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Adams, John A.Jr. . DAMMING THE COLORADO
College Station 1990 1st Texas A and M. The rise of the lower Colorado River Authority 1933-1939. 8vo., 161pp., photo illustrations, cloth. Fine in Fine DJ. (a10477)
$20.00Owen, F.A.. DYEING AND CLEANING OF TEXTILE FABRICS (original book)
NY 1909 first edition Wiley. Hardcover. Blue cloth. A handbook for the amateur and the professional. Hardcover. Small octavo, 253pp., index, cloth. Owner signed. VG Plus. nice condition. no dj. (a13441)
$35.00 Egginton, Geo. E. . COLORADO WEED SEEDS
Fort Collins 1921. Experiment Station Bulletin 260. 8vo., 91pp., illustrations, index, wraps. VG. No ownership marks. (a15206)
$28.00Soares de Lacerda, Joao. ZOOLOGIA AGRICOLA. APONTAMENTOS SOBRE A COCHONILHA.
Coimbra 1858 Universidade. Proposal for a cochineal industry in Portugal--cochineal being a red dye made from the female wood louse which is used as a biological stain and as an indicator. In Portuguese. 12mo., 51pp., original wraps. VG. (a1660)
$29.00Tyler, Kingdon S.. TELECASTING AND COLOR
NY 1946 1st Harcourt, Brace. 8vo., 213pp., color frontis, photo illustrations, hardcover. Fine in VG DJ. (a1678)
$35.00 Taylor, J.E. . HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE GOSSIP VOL XX
London 1884 Chatto and Windus. An illustrated medium of interchange and gossip for students and lovers of nature. Lg.8vo., 12 color plates (of bugs and seeds, etc seen under microscope), cloth. Good, cover a bit soiled. (a17517x)
$40.00 Zewi, M. . ON THE REGENERATION OF VISUAL PURPLE
Helsingfors 1939 Academic. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Fennicae. 4to., 56pp., wraps. VG plus. (a18228)
$44.00 (entomology) . BULLETIN ENTOMOLOGIQUE ANNEE
1838 2nd trimestre; 1853 2nd Trimestre; and 1853 3rd trimestre (3 issues). About 150 pages per issue. 8vo., wraps. 1838 issue has 2 color plates of-one of wasps and one of beetles. The two 1853 issues together have 5 very fine color plates of Tettigonides and one mixed plate of moths and beetles. 16 beetles illustrated per plate (except for moth plate which illustrates 7 insects.) Many colors. Very bright. Quite suitable for small framing (plate size 5x8-1/2 inches). Plates VG-Fine. Set of 3 issues: (a19376)
$150.00 (fabric technology) . NAPHTOL AS ON COTTON PIECEGOODS
Offenbach (c. 1945?) Naphtol Chemie. In English. Sm4to., 21pp. of text plus 18 heavy stock pages, each with 18 pieces of brightly colored fabric illustrating all the colors and hues of cloth available (total of 324 swatches ). Stamp of Nova Chemical Corp of New York City on front end page and on title. VG. (a19624)
$60.00 Hofland, Mrs. . THE YOUNG PILGRIM OR ALFRED CAMPBELL'S RETURN TO THE EAST
NY 1828 Orville Roorbach. Hofland was English and lived 1770-1844. This is an adventure novel. 6 plate pages, each with two engravings, most of which are nicely handcolored. Leather backstrip. Original printed boards. Good, text brown stained and foxed throughout. (a21421)
$185.00 (faraday society) . THE PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY OF DYEING AND TANNING
Aberdeen 1954. Discussions of The Faraday Society, No. 16. 8vo., 256p., illustrations, wraps. VG. (a24568)
$29.00 (coloring book) . CHANTER EN TRAVAILLANT 10 CHANSONS DE CHEZ NOUS A COLORIER
Paris 1945. Copyright date is 1944, during the Occupation of France. 4to., 23pp., illustrations by G. Vandieres. Most of the illustrations are colored in. Good. colorful cover with yellow sp[ine and full color picture of parrot in case with two boys painting and singing. (a25406)
$45.00 Rydberg, P. A. PhD . FLORA OF COLORADO
Fort Collins 1906 Agricultural Experiment Station Bull. 100. 447pp., index. Technical. Fair, worn, rear hinge cracked, edges foxed. (a25606)
$25.00 Day, Thomas . THE HISTORY OF SANDFORD AND MERTON
Philadelphia 1854. The only complete American edition. Sm.8vo., 538pp., includes 6 fullpage fine full color plates, original brown cloth with gilt decoration on front cover and gilt-decorated spine. Owner signed twice (Albert Colfax). VG, spine ends and cover tips worn, cloth thinning at outer hinges, final 18 pages have tiny hole. (a26198)
$60.00 Noelting, Dr. Emilio and Dr. A. Lehne . ANILINSCHWARZ UND SEINE ANWENDUNG IN FARBEREI UND ZEUGDRUCK
Berlin 1892 1st Springer. In German. 8vo., 110pp., index. 4 plates with 32 fabric swatches (complete), black cloth with gilt lettering on front board. Swatches measure 1x2 inches--some swatches very pretty and colorful; one has tiny but full illustration of a dog. About half of swatches are black dye on different types of fabric and threads. One swatch plate is detached from the book and has a 3 inch tear in middle with no loss. This plate is frayed a bit on edges. Some text illustrations of fabric machines. Good, hinges cracked. (a30533)
$90.00 (textiles) . THE CLOTHWORKERS' DEPARTMENTS OF TEXTILE INDUSTRIES AND COLOUR CHEMISTRY AND DYEING IN THE UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS SOUVENIR BOOKLET 1928
Leeds 1928. Oblong folded 4to., 27 leaves, printed on rectos only, photo illustrations, wraps. Good, some external soiling, leaves foxed, final 4-5 leaves stained and chipped in top margin. (a31113)
$35.00 Surtees, R.S, . HANDLEY CROSS OR MR, JORROCKS HUNT
