23 Chromolithographic Plates from "Florilegium Harlemense"
[London: 1908] ]. Read More about 23 Chromolithographic Plates from "Florilegium Harlemense"
Price: $1,200
Science
Rare books including first editions reated to science, medicine, and natural history. Specializing in Anthropology/Sociology, trade catalogues, birds, and botany.
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Chicago House Wrecking Co. Catalogue No160A. 1909-1910.
Chicago: 35th and Iron Streets, 1909. The company was started for the dismantling odf the Chicago World's Fair. They became “Harris Brothers’ Homes” in 1913. Of the six national companies, selling kit homes through mail-order catalogs, Harris Brothers was probably the least-well known. Read More about Chicago House Wrecking Co. Catalogue No160A. 1909-1910
Price: $250
Hand-Colored
Uncle Joseph's Pretty Stories about Birds.
New York: J. Q. Premble, [1860s]. First edition. Hand-Colored. A scarce publication: OCLC locates only a single holding, at New York State Library. J. Q. Premble also published, 'Uncle Joseph's Pretty Stories About The Camel'. Read More about Uncle Joseph's Pretty Stories about Birds
Price: $400
Superb Civil War Railroad Chromolithograph
“The Famous War Engine 'General' of the Western & Atlantic R.R. Now on Permanent Exhibition in Union Depot, Chattanooga, Tenn.”...
n.p: Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway, n.d. Superb Civil War Railroad Chromolithograph. An absolutely brilliant chromolithograph, printed on heavy coated stock, its clarity of detail putting most examples of this medium to shame. Caption states: “The 'General' was captured at Big Shanty (now Kennesaw), Ga. April 12, 1862, by..... Read More about “The Famous War Engine 'General' of the Western & Atlantic R.R. Now on Permanent Exhibition...
Price: $750
The Mesolithic settlement of Northern Europe. A study of the food-gathering peoples of Northern Europe during the early post-glacial period...
Cambridge: at the University Press, 1936. FIRST EDITION. Read More about The Mesolithic settlement of Northern Europe. A study of the food-gathering peoples of Northern...
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Etching "Last Round."
[1928]. One of 67 copies done. Read More about Etching "Last Round."
Price: $750
Stray Shots.
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1931. Clark, Roland. First edition, one of 535 copies. A lovely copy of a scarce volume that is less a book than a work of art. Roland Clark's matchless drypoints, printed from the plates on fine watermarked deckle edge paper, are luminous — one doesn't..... Read More about Stray Shots
Price: $2,500
Visions: A Study of False Sight (Pseudopia.)...With an Introduction and Memorial Sketch by Oliver Wendell Holmes, M.D.
Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company. The Riverside Press, Cambridge [London: Trübner & Co.], 1878. Holmes edited this last book by his classmate and friend Edward H. Clarke (1820-77), an essay left unfinished at Clarke’s death. It is a study of hallucinations and visions, and what causes them. The effects of..... Read More about Visions: A Study of False Sight (Pseudopia.)...With an Introduction and Memorial Sketch by Oliver...
Price: $125
Five trade catalogues of carriage and wagon wheels.
West Chester, Pa: Hoopes Bros. & Darlington, 1891; 1902; 1907; 1913; 1923. Three decades of the Hhistory of this wheel manufacturer. With the 1913 catalogue, the firm was advertising not only carriage and wagon wheels, but “automobile wheels”. Read More about Five trade catalogues of carriage and wagon wheels
Price: $250
A Treatise on the Culture and Management of Fruit Trees:...To which are added, an Introduction and Notes adapting the Rules...
Albany: D. & S. Whiting, 1803. Second American edition. Read More about A Treatise on the Culture and Management of Fruit Trees:...To which are added, an Introduction...
Price: $175
Dessein de l'Illumination et deu feu d'Artifice donné a Monseigneur le dauphin a Meudon le 3 Septembre 1735. Cette fest...
n.p: 1735. Mythological pantomime with accompanying fireworks staged for the entertainment of the Dauphin. The audience is in the foreground, a dragon is being slain in the midground, and the fireworks are in the background. Read More about Dessein de l'Illumination et deu feu d'Artifice donné a Monseigneur le dauphin a Meudon le 3...
Price: $950
On a Specific Case of Leaf-Variation in Coprosma Baueri.
Wellington: John Mackay, GPO, 1906. Inscribed on upper cover, "Dr. --Pranseau with L. Cockayne's Compliments." The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography sums up Cockayne's achievements: He "was one of the most influential of New Zealand's scientists. Although lacking formal training, he made important and original contributions to botany, stimulating research..... Read More about On a Specific Case of Leaf-Variation in Coprosma Baueri
Price: $350
The Therapeutic Potential of Marihuana.
