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New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1970. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good+/Near Fine. Diagrams. Bound in full black cloth with titles and rules in gilt. Full number line present. The cloth with gilt spine lettering very clean and bright, but with an owner's blindstamp on the title page. The dust jacket has just a touch of edgewear (no chips or tears). A clean, tight copy with the jacket in mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Washington: USGPO, 1946. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Maps. Original Wraps. Very Good. Trade-size softcover in original printed stapled wraps. No additional printings. Pp 85 - 92; 4 maps, 3 in rear pocket. Previous owner's small stamp to front cover, light edgewear. VG. Quite uncommon. Ships first class.

Uppsala: Almquist & Wiksells Boktryckeri, 1965. Original Wraps. Good. Reprint from Acta mathematica, Vol. 113, 1965. Offered by the author. Paginated 241 to 318; partially uncut. The front cover has the name Barut printed in pencil (possibly physicist Asim Barut). Mild edgewear; spine separated at head and heel, but still quite solid for the majority of its length. Contents clean and unmarked. Uncommon. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

New York: Walker & Company, 2003. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Photographs and Diagrams. Bound in purple boards with spien lettering stamped in silver. Full number line present. Review copy, with the publisher's promotional material laid in. A discussion of the development of the electric chair, with much on Edison, Westinghouse, Houston and others. Spine ends lightly bumped from reading, otherwise fine, in a fine dust jacket, with no rips, chips or clips. A clean, tight, unmarked copy, with the jacket now in mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Des Moines: State of Iowa, 1955. First Edition (NAP) . Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Photographs, Maps and Charts. Bound in dark green blindstamped cloth with spine titles stamped in gilt. No additional printings. With all four maps in the rear pocket, as called for. The front cover shows a faint quarter sized dampspot, otherwise just a hint of edgewear. Hinges solid, pages unmarked. A clean, tight copy.

Mexico: Instituto De Fisica e Matematica/ Universidade do Recife, 1978. Soft cover. Very Good+. Perfect-bound in red wraps with titles in white. Actually a grouping of interconnected articles, with the cover piece followed by a reprint from The Journal of Mathematical Physics by Moshinsky, Chacon, and Sharp; another Fisica piece by Moshinsky, Castanos, and Frank; an appendix on the Wigner-Eckart Theorem, and a final Fisica piece by Moshinsky, Aguilera, Castanos and Frank. Each is paginated separately. Light edgewear only. Clean, tight and unmarked. Uncommon. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Nonantum, MA: Hadronic Journal, 1985. Soft cover. Very Good+. Photographs. Bound in original printed wraps; no additional printings. Proceedings of the Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, January 28 - February 1, 1985, Volume II. Softcover in very good condition, clean and unmarked, with just a touch of edgewear and a light spine crease. Uncommon. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Nonantum, MA: Hadronic Press, 1978. Soft cover. Very Good+. Oblong quarto in original printed wraps; no additional printings. Pps 424-901. Very slight edgewear only; no spine crease. Clean and bright, unmarked. Uncommon. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Cambridge: MIT Press, 2000. First Edition (NAP) . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Diagrams. Bound in slate-blue cloth with spine titles stamped in gilt. No additional printings. Signed (with "Best wishes"; not personalized) by author Subrahmanian and dated 6/24/00, the year of publication, otherwise unmarked. The book and dust wrapper show just a hint of edgewear, with the jacket having no rips, chips or clips. A clean, tight copy, with the jacket now in mylar. Uncommon signed.

Amherst: Amherst Scientific Publishers, 1995. First Edition (NAP) . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Charts. Bound in burgundy cloth with titles stamped in gilt. No additional printings. 593 pages. Tiny bump to the upper front corner, otherwise fine. A clean, tight, unmarked copy.

Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, 1983. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine book in a fine dust jacket. Clean and bright, unmarked.

New York: American Institute of Physics, 1984. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Charts & Graphs. Bound in sea-green cloth with titles stamped in gilt. Corresponding 1984 dates to the title and copyright pages; no additional printings. 1179 pages. Near fine hardcover book, clean and bright, unmarked. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

New York: Exposition Press, 1959. First Edition (stated). . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Charts. Bound in sea-green cloth with titles stamped in red. First edition (stated). 126 pages with index. Rear cover bumped along the top edge (1"); one tiny bump to each lower edge. The jacket has mild edgewear with a 1" creased tear at the lower edge of the front gutter, a small chip at the rear fold and light soil to the rear panel. In mylar. The book is clean, tight and unmarked; the jacket now in mylar. Uncommon in dust wrapper. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

New York: The Rockefeller Institute Press, 1959. Soft cover. Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Maps. Tall octavo in printed tan wraps. Paginated from The Rossby Memorial Volume, 440-474. Handwritten presentation to Chester and Harriet Newton, with cordial greetings from the author (no signature). Bergeron was a prominent Swedish weather scientitist (University of Uppsala) and Newton worked as a scientist for The National Center for Atmospheric Research for many years. This copy is annoted with some underlining in what we assume is Newton's hand. The wraps shows mild wear with a small, faint dampstain in the fore-edge margin and a 1" tear at the upper edge of the front wrap. The rear wrap lists all the contents of The Rossby Memorial Volume, which, inter alia, contained a short biography of Rossby's youth by Bergeron and a piece on synoptic comparison of the Jet and Gulf stream systems by Newton. Although published by Rockefeller, this copy was printed in… Read More

Didcot: The Rutherford High Energy Laboratory, 1966. Soft cover. Very Good-. Diagrams. No additional printings. Bound in white gloss-covered printed wraps, 253 pages, with a list of participants and subjects covered. . Mild edgewear, mostly white wraps slightly soiled, corners creased. Contents clean, tight and unmarked. Uncommon. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Amherst: Association of American Railroads, 1993. First Edition (NAP) . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Photographs & Charts. Bound in green cloth with titles stamped in gilt. No additional printings. Near fine condition book, clean and bright, with only the faintest hint of edgewear. Hinges tight, pages clean and unmarked.