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Smith, W. Eugene. W. EUGENE SMITH MASTER - APERTURE MASTERS OF PHOTOGRAPHY
1999 first edition. Konemann. Aperture. Hardcover. 96p. All glossy stock. Fine quality reproductions. Fine in VG++ dj (just slight rubbing and wear on dj.) No owner marks. (a107000)
$67.00Lodge, Oliver. THE ELECTRICAL DEPOSITION OF DUST AND SMOKE, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE COLLECTION OF METALLIC FUME AND TO A POSSIBLE PURIFICATION OF THE ATMOSPHERE
London 1886. first edition. Octavo, pp. 520-529 with a text illustration of a device to purify the air . Removed from the Royal Institution of Great Britain vol XI. Rebound in later wraps. VG. no owner marks. (a106988)
$29.00Teale, T Pridgin. THE PRINCIPLES OF DOMESTIC FIREPLACE CONSTRUCTION
London 1886. first edition. Octavo, pp. 337-353 with 3 text illustrations . Removed from the Royal Institution of Great Britain vol XI. Rebound in later wraps. VG. no owner marks. (a106989)
$29.00Sanderson, J. Burdon. CHOLERA, ITS CAUSE AND PREVENTION
London 1885. first edition. Octavo, pp. 288-303 . Removed from the Royal Institution of Great Britain vol XI. Rebound in later wraps. Good. no owner marks. (a106990)
$29.00Horsley, Victor. THE MOTOR CENTRES OF THE BRAIN AND THE MECHANISM OF THE WILL
London 1885. first edition. Octavo, pp. 250-262 . Removed from the Royal Institution of Great Britain vol XI. Rebound in later wraps. VG. no owner marks. Horsley was the founder of neurosurgery in England ( Garrison and Morton.) (a106991)
$35.00Smith, Willoughby. VOLTA-ELECTRIC AND MAGNETO-ELECTRIC INDUCTION
London 1884. first edition. Octavo, pp. 119-130 with 5 text illus . Removed from the Royal Institution of Great Britain vol XI. Rebound in later wraps. VG. no owner marks. (a106992)
$29.00Stoney, G. Johnstone. HOW THOUGHT PRESENTS ITSELF IN NATURE
London 1885. first edition. Octavo, pp. 178-196 . Removed from the Royal Institution of Great Britain vol XI. Rebound in later wraps. VG. no owner marks. (a106993)
$29.00Romanes, George J . THE DARWINIAN THEORY OF INSTINCT
London 1884. first edition. Octavo, pp. 131-146 . Removed from the Royal Institution of Great Britain vol XI. Rebound in later wraps. VG. no owner marks. (a106994)
$35.00Gill, David. RECENT RESEARCHES ON THE DISTANCES OF THE FIXED STARS AND SOME FUTURE PROBLEMS IN SIDEREAL ASTRONOMY
London 1884. first edition. Octavo, pp. 91-106 with 4 text illus . Removed from the Royal Institution of Great Britain vol XI. Rebound in later wraps. VG. no owner marks. (a106995)
$29.00Bonney, T G. THE BUILDING OF THE ALPS
London 1884. first edition. Octavo, pp. 53-67 . Removed from the Royal Institution of Great Britain vol XI. Rebound in later wraps. VG. no owner marks. (a106996)
$29.00Langley, J N. THE PHYSIOLOGICAL ASPECT OF MESMERISM
London 1884. first edition. Octavo, pp. 25-43 . Removed from the Royal Institution of Great Britain vol XI. Rebound in later wraps. VG. no owner marks. (a106997)
$39.00Boys, C Vernon. BICYCLES AND TRICYCLES IN THEORY AND IN PRACTICE
London 1884. first edition. Octavo, pp. 13-24 . Removed from the Royal Institution of Great Britain vol XI. Rebound in later wraps. Good plus, toned lightly. no owner marks. (a106998)
