The Black Hills Engineer; Scenic Number Vol. XI No. 4
South Dakota: South Dakota State School of Mines, July 1923. Wraps. Wrappers. More
Science
A Catalogue of the Portsmouth Collection of Books and Papers written by or belonging to Sir Isaac Newton; The Scientific portion of which has been presented by the Earl of Portsmouth to the University of Cambridge
Cambridge at the University Press, 1888. Hardcover. Drawn up by the syndicate appointed the 6th November 1872. 23 x 15 cm. Octavo. 30 page preface and appendix to the preface plus 56 pages plus 30 pages of publisher's advertisements in rear. Bound in grey cloth. Some uncut pages. Light rubbing..... More
Inflation and Quantum Cosmology.
San Diego, California: Academic Press, Inc., 1990. First edition. Hardcover. 23..5 x 16 cm. Octavo. 199pp. Glossy boards no jacket as issued. More
Researches in Colour Vision and the Trichromatic Theory.
New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1913. First edition. Hardcover. 23 x 15 cm. Octavo. 418pp. Index. Green cloth. Incomplete, lacking page 275-6 and plates I and II. Plates 3,4,5 in color and present. Ex-library copy. Page 275-6 is supplied in facsimile. Tears to the cloth at the joints. Working..... More
The Genesis of Feynman Diagrams; ARCHIMEDES 26
Springer, 2010. Hardcover. Octavo. 25cm x 16cm. 208pp. More
Problems in Astrophysics.
London: Adam & Charles Black, 1903. First edition. Hardcover. 23.5 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. 567pp. 81 illustrations. Corners are bumped. Some scattered foxing. Gutters are cracked. First edition with 1903 on title page and no additional printings noted. More
The Essential Turing; Seminal Writings in Computing, Logic, Philosophy, Artificial Intelligence, and Artificial Life plus The Secrets of Enigma
Clarendon Press Oxford, 2004. Paperback. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. 613pp. Paperback copy. Light edgewear. More
Madison Catalogue of 2786 Stars for the Epoch 1910.
Washington DC: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1939. Paperback. 30 x 22.5 cm. Quarto. [xx], 57 pages. Binding re-enforced with archieveal tape. Some toning to the cover.s. More
The Invention of the Telescope.
.The American Philosophical Society, June 1977. wra[pers. 28.5 x 20.5 cm. Quarto. 67pp. Bound in tan wrappers. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge Volume 67, Part 4. Toning to the spine. More
The Geographical Distribution of Animals 2 vol set.
London: Macmillan and co, 1876. First edition. Hardcover. 23 x 16 cm. Octavo. Two volume set. 503 and 607 pages. Green cloth with gilt design to cover and lettering. 20 plates. This set is unfortunatley missing 3 out of the 7 total color maps. The maps missing are "Map of..... More
Magnetic Monopoles Selected Reprints.
American Association of Physics Teachers, September 1990. Paperback. 28 x 21.5 cm. Quarto. 140pp. Previous owner's name stamp inside front and back cover. Collection of articles by various scientists older and more modern such as William L Laurence and C. A. Coulomb. More
Goethe and the Sciences: A Reappraisal.
D. Reidel Publishing Company, 1987. Paperback. 22.5 x 15 cm. Octavo. 442pp. Bibliography, index, ads. Some toning to the covers. Top of back cover bumped. Light toning to paper. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science Volume 97. Sections are: Part I: Goethe in the History of Science, part II..... More
Alan Turing The Enigma.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1983. First US edition. Hardcover. 24 x 16 cm. Octavo. 587pp. First American edition with numberline beginning in 1. Brown cloth in price clipped dust jacket. Crease to front jacket flap. Light edgewear to the jacket. Some discoloration to the cloth spine. Inspiration for the..... More
Huygens & Barrow, Newton & Hooke; Pioneers in mathematical analysis and catastrophe theory from evolvent to quasicrystals
Basel, Boston, Berlin: Birkhäuser Verlag, 1990. Paperback. 21 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. 118pp. 6 color plates. Translated from the Russian into English by Eric J. F. Primrose. More
Albert Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity: Emergence (1905) and Early Interpretation (1905-1911).
Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc., 1981. Paperback. 23.5 x 16 cm. Octavo. 446pp. More
Essays on Celluar Automata.
Urbana, Chicago, London: University of Illinois Press, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. 23.5 x 16 cm. Octavo. 375pp. Yellow cloth in dust jacket. Previous owner's name written on top foredge. Shelf wear and some chipping to the jacket. More
Berkeley's Revolution in Vision.
Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1990. Hardcover. 23.5 x 16 cm. Octavo. xii 249pp. Blue cloth in dust jacket. Title relates to George Berkeley's 1709 "Essay toward a New Theory of Vision". Light toning to the jacket. Previous owner's bookplate on front fixed endpaper. More
Out of the Life and Work.
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1937. First edition. Hardcover. 22 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. 352 pages. Green cloth in clipped dust jacket. Originally published in German this is the first edition in English. Translated by Bernard Miall. Some edgewear to the jacket. Previous owner's bookplate and date..... More
Essays Upon Heredity and Kindred Biological Problems.
Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1889. Hardcover. 24 x 16 cm. Octavo. 455 pages. Green cloth. Rubbing to the corners of the boards and the spine. Some discoloration to the spine. Previous owner's bookplate inside front cover. Front hinge is begining to crack. Some uncut pages. Spine somewhat cocked. Translated..... More
Book of the Descendants of Doctor Benjamin Lee and Dorothy Gordon.
Ventnor, NJ: Ventnor, 1972. 8vo, 174 pp. Tight, bright copy with some illustrations. Discreet bumps. Only two portraits. Works and accomplishments of ancestors. More
Experiments on Birefringent Icelandic Crystal.
Copenhagen: The Danish National Library of Science and Medicine, 1991. Paperback. 23.5 x 17 cm. Octavo. 63pp, 60pp. Bound in blue wrappers. Translated by Thomas Archibald. Introduction by Jed Z. Buchwald and Kurt Møller Pedersen. Includes facsimile of the original 1669 Latin language publication. Toning to spine and edges of..... More
Paul Ehrlich: Scientist for Life.
New York: Holmes & Meier, 1984. Hardcover. Octavo. 9" x 8.25" 288pp. Appears to be the english only edition. I don't see any pages of German language text. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. More
Surface Color Perception.
Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. 20 x 14.5 cm. Crown octavo. 206pp. Red cloth in price clipped dust jacket. Previous owner's bookplate on front fixed endpaper. More
Experimental Philosophy and the Birth of Empirical Science; Boyle, Locke and Newton
Ashgate, 2004. Hardcover. 24 x 16 cm. Octavo. 222pp. Black cloth, gilt lettering no jacket. Previous owner's bookplate on front fixed endpaper. More
The Mathematical Science of Christopher Wren.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. Octavo. 148pp. Figures. Black cloth in dust jacket. There is some toning to the page and jacket edges. Previous owner's bookplate on front fixed endpaper. From the jacket flap: "Before he became a professional architect, Christopher Wren had..... More