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(saturday review). THE SATURDAY REVIEW JANUARY-JUNE 1957 (hardcover 1 bound volume)
NY 1957. Six months of this popular and important literary weekly, bound black buckram in one 4to. volume with the original wraps for each issue. VG light browning of text pages; binding Fine. (a43177)
$150.00Flammarion, Lemoine and others. COMPTES RENDUS HEBDOMADAIRES DES SEANCES DE L'ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES - TOME 107 JUILLET - DECEMBRE 1888
Paris 1888 first edition. Gauthier Villars. Hardcover large thick 4to. Half brown cloth with black and tan marbled boards. 1236p. Includes important papers as: Flammarion "Les Neiges les glaces et les eaux de la planete Mars" p. 19-22 and Lemoine "De la Mesure de la simplicite dans les contructions geometriques." Text lightly evenly toned throughout. Hinges not cracked in or out; no owner marks. VG. (a109996)
$90.00Lohse, J Gerhard. ON A NEW DOUBLE IMAGE MICROMETER
Glasgow 1902 first edition. James Hedderwick & Sons. folio. Extracted from Annals of Royal Observatory Edinburgh vol 1. Rebound in later plain wraps. pp. 152-198. VG no owner marks. (a109995)
$39.00Halm, J. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE THEORY OF THE SUN
Glasgow 1902 first edition. James Hedderwick & Sons. folio. Extracted from Annals of Royal Observatory Edinburgh vol 1. Rebound in later plain wraps. pp. 71-151. VG no owner marks. (a109994)
$39.00Becker, L. OBSERVATIONS OF 217 NEBULAE MADE WITH THE TRANSIT CIRCLE AT DUN ECHT OBSERVATORY; POSITIONS OF STARS WITHIN ONE DEGREE FROM THE NORTH POLE AND OF THREE FUNDAMENTAL POLE-STARS (2 articles bound as one)
Glasgow 1902 first edition. James Hedderwick & Sons. folio. Extracted from Annals of Royal Observatory Edinburgh vol 1. Rebound in later plain wraps. 70p. VG no owner marks. (a109993)
$39.00. THE PHYSICAL REVIEW - May 15, 1953
Lancaster, PA 1953 first edition. American Physical Society. sm 4to wraps. vol 90 second series number 4. pp. 503-725 . VG++ slight wear; no owner marks; text clean and binding secure. (a109992)
$45.00. THE PHYSICAL REVIEW - December 15, 1954
Lancaster, PA 1954 first edition. American Physical Society. 4to wraps. vol 96 second series number 6. pp. 1455-1806. VG small bit of chipping on spine; no owner marks; text clean and binding secure. (a109991)
$45.00. THE PHYSICAL REVIEW - April 15, 1953
Lancaster, PA 1953 first edition. American Physical Society. 4to wrps. vol 90 second series number 2. pp.171-392. Near Fine. no owner marks. (a109990)
$45.00Manga, Janos. HUNGARIAN BAGPIPERS - article in one complete issue of ACTA ETHNOGRAHICA ACAD. SCI. HUNGARICAE, 1965
Budapest 1965 first editon. Kiado. octavo wraps. tomus XIV, fac. 1-2. Manga article pp. 1-97 with 43 text illus. and bibliography. Complete issue 226p. Scarce. (a109989)
$75.00Jahns, Richard H. GEOLOGIC FEATURES OF THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY, MASSACHUSETTS AS RELATED TO RECENT FLOODS
Washington 1947 first editon. GPO. Water supply paper 996. octavo wraps. 157p. Pocket with all 30 maps and plates present. VG+ no owner marks. (a109988)
$25.00King, Arthur S. A SPECTROSCOPIC EXAMINATION OF METEORITES
1936 first edition. Carnegie Institute Contributions from MOunt Wilson no. 556. octavo wraps. 10p. Fine. (a109987)
$22.00Ostenfeld, C H and C Syrach Larsen. THE SPECIES OF THE GENUS LARIX AND THEIR GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
Kobenhavn 1930 first edition. Det Kgl. Danske Viden. Biol. IX. 2. green octavo wraps. 106p. Largely unopened. Institute stamp on cover. Good, cover edges frayed. Text clean and binding secure. Pine trees. (a109986)
$35.00Langmuir, Irving. THE INTERACTION OF ELECTRON AND POSITIVE ION SPACE CHARGES IN CATHODE SHEATHS; NOTE ON OSCILLATIONS IN IONIZED GASES - 2 articles in one complete issue of THE PHYSICAL REVIEW, June 1929
Lancaster, PA 1929 first edition. American Physical Society. sm4to green wraps. Vol 33 second series number 6. Issue paginated pp. 871-1128, 18. Langmuir articles (second article written with Lewi Tonks) on pp. 954-990. Good Plus, light wear; no owner marks. Binding secure and text clean. Langmuir won the Nobel in Chemistry in 1932. (a109985)
$250.00Shockley, William. CYCLOTRON RESONANCES, MAGNETORESISTANCE AND BRILLOUIN ZONES IN SEMICONDUCTORS - letter in one complete issue of THE PHYSICAL REVIEW, May 1, 1953
Lancaster, PA 1953 first edition. American Physical Society. 4to green wraps. Vol 90 second series number 3. Issue paginated pp. 393-501. Shockley letter pp. 491. Fine. No owner marks. Shockley was awarded the Nobel in Physics in 1956. (a109984)
$75.00Feynman, R P; N. Metropolis and E. Teller. EQUATIONS OF STATE OF ELEMENTS BASED ON THE GENERALIZED FERMI-THOMAS THEORY - article in one complete issue of THE PHYSICAL REVIEW, May 15, 1949
Lancaster, PA 1949 first edition. American Physical Society. 4to green wraps. Vol 75 second series number 10. Issue paginated pp. 1473-1635. Feynman landmark article pp. 1561-1573. Near Fine. No owner marks. Feynman was awarded the Nobel in Physics in 1965. (a109983)
