Science & Technology from Books of the World

New York: Twelve, July 2018. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, ends bumped. Soiling to jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xvi + 494 pages. A candid and comprehensive oral history of Silicon Valley's secrets traces the disruptions and… Read more

New York: Basic Books, 1953-1957. Three-volume Hardcover Set in Slipcase. First Edition (stated); 1962 printings (17th, 12th, and 6th). Many B&W plates in vols. 2 and 3. Near Fine books in a Very Good slipcase. No jackets. Interiors pristine. Spines straight and tight, but faded; head of vol. 1 bumped. Corner and edgewear to slipcase. Not from a library. Heavy… Read more

New York: Viking, August 1993. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Very Good book in a Very Good jacket. Text unmarked. Gift inscription to FFEP. Spine straight and tight. Jacket clipped and rubbed. Not from a library. No remainder mark. x + 318 pages. 8 pages of plates. An ethnobotanist recounts his experiences in the Amazon rain forest tracking… Read more

Waltham, Massachusetts: Elsevier / Morgan Kaufmann, July 2011. Hardcover. Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Light rubbing to covers. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xxxvi + 703 pages.

New York: Basic Books, March 2002. Trade Paperback. First Paperback Edition / full number line. New. No remainder mark. Not damaged. 357 pages. The most important scientist of the twentieth century and the most important artist had their periods of greatest creativity almost simultaneously and in remarkably similar circumstances. This fascinating parallel biography of Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso… Read more

New York: Simon & Schuster, October 1978. Trade Paperback. First Paperback Edition / full number line. Very Good+. Unmarked. Spine straight, tight, and uncreased. Corner wear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 698 pages. The story of the men and women who built an aquatic passageway between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It is a story of… Read more

Harlow, Essex, England: Pearson Education, 2014. Trade Paperback. Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Light corner wear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 732 pages. Introduction to Data Mining presents fundamental concepts and algorithms for those learning data mining for the first time. Each major topic is organized into two chapters, beginning with basic concepts that… Read more

Cambridge: MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, nd. DVDs. As New. 20 one-hour lectures on ten DVDs. Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs was MIT's introductory computer science course from 1980 to 2008. It emphasized the role of computer languages as vehicles for expressing knowledge and it presented basic principles of abstraction and modularity, together with essential… Read more

New York: Basic Books, April 1977. Hardcover. First Edition, Fourth Printing. Very Good+ book in a Very Good+ jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, ends bumped. Shelfwear to bottom edge. Jacket clean and bright with a single small nick at spine head. No library markings. No ownership markings. No remainder mark. Not clipped. $8.95 price on front flap. x… Read more

New York: Basic Books, October 1998. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Near Fine. Spine tail and lower corners bumped, otherwise pristine. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 164 + xii pages. This short book brilliantly breaks down computers' seemingly complex operations into a few simple parts that perform the same simple procedures over and over… Read more

Mexico City: CEMEX, 2004. Hardcover. First English Edition (stated). Red linen over boards with blind-stamped titles in a pictorial jacket. Sewn binding. As New book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Light rubbing to jacket and a small tear to rear panel. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 392 pages. 11.75 x 14.25… Read more

New York: Henry Schuman, 1952. Hardcover. First Edition (no additional printings listed). Very Good book in a Very Good jacket. Prior owner's name to FFEP, otherwise unmarked. Spine tight, ends bumped. Edgewear, including short tears to jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. x + 289 pages. illus., ports. 22 cm.

New York: New American Library / Signet, February 1969. Mass Market Paperback. First Printing (stated). No ISBN. Signet Q3770, 95¢. Very Good+. Interior lightly tanned, but unmarked. Spine straight and tight. Light reading and shelfwear to covers, including light creases. No tears, no folds. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 143 pages.

New York: Crown / Broadway Books, August 2003. Trade Paperback. Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and crisp. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 281 pages. An account of the extraordinary construction and spectacular demise of the Key West Railroad--one of the greatest engineering feats ever undertaken--destroyed in one fell swoop by the… Read more

New York: Schwartz & Wade, July 2015. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Fine. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped, otherwise As New. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 223 pages. This graphic retelling of the Apple innovator's life will capture the imaginations of the legions of readers who live and breathe the technocentric world… Read more

Emmaus, Pennsylvania: Rodale Books, March 1990. Hardcover. Near Fine. Interior unmarked. Spine straight and tight. Light wear to pictorial covers. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 676 pages. Reliable, unique, and sometimes never-before-revealed self-care secrets practiced by physicians and health-care professionals. The result is a one-of-a-kind volume of sure cures and treatments for common conditions--from angina to… Read more

New York: Smithmark Reference, December 1996. Hardcover. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior unmarked but lightly tanned. Spine straight and tight. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 767 pages.

New York: Walker & Company, 2007. Trade Paperback. Full Number Line. New. Not a remainder. Not damaged. 184 pages.

New York: Simon & Schuster, October 2006. Trade Paperback. First Paperback Edition (stated) / full number line. As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. xiv+767 pages. On July 20, 1969, the world stood still to watch thirty-eight-year-old American astronaut Neil A. Armstrong become the first person to step on the surface of another… Read more

Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1986. Hardcover. Seventh printing, June 1986. Black & blue laminated boards, gilt & white titles & decorations. Very Good book in a Fine jacket. Interior appears pristine. Spine straight and tight. Prior owner's named inked to fore-edge and blacked out. Jacket in protective plastic cover. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. ix + 483… Read more