Aviation, The Oldest American Aeronautical Magazine
McGraw-Hill, 1942. Softcover. A paper magazine with black text on a white spine. 368 pages; profusely illustrated with majority black-and-white images. More
Science
Cambridge Problems: Being a Collection of the Printed Questions Proposed to the Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts at the General Examinations, From the Year 1801 to the Year 1810 Inclusive, With a Preface by a Graduate of the University
Cambridge: F. Hodson, 1810. Hardcover. A three-quarter leatherbound book with gilt text on a red plate on the spine. xvii, 179, xix, 653 pages. Contains several foldout diagrams and black-and-white figures. More
Catalogue No. 7
Paris: Etablissements Aera, 1926. Hardcover. A leather casebound book with dark brown text on the spine and dark brown text and design on the front cover. Sepia pictorial end pages. 231 pages; profusely illustrated with black-and-white images. Text is in French. Contents are as follows: A. Instruments de bord; B...... More
Columbia River and Tributaries, Northwestern United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Army transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, dated June 28, 1949, submitting a report, together with accompanying papers and illustrations, on a review of reports on, and preliminary examinations and surveys of, the Columbia River and tributaries, Northwestern United States, made pursuant to several Congressional authorizations listed in the report. In eight volumes.
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1952. Hardcover. All volumes, beige cloth/boards with black lettering on spine. 4,326 pp., numbered consecutively through all 8 volumes, plus additional pages of charts, bw illustrations, and both bw and color-coded folding maps in numerous appendices throughout all volumes. Heavy and will require extra postage..... More
Contributions From the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Weir Mitchell Station, Volume II
Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, 1929. Hardcover. A black casebound book with gilt text on the spine and a tan plate on the front cover. Brown end pages. A compilation of research at various sizes and bindings, from different sources with alternate page numbers. (For instance, there is are several..... More
The Geography and Geology of Erie County, Pennsylvania
Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey, 1967. Softcover. A white softcover book with black text and a black-and-white image on the front cover. 64 pages; illustrated with black-and-white images and color maps. More
Mackenzie's Five Thousand Receipts in All the Useful and Domestic Arts
Philadelphia / Pittsburgh: Troutman & Hayes / Kay & Co., 1852. Leather bound. Octavo. Hardcover. Leather bound. 456 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. New American, from the latest London ed. / with numerous and important additions generally; and the medical part carefully rev. and adapted to the climate of..... More
Museum for Young People
Concord: Merriam & Merrill, 1855. Hardcover. A brown casebound book with gilt text and design on the front cover. 24, 24, 24, 24 pages. Illustrated in black-and-white. More
The Pigeon Standard
Medford, MA: C. E. Twombly. Softcover. A small brown softcover book with black text on the front cover. 96 pages; illustrated with black-and-white images. More
Psychopathologie und Bildnerischer Ausdruck, Serie 13: Malerei von Depressiven
Basel: Herausgegeben von Sandoz, 1969. Folio. A matte white folder with gray text on the front cover. [4], 9 loose pages of color plates. 24 plates total. Part 13 of a series studying the art created by paitents suffering from different kinds of mental illnesses. More
Studies from the Tokugawa Institute Vol. V, No. 2
Tokyo: The Tokugawa Institute for Biological Research, 1940. Staplebound. Quarto. Staplebound. Plain paper wraps with black titles and seal. English entries: Yuasa, Akira; Studies in the Cytology of Pteridophta Yuasa, Akira; Critical Observations on the Origin of the Blepharoplast and Centrosome in Plants. More
Studies from the Tokugawa Institute Vol. V, No. 3
Tokyo: The Tokugawa Institute for Biological Research, 1940. Staplebound. Quarto. Staplebound. Plain paper wraps with black titles and seal. English entries: Yuasa, Akira; Studies in the Cytology of Pteridophta XVIII. The Structure pf the Chloroplast of Some Pteridophytic Plants Yuasa, Akira; Studies in the Cytology of Pteridophta. Plants, Observed on..... More
Tracts written by the Honourable Robert Boyle. About the cosmicall qualities of things. Cosmicall suspitions. The temperature of the subterraneall regions. The temperature of the submarine regions. The bottom of the sea. To which is praefixt, An introduction to the history of particular qvalities
