Handbuch der Astronomie
Leipzig: Teubner, 1963. Translated by K. Manitius. 2 volumes, 8vo, many illustrative diagrams. Blue cloth, edgeworn d.w. Leipzig: Teubner, 1963. Scarce. A fine pair in very good(-) dust wrappers. More
Leipzig: Teubner, 1963. Translated by K. Manitius. 2 volumes, 8vo, many illustrative diagrams. Blue cloth, edgeworn d.w. Leipzig: Teubner, 1963. Scarce. A fine pair in very good(-) dust wrappers. More
Paris: Courcier, 1820. 9 folding plates. Square 4to, contemporary 1/2 calf, gilt spine; (slight wear to edges of corners), marbled boards. Paris: Courcier, 1820. Second edition. Internally a fine copy. Author was a colonel and surveyor with the French Army in Pyrenees-Orient and Spain beginning in 1792. Later he became a professor of mathematics at several schools including the Military School of Fontainebleau. Brunet 8008. More
Nancy: Grimblot, 1847. 147 pages, 69 pages of tables, errata leaf and 5 folding black & white plates. Slim 8vo, 1/2 tan calf, green leather spine label. Nancy: Grimblot et Veuve Raybois, 1847. First Edition. A very Good(+) copy. More
New York: Ivison, Blakeman, 1876. Edited by Daniel Fish. 176 pages, slim 12mo, black leather backed pictorial boards, quite rubbed, text is clean and tight. New York: Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co., 1876. Scarce. More
New York: Ivison, Blakeman, 1875. 2 folding plates at rear. 8vo, full contemporary calf with black leather spine label. New York: Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor, (1875). Robinson's Mathematical Series, newly electrotyped edition. More
New York: Ivison, Blakeman, 1875. 8vo, full contemporary calf with black leather spine label (chipped). New York: Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor, (1875). Robinson's Mathematical Series, newly electrotyped edition. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1938. xxviii, 483pp. Short thick 4to, smooth blue cloth with gilt-lettered spine. Cambridge: university Press, 1938. First Edition. A near fine copy. More
Norwich: Thomas Hubbard, 1802. 105 pages. Slim 12mo, fly leaf loose, contemporary cloth-covered calf, well-rubbed. Norwich: Printed and Sold by Thomas Hubbard, 1802. Third Edition. Good. Early American Imprint. More
Paris: Alcan, 1920. Tall slim 8vo, 202p., crimson leather backed marbled boards (rubbed). Paris: Alcan, 1920. Very good Scarce doctoral thesis. More
Philadelphia: 1826. Slim 4to, original full polished calf; (corners bumped). Philadelphia: Printed for the author, by William Fry, 1826. Second Edition. Very Good (+). Also includes A Complete Cent Table: The Whole Computed at Six Per Cent. More
Munich: Drei Masken, 1930. Translated into German by E. J. Gumbel and W. Gordon. 212 pages. 8vo, original gray printed wrappers (light wear at spine ends). Munich: Drei Masken, 1930. A very good(+) copy, with ownership signature of art historian Meyer Schapiro. More
New York: Langley, 1839. 391 pages Small 8vo, full calf, black leather spine label. New York: J. & H. G. Langley, 1839. Fourth Edition. Some foxing, still a very good copy. More
Berlin: Veb Deutscher Verlag Der Wissenschaften, 1957. 438 pages. 4to., stamped boards in clear plastic protective wrapper. Berlin: Veb Deutscher Verlag Der Wissenschaften, 1957. A very good(+) copy. A dual language book: translated from Russian into English by Dr. Martin Strauss, translated into German by Christa Berg and Dr. Lothar Berg. More
New York: Random House, 1997. Illustrated. xii + 241 pages, 8vo, black cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Random House, (1997). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1882. 3 volumes bound in 1. Translated from the English by O. Chemin. xviii, 336; x, 295; viii, 220pp. Thick 8vo, bound in simple older 3/4 black morocco over marbled boards (well-rubbed but tight and attractive; light dampstains in upper corner of first 50 pages). Original blue wrappers bound-in. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1882, 1891, 1892. A very good copy of the first French edition. Premiere Partie: Lignes et surfaces du premier et du seconde ordre. Deuxieme Partie: Theorie generale..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. xiii + 282 pages, 8vo, red boards. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1989). A near fine copy. Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Its Applications, Volume 25. More
New York: Springer-Verlag, 1995. 490 pages. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. New York: Springer-Verlag, (1995). A near fine copy, very minor scuffing on boards, one bumped corner. In this book, the author presents a complete course in TEX which will be suitable for users of TEX who want to advance beyond the basics. More
Illustrated with 11 figures and other mathematical formulae. 64 pages, staple-bound in 3 sections (1-44; 45-56; 8pp addendum). Large thin 8vo pamphlet, original green printed wrappers (wraps are mostly faded to brown and lightly edgeworn; covers detached but present with only slight loss of paper around staples). Graz: In Selbstverlag des Verfassers, 1952. First edition. A very good copy of this uncommon scientific work. More
New York: Wiley, 1954. Mathematical equations throughout. xv+ 294 pages, 8vo, blue cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper rubbed and scuffed but largely intact. New York: John Wiley & Sons, (1954). First edition. Very minor penciling on front endpaper, else clean. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. Classic analysis of the subject and the development of personal probability; one of the greatest controversies in modern statistcal thought. More
Paris: Chez Lacombe, 1766. Copperplate frontispiece with tissue guard. 8vo, 536 pages + 4, full brown calf, lightly rubbed, ornately gilt spine, green leather spine label, marbled edges and endpapers. Paris: Chez Lacombe, 1776. Very good (+). This volume deals with arithmetic, algebra, geometry, astronomy, sundial, timing, navigation, optics, mechanics, hydraulics, acoustics and music, geography, civil architecture, military architecture and naval architecture. More
90 pages. Slim 8vo, original printed wrappers (worn). Berlin: Julius Springer, 1920. Third edition enlarged. A good copy. Printed on wood pulp paper, ownership stamp & signature, underlining in pencil. More
Boston: Birkhauser, 1988. Edited by Card de Boor. Frontis. xviii + 405 pages, 8vo, brown cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper and lightly rubbed & dusty. Boston: Birkhauser, 1988. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Berlin: Springer, 1960. 355 pages, yellow cloth, d.w. Berlin: Springer, 1960. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. Die Grundlehren der Mathematischen Wissenschaften...Band 103. Neat ownership signature, otherwise fine. More
New York: Butler, Sheldon & Company, 1878. Illustrated with tables and charts. 348 pages. 12mo, black leather-backed cloth boards; corners bumped, covers lightly shelf-worn. New York: Butler, Sheldon & Company, 1878. First edition. A very good copy. More
74 pages. Slim 8vo, original orange pictorial wrappers. Garden City: Doubleday, (1954). First edition. A fine copy save for neat ownership signature on flyleaf. More
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