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London: Royal Society of London, 1837. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Also contains J. Frederic Daniell's article, "Further Observations on Voltaic Combinations. In a Letter addressed to Michael Faraday" (pp. 141-160). x, [1]-178, [179]-446 pp. 4to. Library binding, tan leather spine with gold embossed titling. Interiors clean, ex-library stamp on title page, and occurring sporadically within. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound.

Portland, ME: The Anthoensen Press, 1971. Limited Edition. Wraps. Very Good. Printed in an edition of 500 copies. 75 pp. 8vo. Light blue paper wraps with some minor soiling from age. Clean within.

London: Royal Society of London, 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Also contains William Bowman's "On the Structure and Use of the Malpighian Bodies of the Kidney, With Observations on the Circulation Through That Gland" (pp. 57-80) and John Herschel's "On the Action of the Rays of the Solar Spectrum on Vegetable Colours, and on some new Photographic Processes" (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 132 for the Year 1842 Part I & Part II, pp. 181-214). iv, [5], [1]-12, [1]-438, [8] pp. 4to. Recent brown three quarter leather bindings with five raised bands at spine, burgundy title patch with gold embossed titling, gold lines offsetting bands, decorative stamp in each compartment without titling, blind embossed borders to front and rear boards. Interiors clean, ex-library stamp on title page, and occurring sporadically within. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound.

London: Royal Society of London, 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Also contains Charles Wheatstone's article, "Contributions to the Physiology of Vision. Part the First. On Some Remarkable, and Hitherto Unobserved, Phenomena of Binocular Vision." (pp. 371-394). Also contains Michael Faraday's articles, "Experimental Researches in Electricity -- Eleventh, Supplementary Note, Twelfth, Thirteenth & Fourteenth Series" (pp. 1-40, 79-82, 83-124, 125-168, 265-282). ix, [1]-59, [1]-414, [8] pp. 4to. Library binding, tan leather spine with gold embossed titling. Interiors clean, ex-library stamp on title page, and occurring sporadically within. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound.

London: Royal Society of London, 1837. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Also contains John Dalton's article, "Sequel to an Essay on the Constitution of the Atmosphere." (pp. 347-363). x, [1]-178, [179]-446 pp. 4to. Library binding, tan leather spine with gold embossed titling. Interiors clean, ex-library stamp on title page, and occurring sporadically within. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound.

London: Royal Society of London, 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Also contains Faraday's "Experimental Researches in Electricity -- Fifteenth Series" (pp. 1-12). iv, [5], [1]-12, [1]-438, [8] pp. 4to. Library binding, tan leather spine with gold embossed titling. Interiors clean, ex-library stamp on title page, and occurring sporadically within. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound.

London: Royal Society of London, 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Also contains J. Norman Lockyer's "Researches in Spectrum-Analysis in Connexion with the Spectrum of the Sun. No. V" (pp. 561-576). iv, v, [2], [1]-922 pp. 4to. Library binding, tan leather spine with gold embossed titling. Interiors clean, ex-library stamp on title page, and occurring sporadically within. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound.

London: Royal Society of London, 1881. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. George Darwin's (1845-1912) theory of the formation of the moon along with his age calculations. v, [2], [1]-1092 pp. 4to. Library binding, tan leather spine with gold embossed titling. Interiors clean, ex-library stamp on title page, and occurring sporadically within. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound.

Moose, WY: Grand Teton Natural History Association, 1999. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. Administrative History of Grand Teton National Park, established in 1929. 403 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy.

New York: Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1979. Hardcover. Fine. xii, 402, xii, 403-825. 4to. Red cloth covered boards. Both volumes clean and crisp inside and out. No dust jackets as issued. Light scuffing to cloth covered slipcase with gold embossed title.

