Science & Technology from Mary Riversong Books

RARE SIGNED STATED FIRST EDITION: Gaddis, Thomas E.: Birdman Of Alcatraz, The Story of Robert Stroud .1955 Random House 1st. Ed. w/Dj. Photo of jacket is a stock photo. Ours is in nicer shape. True crime, Ornithology. Stated First Printing Thus in an original HARVEY GABOR White/black jail bars/ bird inset exlib dust jacket protected by a mylar wrap. … Read more

SCARCE. Please see our stock photo. EXLIB. ADULT CONTENT. "In Cold Blood" A true account of a multiple murder and its consequences. By author Truman Capote & CO-AUTHORED BY HARPER LEE, AUTHOR OF "TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD" Good condition/ Good- original dust jacket. A good reading copy. Book is protected in mylar wrap. Please Note: Front flap of dj… Read more

USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION, NEARLY AS NEW. BIOGRAPHY. HISTORY OF ENGLAND. "After the mutiny aboard the Bounty, Captain William Blight and few loyal crewman crossed most of the Pacific in an open boat, an epic feat in any age. Author JohnToohey brings this tragic, doomed man and his desperate voyage vividly to life in this fascinating new book."

HISTORY OF ALASKA. The story of the (unsuccessful) attempted colonization of Wrangel Island Alaska. EXLIB. Good Condition/ No DJ included. Fold-out map affixed to binding. 413 pages plus appendix, Index. Titling is still bright. A clean, solid copy. Scarce.

Science Model-Making (1963 Macmillan 1st/4th. Am. Ed. w/Dj) Hopwood, Robert R: Science Model Making. PHYSICS. MODEL-MAKING. Macmillan First American Edition, stated 4th printing thus 1963. EXLIB. Good Condition/ Good- Rare Original Dust Jacket. Front flap states $4.95 original price. Written by physics master Robert R. Hopwood. These projects are Illustrated with over 100 diagrams on: Astronomical telescope/One transistor… Read more

Wilhelm. Kate Where Late The Sweet Birds Sang (1974 BCE, Harper & Row) Used. Science Fiction. VG/VG Dust Jacket. A spellbinding and original family saga of the future. By the author of "The Infinity Box". 5 ¾ X 8 5/8

Sutton, Jeff Apollo At Go (1963, G.P. Putnam's BCE) See Blue dust jacket 2nd row on the left. Science Fiction. Historical. Used. VG/Good-. Jacket design by Robert Bartram. "A novel that dramatizes the realistic story of NASA's moon shot. The author shows how the tree astronauts "sweat out" their selection, then what they experience on their flight, and the thrill and… Read more

Please see our cover photo. This item appears at 2nd row third from the left. .No other items are included in this listing. Cowper, Richard Phoenix, 1967 Ballantine Books BCE.COVER ART BY AWARD-WINNING GRAPHIC ARTIST SEYMOUR. Summary: Hopelessly trapped in suspended animation in "the caves of sleep" of 24th century Earth. Used. VG/G. Dj spine is a bit darkened. A… Read more

Please see our cover photo. This item appears at far right end, 2nd row. White and orange dj. No other items are included in this listing. The Great Explosion, 1962 Torquil Dodd Mead BCE. Used. vg/g-. Dj spine is smoke darkened. Summary: "Four hundred years in the Future. Little did Johannes Pretorius van der Camp Blieder, the runny-nosed tinkerer, envision… Read more

Please see our cover photo. This item appears at top row 4th from the left, the .Green and yellow dj. No other items are included in this listing. Edited by Leo Margulies and Oscar J. Friend. Used. VG/G- original unclipped $3.95 dj. 1954, Merlin Press, Inc. 580 pages. ANTHOLOGY.. 10 stories included in this volume are: Enchantress of Venus by… Read more

Please see our photos. This item is 3rd from the left on 2nd row. No other books are included in this listing. L.P. Hartley, 1960, Doubleday BCE. illustrated by well-known artist Vera Bock. Used. vg/g-. A nice copy. ABOUT THE ARTIST: "Vera Bock (4 April 1905 – 1973) was a Russian-born artist who spent most of her career in the… Read more

Jacket Design by Wally Littman. Please see our photos. This item is 2nd book from the left in row 2. No other items are included in this listing. Dickson, Gordon R. 1962 Doubleday BCE. Used. VG/G-. A nice copy. Summary: A young mining engineer with special abilities joins The Chantry Guild, a society dedicated to saving the world from "the… Read more

Please see our cover photo. This item appears at 2nd row third from the left. .No other items are included in this listing. Cowper, Richard Phoenix, 1967 Ballantine Books BCE.COVER ART BY AWARD-WINNING GRAPHIC ARTIST SEYMOUR. Summary: Hopelessly trapped in suspended animation in "the caves of sleep" of 24th century Earth. Used. VG/G. Spine is a bit darkened. A… Read more

Hopwood, Robert R: Science Model Making. PHYSICS. MODEL-MAKING. Macmillan First American Edition, 1963. EXLIB. Good Condition/ Good- Rare Original Dust Jacket. Front flap states $4.95 original price. No other printings listed. Written by physics master Robert R. Hopwood. These projects are Illustrated with over 100 diagrams on: Astronomical telescope/One transistor radio receiver/ microscope/ steam turbine/ pocket sundial/ electric motor. "Science… Read more

Gaddis, Thomas E.: Birdman Of Alcatraz, The Story of Robert Stroud .1955 Random House 1st. Edition. True crime, Ornithology. Stated First Printing ThusExlib. Good- condition. Spine is a bit cocked. Front panel states "The fantastic true story of the prisoner with the longest record of solitary confinement in the United States – who became a leading authority on birds."… Read more

Used. 1970 Stated 2nd Printing Thus. Cornell University Press. Very Good condition/Very Good- original unclipped dust jacket. Dj spine lightly sunned. Rare/scarce. Iron Age; Anthropology; Archaeology; Denmark. "About The Bog People: One spring morning two men cutting peat in a Danish bog uncovered a well-preserved body of a man with a noose around his neck. Thinking they had stumbled… Read more

Collins, Wilkie: THE FROZEN DEEP by Wilkie Collins, , AUTHOR OF "THE WOMAN IN WHITE" AND "THE MOONSTONE". PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM F. GILL AND COMPANY, BOSTON, 1874, 1ST AMERICAN EDITION. ILLUSTRATED BY ALFRED FREDERICKS. USED. GOOD CONDITION. ANTIQUARIAN. 5 x 7 3/4. 237 pages. Green cloth boards with Black and gold gilt titling and ornamentation that remains fairly… Read more

Munroe, Kirk: The Copper Princess, A Story Of Lake Superior Mines. Illustrated by W.A. Rogers. Harper & Brothers First Edition, 1898, Impression C-Z Thus. Water damage seen to some page edges. Good Condition/ No DJ included. RARE.

Used. Good condition/ No DJ if issued. First Edition, The Arthur H. Clark Company. Copyright 1923. States 1924 on the title page. By Dr. Jeannette Paddock Nichols. Fold-out Map of Alaska in nice condition and still affixed to binding. 456 pages, indexed. Clean and fairly bright. Gutters neatly cloth-taped.

Used. DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY, 1951. BOOK CLUB EDITION. VERY GOOD- CONDITION/ VERY GOOD DUST JACKET. One of the creepiest stories you will ever read. SCARCE.