Titles starting with V from Jeff Weber Rare Books

Firenze:: Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza. [1973]. paperback. 2. 4to. 16 ff. Frontis., illustrations (many in color). Printed wrappers; wrappers a bit worn. Burndy bookplate. Very good. ... more information

Offprint from:: Physical Review D, Vol. 12, No. 2, 15 July 19. y1975. paperback. 1. 278 x 216 mm. 4to. 508-512 pp. 1 fig. Self-wraps. Fine. ... more information

Bruxelles:: F. Hayez, Imprimeur de L'académie Royale de Belgique. 1882. hardcover. 1. Large 8vo. xxviii, 1144 pp. Pages 718 & 719 mistakenly numbered “618” & “619”. Original half brown leather with burgundy cloth sides, gilt-stamped spine title with raised bands; neatly repaired. Former observatory library copy, Mount Holyoak College. Fine. . FIRST EDITION. This is the best guide up to 1882 for what was considered important among European professional astronomers. If i... more information

Tokyo:: 195. hardcover. 1. Small 8vo. 481 pp. Color plates, photos, illustrations, bilingual index. Blue cloth, gilt-stamped cover and spine titles, price slip. Housed in printed paper slipcase; slipcase a bit worn. Near Fine. . Printed almost entirely in Japanese. ... more information

Leipzig:: F. C. W. Vogel. 1911. hardcover. 2. 228 x 159 mm. 8vo. x, 201, [ads, 6] pp. Index. Gilt-stamped navy cloth, all edges red; foot of spine bumped, spine ends lightly frayed. Bookplate of Alfred Heacock Whittaker. Very good. ... more information

Springfield, IL:: Charles C. Thomas. 1963. hardcover. 1. American Lecture Series, No. 562. SECOND EDITION. 235 x 158 mm. 8vo. xi, 228 pp. 58 figs., bibliog., index; tacky material on pages viii-xi. Green cloth, gilt spine. Ownership rubber stamp on title. Fine. ... more information

London:: Methuen & Co. 1895. hardcover. 2. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. xx, 366 pp. Frontis., 2 illus. Original brown cloth, gilt-stamped cover design, gilt-stamped spine title, t.e.g.; spine ends frayed, small puncture to upper cover. Very good. ... more information

Oxford:: Clarendon Press. 1952. hardcover. 2. 222 x 150 mm. 8vo. vii, 338 pp. 31 tables, illus., indexes; pencil underlining and marginalia. Navy cloth; rubbed. Ownership signatures. Very good. ... more information

Roma:: E. Cossidente. 1968. paperback. 1. 244 x 172 mm. 8vo. 13 pp. Printed wrappers. Fine. ... more information

[Stanford]:: Associates of the Stanford University Libraries. 1991. paperback. 1. Small 8vo. 4 pp. Printed patterned paper wrappers. Fine. . Limited edition of 1000 copies, printed by Patrick Reagh. ... more information

Washington, D.C.:: Government Printing Office. 1881. paperback. 2. First edition. 4to. 43 pp. Tables. Original printed wrappers; small stain to front wrapper, spine worn. Early ownership signatures on cover & title of George Davidson. Very good. . WITH: HALL, Asaph. Observations and Orbits of the Satellites of Mars with Data for Ephemerides in 1879. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1878. 4to. 51 pp. 11 tables. Printed wrappers; rear cover loose. Early ownership signature on cover. Good. Hal... more information

San Francisco, Cal.,: Geo. W. Blum. 1894. hardcover. 1. 7 x 10 ¾ inches [only the image itself is measured; frame is larger]. Broadsheet. Mounted and framed in archival mat. Rubber stamped within the image: McDevitts Bret-Mark Book Mart, Sutter-Fillmore, San Francisco. Fine. RARE. . The engraving shows a bird’s-eye view of the fair main concourse, the state symbol of California is shown mounted above a cornucopia of fruits, pine needles. An image of a waterfall (not identified) is seen on the up... more information

No place:: Sky & Telescope. 1987. paperback. 1. 4to. (Article): p. 149. (Whole issue): 123-230 pp. Articles, photos, star maps, figs. Pictorial wrappers. FINE. ... more information

(Laguna Beach, CA:: Laguna Verde Imprenta), n. nd. hardcover. 1. PROOF SHEETS. 10 half-sheets (195 x 133 mm); 3 single-folded sheets (195 x 133 mm); 1 larger single-folded sheet (225 x 150m); 17 larger unfolded sheets (incl. several title-pages) (198 x 257 mm). Fine. . wr 29. ... more information

In:: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Vol. XVI, No. 104. 1868. paperback. 3. 8vo. Pages 483-525. [Entire issue: 483-534, lxxix-lxxxi, x pp.] 1 folding table, 10 figs., index for the entire volume. Original printed wrappers; wrappers torn and partially missing. Good. . This extensive study of the human musculature is by John Wood, surgeon. He entered the Medical department of King’s College, London in 1846 where he excelled as a student. He was admitted a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Engl... more information

London:: Routledge & Kegan, (1957; correction to 1958 tipped i. edin. hardcover. 2. Series: Survey of Human Biology. 8vo. xi, 227 pp. 6 plates, 13 figs., 8 tables, bibliog., index. Gilt-stamped purple cloth. Very good. ... more information

New York and London:: Columbia University Press. 1963. hardcover. 2. Series: Columbia Biological Series, No. 16. Fifth printing. 8vo. xix, [xx], 643 pp. Illustrations, figs., tables, index. Blue cloth, gilt- stamped spine title, dust-jacket; jacket shows some wear and has two small tears along top edge of front cover. Ownership rubber stamp of M.W. Strickberger. Very good. ... more information

New York:: Dover. 1976. hardcover. 1. 305 x 228 mm. Large 8vo. 604 pp. Frontis., 195 illus., figs., bibliog., index. Cloth, pictorial dust-jacket. Fine. . Cloth issue. ... more information

Washington, D.C.:: Office of the Surgeon General. 1955. hardcover. 1. Series: Surgery in World War II. Large 8vo. ix, 465 pp. Color plates, illustrations, tables, index. Burgundy cloth, gilt-stamped cover emblem and black spine label. Fine. ... more information

New York:: Macmillan. 1936. hardcover. 2. 228 x 154 mm. 8vo. xi, 111 pp. 5 figs., index. Red cloth, gilt spine. Ownership rubber stamps. Very good. . FIRST EDITION. "A most useful account." DSB, VIII, p. 295. ... more information