Search Results: Titles starting with O from E. C. Rare Books [ABA / ABAC]

GESSNER (Salomon);L. Duprat - Duverger, 1812. new edition. 4 Vols 24mo bound in contemporary ¼ brown paste grain Morocco, contemporary French / German style marble paper sides. Less than typical wear for its age very good condition and clean.Gessner was widely enjoyed in his time; reviver of the idyllic and pastoral genre, he was in the poetic genre side of Rousseau and Bernardin de Saint Pierre. –. good. Item #450

ON MASSIVE NEUTRON CORES. Physical Review Vol. 55, February 15, 1939. Oppenheimer, J.R. and G.M. Volkoff. Printed in USA. (Received January 3, 1939.) Pp. 374-381. Oppenheimer, J.R. and G.M. Volkoff. ON MASSIVE NEUTRON CORES. Physical Review Vol. 55, February 15, 1939. Printed in USA. (Received January 3, 1939.) Pp. 374-381. Original staples, just beginning to loosen at edges, otherwise near fine. Signed Warmly [underlined], Oppy. The true separate offprint paginated and printed so the first page, 374, is a recto and other page number s set at appropriate edges instead of centered. Leaves folded folded and stapled at gutter to form a pamphlet. Effectively predicts neutron stars and that, if massive enough, the stellar matter will contract indefinitely. The foundation paper explaining and predicting black holes and the subsequent discoveries and revolutions in astrophysics. Excessively rare, no copies recorded of this separate printing. The publication "On Massive Neutron Cores" by J. Robert Oppenheimer… Read More

THE OLD HOUSE. FEODOR SOLOGUB. Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1916. First American Edition. Novelette and ten stories by the Russian Symbolist novelist, poet, and essayist. Translated from the Russian by John Cournos. Uncommon. First US Printing, with the cancel title page tipped into sheets from the British edition published the previous year. Small 8vo; original hunter green cloth, with titling and rule stamped in gilt on spine and front panel; black topstain. No dust jacket.

Ornamental Hibiscus in Hawaii Wilcox, E. V. And V. S. Holt Published by Paradise of the Pacific Press Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station, Honolulu (1913) Paradise of the Pacific Press Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station, Honolulu, 1913. Soft Cover. Book Condition: VG. Gray card wraps, 8vo. Bulletin No. 29. Printed by Paradise of the Pacific Press. 60pp, 16 color plates by Mary Owens Wilcox. Very light toning to wraps around edges, rear endpaper, darkening as typical at this period of acidic papers to title page (which acts as first free endpaper). Small stamp "Issued December 1, 1913" All plates very fine and wrappers showing no signs of chipping, a tight square crisp perfect copy. (botanical artwork quality).