Search Results: Authors starting with W from Kuenzig Books

335 Fourth Avenue, New York: W. Knowlton, Photographer, 1900. First Edition. Photograph. Very Good. First Edition. Mount oblong 14 x 11 inches. Image 9 5/8 x 7 5/8 inches. The image itself is in great condition, the mount with some dirt, several stains, and edgewear. It is unmarked on the rear. Excellent tonality. Photograph. A fascinating photograph, showing a streetcar zipping away, tracks in the ground, and a ghostly image of a person in the foreground, doubled in the negative as he looks both ways. Two policemen on the corner in white gloves and the normal outfits. The corner building is the College of Physicians & Surgeons, at 303 4th Ave and 23rd street, chartered in 1807, andserving as the Medical Department of Columbia University from June 1860 onward. Heading left is Fourth street, with the first floor corner business of John Reynders & Co, proprietor of Electric Batteries, Surgical Instruments, and Anatomical models. Redynders was active at 303 Fourth Ave and 314 E. 22d from at least… Read More

Boston, Massachusetts: S. W. Chandler & Bro. Lith, 1854. Near Fine. Approx. 22 1/4 x 28 1/2 inches. Thin paper, black printing. Previously folded (roughly 5 x 8 1/4 inches). Bright and clean, trimmed mostly to black borders on right and left, larger margins top and bottom. "Mount Auburn Cemetery is the first rural, or garden, cemetery in the United States, located on the line between Cambridge and Watertown in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Boston. It is the burial site of many prominent members of the Boston Brahmins, as well being a National Historic Landmark. Dedicated in 1831 and set with classical monuments in a rolling landscaped terrain, it marked a distinct break with Colonial-era burying grounds and church-affiliated graveyards. The appearance of this type of landscape coincides with the rising popularity of the term "cemetery," derived from the Greek for "a sleeping place," instead of graveyard. This language and outlook eclipsed the previous harsh view of death… Read More

Berlin: Julius Springer, 1927. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. First Edition. viii, 418, [2]-ads pages. 8vo. Publisher's blue/black boards with gilt lettering and publisher's device on spine and titles on front panel. Bookstore tag on front pastedown. Binding glued in gutter at Vorwort (foreword). Otherwise a nice clean bright copy. Text in German. Cloth. Wagner was a full member of the Academy of Sciences Berlin and was made in 1931 an Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , Boston. He held numerous other awards including in 1930: Slaby-Plakette des Deutschen Funktechnischen Verbandes. In 1924 he founded the magazine Zeitschrift Elektrische Nachrichtentechnik. In the foreword, Wagner notes that the sudden onset of broadcasting has created high demand for wireless telephony and has accelerated technical developments dramatically. The new building blocks of broadcasting can be built on the progress made in radio technology. In addition to the general relations of… Read More

Waterville, Maine: Colby College Museum of Art, 1980. First Edition. Wrappers. Near Fine. First Edition. 116 pages. A bright clean copy with just a touch of wear at the extremities. Original illustrated wrappers. Wrappers. Catalog for an exhibition that ran at the Colby College Museum of Art from Aug. 7 through Oct 12, 1980.

providence, rhode island: American Mathematical Society, 1965. First Edition. Wraps. Near Fine. First Edition. 102 pages. Original red wrappers. Minor wear to the extremities. Wraps.

Franklin Falls, NH: O. A. Towne, Printer, Bookselle & Stationer, 1877. First Edition. Wraps. Near Fine. First Edition. 24 pages (last blank). 5 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches. Tan printed wrappers. String stitched. Minor corner turns, lights soiling, a nice copy. Wraps. Rear wrapper is advertisement for O. A. Towne printer, including the usual stationary products, plus address cards and TEMPERANCE SONGS. OJ Wait was Pastor of Christian Church in Franklin, NH. Scarce, with two copies in OCLC (Dartmouth, NH Historical).

Washington, D. C.: Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, 1903. First Edition. Stiff Wrappers. Good. First Edition. Complete title: Geologic Atlas of the United States Cranberry Folio North Carolina - Tennessee Folio No. 90 Library Edition. Stiff paper wraps, dirty wrappers with stain to front wrapper lower right corner (not affecting text). Ex-library with library bookplate rear cover. 9 pages of descriptive text on "Description of the Cranberry Quadrangle" plus explanatory text inside front and rear wrappers. 4 colored plates plus 1 non-colored. 55 x 47 cm. Plates adjacent to the high-acid pages are browned/spotted. Subsequent plates are bright and clean. Chipping at the corners, no loss of text or graphics. A good working copy. Stiff Wrappers.

Washington, D. C.: Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, 1907. First Edition. Stiff Wrappers. Good. First Edition. Ex-Library copy with the usual markings. Complete title: Geologic Atlas of the United States Roan Mountain Folio Tennessee - North Carolina No. 151. Stiff paper wraps, dirty with crease to front wrapper lower right corner and also to rear cover (not affecting text). Library bookplate rear cover obscuring list of published folios up until this date. 11 pages of descriptive text on "Description of the Roan Mountain Quadrangle" plus explanatory text inside front and rear wrappers. 4 colored plates plus 1 black and white chart and 2 pages of photographic illustrations. 55 x 47 cm. Plates are bright and clean, noting 2 plates have some spotting (offsetting from last text page which is higher acid). A good working copy with some edge tears. Stiff Wrappers.

