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No place (but Champaign, Illinois?): Privately Printed, 1991. Very scarce (said to be limited to only 6 copies). Appears unread. Fine condition. NOT a library discard. A bright, clean, square, tight copy. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are fresh, crisp and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Oversize Hardcover. 8.75" wide by 11.25" tall by 1.75" thick. Posthumously printed memoirs of Ralph Early Grim (1902-1989), geologist and Research Professor Emeritus, Department of Geology, University of Illinois, Urbana. The February 2009 newsletter of THE CLAY MINERALS SOCIETY (photocopy laid-in) contains a tribute to Grim from the University of New Mexico's Dewey Moore. In it Moore writes: "The contrast between his rather humble origins and his lofty reputation as a scientist and world traveler was perhaps the stimulant for him to write his memoirs. After his death, his wife, Frances E. Grim, had them transcribed and a few…
Read More The Construction and Principal Uses of Mathematical Instruments. Translated from the French of M. Bion, chief instrument-maker to the French king. . . . By Edmund Stone. by BION, Nicolas (circa 1652-1733) - 1758
by BION, Nicolas (circa 1652-1733)
The Construction and Principal Uses of Mathematical Instruments. Translated from the French of M. Bion, chief instrument-maker to the French king. . . . By Edmund Stone.
by BION, Nicolas (circa 1652-1733)
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Memoirs of Ralph Early Grim
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Sylva, or a Discourse on Forest Trees
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London: John Martyn & James Allestry, 1670 Sylva or a Discourse of Forest Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in his Majesties Dominions, as It was delivered to the Royal Society the XVth of October, 1662, upon occasion of certain queries propounded to that illustrious assembly by the honourable the principal officers, and commisioners of the navy to which is annexed Pomona, or an appendix concerning fruit trees in relation to cider; the making and severall wayes of ordering it; published by expresse order of the Royal Society. Also Kalendarum Hortense; or the Gardners' Almanak; directing what he is to do monthly throughout the year. All which several treatises are in this second edition much enlarged and improved. [4]. 247, [4], 67,33, plus errata.Five copper plate engravings plus engraved title page. Bound in period leather with five raised bands, later black spine label with gilt titles and borders. Front hinge with old repair, half title with old repair of a closed tear, intermittent…
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ILLUSTRATED FIRST EDITION: A treatise containing the elementary part of fortification, regular and irregular. With remarks on the Constructions of the most celebrated Authors, particularly of Marshal de Vauban and Baron Coehorn, in which the Perfection and Imperfection of their several Works are considered. For the use of the Royal Academy of Artillery at Woolwich. Illustrated with thirty-four copper plates. By John Muller, Professor of Artillery and Fortification
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London: London: printed for J. Nourse, at the Lamb, opposite Katherine-Street, in the Strand, 1746. 1st Edition . Full leather. Very Good. First edition, octavo; xvi,232pp, with full complement of 34 engravings, 33 of which are folding. In contemporary unlettered full calf (a little worn with minor loss to board corners, sometime skilfully rebacked in matching leather), five raised spine bands, internally clean with only the lightest of occasional dust staining. Muller was deputy head of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, where he was instrumental to its transformation into a disciplined cadet academy. An attractive first edition example of his first work. Laurence Sterne possessed the text in second edition, with possible influence on Uncle Toby and Corporal Trim's obsessions with fortification in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy. ESTC T176381.
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WHAT I AM TRYING TO DO.
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Cape Goliard Press. London. 1968. LIMITED EDITION. (12 x 10 inches). One of just 100 numbered and signed copies (this number 4) from a total edition of 500. Printed at the Trigram Press, London, in four colours. 8pp, plus colour printed laminated card covers, designed by Paul Vaughan, and frosted paper wraps with the title printed in blue to the front. The whole booklet is held together with the original white metal clasp spine. First page with a Buckminster Fuller design, printed in bright yellow and with red lettering, the other pages printed in blue and showing detailed diagrams of four of his invented construction ideas. A sharp and bright copy of this rare edition.
