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Toronto, Canada: The University of Toronto Press, 1928. 2 volumes, complete. This is an INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy to the American inventor Thomas Edison from Canadian mathematician John Charles Fields. SEE PHOTOS. The inscription reads "To Dr. Thomas Alva Edision With the compliments of the Organizing Committee of the International Mathematical Congress of 1924, together with an expression of grateful appreciation and esteem for one whose discoveries and inventions have done so much to better and beautify the world in which we live (signed) J. C. Fields Chairman of the Organizing Committee." SEE PHOTOS. The ink stamp of "Thomas A. Edison, Inc, Research Engineering Department" appears in 3 places in each volume. Also laid in each volume is a printed slip confirming the source: i.e. from the library of Edison's youngest son, Theodore M. Edison. SEE PHOTOS. There is no NOBEL PRIZE for mathematics. The closest analog is the FIELDS MEDAL for outstanding achievement in… Leer más

New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons: The Knickerbocker Press, 1899. SIGNED by Theodore Roosevelt directly beneath his frontispiece portrait (his signature only, NOT personalized to anyone). SEE PHOTOS. In the portrait, which is tissue-guarded, Roosevelt is wearing his Rough Rider uniform. In another portrait, he is shown in this "Hunting Costume" -- so stated on its red-printed tissue guard. Very Good condition. Strong hinges. NO cracks. Square and tight -- unusual for this very heavy book (almost 7 pounds). The cover is lightly soiled with mild rubbing and fraying at the extremities. Endpapers professionally renewed with 100% rag paper. SEE PHOTOS. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked. Top edge gilt. Deckled fore and bottom edges. Bound in the original tan cloth, gilt-stamped over black panels on the spine and front cover, with the image of a bear stamped in dark green [NOT black] on the rear cover. All gilt stamping is still bright and shiny.… Leer más

Atlanta, Georgia: Turner Publishing, Inc, 1994. Signed by TWO astronauts: Neil Armstrong & Alan Shepard directly on the title page (their signatures only, NOT personalized to anyone). SEE PHOTOS. This book is exceedingly RARE when SIGNED by the first man to walk on the moon, NEIL ARMSTRONG. Laid in is a Certificate of Authenticity from Sport Collectors Inc. "unconditionally" guaranteeing the authenticity of both signatures. SEE PHOTOS. Also laid in are two downloads of Armstrong's signature for additional verification. Also signed by Alan Shepard -- the first American and second man in space (after Yuri Gagarin). Shepard is the only astronaut to visit the moon twice. Near Fine condition (only light cover wear) in a bright and shiny Near Fine dust jacket. The jacket has one short, closed tear but NO chips, creases or fading. NOT price clipped ($21.95). It is protected by a removable Demco clear-plastic sleeve. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are… Leer más

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: A. H. Muller, Publisher, 1910. Condition of the binding is Good but for rubbing at the corners and outer hinges cracked. SEE PHOTOS. Inner hinges are PERFECT, having been reinforced by the publisher/bookbinder with sturdy maroon cloth. Housed in a Fine custom-made, maroon cloth-covered clamshell case. SEE 2 PHOTOS, its outside and both inner halves when opened. Condition of all maps is NEAR FINE - FINE. Pages are clean and unmarked. NO tears or foxing. SEE PHOTOS. This atlas consists of 25 (i. e. 26, counting the Index map) hand-colored, lithographic, linen-backed double page maps. The maps are color-keyed to the locations of each of the following: stone buildings, brick buildings, frame or half frame buildings, stables or barns, green houses, steam railroads, electric railroads, water pipes, sewers, improved roads and fire hydrants. SEE PHOTOS. The double page maps open to an impressive 31.50" across by 22.25" tall. Each map did have a maroon leather… Leer más

New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1980. SEE PHOTOS. 15 volumes, complete. Over 20,000 pages. Appears unread. NOT library discards. Bindings are Near Fine or better condition. Internal condition is FINE -- apparently seldom if ever read. Subtitle: "A cumulation of American book production for the years 1876-1949, in 15 volumes, as catalogued by the Library of Congress and the National Union Catalog. Arranged by Subject according to Dewey Decimal Classification and indexed by Author and Title with a separate Subject Guide including Library of Congress Subject Tracings, Dewey Decimal Classification Numbers and Library of Congress Classification Numbers." Here are detailed descriptions for some 625,000 books -- virtually EVERY BOOK in every field published and distributed in the U.S. between 1876 and 1949. It isn't even necessary to know the year of a book's publication. If the book appeared during the 73 years covered here, you'll be able to find it in seconds, and all the… Leer más

