Search Results: Titles starting with E from Kuenzig Books

Paris: Crochard, 1820. First Edition. Flexible paper boards. Near Fine. First Edition. 448 pages. Early temporary binders paper boards (light blue paper over very thin pasteboard), laid endpapers and stub. Evidence that the textblock was originally stab-stitched and then sewn when the binding was applied. Paper spine label with manuscript titling, and paper label and 2 chalked numbers on the spine. Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Tome XIV complete with half title, entire volume offered. Protected in a 1/4 leather over cloth professionally made clamshell case with gilt spine titling. Flexible paper boards. Contains Oersted's "EXPERIMENTA CIRCA EFFECTUM, etc. Experiences sur l'effet du conflict electrique sur l'aiguille animantee" on pages 417-420, a very important work that led to the Discovery of Electromagnetism and informed subsequent work done by Ampere, Arago, Maxwell and Faraday. Initially published in a rare Latin pamphlet (known to Bern Dibner in only a few copies), this important discovery… Read More

[ Cambridge, MA ]: Lincoln Laboratory, 1991. First Edition. Staplebound wraps. Fine. First Edition. [113]-132 pages. 8 1/2 x 11 inches, stapled. The offprint issue, with the MIT Lincoln Laboratory Journal cover stapled to the article by Leo J. Sullivan. Staplebound wraps. Originally published in the Summer 1991, Volume 4, Number 2 issue of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology LINCOLN LABORATORY Journal, this is a copy of the offprint given to the author of the article (and from his estate). "During the period of June 1958 through September 1965 Lincoln Laboratory engaged in a reentry measurements program that developed radar and optical instrumentation for observing the phenomena asscoiated with the hypervelocity reentry of payloads into the earth's atmosphere. This article describes both the Lincoln Laboratory effort and the development and launching of reentry test vehicles by NASA." (abstract).

Philadelphia: Jas. B. Rodgers Co. Printers, 1873. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. First Edition. 607 pages + 5 regular plates + 28 woodburytype images (frontispiece of the Phillips and Wooodford Wells Tarr Farm and 28 separate woodburytype portraits of oilmen). Complete. Thick 8vo. Expertly rebound in sympathetically matched cloth with front cover and spine panels preserved and laid down. Renewed endpapers. Perhaps a dozen pages with some marginal dampstaining (mostly on lower right corner of plates - not affecting portraits). A sound working copy of the original publication, now scarce in the market. Cloth. "First comprehensive history of the infancy of this industry." HOWES H-421. Larson's Guide to Business History #2846.

Salem, MA: The Essex Institute, 1922. Second Edition. Cloth. Good. Second Edition. iv, 122 pages (with frontispiece). Original green cloth. The Second Edition (so stated on the title page). Binding cracked (still holding) at page 80. Previous owners' stamp on front and rear endpapers, brown ghosting from an old paper on the rear endpapers. Gilt lettering on the spine still bright and readable, corners tight and just slightly worn at the tips. A good reading/working copy. Cloth.

New York, N.Y.: Haskell House Publishers Ltd, 1973. Later printing. Cloth. Near Fine. Later printing. 327,[3] pages. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth. A fine copy noting light corner bumping. Cloth. Reprints the J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 1925 edition which was originally issued in 1500 copies. This reprint is new old stock from the publisher.

Edinburgh and London: T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1905. various. Near Fine. Four slipcases with groups of stereoviews [stereograms] in each. Each stereoscopic photograph is mounted on a thick card stock, approximately 7" x 9". Section I contains cards 1-25, complete. Condition is near fine with minor wear. Slipcase for this section is only half there. Section II contains cards 26-50, lacking only card #31 (external genital organs of multipara at Eighth Month of Pregnancy). Slipcase very good, complete with original labels. Section III normally contains cards 51-75. It is however defective, with cards 51,52, 57, 58, 59,60,62,70, 71,72,73, and 74 present but lacking the stereographic pictures. Cards 61, 71, and 75 are also missing. The remaining 11 cards are complete with proper images, in near fine condition. Slipcase for this section is very good as well with original labels. Section IV contains cards 76-100. It is nearly complete, lacking images on cards 83, 84, 85, 90 (half card) and 93. The other 20… Read More

New York: ( Association of Edison Illuminating Companies ), 1904. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. First Edition. 213 pages. Includes the errata sheet detailing significant corrections to six different pages. 8 vo. 5 1/4 x 8 inches. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titling in gold border on front board. Original paper label on spine. Light bumping/wear to corners and spine extremities. Some staining and scuffing to rear panel. Foldout on page 65 mis-folded. Occasionall smudges internally. Cloth. "This volume ... is uniform in size and binding, and in general make-up similar to the series of Electrical Handbooks issued under the imprint of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, in connection with the entertainment of foreign visitors to the International Electrical Congress, St. Louis, September 12-17, 1904, and may well be considered as completing the series. it contains a series of views and descriptions of the important features of the valuable collection of 'Edisonia' brought together… Read More

