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New York, NY: Harper & Brothers Run from December 1901 through December 1963.. Remarkable unbroken run of 123 six-month bound volumes of one of America's premier literary journals. All ex-library, with modest markings .All volumes are in original bindings, in condition ranging from Fair to Fine externally, Good to Fine internally.. Vols.104-132 include some vols. which lack spines or pieces of spines. The latest 47 years, from 1916 to 1963 (Vol.133 to 227), are uniformly bound in matching black library buckram with gilt lettering, all Very Good Plus to Fine. Buyer to select shipping method, and to pay actual cost of shipping. Will require an estimated 20 shipping boxes.. Buckram. Very Good. 8vo. Bound Periodicals.

Washington: National Geographic Society 1957-1999 85 vols. red cloth. Vols. are Jan-June and July-Dec. Missing Vol. 145, Jan-June 1974. Red cloth covers with library "coding" label on front. Spine with white lettering. 4 with paper label at spine base. Most bindings are bright, some dull. Three volumes are a brownish red. Good+ to Very Good. Free endpapers with library "date due" slip and markings on some colored front cover issues. Otherwise interiors: Near Fine. Can purchase the additional volumes from 1917-1956 in different bindings.. Cloth. Good+ to Very Good. Illus. by Photographs, Folding Maps. Size: Approx. 6 1/2" x 10". National Geographic.

Washington: National Geographic Society Vol. 31-110. 79 Volumes. Brown embossed covers with gilt. Circular globe with gilt propeller plane sitting on top. Gilt lettering on covers and spine. Exteriors: Good- to Very Good-. Ex. lib. markings: "date due" paper on endpaper and pocket with slip on free endpaper. Otherwise interiors are Very Good +. Only one paper label on spine. Can purchase the additional volumes from 1957-1999 in different bindings.. Boards. Good- to Very Good-. Illus. by Photographs, Folding Maps. Size: Approx. 7 " x 10 ". National Geographic.

Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1806. Being a Collection Adapted to the United States, of the Most Approved Precedents of Affidavits, Agreements and Covenants, Assignments, Awards, Bargains and Sales, Bills, Bonds, Feoffments, Gifts, Grants, Leases, Letters of Attorney, Mortgages, Notes, Petitions, Receipts, Releases, Surrenders, Wills,&c. Containing Nearly Double the Number of Such Precedents, Usually Inserted in Similar Publications; Interspersed with Various Legal Principles, and Copious Extracts from the Laws of the Different States, Relating to Apprenticeships, The Conveyance of Lands, The Mode of Authentigating Foreign Deeds, &c. Author was the Secretary of the State of Kentucky and writes in the Preface that he has presented the Public with a judicious selection of precedents, adapted to the circumstance of the American States..."The utility of such a compilation, is evident in any country, but particularly so, in a country, where property is in a state of incessant fluctuation and… Leer más

Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1971. Study Prepared by the Department of Defense. Printed for the use of the House Committee on Armed Services. "The following is the unclassified text of the 1968 Department of Defense study, 'United States Vietnam Relations, 1945-1967,' popularly known as the Pentagon Papers." History of the military and political involvement in Vietnam, which was brought to the attention of the American public in a front page article printed by The New York Times in 1971. Complete set of 12 volumes. BOOK 1: Vietnam and the United States, 1940-1950. BOOK 2: Evolution of the War. US Training of the Vietnamese National Army, 1954-1959. BOOK 3: Evolution of the War. Strategic Hamlet Program 1961-1963. BOOK 4: Evolution of the War. Military Pressure Against North Vietnam July-October 1964. BOOK 5: U.S. Ground Strategy and Force Deployments 1965-1967. Volume I. BOOK 6: The Air War in North Vietnam. Volume I. BOOK 7: Evolution of the War. US/GVN… Leer más

Washington: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1857. Triangulation by A.D. Bache Supdt. and C.O. Boutelle Assistant. Topography by J.B. Gluck, H.I. Whiting, J.S. Williams Assists. & S.A. Gilbert Sub-Asst. Hydrography by the Party under the command of C.H. Davis Lieut. U.S. Navy Assistant. Original, first edition published map of Boston Bay and Boston Harbor by the U.S. Coast Survey. Detailed insets include information about the Tides and Tidal Currents, Light Houses and Light Vessels, and detailed Sailing Directions approaching Boston Bay, the Main Ship Channel, and Ranges Through the Bay. Illustrations at the bottom of the map include views of Passing Nix's Mate and Deer Island Beacon; Boston Light bearing WNW for clearing Thieves Ledge; Entering Nantasket Roads Long Island; South Channel Broad Sound and Nix's Mate on the middle of the Northern and highest of the Blue Hills; Passing George's Island Nix's Mate on the middle of Bunker Hill Monument. Map has been separated from original… Leer más