London n.d. (c.1880). 14 (of 17) handcolored plates from this book, sold as a set (e.g., no text, simply a set of plates). 8vo. VG. (a31639)
$40.00 McMechen, Edgar . THE SHINING MOUNTAINS COLORADO
Denver 1935 1st Denver Public Library. Octavo, 56pp., wraps. 56p. Owner signed. Good, front wrapper fraying on edges. (a31710)
$24.00(architecture). MOLETA ARCHITECTURAL (FLAT OIL PAINT) COLOR GUIDE
Philadelphia n.d. (c.1935) Monroe Lederer & Taussig Inc. Oblong 4to., 10 leaves of text printed on rectos only, about 160 leaves of actual color samples (each labeled), brass pin bound thick paper wraps. Good, slight moisture line on outer edge of some sample pages, some light wear on wraps, one leaf laid in loose, a few leaves have small portion of lower edge removed. (This is a heavy book and will require additional postage if mailed outside the U.S.) Pictures available on request. (a32074)
$50.00 Campbell, Vera . MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF COLORADO A BIBLIOGRAPHY
Greeley 1924. Colorado State Teachers College Bulletin. 8vo., 12pp., wraps. VG. (a32690)
$26.00 Keim, Eileen and Rosemary Thorne . COLORADO PRIVATE PRESSES
Denver 1966. Studies in Librarianship Number 5. 4to., 80pp., wraps. Good, slight wrinkling and soiling. (a33326)
$40.00 von Krohne, Wilhelm Ernst . KURZGEFASSTES HANDBUCH DER GEOMETRIE UND FELD-FORTIFICATION
Koenigsberg 1892 Degen. Hardcover. 12mo., 152pp., 9 folding plates of fortifications, 8 in color, full leather with later paper spine. Library stamp on title page. Good, covers worn, inner hinges cracked. Plates are VG and quite impressive. Text is mostly clean with just a very light bit of very light foxing on some pages. Quite Scarce. (a33442)
$330.00 Ward, James . COLOUR HARMONY AND CONTRAST
London 1912 Second Edition. Lg.8vo., 140pp., color illus., index, decorative boards. Small owner label on front free blank. VG. (a37419)
$90.00 Morton, James . HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF FAST DYEING AND DYES
Edinburgh 1929. A lecture given before the Royal Society of Arts, 20 February 1929. 8vo., 61pp. Cloth spine with paper-covered boards. Good plus, light cover wear. (a37824)
$29.00Bunsen, Emma. DAHEIM ERZAHLUNGEN FUR DIE JUGEND
Cassel no date (c.1870) Luckhardt'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung. In German. Sm.8vo., 206pp., 5 COLORED lithographs, half red leather with black cloth on boards. Owner signed (Johanna Mollenhauer, 73 LIvingston St. Brooklyn.) Near Good, occasional brown-spotting in text, spine ends worn down. Very scarce. (a37962)
$140.00 Friedman, Joseph S. . HISTORY OF COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY
Boston 1945 2nd American Photographic Publishing. Large octavo., 514pp., illustrations, index, hardcover. Owner signed. Good, some wear, no DJ. (a40499)
$25.00Thayer, Frank S. (publisher). GEMS OF COLORADO SCENERY
Denver n.d. (c.1900) 11th edition Colorado News Company. Oblong 4to., 36 pages of fine strong photo illustrations - all scenes identified, printed boards. Good, cover lightly, evenly, soiled. (a40913)
$37.00 Lightfoot, Ricky R. and Mary Etzkorn . THE DUCKFOOT SITE VOLUME ONE DESCRIPTIVE ARCHAEOLOGY
Cortez 1993. Crow Canyon Archaeological Center Occasional Paper 3. 4to., 378pp., wraps. Near Fine, lower corner very slightly bumped. (a41640)
$30.00(japan). 60 SELECTED PICTURES OF MIKADO'S EMPIRE FINE SOUVENIR FOR VISIT TO JAPAN COLOURED BY HAND
n.d. (c. 1912). Hardcover. Oblong octavo,, 60 gorgeous, delicate handcolored photo illustrations, complete. Views: 1-Entrance to Imperial Palace, 2-main building Meiji, 3-Marunouchi Tokyo, 4-Nihonbashi St, 5-enormous bronze torii, 6-tomb 47 rohnin, 7-cherry blossom Uyeno Park, 8-Kwannon Temple, 9-Kameido Temple, 10-Cryptomeria Rd, 11-Sacred Bridge Nikko, 12-Mausoleum... Nikko, 13-Kegon Fall, 14-Matsushima, 15-Enormous bog-rhubarb, 16-Theatre St Yokohama, 17-Sankeiyen, 18-Hachiman Temple, 19-Finest Daibutsu, 20-Enoshima Is., 21-Mt. Fuji, 22-Fuji from Ohwakudani, 23-Fuji from Hakone Lake, 24-Fuji from Otome Pass, 25-Famous Nagoya Castle, 26-Futamigaura, 27-Fishing with cormorant 28- Amano-Hashidate, 29-Shishinden Hall, 30-Kinkakuji, 31-Higashi Honganji, 32-Kiyomizu Temple, 33-Chionin Temple, 34-Arashiyama, 35-Arashiyama at foot Hozu rapids, 36-Torii Avenues 37-Horyu-ji 38-View Pagoda Nara, 39-biggest Daibtsu in Japan, 40-Kasuga Shinto, 41-Bronze lanterns, 42-Kasuga temple grounds 43-Osaka Castle, 44-Ajikawa 45-Dohtonbori 46-Shinsekai 47-Anchor Mt Kobe, 48-Nanko Shrine, 49-Motomachi St 50-Nunobiki Waterfall 51-Awajishima Is, 52-Sunset Akashi, 53-Korakuyen Garden 54-Kintaikyo 55-Ondo Strait 56-Sacred Is Miyajima 57-Tomo at Bingo 58-Yabakei Ohita Province 59-Big Torii at Suwa 60-Coaling on ship Nagasaki Harbour. Each view identified in English. 6x8-1/2 inches. Mount paper label on front board. Silk string bound. Colorful patterned silk cloth covers over stiff paper boards. Splendid record of traditional Japan. VG. (a42117)
$250.00 Norgren Company . COMPRESSED AIR FILE
Englewood 1955. Collection of sales brochures and technical information on pneumatic products sold by this manufacturer located in Englewood, Colorado. 4to., about 80pp., metal stud binding. Good, some curling and fraying of edges. (a45721)