Paris: Claude Barbin, 1690. First Edition. Full leather. Very Good. An amazing record of La Quintinye's lesson learned as the director of the royal fruit and vegetable gardens under Louis XIV. A high spot in books on garden history. Instructions for Fruit and Vegetable Gardens. 4to. Volume I: 1, 6, 16, 522, 2 pp. Volume II: 566, 2 pp. Volume I begins with a 6 page dedication to the King of France, Louis XIV, followed by 16 pages of poems, the first an ode to Pomona by Santolius Victorinus, and a frontispiece engraving of La Quntinye followed by an ode to La Quntinye by Perrault. Volume I contains 3 plates: pp. 32/33 tri-fold plate of the Potager du Roy a Versailles (Kitchen Garden of the King at Versailles), older Japanese paper tape repair at verso width of plate where it was completely separated in half; pp. 304/305 tri-fold plate of 15 illustrations of pruning instructions; pp. 504/505 tri-fold plate of 15 illustrations of pruning instructions. Volume I divided into three parts, each section… Read more

Lancaster, PA: American Physical Society, 1951. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. Announcement of the discovery of Positronium, an atom that consists of an electron and its antiparticle, a positron, and is therefore the lightest atom. The orbit of the two particles is similar to that of the hydrogen atom (electron and proton). Because the electron and positron annihilate one another, positronium has a very short half-life (approximately 125 picoseconds). 349-262 pp. 4to. Green paper wraps with slight darkening at edges of covers from age. Clean within.

New Delhi, India: Natraj Publishers, 1993. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A reprint of the 1923 edition. xv, 786, viii pp. Light wear and scuffing to dust jacket, now in mylar cover.

Bath, England: The Old School Press, 2008. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. An exquisite letterpress printed limited edition book by Martyn Ould's Old School Press. The text is set in 12pt Poliphilus printed on a dampened hand-made paper from the Carteria Amatruda in Amalfi, Italy. The end-papers are of burgundy-colored Magnani Firenze, hand-made in Italy. The book consists of a single section of 16pp sewn into boards. The front cover photograph by Martyn Ould was taken on a misty day from Dorsoduro, towards San GiorgioThe edition is 135 copies, of which this is number 24.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1845. Twelfth Edition. Full Leather. Very Good. 175 pp. 12mo. 13 illustrations. Full red leather binding with bold embossed titling to cover as well as a holly sprig, borders on both front and rear boards; five raised band at spine, gold titling, and green leather patch titles that have faded to brown. Slight fading along top edge of front cover, light wear and bumping. Interior front and rear boards have gold dentelle boarder with Sangorki and Sutcliffe label embossed on front board. Clean and crisp within.

Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. First Printing. 470 pp. 8vo. Previous owner's tasteful signature in red ink on first free endpaper. Clean, crisp copy with no dust jacket as issued.

New York: Thames & Hudson, 2010. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. First Printing. Clean, crisp copy in mylar cover.

London: Richard and John E. Taylor, 1840. First Edition. Three Quarter Leather. Fine. First printing of an early, important paper explaining the practical application of Louis Daguerre's process of early photography that resulted in what we now refer to as the daguerreotype. Draper is credited with taking both the first recognizable photograph of the face of a woman (his sister, Dorothy Catherine Draper) as well as a photograph of the moon. vii, [1], 552 pp. 8vo. Recent brown three quarter leather bindings with five raised bands at spine, burgundy and black title patches with gold embossed titling, gold lines offsetting bands, marbled paper insets to front and rear boards. Clean within.

New York: The Century Co, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Printing. xx, 232 pp. 8vo. Light wear and scuffing to dust jacket, now in mylar cover. Bright blue cloth boards with minor sunning to base of spine, age staining to foredge. Clean within.

Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Annual volume of papers by numerous authors on a chemistry and physics, illustrated with numerous plates. 576 pp. 8vo. Patterned brown paper covers with green leather spine, gold embossed titling and horizontal lines. Light scuffing from shelf wear. Clean within. Numerous plates and illustrations, some folding. Text in French.