Washington: Government Printing Office Set of 15. 1900-1929 publication dates. VOLUME I. Transit Circle Observations of the Sun, Moon, Planets, and Miscellaneous Stars. 1894-1899. Professor William Harkness, and Professor A.N. Skinner. 1900 publication. VOLUME II. Zone Observations with the Nine-Inch Transit Circle. 1894-1901, by Aaron N. Skinner. 1902 publication. VOLUME III. Part I: Observations with the 26-Inch Equatorial, Part II and Part III: Observations with the 9-Inch Transit Circle, Part IV: Observations with the 6-Inch Transit Circle, Part V: Observations with the Prime Vertical Transit Instrument. 1903 publication. VOLUME IV. in Four Parts. Parts I to III. Part I: Transit Circle Observations of Sun, Moon, Planets, and Miscellaneous Stars, 1900-1903.;Part II: Transit Circle Observations of Sun, Moon, Planets, and Comets, 1866-1891.; Part III: Transit Circle Observations of Standard and Zodiacal Stars, 1901-1902. Part IV. Appendix I: Total Solar Eclipses of May 28, 1900 and May 17, 1901;… Leer más

American Academy of Arts and Sciences 3 Volumes SIGNED on the cover by Sereno Watson. Vol.,XI.signature reads:"Davenport Acad of Science from the author". Vol. XVI: "Library of Davenport Academy from Sereno Watson", and Vol. XVII signed on cover "Calif Academy of Sciences from Sereno Watson". Vols. II, and IV.'s paper wraps with writing on front, Watson's?. 8 volumes have ex-mus. numbers on front cover. Covers overall are Good or Better. some soiling and chipping around edges. Most of the pages uncut, so interiors are tight, clean and VG+. Articles on: LUPINUS, POTENTILLA, OENOTHERA, NORTH AMERICAN CHENOPODIACEAE, GENUS CEANOTHUS, DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW PLANTS, SILENE, LIST OF PLANTS FROM SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS and NORTHERN MEXICO collected by Dr. E. Palmer in 1879-80, PLANTS COLLECTED BY DR. PALMER IN SOUTHWESTERN CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO, PLANTS FROM YZABAL, GUATEMALA, PLANTS COLLECTED IN STATE OF JALISCO, MEXICO IN 1886, NEW SPECIES OF MEXICAN PLANTS, CHIEFLY OF MR. C. G.… Leer más

Washington: Government Printing Office 12 consecutive years in 12 volumes. 1880 Appendix: Great Comet of 1882. 1881 Appendices: Orbits of Oberon, Titania, and Neptune's satellite. 1882 Appendices: Orbit Iapetus, the outer satellite of Saturn, Annular Eclipse of the Sun March 13-16, 1885 with fold-outs and Flexure of Meridian Instruments. 1883 Appendices: Six Inner satellites of Saturn; Observations for stellar parallax; and Observatory Temperature Room and Competitive Trials so Chronometers in 1884 and 1886, including Plates, some of them fold-outs. 1884 Appendix: Catalogue of Stars observed at the United States Naval Observatory during the years 1845 to 1877. Third Edition. 1885 Appendices: The International Astrophotographic Congress and A Visit to Certain European Observatories and Other Institutions, by Albert G. Winterhalter; Saturn and its Ring, 1875-1889, by Asaph Hall; and The Solar Parallax and its related constants, including the Figure and Density of the Earth, by William Harkness,… Leer más

