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An Explanation of the Newtonian Philosophy, in Lectures Read to the Youth of the University of Leyden.
s'Gravesande, William-James · 1735
$650.00 (€589.77 | £492.03 | ¥103,797)
London W. Inny's and R. Manby 4th Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Netter, Frank H. [16], 435,[13] pp, 17 folding plates. Contemporary calf. Covers detached and worn but present, spine worn. Contents tanned and occasional light margin soil, endpapers and title page edge-da...
Remarks Made on a Short Tour Between Hartford and Quebec, in the Autumn of 1819
Silliman, Benjamin · 1824
$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)
New Haven S. Converse Second Edition 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Netter, Frank H. 443pp. Full leather. Spine rebacked, some splitting to rear hinge but boards holding firmly, contents age-toned and occasionall foxed, endpapers soiled, binding is tight. The author's report of...
A Year's Residence, in the United States of America. Treating of the Face of the Country, the Climate, the Soil, the Products, the Mode of Cultivating the Land....etc. - In Three Parts.
Cobbett, William · 1822
$95.00 (€86.20 | £71.91 | ¥15,170)
London J.M. Cobbett Third Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 360pp. Bound in modern leather over marbled boards, paper spine label. folding map. Text is tanned and clean, folding map has minor archival tape repair and is in very sound condition. Author's descriptions of the ...
The Wonders of Geology
(Goodrich, Samuel) · 1849
$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)
Boston Rand and Mann 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall 291pp. Blind-stamped brown cloth, gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Small chip to head of spine, corners lightly rubbed, cover otherwise sound and unworn, text is mildly age-toned, binding is tight, gilt on spine is still v...
The Ciba Collection of Medical Illustrations; A Compilation of Pathological and Anatomical Paintings by Frank. H. Netter, M.D.
Netter, Frank H. · 1948
$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)
Summit, New Jersey Ciba Pharmaceutical Products, Inc. 1st Edition Folio - over 12 - 15" tall 222pp. Blue buckram cover, gilt lettering tocover and spine. Very light wear, interior is clean and sound. Very Good No Jacket
PHantom Flowers; A Treatise on the Art of Producing Skeleton Leaves
1864
$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.70 | ¥15,969)
Boston J.E. Tilton and Company 1st Edition 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall 96pp. Red stamped boards, gilt vignettes to cover and spine, 6 tissue-guarded plates. Very little wear and slight foxing to tissue guards and margins, some slight internal separation, no loose pages, form...
A Treatise on Diseases of the Sexual System; Adapted to Popular and Professional Reading, and the Exposition of Quackery
Dixon, Edward H. · 1847
$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)
New York Published for the Author, and for sale by Charles H. Ring 6th Edition 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall 260pp + 4 plates. Original brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Book is virtually unworn but is heavily chipped along joints, gilt lettering is very bright, some foxing...
A Treatise of Mechanicks: or, The Science of the Effects of Powers, or Moving Forces, as Apply'd to Machines, Demonstrated from its first Principles
Watts, Thomas · 1717
$350.00 (€317.57 | £264.94 | ¥55,891)
London Printed for Edward Symon 2nd Edition 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 160pp, 4 folding plates. Full leather, blind-tooled decoration to boards, in contrasting shades, 5 raised bands and blind tooling to spine, maroon label gilt lettered. Corners worn, other light wear to cov...
Elements of Geometry; Containing the First Six Books of Euclid
Playfair, John · 1822
$50.00 (€45.37 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)
Edinburgh & London Bell & Bradfute and Stirling & Slade and Longman, HUrst, Rees, Orme & Brown Sixt Edition, Enlarged 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 471pp. Full leather, leather spine label, gilt let4tering. Binding is heavily scuffed, free endpapers missing, former owner's name ...
A New Treatise on the Use of Globes, or, a Philosophical View of the Earth and Heavens
Keith, Thomas · 1819
$50.00 (€45.37 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)
New York Samuel Wood & Sons Third American Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 352pp. Full calf, 5 folding plates. Wear and scuffing to cover, spine label missing, pastedown endpapers not present, interestingly bookbinder's utility endpapers exposed, endpapers soiled and stain...
