London: G. Bell and Sons, 1947. First Edition. Discusses the general elements of atomic theory, related observations, and calls upon the author's earlier publication, "The Atom" (1927, Ernest Benn). Near Fine in a Very Good plus example of the scarce dust jacket. Offsetting to the endpapers. A few tiny chips and closed tears to the jacket, a brief dampstain to.....
Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1955. Vintage still photograph from the set of the 1955 film "Revenge of the Creature." Featuring a comical image of the film being shot in the water at Marineland, Florida while a dolphin show takes place in the background. Half of the gathered crowd watches the dolphin show, while the other half has turned to.....
San Diego, CA: Laurel Glen, 1999. First Edition. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. A lovely collection of full page color photographs of various flower bulbs.
Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame, 1971. Later printing. Number two in the "Notre Dame Mathematical Lectures" series. Addresses linear algebra, field theory, and a supplemental section on applications by Milgram. Very Good plus in printed wrappers. Light foxing to the page edges, endpapers and rear panel, light rubbing overall.
London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1964. First Edition. Near Fine in an about Fine dust jacket. From the library of distinguished philosopher George Farre, with his small ownership label on the front pastedown. Spine slightly cocked; jacket has a hint of toning and a tiny splash to the rear panel, else Fine. A lovely copy.
New York: Crescent Books, 1995. First printing of this Crescent edition. Fine and unread in a just about Fine dust jacket. Black and white and color reproductions of Bateman's work throughout.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986. First Edition. Published simultaneously in hardcover. Addresses near-linear spaces, linear and projective spaces, quadrangles, and many other subjects. Includes a bibliography and an index. Light foxing to the page edges and endpapers, else Near Fine in printed wrappers.
New York: Discovery Books / Random House, 2000. First Edition. Near Fine in a Fine dust jacket.
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1958. Vintage black-and-white studio still photograph from the 1958 film. The lost missile circles Earth and destroys everything in its path, using a mysterious technology gained from outer space. Incorporates Cold War propaganda, stock footage, and the mid-century focus on the importance of science relating to aviation and military weaponry. Shot on location in New.....
Oxford: Clarendon Press / Oxford University Press, 1977. Second printing of this edition. Collects over thirty extracts from original writings of mathematicians who helped pioneer graph theory. Includes biographical and bibliographical information. Jacket illustration of a seventeenth-century map of Konigsberg. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Binding slightly cocked, faint foxing to the page edges, and.....
Berlin: Verlag Von Julius Springer, 1928. First Edition. About Near Fine in publisher's yellow cloth, with titles and rule in black on the front board and spine. Owner name stamp on the title page, with a small numeric ink notation (repeated on the front pastedown).Text in German [Texte auf Deutsch]. A tight, clean copy.
N.p. The Mathematical Association of America, 1972. First printing of the second edition. Volume thirteen of the "Carus Mathematical Monographs" series, and originally published in 1960. Addresses sets, functions, derivatives, compactness, and other subjects. Includes answers to problems and an index. Very Good plus with no dust jacket. Spine ends lightly bumped, slight spine lean, and light foxing to the.....
New York: Bonhams Auctions, 2017. About Fine and unread in illustrated wrappers. Perfect bound. Illustrated profusely in color throughout. Includes items relating to science and technology, including works by Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, and Niels Bohr, as well as globes, telescopes, and most notably including early Apple computer memorabilia.
New York: Bonhams Auctions, 2017. Fine and unread in illustrated wrappers. Perfect bound. Illustrated profusely in color throughout. Includes items relating broadly to the 20th Century, including literature by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ayn Rand, and James Joyce, as well as letters, illustrations, and World War II memorabilia.
Oakland, CA: In Cahoots, 2002. First Edition. Offset printed in gray and yellow ink on UV Ultra paper. Pamphlet sewn, enclosed in a shaped envelope with string, and fabric additions. One of 100 numbered copies (this being No. 71) SIGNED by Chadwick. From the artist: "Cell Memory is an artist’s book about the microscopic world of the cell and distant.....
Santa Monica: Home Box Office [HBO], 1988. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1988 television movie. A television drama about a young doctor who persuades a truck driver to transport medical supplies, aiding a cholera-stricken African community. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.