About 1800 12 engraved plates, mounted & preserved on Japan paper. Plates from an unidentified medical volume, with both stipple & line engravings from H. Anderson, B. Tanner and Tiebout & Boyd. Illustrated Plates are:FRACTURE OF THE CLAVICLE; INSTRUMENTS FOR COUCHING AND THE EXTRACTION OF THE CATARACT; INSTRUMENTS FOR THE EXTRACTION OF THE CATARACT AND FOR THE FISTULA LACHRYMALIS; TOURNIQUETS AND AMPUTATING INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS FOR LITHOTOMY (2 different plates); TRUSSES; FRACTURE OF THE LEG; TREPANNING INSTRUMENTS; and 3 more plates with no "specific" title, just drawings of different surgical tools. All state "SURGERY" at the top of plate.Two plates, cut with some loss to plate numbering. Light foxing & fingersoiling, else very good. Great conversation pieces - and great medical history. Suitable for framing, mounting, etc.. Paperbound. Good+ or Better. Illus. by H. Anderson, B. Tanner and Tiebout & Boyd.. Size:11" x 8 3/4". Medical.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1923. ... Explained, Analyzed, and Compared; Comprising Extracts from Reports and Debates in Congress, Rulings, Interpretations, and Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission, Opinions of the United States Supreme Court, Prescribed Forms and Complete Texts of Related Acts, Including the Federal Control Act, Merchant Marine Act, 1920 and Interstate Commerce Act, All as Amended To and Including August 18, 1922. 968 pp. with extensive appendix and index. Green cloth covers with gilt title lettering on spine. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed with some areas of exposed boards, edges are bumped and rubbed, minor scuffing to cover faces. Spine ends are bent with some tears, wear and tearing to spine corners. Light soiling to page edges. Endpapers are browning. Previous owners name and date April 1923 written in ink on front free endpaper top right corner, as well as signature and date in ink on top corner of page 3. Interior tight and clean. Book in VG- to VG… Leer más

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1926. Prepared under the Auspices of the International Research Council and the National Academy of Sciences by the National Research Council of the United States of America. Seven volumes and separate index. VOLUME I: 415 pp. Printed 1926. Stated First Edition. Errata included. VOLUME II: 616 pp. Printed 1927. Stated Second Edition. VOLUME III: 444 pp. Printed 1928. Stated First Edition. Errata included. VOLUME IV: 481 pp. Printed 1928. Stated First Edition. Temporary Index for Volumes I-IV and errata included. Wrapped in torn brown paper cover. VOLUME V: 470 pp. Printed 1929. Stated First Edition. Errata and pre-order form included. VOLUME VI: 471 pp. Printed 1929. Stated First Edition. VOLUME VII: 507 pp. Printed 1930. Stated First Edition. Wrapped in torn brown paper cover. INDEX: For Volumes I-VII. 321 pp. Compiled by Clarence J. West and Callie Hull. Printed 1933. Ex. museum with stamps in various places on all of the books,… Leer más

Chicago: AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION 2 issues:1920 (Oct. & Dec.); 11 issues:1921(missing Jan.); 10 issues:1922 (Jan.-March, May-June, Aug.-Dec.); 8 issues:1923 (Feb., March, May, July--Oct., Dec.); 12 issues:1924 (Complete); 12 issues: 1925 (Complete); 12 issues:1926 (Complete); 10 issues:1927 (Jan.-May, July-Nov.); 9 issues:1928 (Jan., March-July, Oct.-Dec). Soiling to covers, some have foxing around edges, several with moisture stains but no interference with text, occasional tears to paper spines, 2 have minor "chewing" to cover but no interference with interior text. April 1924 chewing to bottom margin through issue, not on interior text. Some have minor silverfish damage to interior pages. June 1922 missing covers otherwise all covers intact. Interiors clean, tight, and VG. . Soft Cover. Good. Size: Approx. 8 1/2 " x 11 1/2". Law.

Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1907. 26 Reports covering years: 1906-1910,1912-1924,1926-1932, and 1966. Commences with report of the death of Marshall Field, founder of the Museum. Frontis. portrait of Field (Plate). Plate II: Mourning Design in Museum Rotunda Exposed for Thirty Days Following Mr. Field's Death. Each year's report gives Accessions in Departments of Anthropology, Botany, Geology, Zoology. Numerous Plates in each Report. Stiff cover wraps-mildly soiled. Some with chips along edges or spine. A few with small pieces of paper spine missing, but still intact. ex.mus. stamp/numbers either on front or on title page. 1919 Report's front cover is detached. Overall exteriors are Good to Good +. Interiors are clean and Very Good.. Wraps. Good. Illus. by Plates. Size: Approx. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2". Natural History.

Washington: Government Printing Office For the years: 1883,1884,1885, 1887, 1888, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905,1907 and 1914. 22 individual years. Some articles (Appendices) include: Report on Methylated Spirits & Glucose (1883), Report on the National Surveys and Signal Service (1884), Report on the Astronomical Day,The Eclipse of the Sun in 1886, and The Erection of a new Naval Observatory (1885), Report on Opium, 1887 and Report on the International Astronomical Congress, Held in Paris, April, 1887.(1887), Preliminary Report on the Investigation of the North Magnetic Pole (1890), Standards for Electrical Measure (1894), Specifications for the Practical Application of the Definitions of the Ampere and Volt (1895),Scientific Surveys of the Philippine Islands (1904),and Biographical Notes on Deceased Members (1914). ex-mus. stamp on front covers and some have numbers. Overall covers are Good or Better. Some soiling, chipping and… Leer más