$45.00(hamburg). HAMBURG UND SEINE UMGEBUNGEN
Hamburg n.d (c.1850) Published by Carl Gassman. Nach der Natur gez u. lith v. Wilh. Heuer. Druck d. lith. Inst v. Charl Fuchs. Oblong 4to. (11 x 14 inches--views 6 x 9 inches), fourteen stunning hand-colored color lithograph views of Hamburg and its suburbs, original red printed boards. All views identified. Good, views loose, later paper spine, corners worn, most views foxed lightly in borders, a few views have a small bit of foxing in view itself. Plates VG; album cover Near Good. 14 views. (a46900)
$300.00 Wheeler, Capt. Owen . COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHY
London 1929. 8vo., 138pp., index, color frontis, monochrome plates, plus supplement and ads, printed cloth. VG, some foxing on endpapers, no DJ. (a48756)
$40.00Schafer, F P; H Gerischer, F. Willig, H. Meier, H. Jahnke et al. TOPICS IN CURRENT CHEMISTRY 61. DYESTUFFS - ORGANIC DYES IN LASER TECHNOLOGY; REACTIONS OF EXCITED DYE MOLECUES AT ELECTRODES; SEMICONDUCTOR PROPERTIES OF DYES; ORGANIC DYESTUFFS AS CATALYSTS FOR FUEL CELLS
Berlin, Heidelberg, New York 1976.Springer-Verlag. first edition. Hardcover. In English. octavo., 187pp., exlibrary o/w Vg. text clean with no underlines. (a49945)
$45.00Weist, William G. Jr.. GEOLOGY AND GROUND-WATER OF YUMA COUNTY, COLORADO TEXT AND PLATES
Washington 1964. U.S.G.S. Water-Supply Paper 1539-J, in two parts. Text: 8vo., 56pp., illustrations, wraps. Plates: 7 folding plates in slipcase. A few ink numbers on front. VG, narrow stain along lower margins of text volume, a few stains on spine of slipcase for maps. Text and Maps. (a50222)
$59.00Swannack, Jr., Jervis D . WETHERILL MESA EXCAVATIONS. BIG JUNIPER HOUSE: MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK,COLORADO
Washington 1969. 4to., 188pp., illustrations, printed cloth. Institution stamps on all fore-edges. Depository library stamp and a few ink numners on front blank. Slight residue of label on front. VG. (a50419)
$40.00 Cross, Whitman and Arthur Coe Spencer . GEOLOGY OF THE RICO MOUNTAINS, COLORADO
Washington 1900.Three related articles. 4to.,158pp., photo illustrations, foldout map, removed and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a50527)
$95.00 (floods) . FLOOD PLAIN MANAGEMENT STUDY. PLATEAU CREEK GROVE CREEK BUZZARD CREEK AT COLLBRAN, MESA COUNTY, COLORADO
Lakewood n.d. (c.1990) Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service. 4to., 19pp. plus charts and foldout maps, stapled wraps. Depository library stamp and a few numbers on front. VG. (a50614)
$45.00 Hassell, J. . PICTURESQUE RIDES AND WALKS WITH EXCURSIONS BY WATER, THIRTY MILES ROUND THE BRITISH METROPOLIS ILLUSTRATED IN A SERIES OF ENGRAVINGS , COLOURED AFTER NATURES: WITH AN HISTORICAL AND TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTRY WITHIN THE COMPASS OF THAT CIRCLE - VOLUME ONE
London 1817 Author. Hardcover. 12mo., 249pp., 60 color plates (complete), index, original paper covered boards with cloth spine and mounted paper spine label remounted professional on new paper spine. Good, binding secure, occasional light spotting and soiling but plates and text are surprisingly clean. Printed list of plates in the rear. Volume 1 only: (a50977)
$495.00 Hutton, Edward . FLORENCE AND THE CITIES OF NOTHERN TUSCANY, WITH GENOA
NY 1907 1st Macmillan. 8vo., 436pp., 32 illustrations (16 in color by William Parkinson), index. Finely bound in 3/4 vellum with very pretty blue and white patterned paper on the boards. Mounted blue leather spine label. VG plus, occasional light spotting on some text pages. (a51650)
$49.00 Lucy, John A. and Richard A Shweder . WHORF AND HIS CRITICS: LINGUISTIC AND NONLINGUISTIC INFLUENCES ON COLOR MEMORY
Washington 1979. Article (35pp.) in the American Anthropologist. Many other articles in the issue. 8vo., wraps. VG. (a54437)
$35.00 Bryn, Halfdan . �BER DIE AUGENTYPEN IN NORWEGEN UND IHRE VERERBUNGSVERH�LTNISSE (signed)
Oslo 1927. Offprint from Norske Videnskaps-Akademi. In German. 4to., 57pp., color plate, original printed wraps. *Inscribed and signed by Bryn on the front. Good, new paper spine, some foxing, light wear. (a55827)
$50.00 Grover, Nathan C. . SURFACE WATER SUPPLY OF THE UNITED STATES 1927 PART IX COLORADO RIVER BASIN 7 PUBLICATIONS
Washington 1930 GPO. Water Supply Papers 649, 669, 689, 704, 719, 734, 749, bound in one volume. Hardcover. Large octavo, about 300pp., green buckram. Institution stamp on title page of each publication, number printed at heel of spine. VG. (a56674)
$29.00 Shaw, George M.D. . ACCOUNT, ACCOMPANIED BY A FIGURE, OF A MINUTE ICHNEUMON
London 1798. From the Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 4to., pp.189-190, 1 striking full page color plate (recto only), rebound later wraps. VG, light foxing. (a57192)
$50.00Fellowes, W(illiam) D(orset). A VISIT TO THE MONASTERY OF LA TRAPPE IN 1817 WITH NOTES TAKEN DURING A TOUR THROUGH LE PERCHE, NORMANDY, BRETAGNE, POITOU, ANJOU, LE BOCAGE, TOURAINE, ORLEANOIS AND THE ENVIRONS OF PARIS
London 1818 second edition (published in same year as first edition) William Stockdale. Octavo, 188pp., 3/4 black leather with red marbled boards and later paper spine and original backstrip remounted . All edges gilt. Ten (of twelve) very finely hand-colored plates, mounted etching on page 75 (as required), 2 monochrome plates. No ownership marks. Inner hinges cracked. Near VG. (a57898)
