energy laboratories. Thee chips and a small gouge to the front cover and some light wear and embrowning to the edges.
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Au Fil De La Plume (inscribed by the author)
by Wanson, Leon
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Belgium: Agence Belge des Grandes Editions, 1971. Leather_bound. As New. Hardcover in special olive green leather hardcovers stamped in gilt an in matching leaher covered slipcase. AS NEW IN SLIPCASE. Inscribed by Wanson on the half-title page. 239 pp. with list of photographs and index. Illustrated with photos. Text in French.
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BRUNEL'S TUNNEL And Where It Led
by Andrew & LAVAL, Derek MATHEWSON
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Brunel Exhibition Rotherhithe, 1992. 0950436119, 1992. First edition. Softcover. As New. First edition. Softcover in crisp, illustrated covers. 68 pp. Bibliography. Illustrated with photographs, paintings, and diagrams. History of Brunel Tunnel under the Thames river in England. As new.
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Buckminster Fuller An Auto-Biographical Monologue/Scenario (signed and dated by Buckminster Fuller)
by Robert Snyder
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New York: St Martins Pr, 1980. Hardcover. fine/fine. Oversized hardcover. BOLDING SIGNED AND DATED 6/25/80 BY BUCKMINSTER FULER ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. 218 pp. Illustrated. Based on Robert Snyder's films "The World of Buckminster Fuller" and "Primer of The Universe" this "autobiographical monologue/scenario" makes skillful use of stills and text from the films as a well as from Fuller's familily photographs, letters and archives. Fine in fine dust jacket.
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Change, Hope and The Bomb (with laid in autograph)
by David E. Lilienthal
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Princeton, NJ: Princeton Uinverity Press, 1963. second edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Hardcover. Second printing. 168 pp. Fine in very good dust jacket. Laid in is a 6" x 9" sheet signed in ink, "David E. Lilienthal/ Topside, Martha's Vineyard/ July 18, 1952". Liliental was the first chairman of the Atomic Enery Commission.
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Chemical Lecture Notes (inscribed by the author)
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New York: John Wiley, 1888. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Slim 8vo in brown cloth lettered in gilt. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "Prof. G.W. Cook/ with bthe compliments/ of the Author/ Aug. 29, 1888". 98 pp. Peter T. Austen was an American educator who was Professor of General and Applied Chemistry at Rutgers at the time of publication. Fine, tight example with a trace of wear at the spine extremities.
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"Chi-Rad" Handbook-Catalog
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Chicago: Chicago Radio Apparatus Co, 1929. Softcover. Very Good. No date, circa 1929. Printed wrappers. 48 pp. Illustrated with photographs of products and diagrams. Very good, some creasing to the corners of the front cover. Catalog of radio parts issued by what was at the time the largest and oldest exclusive radio house in the Midwest. Products from some 20 manufacturers are featured including Burgess, Western Electric, General Radio, etc.
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Comfort Ye, My People! My Journey In Science and Life (signed by the author)
by T.C. Tso
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Hong Kong: Hong Kong International Culture Co, 2007. First edition. Near Fine/near fine. First edition (so stated on jacket flap). Hardcover. Signed and dated Jan 9, 2007 by Tso on the front free endpaper with additional small notation "Chistmas 2007 at the lower edge. 296 pp. Color photo illustrations. A tight, near fine exmaple with slight bumping to two upper tips and highlighting on parts of four interior pages. Memoit of scientist T.C. Tso. A graduate of the University of Nanking and Penn State, Tso headed the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Tobacco Research Laboratory and upon retitement remained a science collaborator to the USDA's Agricultural Resaerch Center. He has authored over 200 cientific puplications and holds 52 patents. He wrote or edited nine books regarding Chinese agricutuer and his vision for its future.
