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London: S. Palmer, 1728 First edition. Contemporary full calf ruled in gilt, rebacked with gilt calf spine label. Edges sprinkled red. . Quarto. Engraved title-page vignette, twelve folding engraved plates, plus engraved headbands, tail-pieces, and historiated initials by John Pine after J. Grison. Pine, of course, is known for his wonderful, engraved edition of Horace. With a subscriber's list. Light foxing. Light offsetting from engravings, which are lightly foxed with some having a few small stains. Occasional minor ink and pencil marginalia. Ink initials and red ink stamp on verso of title page. A very good, large copy. "Dr. Pemberton studied under Boerhaave, preparedthe Fifth London Pharmacopoeia and was invited by Newton to edit the third (1726) edition of the Principia. This study of Newton's philosophy is interesting as being the account of a close friend. The preface contains the author's recollections of Newton, especially in his old age. There is also a poem on Sir Isaac by Richard Glover… Read More

The Associated Press, 1969. Signed by Buzz Aldrin on page 192 next to a photograph of Aldrin facing the American flag on the Lunar surface. First edition / First printing. Navy cloth. Fine in near fine dust jacket.

New York:: Bantam Books,, 1989.. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight, copy in a Fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed & inscribed by Aldrin on the half title page. Aldrin was the second man to walk on the Moon and in this memoir he tells the story of America's race with the Russians to the moon as seen from inside NASA.

Various. Octavo and Quarto. A collection of pamphlets and off-prints in original wraps bound together into a quarto size cloth binding with spine lettering gilt, typed table of contents, 24 works in French, one in English. Most of these works are extremely scarce with only a handful located via OCLC, none for sale. A sample listing of titles: La Psychologie de la recherche scientifique, 1925; La Biologie moderne et le Probleme de la vie, 1930; les cultures de tissue en dehors de l'organisme, 1939; la tension superficielle de liquides de l'organisme, 1931; refelxions sur l'organisation du laboratoire de recherche, 1936; physiological time, 1944; la France inspiratrice. Quelques grands inventeurs, 1946, etc. From 1920 to 1927 he was an associate of the Rockefeller Institute in New York and from 1922 until his death in 1947, head of the division of biophysics at the institute Pasteur in Paris. In 1937 he was named director of the Ecole de Hautes Etues of the Sorbonne. But, he was best known for his… Read More

London: Jonathan Cape, 1922. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Octavo. xi, [3], 458 pp. First published on copyright page. Original red cloth, black titles to front cover and spine. Eleven half-tone illustrations and hundreds figures in text. Shop sticker (W.E. Harrison The Ancient House Book Shop Ipswich) on bottom pastedown. Spine edges gently bent, minor wear on boards; block edges slightly tanned. Ink inscriptions on endpaper "Peter Mitchell-Thompson with best wishes, Jan 1926 from Arthur Churchman". "Deep in the heart of almost every boy lies and instinct for adventures, a love of the unknown and a desire to know the secrets of things." Very interesting book from different fields of science: chemistry, mechanics, liquids, sound, heat, light, electricity and meteorology. Alfred P. Morgan (1889-1972) was an electrical engineer, an inventor with patents on radio and mechanical devices, and an author of technical and children's books. Very scarce and hard to find,… Read More

New York: Basic Books, 1959. First American Edition, First Printing of Popper's "Logik der Forschung", first published in Vienna in 1932 and the book that gave the philosophy of science a firm foundation in 20th century thought. The book is Fine in a Very Good Plus dust jacket, spinea bit browned and with some toning, 1/4" and 1/2" tears at top edge front panel. A quite handsome copy of this highly regarded classic, SCARCE in collectible dust jacket .. First American Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: London: printed by M. Flesher, for Walter Kettilby, at the Bishop's Head in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1684. 1st Edition . Full leather. Near Fine. First edition, quarto; [12], 288, [52], 305-472, [12]pp., complete with imprimatur leaf preceding title-page and separate dated title-page to "An historical account of the College's proceedings against empiricks" on leaf 2P1 recto. In period style 20th century full leather by J.May of London (with only the lightest of wear), blind double fillets to board margins, five raised spine bands with gilt lettered spine label to second compartment, all page edges gilt, small single marginal wormhole to a few rear leaves not affecting text, first and last leaves marginally stained by leather turn-ins, occasional very feint spots and unobtrusive light paper browning, overall a clean copy of these important early accounts of the Royal College of Physicians undertaken, probably at the request of the College, by Charle Goodall, later to become its President. A… Read More

Wharton, Edith et al. Stories from Scribner: Stories of New York. Charles Scribner's Sons, Copyright 1893. Authors /stories included in this book are: From Four to Six, Annie Elliot; The commonest possible Story, Bliss Perry; The End of the Beginning, George A. Hibbard; A Puritan Ingenue, John S. Wood; Mrs. Manstey's View, Edith Wharton. Used. Black, leather-bound pocket-size edition. Pink closure ribbon has gone. Good condition. Binding is a little loose. RARE.

