The Standard Electrical Dictionary
by Sloane, T O'Connor
New York: N W Henley & Co., 1892. First Edition.. orig. publisher's cloth.. A very good copy.. 8vo. There are text illus.. A concise but thorough dictionary of terms and explanation of technical issues for electricity. Telegraphy etc. is addressed as well. There is an extensive index and the entries are cross referenced with notes. A very useful book.
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A Convenient Case for Butterflies and Moths - OFFERED WITH - ... Washing, Staining and Dehydrating Small Specimens
by Slonaker, J R
Rochester [NY]: Journal of Applied Microscopy ...., [1930?]. OFFPRINTS.. Original printed wrappers.. Very good; somewhat dusty.. 8vo. There are text illus.. The practical aspects of natural history collections.
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A Treatise on Ploughs and Wheel Carriages -BOUND WITH- An Essay on the Mechanical Principles of the Plough
by Small, J / Barron, W - AGRICULTURE - MACHINES
Edinburgh: Prtd. for the Author/J Balfour, 1784/'74. First Edition.. full contemp. calf. A very good copy; joint strengthened; tear in large plate repaired (no loss).. 8vo. There are 5 copper eng. plates. Small describes himself as a 'plough and cart wright'. The treatise he has written is a manual on the construction and design of ploughs and farm carts. The book is of a practical nature but takes into account scientific and physical principles that would limit the... Read More
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The Theory and Practice of Elocution, 2 vols. bd. as one
by Smart, B H
London: Printed for the Author., 1820. First Edition; Second Issue.. Original blue paper boards with paper label. Very good; some spine abrasion.. 8vo, viii, [1] - 149, [1] - 159, [1 - advertisement] + engraved frontispiece This appears to be a remainder issue of two works issued by the author in 1819 and 1820. Under directions to the binder the title and prelims. of vol. 2 were to be cancelled (the case in this copy) when bound up... Read More
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New York - Plan Section and Elevation of a Half Front of a Fortification with Dry Ditches on a Horizontal Site Drawn under the Direction of D H Mahan ....
by Smead, J[ohn] R[adcliff] - MODEL FORTIFICATION PLAN
[West Point Military Academy], 1850-1854. As accomplished.. Very good with some feint light spotting (inoffensive). Original watercolor and gouache rendering (with vertical orientation) within a thick black border line, on a sheet measuring appx. 590 x 880 mm.; thick, cream colored, watercolor paper stock. A large, appealing, and impressive engineering drawing signed by cadet John Radcliff Smead (class of 1854) who upon graduation went to New Mexico. J R Smead was the son of Raphael Smead who was an instructor... Read More
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New York - Erie Canal: Plan, Section, and Elevation of a Canal Lock Drawn Under the Direction of D H Mahan ....
by Smead, J[ohn] R[adcliff] - ERIE CANAL
[West Point Military Academy], 1850-1854. As accomplished.. Very good with some feint light spotting (inoffensive). Original watercolor and gouache rendering within a thick black border line, on a sheet measuring appx. 590 x 880 mm.; thick, cream colored, watercolor paper stock. A large, appealing, and impressive engineering drawing signed by cadet John Radcliff Smead (class of 1854) who upon graduation went to New Mexico. J R Smead was the son of Raphael Smead who was an instructor in mathematics during... Read More
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Elements of Electro-Metallurgy
by Smee, Alfred
London: Longman, Brown ..., 1843. Second Edition. Revised, corrected, enlarged.. Original publisher's cloth.. Very good with some wear at the head and front joint.. 8vo, xxx, [1] - 338 pp. + an unusual frontis. printed on glazed paper and text illus.. This is the revised edition that is nearly twice the length of the author's original monograph. The purpose of the book is to explain the new technology and processes of the deposition of metals in solution to... Read More
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A Set of Anatomical Tables .... -BOUND WITH- Outlines of the Theory and Practice of Midwifery
by Smellie, W / Hamilton, A - OBSTETRICS
Edinburgh: C Elliot, 1785/'84. New Edition/First Edition.. Full contemporary calf.. A very good copy; endpapers replaced; joints strengthened.. 8vo. The Smellie has 41 copper eng. plates. Smellie's anatomical plates are generally regarded to be suprerior to anything in the 18th century. Spencer in his History of British Midwifery credits Smellie with producing a book that was responsible for the spread of correct ideas of labor than any other book published. The edition offered here is in the much... Read More
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The Booandik Tribe of South Australian Aborigines ....