$29.00. INKUNABELN ALTE DRUCKE BIS 1600
Munchen. 1992 first edition. Auction catalogue for sale 4. Mai 1992. F. Zisska & R. Kistner. 4to. Red wraps. Color and bw illus. In German. 350p. 1174 items in sale. Near Fine. no owner marks. just slight extreme tip wear. (a106999)
$36.00Grubb, Howard. TELESCOPIC OBJECTIVES AND MIRRORS: THEIR PREPARATION AND TESTING
London 1886. first edition. Octavo, pp. 413-432 . Removed from the Royal Institution of Great Britain vol XI. Rebound in later wraps. VG. no owner marks. (a106987)
$29.00Anderson, William . ON NEW APPLICATIONS OF THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF CORK TO THE ARTS
London 1886. first edition. Octavo, pp. 436-449 with 5 text illustrations . Removed from the Royal Institution of Great Britain vol XI. Rebound in later wraps. VG. no owner marks. (a106986)
$29.00Thomson, William. CAPILLARY ATTRACTION
London 1886. first edition. Octavo, pp. 483-507 with 30 text illustrations . Removed from the Royal Institution of Great Britain vol XI. Rebound in later wraps. VG. no owner marks. (a106985)
$39.00Tyndall, John. THOMAS YOUNG, EARLY LIFE AND STUDIES
London 1886. first edition. Octavo, pp. 553-588 . Removed from the Royal Institution of Great Britain vol XI. Rebound in later wraps. VG. no owner marks. Thomas Young, 1773 - 1829 , "British polymath" (Wikipedia.) (a106984)
$39.00Dewar, James. RECENT RESEARCHES ON METEORITES
London 1884. first edition. Octavo, pp. 541-552 with foldout illustrated plate "Apparatus for Solidifying Oxygen" . Removed from the Royal Institution of Great Britain vol XI. Rebound in later wraps. VG. no owner marks. (a106983)
$29.00Hughes, D E. THEORY OF MAGNETISM
London 1884. first edition. Octavo, pp. 1-10. Removed from the Royal Institution of Great Britain vol XI. Rebound in later wraps. VG. no owner marks. (a106982)
$29.00Silfverskiold, Nils. ORTHOPAEDISCHE STUDIE UEBER HEMIPHELGIA SPASTICA INFANTILIS
Stockholm 1924 first edition. Acta Chirurgica Scandinavia sup V. octavo wraps. 242p. photo illus. In German. VG , cover edges frayed ; no owner marks. (a106981)
$65.00Bigelow, Timothy. AN ORATION PRONOUNCED AT CAMBRIDGE BEFORE THE PHI BETA KAPPA AT THEIR ANNUAL MEETING
Boston 1797 Manning & Loring. Note in ink on title page says that the oration is "On the principles of the Institution." Octavo, 15pp., later wraps. Signed by L. Saltonstall on top of title page. Good. (a66618)
$150.00Nordquist, Joan (comp.). GEORGE BATAILLE A BIBLIOGRAPHY
Santa Cruz 1994. Reference and Research Services. Social Theory No. 33. Octavo, 60pp., wraps. VG. no ownership marks. (a32760)
$22.00(literature). ACCENT A QUARTERLY OF NEW LITERATURE - 38 ISSUES 1941-1960
Urbana 1944-1960. 38 issues of this important 'little magazine.' Vol. 1 No. 4 (Summer 1941); Vol. 2, No. 2 (Winter 1942, 4 (Summer 1942); ; Vol. 3, No. 4 (Summer 1943); Vol. 4, No.3 (Spring 1944), 4 (Summer 1944); Vol. 7, No. 2 (Autumn 1946); Vol. 8, No. 1 (Autumn 1947), 3 (Spring 1948), 4 (Summer 1948); Vol. IX, No. 4 (Summer 1949); Vol. X, No. 3 (Spring 1950), 4 (Autumn 1950); Vol. XI, No. 1 (Winter 1951), 2 (Spring 1951), 3 (Summer 1951), 4 (Autumn 1951); Vol. XII, No. 2 (Spring 1952); Vol. XIII, No. 1 (Winter 1953), 2 (Spring 