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Francoforti: Ex officina Petri Brubachii, 1549 An extremely rare work. Johannes Sacrobosco’s Tractatus de Sphaera, first written around 1230 and first printed around 1472, set the framework for European understanding of astronomy for 400 years. Based on the work of Ptolemy Alfraganus, and using more recent Arabic sources, he presented a vision of the heavens as a series of enveloping spheres. The tables in his work are an almanac relating the 'rising' and 'setting' of celestial spheres with respect to the calendar. As this work presented the stars in terms of constellations, it also became of value to astrologers. In this setting the Earth is also a sphere, at the centre of the universe, around which the spheres of the heavens rotate. It was copied many times in the 15th and 16th centuries - sometimes as a whole text, and sometimes in the form of 'Quaestiones'. This version by Hartmann Beyer is in the latter form. Beyer (1516-1577) was a mathematician, theologian and…
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Spijker auto's Amsterdam.
by [Trade catalogue - Motorcars - Spyker] - ca. 1898-1903
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Trade catalogue - [Motorcars] Spijker auto's Amsterdam. Amsterdam, Spijker, ca. 1898-1903. Oblong 8vo. ca. 20 x 14 cm. (17 lvs. - versos blank). On front a sepia toned photographic image of the car factory at the Amsteldijk, Amsterdam. With 14 sepia toned photographic images, each titled underneath, incl. the car models '12 P.K. Spijker Torpedo', '14 P.K. Spijker Sporttorpedo', '20 P.K. Spijker Limousine', the 20 P.K. Spijker Landaulette, et cetera., and 3 leafs with Dutch text. Stiff paper wrappers, Japanese binding.
Very rare and early trade catalogue/ presentation-album of the innovative motorcar manufacturer Spijker. Spijker a Dutch carriage, automobile and aircraft manufacturer, started in 1880 as a coachbuilding company by blacksmiths Jacobus and Hendrik-Jan Spijker. After their relocation from Hilversum to Amsterdam in 1898, the company was renamed from 'N.V. Rijtuigfabriek v/h Gebr. Spijker' into 'N.V. Industrieele Maatschappij Trompenburg'. In 1903, the brandname 'Spijker' was renamed into the more international 'Spyker'. It was a very innovative company indeed, eventually holding more than 100 patents. For instance, the 60 HP race car was the world's first four-wheel drive car, featuring the first application of a six-cylinder engine, as well as the first four-wheel braking system. And the 1919 C1 'Aerocoque' was one of the world's first aerodynamic designed cars. However, Spyker couldn't compete against the large, cost effective American car companies and the original company was dissolved in 1926. The brand 'Spyker Cars' was revived in 1999 and operated until 2021. - In very good condition.
Very rare and early trade catalogue/ presentation-album of the innovative motorcar manufacturer Spijker. Spijker a Dutch carriage, automobile and aircraft manufacturer, started in 1880 as a coachbuilding company by blacksmiths Jacobus and Hendrik-Jan Spijker. After their relocation from Hilversum to Amsterdam in 1898, the company was renamed from 'N.V. Rijtuigfabriek v/h Gebr. Spijker' into 'N.V. Industrieele Maatschappij Trompenburg'. In 1903, the brandname 'Spijker' was renamed into the more international 'Spyker'. It was a very innovative company indeed, eventually holding more than 100 patents. For instance, the 60 HP race car was the world's first four-wheel drive car, featuring the first application of a six-cylinder engine, as well as the first four-wheel braking system. And the 1919 C1 'Aerocoque' was one of the world's first aerodynamic designed cars. However, Spyker couldn't compete against the large, cost effective American car companies and the original company was dissolved in 1926. The brand 'Spyker Cars' was revived in 1999 and operated until 2021. - In very good condition.
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- Illustrator With 14 sepia toned photographic images, each titled underneath.
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- Publisher Spijker
- Place of Publication Amsterdam
- Date Published ca. 1898-1903.
- Pages 17 lvs. - versos blank
- Size Oblong 8vo. ca. 20 x 14 cm.
- Keywords tradecatalogue, motorcars, automobiles, race cars, Amsterdam, Spyker N.V., Victor Muller, Saab
- Size Oblong 8vo. ca. 20 x 14 cm.
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Quaestiones novae in libellum de sphaera Ioannis de Sacro Busto
by Hartmanno Beyer
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Digital Harmony: On the Complementarity of Music and Visual Art
by Whitney, John
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Peterborough, NH: McGraw-Hill, 1980. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth and dust jacket. Published Peterborough, NH: McGraw-Hill, 1980, first printing. 8vo., 7 1/2" x 9 1/4", 235pp., illustrated with color and b/w plates. A seminal work by a pioneer in computer graphics and cinema techniques. Near fine, clean and bright, in a very good dust jacket with edgewear and a short, closed tear. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo.