$300.00Bethe, Hans A. ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIFT OF ENERGY LEVELS - article in one complete issue of THE PHYSICAL REVIEW, August 15, 1947
Lancaster, PA 1947 first edition. American Physical Society. 4to green wraps. Vol 72 second series number 4. Issue paginated pp. 263-356. Bethe landmark article pp. 339-341. Near Fine. No owner marks. Bethe worked on the Manhattan project. He was awarded the Nobel in Physics in 1967. (a109982)
$390.00. NATURE A WEEKLY ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL OF SCIENCE - VOLUME LXIV - May to October 1901
London and New York 1901. first edition. Macmillan. Hardcover. large 4to. 3/4 cordovan cloth with yellow and brown marbled boards. No ownership marks except two small contemporary university name stamps. 668p. Binding very secure; text clean and bright. VG plus plus . (a109997)
$75.00Brueckner, K A; M. Gell-Mann and M Goldberger. ON THE DAMING OF VIRTUAL NUCLEON-PAIR FORMATION IN PSEUDOSCALAR MESON THEORY - article in one complete issue of THE PHYSICAL REVIEW, May 1, 1953
Lancaster, PA 1953 first edition. American Physical Society. 4to green wraps. Vol 90 second series number 3. Issue paginated pp. 393-501. Brueckner; Gell-Mann article pp. 476-478. VG++ no fault, No owner marks. Gell-Mann was awarded the Nobel in Physics in 1969. (a109998)
$45.00Gerhardie, William. FUTILITY, A NOVEL ON RUSSIAN THEMES
NY 1971 first edition thus. St. Martin's. Hardcover sm octavo. 205p. Fine in Near Fine dj. (no wear on dj but spine faded to yellow from orange. no owner marks. (a110014)
$29.00Shelley, Henry C. MAJORCA
London 1926 first edition. Methuen. Hardcover royal octavo. Blue cloth with gilt emblem and title. 283p. Numerous photo illus. Publisher ads at end. Good. Front blank end paper gone - opens to half title. Front inner hinge reinforced. no owner marks. Text clean and binding secure; no dj. (a110013)
$24.00Jordan, E L. AMERICA GLORIOUS AND CHAOTIC LAND - CHARLES SEALSFIELD DISCOVER THE YOUNG UNITED STATES, AN ACCOUNT OF OUR POST-REVOLUTIONARY ANCESTORS BY A CONTEMPORARY
New Jersey 1969 first edition. Prentice Hall. Hardcover octavo. Translated to English and adapted from the German original with introductions, notes and an account of Sealfield's life. 307p. Sealsfield travelled down the Mississippi to New Orelands in 1820s. very Near Fine in VG, price clipped, dj. (a110012)
$29.00St. John; Roy Campbell (trans). THE POEMS OF ST JOHN OF THE CROSS
London 1951 2nd ed. Harvill. Hardcover thin octavo. Black cloth. Spanish text with a translation by Roy Campbell. Preface by M. C. D'Arcy, SJ. 90p. Near Fine. no dj. (a110011)
$22.00Grayson, Richard. WITH HITLER IN NEW YORK AND OTHER STORIES
NY 1979 first edition (stated) Taplinger. octavo hardcover. 190p. Fine. no owner marks. in VG+ dj. no tears, no chips on dj, price not clipped. (a110010)
$29.00Hlasko, Marek. THE GRAVEYARD
NY 1959 first edition. Dutton. sm octavo. hardcover. 126p. Novel translated from Polish by Norbert Guterman. Good, owner signed. Cover unevenly toned. no dj. Text clean and binding secure. (a110009)
$22.00Fleetwood, Frances. CONCORDIA, THE STORY OF FRANCESCA DA RIMINI, TOLD BY HER DAUGHTER
NY 1972 first edition. St martins. Hardcover octavo. 275p. Historical novel of Dante and Renaissance. Fine in VG+ dj (dj rear panel toned, no tears, no chips, price not clipped. (a110008)
$29.00( Chemistry doctoral dissertations) . ONE BOUND VOLUME OF CHEMISTRY DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS 1886 - 1892 - PYRROL., FURFUROL, THIOPHENE
Freiburg 1886 - 92 all first editions. Storcker. Dissertations from Universitat Freiburg vol XXXIV. 10 dissertations bound in one volume. Chemists in volume: Franzen, Delbruck, Mehne, Deutzmann, Obst, Dollner, Lang, Dittrich, Dreischer, Jackson + Hill. Black cloth hardcover octavo. About 250 pages - all in German except fine paper by Hill and Jackson which is in English. Bookplates of Morris Loeb and the Chemists Club of NY. VG hinges not cracked; light toning throughout text. (a110007)
$75.00( Chemistry doctoral dissertations) . ONE BOUND VOLUME OF CHEMISTRY DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS 1891-1892 - CIROM HYDRAZINES
Freiburg 1891 -2 all first editions. Storcker. Dissertations from Universitat Freiburg vol XXI.. 13 dissertations bound in one volume. Chemists in volume: Ellon, Herman, Ruhl, Kessler, Hase, Husknecht, Nebelthau, Msarcjwakdm Girstm Gikzkem Isterm Theme, Grether. Black cloth hardcover octavo. Around 300p. All in German. Bookplate of Chemists Club of NY and second bookplate of Morris Loeb. Front inner hinge reinforced. Good, text toned. Some cover wear. (a110006)
$75.00Penfield, Frederic Courtland. PRESENT-DAY EGYPT (revised and enlarged edition)
NY 1907 revised and enlarged edition. Century. Red cloth with gilt and white lettering and decoration. Hardcover octavo. 396pp., one page color map, many illustrations by Paul Philipppoteaux and R. Talbot Kelly and from photographs. Author was formerly US Diplomatic Agent and Consul-General to Egypt. Top edge gilt. VG , hinges not cracked; owner bookplate , owner signature; text clean, binding secure. no dj. (a109999)
