Die Einsteinsche Relativitatstheorie und ihr Historisches Fundament.
80 pages. Slim 8vo, original yellow printed wrappers; worn, back cover detached. Wien und Leipzig, 1920. More
80 pages. Slim 8vo, original yellow printed wrappers; worn, back cover detached. Wien und Leipzig, 1920. More
Oxford: Clarendon, 1996. 341pp. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996.First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Cambridge: MIT, 1987. Three volumes. Vol I; 549pp. Vol II; 685pp. Vol III; 541pp. 8vo, cloth (edges of spines bumped and slightly torn). Cambridge: MIT Press, (1987). A very good copy. Vol I: Foundations of Mathematics/The Real Number System and Algebra. Vol II: Geometry. Vol III: Analysis. More
New York: Dutton, 2006. Filled with exquisite color photographs taken by the Mars Rover. Foreword by Bill Nye. xi + 196 pages, square 4to, cloth, d.w. New York: Dutton, (2006). First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Williamsburg: Institute of Early American History, 1955. 85 pages. Slim 8vo, two-toned cloth. Williamsburg: Institute of Early American History, 1955. First edition. A near fine copy. More
Basal: 1745. Rare L.S. in French, signed "J. Bernoulli Pere", 4to. 1 page, Basal, December 26th 1745, (translated), writing to a friend in which they share the same surname, in full: "Although it appears that people in Paris think me no longer alive, since I have received no memoirs, no knowledge of the times, no items on Cabestan, nothing indeed of all the academy has had printed this year. I would nevertheless be mortified if you too were of those..... More
New York: Random House, 1964. 113pp. 12mo, black cloth, dust wrapper; d.w. edge-worn. New York: Random House, (1964). First Edition. More
New York: Random House, 1964. 113pp., small 8vo, black cloth, New York: Random House, (1964). Second Edition. A Fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Signed on the flyleaf. More
New York: Macmillan, 1964. 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: Macmillan, (1964). Very good. More
Paris: 1925. 1 page on heavy-stock construction paper, 5.75 x 9.25 inches, (Paris), no date, circa 1925. Signed "G. Bertrand" and written in French. Translated in part: "...I have come here as an apostle of Science, that inexhaustible solace of progress. I have found masters as passionate to teach as their students are to learn, but an organization that is too inadequate from the point from the point of view of scientific research. In exchange for some of the associations..... More
Lilienthal: 1807. Important A.L.S. "J.W. Bessel", 8vo. 2 pages, Lilienthal, December 10th 1807, in German, writing to fellow astronomer Carl Ludwig Harding who discovered Juno (a moon of Jupiter), concerning observational reports on Comet orbits that he is comparing with those reported by Olbers, which are included in this letter. He thanks Harding for sending along his map of comet Orbis and adds that observations of "their" comets are enclosed. Bessel stresses the point that the observations made with the..... More
Calgary: University of Calgary, 2016. Translated from the German by William Barr. Several maps, some black & white illustrations. 643 pages. Thick 8vo, pictorial wrappers. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, (2016). Faint pencil mark at bottom outer edge of pages, otherwise a fine copy. More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1955. xvi, 241 pages printed on thin woodpulp paper. Tall thin 8vo, original greenish printed wrappers; uncut edges. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1955. Deuxieme edition, revue et augmentee. Pages toned and with a neatly inked name on front endpaper, otherwise a fine copy. Collection de Logique Mathematique, Serie A. More
8vo, green cloth (spine darkened). Stuttgart: Frommanns, 1926. First Edition. Internally a fine copy. More
London: John Bevis, 1786. Celestial Atlas. Oblong folio (19 1/4" x 14 7/8"), leather spine over marble boards. "Table of the Stars" in gilt on spine. 51 uncolored engraved celestial charts. No frontispiece, title or index page. Individual charts with printed arms of the dedicatees (either academic institution or nobleman) beneath each image. Each annotated with pencil, possibly by Richard Alexander, the previous owner. Plates are generally in good condition with foxing and minor staining. First and last plates exhibit..... More
New York: Horizon Press, 1960. Frontispiece portrait in black and white, other illustrations. 330pp. 8vo, black cloth; inner rear hinge weak. New York: Horizon, (1960). More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1925. 8vo, blue cloth. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1925. First Edition. near fine. More
New York: 1949. 244pp. Small 8vo, cloth. New York, (1949). very good. More
Paris: Lecoffre, 1847. Redigee par F. L. M. Maupied. 3 vols. 8vo, 1/2 morocco; edgeworn, front hinge of volume 3 cracked, ex-lib. Paris: Jacques Lecoffre, 1847. Good. More
New York: Garland, 1992. 404pp. Thick 8vo, red-lettered silver boards. New York & London: Garland Publishing, 1992. A very near fine copy. Harvard Dissertations in the History of Science series. More
Seattle: University Of Wash. Press, 1960. 346 pages, 8vo, brown cloth, dust wrapper. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1960. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Amsterdam: Van Gogh Museum, 2000. Profusely illustrated in color & in black & white. 271pp., 4to, stiff pictorial wrappers. Amsterdam: Van Gogh Museum, 2000. Fine Exhibition catalogue. More
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1975. xv + 554pp., thick 8vo, cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper price clipped, lightly worn. Baton Rouge: Louisiana St. UP, (1975). A very good (+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Berlin: Himberg, 1792. 15 folding copper plates and a general map of the sky. Frontispiece portrait of Johann Bode. XXIV, 611 pages with some engraved vignettes and tables. Short thick 8vo, full contemporary mottled calf, red edges, ornately gilt spine with red spine label (leather crackled, some general browning to pages, inner hinges reinforced, small bookplate on inside front cover). Berlin: Himberg, 1792. Sixth revised edition. Very good. Guide to the knowledge of the starry sky. More
WITH: Zweyte Fortsezung. 2 works in 1. 10 folding copperplates, one in facsimile. 110, 138pp. 8vo, cont. boards (damaged); some worming on margins, no text damage. Stutgart: Johann Benedikt Mezler, 1786. First Editions. Two reports on the Walkiers de St. Amand electrical machine and various experiments conducted with it, by a German enthusiast. Between 1784 and 1791 Bohnenberger published seven reports on his scientific investigations in electricity. The Walkiers machine was also used by members of the Paris Academy of..... More
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