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Tracts on Practical Agriculture & Gardening. Particularly addressed to Gentlemen-Farmers in Great-Britain. With several useful Improvements in Stoves and Green-Houses. A Chronological Catalogue of English Authors on Agriculture, Botany, Gardening etc
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London: S. Hooper, 25 Ludgate-Hill, 1773. Second edition, greatly improved. Illustrated with one plate (foxed), octavo, pp xxxii, 298, (2), 136, slight age-toning and blemishes, heavier spotting and foxing between pages 77 and 98, (possibly caused by the different paper of the plate ?), otherwise very sound and tight, contemporary half calf and marbled boards, rubbed and slightly worn, rebacked at some point with the old spine laid down, the spine now slightly worn at head and foot. With armorial bookplate of Peter Clutterbuck, and a slightly odd offset on the facing blank. RARE. [Weston was originally a thread-hosier of Leicester, but in some of his anonymous works describes himself as "a country gentleman". In 1773, he was living at Kensington Gore, but later was living at Leicester where he was secretary of the local agricultural society. From the number of his published works, it is evident he had a very wide knowledge of plants and plant literature. Blanche Henrey 1490 - "Richard…
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Memoirs of Ralph Early Grim
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No place (but Champaign, Illinois?): Privately Printed, 1991. Very scarce (said to be limited to only 6 copies). Appears unread. Fine condition. NOT a library discard. A bright, clean, square, tight copy. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are fresh, crisp and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Oversize Hardcover. 8.75" wide by 11.25" tall by 1.75" thick. Posthumously printed memoirs of Ralph Early Grim (1902-1989), geologist and Research Professor Emeritus, Department of Geology, University of Illinois, Urbana. The February 2009 newsletter of THE CLAY MINERALS SOCIETY (photocopy laid-in) contains a tribute to Grim from the University of New Mexico's Dewey Moore. In it Moore writes: "The contrast between his rather humble origins and his lofty reputation as a scientist and world traveler was perhaps the stimulant for him to write his memoirs. After his death, his wife, Frances E. Grim, had them transcribed and a few…
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Art de la Verrerie, de Neri, Merret et Kunckel: Auquel on a Ajouté Le Sol Sine Veste d'Orschall; L'Helioscopium videndi sine Veste Solem Chymicum; Le Sol non Sine Veste; Le Chapitre XI. du Flora Saturnizans de Henckel, sur la Vitrification des Végétaux
by Holbach, Paul-Henri Thiry, Baron, translator
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Paris: Durand, Pissot, 1752. Hardcover. Very Good. Title page continued: "Un Mémoire sur la Maniere de faire le Saffre; Le Secret des Vraies Porcelaines de Chine & de Saxe. Ouvrages ou l'on trouvera la maniere de faire le Verre & le Crystal, d'y porter des Couleurs, d'imiter les Pierres Prétieuses, de préparer & colorer les Emaux, de faire la Potasse, de Peindre sur le Verre, de préparer des Vernis, de composer des Couvertes pour les Fayances & Poteries, d'extraire la Couleur Pourpre de l'Or, de contrefaire les Rubis, de faire le Saffre, de faire & peindre les Porcelaines, &c. Traduits de l'allemand, par M. D***." [4], lv, [1], 629, [3] p., 16 leaves of copperplate engravings, including the frontispiece (most folded); 26 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Orange leather spine label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title; gilt-tooled decoration in other…
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Sylva, or a Discourse on Forest Trees
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London: John Martyn & James Allestry, 1670 Sylva or a Discourse of Forest Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in his Majesties Dominions, as It was delivered to the Royal Society the XVth of October, 1662, upon occasion of certain queries propounded to that illustrious assembly by the honourable the principal officers, and commisioners of the navy to which is annexed Pomona, or an appendix concerning fruit trees in relation to cider; the making and severall wayes of ordering it; published by expresse order of the Royal Society. Also Kalendarum Hortense; or the Gardners' Almanak; directing what he is to do monthly throughout the year. All which several treatises are in this second edition much enlarged and improved. [4]. 247, [4], 67,33, plus errata.Five copper plate engravings plus engraved title page. Bound in period leather with five raised bands, later black spine label with gilt titles and borders. Front hinge with old repair, half title with old repair of a closed tear, intermittent…
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L'USAGE DES GLOBES CELESTES ET TERRESTRES, ET DES SPHERES, SUIVANT LES DIFFERENS SYSTEMES DU MONDE. PRÉCEDÉ D'UN TRAITÉ DE COSMOGRAPHIE, OÙ EST EXPLIQUÉ AVEC ORDRE TOUT CE QU'IL Y A PLUS CURIEUX DANS LA DESCRIPTION DE L'UNIVERS, SUIVANT LES MEMOIRES & OBSERVATIONS DES PLUS HABILES ASTRONOMES & GEOGRAPHES. . .