$44.00Szladits, Charles. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FOREIGN AND COMPARATIVE LAW BOOKS AND ARTICLES IN ENGLISH SUPPLEMENT 1964 (signed)
NY 1966 first edition. Oceana. octavo wraps. 119p. ** signed on tp "With many thanks for your help! Charles Szladits." VG cover unevenly toned. no owner marks. (a110000)
$39.00Szladits, Charles. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FOREIGN AND COMPARATIVE LAW BOOKS AND ARTICLES IN ENGLISH SUPPLEMENT 1966-67
NY 1970 first edition. Oceana. octavo wraps. 242p. VG+ , just slight wear. no owner marks. (a110001)
$39.00Szladits, Charles. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FOREIGN AND COMPARATIVE LAW BOOKS AND ARTICLES IN ENGLISH SUPPLEMENT 1969 (signed)
NY 1972 first edition. Oceana. octavo wraps. 207p. Signed ** "With the compliments of Charles Szladits." Owner signed on cover (J M Peskin). VG. (a110002)
$39.00Szladits, Charles. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FOREIGN AND COMPARATIVE LAW BOOKS AND ARTICLES IN ENGLISH SUPPLEMENT 1968 (signed)
NY 1971 first edition. Oceana. octavo wraps. 226p. Signed ** "With the compliments of Charles Szladits." VG spine toned to tan. (a110003)
$39.00Forster, Peter. THE PRIMROSE PATH
London 1955 first edition. Longmans Green. sm octavo hardcover. 327p. Near Fine (faint toning of end papers). VG+ dj (price not clipped on dj; no tears, no chips on dj.) (a110004)
$30.00Griswold, George. RED PAWNS
NY 1954 first edition. Dutton. Hardcover. sm octavo. 194p. VG++ just slight toning of end paper. no owner marks. VG price not clipped. no tears, no chips on dj. Mystery novel. (a110005)
$22.00Rabi, I I. ATOMIC BEAM RESONANCE METHOD FOR EXCITED STATES - letter in one complete issue of THE PHYSICAL REVIEW, July 15, 1952
Lancaster, PA 1952 first edition. original bluegreen 4to wraps. volume 87, second series, number 2. paginated pp. 247-394. Rabi letter p. 379 . Near Fine, no owner marks. no wear. (a109971)
$70.00. THE PHYSICAL REVIEW, January 1, 1937
Lancaster, PA 1937 first edition. original bluegreen 4to wraps. volume 51, second series, number 1. paginated pp. 1-66. VG light cover wear. no owner marks. (a109969)
$35.00. THE PHYSICAL REVIEW, January 1, 1937
Lancaster, PA 1937 first edition. original bluegreen 4to wraps. volume 51, second series, number 1. paginated pp. 1-66. VG light cover wear. no owner marks. (a109968)
$35.00. THE PHYSICAL REVIEW, August 1, 1937
Lancaster, PA 1937 first edition. original bluegreen 4to wraps. volume 52, second series, number 3. paginated 143-257. Fine. no owner marks. (a109967)
$49.00. THE PHYSICAL REVIEW, July 1, 1937
Lancaster, PA 1937 first edition. original bluegreen 4to wraps. volume 52, second series, number 1. paginated 1-42. VG only very slight cover wear; no owner marks. (a109966)
$35.00. THE PHYSICAL REVIEW, December 15, 1938
Lancaster, PA 1938 first edition. original bluegreen 4to wraps. volume 54, second series, number 12. paginated 975-1131, ix. VG only very slight cover wear; no tears, no chips, no owner marks. (a109965)
$45.00Bethe, H A and C L Critchfield. ON THE FORMATION OF DEUTERONS BY PROTON COMBINATION - letter in one complete issue of THE PHYSICAL REVIEW, November 15, 1938
Lancaster, PA 1938 first edition. original bluegreen 4to wraps. volume 54, second series, number 10. Bethe letter on p. 862. Issue paginated 775-868. Fine , no owner marks. Bethe won the Nobel in Physics in 1969. Issue also has work by Robert Hofstadter , G T Seaborg and others. (a109964c)
$140.00Livingood, J J and GT Seaborg. RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES OF IODINE - article in one complete issue of THE PHYSICAL REVIEW, November 15, 1938
Lancaster, PA 1938 first edition. original bluegreen 4to wraps. volume 54, second series, number 10. Livingood/Seaborg article on p. 775-782. Issue paginated 775-868. Fine , no owner marks. Seaborg won the Nobel in Chemistry in 1951. Issue also has work by Robert Hofstadter , Hans Bethe, others. (a109964b)
$140.00Hofstadter, Robert. PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY IN WILLEMITE - letter in one complete issue of THE PHYSICAL REVIEW, November 15, 1938
Lancaster, PA 1938 first edition. original bluegreen 4to wraps. volume 54, second series, number 10. Hofstadter letter on p. 864. Issue paginated 775-868. Fine , no owner marks. Hofstadter, an American, was awarded the Nobel in Physics in 1961 for his work in electron scattering. Issue also has work by Glenn Seaborg, Hans Bethe, others. (a109964a)
$140.00Dehmelt, Hans Georg. MODULATION OF A LIGHT BEAM BY PRECESSING ABSORBING ATOMS - letter in one complete issue of THE PHYSICAL REVIEW, March 15, 1957
Lancaster, PA 1957 first edition. original bluegreen 4to wraps. volume 105, second series, number 6. paginated pp. 1683-1957. Dehmelt letter pp. 1924-1925. VG some wear on backstrip. no owner marks. Binding secure; text clean. Dehmelt was awarded the Nobel in 1989. (a109970)
$70.00Lowell, Juliet. DUMB BELLES-LETTRES LALLAPALOOZAS FROM THE MORNING MAIL
NY 1933 1st Simon and Schuster. Hardcover. Small octavo, illustrations by Soglow, red cloth with mounted printed paper spine label. Good , light wear; slight bit of stain on cover hinges. Humor. (a109972)