New York: Main Street, 2005. First printing of this Main Street hardcover edition. Just about Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. An attractive copy, with color photographs throughout.
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1918. First Edition. Duodecimo. Includes formulas, tables, and curves for reference, and addresses plane analytic geometry and solid geometry, written by two professors from the University of Pennsylvania. Very Good with no dust jacket. Owner annotations in pencil throughout, including several formulas and equations, owner annotations in ink on the front endpapers, moderate shelfwear, and light.....
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Deer Isle, ME: Cave Paper East, Circa 2010. First Edition. One of 80 numbered copies (this being No. 22), SIGNED by both Amanda Degener and Barbara Schubring. The accordion structure unfolds in a progression of shape and image which moves from the natural to the urban. This title was partially funded and made at the Sherman Mill in Deer Isle.....
New York: Friedman / Fairfax, 2000. First Edition. Fine and unread in a just about Fine, lightly rubbed dust jacket. A lovely copy of this edition, with many full-page color photographs thoughout.
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Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1935. Revised Draft script for the 1936 film, "The Story of Louis Pasteur," here under it's working title, "Enemy of Man." Copy belonging to actor Raymond Brown, who played Dr. Radisse in the film, with his name in holograph crayon on the front wrapper, and check marks next to his inclusions, as well as annotations to.....
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1964. Later printing. Part two of the "Elementary Concepts of Modern Mathematics" series. Addresses calculus in various forms, and includes solutions to problems and an index. Light foxing to the page edges and endpapers, else Near Fine in printed wrappers.
New York: William Wood, 1919. First Edition. Very Good plus in original blue cloth, with moderately rubbed boards, else clean and tight. A very presentable copy.
N.p. N.p., 1966. Notebook belonging to an unknown pharmacist detailing the pharmacy's on hand stock of amphetamines, barbiturates, tranquilizers, and other drugs which contained one or more of those in combination, and noted "effective Feb. 1 - 1966." Also noted is that the inventory was compiled in accordance with recently passed Drug Abuse Control Amendment Act of 1965, which, in.....
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1931. Vintage photograph of Albert Einstein and his wife Elsa on a Warner Brothers film set, February 3, 1931. In early 1931, Einstein and his wife visited several studios and sets to see European directors at work. Here, Einstein, his wife (sitting at his left) and cinematographer J. Peverell Marley sit in at a screening for the 1931.....
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1893. First Edition. With 26 color plates by J. Ridgway featuring illustrations of various hawks and owls discussed. Very Good plus lacking dust jacket. Boards lightly rubbed. Illustrations bright, but with occasional foxing to the pages.
Paris: Alsatia, 1953. First Edition. Text in French. Near Fine in tan wrappers. From the library of distinguished philosopher George Farre, with his owner name to the first blank. Light toning at the spine and extremities, with just a hint of bowing to the pages. An attractive copy.
Burbank, CA: National Broadcasting Company [NBC], circa 1961. Draft script for the 1961 television special. A musical special in the form of a cultural forecast, in anticipation of a changing world. The show addresses topics including: science, technology, politics, entertainment, and leisure. Grey titled wrappers. 83 leaves, with last page of text numbered 82. Mimeograph duplication, with pink, yellow, and.....
London: British Broadcasting Corporation [BBC], 1999. Draft scripts for two Season 2 episodes of the 2000 television show "Badger:" "The Price of a Daughter.," and "Only Ewe," later released under the title "Blood Ties." Jerome Flynn plays a wildlife liaison officer in a small rural town who fights various animal crime and encounters the usual interpersonal drama. Set in Northumberland.....
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Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1935. Treatment script for the 1936 film. Seen under the early working title "The Shining Spectre." Boris Karloff plays scientist Janos Rukh, who discovers a radioactive meteor in Africa that in turn causes him to become radioactive as well. His colleague Dr. Felix Benet (Bela Lugosi) develops a serum that holds the toxin at bay.....
New York: Funk and Wagnalls, 1916. First Edition. Very Good plus in publisher's green cloth, with titles and design in gilt on the front board and spine. Cloth lightly rubbed at the extremities, else a tight, clean copy.
Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins, 2015. About Fine and unread in illustrated wrappers as issued. Perfect bound. Illustrated profusely in color throughout. Features items from many NASA programs, as well as collectible photos, jewelry, and memorabilia.
