Resultados de búsqueda: Science & Technology from The Book Shed

Hearst Business Publications, 2000. 2000. Paperback. Very Good. light wear to tips, corners and edges of the book, clean and unmarked. Porsche, Saab, Subaru, Suzuki, Toyota, Volkswagen, Volvo, Yugo. 1758 pages, plus note pages (blank), Guide to Estimating. No dditional domestic s&h. Most items ship with tracking numbers and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/near fine. Previous owner's name and bookplate, else clean and unmarked. Unread. First printing, full number line. "...a valuable contribution to the history of women in science." -- The Journal of American History, March 2003. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

Detroit: Chevrolet, 1936. First edition. Paperback. Fair. Stapled wraps. Much wear to tips, corners and edges of the book, 1x2 in.chip to the edge of the front cover with corresponding damage to the first 3 pages, some grease staining, else clean and unmarked. From wikipedia: "The Chevrolet Master and Master Deluxe are American passenger vehicles manufactured by Chevrolet between 1933 and 1942 to replace the 1933 Eagle. It was the more expensive model in the Chevrolet range at this time, with the Mercury and Standard providing a cheaper and smaller range between 1933 to 1937. From 1940 a more expensive version based on the Master Deluxe was launched called the Special Deluxe." Most items ship with tracking numbers and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1970. Revised. Hardcover. Good /no jacket. some wear to tips and corners, page edges soiled, previous owner's name to rear endpaper, lightly rubbed. Text clean and unmarked. Fifth printing, 1971. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

New York: Rinehart & Co, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Good/no jacket. tips and edges worn, corners bumped, hinges starting, some soiling to spine and rear cover, previous owner's inscription, penciling scattered throughout first half of book. First printing, denoted by Rinehart R logo on copyright page and no others noted. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/no jacket. Light shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book; no jacket; previous owner's name and date. First printing, no others noted. An early title in the field of automation and robotics. Pound wrote about manufacturing in the early 20th century. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Lightest wear to the book and jacket, previous owner's name as well as a small bookplate under the flap, front flap creased. First printing, full number line. "A sophisticated, fluid presentation that leaves general readers knowledgeable about the genome's past and positioned to make sense of the future of genetic engineering." Gilbert Taylor--Booklist. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

New York: Moody's Magazine, 1909. Hardcover. Very Good. Second edition after the first 1907 edition. Shelf wear to tips, corners and edges of book, Christmas sticker to front endpaper, title page lacks upper corner, pages browned. How to avoid getting swindled in mining scheme, quite useful. Dr. Francis C. Nicholas began his working life as an office boy on the New York Stock Exchange. Within eight years he rose to the position of cashier. After receiving a degree in economic geology from Columbia University much of his professional career was spent in the mining industry primarily in the Caribbean and Latin America. Moody's Magazine described him as "perhaps the only technical geologist who has had a thorough business training in finance." Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online… Leer más

Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/near fine. Name and bookplate of a math professor, else As New in all respects, clean and unmarked. First printing, full number line. From the flap: "Clear and accessible, Negative Math expects from its readers only a passing acquaintance with basic high school algebra. It will prove pleasurable reading not only for those who enjoy popular math, but also for historians, philosophers, and educators." Most items ship with tracking numbers and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

New York: Theo Audel & Co, 1896. Hardcover. Good/no jacket, as issued. wear to tips, corners and especially edges of book, 2 inch split at lower left gutter, delicate but still tight in binding, edge tears to preliminaries. Printing of 1903. All edges gilt, leather bound with flap. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Lightest wear to the book and jacket, previous owner's name as well as a small bookplate under the flap. First printing, full number line. From the flap: "Exploring the intimate relationship between mathematics, physics, and the tremendous power of modern computers, Number-Crunching will appeal to anyone interested in understanding how these three important fields join forces to solve today's thorniest puzzles." Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

New York: Putnam for the C. G. Jung Foundation for Analytical Psychology, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/no jacket. Light shelf wear to the book; no jacket. First printing, no others noted. "In Carl Jung's theory of analytical psychology, the Wise Old Woman and the Wise Old Man are archetypes of the Collective Unconscious. 'The "wise old woman"...[or] helpful "old woman" is a well-known symbol in myths and fairy tales for the wisdom of the eternal female nature'. The 'Wise Old Man, or some other very powerful aspect of eternal masculinity is her male counterpart."--Wikipedia. "The C.G. Jung Foundation for Analytical Psychology, founded in 1962, is dedicated to helping men and women grow in conscious awareness of the psychological realities in themselves and society, find healing and meaning in their lives, reach greater depth in their relationships, and live in response to their discovered sense of purpose." Every effort is made to… Leer más