Oxford: Printed by W.H. for Ric. Davis, 1671. Leather bound. Full leather with gilt border, 5 raised bands, gilt reeded edges, brightly marbled goldish endpapers with bookplate of Charles F. Cox, New York and gilt tooling on outer borders of inner pastedowns. 6 unnumbered pages, 42 pages, 2 unnumbered pages..... More
Principles of Zoology: Touching the Structure, Development, Distribution, and Natural Arrangement of the Races of Animals, Living and Extinct, Part I
Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1855. Hardcover. A green casebound book with gilt text on the spine and a debossed design on the front cover. 250 pages; illustrated in black-and-white. More
The Way We Wash Our Clothes (School Edition)
New York / Chicago / San Francisco: Silver Burdett Company / M. Barrows & Company, 1941. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover. Bound in blue cloth with yellow titles and illustration. vi, 140 pages illustrations, plates 21 cm. More
A Quantitative and Statistical Study of the Plankton of the San Joaquin River and Its Tributaries in and Near Stockton, California, in 1913
Berkeley: University of California, 1920. Softcover. A gray softcover book with black text on the cover. 292 pages; 12 black-and-white plates. More
Il Nostro Mondo e L'Universo che lo Circonda: Primo Volume - l'Universo, la Terra; Secondo Volume - la Materia, la Vita
Milano: Garzanti Editore, 1966. Hardcover. Orange and navy cloth over boards; gold lettering. 2 volumes with 624 pages and 464 illustrations in color and bw, total. In board slip case with textured paper cover, illustrated and with black lettering and orange edge at opening. Includes a single, folded paper (3..... More
The Living World - Volume II : Containing Descriptions of the Several Races Of Men, and all Species of Animals, Birds, Fishes, Insects, etc
Boston: Samuel Walker and Co., 1872. Hardcover. Volume 2 only. Quarto. Full edge gilt. Hardcover. Quarter-bound leather with pebbled cloth boards. 392 pages. Lots of full color plates. More
Del Tevere Di M. Andrea Bacci Medico Et Filosofo, Libri Tre, Ne' Quali si Tratta della Natura, & Bonta dell' acque Antiche di Roma, del Nilo, del Po, dell' Arno, & D'Altri Fonti, & Fiumi del Mondo.
Venetia: Not Identified, 1576. Hardcover. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering and illustration; green cloth ribbon bookmark; entire text block is gilted; [8], 309, [8] pp. Text in Italian. This is an extremely rare copy of this text by Andrea Bacci, an Italian philosopher, doctor and writer. This book is..... More
Praxis der Aquarienkunde (Süsswasseraquarium, Seewasseraquarium)
Magdeburg: Creutz'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1922. Hardcover. Black leather spine with gilt text and marbled boards. Green end pages. 218 pages; two color plates; numerous black-and-white figures and illustrations. More
Baron Richthofen's letters, 1870-1872
Shanghai: North-China Herald Office, 1872. Marbled paper-covered boards, 3/4 red leather. Contents, (blank), 149 pp. including Appendix. Folding diagram facing pp. 1, illustration facing p. 14, pagination goes from 96 to (97-98), (99-100), (101-102), (103-104) for some reason, a few tables throughout. Baron Ferdinand Paul Wilhelm von Richthofen was a...... More
Gli strumenti astronomici di Egnazio Danti e la misura del tempo in Santa Maria Novella
Firenze: Polistampa, 2008. Softcover. Illustrated bluw wrap cover. 130 pages : illustrations (chiefly color). Text in Italian. Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-128). More
The Technological Indian
Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press, 2016. Hardcover. Black cloth baords, illustrated dj. 386 pages. Includes bibliographical references and index. More
The Stratigraphy of the Central Basin of Tennessee
Nashville: Brandon-Nashville, 1932. Softcover. A blue softcover book with black text on the front cover. x, 268 pages; the second half of the book is profusely illustrated with black-and-white images. Four folded color maps and a folded table in a pocket at the back of the book. More
Newton's Physics and the conceptual Structure of the Scientific Revolution
Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1991. Hardcover. Navy cloth/boards with gilt lettering. Sky blue dj with black lettering. 588 pp. with very occasional bw images. Volume 127 in the Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science series. "The scientific revolution in the 17th century exhibits the irrationality typical of Platonic..... More