Living Control Systems Selected Papers by William T Powers - 1989

London: Printed for J. Nourse, Bookseller in Ordinary to his Majesty, 1763. First Edition. Full Leather. Very Good +. First Edition. 8vo: viii,183, [1]; iv,32 pp, with 296 geometrical figures and perspective designs on 14 folding engraved plates. Prefaces to both titles signed: W. Emerson. Contemporary full leather, spine ribbed and divided into six compartments, red morocco lettering piece gilt to second. A Very Good or better copy, front hinge skillfully (almost invisibly) reinforced, pages and plates free of stains and foxing, save for first 10 leaves, which have been professionally restored on the top inner edge (with no loss of text). Both first editions of elementary works on geometry and perspective, the first divided into eight books; both start with definitions, axioms, and postulates, followed by numerous problems (keyed into the 296 figures, in the case of the first book) and their solutions. ESTC Citation Nos. T77181 and T77180. Like his fellow County Durham savant John Bird, the… Read More

Leipzig: Weidmann'sche Buchhandlung, 1843. First Edition . Quarter Cloth. Very Good. 8 3/4" Tall. Xx, 315, (I, Errata], 2 Double Page Folding Charts At End. Original Brown Cloth Spine Printed In Gilt, Brown Marbled Paper Covered Boards, Cloth Tips. Worn Along Top And Bottom Of Spine With A Little Loss, A Few Small Losses Of Paper Along Edges Of Boards, Covers Clean, Contents Clean, Small Stamped Seal Of P. Andries, Astronomer, And Name Stamp Of Later American Author, Both On Front Endpaper, No Other Names Or Marks, Pages Clean With Just A Little Faint Foxing.

London and Glasgow: Blackie & Son Limited, 1928. First Edition, First Printing . Blue Cloth. Near Fine Book/Very Good. Viii, 53 Pp. Blue Cloth, Gilt. A Very Clean, Crisp Example, Gilt Bright, No Fraying Or Damage; Touch Of Rubbing At Corners, Endpapers Show Even Browning. Dust Jacket Is Very Good, Priced 5S. On Front Cover, Virtually Complete, Some Rubbing And Wear At Corners, With Three 1/8" Chips At Corners Of Spine, And A Smaller Chip At The Tips Only; Spine Browned, With A Rub Affecting Part Of The Letter "S" In "Mechanics".

Vienna : In Geistingers Buchhandlung, 1808. First edition. Half leather. Published Vienna: In Geistingers Buchhandlung, 1808. 12mo., 4 1/2" x 6 3/4", xvi+564pp., illustrated with four fold-out plates and formulae within the text. Text in German. Bound in brown leather and brown paper-covered boards with leather spine labels. Title label lacking, some splitting along the outer upper hinges, wear to the boards, else very good. text clean, binding tight. . 1st. Half-Leather. Very Good Minus/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1871. First American Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Brown Cloth. Very Good +. Drawings. Vi, 409; V, "Postscript", 436. First Edition, Later Issue, Still Dated 1871 On Title Page, No Indication Of Later Printing, But Later Issue As The First Issue Identifies 16 Errata In Volume I. Two Volumes In Original Brown Cloth, Gilt Lettering On Spine, Black Border And Design On Covers, Light Yellow Endpapers. Two Page Catalog [ Origin Of Species, And A Book By T H Huxley] At End Of First Volume; 12 Pp Catalog, Mostly Works By Spencer But Again Including Origin Of Species, At End Of Second Volume. A Very Clean, Unmarked Set, Possibly Unread. Edges Of Page Block Still Show Original Polish. Gilt Bright, Cloth Evenly Colored, Endpapers Immaculate, Hinges Strong And Without Cracking, Attractive. Points Of Fraying At Corners And Tips [Tips With Minute Professional Repairs To Cloth And Color; Faint Dampstain In Parts Of Lower Covers Of Vol. Ii [Also Professionally Refurbished… Read More

The Geological Society of America, 2006. Paperback. Used- Very good condition. Book is clean and tight. Book shows light shelf wear. One small crease on the top middle of back cover. No creasing on the spine. No markings on the inside of the book. Special paper maps in pocket at back of book. Photos are of the book we have here at Barbed Wire Books. Note: ISBN printed in book may apply to other books, as well.

London:: G. Woodfall for W. H. Lunn et al., 1814-23., 1814. 3 volumes. 4to. 270x215 mm. viii, 571, [1]; xii, 554, [2]; [4], 114, 441, [1] pp. 19 folding engraved plates, index, errata and addenda. Contemporary calf, rebacked; preliminaries and plates foxed. Very good +. Second edition of a work originally published in 1797-1808. Some of the elements found within this work are: of time, length of a year, on Parallax, Refraction, System of the World, Kepler's discoveries, motion of a body, oppositions and conjunctions of the planets, mean motions of the planets, rotation of the Sun, Moon, planets, On the Satellites, the rings of Saturn, pm the aberration of light, solar eclipses, the transits of Mercury, of comets, fixed stars, longitude, use of globes, the division of time, the theory of the Moon and Earth, Equinoxes, "On the Motion of the Planes of the Orbits of the Planets, from their mutual Attractions," tides, the history of astronomy, followed by a wide selection of tables recording measurements… Read More

1765 Institutions of Geometry Philosophy Psychology Math Illustrated Mathematics
"Institutions of Geometry" is a rare, mid-18th-century philosophical treatise containing notes and commentary on the human mind by Jean Baptiste de la Chapelle. Chapelle, of course, also offers a discourse on mathematical principles designed to aid mathematics educators. Note that this 1765 French text contains numerous folding engravings throughout depicting geometric shapes and geometry problems.
Item number: #19514
Price: $599
CHAPELLE, J. Baptiste de la
Institutions de géométrie : enrichies de notes critiques et philosophiques sur la nature et les développemens de l'esprit humain
A Paris : Chez Debure pere ..., 1765.

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Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes
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Vol. I – xl, 438
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Vol. II – xxxii, 415, [1]
o 34 folding engravings
· Language: French

· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~8in X 5in (20cm x 12.5cm)
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EASTON PRESS EDITION SIGNED BY APOLLO 11 ASTRONAUT BUZZ ALDRIN. Ironclad Easton Certificate of Authenticity included. This is #1342 of only 3000 printed. Condition is near-fine insdie and out; the book is unread. Expedited shipping is welcome; international please request a shipping quote prior to purchase. Signed by author.

New York: The Viking Press, 1966. (10), 150 pages. Rare first printing of this classic work by the scientist Time magazine once called "the Paul Revere of the environmental movement." For the first time in book form Commoner warned about the twin dangers of nuclear winter in the event of nuclear war and climate change fueled by unchecked capitalism. The book is in near-fine condition, clean, bright, and tight--marred only by first owner's name and date of purchase from the Missouri Book Store in Columbia. The dust jacket, with $4.50 price on front flap, is in very good condition: clean and bright, with some relatively minor color rubbing and edgewear; one 1/3" closed tear at foot of spine.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.