$100.00 Martin, J. C. and De Brocke . PRESENTING A NEW IDEA IN COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY
NY (c.1950). 4to., 49pp. each with four monochrome stock photo illustrations (mostly young women in outdoor activities), original wraps. Good, light wear. (a57961)
$29.00 Gore, T. S. et al (editors) . RECENT PROGRESS IN THE CHEMISTRY OF NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC COLOURING MATTERS AND RELATED FIELDS
NY 1962 Academic Press. Lg.8vo., 659pp., original hardcover. Institution stamp on each fore-edge, label at heel of spine. Small number at lower margin of one page. VG, no DJ. (a58706)
$65.00 Gore, T. S. et al (editors) . RECENT PROGRESS IN THE CHEMISTRY OF NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC COLOURING MATTERS AND RELATED FIELDS
NY 1962 Academic Press. Large octavo, 659pp., original hardcover. Institution stamp on each fore-edge, label at heel of spine. Small number at lower margin of one page. VG, no DJ. (a58707)
$65.00 Johnson, Virginia D. . IT HAPPENS ONCE IN A LIFETIME
Denver 1950 Bell. Small octavo, 191pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Lengthy inscription signed by Johnson on end paper. Good, no DJ. (a61571)
$35.00 Parker, George Howard . ANIMAL COLOUR CHANGES AND THEIR NEUROHUMOURS A SURVEY OF INVESTIGATIONS 1910-1943
Cambridge 1948 1st University Press. Octavo, 377pp., hardcover. Good, spine and cover afded, no DJ. (a62246)
$20.00 (colors) . THE POTOMAC COLOR SWATCH BOOK
NY c. 1990 Potomac Graphic. 4to., about 80 pages with thousands of color smples, metal spiral binding. VG plus, light wear. (a63424)
$35.00 Reichenbach, A. B. . ALLGEMEINE PFLANZENKUNDE; ODER EINLEITUNG IN DIE BOTANIK MIT BESONDERER BER�CKSICHTIGUNG DER PHYSIOLOGIE, TERMINOLOGIE UND SYSTEMATIK
Leipzig 1837 H. Franke'sche Verlags-Expedition. Sm.4to., 52 pages of text in German followed by 8 plates, each with 50 or 60 tiny delicate color pictures of flowers or parts of plants, 3/4 brown cloth with brown marbled boards. Opens to title page. Small owner signature on lower outer corner of title page. All pages, including plate pages are slightly toned, and plates have light 2 inch water stain in lower margins (not affecting images). Good, cover and spine ends worn down, lower corner of title page chipped. Binding secure. (a63758)
$420.00 Dagley, R. . TAKINGS; OR, THE LIFE OF A COLLEGIAN. A POEM ILLUSTRATED BY TWENTY-SIX ETCHING FROM DESIGNS
London 1821 John Warren. Octavo, xxxix, (8), 184pp., 26 full color etchings, leather hardcover. Front board detached but present. Good, tiny light brown stain on lower left corner of initial 30 pages (not near textt), spine and corners worn. (a64714)
$275.00 Grand Canyon . GRAND CANYON OUTINGS
September 1929 Santa Fe Railroad. Narrow octavo, 62pp., photo illustrations. wraps. VG. (a65094)
$35.00 Laugel, Auguste . L'OPTIQUE ET LES ARTS
Paris 1869 Germer Bailliere. In French. Table of Contents: De l'Oeil Considere Comme l'instrument d'Optique; Des Caracteres Generaux des Arts; Des Lois de la Sensibilite Appliquees aux Couleurs; Du Caractere ideal de l'Art, etc. 12mo., 152pp., half leather hardcover with marbled boards and mounted black leather spine label. Small owner signature on top of titlepage. VG, some light cover wear, occasional foxing in text. (a66402)
$150.00 Williamson-Haffner . THE PIKE'S PEAK REGION (ALBUM OF SOUVENIR PHOTO VIEWS)
Denver 1906 Williamson-Haffner. Colorado Spring, Cathedral Spires, Gateway to Garden of Gods, Balanced Rock, Bruin Inn, Ute Pass, etc. 4to., 25 color views tipped in with brief written descriptions by Dr. J. Douglas Crisp, original decorative stringbound blue wraps. VG, edges a bit frayed, corners of a few images bumped. (a67620)
$45.00 (denver) . SOUVENIR ALBUM DENVER COLORADO
Columbus 1890 first edition Ward Brothers. Hardcover. Oblong sm.4to., 17 leaves with 84 identified, finely drawn pictures (they look almost like photographs) of City of Denver and one double page foldout panorama, stringbound (restrung) cloth. Most pages have 6 pictures, some 4, a few 2. The panorama has been cropped along right edge. Illustrations of State Capitol Building, Post Office, City Hall, Mattress Factory, McNamara Dry Goods, University of Denver, and many private homes-residence of P. Gotteslebe, Edward Eddy, Chas. Hallack, A. S. Pettit, W. J. Barker and others. VG. Internally Near Fine. (a67621)
$49.00 (Sus, Gustave) . GOCKEL AND SCRATCHFOOT; OR, THE ADVENTURES OF TWO CHICKENS. A TALE FOR CHILDREN (31 COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS)
Philadelphia 1857 Willis P. Hazard. Translated from the German. Hardcover. Small octavo. Title page indicates 4 illustrations but book has 31 hand-colored illustrations (penciled note says illustrations are by T. Sinclair), original yellow end papers, original purple cloth with title in gilt on spine. Copy of Bessie Lathrop given to her by Mrs. E. R. Rexford of Hartford, 1860 (as per pencil inscription). Good , light wear, text occasionally small spots or stains , pages slightly wrinkly throughout. Excellent condition for a juvenile book of this age. (a67919)
