Raridades da Natureza, e da Arte, Divididas pelos quatro Elementos by AUCOURT e PADILHA, Pedro Norberto de - 1759

Edward Arnold, London U.K., 1900s. First Edition. Hardcover. VG/--. 7 1/8 H x 5 1/8 W x 5/8 inch. NON SMOKING STORE. My listing includes PHOTO OF ACTUAL BOOK for sale. Book VERY GOOD/ Covers Good Please read my detailed description. Coated Paper. Boards and spine are blue cloth, lettering black. FRONT COVER has black embossed Britannia Seated, a depiction of what appears to be a head-on view of sailing ship sails and mast figurehead, and in black embossed lettering Arnold’s School Series, Britannia History Readers, Book II, 1s 6d (this is the price in shillings and pennies). The front cover has two bent corners one with the cloth worn and one with a small tear, some edge wear, some light soil on open side edge. The SPINE text has been worn with the years and parts are not as clear but the entire text is present and legible, the spine is worn at top and bottom with wear to the cloth on the top 1/8 inch of spine and same on bottom, the spine has a bit of edge wear to front and back edges.… Read More

Franklin, New Jersey: Privately Published, 1927. Very Good condition. SEE PHOTOS. This is the RARE original 1927 first edition -- not a cheaply-made modern reprint. Bound in the original printed brown wraps. 6" wide by 9" tall. NOT a library discard. Pages are creamy white, clean and unmarked. NO foxing. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. From the preface: "The contents of this review is a brief outline of interesting data that have come to the attention of the writer during many years' service with the mining companies operating at Mine Hill and Sterling Hill." Included here are chapters on settlement, land titles, early mining, 1664-1800; ownership, exploration, development, 1800-1850; Colonel Samuel Fowler, New Jersey and Pennsylvania Concentrating Company, 1850-1897; litigation caused by conflicting mineral titles; zinc mining and mill construction, 1897-1927.. First Edition. Softcover (stapled wraps). Very Good condition. vi, 47pp.

Half black morocco over marbled paper. Some wear along edges. Gilt particulars and decorations to spine. Small bookplate of Luis Bardon to front pastedown. Occasional foxing throughout. Moisture marks to top edges and corners of pages 197-224, not affecting text; a nice copy nonetheless.; 8vo ; xi, 626, [ii], [ii] pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. .

Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, 1911. Octavo. Original grey wrappers printed in black. 4 plates of which 1 is folding and the others are double-page. Ownership signature "Ric" and short note on the upper wrapper. Wrappers a little toned at the extremities, lightly rubbed, lower corner bumped, contents faintly toned. A very good copy. Offprint, presentation copy inscribed by the author on the upper wrapper, "Schrader, with kind regards of the author". Cell biologist Kristine Bonnevie (1872-1949) was Norway's first female professor and the first woman member of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences. She studied with chromosome researcher Theodor Boveri in Germany, and was awarded a PhD in 1906 for her study of sex cells. "The problem of chromosome halving in the sex cells was not well understood at the time, and her work challenged the classic work of the Norwegian cytologists Alette and Kristian Emil Schreiner. In response to criticism by the Schreiners about her chromosomal work, Bonnevie went to Columbia… Read More

Bruxelles: Imprimerie Scientifque Charles Bulens, Ed, 1902. First Edition. Near Fine. In French, 8vo [10x6.75in]; [1-6], 7-94 pp., [2], frontispiece image of Gerlache, image of Belgica in ice on title page, 5 maps [1 full page color, 1 full page black and white, 3 in text], 14 full page photo illustrations, 36 photo illustrations in text, 1 ship plan and 2 sketches in text, red,yellow and blue silk ribbon bookmark; Three-quarter red cloth with yellow marbled paper covers, gilt lettering and crest on front left cloth panel and spine plain, marbled end papers, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed; Minor shelf wear to edges, typical cracks between some signatures at spine; Tipped in Brussels Book seller card. [Taurus 15, Rosove 147.C1b]. This abridged edition was issued by Bulens after sales were lagging from the true first deluxe edition issued earlier in 1902. The Hachette and G. Lebègue editions were printed later in the same year. This smaller edition was, from the Taurus, "... extracted from his… Read More