$22.00Gordon, C H. GEOLOGY AND UNDERGROUND WATERS OF THE WICHITA REGION, NORTH-CENTRAL TEXAS
Washington 1913 first edition. GPO. water supply paper 317. octavo wraps. 88p. VG. no owner amrks. (a109981)
$23.00Horton, A H and HJ J Jackson. THE OHIO VALLEY FLOOD OF MARCH-APRIL 1913
Washington 1913 first edition. GPO. water supply paper 334. octavo wraps. 96p. Bw photo illus , numerous foldout charts. Complete. Good, some light cover chipping. No owner marks. Binding secure and tyext clean. (a109980)
$30.00Troxell, Harold C. FLOOD OF MARCH 1938 IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Washington 1942 first edition. GPO. water supply paper 844. octavo wraps. 399p. Numerous bw photo illus (some foldout); 3 very large foldout maps ( complete set) in rear pocket. Maps are Fine. Text and photo illus are Fine. Cover is Good Plus with slight wear. no owner marks. (a109979)
$55.00Dreyfuss, Maurice. CONTRIBUTION A L'ETUDE GEOLOGIQUE ET PALEONTOLOGIQUE DE L'ORDOVICIEN SUPERIEUR DE LA MONTAGNE NOIRE
Paris 1948 first editon. Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France. no. 58, pp. 1-63 in French. with 9 plates (most on heavy stock.) Good , light wear; no owner marks. (a109978)
$34.00Bolza, Oskar. GAUSS UND DIE VARIATIONSRECHNUNG
Gottingen 1917 first edition. Abdruck as Heft 5 der Materialien fur eine wissenschaftliche biographie von Gauss. 4to. Rrecovered in later plain wraps. 95p. In German. Good light wear; no owner marks. (a109977)
$39.00Staeckel ( Stackel ), Paul. GAUSS ALS GEOMETER
Gottingen 1917 first edition. Abdruck as Heft 5 der Materialien fur eine wissenschaftliche biographie von Gauss. 4to. Recovered in later plain wraps. 123p. In German. VG light wear; no owner marks. (a109976)
$39.00Allison, Jean et al. LATE GLACIAL DEPOSITS AT NAZEING IN THE LEA VALLEY, NORTH LONDON
London 1952 first edition. Philosophical Transactions of Royal Society. sm folio wraps. Series B Biological. no. 632. vol 236. pp. 169-240. Fine. no owner marks. (a109975)
$29.00Knight-Jones, E W. ON THE NERVOUS SYSTEM OF SACCOGLOSSUS CABRENSIS ENTEROPNEUSTA
London 1952 first edition. Philosophical Transactions of Royal Society. sm folio wraps. Series B Biological. no. 634. vol 236. pp. 315-354. Fine. no owner marks. (a109974)
$29.00Buchner, Paul. DIE LAGENEN DES GOLFES VON NEAPEL UND DER MARINEN ABLAGERUNGEN AUF ISCHIA
Halle 1940 first edition. Nova Acta Leopoldina. neue folge. Band 9 nummer 62. 4to wraps. pp. 363-560. Mit 642 figuren auf 29 Tafeln on glossy stock. In German. VG. no owner marks. (a109973)
$33.00. THE PHYSICAL REVIEW, November 1, 1937
Lancaster, PA 1937 first edition. original bluegreen 4to wraps. volume 52, second series, number 10. pp. 1007-1078. Fine , no owner marks. (a109957)
$100.00Furry, W H. ON FLUCTUATION PHENOMENA IN THE PASSAGE OF HIGH ENERGY ELECTRONS THROUGH LEAD - article in one complete issue of THE PHYSICAL REVIEW, April 1, 1937
Lancaster, PA 1937 first edition. original bluegreen 4to wraps. volume 51, second series, number 6. Furry article on p. 569-581. Fine , no owner marks. (a109958)
$45.00. THE PHYSICAL REVIEW, August 1, 1938
Lancaster, PA 1938 first edition. original bluegreen 4to wraps. volume 54, second series, number 3. pp. 151-243. Fine , no owner marks. (a109959)
$45.00. THE PHYSICAL REVIEW, January 15, 1939
Lancaster, PA 1939 first edition. original bluegreen 4to wraps. volume 55, second series, number 2. pp. 113-243. Near Fine , no owner marks. (a109960)
$45.00Kennedy, J W ; G T Seaborg and E Segre. NUCLEAR ISOMERISM IN ZINC - letter in one complete issue of THE PHYSICAL REVIEW, December 1, 1939
Lancaster, PA 1939 first edition. original bluegreen 4to wraps. volume 52, second series, number 5. Seaborg article on pp. 408-414. Fine , no owner marks. Segre later was awarded the Nobel in Physics in 1959; Kennedy died of stomach cancer at age 40 quite likely from his work on the Manhattan Project . He was also the co-discoverer of plutonium. Seaborg won the Nobel in Chemistry in 1951. (a109961)
$95.00Seaborg, G T; G E Gibson and D C Grahame. INELASTIC SCATTERING OF FAST NEUTRONS - letter in one complete issue of THE PHYSICAL REVIEW, September 1, 1937
Lancaster, PA 1937 first edition. original bluegreen 4to wraps. volume 52, second series, number 5. Seaborg article on pp. 408-414. Fine , no owner marks. Seaborg was awarded the Nobel in Chemistry in 1951. (a109956)
$100.00Grahame, D C; G T Seaborg and G E Gibson. ON THE INTERACTION OF FAST NEUTRONS WITH LEAD - letter in one complete issue of THE PHYSICAL REVIEW, March 1, 1937
Lancaster, PA 1937 first edition. original bluegreen 4to wraps. volume 51, second series, number 5. Grahame letter on p. 370. Fine , no owner marks. (a109955)
$49.00Grahame, D C; G T Seaborg and G E Gibson. INELASTIC SCATTERING OF FAST NEUTRONS - letter in one complete issue of THE PHYSICAL REVIEW, April 1, 1937
Lancaster, PA 1937 first edition. original bluegreen 4to wraps. volume 51, second series, number 7. Grahame letter on p. 590. Fine , no owner marks. Seaborg was awarded the Nobel in Chemistry in 1951. (a109954b)