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THE DOUBLE HELIX. A personal account of the discovery of DNA
by WATSON. JAMES. D
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Weidenfeld and Nicolson. London. 1968. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (8.7 x 5.7 inches). Illustrated with 19 half-tone photographic plates, including six pages reproducing Watson's letter to Max Delbruck, telling of the Double Helix, and 11 diagrams within the text. A very bright, clean copy which has been finely bound in full red morocco, spine with raised bands, the compartments ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt. Single gilt ruled border on the boards. All edges gilt. A fine, attractively bound copy of this fascinating work by one of the Nobel Prize winning Scientists who discovered the structure of DNA.
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Argon, a New Constituent of the Atmosphere.
by Rayleigh, Lord & William Ramsay
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Washington D.C.: The Smithsonian Institution, 1896. Hardcover. Excellent. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large octavo. Original green cloth, titles to upper board gilt, yellow coated endpapers. Corners and tail of spine bumped slightly affecting leaves, else a very fresh copy in excellent condition. First separate edition, first printing of the first publication on the discovery of argon, which led to Nobel Prizes for its co-discoverers. "Few discoveries have been as dramatic as the discovery of argon in the atmosphere by Lord Rayleigh and William Ramsay, professor of chemistry at University College, London. The discovery of argon involved a bitter public dispute concerning the legitimacy of a chemical element whose most important characteristic was its inertness, and which forced the chemists to reassess the very notion of a chemical element." Rayleigh had begun work to determine the densities of atmospheric gases in 1882. In 1892 he uncovered a strange discrepancy between the atomic weight of…
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The WMA Bulletin, 1955 - 1959, 49 Issues, Plus 14 Pieces of Related WMA and Topic Records Ephemera
by Workers' Music Association
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London: Workers' Music Association, Ltd., 1955. Founded in 1936 by composer and radical Alan Bush, and still in operation, the Workers' Music Association has long been a beacon for the rights and music of workers. This collection consists of 49 issues of the WMA Bulletin from the years 1955 -1959; May-Dec, 1955 + Annual Report (9 issues); 1956, 11 issues including Annual Report; 1957, 12 issues; 1958, 8 issues; and 1959, 9 issues. Additionally, 14 related separate pieces of ephemera, from both the WMA and Topic Records, assorted brochures, flyers, and price lists. RARE collection, individual copies of the Bulletin unfound in online market searches. Overall Very Good or better, mailing stampings, small corner creases. . First Printing. Stapled. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Digital Harmony: On the Complementarity of Music and Visual Art
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Peterborough, NH: McGraw-Hill, 1980. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth and dust jacket. Published Peterborough, NH: McGraw-Hill, 1980, first printing. 8vo., 7 1/2" x 9 1/4", 235pp., illustrated with color and b/w plates. A seminal work by a pioneer in computer graphics and cinema techniques. Near fine, clean and bright, in a very good dust jacket with edgewear and a short, closed tear. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo.
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THE DOUBLE HELIX. A personal account of the discovery of DNA
by WATSON. JAMES. D
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Weidenfeld and Nicolson. London. 1968. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (8.7 x 5.7 inches). Illustrated with 19 half-tone photographic plates, including six pages reproducing Watson's letter to Max Delbruck, telling of the Double Helix, and 11 diagrams within the text. A very bright, clean copy which has been finely bound in full red morocco, spine with raised bands, the compartments ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt. Single gilt ruled border on the boards. All edges gilt. A fine, attractively bound copy of this fascinating work by one of the Nobel Prize winning Scientists who discovered the structure of DNA.
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Argon, a New Constituent of the Atmosphere.
