New York City: Published by Cole & Morgan, Inc., (1917). Fourth Impression of the Revised & Enlarged Third Edition. 72 pp. Illustrated. 12mo. 7" x 4-1/2". Red & black paper covers, lettered in white. More
Chicago and New York: Rand McNally & Company Publishers, (1914). Eighth Edition, Revised and Englarged. x, [10] - 305, [1 (advert)] pp. Frontispiece. Illustrated. 12mo. 7" x 4-1/2". Black cloth binding with white stamped lettering. No dust jacket. More
London: The Office of "Knowledge," 326, High Holburn, 1902. Third Edition, 1st published in 1901. [2], iv, [7] - 104, 4 pp. Illustrated adverts last 4 pages. Illustrated. 7-3/8" x 4-7/8". Original publisher's light blue cloth binding with dark blue stamped lettering. Uncommon book on the subject. More
New York: The Norman W. Henly Publishing Company, 132 Nassua Street, 1913. 1st Printing. xvi, 154, 29, [1 (blank)] pp. 29 page publisher catalogue at rear. Profusely illustrated from b/w photographs, and with drawings & schematics. 7-1/2" x 5-1/8". Original publisher's light blue cloth binding with dark blue printed lettering..... More
New York: The Norman W. Henly Publishing Company, 2 West 45th Street, 1922. 6th Edition. xvi, 154, 38 pp. 38 page publisher catalogue at rear. Profusely illustrated from b/w photographs, and with drawings & schematics. 7-1/2" x 5". Original publisher's tan cloth binding with black stamped lettering & graphic to..... More
London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., 1923. xiii, [3], 116, [19 (adverts)] pp. Illustrated with drawings, graphs & schematics. 6-1/2" x 4-1/8". Original publisher's orange cloth binding with black stamped lettering & graphic to front board. Advert eps. More
Paris: A La Libraireie Encyclopdédique de Roret, Rue Hautefeuille, 10 Bis, 1847. Nouvelle Édition, Revue, Corrigée et Considérablement Augmentée. x, 314 pp. Two folding lithographic plates after p. 306. 5-3/4" x 3-1/2". Period green quarter leather binding with black & green marbled paper boards. Speckled edges. A popular veterinary manual..... More
New York: The Wireless Press Inc. 326 Broadway, (1919). 1st Edition thus. 202 pp. Text followed by blank "Memoranda" pages, then 4 pages of adverts. Illustrated from b/w photographs. Numerous drawings, schematics & graphs. 8vo. Red cloth binding with black stamped lettering. No dust jacket. More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. 1st Edition. [8], 296 pp. Frontispiece. 8vo. Red cloth binding with gold stamping. No dust jacket. de Forest "was an American inventor, self-described 'Father of Radio', and a pioneer in the development of sound-on-film recording used for motion pictures. ... His most famous invention, in..... More
Paris: Societe Parisienne D'Edition, 1928. 1st Edition. 329, [1] pp. Illustated with drawings & schematics. 8vo. Black cloth spine [later?] over green diamond cloth boards. More
Boston: Daniel Gunn & Co., Printers, 1891. 1st Printing. Not in Romaine, though see p. 96 for 4 later [beginning 1896] Master & Wells catalogues / lists. 81 pp [inside rear wrapper paginated as p. 81]. Inside front wrapper as frontispiece. 16mo. 5-9/16" x 3-1/2". Red paper wrappers, printed in..... More
Philadelphia: King & Baird, Printers, No. 9 Sansom Street, 1856. 1st Printing. 14 pp. Fold-out at rear, with 7 figures depicting divers aspects of the "Steam Hydrant". 8vo. 9" x 5-3/4". Later plain light brown paper covers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Rare scientific treatise on this device..... More
Shanghai: Chinese National Committee on Intellectual Co-operation, 1856 Avenue Joffre, 1936. 1st Edition. [4], 282, [2], xxiii, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 5-7/8". Original publisher's red cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. No dust jacket. More
Neuilly: Riegel, (n. d.). 1st Printing. Broadside Color illustration by Sem [a.k.a. George Goursat (1863 - 1934)] to top left of menu. 16-1/8" x 11". White card stock, primarily printed in purple, with restaurant name in dark pink at top. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Sem used to..... More
Aberdeen [Stuttgart?]: Printed for James Hay, and Sold by all Booksellers in Town and Country, 1788 [1872]. 1st printing thus. 23, [1] pp. "The Maid's Prayer", p. 24. Printer's ornament to t.p. 12mo. 7" x 4-5/8". Lacks wrappers [remnants along spine fold], now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Wilkes..... More
New York: Frank Tousey, Publisher, 34 & 36 North Moore Street, (1895). Early, if not the first, printing of this edition. Advert to rear cover lists through the next title of this "10 Cent Hand Book" series. 62, [2 (advert)] pp. Illustrated with cuts. 12mo. 6-1/4" x 4" Printed paper..... More
Dearborn, Michigan: Published by the Edison Institute, (1937). 3rd edition. 430, [16] pp. Two Indexes at rear, 6 blank pages conclude volume. Profusely illustrated. 12mo. 7-3/8" x 4-5/8". Bound in green card-stock covers with black printed lettering to spine & front cover. The author was formerly a lab assistant to..... More
London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., 1 Amen Corner, E.C.4, (n. d,). 2nd impression, ca 1919. 59, [1 (blank)] pp. Index at rear. Illustrated. 12mo. 6-1/2" x 4". Dark blue cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine & front board stamped in blind. More
New York: The Wireless Press Inc. 326 Broadway, (1918). 1st Edition. 247, [1 (blank)] pp. Illustrated from b/w photographs. Numerous drawings & schematics. 8vo. Orange cloth binding with gilt stamping. No dust jacket. More
Glasgow: James Brown & Son, Natutical Publishers. The Nautical Press, Darnley Street, 1920. 22nd Edition. 255, [3]; iv, 134, 4 pp. Adverts last 4 pages. Illustrated with drawings & plates, including fold-outs. 12mo. 7-1/8" x 4-3/4". Red cloth spine over printed pale green cardstock covers. More
Paris: Payot & Cie, 1922. 165, [3 (adverts)] pp. Text in French. Illustrated with drawings & schematics. 12mo. 6-1/4" x 4". Tan linen cloth binding with black stamping. Advert eps. More
New York: Modern Publishing Co., 1914. New Edition, Revised. [14], 218, [6] pp. Ilustrations. 8vo. Green cloth binding with white stamping. No dust jacket. More
New York: The Century Co., 1912. 1st Edition. [14], 251, [3 (blank)] pp. Frontispiece. Ilustrations. 8vo. Red cloth binding with black stamping. No dust jacket. More
London: The Wireless Press Limited, Marconi House, Strand, W.C., [1923]. 1st printing (presumed). 326, [4 (adverts)] pp. Frontispiece. Numerous drawings & schematics. Fold-out chart. Crown 8vo. Orange cloth binding with black stamping. No dust jacket. More
New York: William Wood & Co., 27 Great Jones Street, 1872. 1st US Edition (Cordasco 70-1590). 49, [5] pp. Full page advert, at rear, for the "American Journal of Syphilography and Drematology", edited by Henry. 8vo. 9" x 6". Original publisher's terra-cotta cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to front..... More