$380.00 Wallace, William and Mary . CATALOGUE OF GREEK AND ROMAN COINS AT THE UNIVERTITY OF COLORADO
Boulder 1938. Article (44pp., plates) in The University of Colorado Studies. Included in a complete issue with several articles. Octavo, original printed wraps. Good, front wrap chipped and worn, some soiling. (a69513a)
$35.00 Rodeck, Hugo G. . TYPE SPECIMENS OF FOSSILS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO MUSEUM
Boulder 1938. Article (24pp.) in The University of Colorado Studies. Included in a complete issue with several articles. Octavo, original printed wraps. Good, front wrap chipped and worn, some soiling. (a69513b)
$35.00 Maunder, Samuel; edited by John Inman . THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD: COMPRISING A GENERAL HISTORY, BOTH ANCIENT AND MODERN, OR ALL THE PRINCIPAL NATIONS OF THE GLOBE, THEIR RISE, PROGRESS & PRESENT CONDITION: EMBRACING A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE LATE RUSSIAN & ITALIAN WARS - VOLUME 1 (OF 2)
NY 1860 1st Henry Bill. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 772pp., color half title, color frontispiece, 16 full page color plates, large foldout plate of the Siege of Sebastopol, color foldout plate of flags, full embossed leather with two mounted red leather spine labels. VG, split without loss in fold of one map. (a70246)
$240.00 Ross, Denman Waldo . THE PAINTER'S PALETTE - A THEORY OF TONE RELATIONS AN INSTRUMENT OF EXPRESSION
Boston and New York 1919 1st Houghton Mifflin. Hardcover. 4to., 41pp., gilt printed blue cloth. Three pages of pencil notation on rear end papers, VG. (a70334)
$80.00 Tintometer Ltd . CATALOGUE OF COLOUR MEASURING INSTRUMENTS AND FUSED OPTICAL GLASS CELLS
Salisbury c. 1935 Tintometer Ltd. Hardcover. 4to., 111pp., photo illustrations, green cloth with gilt lettering. Near Fine. (a71598)
$145.00 Stewart, K. C. and R. C. Severson . GUIDEBOOK ON THE GEOLOGY, HISTORY AND SURFACE-WATER CONTAMINATION AND REMEDIATION IN THE AREA FROM DENVER TO IDAHO SPRINGS, COLORADO
Washington 1994. U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1097. 4to., 55pp., wraps. Depository library stamps and number on front. VG. (a72994)
$35.00Thomsen, Ingeborg Helga. THE BUSINESS AND POLITICAL CAREERS OF SENATOR LAWRENCE C. PHIPPS (signed)
no date (c. 1955) Phipps. Phipps worked for Andrew Carnegie before starting his own businesses in Colorado. He also became Colorado Senator. Limited edition. Hardcover. Octavo, photo illustrations, cloth. **Inscribed and signed by a Phipps family member ("Laurie" - could be Lawrence Phipps). Near Fine. Scarce, (a73428)
$175.00Jerome Liebling. JEROME LIEBLING
1981. Exhibition Catalogue for his show of color photography as the Corcoran Gallery, Washington, December 1980-January 1981. Large octavo, color illustrations, original wraps. VG. (a74712)
$32.00 Osmundson, D. B. et al . STUDIES OF THE COLORADO SQUAWFISH IN THE UPPER COLORADO RIVER
1997 U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Three studies in one volume. 4to., 22pp.. 29pp., 36pp., diagrams, original illustrated stiff wraps. Ink number on front. Depository Library and a other stamps on title page. Near Fine. (a75151)
$45.00 Stone, Connie L. . THE LINEAR OASIS: MANAGING CULTURAL RESOURCES ALONG THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER
1991 Bureau of Land Management. Cultural Resources Series No. 6. 4to., 166pp., original wraps. A few non-circulating library marks. VG plus. (a75916)
$36.00 Harrison, Christina . THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF TWO LAKES IN MINNESOTA; REPORT OF A PERIMETER SURVEY OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SEIT 21-BE-44
1985 Bureau of Land Management. Cultural Resources Series No. 2. Two titles bound in one. 4to., 122pp., 112pp., original wraps. A few non-circulating library marks. VG plus. (a75917)
$55.00 Fontana, Bernard L. . HOPI-NAVAHO COLONY ON THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER: A PROBLEM IN ETHNOHISTORICAL INTERPRETATION
1963. Article at pp.162-182 in a single issue of Ethnohistory. Several additional articles in issue as well. Octavo, original wraps. VG. (a76738b)
$45.00 Wasserman, Gerald S. . COLOR VISION: AN HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION
NY 1978 1st Wiley. Hardcover. Octavo, 224pp., cloth. Institution stamps on fore-edges, label at heel of spine. Good, no dj. (a76995)
$23.00 Modern Woodmen of America . BROCHURE ADVERTISING MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA TUBERCULOSIS SANITORIUM AT WOODMEN, COLORADO (NEAR COLORADO SPRINGS)
no date. early 20thc. Brochure is 17 inches long, 4 inches high and folds up like an accordion. One long photographic panel shows the entire Sanitorium and 5 small photo views show pictures of the rooms and grounds in more detail. Brochure offers: whole family protection for men, women, and child, also income for old age. John E. Swanger is named as Superintendent at Woodmen Sanitorium. Prospective customers are guided to contact A. R. Talbot of Lincoln, Nebraska or J. G. Ray of Rock island, Illinois. VG, one faint vertical crease. (a77262)
$38.00 Newell, Rev. D (editor) . THE PARLOR ANNUAL OR YOUNG LADY'S AND GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE VOLUME 1 NUMBER 12 APRIL 1845.