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Paris: Chez l'auteur... Laurent d'Houry... Jean Boudot, libraire..., 1699. 12mo. [18],300;112 pp. plus 26 plates (three folding). Contemporary speckled calf, spine richly gilt, gilt leather label, raised bands, edges rouged. Light institutional inkstamp in title page. 18th-century inscription in titlepage and signature of Theophile Leonard in title page and final page of the dedication. Occasional 18th-century marginalia. Minor wear. Near fine. First edition of the first major work of Nicolas Bion, complete with 26 plates of terrestrial and celestial maps, diagrams, and images of globes. Bion (ca. 1652-1733) was a Paris-based cosmographer and maker of mathematical and astronomical instruments, holding the title of "king's engineer for mathematical instruments" under Louis XIV (DSB II, pp. 132-1330). A landmark in its field.
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Contributions to Electricity and Magnetism: No. I Description of a Galvanic Battery for producing Electricity of different Intensities by Joseph Henry [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 5 New Series, Article IX]
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Philadelphia: Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1837. Very Good. [6] p., 1 leaf of an engraved plate; 29 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. Read before the Society on Jan. 14, 1835. The plate was drawn by S. Rufus Mason and engraved by J. Yeager. Joseph Henry (1797-1878), one of the founding fathers of electrical technology, was the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. In this paper he describes his construction in 1833 and 1834 of a large galvanic battery for the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University). Very scarce. In Very Good Condition: disbound from a larger volume; last leaf is detached from remainder; shadow from plate onto first page of text; otherwise, clean and bright.
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Marktech Optoelectronics Data Book
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The Treasure Of Sierra Madre
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Traven, B. : The Treasure Of Sierra Madre. 1994 THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE-PRINT EDITION. Thorndike, Maine. EXLIB. Good/ No DJ if issued. ISBN0786201002. 533 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¾. Summary: "The story of three American adventurers who search for a lost gold mine in the mountains of Mexico. A tale of 'gold fever' and desperate greed." Basis for the Humphrey Bogart, John Houston film of the same name.
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The Sky and the Forest
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C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.
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A Beginner's Guide to True BASIC to Accompany Exploring Macintosh: Concepts in Visually Oriented Computing
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LUNAR IMPACT: A HISTORY OF PROJECT RANGER
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Lucky You, What Science Has Done For Us
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Lucky You: What Science Has Done For Us J.B. Lippincott Stated First Edition. SCIENCE. Artfully illustrated by MUNRO LEAF. Good EXLIB in a Good unclipped $2.25 orig. price dust jacket. Last page states: 152 4.
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Murder for Christmas, a Poirot Story by Agatha Christie (1944 Midnite Mystery) COPYRIGHT BY AGATHA CHRISTIE MALLOWAN: "It is Christmas Eve, and elderly Simeon Lee is found violently murdered in his locked office. The police are immediately called, but of course nobody has a clue until Hercule Poirot arrives..." USED. 1944 Books inc. Midnite Mystery. Copyright 1938 - 1939 Agatha Christie Mallowan. Good+/ No DJ. Black boards with gold titling on spine. Titles gilting is still nice Scarce.
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Lahey Personal Fortran Toolkit Reference Manual : Revision B
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Lahey Blackbeard Editor Reference Manual : Revision A 1990
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Advanced Materials III, Proceedings of the Special Symposium on Advanced Materials, High Tech Materials, 1991, Nagoya Japan
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