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1955. First Edition. Text in French. Very Good plus in gray wrappers. From the library of distinguished philosopher George Farre, with his owner name to the half-title. Book has a three inch closed tear at the front joint, with toning to spine, wrapper, and page edges. A presentable copy.
Bethesda, MD: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1962. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Paul Maclean on the front endpaper: "For — / with admiring regards / from Paul Maclean." Light soil, else just about Fine without dust jacket. An attractive copy.
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1944. Second Revised Final Draft script for the 1946 film. Copy belonging to the film's editor Clarence Kolster, with his name in holograph pencil on the first revision page, and annotations throughout, mostly noting cut (or completed) scenes. Actress Bette Davis' name on the front wrapper in holograph pencil, though Davis was the lead role in.....
Editions Medicina Rare, circa 1980. Folio. From a total edition of 2800 copies, this one of 2300 hand-numbered copies (this being No. 343). Quarter bound in black leather with gilt titles, design and rule, with off-white paper-covered boards (Maygrier's initials stamped in gilt on the front board, in original slipcase. Very Good plus, with some shelfwear. A facsimile reprint of.....
Florence: Giunti, 1991. First Edition. Text in Italian. Very Good plus in French flaps. From the library of distinugished philosopher George Farre, with his owner name to the first page, with two minor creases to the front wrapper, light rubbing to the extremities, and a few reading creases to the spine. Profusely illustrated with color photographs of historic scientific instruments.....
Utica, NY: Audio Engineering Society, 1965. First Edition. The July 1965 issue of the "Journal of the Audio Engineering Society," featuring the first publication of a talk by synthesizer inventor Robert Moog first given the previous October, titled "Voltage Controlled Analog Devices." At the rear of the publication is an advertisement for "electronic equipment to meet the requirements of contemporary.....
Helena, MT: Riverbend, 2002. First Edition. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. Illustrated in color throughout with Murphy's striking winter photography.
New York: Walker, 2007. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. Fine and unread in a just about Fine dust jacket. A lovely copy of this book of photographs and stories about extraordinary trees in South Africa.
Springfield, IL and Baltimore, MD: Charles C. Thomas, 1936. First Edition. Very Good in publisher's blue cloth, with gilt titles (slightly dulled) at the spine. Neat contemporary owner name on the front endpaper, binding slightly cocked, boards slightly bowd, else a clean, tight copy.
New York: Rizzoli, 2001. First Edition. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. A bright, attractive copy of this well-illustrated book about Pezzenti's extensive experiences photographing bears.
Oklahoma City: Polyphony, 1978. Later printing. A collection of patch charts for modular synthesizers originally published in "Polyphony" magazine. About Near Fine in perfect bound wrappers.
Editions Medicina Rara, ca. 1970. First printing of this edition. One of 2500 copies issued (out of a total limitation of 2800), this being No. 343. Three-quarter maroon leather with spine title in silver with red cloth-covered boards. Some light foxing to the quarter-binding, light rubbing to the spine title, Very Good plus overall. In a Very Good plus, red.....
London: The International Psycho-Analytical Press, 1921. First Edition. Near Fine, with uncut page edges, without dust jacket. Light soil to the boards, with a small splash to the half-title page and lightly bumped spine ends and corners. A bright, attractive copy of this edition.
Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2002. First Edition. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961. First Edition. Robert Rossen's annotated copy of the novel, with his name in holograph ink on a label affixed to the front board. Rossen would go on to adapt to the novel to the screen and direct in 1964. The film, a psychological drama that was very much an antecedent for the New Hollywood.....
Culver City, CA: Frankovich Productions / Columbia Pictures, 1968. First Estimating script for the 1971 film. Based on the 1967 novel "Doctors' Wives" by Frank G. Slaughter, a real life physician who attended Johns Hopkins medical school. One of the few feature films directed by George Schaefer, known mostly for his work directing plays and musicals for television, garnering seven.....
New York: Dover Publications, 1988. First printing of this edition. Originally published in 1968 by W. B. Saunders Company. Addresses space-time diagrams, time, the Lorentz transformation, form variance, and other subjects. Includes problems for solving and appendices. Light foxing to the page edges, else Near Fine in printed wrappers.