$49.00Furry, W H. APPLICATION OF THE THEORY OF NEUTRON ABSORPTION IN AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS - letter in one complete issue of THE PHYSICAL REVIEW, April 1, 1937
Lancaster, PA 1937 first edition. original bluegreen 4to wraps. volume 51, second series, number 7. Furry letter on p. 592. Fine , no owner marks. (a109954a)
$49.00Perl, Walter H,. THOMAS MANN 1933 BIS 1945 VOM DEUTSCHEN HUMANISTEN ZUM AMERIKANISCHEN WELTBUERGER
NY 1945 Friedrich Krause. In German. Sm.8vo., 54pp., stiff paper. VG, cover lightly toned; light wear at spine ends and corners. no owner marks. (a41520)
$29.00Hartree, D.R.; W. Hartree and Bertha Swirles. SELF-CONSISTENT FIELD, INCLUDING EXCHANGE AND SUPERPOSITION OF CONFIGURATIONS, WITH SOME RESULTS FOR OXYGEN
London 1939. Offprint from the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, No. 790, Vol. 238. Lg.4to., pp.229-247, wraps. Good plus, light wear, no owner marks. (a39442)
$29.00Axford, W. I... IONIZATION FRONTS IN INTERSTELLAR GAS: THE STRUCTURE OF IONIZATION FRONTS
London 1961. Offprint from the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, No. 1029, Vol. 253. Lg.4to., pp.301-333, wraps. VG. (a39441)
$24.00Wright, E.M.. THE ASYMPTOTIC EXPANSION OF INTEGRAL FUNCTIONS DEFINED BY TAYLOR SERIES
London 1941. Offprint from the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, No. 804, Vol. 239. Lg.4to., pp.217-232, wraps. VG, owner signed on front (Henry Norris Russell). (a39439)
$29.00McDougall, J. and Edmund C. Stoner. THE COMPUTATION OF FERMI-DIRAC FUNCTIONS
London 1938. Offprint from the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, No. 773, Vol. 237. Lg.4to., pp.67-104, wraps. Good plus, light wear, no owner marks. (a39438)
$35.00Neal, B.G.. THE LATERAL INSTABILITY OF YIELDED MILD STEEL BEAMS OF RECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTION
London 1950. Offprint from the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, No. 846, Vol. 242. Lg.4to., pp.197-242, wraps. VG. no owner marks. (a39432)
$25.00Trilling, Lionel. WORDSWORTH AND THE RABBIS - article in one complete issue of COMMENTARY, February 1955
NY 1955.first edition. Commentary, Volume 19 No. 2, February 1955 . Trilling article pp.108-118. Whole issue has several other articles as well by G F Hudson, James Rorty, Fritz Stern, Nathan Glazer , Daniel Bell and others . sm4to., wraps. Good Plus, light wear, no owner marks. (a38427)
$35.00Nese, Marco. SOZIOLOGIE UND POSITIVISMUS IM PR�FASCHISTISCHEN ITALIEN 1870-1992
Basel 1993. ISBN:3631459513. In German. Monographs on Sociology and Social Policy. Wraps. Octavo, 179pp., index, wraps. Fine. As New. (a32323)
$35.00Becker, J.A. and C.B Green and G.L. Pearson. PROPERTIES AND USES OF THERMISTORS
NY n.d. (1947?) Bell Laboratories. Bell Telephone System Technical Publications, Monograph B-1443. 4to., 43pp., wraps (3 holes punched at left for binder, as issued). Originally published in 1946 and 1947, this is the first separate appearance of this paper. VG. (a30782)
$75.00Hirst, Francis W.. ADAM SMITH
NY 1904 first edition. Macmillan. Hardcover Sm.8vo., 240pp., index. Owner signed on front flyleaf and blindstamp on title (Charles Harvey Genung). Top edge gilt. Navy blue cloth with gilt trim and lettering. VG. no dj. (a23722)
$35.00Roberts, Michael. THE ESTATE OF MAN
London 1951 first edition. Faber. Hardcover octavo. Blue cloth. 156pp. Neo-malthusian gloom. VG+, no owner marks. Good DJ.dj worn and lightly chipped. (a23705)
$29.00Kozma, Janice M. THE ARCHITECTURE OF IMAGERY IN ALBERTO MORAVIA'S FICTION
Chapel Hill 1993 first edition. North Carolina Studies in Romance Languages. octavo., 124pp., wraps. Fine. no owner marks. (a20656)
$30.00Terborgh, George. THE BOGEY OF ECONOMIC MATURITY (first ed)
Chicago 1945. first edition. Machinery and allied Products. Hardcover octavo. Blue cloth. Gilt spine lettering. 263pp., index. Near VG,uneven fading of cover cloth; slight soiling on top closed page ends. No owner marks. no dj. (a23703)
$35.00Beach, Cecilia (compiler). FRENCH WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY A CHECKLIST
Westport 1996. Bibliographies and Indexes in Women's Studies, No. 24. Lg.8vo., 515pp., index, printed boards. Near Fine, no owner marks. no dj. (a41523)
$22.00Pattle, Ling-yuh and Bonnie Jean Cox. ELECTRONIC RESOURCES SELECTION AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC CONTROL
NY 1996. Lg.8vo., 252pp., index, printed boards. Fine, no DJ. (a41524)
$35.00Berliner, Arnold (heraus). DIE NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN - Hardcover volume XVI, 1928
Berlin 1928 First edition. Springer. Hardcover. One full year of this weekly journal of science bound in one volume. 1102 p. with text illus and several fullpage portraits of scientists. This volume contains Born "Theorie des Rameneffektes", Bohr "Das Quantenpostulat"; R. Courant "Uber die allgemeine Bedeutung des mathematischen Denkens"; G. Barger " Neueres uber die Chemie der Hormone"; A. Sommerfeld "Zur Elektronentheorie der Metalle"; many others. Large 4to. 3/4 dark brown cloth with yellow blue and orange marbled boards; no owner marks; hinges secure and unbroken; text clean. Gilt spine label. Slight cover edge wear. VG++ (a109953)
