Search Results: Titles starting with J from Kuenzig Books

Boston, Massachusetts: F. W. Faxon Company, 1948. First Edition. Cloth. Good. First Edition. [6], 256, [3-addenda] pages. 8vo. Publisher's green cloth. An exlibrary copy, properly withdrawn with the usual markings. Bumped corners, a sound working copy. Cloth.

Wien [ Vienna ]: Carl Konegen, 1905. First Edition. Boards. Very Good. First Edition. X, 250, [1] pages. 8vo. Quarter cloth with gold gilding on spine panel over marbled paper boards. Original paper wraps bound in. Stamp of Conservatoire Botanique Ville de Geneve in several places. Wear to the corners, fundamentally sound. Text in German. Boards. The best biography of Ingen-Housz who is perhaps best known for the discovery of photosynthesis and plant respiration. He was also involved extensively in innoculation, electricity and other areas. See DSB 7/8:11-13 for a good overview of his contributions, and areas where he hasn't yet been recognized.

Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press, 1994. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hoffman, Rosekrans. Hoffman, Rosekrans. First Edition. 95, [1] pages. Glossy printed boards. Oblong, 10.25 x 9.25 inches. A crisp clean copy. SIGNED by Yolen in 2008 opposite the title page. Hard Cover. Signed by Author.

Toyko, Japan: Shokokusha Publishing Co, 1964. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. First Edition. [2], 134, [1] pages. Publisher's original coarse brown cloth with gilt lettering. Lacks the original clear plastic dust jacket. Light fading to spine panel, covers bowed outward, bright and clean internally. Cloth. A scholarly presentation of Japanese Sukiya architecture. Text in both Japanese and English.

[ Japan ]: Japanese Map Association (MAP Kyogikai), 1987. First Edition. Boards. Near Fine. First Edition. iii, 130 pages. 8vo. Publisher's green boards with silver gilt titles. An unread copy, clean and bright. Boards. MAP stands for the Middle Atmosphere Program.

Paris: Henri Plon, 1869. Second Edition. Boards. Near Fine. Second Edition. 451, [1] pages. 4 1/2 x 6 7/8 inches. 1/4 leather over cloth boards (minor wear to high points). Spine red leather gilt, page edges speckled, marbled endpapers, green reading ribbon. Includes both the fold-out frontis and multi-fold colored map (minor tear near attachment point to book). Second edition noted on title page. Text in French. Boards. Assoc. Prof. Wening UDASMORO (Univ. of Gadjah Mada) in his article "Representing the Other: Marquis Ludovic de Beauvoir's Account of Nineteenth-Century Java" (ASIAN STUDIES: Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia, Volume 53: 2 (2017)) writes: "Marquis Ludovic de Beauvoir's travel report, A Voyage Round the World: Java, Siam, Canton (1870), has shown the author's nuanced perspective on Java. Despite his cultural background as a European, as well as the colonial system that he enjoyed, de Beauvoir partly diverted from the common narrative of indigenous peoples as primitive and… Read More

Paris: Desclee, De Brouwer, 1941. Wraps. Good. 97, [1] pages. Paper wrappers with integral flaps. First signature loose, some staining. Spine reglued. Front flyleaf corner clipped. A well read copy. Text in French. Wraps. Appears to be a treatise on Christian dance. Many photomechanical illustrations. French text explains various dance moves, sometimes with photographs and many with stick figures to illustrate the movements. Scarce, with less than a dozen copies in Worldcat/OCLC and none online as of this listing.

various: Zeiss Historica Society, 2006. First Edition. Wraps. Good. First Edition. Individual issues with 10 to 24 pages. 8 1/4 x 11 inches. Stapled pictorial wrappers. This set were effectively file copies retained by one of the founders, and some have significant wear. 51 total issues from Volume 3, No 1 Spring 1981 through Volume 28, No 1, Spring 2006. It would be difficult to put together a set of these again. Most issues were circulated just within the Society, and are rarely seen in the marketplace. Wraps. The Zeiss Historica Society was founded by Thomas Schreiner, Charles Barringer, Jr. and (as noted in some of the society's journals) Lawrence J. Gubas. Subcribed to by Zeiss enthusiasts all over the world, the "objectives of the Society are the study of, and exchange of information on the significant products and innovations of the Zeiss companies from their inception to the present." The Society was able to publish much interesting, scholarly material on many aspects of Zeiss drawing on… Read More

