Search Results: Titles starting with S from Craig Olson Books ABAA/ILAB

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Author's first book and inscribed by her on the title page in year of publication. First Printing. 243 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.

London: Nature, 1954. First Edition. The 'sliding filament' theory of how muscles function; their theory is "the foundation of modern understanding of muscle mechanics" (Wikipedia). Hugh Huxley (1924-2013) and Jean Hanson's (1919-1973) work "uncovered the finer processes involved in muscle contraction and is regarded as revolutionary -- a milestone in muscle research." (BBC Health). 599-1246 pp. viii, 1208. 8vo. Green buckram library bindings with gold embossed titling to spine. Ex-library with library stamps and sticker on front paste-down, clean inside.

London: Royal Society of London, 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Another determination of the speed of light using an improved version of Fizeau-Foucault Apparatus. iv, [2], viii, [1]-749 pp. 4to. Library binding, tan leather spine with gold embossed titling. Interiors clean, ex-library stamp on title page, and occurring sporadically within. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound.

London: Royal Society of London, 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Latimer Clark's first attempt to determine a standard measurement for the ‘volt.' Also contains William Crookes' "On Attraction and Repulsion Resulting from Radiation" and J. Norman Lockyer's: "Researches in Spectrum-Analysis in Connexion with the Spectrum of the Sun. No. III & No. IV" (pp. 479-494 and 805-813). v, [4], [1]-818 pp. 4to. Library binding, tan leather spine with gold embossed titling. Interiors clean, ex-library stamp on title page, and occurring sporadically within. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound.

London: Royal Society of London, 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Also contains George H. Darwin's "Resonance Theory" of the creation of the Moon, "On the Secular Changes in the Elements of the Orbit of a Satellite Revolving About a Tidally Distorted Planet." x, 419 pp.; iv, 421-1092 pp. 51 plates. 4to. Library binding, tan leather spine with gold embossed titling. Interiors clean, ex-library stamp on title page, and occurring sporadically within. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound.

London: Royal Society of London, 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Faraday makes an early step toward the discovery of the electron. In 1838, he passed an electrical current through a glass tube containing various gases, and noticed a strange "glow discharge" that occurred at both electrodes as he evacuated the tube. The glows extended from both electrodes for some distance as he increased the evacuation, but it never fully met at the middle. Also see our #27489 for Faraday's "Experimental Researches in Electricity -- Fifteenth Series," # 27495 "Experimental Researches in Electricity -- Eighteenth Series" (pp. 17-32), & #27500 with Faraday's "Experimental Researches in Electricity -- Nineteenth, Twentieth & Twenty-First Series" (pp. 1-62), our #27503 which contains Faraday's "Experimental Researches in Electricity -- Twenty-Second Series" (pp. 1-41), our #27506 which contains"Experimental Researches in Electricity -- Twenty-Third Series" (pp. 171-188), #27508 which contains "Experimental… Read More

London: Royal Society of London, 1841. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. See also our #27502 "On the Structure of the Jaws and Teeth of the Iguanodon" (pp. 183-202). Also contains William Bowman's "Additional Note on the Contraction of Voluntary Muscle in the Living Body" (pp. 69-74). viii, [1], [1]-10, [1]-312, [12] pp. 4to. Library binding, tan leather spine with gold embossed titling. Interiors clean, ex-library stamp on title page, and occurring sporadically within. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound.

New York, NY: Viking, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. A fine book on big game hunting. First Printing. 383 pp. 4to. Very light wear to dust jacket, price clipped, now in mylar cover. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs and reproduced color prints.

Tucson, AZ: Arizona Archaelogical Center, National Park Service, 1975. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. 54 pp. 4to. Brown paper wraps with very minor soiling. Brief overview of archaeological studies in the Monument at that time, as well as outside the Monument n the Gila River Basin.

Santa Fe, NM: Radius Books, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Klett, Mark. A beautiful production of stunning photos of the Sonora region's most iconic image, the saguaro cactus. Full page, stark portraits focus on the beauty, hardiness, and decay of these mythic inhabitants of the Sonoran Desert. Printed in initial run of 1500 copies, this copy is signed by Mark Klett on the title page. Unpag. Folio. Clean, crisp copy. No dust jacket, as issued.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. x, 210 pp. Light wear and chipping to dust jacket, darkening to spine from sunning, now in mylar cover. Blue cloth boards with gold embossed titling to spine. Endpapers have darkened from contact with dust jacket, interior clean.

Yucca Valley, CA: Manzanita Press, 1961. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. Armitage, Isabelle. A classic Armitage production using bold colors offset by black and white photographs. Photographs are by his wife, Isabelle. Unpag. 4to. Gray, red, and blue printed design on heavy paper wraps with slight sunning at upper edge. Clean within. Heavily illustrated with black and white photographs of the Benidictine monastery and its residents.

Santa Fe, NM: Laboratory of Anthropology, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Napolitano, P.G.. Book is devote to santo making, the depiction of religious objects with painted panels and carved wood figures. This copy is signed at the colophn by E. Boyd and Merle Armitage. 139 pp. 8vo. Some sunning to dust jacket at spine and edges, now in mylar cover. Gray/green cloth boards with same titling as dust jacket reproduced on cover and spine. Hevily illustrated and clean within, housed in a custom gray cloth clamshell box. [Purcell 59].

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Ninth Printing, 1934. Dark blue cloth boards with gold embossed titling to cover and spine, slightly faded. Copious notes throughout indicates this was a working copy.

New York: Jan Kleijkamp and Ellis Monroe, 1946. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. A catalog for an exhibition that would to five museums along the West Coast: deYoung Memorial Museum, Pasadena Art Institute, Portland Art Museum, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, and the Seattle Art Museum. 44 pp. 4to. Light tan heavy paper wraps with a string binding, mnor sunning line along top edge. Clean within. [Purcell 61].

Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1997. Hardcover. Fine. xvi, 340 pp. 8vo. Red cloth boards with gold embossed titling to spine. Clean within. No dust jacket, as issued.

Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publsihing Ltd, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by both authors on the verso of the first free endpaper. First Printing. 272 pp. Folio. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Printing. 256 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.

London: The Savoy, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Cecil, Hugh. Keepsake printed by the Savoy with vignettes about various London landmarks accompanied by tipped-in photographs by Hugh Cecil. 33 pp. 4to. Paper printed boards with slight soiling and rubbing at top edge and corners.

London: Reeves & Turner, 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 138 pp. Brown cloth boards with bright gold embossed titling to cover and spine. Slight bumping to board corners, clean within.