Search Results: History of Technology from Tiber Books

Weimar: Friedrich Voigt, [1872]. Hardcover. Good. Small 4to, hardcover, no dj. Patent Office copy, rebound in later quarter cloth, marbled boards & endpapers. Original paper cover bound in. Good condition. Small label at corner of front board; front bookplate; stamp/number code on endpaper & at margin of Plate 21. Original paper cover + first 3 plates loose, laid in. Moderate toning throughout, occasional marginal finger-smudge, however no foxing or brittleness to the leaves. Board edges rubbed through w/ pea-sized chip at upper spine, binding & hinges firm. Atlas / plates volume accompanying Die Kunst des Goldarbeiters, Silberarbeiters und Juweliers: 24 double-page fold-out plates.

University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, hardcover. Vg+ condition in vg dj. Prev. owner's name-stamp on top & bottom text-block edges; contents bright, crisp & clean, unread; dj lightly smudged w/ tiniest nick at upper spine. xvi, 248 p., illus.

MIT Press, Cambridge / Tomash Publishers, Los Angeles, 1992. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, hardcover. No dj, maroon cloth. Vg+ condition. Ex-lib copy w/ stamp on 2 early pgs, rear pocket very neatly removed, barely noticeable (only markings); contents bright, crisp & clean, virtually unopened. xvii, 367 p., illus. Translation of: Die Rechenmaschinen.

E. Noblet, Paris, 1859. First Edition.. Hardcover. Good. 1/4 leather, 195 pages, French text, 12 fold out plates of illustrations; ex-library copy, spine and corners well rubbed;hinges tight, contents clean.

Verlag Von Gebruder Janecke. Hannover, 1904. First Edition.. Hardcover. As New. Clothbound, 145 pages, well illustrated; this is an ex-library copy with a paper label on the spine, and several interior library stamps; corners bumped, hinges have split from endpapers; contents fine.

Stuttgart, Germany, 1881. First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Small folio size, bound in 1/4 leather, 330 pages, well illustrated. Ex Patent Office duplicate, lib stamps spine and interior, otherwise vg.

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), New York, 1986. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to, hardcover. No dj. Vg condition. Single non-circulating ex-lib stamp on 1 early pg, text-block edges stamped (only markings); exterior faintly rubbed, contents bright & clean, binding tight. xi, 180 p., b&w illus.

Verlag Technik, GmBH, Berlin, 1947 - 1951. Hardcover. Good. 4to, hardcover. 5 volume set. Orange cloth, no dj's. Good condition. Ex-library volumes, rebound in sturdy library buckram. Contents fragile, pulp paper, but intact, obviously seeing little use before deaccession. The first five years of a most unusual East German technical publication, providing insight into post-war Iron Curtain electrical and electronic technical and industrial capabilities. 192 & 360 & 388 & 426 & 577 pp.

Philosophical Library, NY, 1951. Very Good. Op. Vg condition. 369 pp.

Hazell, Watson, and Viney. London, 1901. First Edition.. Hardcover. Good. . Cloth, ex-library with a number of library stamps on covers, title page, and endpaper; rebound in library-style cloth; paper yellowing as expected. Good condition. 170 pages, illustrated.

Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft M.B.H., Leipzig, 1932. Paperback. Good. 8vo, paperback pamphlet (with orig. front cover) bound in over-sized US Patent Office paper-covered boards, paper title label & code label on cover, boards edge-chipped. Patent Office bookplate & blurb pasted inside front board, stamp on pamphlet cover & title pg. Despite the less than attractive binding, pamphlet itself is clean, edges smooth, binding tight, good condition overall. 132 pp.

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, NY, 1985. Reprinted on the occasion of Engineers Week; orig. publ. 1937.. Paperback. Very Good. Op. Wrappers. Vg+ condition. 78 pp. Illus. Several copies available.

Salem Press, Salem, 1876. First in cloth.. Hardcover. Very Good. Cloth, 44 pages, 1/4 leather, rubbed, front board detached, ex Patent Office dup, lib stamped, otherwise vg.

Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. , 1885. Paperback. Good. 8vo. Paperback, fading hand-lettered title on spine. Prev. bookseller's stamp on title pg. Exterior soiled, corner-creased; vertical crease down cover, tape-reinforced at top & bottom inside cover, nicked corners of final 6 pgs. & rear cover tape-reinforced. Light foxing to opening pgs. & marginal finger-smudges to some pgs. A moderately-handled volume, but contents bright & unmarked, overall good- condition given age. 65 pp. A memorial essay on Joseph Henry's contributions to the electric telegraph.

Cambridge University Press, London, 1925. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to, hardcover. No dj, black cloth. Vg condition. 12 issues bound. 408 pp. Many papers on a wide range of scientific instrumentation, with a concentration in optical apparatus and devices.

Librairie J.-B. Bailliere & Fils, Paris, 1913. Hardcover. Good. Small 8vo, hardcover. Rebound in red lib-style cloth, no dj. Good condition. Ex-lib copy w/ front bookplate, text-block edge stamped, rear pocket, call letters embossed at cover corner. Contents uniformly age-toned but clean, no interior markings, binding & hinges right. 83 p., illus with b/w plates. In French.

Shoe and Leather Reporter Office, New York, 1876. First Edition.. Hardcover. Good. 1/4 leather, 287 pages, numerous illustrations, plus plates, spine well rubbed and separated from binding, ex Patent Office Science Lib duplicate, lib stamped.

Libraire J. B. Baillier et Fils, Paris, 1888. First ed.. Hardcover. Good. Cloth, 364 pages, illustrated, lib binding, paper yellowing, ex Patent Office dup, lib stamps spine and interior.

University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1999. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, hardcover. Good condition in vg dj. Ex-lib copy w/ light markings to endpapers; 1-inch moisture stain to bottom corner of opening & closing pgs (fading away for majority of interior); no internal markings, binding tight, dj glossy. xii, 434 p., illus., maps.

D. Van Nostrand Company. New York, 1934. Second Edition; orig. published 1915.. Hardcover. Good. Clothbound, 715 pages, 529 illustrations and 38 tables; top and bottom of spine well rubbed; this is an ex-library copy with one library stamp on the front endpaper; some light foxing in several spots, otherwise very good.