Philadelphia: The Franklin Institute, 1931. First Edition. Cloth. Good. First Edition. [2], 820 pages. The entire volume offered. Black buckram gilt, ex-library with the usual markings (properly withdrawn). As often the case, individual issue wrappers were not bound in. Sound and clean. Cloth. Contains many interesting articles including: The diamond mines of South Africa ,F.Lynwood Garrison,Pages 197-224; The depression of density produced by the presence of bromide in the developer of photographic emulsions exposed to light and to x-rays, A.P.H. Trivelli, E.C. Jensen, Pages 335-347; Dynamical analysis of machines, R. Eksergian, Pages 353-366; Determinations of the size-frequency distribution of residual (undevelopable) grains of a photographic emulsion, E.C. Jensen, A.P.H. Trivelli, Pages 489-494; X-rays in the steel industry, H.H. Lester, Pages 567-579; Modern methods of fire fighting, C.B. White, Pages 757-760, IN1, 761-775 and others.

Philadelphia: Published at No. 108 Chestnut Street. Stereotyped by L. Johnson, 1830. First Edition. Boards. Good. First Edition. [2-volume title], 390, [4-extra to Journal of Health) pages. 8vo. 1/4 leather over marbled boards. Leather worn, age darkened at spine. Rear joint starting at bottom. While the spine labeling notes "Journal of Health | Vol I. | Improved ed." and we find listings of at least four "improved editions" in online listings, we find no indication of later printings internally. Copyright August 17, 1830 by Henry H. Porter on copyright notice. Nice lithograph as a frontispiece showing an old man with two younger people. "By various sports, o'er hills, through vallies & by rivers' brink, is life both sweeten'd & prolong'd" (labeled "Childs Lith." and P. A.) Spotting. toning, and staining throughout. Boards. The first annual of this early Journal, with volume title page and issues No 1, Vol 1 (Sept 9, 1829) through No 24, vol I (August 25, 1830) complete. This volume includes a four… Read More

Austin, TX: Zeiss Historica Society, 2007. First Edition. Wraps. Near Fine. First Edition. 24 pages. 8 1/4 x 11 inches. Stapled pictorial wrappers. Minor wear to the extremities, and few minor creases to the covers. A nice clean copy. Wraps. The Zeiss Historica Society was founded by Thomas Schreiner, Charles Barringer, Jr. and (as noted in some of the society's journals) Lawrence J. Gubas. Subcribed to by Zeiss enthusiasts all over the world, the "objectives of the Society are the study of, and exchange of information on the significant products and innovations of the Zeiss companies from their inception to the present." The Society was able to publish much interesting, scholarly material on many aspects of Zeiss drawing on personal member collections as well as individual research. With the concurrence of the modern Zeiss firms, Zeiss Historica also re-issued a few historic catalogs sent as premiums to members. The material offered here is new old stock and was acquired from the Society after it… Read More

New York: Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1879. Reprint. Cloth. Good. Reprint. 25 volumes bound in 35 (last bound volume contains Volume XXV, 1903, Part II). Most volumes also include the Proceedings of the Chemical Society bound in with the Journal. Buckram bindings with the usual exlibrary markings (spine label, embossed stamps, library label, rear pocket). A solid working reference set, with sound binding and interior. Postage will be additional due to the weight of this set. Cloth. A photolithographed reproduction with the permission of the American Chemical Society. These are professional reproductions, not the original issues.

Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2000. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. First Edition. The first in print version of articles and Special Issues originally published electronically during 1999 and 2000. Large (several inches thick) requiring additional postage. Trade Paperback.

London: Taylor and Francis, 1856. Boards. Very Good. Two volumes bound in one. [2-volume title page dated 1854], [231]-234 (index vol 1), [317]-320 (index vol 2), [1]-230 pages + [2-volume title page dated 1856], [1]-316 pages. 1/4 leather over cloth boards. Raised bands, spine labels. Some dampstaining to binding and first / last dozen or so pages. Page edges marbled, corners bumped. Otherwise clean internally. Occasional tear to paper edges (no loss of text). A sound copy. Includes issues No 1 (Mar 3, 1853) through No 39 (Feb 21, 1856) inclusive. Includes the useful volume indices, bound at the front. Volume title pages are dated the year after the last issue for that volume as normal - publishers would bind up extra issues at the end of the year, and offer in the following year so that new subscribers could "catch up". All issues are first printings. Separate issue wrappers, if issued, are not bound in. Boards. First published in 1853, the Journal of the Photographic Society of London is the… Read More

