The Hydrostatic-Pneumatic System of Certain Trees: Movements of Liquids and Gases (Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 397)
Washington, DC: Carnegie Institution, 1929. Softcover. Brown wraps. 99 pp. BW figures. More
Washington, DC: Carnegie Institution, 1929. Softcover. Brown wraps. 99 pp. BW figures. More
Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, S. A., 1951. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with navy and gilt lettering and half cognac leather with stamped lettering and decorative spine. 1024, 1039, 1030 pages. BW illustrations. Set is heavy and will require extra shipping. Text in Spanish. More
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1984. Leather bound. Evergreen leather/boards with gilt decoration all around. Gilt lettering and four raised bands on spine. All edges gilt. Silk moire end papers with matching, sewn-in satin place-holder ribbon. No dust jacket, as issued. 369 pp., illustrated with 18th-century engravings. Limited Edition..... More
Cincinnati: The Standard Publishing Company, 1934. Hardcover. Green cloth, 94 pp. "A Handbook for Leaders and Teachers of Boys and Girls, Junior Age and Up." Includes samples of poems and songs intended to inspire young people to abstain from alcohol consumption. More
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1984. Leather bound. Evergreen leather with gilt decoration all around. 3 raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. xviii, 301 pp. with bw no illustrations. AEG. Silk moire end papers with matching satin place-holder ribbon. No dust jacket, as issued. Selected and with an..... More
New York: Harper, 1933. Hardcover. Burgundy cloth binding with gilt lettering. Red/orange dust jacket with black lettering and device. xvii, 242 pp. Includes tables, diagrams, and laid-in ephemera. "A study of the monetary measures of the total wealth, income, expenditures, profits, losses, debts and savings of American producers, consumers and..... More
Madrid: 1926. Hardbound. Tan boards with white cloth spine. Profusely illustrated. Text is in Spanish. This bound volume contains the part in the title, as well as the following: Part 3, Excavaciones en Medina Az-Zahra (Cordoba); Part 4: Excavaciones en Las Provincias de Soria Y Logrono; Part 5: Excavaciones de..... More
New York, London: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1931. Hardcover. Red cloth binding with gilt lettering. Glassine dust jacket. Gilt edges. lxii, 1753 pp. Diagrams. "It is hoped that in this form executives of all grades and types, and students of management generally, will find a reasonably complete picture of modern management..... More
New york: John Wiley & Son, 1870. Green publishers' cloth with gilt design and title on spine, beveled boards. xxiv, 1098 pp, 4 pp. ads at rear. Index to different fruits goes from pp. 1013-1095, General Index frpm pp. 1096-1098. Single-sheet notice on the Fruits of California immediately following the..... More
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1981. Leather bound. Chocolate brown leather with gilt decoration all around. 3 raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. 791 pp. with illustrations by Hubert Davis. AEG. Silk moire end papers with matching satin place-holder ribbon. No dust jacket, as issued. From the series..... More
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1979. Leather bound. Evergreen leather with gilt decoration all around. 4 raised bands and gilt lettering to spine.489 pp. with illustrations by Ben F. Stahl. AEG. Silk moire end papers with matching satin place-holder ribbon. No dust jacket, as issued. From the series, The..... More
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1976. Leather bound. Rich, maroon leather; elaborate gilt decoration with flecks of persimmon on covers and spine; 4 raised bands and gilt lettering on spine. xxxii, 407 pp. with color illustrations by Ted CoConis. Moire end papers with matching satin place-holder ribbon. All edges..... More
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1977. Signed Limited Edition. Leather bound. Saddle brown leather/boards; floral gilt decoration on covers and spine; gilt lettering and 4 raised bands to spine. All edges gilt. Silk moire end papers with satin place-holder ribbon. No dust jacket. 714 pp. with illustrations by Walt..... More
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1980. Leather bound. Navy blue leather with gilt decoration all around. 2 raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. xxxiv, 355 pp. with illustrations by Romare Bearden, selected by the artist. AEG. Silk moire end papers with matching satin place-holder ribbon. No dust jacket..... More
Philadelphia: P. M. Lafourcade, 1817. Softcover. Original publishers plain wraps. [4], 159 pp. untrimmed and uncut. Du Pont de Nemours responds here to the book and hypothesis put forth by Malthus in his treatise Essay on the Principle of Population (1798), which was revised in a second edition published in..... More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1955. Softcover. Gray wraps with orange and dark blue lettering and device. 17 pp. "A letter reproduced in English translation with the original diagram" -- title page. A reprint of an economic tract from 1774. More
Perpignan: Edition Tramontane, 1956. Paperback. Cream wraps with red and brown lettering. 47 pp. 22 BW plates. Text in French. More
Paris: Didot Jeune, 1796. Third. Hardcover. Patterned paper over boards; Brown cloth at spine and corners; Raised bands at spine; Gilt titling. Text in French; Signature to first page " du Pont de Nemours"; A collection of satricial poems written by the Latin author Juvenal, accompanied here by extensive notes;..... More
Washington, DC: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1928, May. Printed thick card covers. 616 pp. with errata sheet glued into the front ffep. 123 plates at rear, Bibliography and Index. More
Washington, DC: Carnegie Institution, 1947. Softcover. Grey wraps. 532 pp + BW plates. More
Muncie, Indiana: Ball State University, 1970. Softbound. Yellow Wraps. 49 pp. 1 bw frontispiece. More
Boston: Dayton and Wentworth, 1854. Hardcover. Red stamped cloth, gilt letters and decoration on spine; gilt decoration on front cover, 264 pp., 1 BW illus. as frontispiece. A collection of ten lectures for adolescent boys, given by Baptist minister and Massachusetts legislator Daniel C. Eddy (1823-1896). The story here lies..... More
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1982. Leather bound. Leaf green leather/boards with gilt decoration all around. Gilt lettering and four raised bands on spine. All edges gilt. Silk moire end papers with matching, sewn-in satin place-holder ribbon. No dust jacket, as issued. 226 pp. with illustrations by William Hurd..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1911. Hardcover. Dark green cloth with gilt lettering and tipped-on color garden illustration. 303 pp. with 62 bw and color plates and illustrations. A classic of the gardening genre with many photos from the author's own garden. Sections include Color Arrangements of Flowers; Some Green..... More
Washington, DC: Carnegie Institution, 1943. Softcover. Off white wraps. 48 pp, staple bound. BW figures. More