Books by Bolton Henry

Washington:: Smithsonian Institution. 1902. hardcover. 2. Thick 8vo. Multiple paginations. 3 plates, indexes. Maroon library buckram, gilt-stamped spine title. Former library copy with the usual markings. Very good. . This item contains a large section consisting of Bolton’s “A Select Bibliography of Chemistry, 1492-1897. Section VIII: Academic Dissertations.” (1901). In addition there are sections on: Index to the literature of Thallium, 1861-1896; Zirconium (1899); Langley & Very, On th... more information

Washington, D. C.:: Smithsonian Institution, 1893. 1899. paperback. 3. First edition. Two volumes. Thick 8vo. xi, 1212; ix, 489 pp. Bibliog., index; uncut, lower margin water stained (supplement). Original printed wrappers; rear wrapper a remnant, front wrapper damp stained (affecting top of first few leaves) & worn. Supplement in later black cloth, gilt spine; trace of library call number on spine. Good. ... more information

Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Publishing. 2005. thick 8vo., cloth. xiii, 1212 pages.. Reprint of the 1893 first edition. Henry Carrington Bolton (1843-1903) was truly a Renaissance man, a chemist, world traveler, academic, alpine climber, folklorist, bibliographer, historian and bibliophile. The Bolton Society, an organization of chemical bibliophiles sponsored by the Chemical Heritage Foundation, is named for him. Of the many contributions which grew out of Boltons many and varied interests, the most lasti... more information