Science And Mathematics from Old Bookshelf

New York: Samuel Wood & Sons, 1819. Third American Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 352pp. Full calf, 5 folding plates. Wear and scuffing to cover, spine label missing, pastedown endpapers not present, interestingly bookbinder's utility endpapers exposed, endpapers soiled and stained, text is sound with very faint foxing. 3… Read more about this item

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1880. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 62pp +6pp answer sheets laid-in. FIRST EDITION. Maroon boards, gilt lettering to cover and spine. Edges and spine lightly rubbed, spine slightly faded , interior is clean and unmarked, former owner's name on front free endpaper and… Read more about this item

Phildelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. , 1846. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 288pp. Full leather, gilt lettering to spine. Very light wear, small ll abrasions to rear board, light foxing mainly to first and last few pages, binding is tight and sound. In this edition a curious… Read more about this item

London: W. Inny's and R. Manby, 1735. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [16], 435,[13] pp, 17 folding plates. Contemporary calf. Covers detached and worn but present, spine worn. Contents tanned and occasional light margin soil, endpapers and title page edge-darkened, Burgiss Allison's name and stamp ont title page, notations on… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1920. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 484p. Blue cloth. Fading mainly to spine, splitting to endpapers, contents age-toned. What's interesting about this volume, is the inscription on the front free endpaper : "Pasteur said: Study great men and worship them, little realizing that he was one. The inspiration which I… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1859. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 367pp. Brown cloth, gilt spine lettering. Top 2 inches of spine missing, spine chipped, edges owrn, contents are mildly toned and only occasionally spotted, but mostly quite clean, pencilled inscription on front free endpaper. One map and 5 additional… Read more about this item

Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1920. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 102pp. Gilt lettered blue buckram, 2 fold-out charts. Extremities very lightly rubbed, faint spot near top edge, contents tanned but clean. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR in pencil on front free endpaper "Mrs. Francis B. Key,… Read more about this item

American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1935. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 36pp. Stapled stiff blue wraps. Spine rubbed, otherwise clean and sound. Traces the history of the telephone form Alexander Graham Bell in 1876 to 1935, when the pamphlet was published.

Homewood, IL: Richard D Irwin, Inc., 1975. First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good. 384pp. Corners lightly rubbed, superficial split to front joint, contents are clean and sound. SIGNED INSCRIPTION by author on front free endpaper. An introductory text in statistics.

Chicago: Union Publishing House, 1912. Revised Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. x+561+index. Brown cloth, gilt lettering and decoration to cover and spine, blind-stamping to covers, marbled edges, floral endpapers. Unusual to find this book in such clean and sound condition. The author traces the advancement of science and… Read more about this item

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1959. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 504pp. SIGNED. 10th printing. Green hardcover. Edges rubbed, spine sunned. Contents are sound. Inscribed and signed by author on front free endpaper. Books signed by Stoddard are uncommon.

New York: The American Museum of Natural History, 1931. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 55pp. Brown stiff printed wraps. Endpapers are museum expedition world maps. Wear to edges and spine, but secure. Contents are clean. The Museum's missions, goals, accomplishments and its needs for increased… Read more about this item