by Smith, [Christina] nee Menzies - AUSTRALIA
Adelaide: E Spiller, 1880. First Edition. Contemporary full green morocco.. Very good.. 8vo, xi, [3], 3 - 139, [1] pp. + 6 full page plates (in text). Christina Smith nee Menzies, (1809-1893) was the first white woman to settle in the district of Rivoli Bay, South Australia, in 1845. She established a home for Aborigines in Mt Gambier in 1865. She was a teacher and missionary known for her support of Aborigines, in particular the Booandik (Buandig or... Read More
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The Insertion of the Capsular Ligament of the Hip Joint and its Relations to Intra-Capsular Fracture
by Smith, Geo[rge] K
New York: SS & W Wood, 1862. OFFPRINT. Original printed green wrappers.. Good; wear to the wrappers.. 8vo, [4], 44 pp.- illustrated throughout. An offprint from the Medical and Surgical Reporter with an autograph presentation from the author on the front wrapper.
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Harmonics, or the Philosophy of Musical Sounds - BOUND WITH - A Postscript to Smith's Harmonics ... The Changeable Harpsichord ....
by Smith, R - MUSIC - HARMONY - INSTRUMENT
London: T & J Merrill, 1759 & 1762. Second Enlarged Edition / First Edition.. Full contemporary calf.. Good; binding cocked because of damp; title and four pages with damp mark; head band chipped.. 8vo, I - xx, [1] - 280, [14 - index] pp. + 29 engraved plates (plate #29 issued with the Postscript); 3 folding tables (two of the tables are printed in the text and have an additional marginal printed "flap" inserted and mounted along the... Read More
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A Treatise of Health and Long Life ... in two books. The first by Leonard Lessius, and the second by Lewis Cornaro, a noble Venetian ....
by Smith, Timothy (Apothecary)
London: Charles Hitch ...., 1743. First Edition. Very good; disbound.. 12mo, [8], [1] - 97, [3], [3] - 38 pp. "... forbear variety of dishes, and the luxurious artfulness of cookery." Mr Smith recommends temperance, sobriety, and a vegetarian regime. He translated both works to support his point of view. It is recommended the aged should eat an Italian dish (akin to gruel) called Panado.
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A Sketch of the Revolutions in Chemistry
by Smith, T J
Philadelphia: Samuel H Smith, 1798. First Edition.. Full contemp. calf.. Very good internally; binding broken.. 8vo, Smith died at a very young age. This oration to the Chemical Society of Philadelphia and a handful of papers in the Am. Philos. Soc. Trans. constitute his published work. The essay offered here is a reveiw of the history and acceptance of Lavoisier's doctrines. It appears to have made quite an impression when read, the Society immediately requested that it... Read More
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The Seaman's Guide Through the Banka and Gaspar Straits
by Smits, H D A - SINGAPORE
Singapore: Straits Times Press by Thomas Baptist, 1847. First [only] English Edition.. Original printed yellow wrappers.. Very good; some spotting and a pronounced later ink stain to the upper fore-corner of the front wrapper; light toning; small wear hole to a blank portion of the map; some separation at one intersection of folds; some wrinkling along a portion of one fold because of irregular closing.. 8vo, xiv, [2], 55 pp. + a large folding lithographic map of the... Read More
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Begebenheiten des Roderich Random, 2 parts bound as one
by [Smollett, Tobias]
Hamburg: Christ. Wilh. Brandt, 1755. First German Translation.. Contemporary three quarter leather.. Good; overall browning; binding shows wear; text loss because of paper flaw at pp. 805 - 808 and 821 - 824.. 8vo, [16], 448; [2], [449] - 942 pp. RARE. The first German translation by Johann Georg Büsch. Early for any translation of an English novel. But, alas, a flawed copy.
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The Spirit of the Hills
by Smythe, F S - MOUNTAINEERING
London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1935]. First Edition.. Original cloth and dustjacket.. A very good to fine copy.. 8vo. The text is illus. with the author's photographs (36). Smythe made a number of important climbs in the Alps and the Himalaya, including the first ascent of Kamet.The white dustjacket is particularly well preserved on this copy. Neate, # *731.