1845. Octavo, pp. 407-432, unusually bright and bold red rose color plate (with tissue), steel engraving of 3 women drawn by Perring and engraved by Dick, one page music score Mahon by P. A. Andreu, original printed wraps. Good, worn, lightly foxed throughout, lower corners curled. (a78581)
$45.00 Newell, Rev. Daniel (editor) . THE CHRISTIAN FAMILY MAGAZINE AND ANNUAL VOLUME 4 NO. 67 FEBRUARY 1845
1845. Octavo, pp. 189-220, bright, bold red color plate of Prairie Flower (with tissue). steel engraving by Pollack and West, original printed wraps. Good. (a78582)
$49.00 (chromolithography) . FRUTAS DO BRASIL
Sao Paulo c. 1900. Edicoes Melhoramentos No. 1308. Full color album, 9x6-1/2 inches, with no text, other than fruit names on Portuguese printed inside front cover, 32 full color gorgeous full color plates of fruit (most plates have a butterfly as well), bound in wraps. Unfortunately pages are printed on both sides so only 16 could be framed. No names or text on each plate, just the images. Cover of album is Good plus, one tiny chip from front panel on lower corner, cover a bit toned and lightly worn. Pictures of fruit are near Fine, printed on sort of crude paper which gives them a Latin American folk feeling . Paper is lightly evenly toned throughout. Overall near VG. Attractive and unusual. (a79262)
$175.00 Hubner, Jakob . DAS KLEINE BUCH DER NACHTFALTER
Leipzig no date (early 20thc?) Im Infel. Hubner lived 1761-1826. In German. Hardcover. 12mo., 47pp., kolorierte stiche von Jakob Hubner, Geleitwort von Friedrich Schnack, 24 very lovely color plates of moths, paper covered boards . Finely and delicately colored. VG. (a79642)
$50.00 (juvenile) . UNTITLED AMERICAN NINETEENTH CENTURY JUVENILE
no place c. 1850 no publisher given. Nine poems for children: Sulking, Giving with Prudence, Field Daisy, Learning by Heart, Improvement, The Mouse, Short Advice, Little Girl That Beat Her Sister, A Very Good Boy. 5-3/4 x 5 -1/4 inches, 8pp., hand colored illustrations on every page, string bound plain wraps. Very old child's name in pencil -John Lee on wraps. Fair, text foxed. (a81934)
$45.00Lovechild, Lawrence. ALADDIN; OR, "THE WONDERFUL LAMP WITH SIXTEEN EXQUISITE ILLUSTRATIONS"
Philadelphia no date given. c. 1847 Lindsay & Blakiston. Hardcover. Octavo, 118pp., had colored engravings by Brightly, Gilbert, Gihon, Waitt, and Downs from original designs by Darley, red cloth cover has been professionally repaired using original boards and later matching red cloth for spine. Only 15 plates present though there is no sign that any were removed or torn out. Contemporary owner signature Kate Morgan 1854 on inner blank end paper. Text is VG, lightly but evenly toned Boards are fair, worn but intact. Overall Near Good. Very Scarce book. (a82720)
$145.00 (German Juvenile) . IHR GROSSEN LEUTE ERZAHST DOCH UNS KLEINEN ETWAS!!
no date c. 1800) no publisher, no place. German text. Juvenile. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 13 leaves printed on rectos only each with story in German illustrated by one or more full color plates, original green paper-covered boards with black lettering on front. Stories include: Die Kleine Lina als Korporal, Der Knabe und er Ziegenbock, Das Mitleidige King, Der Knabe under Wolf, Die Kascherin, Die Gute Emma, and more. Fair, color plates are VG but text pages are toned and detached. Cover is Good, worn and split at spine. Scarce. (a83515)
$350.00 Jacobi, Helene . WACHSTUMSREAKTIONEN VON KEIMLINGEN, HERVORGERUFEN DURCH MONOCHROMATISCHES LICHT, II BLAU UND GRUN
Wien 1918 Kaiserliche Akademie. In German. Lg.4to., pp. 113-126, 5 Tafeln und 5 Textfiguren, later wraps. VG. (a83828)
$45.00 Eder, Josef Maria . SPECTRALANALYTISCHE STUDIEN UBER PHOTOGRAPHISCHEN DREIFARBENDRUCK
1902. In German. 4to., pp.633-663, 5 textfiguren und 2 tafeln, rebound in later wraps. Good plus, light soiling on plates. . (a83895)
$85.00 Walther, Johannes . DIE KORALLENRIFFE DER SINAIHALBINSEL. GEOLOGISCHE UND BIOLOGISCHE BEOBACHTUNGEN
Leipzig 1888 Hirzel. In German. 4to., pp.439-505 (complete), mit 1 geologischen Karte (large foldout map) in rear pocket, 7 lithographirten Tafeln (four of which are brightly colored landscape plates), 1 Lichtdrucktafel und 34 zinkotypen, original printed wraps. Near VG, light cover wear, light fraying on edges. (a84575)
$540.00 Chadwick, Hulme and T. Vickerstaff . THREE CANTOR LECTURES ON COLOUR IN MODERN LIFE
1964. Three articles at p., 145-173, in one complete issue of Royal Society of Arts,Article titles: One Man's Colour; Scientific Aspects; Colour in the Community. A few additional articles on other topics in issue as well. Octavo, original printed wraps. Good plus, light wear. (a84922)
$39.00Barton, Bernard. POEMS BY BERNARD BARTON
London 1820 first edition Harvey and Darton. Hardcover. Octavo, 288p., brilliant color plate frontis - "View from Warren Hill" - with original tissue guard. errata slip bound in, 3/4 leather with brown marbled boards, mounted black spine label and gilt decorated spine. Good, light foxing on tissue guard, light discoloration on end papers, cover rubbed and worn, spine a bit chipped, stained and beginning to crack along outer hinges. (a84981)
$120.00 Toch, Maximillian . THE CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY OF PAINTS
NY 1907 first edition Van Nostrand. Hardcover. Large octavo, 166p., 22p., photo illustrations, red cloth. Good plus, cover a bit soiled, no DJ. (a85089)
$45.00 MacCurdy, John T. M.D. . EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STUDIED WITH VITAL AZO DYES
1917. Octavo, 20p., 4 plates, removed from Studies in Psychiatry and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a85259)
$35.00 Williams, Charles Theodore . AERO-THERAPEUTICS OR THE TREATMENT OF LUNG DISEASES BY CLIMATE
