1891 - 1892 Illustrated Price List. I Ollendorff Importer of Diamonds, Jobber in Watches, Jewelry, Clocks, Bronzes, Silverware ....
by Ollendorff Co. - TRADE CATALOG
Pittsburgh: Ollendorf (Prtd. by J Eichbaum), [1892]. Edition Unknown.. Original publisher's cloth.. Good with some wear and staining to the binding; internally very good.. 8vo, 310 pp. The text is heavily illustrated throughout. A comprehensive wholesale catalog of all kinds of luxury furnishings for the household (almost half the catalog is given over to clocks and watches). Absent from Romaine and Mc Kinstry.
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Comprehensive silver plate tableware catalog with 117 mounted albumen prints
by Rogers & Bros. - PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM TRADE CATALOG
New York City: Rogers Brothers, ca1875. Edition unknown.. Original publisher's stamped three-quarter leather and green cloth.. Very good; contemporary annotations throughout; one leaf cut down.. 4to, 40 thick card-stock leaves on linen stubs meas. appx. 260 x 204 mm.. Photographs are deep, robust albumen prints mounted both recto and verso. The volume bears the ink stamp of Koch & Bergfeld, Bremen (Germany) on the corner of the front pastedown. Apparently a unique, first iteration, of an extensive inter-business... Read More
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Illustrated Catalogue and Price List of Civil Engineers' and Surveyors' Instruments with Descriptions and Illustrations ....
by W & L E Gurley - TRADE CATALOG
Troy [NY]: W & L E Gurley Co., 1880. Later Edition.. Original publisher's printed wrappers.. A very good copy; short tear in front wrapper (no loss); some hand soiling (not offensive).. 8vo. There is a large fldg. frontis. and text illus. throughout. One of the company's catalogs of selected instruments that were being sold at reduced prices. There is a large folding frontispiece of a light mountain transit. The catalog is 56 pages and is represented by the... Read More
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Illustrated Catalogue and Price List. The Lunkenheimer Co. ....
by TRADE CATALOG
Cincinnati: Lunkenheimer Co., 1908. Edition Unknown.. orig. publisher's cloth.. A very good copy.. 8vo. The catalog is illus. throughout. A thick catalog of metal machinery oilers, valves etc.. A good reference.
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The Elements of Natural or Experimental Philosophy, 2 vols.
by Cavallo, T
Philadelphia: T Dobson & Son, 1819. Second Edition [with additions]. Full contemporary tree-calf.. Very good with moderate foxing; some marginal tide marks to several leaves in the second volume; joints somewhat chafed.. 8vo, I - xxx, [2 - blank], [1] - 472 pp.; II - [4]. [1] - 551 pp. + folding table and 21 folding engraved plates. The standard scientific reference in post-colonial America. An important book for its treatment of general physics and most notably of... Read More
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Abrege pratique des maladies de la Peau ....
by Cazenave, P L & Schedel, H E
Paris: B Jeune, 1828. First Edition.. dsbd.. A good copy; covers present but detached; age toning and occ. foxing.. 8vo. Perhaps the most influential dermatology monograph of the the period. Cazenave was a master clinician (G - M) and the book is a substantial improvement over Bateman's book. G - M # 3990; Crissey & Parrish; Heirs of Hippocrates, # 1532; Goodman.
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Abrege Pratique des Maladies de la Peau ....
by Cazenave, P L (ed. by H E Schedel)
Paris: B Jeune, 1838. Third Edition.. contemp. half leather.. A good copy; some marginal tide marks; occ. foxing and spotting.. 8vo. There are 9 color plates (one a large folding plate). A later, expanded issue, of Schedel's edition to one of the standard (and perhaps most important) skin disease books of the early 19th century. It appears that each edition had different pagination and plates. It is also worth noting that this 3rd edition is missed by G-M... Read More
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Nord
by Celine, L-F
Paris: Gallimard, [1960]. First Edition.. Original publisher's printed wrappers.. A near fine copy.. 8vo, 461 pp. + unnumbered double page map. Celine's posthumous novel of his experiences fleeing France as the occupation ended.