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A Family Canoe Trip
by Snedeker, Florence
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1892. First Edition.. Orig. publisher's cloth.. A very good copy.. 12mo. There are half tone photographs throughout. Part of the Harper's ' Black and White ' series. A charming account of a sojourn through the Lake District of New York State. An early use of half-tone illustration.
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Fireplace
by Snyder, A - PATENT MODEL - ARCHITECTURE
Richmond, 1869. Unique.. As made.. Overall in very good condition with some solder jts. splitting.. The model is appx. 9" sq. soldered tinplate. The original patent model offered with a xerox description of the patent registration. Snyder was granted patent # 95529 on Oct. 5, 1869. He invented an improvement for the home fireplace that consisted of a perforated radiator and basket grate. This permitted complete burning of the fuel (coal), the extraction of ashes, and improved the... Read More
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Rosalie, the Prairie Flower Melodist :a collection of copyright songs and ballads
by Anon. - SONGSTER
Boston: Russell & Tolman, [1859]. First Edition.. Original publisher's brown pebbled cloth.. A good copy with some wear to the binding.. 12mo. Russell & Tolman were music publishers in Boston. This book contains what they considered to be their most appealing songs issued under copyright.
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General Chart of the North Atlantic. Or Western Ocean. From the Equator to 62o North Latitude according to the latest Surveys and Observations
by SEA CHART - James Imray & Son
London: James Imray & Son ... 102 Minories, 1855. Revised Edition.. As issued.. Very good; some minor punctures and a repaired tear (cloth patch on verso).. Folio. Blue back sea chart with quarter inch cloth binding along all borders. It meas. appx. 39.5 x 52 inches. The chart also carries, near the cartouche, the applied label of Frederic Lincoln, instrument maker, in Boston. Imray's identifying label mounted on the verso. The chart covers the Atlantic from... Read More
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Bronson's Farm Ledger and Business Forms
by R P Bronson & Sons
Minneapolis: R P Bronson, 1885. First Edition.. Original leather backed printed bds... A very good copy.. Folio., [4], 188, [8] pp. An unused (one page has some hand-written text neatly entered) pre-printed accounting ledger for farms. What is of considerable interest is the organization of the ledger for maintaining proper accounts, e.g., showing sections for labor, grains, livestock, bills, settlements, breeding, fruits, dairy etc.
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Experiments Upon the Circulation of the Blood, Throughout the Vascular System: on Languid Circulation: on the Motion of the Blood, Independent of the Action of the Heart ....
by Spallanzani, [Lazzaro]
London: Printed for J Ridgway ...., 1801. First English Edition.. Modern half-leather in a contemporary style.. Very good; feint library stamp on the title along with a blind stamp personal ownership mark.. 8vo, xiv, [1 - blank], [1] - 424 pp. The author conducted over 300 experiments on blood circulation and the impact of gravity on the blood flow, wounds to the system etc.. There is also an attempt to clarify the relationship of the heart to the... Read More
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From Love to War [art bas relief in paper]
by SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR ?
[St Louis?]: unk., [1870?]. Edition Unknown.. Framed.. Very good with a small damp stain(?) along bottom.. A 6 x 11 inch bas relief of molded ivory colored paper against a black background depicting a soldier embracing his wife and departing. Beneath the couple is the embossed inscription: 'From Love to War'. Mounted to the verso are the remains of an old label noting St Louis. The modeling of the figures is quite substantial with a great deal of... Read More
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Alpen-Flora [58 samples]
by Anon. - PLANT SPECIMENS
[1855]. Specimen box.. Front joint of the box is cracked; inner sleeve wanting two flaps. The samples are in near fine condition. The metal clasp is wanting the locking mechanism and retains only the mounts front and back.. Oblong 4to, wooden box as book form, covered in embossed cloth with clasp and gilt edges. The box is stamped on the front cover: Alpen-Flora. It is stamped in the center of the rear cover: 1855. It serves to contain 58 mounted... Read More
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A Treatise on the Culture of the Pineapple and the Management of the Hot - House ....
by Speechly, W [Gardener]
York: Prtd. by A Ward, for, and sold by the Author ...., 1779. First Edition.. Original paste paper boards.. Good; some overall toning; binding broken; repaired tear in the folding plate with no loss; minor separations along folds.. 8vo, v, [1 - blank], [5 - list of subscribers], [1 - blank], [vii] - xvii, [1 - blank], [1] - 186, [2 - explanation of folding plate] pp. + 2 plates; one a large folding plan of a hot-house.... Read More
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