$129.00Berliner, Arnold (heraus). DIE NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN - Hardcover volume XVI, 1928
Berlin 1928 First edition. Springer. Hardcover. One full year of this weekly journal of science bound in one volume. 1102 p. with text illus and several fullpage portraits of scientists. This volume contains Born "Theorie des Rameneffektes", Bohr "Das Quantenpostulat"; R. Courant "Uber die allgemeine Bedeutung des mathematischen Denkens"; G. Barger " Neueres uber die Chemie der Hormone"; A. Sommerfeld "Zur Elektronentheorie der Metalle"; many others. Large 4to. 3/4 black cloth with black and ivory marbled boards; no owner marks; hinges secure and unbroken; text clean. Mounted typed paper spine label is a bit chipped on edges but fully legible. Light cover edge wear. VG++ (a109952)
$129.00Pasquier, Estienne. LES LETTRES D'ESTIENNE PASQUIER CONSEILLER ET ADVOCAT GENERAL DU ROY EN LA CHAMBRE DES COMPTES DE PARIS
Avignon 1590 2nd edition. Jacques Bramereau. In French. 16mo.(12.5 x 9 cm) , (24), 439 leaves (or 878pages), (60 Table des Choses index). Nicely professionally rebound in 1/2 leather with gilt spine lettering and red marbled boards. Two owner signatures on title page. VG, cover rubbed. Pictures provided upon request. (a64564)
$610.00Bonacina, Martin ( Bonacinae Martini). TRACTATUS DE CLAUSURA ET POENIS EAM VIOLANTIBUS IMPOFITIS
Venetiis 1626 Bartholomaeum Fontanam. In Latin. Lg.8vo., 257pp. (double column), titlepage in red and black with sun vignette, index, full vellum. Contemporary owner signature (Jo. Anthony Janton). Good, small piece of vellum on front cover corner gone, rear free blank mostly gone, light wear. Binding nice and secure. Text clean. Scarce. Pictures available on request. (a57731)
$390.00Stryienski, Casimir (editor). MEMOIRS OF THE COUNTESS POTOCKA
NY 1900 1st Doubleday McClure. Authorised translation by Lionel Strachey. Royal octavo hardcover. green cloth. 253pp., illustrations. Gilt and silver decoration on front cover panel. Bookplate (Julia M. Barnes) and owner signature. Good, spine lettering faded away, spine lightly browned; hinges not cracked in or out. no dj. (a57730)
$23.00Kurz, Harry. TEN COMMANDMENTS AND ONE MORE IN MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING
1936. Offprint from The Modern Language Journal. 8vo., pp.288-293, original wraps. VG+. no owner marks. (a57725)
$22.00Clough, Wilson O.. IRONY: A FRENCH APPROACH (signed)
1939. Offprint from The Sewanee Review. 8vo., 11pp., original wraps. ***Inscribed and signed by Clough on the title page. Good, cover toned, some edge chipping on cover. (a57724)
$39.00Grossmann, Dr. Ernst. BEOBACHTUNGEN AM REPSOLDSCHEN MERIDIANKREISE DER VON KUFFNERSCHEN STERNWARTE IN WIEN-OTTAKRING IN DER JAHREN 1896-1898.
Leipzig 1901 Abhandlung der Mathem.-pPhysikal. Klasse der Kgl. S�chs. Akademie der Wissenschaften. In German. 4to., 210pp., 4 text illustrations, original printed wraps. Uncut. near VG, light wear, some occasional spotting and soiling. cover edges lightly frayed; no owner marks. (a57721)
$39.00Brozek, Josef (editor). HUMAN BODY COMPOSITION APPROACHES AND APPLICATIONS
London 1965. Symposia of the Society for the Study of Human Biology Volume 7. 8vo., 311pp., hardcover. Near Fine, no owner marks. in VG dj (no tears, no chips on dj.) (a41526)
$24.00Phelan, Joseph F.. THE HALF-MILE BRIDGE LESSONS OF TRUTH ON AMERICA'S NONPROFIT LANDSCAPE
Lanham 1997. 8vo., 293pp., index, boards. Fine, no DJ. (a41525)
$35.00Poor's. POOR'S PUBLIC UTILITY VOLUME 1929
NY 1929 . Folio hardcover. 2300pp., numerous maps, pink buckram. near Fine. Just some cover fading; text clean; hinges secure; no wear , no ownership marks. (a54923)
$180.00Schmidt, Louis B.; Van der Zee, Jacob (Mormons). THE MILLER-THOMPSON ELECTION CONTEST; THE MORMON TRAILS IN IOWA - 2 articles in one complete issue of IOWA JOURNAL OF HISTORY Jan 1914
Iowa City 1914. first edition. Schmidt article on "Miller Thompson Election" on pp. 34-127 and Van der Zee article on Mormon trails is on pp. 8-16. Complete issue paginated 3-159.The Iowa Journal of History and Politics, vol XII, no 1. Much on the Mormons in Iowa. sm4to wraps. near VG edges of cover frayed; binding secure; text clean; no owner marks. (a57716)
$45.00Zirkel, F,. �BER URAUSSCHEIDUNGEN IN RHEINISCHEN BASALTEN
Leipzig 1903. Abhandlung der Mathem.-Physikal. Klasse der Kgl. S�chs. Akademie der Wissenschaften, Band 28 Heft 3. In German. 4to., pp.103-198, original printed wraps. Uncut. VG, light wear, some occasional spotting and soiling. (a57720)
$27.00Shockley, William. INTERPRETATIONS FOR E/M VALUES FOR ELECTRONS IN CRYSTALS - article in one complete issue of PHYSICAL REVIEW November 15, 1952
Lancaster 1952. first edition. Letter in the Physical Review, Second Series, Volume 88, No.4, November 15, 1952 at pp. 953. 4to., wraps. VG. no owner marks; almost no wear at all. (a19698)
$110.00. THE PHYSICAL REVIEW - Issue for July 15, 1956