London 1894 first edition Macmillan. The Lumleian Lectures for 1893...with an address on the high altitudes of Colorado. Hardcover. Octavo, 187p., 10 diagrams and maps, original maroon cloth. Partially uncut. Near Fine, light cover wear. Scarce. (a85566)
$120.00 Barreswil, Ch. (editor) . REPERTOIRE DE CHIMIE APPLIQUEE - AVRIL 1863
Paris 1863 Hachette, Single complete issue of this journal. Interesting articles as "Applications a la Photographie" by M. F. Luchs, "Nouveau procedes d'impression photographique" by M. Poitevin; "Action du solfocyanure e'ammoium sur le compose d'albumie et d'argent" par Davanne et Girard;"Application a l'Industrie de la Teinture et Preparation des Couleurs". Octavo, pp. 113-160. original printed wraps. Good plus, light fraying all edges. (a85692)
$29.00 Barreswil, Ch. (editor) . REPERTOIRE DE CHIMIE APPLIQUEE - MAI 1862
Paris 1862 Hachette, Single complete issue of this journal. Interesting articles in French on photography, textile dyeing, pigments for color - Epreuves dits a l'ammonio-nitrate d'argent; Sur la composition des rouges d'aniline; Examen Chimique de la Cire Vegetale du Myrica Cerifeua, etc. Octavo, pp. 145-176. original printed wraps. Good plus, light fraying all edges. (a86198)
$29.00 Barreswil, Ch. (editor) . REPERTOIRE DE CHIMIE APPLIQUEE - NOVEMBRE 1862
Paris 1862 Hachette, Single complete issue of this journal. Interesting articles in French on photography, textile dyeing, pigments for color etc. E.g, "Aplication a la Photographie. Emploi des Dechets de Papier des Photographes" par M. Helm. Octavo, pp. 385-432. original printed wraps. Good plus, light fraying all edges. (a86199)
$29.00La Societe de Chimie Medicale. JOURNAL DE CHIMIE MEDICALE DE PHARMACIE, DE TOXICOLOGIES - 1840 (12 ISSUES, FULL YEAR)
Paris 1840 Bechet. In French. 12 separate issues in original printed green wraps. Jan - Dec 1840. Octavo, about 50 pages per issue, original printed wraps. Many interesting articles on photography, textile dyeing, paint colors, organic chemistry, pharmacy. Good, some foxing off and on throughout, covers somewhat worn, one issue has large chip on front cover. Stringbinding secure. Scarce. (a86200)
$100.00Barreswil, Ch. (editor). REPERTOIRE DE CHIMIE APPLIQUEE - 2 issues JANVIER 1863 and FEVRIER 1863
Paris 1863 first edition. Hachette. Two complete issues of this journal. Interesting articles in French on photography, textile dyeing, pigments for color etc. Octavo wraps. Jan issue has a real piece of fabric mounted on the page to illustrate the use of the color red obtained from using aniline. pp. 33-80. original printed wraps. Good plus, light fraying all edges, light wear and slight soiling. 2 pamphlets. (a86201)
$39.00 Barreswil, Ch. (editor) . REPERTOIRE DE CHIMIE APPLIQUEE - JUIN 1862
Paris 1862 Hachette. Single complete issue of this journal. Interesting articles in French on photography, textile dyeing, pigments for color etc. Octavo, pp. 177-224. original printed wraps. Good plus, light fraying all edges. (a86202)
$29.00Abney, W de W. . THE SENSITIVENESS OF THE RETINA TO LIGHT AND COLOUR
London 1897. 4to., pp. 155-196 plus 19 figures and illustrations, removed from the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Volume 190, and rebound in later wraps. Near Fine. (a86262)
$45.00 Denver and Rio Grande Railroad . GROUP OF TWO ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS EACH MOUNTED ON HEAVY CARDBOARD OF DENVER AND RIO GRANDE RAILROAD
c. 1900. Photographs are 3-1/2 x 12 inches and are mounted on boards 5-1/2 x 14. View in each photo is indentified in manuscript pencil on rear of each card. VG. light wear, light soiling on boards. Group of 2 original photographs. Photographer unknown. Both views are of scenery seen from the train - no pictures of the train itself. (a87348)
$35.00 Morgan, Alfred . ON THE CLIFF-HOUSES AND ANTIQUITIES OF SOUTH-WESTERN COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO; SKETCH OF THE ORIGIN AND PROGRES OF THE US GELOGICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY OF THE TERRITORIES
London and Liverpool 1877 Longmans. Articles on pp. 343-365 plus one foldout map and 1 full page woodcut illustration, removed from the Proceedings of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool 1876-77, No. XXXI and rebound in later wraps. VG plus. (a87655)
$39.00 Clayden, Arthur W. . A DIFFRACTION COLOUR BOX; AN ARRANGEMENT FOR SHOWING BY PROJECTION ON A SCREEN THE COLOURED FRINGES PRODUCED WHEN A TRANSPARENT GRATING IS LAID WITH ITS RULED FACE AGAINST A PLANE MIRROR
London 1917. Octavo, pp.176-183, one foldout plate, extracted from Proceedings of Physical Society of London, Volume XXIX and rebound in later wraps. Near Fine. No ownership marks. (a88389)
$30.00 Bottomley, James . COLORIMETRICAL EXPERIMENTS; ON COLORIMETRY PARTS III, IV, V (4 SEPARATE ARTICLES)
Manchester 1882. Four articles at pp. 38-52; 66-74; 177-186; 187-198 in single complete volume of Memoirs of the Manchester Literary Society, 3rd Series, 7th Vol. Many other articles as well.Hardcover. Octavo,. 261p., 10p., in entire volume, cloth. Good, spine chipped. (a88676c)
$49.00 Mayer, Maximilian Gottl. . DIE SCHMALTE-FABRIKAZION UND DAS SAFFLORMACHEN AUS KOBOLD
Frankfurt am Main. 1820 first edition. Jager'schen. Original plain blue wraps. octavo. viii, 232p. In German. Becoming disbound. No blank end papers. Ink note on cover and printing on titlepage indicates 9 plates but there are NO plates in the volume- so either removed or in a separate second volume. About half of text pages as yet unopened. Technical. On enamel and cobalt blue. Backstrip has a few tears and small chips. Fairly Good. quite usable. Pages edges uncut, frayed and curled somewhat. Owner signed on front cover "J. Dobson". Rare. (a88919)
