. Raidy Printing Group S.A.L., 2007. First English Language Edition. Large Hardcover.
First English translation. Corners faintly pushed, otherwise an exceptional copy.
v, [1], 281 pp. Color photographs follow text, color maps on endpapers. "The Golden Age of Arab-Islamic Sciences looks at the religious, cultural, social, and linguistic dimensions of.....
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2014. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. A fine copy.
308 pp. An engrossing history of the voyages of exploration that ignited curiosity about nature and gave birth to modern science. When Columbus first returned to Spain from the Caribbean, he dazzled King Ferdinand.....
New York: Munn & Company, Office of the 'Scientific American', New York, 1876. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. 7 in OCLC. Spine toned, a few spots on rear board.
597 pp. The last of five annual issues chronicling scientific progress, with engraved illustrations throughout and ads following text. With.....
New York: Basic Books, 1966. Hard Cover.
Near fine copies in a very good publisher slipcase. Edges of slipcase lightly rubbed, top panel of slipcase toned. Spines lightly faded.
xxvi, 859; xx, 863-1873 pp. Two volume set in publisher slipcase. 240 illustrations. The landmark documents of atomic physics, seen through.....
New York: Basic Books, 2006. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. Minor shelf wear.
x, 421 pp. Famous, fascinating Benjamin Franklin -- he would be neither without his accomplishments in science. Joyce Chaplin's authoritative biography considers all of Franklin's work in the sciences, showing how, during the rise and fall.....
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2012. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. Remainder mark.
xxi, 535 pp. For almost 500 years, human beings have been finding ways to circle the Earth - by sail, steam, or liquid fuel; by cycling, driving, flying, going into orbit, even by using their own.....
New York: Viking, 1985. First American Edition. Large Hardcover.
First American edition. Related insert laid in. Jacket faintly rubbed.
352 pp. Traces the history of human technological achievements in architecture, power generation, transportation, computers, aeronautics, and space exploration.
New York: The Heritage Press, 1957. Gibbings, Robert. Reissue. Hard Cover.
Includes publisher's slipcase. Sandglass insert Number VIII:21 laid in. Spine toned.
xvi, 489 pp. A chronicle of the scientific expedition which led to many of the observations about evolutionary biology for which Darwin is famous. This edition includes an.....
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1976. Shore, R.; Landacre, Paul. Full-Leather.
An exceptional copy.
xxx, 470 pp. 8vo. Original black full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Includes a new preface by Charles G. Darwin, a color frontispiece portrait of Darwin.....
New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket has faint edge wear.
416 pp. In The Search for Human Nature, Degler turns to perhaps his largest subject yet, a sweeping history of the impact of Darwinism (and biological research) on our understanding of human nature.....
Philadelphia: Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell. 1838. First American Edition. Half-Leather.
First American edition of the work first published in French in 1832 (Garrison-Morton 145.56/598.1).
228, 8, 32, 136 pp. Includes 6 plates. American reissue of Garrison-Morton 12197: "Edwards studied the influence of environmental factors on animal life, concluding that vital.....
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. A nice copy. Article laid in.
xi, 244 pp. An insider's provocative account of one of the most contentious debates in science today. When Niles Eldredge and Stephen Jay Gould, two of the world's leading evolutionary.....
London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1785. First Edition. Full-Leather.
First edition (ESTC T105929). Collated and complete. Rebound in full leather with new end sheets and significant paper restoration to front matter. Ink gift note and owner information on front flyleaf, light stains to some pages (mostly margins), a couple minor.....
Waltham, Mass. Chronica Botanica Company, 1943. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First American edition. A couple minor smudges on rear board, pages lightly toned, ink name on half-title page and title page.
xv, [1], 239, [1] pp. The first English translation of the work that took what was previously a subject.....
PA: Stackpole Books, 1978. Hard Cover.
Jacket edges rubbed with some chips and tears, jacket stained, page ridges faintly foxed, some ink marginalia.
223 pp. Mass human migrations into outer space may begin this century! Are Earth's inhabitants prepared for this next giant leap? Millions of tax dollars are being.....
London / New York / Norwalk, Connecticut: Merrell / The Easton Press, 2005. Signed Copy. Full-Leather.
Signed by Buzz Aldrin on front flyleaf, with certificate of authenticity and blank publisher's bookplate laid in. A couple tiny imperfections to page ridges, otherwise an excellent copy.
304 pp. Original full black leather.....
New York: Fuel Engineering Company of New York / The Marchbanks Press, 1930. Hard Cover.
Boards lightly soiled, a few pencil marks on front endpaper and margin of a few pages.
102 pp. CONTENTS: Advancing Standards in Steam Generation; RELATION OF PLANT DESIGN AND OPERATION TO THE COAL MARKET: Predicting.....
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1997. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. A fine copy in a fine jacket.
304 pp. Edwin Grosvenor, Bell's great-grandson and founding editor of the art magazine Portfolio, joins forces with Emmy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker Morgan Wesson to tell the dramatic story of the race.....
New York: Sterling, 1988. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover.
2nd printing. Stain to lower spine.
A collection of scientific studies that answer questions no normal person would ask.
New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2008. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. A fine copy.
xxii, 675 pp. By the author of the acclaimed bestsellers Benjamin Franklin and Steve Jobs, this is the definitive biography of Albert Einstein. How did his mind work' What made him a genius' Isaacson's biography shows how his.....
New York: Anchor Books, 2000. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. Light edge wear, front cover creased.
xx, 444 pp. In this fascinating look at the European scientific advances of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, historian Lisa Jardine demonstrates that the pursuit of knowledge occurs not in isolation, but.....
Boston, Massachusetts: John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance, 1932. Stapled Binding.
Rear wrapper creased, small closed tear on rear wrapper, ink name on title page.
16 pp. Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman.[1][2][3] He developed many devices in fields such as.....
London: Edward Arnold, 1916. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Inscribed and signed by author on front endpaper ('For J. Hamilton Fairley, F. Wood Jones, R.C.S., London 1947'). Hinges just beginning to weaken, front and end matter faintly foxed, small spot on top edge.
x, 230, [12] pp. 8vo. Green.....
New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1991. 1st Printing. Hard Cover.
1st printing. Jacket spine faded, spot to bottom ridge.
336 pp. The inside story of the ingenious code-breaking and naval exploits that led to the defeat of Hitler's submarine wolf packs--by a renowned, bestselling intelligence authority. The moves and countermoves.....
Rochester, New York: Pioneer Publishing Company, 1924. Second Edition. Large Hardcover.
Second edition. No jacket. Stained, top corner of boards chewed, ink name and address on front free endpaper, some pages soiled.
152 pp. A lecture on Patent Law delivered to the Senior Engineering Students of Purdue University of the.....