Transformation of the World by Yermentai Sultanmurat - 2002

Philadelphia: William W. Woodward, 1806. Hardcover. Very Good -. This American Edition, printed from the last London edition, edited by William James, mathematical instrument maker, is carefully revised and corrected, by Robert Patterson, Professor of Mathematicks, and Teacher of Natural Philosophy, in the University of Pennsylvania." 508 p., 10 folded leaves of engraved plates; 22 cm. Contemporary full calf with modern tissue joint repair; gilt-tooled decoration on spine. This volume includes lectures on optics, vision, telescopies and miscroscopes, areas of the author's specialization. The 10 plates all illustrate aspects of optics. In Very Good- Condition: lacking original spine label; tissue repair of joints and hinges; faint dampstain along lower edge of a few plates; plate IV has a separation of 2 cm. from upper edge along a fold, and plate X one of 3 cm.; some foxing on plates; otherwise, clean and tight.

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2002. 1st Ed. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 9x1x6. Signed. SIGNED BY JAMES D. WATSON directly to the title page and professionally authenticated by PSA/DNA; includes their ironclad Certificate of Authenticity. Also briefly inscribed. First American Edition (stated) in VG overall condition: clean text, some bumping on boards, mild wear on jacket; looks quite appealing in new mylar. Expedited shipping is welcome; signed by author.

PSA-AUTHENTICATED! DOUBLE-SIGNED BY JAMES AND ELIZABETH WATSON! The Watsons' signatures have been professionally authenticated by PSA and includes their official COA. A lovely first edition in almost-as-new condition inside and out. Very scarce double-signed and especially certified. International shipping will incur a very substantail additional charge. Signed by author.

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2000-06-01. 1st Ed. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9x0x6. Signed. SIGNED BY NOBEL LAUREATE JAMES D. WATSON directly on the title page with NO inscription. A lovely first edition in near-fine condition. Looks terrific in new mylar. Expedited and international shipping are welcome. Signed by author.

Crown Archetype, 2009. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. Signed. SIGNED BY BUZZ ALDRIN for the Smithsonian Institution (sticker attached). A lovely 2nd printing in near fine condition inside and out. Looks terrific with a new mylar cover. Expedited and international shipping are welcome. Signed by author.

NY: McGraw-Hill Book Company. Good with no dust jacket; Boards dampstained and worn, bookseller’s ticket . on front pastedown endpaper, name on front free endpaper (Braxton Bigelow, . Treadwell, Alaska) , light soiling and toning throughout.. 1909. First Edition; Later Printing. Hardcover. Maroon cloth with titles stamped in gilt. Illustrations, tables, diagrams. A classic mining textbook written by American President Herbert C. Hoover in the days when he was a mining engineer and instructor. “This volume is a condensation of a series of lectures delivered in part at Stanford and in part at Columbia University...The bulk of the material presented is the common heritage of the profession, and if any one may think there is insufficient reference to previous writers, let him endeavor to find to whom the origin o four methods should be credited...If I have contributed one sentence to the accumulated knowledge of a thousand generations of engineers, or have thrown one new ray of light on… Read More

Microsoft Press, 1999. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good ; Good+ Jacket. 1999 Microsoft Press. Hardcover has glossy white paper-covered boards with copper spine and cover lettering. Black, white and red photographs, diagrams, and illustrations. 393 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Book is in excellent condition with only a hint of shelf wear at the spine ends. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has very light edge and surface wear, with some wrinkling at the top edge; some scuffing on front and back of jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Howard W. Sams & Co., Inc. / The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1960. Book. Very Good. Hard Cover with Dustjacket. First Edition First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with dustjacket : very good / good plus. Book: gray cloth hardcover with red lettering to spine; slight mottling around tail of spine; straight; hinges strong; name inside; slight toning to outer edges of text block. Jacket in new mylar protector; mild edge wear; tiny peel spot on spine. .

Lyon: Amable Leroy, 1804. A very nice copy of this New Edition. Full leather binding with red labels and gilt titles. With engraved folding plate of the Solar System. Binding in immaculate condition. Plate in very good, clean condition, with minor edgewear. Text is in very good, clean condition with a touch of darkening and edgewear. Attractive woodcut vignettes to the front of each section. Lovely edition of Enlightenment essayist Bernard Le Bouvier de Fontenelle's successful popularisation of the Copernican system plus his imaginary dialogues with dead people. xii, 1-394 pp. 190 by 120mm (7½ by 4¾ inches). Très bel exemplaire de cette Nouvelle Edition. Reliure plein cuir avec vignettes rouges et titres dorés. Avec plaque dépliante gravée du système solaire. Reliure en parfait état. Assiette en très bon état, propre, avec une légère usure des bords. Le texte est en très bon état, propre avec une touche d'assombrissement et d'usure des bords. Attrayantes vignettes gravées sur bois au… Read More

New York: HarperCollins / Ecco Press, 2015. Signed by Richard Dawkins on the title page. First U.S. edition / First printing. Black paper-covered spine, gray paper-covered boards. Very fine in a very fine dust jacket.