Lancaster, PA 1956 first edition. American Physical Society. Volume 103, second series, number 2. pp.267-506p. Stamp of "Oppenheim, A" on front cover. VG++. text clean and fine. (a109938)
$49.00Chew, Geoffrey F. THEORETICAL CALCULATION OF THE INLASTIC SCATTERING OF 90-MEV NEUTRONS BY DEUTERONS - article in one complete issue of THE PHYSICAL REVIEW - Issue for November 15, 1951
Lancaster, PA 1951 first edition. American Physical Society. Volume 84, second series, number 4. pp.267-506p. Chew contribution pp. 710-71. Many other important articles in issue as well. VG. (a109939)
$95.00. THE PHYSICAL REVIEW - Issue for December 15, 1956
Lancaster, PA 1956 first edition. American Physical Society. Volume 103, second series, number 6. pp.1495-1853. Stamp of "Oppenheim, A" on front cover. VG. text clean and fine. (a109940)
$49.00. THE PHYSICAL REVIEW - Issue for May 15, 1956
Lancaster, PA 1956 first edition. American Physical Society. Volume 102, second series, number 4. pp.933-1188. Stamp of "Oppenheim, A" on front cover. VG. text clean and fine. (a109941)
$49.00. THE PHYSICAL REVIEW - Issue for December 15, 1955
Lancaster, PA 1955 first edition. American Physical Society. Volume 100, second series, number 6. pp.1551-1916. Stamp of "Oppenheim, A" on front cover. VG. text clean and fine. (a109942)
$49.00Dehmelt, H G. PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE REORIENTATION OF ATOMS AND IONS ALIGNED BY ELECTRON IMPACT - letter contained in single complete issue of PHYSICAL REVIEW vol 103 no. 4 - august 15, 1956
Lancaster. 1956 first edition. American Physical Society. Original printed green 4to wraps. Issue paginated 839-1135. Dehmelt letter on pp. 1125-1126. Hans Dehmelt was awarded the Nobel in Physics in 1989 for his work with atomic and subatomic articles. VG owner stamp of "Oppenheim, A" on front cover; light cover wear; no ownership marks; text clean. (a109943)
$90.00Dyson, Freeman J. SCATTERING OF MESONS BY A FIXED SCATTERER - article contained in single complete issue of PHYSICAL REVIEW vol 100 no. 4 - October 1, 1955
Lancaster. 1955 first edition. American Physical Society. Original printed green 4to wraps. Issue paginated 1-422. Dyson report on pp. 344-348. VG owner stamp of "Oppenheim, A" on front cover; light cover wear; no ownership marks; text clean. (a109944)
$150.00Chew, G F and F E Low. EFFECTIVE-RANGE APPROACH TO THE LOW ENERGY p-WAVE PION-NUCLEON INTERACTION - and - THEORY OF PHOTOMESON PRODUCTION AT LOW ENERGIES - 2 articles contained in single complete issue of PHYSICAL REVIEW vol 101 no. 5 - March 1, 1956
Lancaster. 1956 first edition. American Physical Society. Original printed green 4to wraps. Issue paginated 1441-1618. Chew and Low articles pp. 1570-1587. VG+ , almost no wear; owner stamp of "Oppenheim, A" on front cover; text clean; binding secure. (a109945)
$140.00Lee, T D and C N Yang. MANY-BODY PROBLEM IN QUANTUM STATISTICAL MECHANICS. I - GENERAL FORMULATION - article in one complete issue of THE PHYSICAL REVIEW, March 1, 1959
Lancaster, PA 1959 first edition. original bluegreen 4to wraps. volume 113, second series, number 5. The first presentation of the Lee Yang "Many Body Problem" appears on pp. 1165-77. Complete issue paginated 1163-1378. VG, just slight wear; no owner marks; text clean and binding secure. Pictures available on request. (a109951)
$280.00. THE PHYSICAL REVIEW - Issue for August 1, 1957
Lancaster, PA 1957 first edition. American Physical Society. Volume 107, second series, number 3. pp. 645-913 . VG+, text clean and fine. Binding secure; only slight cover wear. No owner marks. (a109950)
$55.00. THE PHYSICAL REVIEW - Issue for November 15, 1957
Lancaster, PA 1957 first edition. American Physical Society. Volume 108, second series, number 4. pp.911-1105 . VG+, text clean and fine. Binding secure; only slight cover wear. No owner marks. (a109949)
$55.00. THE PHYSICAL REVIEW - Issue for September 15, 1955
Lancaster, PA 1955 first edition. American Physical Society. Volume 99, second series, number 6. pp.1667-1959. Stamp of "Oppenheim, A" on front cover. VG. text clean and fine. Binding secure; only slight cover wear. (a109948)
$49.00Lee, T D and C N Yang. CONSERVATION OF HEAVY PARTICLES AND GENERALIZED GAUGE TRANSFORMATIONS - article in one complete issue of THE PHYSICAL REVIEW, June 1, 1955
Lancaster, PA 1955 first edition. American Physical Society. Original green printed 4to wraps. Lee and Yang article p. 1501. Issue paginated 1213-1569. VG , almost no wear at all; owner name stamp (A. Oppenheim) on front cover; text clean and binding secure. Lee and Yang were awarded the Nobel prize in 1957 for their work on parity. (a109947)
$150.00Mracek, Franz. ATLAS DER SYPHILIS UND DER VENERISCHEN KRANKHEITEN MIT EINEM GRUNDRISS DER PATHOLOGIE UND THERAPIE DERSELBEN (edition with 81 plates)
Munich 1908 (1897). Lehmann's Medizinische Handatlanten Bd. 6. In German. Hardcover. Small octavo, 218pp., 81 plates (most color chromolithography) many showing highly unpleasant effects of syphilis on the human body; publishers advertisments- many illustrated- at end of text. Original lime green embossed gilt-lettered boards. Good, evidence of cracks on the spine which have been repaired professionally and two small chips in cloth on spine, slight foxing on fore-edges and occasionally in text. Hinges not cracked. Binding secure. All plates VG or better. (a54108)
