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: 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: 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
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
London: The Wireless Press Limited, Marconi House, Strand, W.C., (n. d.). 1st printing (presumed), ca 1916. 137, [7] pp. Frontispiece. 7 inserted plates. Numerous drawings & schematics. 8vo. 8-5/8" x 5-1/2". Red cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering & black stamped lettering to front cover. No dust jacket. Interesting..... More
(n. p.): (n. d.). Ca 1970s? Unpaginated, though 12 pp. Advert for Indian Teas to inside of rear cover. 8-3/4" x 3-3/4". Printed white stiff-stock covers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "Air India is the flag carrier airline of India, headquartered at New Delhi. ... The airline..... More
Lynn, Mass. Bubier Publishing Company, 1907. New 3rd Enlarged Edition. 116, [4 (adverts)] pp. Illustrated with drawings, schematics & from b/w photographs. 12mo. 7" x 5". Original publisher's grey cloth binding with black stamped lettering. More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, (1934). Eighth impression of the New, Revised and Enlarged Edition. [10]. 137, [9] pp. Royal 8vo. 9-1/2" x 6-3/8". Green cloth binding with gold stamping. Beige dust jacket printed in dark green. "No one is utterly without charm. We all may, through attention and cultivation..... More
New York. (1971). 1st Printing. Unpaginated. Illustrated from photographs. 9-5/8" x 8-1/4". Glossy light grey paper covers printed in black. More
New York. 1972. 1st Printing. Unpaginated. Illustrated from photographs. 9-5/8" x 8-1/4". Glossy white paper covers printed in black. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1950. 1st Edition. 352 pp (including Index). Illustrated. 8vo. Orange buckram cloth binding with black spine lettering. Dust jacket. Henry "was an American scientist who served as the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. He was the secretary for the National Institute for the Promotion of..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited. Warwick Square, E.C., 1931. 1st Edition. 364 pp (including Index). Frontis. Plates. 8vo. Original publisher's light blue cloth binding with dark blue lettering. No dust jacket. Lodge "was a British physicist and writer involved in the development of, and holder of key patents for, radio..... More
London: Printed for M. Cooper, at the Globe, in Pater-noster-Row, 1751. 1st Printing. 60 pp. T. p. printer's ornament. Headpiece. Decorative initial capital letter. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 4-3/4". Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
New York: Jaguar Cars Inc, (n. d.). 1st printing, ca 1961. Unpaginated, though 12 pp. 12 color images of 3 models of Jaguar. Oblong format: 3-7/8" x 8". Printed glossy white paper wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. The brochure features 3 from the Jaguar line: the..... More