208 Broadway, Cor. Fulton St. New York: [ Department of Docks ] Evening Post Steam Presses, 1878. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. First Edition. 80 pages plus 3 plates, two of which are folding. 8vo (5 3/4 x 9 inches). Printed tan wrappers, string stitched. Additionally, three stab holes at spine (probably was in a bound volume at some point). Bright and clean internally, inked "10" upper right front wrapper. Wraps. The first 28 pages are financial in nature and include transactions from May 1st, 1876 through April 30th, 1877. The next section is the report of the Engineer-in-chief, who reports on several projects including the New Pier No. 1., N.R., Canal and King Street sections, and other areas. The folding plates depict a section and of a bulk head wall (King St. section).  The last plate is an isometrical sketch of concrete blocks showing binding frames. The following section is again financials (showing what tasks were accomplished) and then a report of the Treasurer.  A useful document for… Read More

London: Wm. Darton, Jun, 1810. Pamphlet. Very Good. 24 pages. Approx 7 x 4 inches. Light pink drab wrappers, string bound. Wrapper soiled, with several spots and fading. Foxed throughout internally. Pamphlet. The instruction booklet ONLY (there would have been an accompanying map which is not present here). A direction and rules book for this rare geographical game. This example contains instructions and 133 numbered paragraphs for various geographical locations with information about each city. The players start at #1 LONDON and finish with #133 ATHENS. This game is not listed in the 1971 (2nd edition) of Whitehouse. Whitehouse does list a similar game "WALLIS'S TOUR OF EUROPE" first published in 1794 as an "engraving of a map of Europe with the rules printed from type and affixed on either side of the map" but he notes that later editions of the same game from 1811 were printed with the map and instruction booklet separate. (Whitehouse, pp 8-9) Rare, with OCLC showing two library holdings as… Read More

London (58, Holborn Hill): William Darton, Jun, 1816. Pamphlet. Good. [1-3], 4-66, [6-catalogue] pages. Approx 6 3/4 x 4 inches. Marbled paper wrappers, string bound. Binding loose with strings deterioriated and signatures loose. Wrapper worn overall. Well used noting thumbing from use and creased corners. Pamphlet. The instruction booklet ONLY (there would have been an accompanying map which is not present here). A direction and rules book for this rare geographical game. Contains instructions and 141 numbered paragraphs for various geographical locations with in depth information about each location. Players start at #1 PHILADELPHIA and finish at #141 BUENOS AYRES. Each entry with from a few sentences to several pages of description about the numbered location. William Darton, Jun. in 1816 published "WALKER'S GEOGRAPHICAL PASTIME" which consisted of two engravings (the Western Hemisphere and the Eastern Hemisphere) "mounted together on one piece of stout linen cut into 24 sections, overall… Read More

[ no place ]: War Department Office of the Surgeon General, 1918. First Edition. Staplebound. Very Good. First Edition. XX, 169 leaves. 7 3/4 x 10 inches. Printed on recto only. Mimeographed (?), stapled. With buff printed cover. "Capt. Morison" inked at top of front cover. Marked "Not for publication" at top of front wrapper. Staplebound. Bulletin IV (as offered) was the last of a four bulletin series "Abstracts, Translations and Reviews of Recent Literature on the Subject of the Reconstruction and Reeducation of the Disabled Soldier and Sailor:. and was replaced by a printed montly magazine "to be called CARRY ON The Disabled Soldier's and Sailor's Magazine". The Foreword notes that the new name "CARRY ON" was suggested by Mary Roberts Rinehart. Bulletin IV, May 25, 1918 is the second part of a detailed report "The Story of the Crippled Soldier's Progress from Disablement to Replacement in Civil Life", and reports on work in Italy, Belgium, Canada and other Countries. The previous Bulletin (No… Read More

New York City, NY: John Carl Warnecke [ City College of New York City ], 1971. First Edition. Binder. Very Good. First Edition. Folio, [ff 26]; buckram binder with mylar sleeves; minor rubbing to binder; internally fine. Architect John Carl Warnecke's presentation binder for his vision of new facilities at the campus of City College at CUNY, located on Convent Avenue in uptown Manhattan. Binder. The material includes two color graphs, eleven sheets with photographs of architectural models, and twenty-nine black-and-white or color photos of architectural drawings and plans of how the campus and/or specific buildings would appear. There is also a single xerox sheet from the minutes of the January 26, 1970 meeting of the City of New York's Board of Higher Education in which costs of the 1969 Master Plan for the Development of Physical Facilities are reviewed. The plan called for development of both a "North Academic Center" and a "South Academic Center," though this binder deals only with the former… Read More

Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2005. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. First Edition. ix, [1], 270 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with silver lettering. Price sticker w/ISBN on rear panel A crisp, clean, apparently unread copy. Cloth.

