Search Results: History of Science from Tiber Books

Rice University Press, Houston, Tex, 1986. 1st ed.. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to, hardcover. Lib of Congress stamp on front flyleaf, head/heel of spine & board corners mildly bumped, else vg condition in slightly edge-worn, otherwise vg dj. ep. xii, 391 p. ill.

Deutsches Museum, München, 2005. Paperback. Very Good. 4to, paperback. Vg+ condition. Contents bright, crisp & clean, appears unread; cover edges very slightly rubbed from storage. 176 pp. with 180 illus. (some color). Text in German.

Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig, 1921. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, hardcover, no dj. Good condition. Bound in green quarter cloth, marbled paper-covered boards, gilt spine lettering reading "Bohr Atombau". Ex-Physics Library copy w/ front bookplate, small stamp on title pg & copyright pg., blacked-out label on rear pastedown. Prev. owner's name; title page detached, laid in; contents well-toned but clean, no foxing, binding & hinges firm. Paper covering front board is lifting up from underlying board, 1/2-inch chipped away down right edge. xix, 155 pp. Text in German.

Joh. Palm's Hofbuchhandlung, Munich, 1851. 2nd enlarged ed. . Hardcover. Fair. 8vo. Hardcover, no dj, 755 pp. A 19th-century alphabetical primer of pharmaceutical preparations. Fair condition. Lacks front board, rear board all but detached, spine backstrip detached but present w/ 2" chip at bottom end. Lib of Congress stamp on front endpaper, bookseller's stamp title pg., number code on pg. 1., front endpaper corners chipped; however contents are clean, binding quite tight.

G. Masson, Editeur / Imprimerie de Gauthier-Villars et Fils, Paris, 1888. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, hardcover, no dj. Bound in brown quarter leather w/ maroon leather spine label, gilt spine decoration & title lettering, blue paper-covered boards. Vg condition. Ex-Science & Technology Library copy w/ front bookplate, front pocket very neatly removed, barely noticeable (only markings). Contents lightly & uniformly age-toned, otherwise clean, no markings, no foxing or brittleness to pgs; binding & hinges firm. Boards moderately smudged, corners just rubbed through; outer leather quite glossy & supple, 576 pp., illus., 2 fold-out plates. Text in French. Contains papers by M. Deslandres, MM. Berthelot et Andre, M. J. Lafont, M. Paul Adam, M. Scheurer-Kestner, M. A. Behal, M. Th. Vautier, M. F.-M. Raoult, M. James Chappuis, M. J.-A. Muller, M. G. Foussereau, MM. Nilsson et Otto Pettersson.

The Marine Historical Association, Mystic, CT, 1957. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo, paperback. Vg condition. Small nick to bottom spine corner; covers and contents clean, no marking or writing. 119 pp.

University Of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1957. 1st ptg.. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, hardcover. Spine & board edges lightly faded (under dj), spine slightly cocked, to minor effect, otherwise good condition in lightly scuffed, else good dj. 227 pp. Illus.

Henry Schuman, 1947. First Edition.. Hardcover. Good. Cloth, out of print, 294 pgs., very good in very good dust jacket.

Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1876. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo, paperback. Vg condition. ORIGINAL - NOT A REPRINT. Light old moisture stain to upper left front cover, not affecting contents; contents clean and unworn, no marking or writing. Binding sturdy and tight. pp. 91-195. (First title: 91 pp. + two woodcut plates; second title: 12 pp.)

New York Academy of Sciences, NY, 2001. Paperback. New. 8vo, paperback. NEW. Bright, crisp & clean, unread. 264 pp.

Scholarly Resources, Wilmington, Del, 1984. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to, hardcover. Blue cloth, no dj. Vg+ condition. NOT ex-library. Small prev. owner's name, otherwise bright & clean inside and out. xxv, 551 p.

Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D. C, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to, hardcover, green cloth, no dj. Ex-lib, minimal interior markings, text-block edges stamped, rear pocket removed. Exterior slightly soiled w/ upper & lower spine bumped/rubbed, else contents vg, clean & tight. v, 128 p. illus.

Ejnar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, 1955, 1956. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, hardcover. 4 volumes bound together, original paperback covers bound in. Good condition. Ex-lib copy w/ front bookplate, call letters on spine, stamping on orig. journal covers. Several pgs loose, laid in (perhaps to photocopy them?), contents otherwise clean, binding & hinges tight. 384 total pgs., illus.

Harper & Brothers, New York, 1925. 1st American edition, showing $3.00 price on dust jacket flap, MCMXXV publication date on title pg, publisher's code "C-Z" on copyright pg.. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, hardcover, black cloth. Vg condition in good dj. Pale line of browning down front & rear endpapers; interior very mildly & uniformly age-toned, no foxing or markings, binding firm. Dust jacket moderately browned, moreso at spine, with a few pea-sized edge-chips, 1-inch chip at upper spine, with loss of just the first few letters of the word "Concerning"; now wrapped in a transparent mylar protector. xvii, 249 p., illus., 32 pgs. of b&w plates, 2-pg. publisher's list in rear. Christmas Lectures delivered at the Royal Institution.

Gauthier-Villars, Paris, 1878. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, hardcover. No dj. Good condition. Corners and spine ends bumped and abraded, covers moderately soiled; binding still tight, with no cracking at endpaper seams, contents clean, no marking or writing. 743 pp., plus tables, index, and extensive publisher’s catalogue.

Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2006. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, hardcover. Vg+ condition in near fine dj. Shallow glue-repaired tear/abrasion & smudging to edge of front endpaper; however interior bright, crisp & clean, clearly unread; dj very faintly rubbed. 363 p.

Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, Cambridge, 1992. Paperback. Good. 8vo, paperback. Good condition. Very sparse underline or marginal note on just 17 pgs, remainder bright & clean, covers glossy. 85 p., illus. Issued on the occasion of an exhibition at the School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge.

Joseph Henry Press, Washington, DC, 2004. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo, paperback. Vg+ condition. Tiny bend to a few pg corners, contents bright & clean, binding tight. 348 pp.

Paris: Bechet Jeune, 1847. 5. edition.. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, hardcover, no dj. Volume 1 of the 2-volume set. Bound in contemporary brown quarter leather over brown paper-covered boards, gilt spine lettering, 4 raised bands at spine. Good condition. Moderate interior foxing, contents otherwise clean, binding firm; front & rear interior hinge paper beginning to split, but no loosening of front & rear boards at all, hinges quite firm. Reconditioned leather supple & glossy, w/ thin chips across spine ends; gilt spine lettering sharp & bright. vii, 876 pp., 23 numbered fold-out plates in rear, some of them awkwardly folded, and so showing tattered edges, not affecting images themselves at all.

Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1977. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, hardcover. No dj, brown cloth. Good condition. Ex-lib copy w/ front bookplate, text-block edges stamped, rear pocket & spine label neatly removed; contents bright & clean, binding tight. xix, 540 p.