Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie, A Tale of Love & Fallout
New York: Harper, 2011. Illustrated extensively with the drawings of Lauren Redniss. 208 pages, 4to, pictorial boards. New York: Harper, 2011. A fine copy. More
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Reminiscences of Seventy Years' Life, Travel, and Adventure; Military and Civil; Scientific and Literary.; Volume I: Soldiering in India. Volume II: Civil Service in Sheerness and Chatham Dockyards; Home and Foreign Travel.
London: Eliot Stock, 1893. 2 volumes. xvi, 558; viii, 574 pages, plus 16pp of ads. Thick 8vo, original gilt-lettered brown cloth (spine ends neatly repaired; first several pages torn at top edge but otherwise an unread copy with unopened pages). London: Elliot Stock, 1893. First edition. A very good copy. More
Channel Underground; A New Survey of the Channel Tunnel Question.
illus. 8vo, cloth. London: Pall Mall, (1961). vg. More
Nebulae and Galaxies.
New York: Thomas Crowell, 1964. Numerous illustrations. 264pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: Thomas Crowell, (1964). Very good. More
The History of Astronomy.
London: Abelard-Schuman, 1952. Translated by Betty Burr Abetti. 41 Illustrations. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. London: Abelard-Schuman, (1952). Very good. More
Brasil 500 Passaros
Brasilia: Eletronorte. Filled with color drawings of 500 Brazilian birds. 251pp., folio, pictorial boards; covers slightly bowed, lacks accompanying CD. Brasilia: Eletronorte, no date, circa 2000. A very good copy, internally clean. More
Scientific Paradoxes and Problems and their Solutions.
London: 1925. Small 8vo, blue cloth. London, 1925. Very good. More
Science in the Changing World.
London: Allen & Unwin, 1933. 286pp., 12mo, green cloth. London: George Allen & Unwin, (1933). Very good. More
Archaeological Illustration
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. Many black & white illustrations throughout the text. 259 pages, tall slim 8vo, glossy white pictorial bboards. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1989). Fine. More
Antennae: An Introduction the Their Theory
Oxford: Clarendon, 1946. Filled with equations, tables, graphs. viii + 265 pages, 8vo, black cloth; ink ownership stamp inside front cover, some foxing to inside covers and endpapers, covers rubbed. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1946. Text is clean and bright, a very good copy. More
Description of a Relay Calculator.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1949. 36 photo plates, numerous text figures and tables. 366 pages, 4to, blue cloth, d.w.; glue residue from removed bookplate inside front cover, dust wrapper chipped along edges, rubbed. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, (1949). Number 24 in the Annals of the Computation Laboratory which was headed by Aiken, this volume is "A description of the relay calculator formerly known as Mark II, that was built by the Computation Laboratory for the Bureau of Ordnance of the... More
Bristol Jupiter Series VII & VII.F Aero Engines
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1930. Many b/w illustrations and diagrams, some folding and with spot colors. 265 pages of text. 8vo, cloth-backed printed boards, lightly edgeworn. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, November 1930. Early edition. ownership signature in red pencil, still a very good copy of this uncommon manual. Air Publication 1394. 1st edition, May 1930. More
A History of Metals. VOLUME TWO ONLY
New York: Interscience, 1960. xvii + continued pagination from volume One, 305-647pp., tall 8vo, cloth; ex lib., library card pocket, and library stamps. New York: Interscience Publishers, 1960. A very good copy. VOLUME TWO ONLY. More
Who Invented the Telephone?
London: Blackie and Son, 1939. x + 196 pages, 12mo, green cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper worn. London: Blackie and Son Limited, (1939). A very good(+) copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
The Measure of All Things; The Seven-Year Odyssey and Hidden Error that Transformed the Earth.
Color Frontis., b/w illus. 422pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Free Press, (2002). vg Pierre Mechain and Jean Delambre's experiments to measure the distance between the North pole and the equator. More
Human Nature: Darwin's View.
New York: Columbia University Press, 1985. 241pp. 8vo, cloth, dust wrapper. New York: Columbia University Press, (1985). Very good. More
The Tyranny of Time.
New York: Philosophical Library, 1947. 275pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: Philosophical Library, (1947). Very good. An introduction to atomic energy. More
A Wind to Shake the World; The Story of the 1938 Hurricane.
Boston: Little Brown, 1976. Illus., 8vo, 1/2 tan boards, d.w. lightly soiled. Boston: Little Brown, (1976). More
Gold! The romantic history of the yellow metal that since caveman days has incited murder and war, inspired poets and artists, lured explorers and adventurers, and borne the commerce of the world.
New York: Thomas Crowell, 1964. Some black-and-white illustrations. 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: Thomas Y. Cromwell, (1964). Very good. More
Celebration a Lyon du centenaire de la mort d'Andre-Marie Ampere 1836-1936.
Lyon: Chalumeau, 1936. Compte rendu des Journees 5,6,7 et 8 Mars 1936. Numerous plates and text illustrations. 2 vols, 4to, original printed wrappers; upper hinge of vol. I worn.(Lyon: Chalumeau, 1936). Very good. Among the papers presented at this conference in honor of the great French physicist who formulated the mathematical basis of electro-dynamics were contributions by Jean-Baptiste Perrin, Auguste Lumiere, Maurice Broglie, and Frederic and Irene Joliot-Curie. More
Modern Road Building and Maintenance: Principles and Practice
Chicago: Hercules Powder Co., 1915. Black & white illustrations throughout. 146 pages, tall slim 8vo, original gray pictorial wrappers, paper label for title on spine. (Chicago): Hercules Powder Co., circa 1915. Very Good. Large chapter on explosives. More
The Structure of the Atom.
London: Bell, 1923. Illustrations and graphs. 8vo, original blue cloth only lightly rubbed. London: Bell and Sons, 1923. First Edition. Very good (+). Andrade's reputation as a major physicist was established by his work on atomic structure. This is among his most important contributions. More
Early Books on Medicine Natural Sciences and Alchemy.
Lugano: L'Art Ancien. Frontispiece. 722 pages, printed on brittle browning paper, tall 8vo, red cloth (top of spine repaired). Lugano: L'Art Ancien, ca 1930. Very Good. More
Popular Treatise on Vegetable Physiology.
Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1842. Over 50 text woodcut illustrationa. 300pp. 12mo, original blind stamped brown cloth (rubbing to surface of covers and corners); some foxing. Philadelphia, 1842. Very Good (+). American edition of a work first published in London by the Society for the Promotion of Popular Instruction. More
Queries Respecting The Human Race, to be Addresses to Travellers and Others.
London: Taylor, 1841. Drawn Up by a Committee of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Appointed in 1839. 14 pages, scattered foxing, bound in 1/4 tan calf, green spine label, marbled boards. London: Richard and John Taylor, 1841. Scarce. Very Good (+). More