Search Results: Scientific Instruments from Newbury Books

Washington, DC: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, 1967. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. 10.7x8.2x0.6in. #183 of 1000 copies; light foxing to top edge of text block, spotting to rear cover. Profusely illustrated. 210pp 2.12lb 10.7x8.2x0.6in

München: C. H. Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1967. 2nd. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 9.4x6.6x1.8in. reprinted 1979; dust jacket slightly yellowed on spine. Dust jacket in clear protector. The standard work on German and Netherlandish astronomical instruments from the 11th through the 18th centuries. With 13 illustrations in the text and 169 illustrations on 80 black and white plates. Text in German. 689pp 2.90lb 9.4x6.6x1.8in

Washington, DC: Museum of History and Technology, Smithsonian Institution, 1964. 1st. Soft cover. Fine. 9.3x6.2x0.4in. With biographies of makers and 85 illustrations. 184pp 0.85lb 9.3x6.2x0.4in

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 11.3x8.8x1.2in. dust jacket lightly rubbed at extremities. Dust jacket in clear protector. With 333 illustrations. 442pp 3.99lb 11.3x8.8x1.2in

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. 1st. Hardcover. New/New. 13.2x10.0x1.9in. in slipcase. With 120 color and 700 black and white illustrations. 592pp 7.30lb 13.2x10.0x1.9in EXTRA SHIPPING CHARGES NECESSARY

London: Zwemmer, 1993. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 11.3x9.8x0.8in. faint scratches to back panel of dust jacket. Dust jacket in clear protector. This informative study is the most comprehensive in English since Dr. Stevenson's publication of 1921. Numerous color and monochrome illustrations accompanied by explanatory captions make this book invaluable for museum curators, instrument dealers and collectors. 183pp 2.97lb 11.3x9.8x0.8in

Troy, NY: Regal Art Press, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good. 9.2x6.5x1.3in. later edition, 2 volumes in 1; library discard, spine slightly sunned, name on first page, library stamp to edges of text block, discard stamp and barcode sticker inside back cover. Published by Regal Art Press, Troy, New York, two volumes bound as one: Volume I (1962), xxiv + 182 pages; Volume II (1967), xxv-xxvi + pages 183 - 282. 282pp 1.73lb 9.2x6.5x1.3in

Troy, NY: Regal Art Press, 1967. Hardcover. As New. 9.4x6.4x1.3in. appears unread. Published by Regal Art Press, Troy, New York, two volume set: Volume I (1962), xxiv + 182 pages; Volume II (1967), xxv-xxvi + pages 183 - 282. 282pp 1.98lb 9.4x6.4x1.3in

London: John Murray, 1980. 1st. Hardcover. As New/As New. 11.1x8.6x1.0in. Dust jacket in clear protector. With 244 illustrations and several color plates. 219pp 2.67lb 11.1x8.6x1.0in

Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1983. Hardcover. As New/Near Fine. 11.1x9.0x1.3in. 1st US edition; dust jacket spine slightly darkened. Dust jacket in clear protector. The first book to deal with the vast range of instruments and apparatus made and used during the exciting years of the nineteenth century, when modern science came of age. The varied, intricate, and often beautiful apparatus used in research and teaching during this important period is set in its scientific and historical context, and illustrated with over 440 plates of examples from European collections and contemporary engravings, including 30 color plates. 320pp 3.66lb 11.1x9.0x1.3in

Utrecht: HES Uitgevers, 1984. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 9.7x7.2x1.1in. slight crease along bottom edge of front panel of dust jacket. Dust jacket in clear protector. In this catalogue almost 340 Netherlandish globes, made before 1850, are described at length. Among other aspects, the sphere itself, the inscriptions, the cartography and its mounting receive attention. What is more, the descriptions are illustrated with some 80 photographs, of which 9 are in color. 290pp 2.20lb 9.7x7.2x1.1in

Salem, MA: Peabody Museum, 1963. Hardcover. Fine. 10.5x7.3x0.8in. reprint edition 1991, limited to 300 copies. 413 instruments are described, several of which are illustrated on 56 plates. Contains notes on instrument makers, dealers, and designers. 154pp 1.59lb 10.5x7.3x0.8in

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 12.1x8.6x1.0in. Dust jacket in clear protector. With 285 illustrations, a few in color. 239pp 2.97lb 12.1x8.6x1.0in

New York: Viking Press, 1967. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. 11.3x9.0x0.9in. dust jacket missing. 208pp 2.55lb 11.3x9.0x0.9in