by Rayleigh, Lord & William Ramsay
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Washington D.C.: The Smithsonian Institution, 1896. Hardcover. Excellent. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large octavo. Original green cloth, titles to upper board gilt, yellow coated endpapers. Corners and tail of spine bumped slightly affecting leaves, else a very fresh copy in excellent condition. First separate edition, first printing of the first publication on the discovery of argon, which led to Nobel Prizes for its co-discoverers. "Few discoveries have been as dramatic as the discovery of argon in the atmosphere by Lord Rayleigh and William Ramsay, professor of chemistry at University College, London. The discovery of argon involved a bitter public dispute concerning the legitimacy of a chemical element whose most important characteristic was its inertness, and which forced the chemists to reassess the very notion of a chemical element." Rayleigh had begun work to determine the densities of atmospheric gases in 1882. In 1892 he uncovered a strange discrepancy between the atomic weight of…
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The WMA Bulletin, 1955 - 1959, 49 Issues, Plus 14 Pieces of Related WMA and Topic Records Ephemera
by Workers' Music Association
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London: Workers' Music Association, Ltd., 1955. Founded in 1936 by composer and radical Alan Bush, and still in operation, the Workers' Music Association has long been a beacon for the rights and music of workers. This collection consists of 49 issues of the WMA Bulletin from the years 1955 -1959; May-Dec, 1955 + Annual Report (9 issues); 1956, 11 issues including Annual Report; 1957, 12 issues; 1958, 8 issues; and 1959, 9 issues. Additionally, 14 related separate pieces of ephemera, from both the WMA and Topic Records, assorted brochures, flyers, and price lists. RARE collection, individual copies of the Bulletin unfound in online market searches. Overall Very Good or better, mailing stampings, small corner creases. . First Printing. Stapled. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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TEDDY BEAR PAPER DOLL. With five outfits
by TEDDY BEAR
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J. Ottmann Litho. Co. New York. No date. Circa 1907. Die-cut Chromolithographic Bear and clothing in original printed envelope. (Bear is 10.5 inches tall, envelope is 11.5 x 8.5 inches). The Bear has a (recently replaced) plain card back stand to keep him upright and the 5 outfits have tabs so can be laid onto the body. The hats have small slits and sit on the head, in between the ears. Each outfit comes with a hat but the Driver's cap is missing. The outfits are; a Dress Suit with vests, tie, pocket square and top hat; a Nautical Suit of blue blazer with gold buttons, stripes, anchors, and white trousers with a cap featuring an eagle; a Baseball Uniform for the NL, National League, with a striped cap; a yellow Bathrobe trimmed in red, striped socks, and a red sleeping cap; and a Driver's Coat with brass buttons, belt, and grey gloves (the cap is missing from this outfit). The Bear has just a few light scratches and a couple of the outfits have small creases but overall they are all in very good…
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Marktech Optoelectronics Data Book
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Menands, NY, USA: Marktech International, Corp., 8888. 9840 20M : Circa late 80's-90's, Very Good condition Softcover Quarto, no date anywhere in this book, 1st edition presumed. Light edgewear of the wraps. Interior unmarked and tight.. 1st Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 4to - over 9" - 12" tall. Book.
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The Treasure Of Sierra Madre
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Traven, B. : The Treasure Of Sierra Madre. 1994 THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE-PRINT EDITION. Thorndike, Maine. EXLIB. Good/ No DJ if issued. ISBN0786201002. 533 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¾. Summary: "The story of three American adventurers who search for a lost gold mine in the mountains of Mexico. A tale of 'gold fever' and desperate greed." Basis for the Humphrey Bogart, John Houston film of the same name.
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LUNAR IMPACT: A HISTORY OF PROJECT RANGER
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Washington D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Very Good. 1977. Trade Paperback. Book is in VG condition with light rubbing to edges, mild offsetting to front cove & spiner, light creasing to front cover, mild soiling to covers else a bright and solid copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .
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The Sky and the Forest
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C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.
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A Beginner's Guide to True BASIC to Accompany Exploring Macintosh: Concepts in Visually Oriented Computing
by Abitabile, John; Abernethy, K
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NY: J. Wiley. Poor; Covers heavily creased and water-damaged with portions of lift-off . on front cover, water stains at outer margins of text, some highlighting. . Large tear across front cover appears to have been glued with some . yellowish adhesive.. 1989. Softcover. 0471500798 . A scarce copy of this early Macintosh computer programming manual that unfortunately looks as if Homer Simpson used it as a coaster next to his nuclear plant computer keyboard. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 259 pages .
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Murder for Christmas (A Midnite Mystery)
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Murder for Christmas, a Poirot Story by Agatha Christie (1944 Midnite Mystery) COPYRIGHT BY AGATHA CHRISTIE MALLOWAN: "It is Christmas Eve, and elderly Simeon Lee is found violently murdered in his locked office. The police are immediately called, but of course nobody has a clue until Hercule Poirot arrives..." USED. 1944 Books inc. Midnite Mystery. Copyright 1938 - 1939 Agatha Christie Mallowan. Good+/ No DJ. Black boards with gold titling on spine. Titles gilting is still nice Scarce.
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Lucky You, What Science Has Done For Us
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Lucky You: What Science Has Done For Us J.B. Lippincott Stated First Edition. SCIENCE. Artfully illustrated by MUNRO LEAF. Good EXLIB in a Good unclipped $2.25 orig. price dust jacket. Last page states: 152 4.
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Lahey Blackbeard Editor Reference Manual : Revision A 1990
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Incline Village, NV, USA: Lahey Computer Systems, Inc., 1990. Good condition Spiral Bound Softcover Octavo, Revision A, June 1990. Edgewear of wraps, with creasing at fold-over rear flap. Interior unmarked and solid.. 2nd Edition. Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Book.
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Lahey Personal Fortran Toolkit Reference Manual : Revision B
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Incline Village, NV, USA: Lahey Computer Systems, Inc., 1990. Very Good Minus condition Stapled Softcover Octavo, 1990, Revision B, June 1990. Edgewear of wraps, with creases along spine edge. Interior unmarked and tight.. 3rd Edition. Paperback. Very Good -. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Book.
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Advanced Materials III, Proceedings of the Special Symposium on Advanced Materials, High Tech Materials, 1991, Nagoya Japan
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