New York: Plenum Medical Book Company, 1976. First edition. Read More about The Therapeutic Potential of Marihuana
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Chrysler's Tex Colbert to Photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt
Autograph Note Signed to Alfred Eisenstaedt, n.p., November 1955.
Chrysler's Tex Colbert to Photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt. Colbert, trained as a lawyer, climbed the ladder at Chrysler, becoming President in 1950 and Chairman in 1960, his tenure marked with colorful controversy leading to executive fistfights and some internal dislocations not evident in his note to Eisenstaedt: “With thanks for a...... Read More about Autograph Note Signed to Alfred Eisenstaedt, n.p., November 1955
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Mathematical Boy Genius
A Memoir of Zerah Colburn; Written by Himself. Containing an Account of the First discovery of his Remarkable Powers; His...
Springfield: Published by G. and C. Merriam, 1833. First edition. Mathematical Boy Genius. Colburn (1804-1839), the “American lightning-calculating boy.” His extraordinary calculating powers became evident when at the age of 6 he could calculate amazing figures. His father took him to various institutions in America and then to Europe showing..... Read More about A Memoir of Zerah Colburn; Written by Himself. Containing an Account of the First discovery of...
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The Columbus Carriage Mfdg. Co. Catalogue 16...Builders for the Trade of Vehicles of Every Description.
Columbus, Ohio: South High St and C.H.V. & T. Ry. Crossing, nd c. 1890s (Incorp. in 1889). Read More about The Columbus Carriage Mfdg. Co. Catalogue 16...Builders for the Trade of Vehicles of Every...
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Variations and Diseases of the Teeth of Animals.
London: John Bale, 1936. First edition. Signed by Ashley Montagu. Read More about Variations and Diseases of the Teeth of Animals
Price: $300
Compendio di Geografia Moderna, accresciuta delle ultime scoperte &c. Ad uso del Collegio Nazerno di Roma.
Venice: 1800. Seconda edizione Veneta. School geography, based upon earlier geographies printed at Rome by Zempel. The last chapter discusses “Nuovo Scoperte” including short accounts of Cook’s voyages and discoveries in the Antarctic regions. Only one copy recorded in OCLC. Read More about Compendio di Geografia Moderna, accresciuta delle ultime scoperte &c. Ad uso del Collegio...
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The first book on a computer game
Faster than Thought: The Ferranti Nimrod Digital Computer. A brief survey of the field of digital computing with specific reference...
Hollinwood, Lancs: Ferranti Ltd, 1951. First edition. The first book on a computer game. The first book devoted to a computer game, available for purchase at the 1951 Festival of Britain with the event’s symbol printed on the upper cover. The Ferranti Nimrod was revealed to the public as part..... Read More about Faster than Thought: The Ferranti Nimrod Digital Computer. A brief survey of the field of digital...
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Symbolic Logic and Intelligent Machines.
New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, [1959]. First edition. An attempt to demonstrate that all the language of thought could really become calcuable like mathematics. Read More about Symbolic Logic and Intelligent Machines
Price: $100
From Son of Thomas Alva Edison's Library
High-Speed Data Processing.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1958. First edition. From Son of Thomas Alva Edison's Library. Copy from the library of Theodore M. Edison, youngest son of Thomas Alva. The important principles and general techniques oif processing data at high speeds particularly for business purposes is the content of this..... Read More about High-Speed Data Processing
Price: $100
From Son of Thomas Alva Edison's Library
Analog Methods in Computation and simulation.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1954. First edition. From Son of Thomas Alva Edison's Library. Copy from the library of Theodore M. Edison, youngest son of Thomas Alva. The important principles and general techniques oif processing data at high speeds particularly for business purposes is the content of this..... Read More about Analog Methods in Computation and simulation
Price: $100
Son of Thomas Alva Edison
Digital Computing Systems.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1959. First edition. Son of Thomas Alva Edison. Copy from the library of Theodore M. Edison, youngest son of Thomas Alva. A broad technical introduction to digital computing systems, especially written for readers with engineering backgrounds and others familiar with electrical circuits and apparatus..... Read More about Digital Computing Systems
Price: $100
Conversations on Chemistry: In which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained, and Illustrated by Experiments, and Thirty-Eight Engavings...
Hartford: Published by Cooke and Co, 1831. The Thirteenth American Edition. Read More about Conversations on Chemistry: In which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained, and...
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Conversations on Chemistry; in Which the Elements of That ScienceAre Familiarly Explained and Illustrated by Experiments.
Hartford, (Conn.): Oliver D. Cooke and Sons, 1824. Read More about Conversations on Chemistry; in Which the Elements of That ScienceAre Familiarly Explained and...
Price: $150