Cairo: Chemical Society of Egypt, 1958. First Edition. Wraps. Good. First Edition. [6], 164 pages. Original green wrappers. Small spine panel "flap" loose. Corners turned, light fading to covers. Wraps. We offer the first issue of this Journal, which was published twice a year in 1958-59, continued in 1960 as "Journal of chemistry of the U.A.R.", and quarterly from 1961-1969 as "Journal of chemistry of the United Arab Republic." It continued from 1970-71 bimonthly (every 2 months) as "United Arab Republic journal of chemistry" and finally as the "Egyptian journal of chemistry" from 1972 until the present. It is worthwhile bibliographically to note that in this first issue the terminologies are laid out for names, abbreviations, and guidelines for how to submit material. Perhaps most interesting for collectors is a note that each author is "entitled to 20 reprints, without covers, free of charge. Additional reprints may be purchased, and must be ordered as soon as the paper has been accepted for… Read More

Fall River, Massachusetts: E. J. Perry Machinery Corp, 1950. Very Good. A group of eight industrial photographs in 8 x 10 and 10 x 8 formats. Blank on verso. Minor blemishes, nice condition. E. J. Perry Machinery Corporation was an industrial processing machinery manufacturer. Six of the eight photographs have visible plates from the company on the equipment - the other two fit based on type (many of these appear to be industrial drying equipment). A nice set of images of a Fall River, Massachusetts company. According to the April 23, 1945 issue of "Steel, the Magazine of Metalworking and Metal Producing" the company moved from New Bedford to Fall River. One of the images has the Fall River address on it, hence we've dated these images to circa 1950. The 1936 New Bedford directory shows a number of machinists in the company employ.

Boston: Wright & Potter, 1874. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. First Edition. 63 pages. Original blue printed wrappers. Creased vertically, overall wear and mild soiling. Large foldout "Plan and Elevation of Fishway, at South Hadley Falls, Mass. (A. Meisel Litho) tipped in opposite page 62. Wraps.

Troy, [NY]: Moffitt & Lyon, 1802. First Edition. Boards. Good. First Edition. 285, [3] pages. 12mo. 4 x 6 1/4 inches. Polished calf with black spine label "Electricity" with minor loss. Light wear to the extremities. Minor worming in the gutter base of spine affecting a few letters in the Preface. No flyleafs (as bound??), first page is title, last is last page of index. A sound copy of a book usually found in poor condition. Laid in is an inked note: "Joseph White His Book. I believe Joshua White his han?. I think Febuary 15th AD 1805. Dont steel (sic) tis Book My derest friend for fear the Gales will Be Your end." Written above Joshua White is Ezzy White, and on verso the names Ezzy, John, Joseph, and Jonathan White. Suel (?) White signature and old price on front pastedown. CP Hermance (?) inked at head of title page, dated 1806. Boards. The standard references note two different page counts for this work. Copies with 285 pages (as here) include a commentary "Thoughts of the Times" and a printed… Read More

London: Electric Telegraph Company, 1856. Boards. Very Good. A lithographed map by Day & Son, with individual sections cut and then laid on thin linen, the whole folding into a cloth case. The publisher's cloth case (9 x 6 inches) is titled "The Electric Telegraph Company's Map of Europe" (worn, splitting at spine, soiled). Boards. The Electric and International Telegraph Company was incorporated in 1846. This map shows messages and where they can be transmitted from and to with stations listed in the margin and telegraph routes highlighted in red. The List of CONTINENTAL STATIONS notes "Messages to or from the Continent must be addressed 'Via Amsterdam'. The list of ENGLISH STATIONS have no such requirement. The importance of telegraphy in the acceleration of business interests in this period cannot be underestimated. This map provides a solid insight into the state of the "network" at the time. Comparison of this map with others issued shortly afterward highlights the rapid development of this… Read More

New York: John T. Ives, Jr., 1879. Hard Cover. Very Good. 123 pages. Small 8vo. Brick red covers with black and gilt embossed decorations (and blank spine as issued). An exlibrary copy (properly deaccessioned) with bookplate on front pastedown endpaper and unobtrusive stamp to title page. Soiling to the page edges from reading, but a solid reading copy. Includes a history of the field, some illustrated instruments, and many application examples. Hard Cover.