$500.00 Freund, Dr. Hugo . LEITFADEN DER KOLORIMETRISCHEN METHODEN FUR DEN CHEMIKER UND MEDIZINER
1928 first edition. Selbstverlag des Verfassers. Hardcover small octavo. 223p. In German. Good plus, binding secure and text clean; no ownership marks. no dj. (A89112)
$35.00 Crandall, Frank F et al . A SIMPLIFIED INDEX FOR COLOR OF ILLUMINANTS
Article on pp. 386-397 in single complete issue of Journal of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, April 1951. first edition. Original printed octavo wraps. Illustrated. Other articles in issue as well on other topics. VG. Clean with no ownership marks. (A89769b)
$35.00Clay, Reginald S. ON THE APPLICATION OF MAXWELL'S CURVES TO THREE-COLOUR WORK WITH ESPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE NATURE OF THE INKS TO BE EMPLOYED AND TO THE DETERMINATION OF THE SUITABLE LIGHT-FILTERS
Article on pp. 26-60 in single complete issue of Proceedings of the Royal Society, vol LXIX, no. 451. November 1901. first edition. Original printed wraps. Good, light chipping of cover edges. (a89928)
$35.00 Harper's New Monthly Magazine . THE WHEELER EXPEDITION IN SOUTHERN COLORADO
First edition. Single complete issue of Harper's New Monthly Magazine, no. CCCXII, May 1876. Vol LII. Original printed wraps. sm4to. Wheeler article appears on pp. 793-807 with 15 illustrations. Good, cover a bit worn and lightly soiled. no ownership marks Page edges curled a bit. (a90050a)
$35.00 Harper's New Monthly Magazine . A STAGE RIDE TO COLORADO
First edition. Single complete issue of Harper's New Monthly Magazine, no. CCVI, July 1867. Vol XXXV. Original printed wraps. sm4to. Article appears on pp. 137-150 with 14 woodcut illustrations . Good, cover a bit worn and lightly soiled. no ownership marks. Page edges curled a bit. Binding secure. (a90057)
$29.00 Harper's New Monthly Magazine . OVER THE PLAINS TO COLORADO
First edition. Single complete issue of Harper's New Monthly Magazine, no. CCV, June 1867. Vol XXXV. Original printed wraps. sm4to. Article appears on pp. 1-21 with 12 woodcut illustrations, several of early Colorado towns, and two text maps . Good Plus, cover a bit worn and lightly soiled. no ownership marks. Page edges curled a bit. Binding secure. (a90058)
$34.00 Burch, George J . ON ARTIFICIAL TEMPORARY COLOUR-BLINDNESS WITH AN EXAMINATION OF THE COLOUR SENSATIONS OF 109 PERSONS (contained in one complete hardcover volume 191 of PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SOCIETY 1899)
London 1899 first edition. Harrison and Sons. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, series B, vol 191, large 4to. Embossed maroon cloth with gilt lettering. One hardcover volume. 318p. indexed. Many illustrations; plates. Article by Burch on pp. 1-34 with 2 color plates. Other articles in volume as well on different topics in biology. Near Fine, no ownership marks. clean ; bright. Seldom seen in this condition. (a90525)
$65.00(color plates ). FEUILLE DES JEUNES NATURALISTES - JANVIER 1877 THRU OCTOBRE 1879; NOVEMBRE 1879 - OCTOBRE 1882 (2 hardcover volumes)
Two bound hardcover volumes. sm4to. About 200 pages. In French. First volume has 14 plates , 7 of which are delicately colored color plates. 2nd vol has 6 plates, 2 in color. All plates printed on rectos only and suitable for framing. One plate of microscopes, one of bats, flowers, bird, several of insects. Plates are VG to Fine; book is Good, rubbed and worn but binding is very secure and text is clean. Half blue leather with raise bands and blue marbled boards. Two volumes: (a90639)
$75.00 Skogerboe, Gaylord V et al . IRRIGATION PRACTICES AND RETURN FLOW SALINITY IN GRAND VALLEY
Ada, Oklahoma 1979 first edition. EPA-600/2-79-148. 4to wraps. 204p. Colorado River Basin. A few photo illus. VG ex-depository library with only light markings, no spine numbers, no pocket. Colorado River Basin. (a91051)
$39.00 Raman, C V . ON THE TRANSMISSION COLOURS OF SULPHUR SUSPENSIONS
article on pp. 102-108 in single complete issue of Proceedings of the Royal Society, series A vol 100. October 4, 1921. Original printed tan wraps. sm4to. Other articles in issue as well. VG , no ownership marks. (a91089)
$45.00Tugwell, Rev. George. MANUAL OF THE SEA-ANEMONES COMMONLY FOUND ON THE ENGLISH COAST
London 1856 first edition. John VanVoorst. Hardcover sm octavo. 121pp., color foldout illustration of an anemone as frontispiece, 5 color plates and one plate of line drawings - all plates are present as called for. Errata page at end, cloth hardcover. Light wear on fold lines of frontispiece plate. Owner bookplate (W. G. Bowdoin. ) Good, inner hinges repaired; backstrip repaired but full title in gilt is still present on spine. Cover tips worn. (a9404)
$75.00 (colorado) . ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF PIKES PEAK RAILROAD AT COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO.
4 1/2 X 7 inch photo mounted on card. Taken by W.E. Hook View Co. which was active in the 1870s and 80s. Image a bit faded and marred by an inch and one-half wide faded area along the left edge of image. Still a rare view of an old western RR. (ac266)
$22.00 (Colorado). . QUARTERLY OF THE COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES: TUNGSTEN IN COLORADO APRIL 1909
Quarterly of Colorado School of Mines. Volume 3 No 4. April, 1909. Octavo. 36p., wraps. VG. (ac81)
$25.00 Michel, Joseph A. . COLUMBUS (MANUSCRIPT MUSIC) (signed)
n.d. Author gives his address as Denver, Colorado. Original Ink Manuscript orchestral score of operetta about Christopher Columbus bound in hardcover.Small folio., 160pp., buckram binding with gilt lettering on front cover. Signed by Michel. VG. (mu322)
$295.00