The Ultimate Guitar Book
New York: Knopf, 1991. Illustrated with color photographs. slim 4to, blue cloth, dust wrapper. New York: Knopf, 1991. A very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
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European and American Musical Instruments
London: Batsford, 1966. Color frontispiece with black-and-white drawings and photographs throughout. 174 pages, 4to, green cloth (corners bumped), dust wrapper (worn). London: Batsford, (1966). Very good(-). More
Microscopes & Accessories. Photomicrographic and Micro-Projection Apparatus Microtomes, Colorimeters, Optical Measuring Instruments and Refractometers
Roche: Bausch & Lomb, 1929. Many illustrations. xiii + 318 pages, 8vo, decorative, patterned cloth. Rochester: Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., (1929). Minor dampstaining at top margins of some pages & neat ownership signatures inside front cover and front free endpaper. Overall a very good copy. More
Manipulation of the Microscope
Rochester: Bausch & Lomb, 1897. Illustrated. 200 pages, thin 12mo, cloth; spine faded and a bit spotty. Rochester: The Bausch & Lomb Optical Company, 1897. Third edition. A very good copy. More
The Divided Circle: A History of Instruments for Astronomy, Navigation and Surveying
Oxford: Phaidon, 1987. 260 illustrations, including 16 in color. 224 pages, 4to, blue cloth, d.w. London: Phaidon & Christie's Limited, (1987). First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Antique Hearing Devices
London: Vernier, 1994. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs and reproductions. vi + 58 pages, tall thin 8vo, stiff pictorial wrappers. London: Vernier Press, (1994). A near fine copy of this scarce title. More
The Construction and Principal Uses of Mathematical Instruments. To which are added, the construction and uses of such instruments as are omitted by M. Bion; particularly of those invented or improved by the English. By Sdmund Stone.
London: Senex, 1723. 26 folding copper engraved plates. Folio, contemporary paneled calf, re-backed in a different shade of brown leather. vii, (1), 264 pages, some browning, heavy on the last 15 pages. Both sides of the rear fly-leaf contain a neat manuscript with diagram in a fine contemporary hand entitled: "Mr Flamsteed's Method of deliniating a Solar Eclipse upon a plain (sic) perpendicular to a Line which Connects the Center of the Sun and Earth & touches Lunar Orbit." London... More
The Classic Image: European History and Manufacture of the Lyre Guitar, 850-1840.
Cambridge: Magdalene College, 1972. 7 plates in color & in black & white, many text illustrations. 68 pages, slim 4to, brown simulated leather. Cambridge: Magdalene College, 1972. Limited Edition. Fine but for a small previous owners blind stamp on the half-title. Number 21 of 180 signed and numbered copies. More
Musical Instruments Through the Ages
London: Batchworth Press, Ltd., 1961. Illustrated (color and b/w). 323 plates. Folio, stamped tan cloth boards, edge-worn and faded mylar-covered wrapper. London: Batchworth Press, Ltd: London, 1961. A very good copy in a good wrapper. More
Surveying Instruments for Civil and Mining Engineers.
Boston: Buff & Buff, 1938. Illustrated throughout, and with a section at the back with photos of Buff & Buff transits, levels, theodolites, etc. on location, including the George Washington Bridge and the Oakland-Alameda Subway. 141 pages, slim 8vo, pictorial boards.. Boston: Buff & Buff Mfg. Co., 1938. Very good (+). More
Microscopes and Accessories for the Microscope
New York: Carl Zeiss, 1927. Interesting illustratations. 109 pages, thin 8vo, blue cloth, a bit edgeworn. New York: Carl Zeiss, 1927. A very good copy. More
Some Early Tools of American Science. An Account of the Early Scientific Instruments and Mineralogical and Biological Collections in Harvard University
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1950. Illustrated. xxi + 201 pages, 8vo, red cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper edgeworn. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, (1950). A very good(+) copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
Scientific Instruments of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries and their Makers
London: Portman, 1989. 151 photographs and line drawings. 361pp., large 8vo, green cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper rubbed. London: Portman Books, (1989). A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Encyclopedie, ou dictionnaire raisonne des sciences, des arts et des metiers. Recueil des planches sur CHIRURGIE
36 full-page plates in very clean condition. Includes the list of plates, in French, and the lovely allegorical frontispiece for "Chirurgie" section, but no actual title page. Folio, rebound in recent cloth-backed marbled boards. N.P., N.D., circa 1760. Ownership information inside front cover, still in near fine condition -- an uncommon collection of these medical plates. 36 plates from Diderot's 18th century Encyclopedia, depicting interesting medical instruments and various operations from Lithotomy and a rather horrible looking Mastectomy to Craniotomy... More
Original Cases with Dissections and Observations Illustrating the Use of the Stethoscope and Percussion in the Diagnosis of the Diseases of the Chest; Also Commentaries on the Same Subjects Selected and Translated from Avenbrugger, Corvisart, Laennec and Others.