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Erläuterungen zu dem pneumatisch portativen Erdglobus ....
by Cella, Philipp - INFLATABLE GLOBE
Munich: P Cella, 1831. First edition.. As issued in a contemporary, sturdy, paste-paper box covered in paper with a printed paper label on the top.. Very good with three or four light brown spots (on the internal side) that are insignificant. The inflatable membrane within the globe has decayed over time. Surface in very good condition. There are NO rips, tears etc. Corners of the box with old external reinforcement.. An appx. 5 feet 4" in diameter (!)... Read More
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Manuel du Parfumeur ... avec la indications spéciale a au parfumeur - fabricant ....
by Celnart, Élisabeth [pseudnym, born Élisabeth Canard] - PERFUME
Paris: Librarie ... de Roret, 1834. Second Edition (stated).. Contemporary half leather.. Good; foxed; some wear to the head and tail of the spine.. 8vo, 289, 36 (inserted adverts dated June 1837)pp. + folding plate. Sagrin states, "Cited by many later writers, and was the basis of an influential American book on the subject" (Morfit, Perfumery ...., Phila., 1847). She was the author of a series of books on etiquette (notably Manuel des dames .... ) and domestic... Read More
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Monetary Diplomacy in 1878
by Cernuschi, Henri
London: P S King, 1878. First English Edition.. Original printed wrappers. A very good copy.. 8vo, 63 pp. A paper by the leading bi-metallist of the period in an attempt to invigorate the campaign for acceptance. Einaudi #993.
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Voyage fait ordre du Roi en 1750 et 1751 dans L'Amérique Septentrionale, Pour Rectifier les Cartes des Côtes ....
by Chabert, [J B] - AMERICA - COAST CHARTS
Paris: Imp. Royale, 1753 . First Edition.. Full contemporary calf.. Very good; rebacked.. 4to, [2], viii, [1] 288, [10 Contents & errata] pp. + 6 fldg. maps (eng. by Gobin); folding. plate; folding table. A model of cartographic and physical science and the best of 18th European scientific voyaging to the western hemisphere. The expedition was mounted to rectify the pilot maps for the eastern coast of Canada and to undertake a variety of astronomical measurements.... Read More
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The Life and Times of Daniel De Foe: with remarks digressive and discursive
by Chadwick, William
London: J R Smith, 1859. First Edition.. Original blind stamped publisher's cloth.. Fine; backstrip lightly sunned.. 8vo, viii, [1] - 464 pp. + frontispiece of De Foe. An early biography of De Foe providing a good deal of new information about the man and his writings. NCBEL II, 908
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Au Tonkin 1884 - 1885. Notes, Souvenirs et Impressions
by Challan de Belval, [ A ] Dr. - VIETNAM
Paris: Plon-Nourrit et Cie., 1904. First Edition.. orig. publisher's green printed wrappers.. A very good copy; some spotting to the wrappers.. 8vo. The author spent two years in the field with French troops. The book provides an eyewitness narrative to important events, e.g. the taking of Hung-Hoa, and insights into French war with China in 1884. The author also visited and resided in Cambodia and the Malaccas. The text, printed here as unabridged, is accompanied by an appendix... Read More
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Two medical notebooks: 289 pp. and 4 pp. index; 364 pp. with some illustrations and 13 pp. index
by Challan de Belval, [?] - MANUSCRIPT PHARMACEUTICAL NOTEBOOKS
[Noyers?, France], ca1810. Contemporary half leather.. Very good, some wear to the bindings.. Two French language notebooks in different hands. Two notebooks, one signed Challan the other with a bookplate imprinted: Challan de Belval. The first notebook appears to be in a secretarial hand. It is a record of a course in materia medica that is divided into 12 classes. Each is covered in turn, providing purpose, context, and scientific background. The second volume is a small 4to.... Read More
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Expériences faites en vertu des ordres de son Exc. le Ministre de la guerre, sur de nouveaux magasins à poudre
by [Champy, Jean-Siméon] - GUNPOWDER
[Paris]: Ministre de la guerre, 1813. First Edition. Late 19th century half leather and marbled boards.. Good; x-library with two stamps and minor ink notation.. Folio, 42 pp. + Folding plate and large folding chart. A report on the gunpowder storage at a newly constructed magazine near Boulogne. A problem of humidity and the deterioration of the powder in storage is examined. Details of the new construction are provided followed by results of test firings after storage. An... Read More
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On the Action of the Two Dimensional Airstream on a Cylindrical Aerofoil Moving in It
by Chaplygin, S A - AERONAUTICS
Moscow: Trans. of the Central Aero-Hydrodynamical Inst., 1926. OFFPRINT.. Original printed wrappers.. Good.. Large 8vo. Chaplygin's work is primarily in mechanics and aeronautics. He was a pioneer in the development of high speed flight and his work is the basis for all developments in the new science. This is one of his papers dealing with the complex subject of wing cross sections. They were fundamental investigations that had, according to his biographer, ' ... great significance for the... Read More
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Rules for the More Uniform Masting and Sparring of Merchant Ships ... to Which is Appended ... the Scale of Victualling Recommended by the Liverpool Ship-Owners' Association
by Chapman, Henry C
Liverpool: Wareing Webb, [1843?]. First Edition. Stitched as issued.. Very good; small 19th century stamp on the last page; marginal snag to last leaf (no loss).. 8vo, 16 pp. Chapman was chair of the Liverpool ship registry. A remarkable pamphlet that serves to mark the change in British overseas commerce. Chapman states that ship owners and captains had, until recently, been accustomed to what he describes as a Baltic and "coasting trade" and were now experiencing an adjustment... Read More
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[Advertising Handbill] - Correct Profile Likenesses ....
