Pp. xii+260(last advertisement), 4 woodcut text figures; small f'cap. 4to; rebound in period style in full calf, spine decorated in gilt compartments between raised bands, with contrasting gilt lettered red & black leather titling pieces, boards decorated in blind, with a single rule outer border, decorative inner border and central..... More
Translated and edited by Dr. Mary Holbrook. Pp. [vi]+362(last blank), 64 plates, text figures, appendix, references, libraries, archives and collections, bibliography, index; cr. 4to; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the boards slightly scuffed; top edges green; price-clipped dust wrapper, faintly marked, edges a trifle rubbed; tiny inked cross near..... More
Unpaginated, text illustrations, index; demy 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in silver, corners of boards slightly bruised; dust wrapper; Constable, London, 1987. First edition. More
Pp. [xii]+440+142+[16](index, last blank), title page vignette, 2 folding optical diagrams at end, decorative head and tailpieces, one large and several small decorative initials, text printed double column, index; small cr. 4to; rebound in modern kangaroo, the spine with five raised bands and gilt lettered red leather title label, the..... More
A Symposium Commemorating the 500th Anniversary of the Birth of Nicolaus Copernicus. Pp. 616, frontispiece and text illustrations, index; med. 8vo; cream boards, spine lettered in gilt, fore-corners of boards slightly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, worn and a little soiled, edges chipped and a trifle split, occasional tears, tape repaired..... More
Pp. 256(last blank), text illustrations and figures, index; demy 8vo; qr. maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt, cream papered boards, the upper board a trifle creased; dust wrapper, backstrip lightly faded; W. W. Norton & Company Inc., New York, 1987. First edition. *A collection of reviews written over time for..... More
A biography. Pp. 260, 8 plates, diagrams, appendices, bibliography, reference notes, index; dust wrapper, a trifle scuffed, backstrip faded; edges of leaves faintly soiled; Lawrence & Wishart, London, 1976. First edition. *Biography of the French physicist and High Commissioner for Atomic Energy under de Gaulle, who later became a leader..... More
Supplement, 1928-1933. Pp. xx+454(last blank); roy. 8vo; printed paper wrappers, lightly worn at head and foot of backstrip; edges of leaves lightly marked, bookseller's label at foot of title page; Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Melbourne, 1934. More
Pp. [ii]+128(last blank), frontispiece, text illustrations; small cr. 8vo; printed stiff brown paper wrappers, fore-corners and backstrip lightly creased; text block faintly browned, edges foxed; William Brooks and Company, Limited, Sydney, 1914. First edition. Muir 4690. *Born in Scotland, Robert McMillan (1848?-1929), came to New South Wales around 1890. He..... More
etc., etc., taken at the Melbourne Observatory, during January 1876; together with abstracts from meteorological observations obtained at various localities in Victoria. Under the superintendence of E. J. White, Acting Government Astronomer [and from April 1876 onwards, under the superintendence of R. L. J. Ellery, Government Astronomer]. A bound run..... More
. A bibliography. Pp. xxiv+362, indices, addenda and corrigenda; demy 4to; Dawson, Folkestone, 1977. First edition. Project for Historical Bibliography, University of Newcastle upon Tyne. More
Pp. xiv+254, index; cr. 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, lightly worn and creased; The MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1988. Second printing. More
Pp. 302(last blank), pictorial double title page, plus numerous text illustrations, bibliography, index; cr. 4to; red boards, spine lettered in gilt, a couple of tiny edge bruises to boards; price-clipped dust wrapper; bookplate of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, a few spots of foxing; British Broadcasting Corporation, London, 1980..... More
Pp. xiv+818, 32 plates, notes and references, bibliography, index; thick med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt, bottom fore-corner of upper board bruised; dust wrapper; ribbon marker; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Jonathan Cape, London, 2012. Third printing. More
Pp. 278, numerous text illustrations and figures, glossary of scientific instruments, notes on prices, lists of eighteenth-century instrument makers and scientific instrument makers of London in 1843 and 1894, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; blue boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, U.K. price sticker at foot of front flap; David..... More
With a Biographical memoir. Edited by Alfred J. Frost. [Facsimile edition]. Pp. xxviii+564; Martino Fine Books, Mansfield Centre, CT, n.d.[1998]. *Originally published by Spon, in 1880. More
Pp. [xii]+370(last blank), 16 plates, notes, bibliographies, index; med. 8vo; light brown boards, spine lettered in silver; dust wrapper, back panel slightly soiled; text block lightly browned; Fourth Estate, London, 2003. First U.K. edition. *Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont 'was a slight and wiry man who built flying machines that could..... More
A life in the young Republic. Pp. [ii]+xvi+378(last blank), frontispiece portrait, text illustrations, notes index; med. 8vo; faint scratch mark to upper board; dust wrapper, edges slightly faded; Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1989. *Poet, essayist, chemist, geologist, educator, entrepreneur, publisher - Benjamin Silliman (1779-1864) was one of the virtuosi of..... More
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Pp. 16, text figures, tables; pictorial stiff paper wrappers printed on both sides, stapled, the lower wrapper faintly soiled; staples rusted; Sandringham City Council, Sandringham, Victoria, 1982. First edition. More
A Book of Science and Wonder. Written and photographed by Walter Wick. Pp. 40, illustrated in colour throughout, the title page printed in blue & black; wide demy 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; dust wrapper; Scholastic, New York, 1997. First edition. More
Pp. 240(last blank), illustrated throughout in colour and (mainly) black & white, pictorial endpapers, glossary of terms, further reading, index; narrow roy. 4to; beige cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the boards lightly foxed, bottom fore-corner of upper board slightly bruised; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, tiny chip to fore-edge..... More
Pp. xvi+448(last blank), 16 plates, occasional text illustrations including maps (some full page), glossary, appendices, index; med. 8vo; brown boards, spine lettered and ruled in gilt; dust wrapper, lightly worn and browned,, edges browned and soiled with a chip in the top edge of back panel; edges of leaves a...... More