Hastings-on-Hudson, NY and MA: David & Yola Coffeen and Raymond V. Giordano, 1993. First Edition. Staplebound wraps. Fine. First Edition. Pgs 1-32. 8vo. Wraps. Illustrated. A bright clean copy. Staplebound wraps. ISSUE CONTENTS: French Instruments in the United States by DEBORAH JEAN WARNER. The Rittenhouse Journal of the Scientific Enterprise was a scholarly journal focused on increasing and distributing knowledge about scientific instruments made and/or sold in the US and the Americas. Throughout its 23 years of publication (and a total of 70 issues), the journal covered areas including mathematical, optical and philosophical instruments, chemical, physical and electrical apparatus, sundials and globes; and time periods from the 17th to the mid-20th century. Authors of the various articles in the journal are well known scholars from major institutions, collectors, and dealers in the field of scientific instruments.

Hastings-on-Hudson, NY and Acton, MA: David & Yola Coffeen and Raymond V. Giordano, 1998. First Edition. Wraps. Near Fine. First Edition. 32 pages.Publisher's printed wraps. Illustrated. A bright clean copy. Wraps. ISSUE CONTENTS: John Bird and the Origin of the Sextant by DEBORAH JEAN WARNER. Circular Dividing Engines in the United States before 1900 by ROBERT C. MILLER. Thomas Alva Edison's Gift to Milan High School by THOMAS B. GREENSLADE, Jr. A Constant Deviation Wavelength Spectrometer Made by Adam Hilger, Ltd. by NOAH RINDOS. The Beckman DU Spectrophotometer by JON EKLUND. The Rittenhouse Journal of the Scientific Enterprise was a scholarly journal focused on increasing and distributing knowledge about scientific instruments made and/or sold in the US and the Americas. Throughout its 23 years of publication (and a total of 70 issues), the journal covered areas including mathematical, optical and philosophical instruments, chemical, physical and electrical apparatus, sundials and globes;… Read More

Hastings-on-Hudson, NY and MA: David & Yola Coffeen and Raymond V. Giordano, 1993. First Edition. Staplebound wraps. Fine. First Edition. Pgs 65-96. 8vo. Wraps. Illustrated. A bright clean copy. Staplebound wraps. ISSUE CONTENTS: Cathetometers and Precision Measurement: The History of an Upright Ruler by DEBORAH JEAN WARNER. Tempest in a Milk Pail: The Lactometer and 19th Century Dairy Disputes by MARJORIE BERRY. The Reflecting Goniometer by STEVEN TURNER. The Zealous Marketing of Rain-Band Spectroscopes by THOMAS F. PETERSON, JR. The Rittenhouse Journal of the Scientific Enterprise was a scholarly journal focused on increasing and distributing knowledge about scientific instruments made and/or sold in the US and the Americas. Throughout its 23 years of publication (and a total of 70 issues), the journal covered areas including mathematical, optical and philosophical instruments, chemical, physical and electrical apparatus, sundials and globes; and time periods from the 17th to the mid-20th… Read More

New York: John WIley & Son, 1870. Later printing. Cloth. Very Good. Later printing. x, 116 pages plus 5 folding plates (several colored). 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Corners bumped, minor wear at the extremities. Previous owner name on front flyleaf. A solid copy, noting that several signature are proud of the textblock. Cloth. An interesting treatise which deals not just with the usual geometric examples, but also discusses coloring and tinting with ink and brush, and color aesthetics. Contains four divisions of instruction: Instruments and Materials, Fundamental Operations, Practical Constructions of Two Dimensions, and Elementary Aesthetics of Geometrical Drawing. Designed as a Text-Book, for Self-Instruction. Last plate is a plan for a schoolhouse. S. Edward Warren was a Professor of Descriptive Geometry at RPI. Surprisingly scarce, with only electronic copies available as of this listing. OCLC records editions in 1865, 1868, 1870 (as here), 1871, 1873, 1876, and 1879. Only the 1870 edition breaks… Read More

Lynn, MA: Bubier Publishing Co, 1896. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. First Edition. 140, [4 - ads]. Orignal green cloth with gold gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Lettering still bright and clean. Corners and top/bottom of spine bumped. Previous owners name on flyleaf. Decorated front flyleaf/endpaper cracked at gutter (normal - high acid paper), and small chip missing from rear flyleaf. Text internally bright and clean with many illustrations. Title: How to Make and Use The Storage Battery Embracing Its history, theory, Maintenance, and the Installation of Plants. Hard Cover.

Oxford, New York, Beiging, Frankfurt, Sao paulo, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto: Pergamon Press, 1988. First Edition. Boards. Near Fine. First Edition. xvi, [2], 238 pages. Red/grey printed boards. Rubbing to the covers. Bright and clean internally. Boards. A Technology Transfer Handbook Series book - Advances in surface treatments, Vol 6 (standalone volume). Highly technical, sound reference.