Science from Midway Used and Rare Books

Viking, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 24.5 x 16 cm. Octavo. 652pp. Black boards in dust jacket. First edition with full number line. Light wrinkling to edges of the jacket. Faint crease to last few pages.

Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1901. Wraps. Very Good. 34.5 x 25.5 cm. 55 (iv) 51pp, XIII plates and in-text figures. Bound into grey wrappers. Pages unopened. Draper's "On the Construction..." is reprinted from Smithsonian Contribution to Knowledge (1864). Seperate title page and pagination for "On the Modern..." Covers are worn. Spine is chipped and worn, very good internally. Scarce.… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good. Complete four volume set. 25.5 x 16 cm. xlv 370pp, xxiv 795pp, xxiii [1] 854pp, xxxi [1]. Bound into green cloth with red spine labels, lacking jackets. Although volume one is noted as being part 1, part 2 was never published. Some fading to the cloth. Mixed edition set,… Read more about this item

Paris: Au Bureau du Journal de Physique, 1913. First edition. Wraps. Good. 25 x 16.5 cm. 189 - 276pp. Scientific journal. Bound in worn wrappers. Housed in a custom made box. Spine is chipped and quite worn. Among other articles, this journal contains Émile Borel's work La Mécanique Statique et Irréversibilité. This work is notable for its introduction… Read more about this item

Paris: Mallet-Bachelier, 1856. Seconde Edition. Wraps. Very Good. 22.5 x 14 cm. xl 558pp [2] Volume 1 (of 4 eventually published) only . French language text. Bound into worn teal wrappers. Unopened pages. Internally very good. Chipping and wear to the original external wrappers. Edited and augmented from the original 1829 edition.

Paris: Librairie Scientifique A. Hermann et Fils, 1911. First edition. Wraps. Good. 25.5 x 16 cm. xxv 294pp, errata slip bound-in. Equations, a few drawings, index. French language text. Bound in grey wrappers. Spine a bit creased and binding tender but holding. The uncommon first edition. Cours de la Faulté des Sciences de Paris. Reference DSB XI 51-60.… Read more about this item

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, 1959. Hardcover. very good. Small quarto. Bound in blue cloth.. xxxii 438pp followed with 64 pages of notes and 78 pages of appendix. Main text is a facsimile of the 1667 Martyn edition. Spine is faded. Previous owner's bookplate on front fixed endpaper. Corners are somewhat bumped.

London: J. Murray, 1790. Second Edition. Full Leather. Very Good. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. Octavo. xv [3] 319 [1] [98 176pp. 24 folding plates. Plate 8 is duplicated and plate 7 is not present. Seperate title page and pagination for "Curious and Useful Miscellaneous Articles". First done in 1785, this is the undated "A New Ediiton with Very… Read more about this item

London: R. Lea; J. Faulder; B. and R. Crosby and Co.; J. Walker and Co.; R. Priestly; R. Scholey; and J. Bell, 1814. Second Edition. Full Leather. Very Good. 4 volume set. Octavo. xvi 488pp, iv 417pp, iv 416pp, iv 682pp. Bound into full brown pebbled leather, gilt spine lettering and tooling, 5 raised bands to spines by… Read more about this item

Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 25 x 17.5 cm. 720pp. Volume one only. Bound into blue cloth. Addenda sheet on last page. Latin and English text. Spine is faded. Notations on front free endpaper and a few interior pages. Bottom corner bumped. Bionding tight and holding. Publications in Medieval Science 6. … Read more about this item

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1939. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 25 x 16 cm. 814pp. Black cloth in dust jacket. Many illustrations. Some chipping and toning to the jacket. A few spots to the foredges, not effecting interior. Part of the History of Science Library. Covers a wide range of subjects from… Read more about this item

North Carolina: Easton Press, 1999. Full Leather. Fine. Five volume set. 24 x 16 cm. Octavo. 670pp, 506pp, 434pp, 436pp, 723pp. Uniformly bound into full teal leather with gilt design, lettering, and foredges. 4 raised bands to spines, moire endpapers, silk ribbon. Illustrated with photographs. Nice set in fine condition.

New York: Random House, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 24 x 16.5 cm. Octavo. 347pp. Black cloth in dust jacket. Stated first edition with number line beginning in 2 as is typical for Random House first printings. Original price of $12.95 present on front flap. Some edgewear to the jacke.t.

Hartford: Robinson & Pratt, 1834. Ninth Edition. Full Leather. Fair. 19 x 11.5 cm. 356pp. Index. Some engravings and chemical reaction formulas. Bound into full period leather, gilt spine lettering. Damp staining to the center of the first ~100 or so pages as well as to the top edges of the pages. Scattered foxing. Name on front free… Read more about this item

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 24 x 16 cm. Octavo. 380pp. Equations, bibliography, index. Black boards in dust jacket. Some shelf wear. Number 2 in the Princeton Series in Astrophysics.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 22 x 15 cm. Octavo. 320pp. Black boards with white emblem in dust jacket. Jacket illustrated by John Teppich. First edition with 1952 on copyright page and no additional printings noted. Corners are lightly bumped and some rubbing to the bottom of… Read more about this item

Cambridge University Press, 1994. First Paperback Printing. Paperback. Very Good. 22.5 x 15 cm. Octavo. 334pp. Abridgement of "the main sections" of Volume IV, Part 2, of the original series: Engineers: Their Status, Tools & Materials, Basic Mechanical Principles & Types of Machines, Land Transport, Clockwork, Windmills & Aeronautics. Fading and some creasing to spine. Previous owner's name… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981. First Paperback printing. Paperback. Very Good. 22.5 x 15 cm. Octavo. 459pp. An abridgement of Volume III and a section of Volume IV, part 1 of the original. Illustrations, bibliography, index. Fading to spine. Previous owner's name stamp on foredge and inside front and back cover.

Cambridge University Press, 1995. First Paperback Printing. Paperback. Very Good. An abridgement of the first section of Volume IV, Part 3 and the final section of Volume IV, Part 2 of the original series. Sections consist of Roads, Walls & The Great Wall, Building Technology, Bridges, Hydraulic Engineering I - Control, Construction & Maintenance of Waterways. Hydraulic Engineering… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1980. First Paperback edition. Paperback. Good. 23 x 15 cm. Octavo. 326pp. An abridgement of volumes I and Ii of the original. Illustrations, bibliography index. Some creasing to spine. Name stamp on foredge and inside front and back cover.