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1999. First Edition . Full Morocco. Fine. 11 3/8" x 9" x 5 1/2. Photographs, Charts, Drawings. Four Volumes In Full Morocco, Gilt. A Special Presentation Edition Compiled For And Presented To Arnold O Beckman In Anticipation Of His 100Th Birthday. Presentation Page Thanking Him For His Contributions To The Laboratory. The Volumes Contain Finely Printed Offprints Of Each Of The Papers Written By Researchers At The Laboratory 1991-1999. Probably Unique.

Newark [1929]: Colyer Printing Co., 1929. First Edition . Maroon Cloth. Fine. Louis V. Aronson Was An American Inventor, Industrialist And Philanthropist Who Is Best Remembered As The Inventor Of Ronson Lighters. Aronson Was An Exceptionally Gifted Young Man Who Graduated From Public School At The Age Of 12 Before Entering New York Technical School Specializing In Metallurgy, Practical Metal Working And Mechanical Drawing. At The Same Time, He Set Up A Laboratory In The Basement Of His Parent'S Home Where He Experimented With Plating Processes And Turned Out Money-Making Items While He Devised Ways Of Metalizing Common Items, In A Durable Finish Of Matte Gold, Including Flowers, Butterflies, Animal Claws And Baby Shoes. Aronson Demonstrated A Natural Ability For Designing Which Was Honed At The New York Technical School And Served Him Well Throughout His Life. He Excelled And Completed The School'S Four Year Academic Program In Three Years. When He Graduated In 1885, At The Tender Age Of 15,… Read More

Leiden: A. W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij N. V., 1938. First Edition 1st Printing. Light Blue Cloth. Near Fine Book/Very Good + Dust Jacket. 9 7/8" Tall. Drawings. Viii, 222 Pp. Light Blue Cloth Stamped In Dark Blue. True First Edition Of "The Evolution Of Physics", Issued Just Prior To The English Translation. A Clean, Unmarked Copy, With Signs Of Removal Of A Single Bookplate On The Front Endpaper, No Other Marks. Dust Jacket With Some Wear And Browning, Also With A 1 3/8" X 1 5/8" V-Chip At Top Of Rear Panel Adjacent To The Spine, Very Small Chips At Tips With A 1" X 1/8" Loss Along Top Of Front Flap Fold, And A 1/2" Closed Tear At Top Of Rear Panel With A Few Small Chips And Very Short Closed Tears. A Nice Copy In The Nearly Complete And Scarce Jacket.

New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc., 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 323pp; Illustrated boards, small scuff to bottom edge of front board, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Compilation of the work of experts in specialized fields relating to all aspects of the catharanthus alkaloids. Partial Contents: Introduction by Gordon H. Svoboda; A Synopsis of the Genus Catharanthus (Apocynaceae) by William T. Stearn; The Phytochemistry and Pharmacology of Catharanthus Roseus (L.) G. Don by Gordon H. Svoboda and David A. Blake; The Biosynthesis of Catharanthus Alkaloids by Ronald J. Parry; Tissue Culture Studies of Catharanthus Roseus by David P. Carew; more. With Author Index and Subject Index.

New York: Atheneum, 1968. First Edition 1st Printing. Blue Cloth. Fine Book/Near Fine Dustjacket. 8 5/8" Tall. Black and White photographs and Diagrams. Stated First Edition. Xvi, 226 Pages. Book Has No Wear, No Fading To Yellow Topstain, All Lettering As New, Small Vroman's, Pasadena Bookseller's Label On Front Pastedown. Original First Issue Dj Is Original, Bright, No Wear Or Fading At All, No Tears, Price Clipped. Book Cloth Covers With 1/8" Fading Along Bottom Edges All Around