by Chapman, [Moses] - AMERICAN SILHOUETTES
[Salem, MA ?], ca1820. Period gilt frame.. Very good; some spotting; thin margin of old glassine tape along one edge (verso).. Handbill, printed (recto only) on laid paper (no watermark) and meas. appx. 160 x 195 mm. Chapman advertising his trade. He would provide colored specimens that were made by, " ... use of a machine universally allowed by the best judges to be more correct than any ever before invented." The machine referred to is a camera... Read More
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Elements of Chemistry ... Three Volumes in One
by Chaptal de Chanteloup, J A C
Boston: J T Buckingham, 1806. Third American Edition.. Full contemporary calf.. Near fine; lightly toned; occasional light spotting.. 8vo, xiv, [15] - 608, [4 - index] pp. A lovely artifact and rare survival in such condition for an American imprint of this period. This is Chaptal's text for chemistry in which he adapted Lavoisier's oxygen theory. Cole #259a.
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A Chaptal's ... Versuch über die Vervollkommnung der chemischen Kunstgewerbe in Frankreich
by Chaptal, J A [translated by H W Heerwagen] - CHEMISTRY
Berlin: J F Unger, 1802. First German Edition.. Later (?) blue paper over card stock wrappers.. Good with some spotting, and somewhat toned; old ownership stamp near lower border of the title page; . 8vo, 94 pp. An interesting essay by the great chemist on the means by which the state could support and improve the economic well being of the tradesmen in crafts utilizing chemistry and other scientific skills. This German trans. was intended to inspire the... Read More
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Journal de l`Expedition Antarctique Francaise ....
by Charcot, J B - ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION
Paris: E Flammarion, [1906]. First Edition.. Original publisher's printed wrappers. Good; appx. 3 inches of the wrapper at the base of the spine chipped away.. 4to, [6], xxxvii, [1] - 486pp. + frontispiece portrait, large folding map, 27 full page plates and maps, text illustrations. The official account of the first French Antarctic expedition. The object of the expedition was twofold: to chart the coast of Graham Land and to try and find the missing Swedish explorer Nordenskold.... Read More
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Clinical Lectures on the Diseases of Old Age
by Charcot, J M
New York: William Wood, 1881. First American Edition.. Original publisher's decorated cloth.. Very good.. 8vo, xv, [1], 280 pp. + 3 plates. This book was issued in the same year in the UK and America in two different translations. It is one of the best books on the topic at the time. G - M #2222.
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Table of the Logarithms of Sines and Tangents for Every Second of the First Five Degrees and of the Sines, Cosines, Tangents and Cotangents, for Every Ten Seconds of the Quadrant
by [Charles Babbage] Callet, F - MATHEMATICS
Paris: Firmin Didot, 1827. First Edition. Contemporary binder's cloth.. A very good copy; original spine laid down; untrimmed; unopened.. 8vo, title, [372] pp. Printed on yellow paper. Callet's logarithmic tables were generally regarded as being the most accurate ever produced to that date. This volume was printed for Babbage as an accompaniment to the first editon of his own issue of logarithmic tables in 1827. Henderson points out that this volume of Callet was printed by Didot on... Read More
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The Quaternary Era with Special Reference to its Glaciation, 2 vols.
by Charlesworth, J K
London: E Arnold, 1957. First Edition.. Original cloth and dustjackets.. A very good set.. 8vo. The text is illus. throughout. Challinor comments : ' One of the great works by an author who has ... grasped the whole matter with a masterly hand, and who presents it in all its detail and history as a complete work of art, science, and literature. ' Challinor, Hist. of British Geology, p. 152 .
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