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Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1955, 1955. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Very rare First Printing from 1955 of one of the pioneering works in the early development of computers. From Hastings' Preface: "This monograph deals with the subject of best a pproximation in the sense of Chebyshev as applies to the problem of making univariate functional data available to the high-speed digital computing machine." 201 pages. On the front inside cover is th e personal ex-libris stamp from the library of Paul Herwitz, note mathemetician and early IBM pioneer, from whose library this book came.. FIRST PRINTING. Near Fine.

Paris: Olivier Perrin Editeur, 1955. In fragile green paper wraps with photogrpahic cover illustration. Collection Jeu Savant Dirigee par Andre Chastel. . Damage to paper spine but else complete and tight. 82 pages. Text in French. Illustrated with 31 drawings and 11 plates. Includes Descartes : les automates et le doubte; Querelle d'artistes: l'Academie contre Desague et bosse; visionaires allemands: Kircher et Schott; "Les ambassadeurs" de Holbein and divertissements optiques: 18th and 19th century. Fascinating and scarce work on optical perspectives.. First Edition. Very Good.

NY: Russell & Russell, 1958. Decorative Cloth. Fine/No Jacket. First American Edition. PO's nameplate on FFEp, otheriwse perfect. 32 full-page plates. First published in 1932 on the 300th Anniversary of Leeuwenhoek's birth.. SCIENCE, BACTERIA, MICROBIOLOGY. Catalogs: SCIENCE.

London. George Allen and Unwin, 1932, 1932. VG+/Good. First English Edition. First edition in the English language, translated from the German by EDWARD S. ALLEN. With frontis, 3 plates and 17 illustrations. DJ is tan with red lettering, with d escriptive text on front of jacket.. First British Edition. Very Good/Good.

New York &: New York: The Ronald Press, 1961. First American Edition. Very good ++ i blue cloth Hardcover with gilt lettering on cover. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Illustrated with photographs and drawings.. Signed by Author. First American Edition. Very Good.

New York: NY, Pageant Press, 1955, First Edition, 1955. fine Hardcover in Very good original dustjacket.. First American Edition. Fine/Very Good.

Basel: Geigy In thick blue cloth Hardcover with copious color samples inserted in the rear. Text in Portuguese. Dye-instructions, dyeing processes, chemical properties and how to color cotton. Hundreds of colored cotton fabric swatches glued onto thick cardboard plates with exact chemical composition charts and properties. 54 pages of text plus 128 pages of color charts and samples.. Fifth Edition.

Basel: Geigy In blue cloth Hardcover. Text all in Portuguese. Dyeing instructions for cotton with cuprophenyl-based colors, 25 pages of detailed fabric color swatches pasted onto thick cardboard. Lists chemical properties and detailed technical data on all of the dyes and sample swatches.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: New York: Norton, 1996. Fine First American Edition. Fine as new attractively boxed set consisting of book and compact disc. Rescued from the archives of Caltech, Feyman's Lost Lecture is a blessing for all Feyman followers. On the CD we hear the voice of the great Feyman with all his ingenuity, insight, and acumen for argument.. Fine.

Berlin: Springer Verlag, 1958. In brown cloth Hardcover. 104 pages. Text in German, includes 9 illustrations.. Reprint. Near Fine.

Leipzig: S. Hirzel, 1922. Scarce First Edition of this early German work on atomic theory. In blue cloth Hardcover with 41 illustrations. 130 pages. Text in German.. Erstausgabe. Near Fine.

NY: Norton, 1934. Claimed at the time to be the " first book written for the general reader relating the new genetics to matters of health." With 107 illustrations, including some brutal photographs of genetic deformities in humans and animals.. STATED FIRST EDITION. Near Fine/Very Good +.

London: London Methuen, 1962, 1962. Small blue HC 8vo. with siver lettering on cover and spine. An early work on analogue computing. Ex coll-lib with minor markings otherwise F and untouched.. Very Good.

Oxford: Oxford, At the Clarendon Press, 1934, 1934. These lectures were delivered at University College, London, May 29 and 30, 1933. Fold-out map in the rear. Black HC, owner's stamp on ffep. VG++, spine taped over neatly with see through tape.. Very Good.

New York: Pergamon, 1963. Near Fine/Very Good. First American Edition. Fully illustrated. Provides invaluable data for those who are confronted with meteorological and astronomical influences on the radio wave propagation. 318 pages, illustrated, some lectures were held in French most of the others in English.. Near Fine/Very Good.

Aldershot, Hampshire, United Kingdom: Ashgate Publishing, Limited, 1988. As new in cloth and dustjacket. 262 pages.. Fine/Near Fine.

New York: NY: Ish Publications, 1977, 1977. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition. ISBN:0917392019. The first volume of a series ob books collectively titled - INTRODUCTION TO SCIENTIFIC HUMANISM. A discussion of the significance of science for the understanding of man living in the age of science, by noted Jesuit scholr, Cantore. A clarification of the principles for integrating the spirit of sceince into an authentic humanism. 487 pag es, with Index of names and subjects.. STATED FIRST EDITION. Fine/Near Fine.

Mahwah, NJ, U.S.A.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Incorporated, 1984. Ex-college library. Overall very good condition: no markings or underlinings. In light brown cloth hardcovers with dark brown lettering on cover and spine. Exceptionally influential work published in honor of IVO KOHLER on the occason of his 65th birthday. The book contains scholarly articles and research analyses relating to the wide range of Kohler's innovative life work. Kohler is noted for, among other things, holding the record for the duration of a psychological experiment. During a period of 124 days, Kohler wore binocular prisms ( as eye glasses), recording his observations and interactions during that period. This was the first comprehensive use of the method of systematically disturbing or biasing perception since its first application by Helmholtz and Stratton. Its goal was to analyze the well structured organization of the perceptual world by means of that world's own corrective processes. 748 pages; many… Read More

Formosa: , 1932 This a series of reprints of the transactions of the Natural History Society of Formosa, covering the period between 1932 - 1937. Very attractively bound in vellum with all the issues dedicated by the author in black ink "To Dr. A.Baron Hoscheck with the best compliments of the author". Text is in English and Japanese with many full page illustrations and drawings : Other bound in issues include: Description of a new Temnaspis-Species from Corea; Descriptions of three new mordellid-species from Formosa; Chrysomelidae of Lo-Choo Archipelago and many more. All in all I guess there to be about 30 0pp..

Basel Switzerland: Geigy In 4 languages: tinon- und Tinonchlorfabstoffe/Colorants Tinone et Chlorine Tinone/Colorantes Tinon y Clorin Tinon. An exemplary book on tinon dyeings with strength relations, reduction tables, retarding power of Tinegal CV, properties of tinon and fastness tables. Added are 16 thick cardboard pages of sample color patterns with different compositions and properties. No date given . In blue cloth Hardcover with some minor foxing . All text complete in four languages.. Near Fine.