The Metric System and Interchange of Weights and Measures
Beach, D and Gibbens, E. A. · 1880
$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)
New York G.P. Putnam's Sons 1st Edition 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall Signed by Author(s) 62pp +6pp answer sheets laid-in. FIRST EDITION. Maroon boards, gilt lettering to cover and spine. Edges and spine lightly rubbed, spine slightly faded , interior is clean and unmarked, forme...
Popular Astronomy. A Concise Elementary Treatise on the Sun, Planets, Satellites and Comets.
Mitchel, O.M. · 1871
$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)
New York Oakley, Mason and Co. Seventh Edition 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall 384pp. Brown cloth, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, 9 plates with tissue-guards. A very clean copy with very little wear, spine slightly sunned, contents mildly age-toned, former owner's name an...
Under the Maples
Burroughs, John · 1921
$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)
Boston and New York Houghton Mifflin Company 1st Edition 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall viii, 223pp. Green cloth, gilt lettering to cover and spine. Corners and spine ends lightly rubbed, contents miildly age-toned, occasional light pencil notes in text, neatly written inscriptio...
A Manual of Surgical Anatomy, Containing a Minute Description of the Parts Concerned in Operative Surgery, with the Anatomical Effects of Accidents...
Edwards, H.M. · 1828
$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.70 | ¥15,969)
Philadelphia Thomas Desilver First American Edition 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall 382pp. Boards not present, leather spine with red label and gilt lettering present, text block is complete and firm, contents are age-tanned and moderately foxed throughout, a bit of dampstaining to...
An Introduction to Mensuration and Practical Geometry to Which is Added A Treatise on Guaging(sic) by James Ryan
Bonnycastle, John · 1846
$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)
Phildelphia Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall 288pp. Full leather, gilt lettering to spine. Very light wear, small ll abrasions to rear board, light foxing mainly to first and last few pages, binding is tight and sound. In this edition a curious error ...
An Epitome of Experimental Chemistry, In Three Parts, The Second American, From the Fifth English Edition, Illustrated with Plates.
Henry, William & Silliman, B. · 1810
$50.00 (€45.37 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)
Boston William Andrews Second American Thomas Nast 432pp + lxxvii notes and additions, 8pp index. Leather binding, front board detached but present, 1/2 inch chip to head of spine, covers worn, contents age-toned, scattered foxing and dampstaining, index pages heavily soiled,...
The Prescriber's Memoranda
William Wood & Company · 1877
$65.00 (€58.98 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)
300pp. William Wood & Company 1st Edition 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall Alice B. Woodward 300pp. Green cloth, gilt lettering. Light wear and light spotting to cover, endpapers missing, light soiling to pastedowns, contents clean, last page (301) missing. Descriptions of compound...
A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Infancy and Childhood.
Tanner, T.H. · 1861
$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)
Philade;phia Lindsay & Blakiston 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 464pp. Brown blind-stamped cloth, paper spine label. Chipping and lower 1/4 of backstrip missing, covers lightly worn, contents have scattered foxing but otherwise sound and binding is tight. Tipped-into the text i...
M'Gregor's Almanac & Tide Tables for 1873. McGregor
M'Gregor & Co. · 1873
$65.00 (€58.98 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)
Portland, Maine D. McGregor & Co. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Beatrix Potter 164pp. Brown flexible embossed cloth, gilt lettering, marbled edges, 2 folding maps. Light shelfwear, gilt slightly chipped but all readable, inner hinge cracked, text block holding, title page not p...
The Galaxy of Entertaining and Useful Reading
Various · 1843
$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)
New York Charles S. Francis & Co. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 287pp. Brown stamped cloth, gilt spine lettering and decoration. Chipping to head and tail of spine (corner chiped at top), corners rubbed. First and last few pages most heavily foxed, most o text occasionally fo...