New York: Munn & Company, Office of the 'Scientific American', New York, 1876. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. 5 in OCLC. No jacket. Spine lightly toned, general light wear.
597 pp. The last of five annual issues chronicling scientific progress. With introduction of gallium as a new element, improvements.....
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1966. Sedacca, Joseph M.; Bryant, Robert G.; Barbers, Juan C. First American Edition. Full-Leather.
First edition. Signed by both authors without attribution on half-title page ('Sincerely, George Beadle, Muriel Beadle'). Faint abrasion on front board.
x, [4], 242, [4] pp. 8vo. Finely.....
New York: Chartwell Books, 2014. Revised Edition. Hard Cover.
Revised reprint. Jacket taped.
192 pp. Despite being incredibly popular during his time, Nikola Tesla today remains largely overlooked among lists of the greatest inventors and scientists of the modern era. Thomas Edison gets all the glory for discovering the light.....
New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1967. 12th Printing. Hard Cover.
Twelfth printing. Jacket near fine. Top page ridge foxed.
xii, 344 pp. Four pages of publisher ads follow text. Explains the methods of science through a historical approach. Re-examines a number of great scientific discoveries and shows what.....
New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1920. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Spine faded, cover edges slightly faded.
xvi, 161 pp. 7 1/4 x 5. 8vo. Original blue cloth, gilt emblem in center of front cover mirrored in blind stamp on corners and center of back cover, gilt titles.....
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.....
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.....
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: Arcade, 2006. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. An exceptional copy.
480 pp. Draws on new research to offer insight into the prestigious inventor's private life, as well as his passionate drive for new innovations, discussing the influence of his speech therapist father and deaf mother on his.....
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: Vintage Books, 2010. 6th Printing. Trade Paperback.
6th printing. Faint edge wear.
xxi, 552 pp. Includes color and black-and-white illustrations. "A riveting history of the men and women whose discoveries and inventions at the end of the eighteenth century gave birth to the Romantic Age of Science. When young.....
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.....
Bath: J.N. Klock, 1910. Hard Cover.
Boards lightly rubbed.
158, [10] pp. Red Appears unrecorded - none located in OCLC, in auction records, or on the market. A general work of science providing basic overviews of various topics. Notable as an early appearance in print of the announcement of the.....
London: Henry Colburn, 1829. First Edition. Full-Leather.
First edition (Sabin 37825). Rebacked with new end sheets, original backstrip laid down (possibly with a replaced title label). Bookplates of baronet William Purves Hume Campbell and neuropsychologist and medical professor John Farquhar Fulton on front endpaper, with Manson & Son bookbinder plate.....
. NASA / National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Signed Copy. Single Sheet.
Signed in blue ink without inscription by Neil Armstrong. Tiny bump on bottom right margin, but otherwise an exceptional example.
8 x 10, in large clear Beckett float frame allowing for easy examination of both sides. Among the.....
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1913. 7th Printing. Hard Cover.
1913 seventh printing. Front board lightly soiled, front hinge starting, bookplate on front paste-down endpaper, ink gift note on front free endpaper.
x, 259, [6] pp. CONTENTS: The Anticipation and Interpretation of Nature; Among the Greeks; The Theologians and Natural.....
New York: E. and H.T. Anthony, 1881. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Lacks title/copyright page and frontispiece, a few pages repaired at binding, corners rubbed.
128 pp. 29 pages of advertisements for various photographic equipment follow text. An early work on the silver gelatin process in photography, published just.....
New York: Fourth Estate / Harper Collins, 2004. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover.
2nd printing. Jacket lightly toned, 1/2 inch tear on jacket corner.
532 pp. 8vo. "We've all heard of the Big Bang, and yet few of us truly know what it is. Renowned for making difficult ideas much less.....
New York: Penguin, 2000. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
1st printing. Edges a bit rubbed.
ix, 420 pp. "Inspired by a long fascination with Galileo, and by the remarkable surviving letters of his daughter Maria Celeste, a cloistered nun, Dava Sobel has crafted a biography that dramatically recolors the personality and.....