Science from Boojum and Snark Books

F. A. Davis, Philadelphia, 1898 A good copy of an early edition, published in 1898 (the first edition/first printing was in 1896). Brown cloth-covered boards, gilt spine and front board lettering (still bright), 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches, 399 pp., index, "Illustrated with 16 Full-Page Chromo-Lithographic Plates and 115 Wood-Engravings in the Text". About good (backstrip starting, neatly repaired;… Saber más sobre este artículo

Macmillan, New York, 1943 A good plus copy of the second edition (revised), 1943 printing. Green cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering (faded), 11 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches, 73 pp., index, 28 figures. Modest edgewear; mild foxing, endpapers; previous owner's name and date (August 1943) in neat script, front free endpaper; otherwise, pages clean and binding strong and square. (K077).… Saber más sobre este artículo

Agricultural Experiment Station, South Dakota State University; Brookings, South Dakota, 1968 Softcover, stapled wraps, 9 x 6 inches, 111 pp., 55 figures. Very good. (K086). 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good.

University Park Press, Baltimore, 1972 This was Ferid Murad's copy (with his ink-stamped name on the front free endpaper). Ferid Murad is the distinguished physician and pharmacologist who was a co-winner of the Nobel prize in physiology or medicine in 1998. Murad won the Nobel Prize for his discovery concerning nitric oxide as a signalling molecule in the cardiovascular system.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Yale University Press, New Haven, 1925 The first (and only) edition of this scarce book by one of the founders of Johns Hopkins Hospital/Medical School, with the rare dustcover. SIGNED.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Macmillan, New York, 1939 First edition. Black cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering (faded), 9 1/4 x 6 1/8 inches, 141 pp., index, figures. Good. (K063). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Langley Aeronautical Laboratory; Langley Aeronautical Laboratory; Langley Field, Virginia, 1955 Stapled wraps, 11 7/8 x 9 1/4 inches, 47 pp., figures and tables, references. Fair (covers nearly detached; chips to spine aspect of rear cover, with an insignificant loss of two words of text on the corresponding spine aspect of p. 47). Scarce in any… Saber más sobre este artículo

A. Rey, Lyon, 1917 A scarce monograph in French on centrifugation in biology. Rebound in black cloth-covered boards with gilt spine lettering, 9 7/8 x 6 1/2 inches, 216 pp., bibliography. Front cover of the original binding laid in. Ex-library (The Basile J. Luyet Memorial Library, American Foundation for Biological Research) with usual markings, else very good. "Avec 2 planches… Saber más sobre este artículo

Harper & Brothers, New York, 1879 This is an exceptional, near fine hardcover copy of the first edition, published by Harper & Brothers in 1879. Brown cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering (bright), gilt front board decoration (Ursa Major; bright), 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches, 284 pp. including glossary/index, 83 illustrations and maps of stars (frontispiece and 82 figures), a… Saber más sobre este artículo

Ginn & Company, Boston, 1901 First edition hardcover, completely legible, at a fair price (less than most p-r-i-n-t on d-e-m-a-n-d copies). Condition is fair because of missing front free (blank endpaper) and missing upper 2 inches of leather backstrip. Otherwise, pages clean, with minor exceptions, and binding tight and square. Brown cloth-covered boards with moderate wear, 7 1/2 x 5… Saber más sobre este artículo

Shearer Publishing; Bryan, Texas, 1984 An excellent hardcover copy of the first edition/first printing, with dustcover: book near fine (embossed stamp of previous owner, front free endpaper and title/copyright page; otherwise, pages clean and binding tight/square) and dustcover very good (moderate edgewear; not price-clipped). Red cloth-covered boards, white spine lettering, 7 5/8 x 4 3/4 inches, map-illustrated endpapers, 414 pp.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Government Publishing Office, The Hague, 1974 First edition in English (first published in Holland as "Golfoploop en Golfoverslag" in 1972). Glossy printed card covers, spiral binding, 11 5/8 x 8 3/4 inches, 176 pp., figures, tables, references. Ex-corporate library, else very good. Scarce. (K064). 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good.

University of Texas Press, Austin, 1987 An exceptional as new hardcover copy of the first edition. Glossy printed/illustrated boards, 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches, 559 pp. including index. (K085). 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket.

Freedom Press, London, 1948 FIRST EDITION. Off white paper-covered boards, 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches, 68 pp., bibliography. Book and dustcover very good plus. Front flap of dustcover clipped; dustcover in mylar jacket. Errata slip laid in. Scarce. Contents: the sexual problem in coercive societies; marriage and sexual freedom; sexual aberration and behaviour in society; venereal diseases and prostitution… Saber más sobre este artículo

Pharmacometrics Press; Rockville, Maryland, 1985 This was Ferid Murad's copy (signed "Murad" on the front cover). Ferid Murad is the distinguished physician and pharmacologist who was a co-winner of the Nobel prize in physiology or medicine in 1998. Murad won the Nobel Prize for his discovery concerning nitric oxide as a signalling molecule in the cardiovascular system. Softcover, red wraps,… Saber más sobre este artículo

P. Blakiston, Philadelphia, 1895 "Second edition, revised, with elaborate vocabularies" (1895). First edition was in 1893. "As a result of the revision it is hoped that the work will be found greatly improved, and better fitted for the use intended, as a book of reference for the physician and druggist, and a practical Latin grammar especially adapted to the needs… Saber más sobre este artículo

NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Lewis Research Center, 1980 Stapled wraps, 10 1/2 x 8 inches, 26 pp., figures and tables. Ex-corporate library, else good. (K048). Soft cover. Good.

C. V. Mosby, St. Louis, 1944 A very good copy of the third edition, inscribed and SIGNED by the author on the front pastedown, dated 2/27/46. Green cloth-covered boards, gilt spine and front board lettering, 7 7/8 x 5 inches, 516 pp., index, 103 text illustrations, 4 color plates. Very good (mild edgewear; previous owner's initials, edges of book block… Saber más sobre este artículo

Pharmacometrics Press; Rockville, Maryland, 1985 Softcover, red wraps, 8 x 5 1/2 inches, 101 pp. This is a very early edition of this book. Near fine. (K020). Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Acoustical Society of America; Melville, New York, 2005 Stapled wraps, glossy covers, 11 x 8 1/2 inches. Volume 1, Issue 1, October 2005 (premier issue). Volume 2, Issue 1, January 2006. Volume 2, Issue 2, April 2006. Volume 2, Issue 3, July 2006. Volume 3, Issue 1, January 2007. Volume 3, Issue 2, April 2007. Volume 3, Issue 3, July… Saber más sobre este artículo