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Conductor Engineering Handbook for Rural Lines
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Washington DC: Copper Wire Engineering Association, 1937. Softcover. Good. Oversized printed stiff wrappers, brass fasteners. Aprox 50 pp. , charts , diagrams. Interior clean and complete, wrappers with moderate even soiling and rather ragged about the oversized edges of the covers. Technical manual regarding copper wire conductors in electrical lines in rural areas.
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Considerations On The Doctrine Of Phlogiston, and The Decomposition Of Water (and) Two Lectures On Combustion And An Examination of Doctor Priestley's Consideration on the Doctrine of Phlogiston
by Priestly, Joseph; Maclean, John
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Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1929. First edition thus. Hardcover. Fine. Firts edition thus. Hardcover in black cloth with orange printed title label. vi+ 116 pp. Edited and with a Sketch of the Life and Letters of Doctor Maclean. Fine, some foxing to the frontis illustration and title page. John Maclean was the first professor of chemistry at the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) , joining the facuty in 1795. he wasa friend of Rush and Stockton.
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Die Beshadigung der Vegetation durch Rauch; Handbuch zur Erkennung und Beurteilung von Rauchschden
by Hasselhoff, E.; Lindau, G.
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Leipzig: Gebruder Borntraeger, 1903. cloth. Dark grey cloth lettered in white. 412 pp. with index. Text in German. With 27 drawings in the text. A tight example, wear at head and foot of apine and rubbing to the spine, few spots on cloth. Interior clean.
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The Earth: Its Genesis and Evolution
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London: Charles Griffin & Co, 1913. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. xviii+ 287 with index. Photographic plates. A tight example, spotting to the cloth hardcovers and shallow wear head of spine.
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Earthquake History Of The United States exclusive of the Pacific Region
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Washington DC: GPO, 1928. Wraps. Near Fine. Printed wrappers, 61 pp. with folding map at front. Special Publication No. 149 of the Department Of Commerce, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Near fine.
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Easy Grammar of Natural and Experimental Philosophy
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Philadelphia: Kimber & Conrad, 1811. Second edition. Leather_bound. Fair. 24 mo in original full tree calf with spine lined in gilt and red leather spine label lettered in gilt. Second edition stated on title page. Well worn about tips and edges, front gutter splitting. Pastedowns removed. 158 pp. with glossary ending with "retina". No front or rear blanks. Top edge of title page removed , presumably to eliminate an pwnership signature. Ten plates, Plate IX being a folding frontispiece and Plate VII bound after folding Plate X. As is. Quite scarce.
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Eimer & Amend Chemical and Metallurgical Laboratory Supplies and Assayers Materials Catalog C 1913
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New York: Eimer & Amend, 1913. Hardcover. Very Good. Overszied hardcover in red cloth lettered in gilt. 483 pp. Illustrated with small engravings throughout showing each item in the product line. Very good, modest wear at the extremities and some sunning to the spine strip.
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Electrons Away or Tales of A Government Scientist (with signed letter)
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New York: Vantage Press, 1968. First edition. Near Fine/poor. First ediiton. Hardcover. 152 pp. Illustrations. Tipped in at the front free endpaper is a short typed presentation note signed by Zahl and dated 1969. Entertaining, often humorous biographical acoount of American physicist Harold Zahl (1905-1973). Zahl began his profesional career as a member of the Signal Corps Laboratories at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey where he developed thermal radiation detection systems and radar systems for military use. Near fine in dust jacket with a large chip missing from the upper portion of the front panel.
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Elements of Geology for the Use of Schools and Academies
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New York: American Common School Union, 1838. Second edition. Leather_bound. Near Fine. 24 mo. in original full calf, spine double ruled in gilt and with leather spine label lettered in gilt "Geology For Schools" . (2) 286 pp. with index (2). Illustrated with small drawings in the text. The Second Edition, so stated on the title page. A tight example, binding generally fine just a trifle rubbed at the extremities. Original ownership signature front free endpaper in ink along with two other signatures in light pencil from additinal, possibly later, family members.
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