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Princeton and Oxford:: Princeton University Press. 2001. hardcover. 1. First printing. 8vo. xii, 270 pp. Half-tone photos, index. Black cloth, gilt-stamped spine title, dust-jacket. Fine. GG . ISBN: 069104936X ... more information

Leiden:: Primavera Press. 2007. hardcover. 1. Series: Leids Kunsthistorich Jaarboek 14. 8vo. 397 pp. Numerous figs., index. Black cloth, silver-stamped cover and spine titles, dust jacket. Fine. . This fascinating study examines the influence of Dutch design on architecture, town planning and art, from the 17th century to the 20th. ISBN: 9789059970496 ... more information

New York:: New York University Press. 1989. hardcover. 1. 11 volumes. 8vo. 456; 233; 253; 217; 192; 129; 133; 280; 118; 173; 425 pp. Blue cloth, gilt-stamped spine titles. Burndy bookplates. Fine. . HB13. ISBN: 0814711138 ... more information

Cambridge, et al.:: Cambridge University Press. 1989. hardcover. 1. FIRST EDITION. Tall 8vo. vii, 336 pp. 18 plates, figs, index. Dark blue cloth, gilt-stamped spine title, dust-jacket. Burndy bookplate. Fine. . Scarce. GR01 ISBN: 0521343119 ... more information

New York:: New York University Press. 1989. hardcover. 1. 11 Volumes. 8vo. Figs., index. Full gilt stamped blue cloth. FINE. . FIRST EDITION. The complete works of this pioneer mathematician and statistician. Babbage is the father of the modern computer, and worked tirelessly on advancing machinery to reduce human involvement. This comprehensive and attractive set includes all of his most celebrated papers on early calculating machines as well as many others that display the breadth of his talent and intere... more information

London:: Printed for Baldwin and Cradock.... 1836. hardcover. 1. 296 x 240 mm. Thick 4to. 1-84 pp. [Entire volume: viii, 834 pp.] Tables, index, 87 engraved steel plates; foxed. Original dark green cloth, printed paper spine label; label lightly chipped, a few minor cover scratches and stains, inner hinges carefully reinforced, neat repair to outer hinge. Partially unopened. Fine. RARE. . FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. "From Vol. VII and VIII of the Encyclopædia Metropolitana which was published from ... more information

Princeton:: Princeton University Press. 1982. hardcover. 1. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. xv, 287 pp. Half-tone frontis. port. of Babbage, plates, two figs., index. Dark green paper boards, gilt-stamped spine title, dust-jacket. Fine. GG . ISBN: 0691083037 ... more information

(New York, etc.):: Viking. 2000. hardcover. 1. 8vo. x, 342 pp. 42 figs. on plates, bibliog., index. Quarter cloth, dust- jacket. Fine.. . The remarkable story of how Babbage tried to build a calculating engine, the precursor to the modern day computer, which was (in fact) finally built to his designs in 1991. ISBN: 0670910201 ... more information

Preprint from:: Contri. o259. paperback. 1. 253 x 171 mm. 8vo. 13 pp. 1 table, 2 plates. Printed wrappers. Fine. ... more information

Buenos Aires:: Ediciones la Fragua. 1954. paperback. 1. 8vo. 249 pp. Photos, map, index. Printed wrappers. Rubber stamp of Guenter Risse on title. FINE. ... more information

Basle:: J. R. Geigy. 1966. paperback. .. Series: Acta psychosomatica, No. 8. 8vo. 67 pp. Figs., many color plates. Printed wrappers; rear cover lacking, small tear in top cover at head of spine. AS IS. ... more information

Washington, D.C.:: Government Printing Office. 1862. hardcover. 2. 4to. 15, [1 blank] pp. Tables. Dis-bound. Ms. notations on title. Very good. . "When Bache assumed direction of the Coast Survey, it was a small, insecurely established body with high scientific standards. In less than two decades it became entrenched, the largest employer of physical scientists in the United States, and active in many scientific fields.... Bache is clearly one of the founders of the scientific community in the United S... more information

Philadelphia:: University of Pennsylvania Press. 1947. hardcover. 3. FIRST EDITION. Series: Pennsylvania Lives. 8vo. vii, 223 pp. Half-tone frontis. port. of Bache, index. Blue cloth, gilt-stamped cover initials and spine title; cloth slightly discolored, some light foxing. Former library copy with the usual markings and defects (including perforated stamp on title). Good. GG . A respectable scholarly biography intended for the general public. ... more information

Paris:: J. Vrin, 1927. 1928. paperback. 2. 8vo. 182 pp. Index. Original printed wrappers; spine a bit worn at extremities, small stain, else very good. . This work was "designed to show how thermodynamics was both established by and liberated from its early, very poor intuitions (such as that a metal bar heated at one end will become larger)." -- DSB, I, pp. 365-5, by F. Dagognet. ... more information

In:: Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, Vol. 4, No. 4, April 19. l1948. paperback. 1. 280 x 217 mm. 4to. Pages 99-102. [Entire issue: 97-128 pp.] Red pencil marginalia. Printed wrappers. Fine. ... more information

New Haven:: Yale University Press. 1965. paperback. 2. 4to. vii, 225 pp. Printed wrappers; spine rubbed. Ownership rubber stamps of Norman Horowitz, California Institute of Technology. Very good. . Bibliographic list of 2310 papers dealing with Neurospora. ... more information

New York & London:: Academic Press. 1971. hardcover. 2. 8vo. x, 560 pp. Figs., references, index. Blue cloth, black-stamped cover and spine title; spine lightly rubbed. Ink stamp of John Spindler on front and rear flyleaves. Very good. ... more information

Groningen:: Bij. J. B. Wolters'. 1918. paperback. .. 8vo. 68 pp. 51 illus. Original black printed wrappers; spine worn. Early inscription. ... more information

London:: The Haslewood Books printed for Frederick Etchels and Hugh MacDonald. 1924. hardcover. 2. Small 8vo. Unpaginated, 55 ff. Cream boards, gilt-stamped spine title, t.e.g., dust jacket; jacket chipped. Burndy bookplate. Very good. . HB12 ... more information

Cambridge:: Cambridge University Press. 2000. hardcover. 1. FIRST EDITION. Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy. 8vo. xxxv, 252, [2] pp. Index. Pictorial boards. Burndy Bookplate. Fine. . GR08 ISBN: 0521563992 ... more information