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1850. 31st Congress, 1st Session, Senate Ex. Doc No. 47. April 3, 1850. Ordered to lie on the table. May 6, 1850. Ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 copies, in addition to the usual number, be printed for the use of the Senate, 1,000 of which for the use of P. T. Tyson. Geological reconnoissances in California; Sacramento Valley from the American River to Butte Creek; Sketch of the route of Capt. Warner's exploring party in the Sacramento Valley & Sierra Nevada. Wheat, Gold Rush 212, "of considerable value." Howes T455 aa. Based on four month visit to California, the first real scientific study to come out of the gold rush. The maps are the first to pinpoint the gold discoveries. Part I, 127 pp. with ten maps, plates. Part II, 37 pp. with three maps. Disbound government document. Residue from book binding remains on spine edge, string bindling visable, creased spine. First page is starting to separate from rest of document. Very… Leer más

Washington: Beverley Tucker Printer, 1859. According to Acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854 and August 5, 1854. Senate. 33d Congress, 2nd Session, Ex. Doc. No. 78. Contents of Volume X: Parts III, IV--General report upon the zoology of the several Pacific Railroad routes. Zoological Portion of the reports, by Lieutenant E.G. Beckwith; Nos. 2-5 of Part IV of the report, by Lieutenant A.W. Whipple; Zoological portion of the report, by Lieutenant J.G. Parke; Part IV of the report, by Lieutenant R.S. Williamson; No. 4 of Part IV of the report, by Lieutenant Henry L. Abbot. Brown cloth binding worn.corners and some wear to cover faces. Spine with gilt lettering dulled but legible. Spine reads "U.S. War Department. Explorations and Surveys For a Railroad Route From the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean. 10." Spine's ends bent and rubbed. Small rubbed circles exposing cloth covers on spine near back joint. Exterior is Good. Ex. library embossed stamp on front title page,… Leer más

New York "To give an impetus to this desire for useful information, as well as to afford an opportunity to those who would communicate their ideas of inventions and improvements, the Mechanics' Magazine was projected, and we have noe to congrtulate our subscribers on the completion of the first volume." Frontispiece of Benjamin Franklin and Eli Whitney. Volume I, 344 pp., Printed 1833; Volume II, 332 pp., Printed 1834; Appendix, 84 pp. Marbled boards with leather reinforced corners and joints. Cover boards completely separated from book. Missing spine. Cover corners, edges, faces and spine are scuffed and worn. Marbled endpapers. Ex. library with bookplate on front inside cover, stamp on free endpaper. Front pages are starting to separate from bottom at spine edge. Interior is browning and foxing throughout. Waviness to interior pages, some corners are dog-earred. Book in Fair condition. Scarce copy of early scientific magazines.. Boards. Fair. Illus. by Illustrated. Size: Approx. 6… Leer más

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1845. 28th Congress, 2d Session, Senate, Executive Doc. No. 50. February 21, 1845. Read, and ordered to be printed. March 3, 1845. Ordered that 500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Two other reports are included as part of the same document: ((1)) Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, Communicating a report of scientific investigations relative to the chemical nature of saccharine substances, and the art of manufacturing sugar; made, under the direction of Professor A. D. Bache, by Professor R. S. McCulloh. 29th Congress, 2d Session, Senate, Executive Doc. No. 50. March 1, 1847. Ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. Seven b/w foldout plates, one b/w plate with drawings and chart. ((2)) Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, Communicating a report of researches on hydrometers and spirituous liquors, made under the superintendence of Professor A. D. Bache, by Professor R. S.… Leer más

Chicago: Knight & Leonard, 1880. 32 page total. 19 page report to the Trustees. Frontispiece is a Lith. of Mt. Hamilton. Includes a map of California, showing the locale of Mt. Hamilton and a "graph" of Lick Ave with "Elevation in a Plan of Observatory Peak N.E". Following the REPORT, "Catalogue of Forty-Two New Double Stars, Discovered at Mt. Hamilton." and "Micrometrical Measures of Double Stars". Laid in sheet of paper from "Office of the JAMES LICK TRUST". String-tied. Gray wraps mildly soiled. Paper missing from small portion of top/bottom spine but covers are attached. On front cover at top left margin "Donation of Prof. Sheldon, No.(?) 2." Overall covers are Good to Good+. Side edge untrimmed. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+.. Wraps. Good+. Illus. by Lith. Elliott & Co., Map, Graph. Size: Approx. 7 " x 10 1/2". Astronomy.