Birmingham: Classics of Cardiology, 1987. XXIX + 302pp, 8vo, full gilt-decorated leather, a.e.g. Birmingham: Privately Printed for The Classics of Cardiology Library, 1987. A Fine Copy. Facsimile of the 1824 First Edition. More
The Art of Music: American Paintings & Musical Instruments, 1770-1910
Clinton: Hamilton College, 1984. With text by William Salzillo, Michael Edward Shapiro, Frederick R. Selch, H. Nichols B. Clark, and Celia Betsky. Illustrated primarily in b/w. 103pp. Slim square 4to, glossy pictorial wrappers. (Clinton: Hamilton College, 1984). A near fine copy, slightly worn. More
Urology: A View Through the Retrospectroscope
New York: Harper & Row, 1973. Illustrated. xi + 182pp., 12mo, gilt-lettered decorative boards; spots of light wear on spine ends and corners. New York: Harper & Row, 1973. First Edition. Very Good (+). Inscribed and signed by author on front endpaper. More
Three Centuries of Harpsichord Making.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1976. 41 black & white plates. 373pp. Wide 8vo, maroon cloth. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, (1976). Sixth printing. Sunned spine, still a very good(+) copy. More
The Use of the Laryngoscope in Diseases of the Throat. With an Appendix on Rhinoscopy.
Birmingham: Classics of Surgery, 1987. Few text illustrated. xv + 154 pages, small 8vo, gilt-decorated black leather, a.e.g.; leather bookplate with limitation number and owner's name inside front cover. Birmingham: The Classics of Surgery Library, (1987). A fine copy. Facsimile of the London: Robert Hardwicke, 1865 edition. With separately printed publisher's notes. More
Japanese Music And Musical Instruments
Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1964. 299 pages, large 8vo, tan cloth with red and tan characters (subtle sunning along edges), dust wrapper in mylar sleeve. Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, (1964). A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
A Survey of Musical Instruments
New York: Harper & Row, 1975. Illus. 863pp. 8vo, brown cloth, d.w. with a few small tears. New York: Harper & Row, (1975). A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times
New York: Augustus M. Kelley, 1970. 54 black & white plates. xi + 187pp., 8vo, gilt-lettered red cloth. New York: Augustus M. Kelley, 1970. A fine copy. More
Early History of Instrumental Precision in Medicine.; An Address Before the Second Congress of American Physicians and Surgeons, September 23rd, 1891
New York: Burt Franklin, 1971. 16 text illustrations. 42pp., small, thin 8vo, cloth. New York: Burt Franklin, 1971. A fine copy GM 6394. Facsimile of the 1892 edition. More
Music and Civilisation
London: British Musem, 1980. Frontispiece and other black-and-white illustrations. 247 pages, large 8vo, green cloth dust wrapper. London: British Museum Publications, 1980. Near fine. The British Museum Yearbook 4. More
The Savoyard Girl
Stipple engraving. Image measures 17" x 13.5". This beautiful stipple engraving of a girl playing a hurdy-gurdy beside a fireplace is modeled on William Hogarth's 1749 painting "The Savoyard Girl." This later print was made in 1798 and published in 1799. For many years, remained the only source of knowledge about Hogarth's painting, which remained in a private collection. The girl depicted is a savoyard, or a wandering street musician common in 18th-century London whose favorite instrument was the hurdy-gurdy... More