1953), 3 (Summer 1953); Vol.XIV, No. 4 (Autumn 1954); Vol. XV, No. 1 (Winter 1955), 2 (Spring 1955), 4 (Autumn 1955); Vol. XVI, No. 1 (Winter 1956); 2, (Spring 1956); 3 (Summer 1956), 4 (Autumn 1956); Vol. XVII, No. 1 (Winter 1957), 3 (Summer 1957); Vol. XVIII, No. 1 (Winter 1958); 2, (Spring 1958); 3 (Summer 1958), 4 (Autumn 1958); Vol. XIX, No. 4 (Autumn 1959); Vol. XX, No. 1 (Winter 1960), 3 (Summer 1960), 4 (Autumn 1960). Contributors include Eudora Welty, Wallace Stevens, John Hawkes, Edward Abbey, William Gass, Italio Calvino, Randall Jarrell, William Sansom, Bertold Brecht, E.E. Cummings and numerous other major writers of the period. Issues are VG, occasional light soiling, one or two small closed tears or tiny chips, one or two issues have owner signature on the front. Set of 38 issues: (a38231)
$290.00Erskine, Barbara Peattie. THE LITTLE POEMS OF BARBARA ERSKINE
1916 1st Ralph C. Erskine. Lg.8vo., 74pp., illustration, original printed hardcover. Owner signed. VG, light marginal dry stain on first few leaves, light wear. (k1526)
$59.00(literature). THE NOVELIST AND HISTORY - one complete issue of L'ESPRIT CREATEUR for Fall, 1975
1975. Complete issue of L'Esprit Createur. Articles in English and in French. Includes: Germaine Bree on Gide, Eugenia Osgood: Surrealist Synthesis of History; Walter Langlois on Malraux; George Bauer on Sartre and and interview with Michel Deguy. Octavo, 105pp., original printed wraps. VG, light wear, light soiling. (a65419)
$30.00Douglas, Lord Alfred. ROSSIAD, SATIRE BY LORD ALFRED DOUGLAS
Llondon 1916 second edition. Printed and Published bty Robert Dawson & Son, Galashiels, Scotland. 15p. Satirical Poem. Octavo wraps. No wear but a bit of light brown age spotting on cover panels. In matching custom-made folding hardcover case. Unusually nice condition for this Very Scarce work. No owner marks. Pictures available on request. VG+ in Near Fine case (slight area where price tag once affixed is lighty rubbed and there is one tiny rubbed spot on inside of case - very minor.) (a106978)
$350.00Edward J. Humphreys, M.D. (editor). AMERICAN ASSOCIATION ON MENTAL DEFICIENCY PROCEEDINGS AND ADDRESSES OF THE 63rd ANNUAL SESSION HELD AT CHICAGO
1939 Journal of Psycho-Asthenics. Blue printed wraps. 8vo., 214p. ads. Articles include: Genetics of Phenylpyruvic Oligophrenia by George Jervis, Role of Syphilis in Production of Mental Deficiency by Robert R Hays; A Study of LIttle's Disease by Karl Quinn and much more. VG. Hard-to-find. (a106979)
$65.00. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA - VOLUME XCII 1940
Philadelphia 1940 first edition. Academy of Natural Sciences. sm4to wraps. 375p. with large foldout plates and text illustrations. VG no owner marks. Articles include:Some Psammocharidae from Madagascar (Hymenopters) with 11 figs by Nathan Banks; Some Birds from Southern Colombia by James Bond, Collection Fishes obtained on the West Coast of Florida by Henry Fowler; Study of Syrphid Flied frm Madagascar by Frank Hull. (a106980)
$75.00Lynde, H H . THE SLENDER REED
NY 1949 first edition. Near Fine. VG dj. no owner marks. Novel about a widow and her personal growth. (a106977)
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