Los Angeles: American Broadcasting Company [ABC] / Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] / National Broadcasting Company [NBC], 1954. Final Script for the short from the 1954 film "Light's Diamond Jubilee." "Light's Diamond Jubilee" was a David O. Selznick television production aired simultaneously on all three of the major networks. The special was mounted to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Thomas Edison's.....
Chicago: Rand McNally, 1889. First Edition. Very Good, with bumps to the corners, light rubbing and soil.
New York: Arno Press, 1977. First printing of this edition. Fine in publisher's orange cloth, with gilt titles on the front board and spine.
Chichester, England: John Wiley and Sons, 1990. First printing of the second edition. Addresses vectors, kinematics, mechanics principles, linear theory, orbits, and many other subjects. Includes answers and comments on problems presented, supplemental reading, and an index. Light foxing to the page edges, and a light bump to one corner, else Near Fine in printed wrappers.
Bristol: John Wright and Sons, 1948. First Edition. Octavo, navy blue cloth with gilt titles and design. SIGNED by the author on the front pastedown: "With compliments / John W. E. Snawdon / 6-1-60." Snawdon describes diagnosis, complications, and treatments in his original study of one aspect of Fibromyalgia. Light shelfwear, and heavy foxing to the page edges and endpapers.....
Baltimore, MD: Williams and Wilkins Company for the Wayne County Medical Society MI, 1930, Detroit. First Edition. Near Fine in publisher's beige cloth, with just the faintest bit of foxing at the top edge of the front board, and a very slightly toned backstrip. A bright, clean copy.
Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Productions, 1965. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1965 film. Based on Paul Annixter's 1950 children's book, "Swiftwater." A sweet tale about a woodsman and his family who share a dream of environmental conservation. Cam Calloway, the eccentric fur trapper, works with his wife and son to establish a sanctuary for wild geese in a sprawling wetland.....
New York: Hafner, 1967. First Edition. Two volumes. Numbers 22 (Patterns and Configurations) and 23 (Mathematics of Experimental Design) of the "Griffin's Statistical Monographs and Courses" series, edited by Alan Stuart. Addresses abstract algebra, configurations, block designs, Latin squares, and other subjects. Each volume includes solutions to problems, a bibliography, and an index. Moderate foxing to the page edges, endpapers.....
Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1978. First UK Edition. Published simultaneously in hardcover. Volume number 106 in the "International Series in Pure and Applied Mathematics," and translated from the Dutch edition, entitled "Verzamelingen." Provides a basic compendium with exercises in Set theory for non-logicians, mathematicians and students, ranging in level from first to third year undergraduate. Very Good plus in printed wrappers. Slight.....
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1922. First Edition. Very Good. Spine toned, with light soil to the boards, and light foxing to the page edges and endpapers.
Paris: Alphonse Leduc, 1968. First printing of this edition, and first edition in English. A brief but intense study of Messiaen's organ music, aimed at an advanced audience, with illustrations of staves throughout. Small octavo. Small, neat owner name on the front wrapper (and again on the second leaf, containing the preface), else easily Very Good plus in lightly rubbed.....
Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing, 1962. Second printing. About Fine lacking dust jacket. From the library of distinguished phiolosopher George Farre, with his owner name to the front endpaper, else Fine. An attractive copy.
Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1970. Collection of seven borderless black-and-white reference photographs from the set of the film, shot in April 1960. Five of the six remarkable photographs show Wise both in the desert and in the midst of the elaborate sets designed to simulate the film's massive underground laboratory. With printed snipes on the verso of each photograph.....
Altadena, CA: Twelvetrees Press, 1987. First Edition. Presentation copy, one of an undetermined number of copies stamped "BURNS ARCHIVE NO." on the verso of the title page (this copy hand-numbered 59) and INSCRIBED by the author to noted bookseller Joanna Grimes on the verso of the title page, below the limitation statement: "Presented to / Joanna Grimes of the Old.....
San Francisco: Holden-Day / University of Chicago, 1964. First American edition, and first edition in English. Designed for students in the upper high school grades and first years of college, containing over 100 problems and detailed solutions. Slight toning overall, with light foxing to the page edges, else Near Fine in illustrated wrappers.