$84.00(railroads). PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD TIMETABLES (CORRECTED TO FEBRUARY 1931)
1931. Sm.4to., 84pp. (double column text with two page numbers per page so actually only 42 pages), wraps. VG. (a77404)
$29.00(canada) Canadian Pacific railroad. WESTERN CANADA AND THE CANADIAN ROCKIES BY CANADIAN PACIFIC
c. 1950 Canadian Pacific Railways. Sm.4to., 16pp., color illustrations, wraps. Near Fine. Souvenir brochure. (a77405)
$22.00Duggan, Alfred. THE LADY FOR RANSOM
NY 1953 first edition. Weybright. Hardcover octavo. 279p. Historical fiction based on real knigh Roussel de Bailliol, in the 11th century wars against the Seljuk Turks. Fine, on owner marks. in VG dj. (price not clipped, no tears, no chips. on dj.) (a109928 )
$22.00Greenberg, Dolores . FINANCIERS AND RAILROADS 1869 - 1889 A STUDY OF MORTON, BLISS & COMPANY
Neward 1980 first edition. University of Delaware. Hardcover octav. 286p. Several text maps. Boldly owner signed on front end paper o/w near Fine. no wear. in VG dj with light edge fraying . (a109929)
$37.00Harrison, Frederic. THEOPHANO - THE CRUSADE OF THE TENTH CENTURY
London 1904 first edition. Chapman and Hall. Hardcover large octavo. Red cloth with gilt lettering. 343p. Historical novel. VG light overall wear; hinges not cracked; binding secure; no owner marks. no dj. (a109930)
$39.00De Amicis, Edmondo. SPAIN AND THE SPANIARDS (2 vols with original djs and box)
Philadelphia 1895 Coates. Octavo. Red cloth Hardcover. Two volumes. Translated from the 10th edition of the Italian by Stanley Rhoads Yarnall. Vol 1: 293pp., 23 fine photogravure illustrations; vol 2: 292pp., 24 fine photogravure illustrations, fine folding color map. Top edges gilt. Very attractive gilt filigree design on boards, with gilt spine labels. Books are Near Fine in VG DJs, original red linen djs, some fraying on top edges and spines of dj are moderately toned. No owner marks. In Fair red cloth covered box with gilt lettering, box is still intact but worn and cracking at edges. Set of 2 beautiful volumes: (a40363)
$100.00Moore, Edward C and Richard S Robin (eds). STUDIES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF CHARLES SANDERS PEIRCE , second series
Amherst 1964 first edition. University of Massachusetts. Hardcover sm4to. 525p. Exlibrary with all usual marks. no dj. VG. binding secure; text clean. (a109932)
$29.00Curtis George William. ARS RECTE VIVENDI BEING ESSAYS CONTRIBUTED TO THE EASY CHAIR
NY 1898 first edition. Harper. 136p. Hardcover sm octavo. Owner bookplate and owner signature ( Paul R. Carr) Good plus, lust light wear. hinges unbroken; text clean but slightly toned. no dj. (a109933)
$24.00Wallace, Susanne Bagley. HARVEST AND OTHER POEMS (signed, presentation copy)
NY 1932 first edition. Paebar. Hardcover thin royal octavo. Illustrations by Elizabeth Holland. 22p. Book dedicated to Sarah Lawrence College. VG .no dj. **Signed presentation copy from Bagley to "Russell." One of the hardest titles by Wallace to find. (a109934)
$37.00Bayne, S G. A FANTASY OF MEDITERRANEAN TRAVEL
NY 1909 first edition. Harper. 104p. Photo illustrations. Pictorial cover of man lounging in a deck chair looking out at Egypt. Boldly owner signed inside front cover. VG no dj. binding secure; text clean. Cruise memoir of travel in lands bordering the Mediterranean. (a109935)
$25.00Hubbard, Bernard R. SJ. CRADLE OF THE STORMS (signed)
NY 1935 3rd printing of first edition. Dodd Mead. Hardcover royal octavo. 285pp., maps on endpapers, photo illus. Frontispiece photo portrait of Hubbard and his dog. Author sailed from Seattle to tip of Alaskan Peninsula, on the way scaling the Aghileen Pinnacles and crossing the Valley of 10,000 Smokes. Good plus, lettering mostly worn from backstrip; hinges not cracked; text clean; binding secure; no dj. (a109936)
$35.00Fraser, Thomas R. A CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF THE ACTION OF INDIAN COBRA POISON
article on pp. 183-190 in single complete issue of Proceedings of the Royal Society for March 23, 1904. vol LXXIII no. 491. Original pale green printed octavo wraps. other articles in issue as well. VG. no ownership marks. (a109937)
$39.00Pasha, Emin; Georg Schweitzer; R W Felkin (intro). EMIN PASHA HIS LIFE AND WORK COMPILED FROM HIS JOURNALS, LETTERS, SCIETIFIC NOTES AND FROM OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS (2 vols, complete)
Wastminster 1898 first edition. Constable. Two royal octavo hardcover volumes in blue cloth with gilt lettering. One very large color folout map (map near Fine, paper attaching map to book has a taped tear, not affecting map at all . ) 330p. 339p. Owner bookplates. Spine labels removed at some point which faint indication of where labels once were on spines. Hinges not cracked in or out; one inch along board edge of vol 2 rubbed. VG. no dj. Pasha was a Jewish Ottoman Empire physician and governor of Egypt in 19thc. (a109931)
$160.00