London: British Interplanetary Society, 1955. Wraps. Very Good. A partial run of this interesting journal. All are tan printed wrappers, stapled. 6 x 9 inches. All but the first issue have added three hole punches for a binder (not issued this way). Unless noted, issues are near fine (noting punched holes) with a previous owner stamp or signature (R.P. Haviland). 28 issues are as follows: Issue XXI, Vol 7, No. 2, March 1948 (exlib, markings, creased) authors Clarke, Ovenden Issue XXXVI, Vol 9, No 5., Sept 1950, authors Clarke, Lawden, Herrick, Cleaver Issue XXXVIII, Vol 10, No 1, Jan 1951, authors Lawden, Humphries, Nonweiler Issue XLIII, Vol 10, No 6., Nov 1951, authors von Braun, Shepherd, Spitzer, Nonweiler, Ovenden, Gatland, and Smith - documents the Symposium on Satellite Vehicles, Second International Congress on Astronautics, London, 1951. NOTE: INCLUDES THE supplement by Von Braun "The Importance of Satellite Vehicles in Interplanetary Flight" (separately printed, paginated 237-244).… Read More

Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh, Limited, 1920. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. First Edition. Journal of the North-China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society For the Year 1920 Vol LI. Bound in 3/4 leather with raised bands on the spine over pebbled cloth boards. Gold stamped into front cover is "President". Leather is quite scuffed, with underlying boards showing through and some crude attempts at coloring the scuffed areas to appear "better". One band on the spine panel lacking, high points of other bands damaged/scuffed (head/tail spine as well). Hinges/joints are fine although starting on outside near head/tail spine. Generally clean and sound internally. Hard Cover.

Austin, TX: Zeiss Historica Society, 2010. First Edition. Wraps. Near Fine. First Edition. 24 pages. 8 1/4 x 11 inches. Stapled pictorial wrappers. Minor wear to the extremities. A nice clean copy. Wraps. The Zeiss Historica Society was founded by Thomas Schreiner, Charles Barringer, Jr. and (as noted in some of the society's journals) Lawrence J. Gubas. Subcribed to by Zeiss enthusiasts all over the world, the "objectives of the Society are the study of, and exchange of information on the significant products and innovations of the Zeiss companies from their inception to the present." The Society was able to publish much interesting, scholarly material on many aspects of Zeiss drawing on personal member collections as well as individual research. With the concurrence of the modern Zeiss firms, Zeiss Historica also re-issued a few historic catalogs sent as premiums to members. The material offered here is new old stock and was acquired from the Society after it was disbanded. A portion of any sales… Read More

Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh, Limited, 1921. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. First Edition. Journal of the North-China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society For the Year 1921 Vol LII. Bound in 3/4 leather with raised bands on the spine over pebbled cloth boards. Gold stamped into front cover is "Honorary Curator". Wear to the leather overall, corners show the boards (and some crude attempts at recoloring the scuffed leather). Raised spine bands likewise scuffed and colored. Hinges/joints sound though starting at head/tail spine panel. Clean internally. Hard Cover.

Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh, Limited. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. First Edition. [1918]. Journal of the North-China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society For the Year 1918 Vol XLIX. Bound in 3/4 leather with raised bands on the spine over pebbled cloth boards. Gold stamped into front cover is "Vice President". Leather is quite scuffed, with underlying boards showing through and some crude attempts at coloring the scuffed areas to appear "better". Lower inch of spine panel leather missing, high points scuffed. Fundamentally sound though. Clean internally. Hard Cover.

Austin, TX: Zeiss Historica Society, 2015. First Edition. Wraps. Near Fine. First Edition. 24 pages. 8 1/4 x 11 inches. Stapled pictorial wrappers. Minor wear to the extremities. A nice clean copy. Wraps. The Zeiss Historica Society was founded by Thomas Schreiner, Charles Barringer, Jr. and (as noted in some of the society's journals) Lawrence J. Gubas. Subcribed to by Zeiss enthusiasts all over the world, the "objectives of the Society are the study of, and exchange of information on the significant products and innovations of the Zeiss companies from their inception to the present." The Society was able to publish much interesting, scholarly material on many aspects of Zeiss drawing on personal member collections as well as individual research. With the concurrence of the modern Zeiss firms, Zeiss Historica also re-issued a few historic catalogs sent as premiums to members. The material offered here is new old stock and was acquired from the Society after it was disbanded. A portion of any sales… Read More