München: Hoheneichen - Verlag, 1930. First printing of the official exposition of the NAZI world view. From the library of Radio Munich, with their small ink stamps. Very Good condition. SEE PHOTOS. A square, reasonably tight copy. Tiny brown speckles (light foxing) to a few pages at the beginning and end. Slight waviness to the upper margin of some pages. No stain. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. First Edition (1. Auflage). First printing of the standard work by the Nazis' chief ideologist. The year of publication, 1930, is imprinted on the title page. Bound in the original gilt decorated black cloth. Alfred Rosenberg (1893-1946) was editor of the Nazi party organ, VÖLKISCHER BEOBACHTER. It was his anti-Semitic, anti-Christian, and neo-pagan book, DER MYTHUS DES 20. JAHRHUNDERTS [The Myth of the Twentieth Century], that supplied Adolf Hitler and the Nazis with a philosophical and pseudo-scientific basis for their racist doctrine. In 1933, Rosenberg was… Leer más

London: Sherwood, Gilbert, & Piper, 1833. Complete 2 volume set. Very Good condition. SEE PHOTOS. Uniformly bound in the original green, diamond-textured cloth. Gilt lettering is still bright and shiny. NOT a library discard. Scattered foxing, affecting several plates. Inner hinges are perfectly sound. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO underlining. NO margin notes Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 2 volumes: 428pp; 424pp. Complete with 25 plates, as called for. A complete run of this monthly magazine which ceased publication after 12 issues (Nov. 1832 - Oct. 1833). Contains much on dogs, including articles on Fox-Hounds, the Irish Wolfhound, etc. The title page continues: "Indispensably Connected with the Ramifications of the Chase, the Turf, the Stream, &c. &c. with Amusing and Instructive Anecdotes and Elegant Engravings." Index in each volume. Not in Hand.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition. 8vo. 2 vols. 428pp. + 424pp.

New York: Julius Bien & Co, 1889. Condition of the binding is only Fair with pest damage. Leather over the spine has perished. Front and rear outer hinges cracks have been neatly reinforced with high quality clear flexible glue. Inner hinges are OK, having been reinforced by the publisher/bookbinder with sturdy maroon cloth. SEE PHOTOS. Condition of all maps is NEAR FINE - FINE. NO foxing or toning. Pages are clean and unmarked. SEE PHOTOS. Includes a title page map of New Jersey [Key to the System of Mapping] and 19 linen-backed double page maps. Collated and complete (per table of contents -- SEE PHOTOS). The maps are lithographically printed in blue, red, yellow, and black. The double page maps open to an impressive 26.50" across by 36.50" tall. No year of publication is stated, but Phillips 2149 in A LIST OF GEOGRAPHIC ATLASES, Vol. 1, says [1889]. The maps themselves are variously dated up to 1888. Titles of Sheets: No. 0. New Jersey State Map Geographic; No. 1.… Leer más

London: Ganymed Original Editions Limited, 1963. Signed by the Austrian expressionist painter Oskar Kokoschka directly on the limitation page. New and apparently seldom if ever opened, in a Near Fine gilt-stamped clamshell case that is lightly rubbed at the extremities. Internal condition is PERFECT. SEE PHOTOS. The clamshell is covered in sturdy gray cloth and is lined on the inside with beautiful marbled paper. SEE PHOTOS. NO owner's name or bookplate. 1963. First Edition, No. 245 of 279 copies (275 numbered, 4 lettered). 16 lithographs by the artist. Unbound signatures. From the colophon: "Oskar Kokoschka created the lithographs for this edition during the first three months of 1963. They have been printed from the stone by J. E. Wolfensberger, Zurich. The text is based on the NEW SHAKESPEARE published by the University Press, Oxford, by Vivian Ridler, Printer to the University. The paper, handmade Crisbrook, has been specially made for this edition by J. Barcham Green Ltd.,… Leer más

Chicago, Illinois: Printed for the Author by the Lakeside Press, 1899. This copy is from the library of, and bears the ownership signature of Wilberforce Eames, the "Dean of American bibliographers." [more about Eames below]. This is a remarkably well preserved copy of the 1899 edition limited to 560 copies. Near Fine condition. Square and tight. SEE PHOTOS. Unusual for this very heavy book, hinges -- both inner and outer -- remain in excellent condition. Sharp corners. Page are creamy white, unmarked, with NO foxing. This pioneering anthropological work features 141 collotype plates after photos by Charles B. Lang and Bedros Tartarian. Among the tribes photographed are the Zapotec, Mixe, Tehauntepecano, Juave, Otomi, Tarascan, Aztec, Tlaxcalan, Mixtec, Triqui, Chontal and Cuicatec. To obtain these photos, Starr traveled throughout the Mexican states of Puebla, Tlaxcala, Michoacan, and Oaxaca measuring, modeling sculptures, and photographing. The plates feature portraits of each… Leer más