New York: Basic Books , 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Good +/fair. wear to tips and corners to book and jacket, more so to jacket which also shows soiling and rubbing, previous owner's name to front endpaper. First printing, no others noted. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. keep

London: The Institution of Petroleum Technologists, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. covers worn, soiled, previous owner's name to front cover and endpaper, interior clean, unmarked, tight. Scarce. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Based Upon a Course of Lectures Given By Members of the Institution of Petroleum Technologists on the Occasion of the Petroleum Exhibition, Crystal Palace, 1920. Ownership signatures of the oilman T.E. Ward who was associated with Major Frank Holmes of the Eastern & General Syndicate, early players in Middle Eastern oil development. The contributors include E.H. Cunningham Craig, George Howell, H. May, H. Barringer, A.E. Dunstan, F.B. Thole, W.R. Ormandy, J.S.S. Brame, James Kewley, Arthur Eastlake, with an introduction by Sir Frederick W. Black and a resume of an address by the late Sir Boverton Redwood's address to the Royal Institute on "The Romance of Petroleum." Illustrated by charts, diagrams and photographs.… Leer más

New York: Gotham Books, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/near fine. Third printing. Previous owner's name and bookplate, remaindered else clean and unmarked. "The Physics of Superheroes is clear, rapid, funny and endlessly informative-as if Stan Lee and George Gamow had teamed up to battle the nefarious forces of ignorance."--Gerard Jones, author of Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Shelf wear to tips, corners and edges of the book, no jacket, clean and unmarked. First printing, no others noted. Second of a three volume work, volume 1 also available. Edward Wilson Kimbark (1902-1982) was a noted power engineer and professor of Electrical Engineering at Northwestern University. He taught electrical power systems engineering in the U.S. and elsewhere as well as working in the power industry in various capacities. Most items ship with tracking numbers and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/no jacket. Shelf wear to tips, corners and edges of the book, no jacket, clean and unmarked. First printing, no others noted. First of a three volume work, volume 2 also available.Edward Wilson Kimbark (1902-1982) was a noted power engineer and professor of Electrical Engineering at Northwestern University. He taught electrical power systems engineering in the U.S. and elsewhere as well as working in the power industry in various capacities. Most items ship with tracking numbers and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

New York: Weathervane, 1978. facsimile reprint. Hardcover. Good/no jacket. Much shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book, previous owner's stamp to the front endpaper else clean and unmarked; no jacket. Laid-in is a catalogue of "Early American Wrought Iron Hardware hand forged at the fire by Donald Streeter, Iona New Jersey." "Richardson explains strength tests for wrought iron and steel, heating and hardening steel, rotting and crystallization of iron, selecting quality steel, restoring burnt steel, artistic ironwork, and the general usefulness of these metals. Learn how to work on chains, knives, sleds, wagons, horseshoes, and more. Inside you will also find plans for blacksmith shops, which detail chimney building, forge construction, and blueprints for a variety of workbenches. The tool collector will also find this guide of immense value as Richardson covers the history of blacksmithing tools. He provides a catalog of antique tools, which are no longer… Leer más

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1889. Seventh Edition. Leather_bound. Fair. The seventh edition, revised and enlarged. Covers are considerably edgeworn, front cover barely hanging on, four inches of nibbling to the rear edge, area of loss at the bottom of spine, leather label chipped, worn, recipe on the front endpaper, previous owner's stamp to second blank page, else clean and unmarked. A respectable binding copy. Previous owner was an 1892 graduate of the Albany Medical College. Recipe on the front endpaper is "To make old horses young or to put life into them." Materia medica is a Latin term for the body of collected knowledge about the therapeutic properties of any substance used for healing. Today this is called pharmacology. Bartholow produced this work while a professor of Materia Medica at the Medical College of Ohio in Cincinnati. In 1879 following publication of Materia Medica and Therapeutics, Bartholow accepted a professorship at the prestigious Jefferson Medical… Leer más

Cambridge, MA: John Bartlett, 1851. Eighth American edition. Hardcover. Good. shelf wear to the book which has been much mitigated by a homemade brown paper jacket placed on it by the original owner, front free endpaper partially torn away, offsetting to endpapers, first 18 page of Organic Chemistry loose, proud. The second papragraph of the preface contains a statement regarding the substitution of "the Fahrenheit instead of the Centigrade thermometrical scale" which is footnoted with the hopeful note, "It is highly probable that the Centigrade thermometer will in a few years be generally adotped in this country..." Scarce in blind stamped publishers brown cloth. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.