The Nature of Human Nature.
8 Illus. Small 8vo, cloth. N.Y., (1966). First U.S. edn. Very good. More
8 Illus. Small 8vo, cloth. N.Y., (1966). First U.S. edn. Very good. More
New York: Harper, 1966. Illustrated sparingly in black and white. 222 pages. Small 8vo, salmon cloth, d.w. (price-clipped, slightly edgeworn). New York: Harper & Row, (1966). First U.S. edition. Very good(+) in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale. 1797. 174pp. 8vo, modern wrappers. Edges rough; a few small stains, but a very good uncut copy. Paris, De L'Imprimerie Nationale. An VI, (1797). An interesting and valuable account on the progress of the work of the French scientists during the second year of the founding of the Institut National. The first part contains an account by Dupont de Nemours' on the behavior patterns of dogs, foxes, wolves, etc. There is also a long discussion of Talleyand's..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1973. Illustrated. 777 pages. Thick 4to., red cloth boards. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1973). A very good(+) copy. More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1879. Black & white illustrations. 511pp. Tall 8vo, cloth; top & bottom of spine fraying, corners bumped & front inner hinge cracking. Washington; Government Printing Office, 1879. Good. More
New York: Grove, 2005. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 246 pages. 8vo, light gray boards, dust wrapper attached to boards. New York: Grove, (2005). A very good ex-library copy in a very good dust wrapper, that has been affixed to both endpapers. Library stamp on back free end paper, a few pages with minor stains in margins. More
Rome: 1939. 4-11 Ottobre 1938- XVI. 2 vols. 4to, printed boards; soiled. Roma, 1939. Text in Italian. More
New York: Random House, 2001. Foreword by Dr. C. Everett Koop. Illustrated. xiv + 366 pages, 8vo, boards, d.w. New York: Random House, (2001). First edition. A very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Oxford: Clarendon, 1940. Illustrated throughout with mathematical formulae. xviii, 451pp. Thick 8vo, gilt-lettered blue cloth. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1940. First Edition. Occasional small penciled annotatopns, otherwise very good (+) copy. The first of his three books on the history of mathematics. With extensive bibliography. More
U.S. Geological Survey, 1915. 154 fine lithographic plates, some folding and with captions. Monograph series 2. 4to, plain library wrappers; (spine unglued, spine label torn, corners a bit bumped, previous owner's name stamp). N.p.: U.S. Geological Survey/American Museum of Natural History, 1915. Internally near fine. More
London: Witherby, 1962. Colored frontispiece and many pother black & white illustrations. 8vo, tan cloth. London: Witherby, (1962). First Edition. Very good (+). More
London: John Van Voorst, 1847. xii, 343pp. Thick 8vo, original blind- stamped brown cloth with gilt-lettered spine (cloth is just a bit edgeworn); uncut edges. London: John Van Voorst, 1847. First Edition. A very good(+) copy. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1950. Illustrated. 352 pages, 8vo, orange cloth, d.w.; closed tear to rear panel of dust wrapper. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1950. Anear fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
New York: J. & J. Harper, 1833. Illustrated with 9 folding copper plates (number 8 is present but detached). 432 pages, tall 8vo, full calf with red leather spine label. New York: J. & J. Harper, 1833. Small stain on front cover and some foxing throughout, still a very good copy. Previous owners name on fly-leaf. More
New York: Abrams, 1993. 385 illustrations, including 361 full-color plates. 446 pages, large 4to, cloth, d.w. New York: Abradale Press/Harry N. Abrams, (1993). A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
London: Woodward / Davis, 1741. In Two Parts, The First Containing The Theory, The Second The Practice of the Said Art. Translated from the Latin. Illustrated with Copper Plates. 8vo, lacks binding but still firmly sewn. London: Tho. Woodward & C. Davis, 1741. First Edition. The margins are close cropped, but the text is clean except for occasional old marginal notes & careful holograph deletion of words. More
Boston: 1930. illustrated. Short 4to, 1/2 cloth; edges of boards a bit worn. Boston: Printed for the Society, 1930. Very good. Milestones. More
5 vols. Pr. wrs. Vols. 3 and 4; cloth, d.w. vols. 1, 2 and 5. Cambridge, England, 1962-1966. More
New York: William Morrow, 1981. 348 pages. 8vo, black cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: William Morrow, 1981. Ownership signature and top edges foxed, else very good in very good(-) dust wrapper. More
New York: 1977. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York, 1977. More
New York: Editions de la Maison Francaise, 1944. 2 volumes. 395; 303 pages with text in French. Short 8vo, original pictorial color wrappers; uncut edges, mostly unopened. New York: Editions de la Maison Francaise, (1944). A very good(+) copy. More
Comptes Rendus, 1907. 4 pages (422-425) in Comptes Rendus Des Seances de L'Adademie Des Sciences Volume 145, No. 8, 8vo, modern paper wrappers. Comptes Rendus, 1907. A near fine copy. Footnote makes reference to her paper of July 21, 1902. More
Paris: Comptes Rendus, 1902. 4 pages (pp. 548-551) IN: Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances, de l'Academie des Sciences, vol. 132, no. 9. Several illustrations. Paris, 1902. Disbound, now in modern wrappers. Overall a very good copy with mostly unopened pages. Curie and Debierne worked on the phenomenon of the persistance of induced radioactivity; their experiments could be explained by Rutherford's theory of emanation (radon), a radioactive gas emitted by radium. DSB, III, pp. 506-8. More
Paris: 1904. Illustrated with graphs. 4 pages (pp. 748-751) IN: Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires Academie des Sciences, Vol. 138, no. 12. Slim 4to, modern wrappers. Paris, 1904. First Edition. Offered entire. A very good(+) copy. More
Comptes Rendus, 1900. 4 pages (73-76) in: Comptes Rendus des Seances de L'Adademie des Sciences Volume 130, No. 2. IN THE SAME ISSUE: SKLODOWSKA-CURIE, Marie. Sur la Penetration des Rayons de Becquerel non Deviables par le Champ Magnetique. 4 pages (76-79). Slim 8vo, modern printed wrappers. Paris: Comptes Rendus des Seances de L'Academie des Sciences, 1900. A very good(+) copy "Pierre Curie had just demonstrated that there are at least two different kinds of rays, subsequently known as A and..... More
Your web site is among the very best offered in the antiquarian book trade, but more than that, it represents the store and its web business in a professional manner.
I just received a book I ordered. I wanted to tell you how pleased I was with the condition of the book and especially how it was meticulously wrapped for shipment. I order a lot of books and your service far exceeds what I normally see from book dealers. I hope in the future I'll be able to find books I need at your book store. Keep up the good work.