1875 Charles Darwin Variation Under Domestication Biology Plant Evolution 2v

"One general law, leading to the advancement of all organic beings, namely, multiply, vary, let the strongest live and the weakest die."
― Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species

In the summer of 1858, Darwin felt pressured by other scientific research, to publish his evolutionary ideas, before others who had similar findings. He began writing according to his big book of 'Natural Selection' – the source for 'Variation.' According to Freeman,
"This represents the only section of Darwin's big book on the origin of species which was published in his lifetime and corresponds to its first two chapters." (Freeman)

When completed, 'Variation' was by far Darwin's biggest book to date. In fact, when he sent it to the printer, he wrote a personal letter to Murray apologizing for the size.
"I cannot tell you how sorry I am to hear o the enormous size of my Book"
Because of this, portions of the original manuscript were left out… Read More

The Mysterious Affair At Styles (1935 Bodley Head Half-Crown Edition) Made and printed in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner, Ltd., Frome and London. THE FIRST HERCULE POIROT TITLE EVER WRITTEN BY CHRISTIE. Used. Good / New fax candlestick motif dust jacket. Hardcover. BOARDS ARE VERY CLEAN. NO CORNER BUMPS. Mandarin Orange cloth boards with black and green stripes on front cover. Black Titling. States Bodley Head on spine. Spine may be slightly sunned. Pages fairly bright. Foxing noted. chiefly at title page and verso. Please see our photos. Apparently quite rare in this edition. Will ship from Oregon

Gaddis, Thomas E.: Birdman Of Alcatraz, The Story of Robert Stroud .1955 Random House 1st. Edition. BIOGRAPHY. True crime, Ornithology. Stated First Printing Thus Exlib. Good- condition. Spine is a bit cocked. No Dust jacket is included. "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." The original source material for the gripping American film starring Burt Lancaster. Will ship from Oregon.

Rare/collectible. Ex-library with markings and stamps, but clean inside and in very good condition.

Small 8vo. Bound in contemporary vellum. Printed by Jean Antoine Huguetan, Lyons 1638. (Colophon at end dated 1627; printing privilege dated 1626.) Second Edition of this comprehensive treatise on geomancy.Illustrated with numerous diagrams, schematic woodcuts and tables in text, as well as 10 plates, 1 of which is an engraved single-page plate, while the other 9 are fold-out woodcut diagrams or letterpress tables, some bound to face each other; plus large engraved printer's device with an armillary sphere on title-page; a few decorative woodcut head-pieces and initials.The Opus Geomantiae Completum "is divided into three parts devoted respectively to the theory, practice and questions taken from previous authors. The theory is largely astrological. Instead of jotting down four rows of dots at random, a wheel with sixteen projections is spun or whirled in order to obtain one of the sixteen geomantic figures. Fludd is cited more than once, also Arabic authors like Geber and Aomar, medieval Latins like… Read More

1754 Electricity Phenomena Experiments Nollet Physics Illustrated Science RARE

Jean-Antoine Nollet was an 18th-century French physicist who made incredible contributions to world of physical science. Perhaps his best work came with from his experiments with electricity and his displays of static electricity. In his book 'Electrical Phenomena', Nollet describes many of these experiments – this 1754 edition is complete with folding engravings illustrating Nollet's discoveries.
Item number: #19996
Price: $499
NOLLET, Jean Antoine
Recherches sur les causes particulières des phénoménes électriques; et fur les effects nuifibles ou avantageux qu'on peut en attendre.
Paris, Chez H.L. Guerin, & L.F. Delatour, 1754.

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages
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xxxvi, 444
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8 folding engravings (1 present but damaged)
· Language: French
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~6.75in X 4in (17cm x 10.5cm)
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1740 1ed Wyndham Tour in WALES & Monmouthshire Castles + Edward Science Memoirs
A curious pairing of two interesting 18th-century works – the 'Memoirs' of English naturalist George Edwards and Henry Wyndham's "Tour Through Monmouthshire and Wales".
Edwards studied birds and animals and covered them extensively in his writings which contains his descriptions of crocodiles and alligators, frog fish of Suriname, the Argus pheasant, the lynx, the Snake Eater bird, and others all of which included references to Carl Linneaus and his nomenclature.
The much more extensive portion of this book is dedicated to the report of Wyndham's 1774 and 1777 voyages through Wales and Monmouthshire. This book offers descriptions of iconic locations – castles, and cathedrals, and ruins mainly – and includes absolutely stunning engravings of the locations.
Item number: #20450
Price: $599
EDWARDS, George
Some memoirs of the life and works of George Edwards.
London : Printed for J. Robson, 1776.
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