London / London: S[amuel] Keble and R[ichard] Sare / J[acob] Tonson, 1698. With the griffin bookplate of publisher Thomas Bird Mosher (for more about him, see below). SEE PHOTOS. 2 volumes bound together. They are: Jeremy Collier. A SHORT VIEW OF THE IMMORALITY AND PROFANENESS OF THE ENGLISH STAGE... Fourth Edition. 1699 [the first was 1698]. London: S[amuel] Keble and R[ichard] Sare. 288pp. British Museum General Catalogue 906. Ashley Catalogue X, 80 (with title page facsimile). Hoe Catalogue I (1903), 302. Hazlitt II, 134. Langland to Wither #171 (Grolier Club). Wing 5266. According to Pforzheimer #189 [of the 1698 first edition]: "The publication of this book marks a new era in English dramatic literature. Few literary protests have been so completely successful in altering, or at least in giving expression to an impending change in public taste... It was absurdly praised by Johnson and Macaulay..." The second volume is: William Congreve. AMENDMENTS OF MR. COLLIER'S FALSE… Leer más

Monte Carlo / New York: Andre Sauret / George Braziller, 1960. Complete with all 12 Chagall original lithographs in flawless condition. Very Good condition in a Very Good dust jacket. SEE PHOTOS. The dust jacket (itself a Chagall lithograph) has only light wear at the edges and a couple tiny chips. NO fading. It is protected by a removable clear mylar sleeve (removed for photos to prevent glare). Hinges are perfect. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. 1960. First Edition. Beautifully illustrated by Marc Chagall with 12 original lithographs and 184 other works of art, most in stunning full color. Bound in the original pale gray cloth, stamped in black. Upper corner of cover is mildly bumped, but NO pages are affected. SEE PHOTOS. Previous owner's name and date ("Feb 61) on the front pastedown endpaper, largely covered by the jacket's inner flap. Translated from the French by Maria Jolas. Oversize Hardcover. 10" wide by 12.75" tall. This large, heavy book… Leer más

Boston, Massachusetts: G. K. Hall & Co, 1984. Appears unread. 4 volumes, complete. Near Fine condition. Internally VERY FINE. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked, apparently never read. 1984. First Editions. This dictionary catalog describes some 15,000 volumes with 47,000 author, title and subject entries. From the preface: "The strength of the collection lies mainly in Western language works emphasizing history and politics of the Middle East, Islamic studies, economics, and nineteenth century travel accounts. All countries of the Middle East from North Africa to Central Asia are represented, therefore providing information on opposing viewpoints in many conflicts." Also described are over 300 periodical titles and more than 2000 works in Arabic, Turkish, Farsi, and Hebrew. Full title: "Catalog of the Middle East Institute Library, The George Camp Keiser Library at the Middle East Institute, Washington, D. C."… Leer más

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1885. SEE PHOTOS. From the library of Thomas Alva Edison, genius of technology, who held over 1,000 patents including the electric light, phonograph, and motion picture projector. This book bears his "Library of Thomas A. Edison" engraved bookplate, believed to be the earliest of several Edison bookplates and found only in volumes he acquired in the 19th century for personal use. SEE PHOTOS. Because so many important scientific journals were published in German in those days, a German language dictionary was an essential reference tool in the laboratory. Laid in (loose) is a printed authentication slip from Edison's youngest son, Theodore M. Edison. Bound in contemporary brown cloth with a dark brown leather spine stamped in shiny gold. SEE PHOTOS.. First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Fine condition. xvi, 852pp. + ii, 522pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Brussels [Belgium] / London: Librairie Européenne, Place Royale / Trubner, 1859. SIGNED by the AUTHOR, Major General [Charles Guillaume] Bormann (inventor of the historically important Bormann fuse) and INSCRIBED with 8 lines "in friendly remembrance" to Lieutenant de Sampaio e Pina, Royal Portuguese Navy. The author has dated his inscription "Brussels, June 18th, 1859." Good+ condition overall. Internally Very Good. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Moderate wear to the extremities of the cover. Previous owner's bookplate. Hinges are sound. Pages are clean and unmarked, with almost NO foxing. NOT a library discard. Text in English: "I have preferred leaving the whole in English, as the most important of my quotations are works in that language." The author of this book invented the Bormann fuse. A Belgian state secret for many years, the design of the Bormann time fuse leaked out in the 1850s and achieved instant popularity as an easily maufactured… Leer más

