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London: Royal Society of London, 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. William Henry Preece (1834-1913) confirmed Thomas Edison's experiments demonstrating thermionic emission and coined the term, "Edison effect." ix, [1], 506 pp. 8vo. Green cloth bindings with burgundy title patch and gold titling to spine of each volume, call number handwritten in white ink at base of each spine. Wear and scuffing to both from library use. Ex-library with bookplate and library stamp on title page of each volume, some library stamps within. Numerous plates illustrate articles.

London: Royal Society of London, 1839. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Also see our #27486 which contains Faraday's "Experimental Researches in Electricity -- Eleventh, Supplemental Note, Twelfth, Thirteenth & Fourteenth Series, # 27495 "Experimental Researches in Electricity -- Eighteenth Series" (pp. 17-32), & #27500 with Faraday's "Experimental Researches in Electricity -- Nineteenth, Twentieth & Twenty-First Series" (pp. 1-62), our #27503 which contains Faraday's "Experimental Researches in Electricity -- Twenty-Second Series" (pp. 1-41), our #27505 which contains "Experimental Researches in Electricity -- Twenty-Third Series" (pp. 171-188), #27508 which contains "Experimental Researches in Electricity -- Twenty-Fourth, Twenty-Fifth, Twenty-Sixth, & Twenty-Seventh Series" (pp. 1-116), #27513 "Experimental Researches in Electricity -- Twenty-Eighth & Twenty-Ninth Series" (pp. 25-56, 137-159), #27530 "Experimental Researches in Electricity --Thirtieth Series" (pp. 159-180), Also contains… Leer más

Paris: Fortin, Masson, 1842. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. First published account of Carlo Matteucci's (1811-1868) experiment in which he discovers that each heartbeat of a frog is accompanied by an electrical signal. This discovery eventually forms the basis for electrocardiography (EKG). Figures 1 & 2 of dissected frog legs on folding plate at rear help to illustrate the theory. 512 pp. 8vo. Half leather binding with brown leather spine with gold embossed titling and paper patterned boards. Wear and losses to leather at head and foot of spine, losses at hinges. Marbled endpapers, clean within, slight darkening to folding plate of illustrations tipped in at rear.

Paris: Fortin, Masson, 1842. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. First published account in original wraps of Carlo Matteucci's (1811-1868) experiment in which he discovers that each heartbeat of a frog is accompanied by an electrical signal. This discovery eventually forms the basis for electrocardiography (EKG). Figures 1 & 2 of dissected frog legs on folding plate at rear help to illustrate the theory. 257-384 pp. 8vo. Brown paper wraps with chipping at edges but remarkably clean and intact given the age. Interior clean with many sheets uncut. Encased in custom cloth and leather pamphlet case.

London: John Murray, 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Contains article by John Clark Hawkshaw (1841-1921), the son of John Hawkshaw (1811-1891), explaining his father's proposale for a cross-channel tunnel from England to France. Contains three large folding plates (V, VI, VII) in Fine condition that illustrate the path of the tunnel, elevations and soils through which it would be built, and cross sections of the completed tunnel construction. The "Chunnel," completed in 1994, follows a very similar path. Also contains Benjamin Baker's explaining the now iconic, Forth Bridge that crosses the Firth of Forth in eastern Scotland, north of Edinburgh. lxxviii, 716, 94, 32 pp. Burgundy trade binding with blind embossed borders and floral motifs at corners, gold embossed titling to spine, minor staining to rear cover. Clean and crisp within.

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First Printing. 155 pp. 8vo. Dust jacket has chips, tears, and losses, now in mylar cover. Dark orange cover boards with light sunning at head of spine where dust jacket is missing. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown, minor foxing to prelims, clean within.

Oxford, England: Pergamon Press, 1970. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. viii, 312 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with very minimal wear to the covers. Clean within.

Sewell Creative, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Sewell, Mark. Just what it says it is, early morning photographs by photographer Mark Sewell. Unpag. Oblong Folio. Printed color photo cover is clean and crisp, slight bum, to upper right corner of front board. No dust jacket, as issued.

New York: Yale University Press, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. xxv, 296 pp. bvo. Burgundy cloth board with gold embossed titling to spine. Clean, tight copy with very light scuffing.

Los Angeles, CA: St. Ann's Press, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Davidson, Bruce. A republication and update of Bruce Davidson's groundbreaking book, East 100th Street" which chronicled daily life in East Harlem in the late 1960s: families, children, heartbreak, and joy. Produced in an edition of 3,000 casebound copies. 165 pp. Folio. Clean, crisp copy with original heavy mylar dust jacket.

East Windsor, CT: First Congregational Church, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. History of East Windsor, Connecticut. 63 pp. 8vo. Blue cloth boards with gold embossed titling to front cover and spine, light scuffing. Previous owner's name on first free endpaper, clean within.

Chicago, IL: Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. xxi, 268 pp. 4to. Clean, cisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.

New York: Viking, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by Elizabeth Gilbert on the title page. This memoir was a runaway bestseller in 2006, later made into the hit movie of the same name in 2010 starring Julia Roberts. First Printing. 334 pp. 8vo. Dust jacket sharp and in mylar cover. Text block tight and clean.

Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2005. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Fourth Printing. Clean, crisp copy, first free endpaper has been removed.

Buenos Aires, Argentina: Departmentos del Centro Cultural Recoleta, 2006. First Edition. Wraps. Fine. Stupía, Eduardo. 154 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy. All text in Spanish. Catalog from the exhibition of the same name.

New York: Rizzoli, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First Printing. 334 pp. 4to. Dust jacket qutie sharp with two small closed tears at lower right corner of front panel, now in mylar cover. Clean and crisp within.

Norman, OK: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. A fascinating biography of the firm that rose to prominence in rare Western Americana in the early 20th century, written by a respected rare bookseller in the same subject matter. A keen insight into the growth of the firm and its hand in creating some of the major collections of Americana. First Printing. 165 pp. 8vo. Blue cloth boards with gold embossed printing. No dust jacket as issued. Clean, tight copy.

Francestown, NH: Marshall Jones Company, 1946. First Edition. Inscribed and dated by the author on the half-title page. viii, 270 pp. 8vo. Wear and scuffing to dust jacket, darkening from age and use, now in mylar cover. Green cloth boards with rubbing and scuffing at edges and corners. Ex-library with stamps within, checkout sleeve pasted on rear first free endpaper.

Hardcover. Very Good. xvii, 102 pp. 8vo. Black cloth covered boards with yellow embossed titling to cover board and spine. Light fading to spine title. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1983/1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Scarce as a set, Ambrose's definitive biography of Dwight D. Eisenhower. First Printings. 637, 750 pp. 8vo. Volume I dust jacket has minor scuffing with very light scuffing from shelf wear, price clipped, now in mylar cover. Volume II also has very light scuffing from shelf wear, is price clipped, , now in mylar cover. Light wear to boards and spine of each volume, Volume I has a Simond & Schuster remainder mark stamped in black at the foot of the text block. Both are clean and tight within.