London and New York: MacMillan and Co, 1891. First English Edition. Cloth. Very Good. First English Edition. xxxiii, [3], 976 pages. Color lithographed frontispiece of the Aurora Borealis. Original blue cloth with blind stamped title and decorations. Titles in gilt on spine. Spine panel still bright and readable, minor wear at the corners and head/tail spine. Textblock edges mildly soiled but overall a bright copy. Corners lightly bumped. An unopened copy. Presents very nicely on the shelf. Cloth. Over 600 illustrations, many of scientific instruments or apparatus used in demonstration of the concepts described. A fascinating view into the thoughts of the times. A translation of the work from the French edition by Amedee conducted mostly by Mr. Colman Starling and Professor R. Mullineux Walmsley. The editor Thompson revised and rewrote the chapters on Dynamo-electric machines and the Telephone "in accordance with modern knowledge.

London: Oxford University Press, 1957. Second Edition. Cloth. Good. Second Edition. 192 pages. 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth. Price clipped dust jacket with creasing and tearing at the edges, but mostly intact. 49 figures and 23 photographic plates illustrating state of the art at the time. Since the first edition (published in 1939), there were several passages completely re-written, and a completely new set of photographs were taken. Image of a 3,200,000 voldt Ferranti Impulse Generator on the front cover. Hard to find in the dust jacket. Cloth. Chapters include Force, Work, Energy and Power; Conductors and Insulators, Cables; Generators, I: Batteries, Chemical Action of Currents; Magnetism, Electric Measurements, and Electro-magnets; Generators II: Electric Motors and Generators, Direct and Alternating Currents; Transformers and Distribution of Power; Heating and Lighting; Electric Discharges, Lightning, the New Lamps; Electrical Methods of Communications, I: Telegraphy, Telephony; Electrical… Read More

Ann Arbor, Michigan: J. W. Edwards, 1946. First Edition. Wraps. Good. First Edition. [4], 99 pages. Illustrated. Printed tan covers. 8 1/4 x 10 5/8 inches. Well read worn copy with creasing and wear including minor loss to spine panel. Marked "Examination Copy with the compliments of J. W. Edwards, PUBLISHER, Ann Arbor Michigan" on the cover. Lithoprinted at Edwards Brothers Inc. Wraps. The author Alva W. Smith was in the Department of Physics at Ohio State University during an interesting period of time for electrical engineering and related disciplines. In 1948 the transistor was invented, which changed electronics forever. This is a great example of what was being taught in a University Environment at that time. The manual is organized as a laboratory experiment instructor, with a section on reports and how they should be written, followed by the 36 experiments. Good form for engineers is suggested - put your results in a permanently bound record, not loose pages. Cross out errors, don't erase… Read More

London: Charles Griffin & Company, Limited, 1925. Cloth. Near Fine. xvi, 427 pages. 8vo. Publisher's maroon pebbled cloth with gilt titles. "With the authors compliments" inked on title page, and "Dec" added before 1925 at the base of the title page. "General Electric Review" stamped on front flyleaf (together evidence that this was probably an early review copy). A bright clean copy. Cloth. When the first edition of this work was published (1912) there were few treatises that examined the physiology and technical aspects of lighting that was being deployed throughout manufacturing enterprises, and was being taught to new engineers. The author credits General Electric Company of Schenectady with the rapid progress in this field during the previous ten years which necessitated a significant rewrite of the first edition. The author Bohle was Professor of Electrotechnics at the University of Cape Town, a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa, and a Member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers.

London: George Newnes Limited, 1942. Later printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Later printing. viii, 184 pages. Green cloth gilt. Printed buff dust jacket. Rear board has advertisement for Dunlop & Ranken Ltd in gilt, as well as printed in black on the rear dj panel. This copy quite unusual given the US Customs Service baggage stamp on the front dj. Dj with wear, small tears, and spine browning. Clean internally. Cloth. "This work brings together in a convenient form technical knowledge on the widely varying types of electric relays ranging from the simplest magnetic relay to the more complex types of gas-filled and photo-elecric relays, which are having an increasing field of application for industrial purposes." (front dj flap).

Syracuse, New York: Electro-Magna Coil Co, 1931. Good. 9 x 14 inches, double folded into a brochure sized for mailing. Creased, some edgewear, browned. A brochure for the Electro-Magnetic Rays created by the Electro-Magna Coil. Internal sections with many testimonials, an images of the device on the front panel, and (importantly to those paying attention) a price of $39 "far below its real value" but with the "after 8 days free trial in your home" inked out.

New York and London: McGraw Hill Book Company, Inc, 1941. Later printing. Cloth. Good. Later printing. xv,[1-blank],615 pages. 8vo. Publisher's green cloth. First edition, eighth impression. Dampstaining to rear cover, not affecting internals. Minor wear overall, a used but sound copy. Previous owner nme on front pastedown endpaper. Cloth.