New York City: Works Publishing Inc., 1948. SEE PHOTOS. Near Fine condition in a bright and shiny Very Good ORIGINAL dust jacket. The jacket has a few small chips and short closed tears. SEE PHOTOS. Protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve (removed for photos to prevent glare). NO owner's name or bookplate. Hinges are perfect. Pages are clean and unmarked. NO stains. NO foxing. "Twelfth printing, October, 1948" is so stated on the copyright page. "Twelfth printing" is also stated on both the spine and front inner flap of the dust jacket. Bound in the original blue cloth, stamped in bright gold on the spine. Complete with the original so-called "circus" dust jacket printed in red, yellow, white and black. SEE PHOTOS.. Twelfth printing, October 1948 (stated). Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. ix, 400pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

London: Printed by T. Spilsbury for W. Herbert and sold by J. Millan, T. Payne, Davis and Reymers et al, 1768. Very Good condition. Moderate corner wear. Hinges are partially cracked, but holding. SEE PHOTOS. Marbled endpapers with gilt inner dentelles. SEE PHOTOS. This is the 1768 Second Edition, which according to the title page should have 73 copper plates. This copy has none, and there is no evidence that it ever did. It does have the "Author's Epitaph" and "Directions to the Binder" which are lacking in some other copies. A previous owner has attached to the front free endpaper 6 descriptions of the book clipped from various bookseller catalogues. Pages are otherwise crisp, clean and unmarked. NO dampstains. NO tears. Almost NO foxing. The binding is full brown leather, elaborately gilt decorated. It appears to have been rebacked at some point, retaining the original backstrip. It had 5 raised bands on the spine, but one has since perished. SEE PHOTOS. There… Leer más

Borough of Hopatcong, New Jersey?, 1912. Near Fine condition. SEE PHOTO. This is a beautiful and very scarce color map of Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey. When unfolded it measures 18" tall by 38" wide. Some folds have been neatly reinforced on the blank side with archival-quality document repair tape. Buildings are represented by red squares, water in green. Some of the properties and locations depicted are: Port Morris, Landing, Roxbury Township, Borough of Mount Arlington, Byram Township, Nolans Point, Atlas Powder Co., Brookland, Borough of Hopatcong, Byram Cove, Henderson Bay, Byram Bay, Maxim Park, Jefferson Township, Woodport, Hurdtown, Hurd Mining Co., W. M. Force Estate, John P. Lawless, Mary Ingram estate, Aaron Peck estate, Raccoon Island, Halsey Island, Bertrand Island, Theodore King, Gertrude Otten, Violet Littell, Robert Dunlap estate, etc. Full title: "Property Map of Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey, Prepared by Hudson Maxim for the Morris Canal Investigation Commission,… Leer más

New York: The Colophon, 1930. Complete 47 volume set. SEE PHOTO. Very Good - Fine condition, some in their original glassine dust jackets. SEE PHOTO. This set consists of THE COLOPHON (1930-35, 20 vols); INDEX: THE COLOPHON 1930-35 (1935, 1 vol.), THE COLOPHON: NEW SERIES: A QUARTERLY FOR BOOKMEN (1935-8, 12 vols); THE COLOPHON: NEW GRAPHIC SERIES (1939-40, 4 vols); THE NEW COLOPHON (1948-50, 9 vols); and AN INDEX TO THE COLOPHON, NEW SERIES, THE COLOPHON, NEW GRAPHIC SERIES, AND THE NEW COLOPHON by Dean H. Keller (Metchuen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1968). Laid in several of the volumes are original ephemera - subscription/renewal forms, promotional leaflets, letters from the editors, prospectuses for private press publications, exhibition announcements, issues of the COLOPHON CRIER, etc. Many of these volumes include original prints -- by Max Beerbohm, Gustave Baumann, Charles W. Smith, K. M. Ballantyne, Anne Goldthwaite, Victoria Hutson, Thomas Nason, Emmil Ganso, etc. [NOTE: The Milne… Leer más

Edinburgh / London / Dublin: Adam and Charles Black / Longman / Simpkin / Whittaker / Hamilton / Cumming, 1844. Good - Very Good condition. Bound in green cloth with black leather spine and corners, elaborately gilt decorated. The leather is surprisingly well preserved. The cloth is faded and soiled, with frayed edges. SEE PHOTOS. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. Imprinted "MDCCCXLIV" at the foot of the title page with "1844" hand inked beneath. All other pages are crisp, clean and umarked with almost no foxing. Full title; "Black's General Atlas: Comprehending Sixty-One Maps from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources, Engraved on Steel in the First Style of the Art by Sidney Hall, Hughes, etc. with Geographic Descriptions, and an Index of 56,000 Names." The maps, several double page, are tissue guarded and most are handcolored in red, yellow and green. SEE PHOTOS. With the binder's ticket of Smith & Son, 306 Lawnmarket,… Leer más