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A TREATISE ON LAND-SURVEYING: COMPRISING THE THEORY DEVELOPED FROM FIVE ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES; AND THE PRACTICE WITH THE CHAIN ALONE, THE COMPASS, THE TRANSIT, THE THEODOLITE, THE PLANE TABLE, & c. ILLUSTRATED BY FOUR HUNDRED ENGRAVINGS AND A MAGNETIC CHART
by Gillespie, W.M.
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- Used - Good Plus
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- Eighth Edition
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- 1874
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- Hardcover
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Eugene, Oregon, USA
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€57.71
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New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1874. Eighth Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. Quarto. Quarter-leather over black textured cloth. Moderate rubbing to extremities, fraying to top and bottom of spine, and some loss of leather along joints. Solidly bound. 424 pages, plus 84 pp. of "Traverse Tables: Or, Latitudes and Departures of Courses, Calculated to Three Decimal Places: for… Read more about this item Item Price
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COURS DE CHYMIE, CONTENANT LA MANIERE DE FAIRE LES OPERATIONS QUI SONT EN USAGE DANS LA MEDECINE, PAR UNE METHODE FACILE. AVEC DES RAISONNEMENS SUR CHAQUE OPERATION, POUR L'INSTRUCTION DE CEUX QUI VEULENT S'APPLIQUER A CETTE SCIENCE; Nouvelle Edition, Revue, corrigee & augmentee d'un grand nombre de Notes, & de plusieurs preparations Chymiques qui sont aujourd' hui d'usage, & dont il n'est fait aucune mention dans les Editions de l'Auteur/
by Lemery, Nicolas. & M. Baron
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- Used - Fair
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- 1761
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- Leather-bound
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€364.21
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Paris, France: Chez Jean-Thomas Herissant, 1761. Leather-bound. Fair. IN FRENCH. EN FRANCAIS.
Quarto. Full mottled leather. Considerable wear to corners and edges, with missing leather. Spine shows five raised bands (six compartments) with gilt decorations to each compartment. Front board a little loose, but still holding nicely. Marbled endpapers. Tailpieces at chapters' ends. Full alphabetical index. Pages subtle… Read more about this item Item Price
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FALLING IN LOVE, WITH OTHER ESSAYS ON MORE EXACT BRANCHES OF SCIENCE
by Allen, Grant
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- Used - Good
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- Early Reprint
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- 1890
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- Hardcover
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New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1890. Early Reprint. Hardcover. Good. 12mo, 7.4 in. x 5 in., pp. 356, [6] (advertising). Dark red boards with black title on beige paper label to spine. Edgewear to top/bottom of spine. Spine label significantly chipped. Corners bumped. Rubbing to edges. Previous owner's name to dog-eared front free endpaper. Spine and hinges… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE U.S.S.R. AND OUTER SPACE : SOVIET MEDIA IMAGES OF SUPERPOWER SPACE POLICY
by Hensel, Howards M.
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- Used - Very Good Plus
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1985
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- Pamphlet
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€156.09
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Montgomery, Alabama: Air Command and Staff College, 1985. First Edition. Pamphlet. Very Good Plus. Stapled pamphlet, 8 in. x 5.1 in., pp. vii, [1], 75. White paper with two blue double-bars and title to front. Rust to staples. Umarked interior.
Laid-in: 3 in. x 5 in. card: "With the compliments of the Air Command and Staff College"… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF HEREDITY
by Herbert, S.
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- Used - Good Plus
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- Reprint
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- 1917
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- Hardcover
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€36.89
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London: A. & C. Black. Ltd, 1917. Reprint. Hardcover. Good Plus. Octavo, 8 in. x 5 in., pp. viii, 199. Red cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Rubbing to extremities. Lower front corner bumped. Bubbling in cloth at edges of front board. Untrimmed fore- and bottom-edges. Repaired front and rear hinges. The 1917 reprint of the 1910… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE OLD RED SANDSTONE; OR NEW WALKS IN AN OLD FIELD. TO WHICH IS APPENDED A SERIES OF GEOLOGICAL PAPERS READ BEFORE THE ROYAL PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH
by Miller, Hugh
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- Used - Very Good Plus
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- ("A New, Improved, and Enlarged Edition")
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- 1858
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€88.92
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New York: Robert Carter and Brothers, 1858. ("A New, Improved, and Enlarged Edition"). Very Good Plus. Octavo. Brick red/Light Brown cloth covered boards, both front and rear bordered with stamped, heraldic motif in black. Title in red-on-(bright) gilt to spine, with chessboard-like design within black and gilt lines at top and bottom. 403 pp, Five-color frontis chart on… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE PHILOSOPHY OF NATURAL HISTORY
by Smellie, William
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- Used - Very Good Plus
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- First Edition
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- 1790
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- Leather-bound
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€520.30
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London, England: Printed for the Heirs of Charles Elliot; and C. Elliot and T. Kay T. Cadell, and C.G. J. & J. Robinsons, 1790. First Edition. Leather-bound. Very Good Plus. Quarto. Full leather, originally acid-treated for effect. Gilt chain-and-dot border, largely rubbed off. Printed on high rag-content laid bond. Bright and uniformly internally excellent. A second volume was… Read more about this item Item Price
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ESSAI SUR LA THEORIE DES PROPORTIONS CHIMIQUES ET SUR L'INFLUENCE CHIMIQUE DE L'ELECTRICITE
by Berzelius, J.J. (Jons Jacob)
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- Used - Very Good
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- First French Edition
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- 1819
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- Leather-bound
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€468.27
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Paris, France: Chez Mequignon-Marvis, 1819. First French Edition. Leather-bound. Very Good. Octavo. Tree calf (8" x 5") , Once halfbound. Corners reinforced with green leather(?). Replacement label 5 7/8", along spine, in contrasting red, ruled and lettered in gilt). Light foxing throughout. Bears bookplate of Chandler Dymock Ingersoll to front pastedown, and inscription/signature to"__________July 1995, from B. Quaritch,… Read more about this item Item Price
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TRAITE DE LA JALOUSIE MOYENS D'ENTRETENIR LA PAIX DANS LE MARIAGE
by Courtin, De
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- 1674
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- Leather-bound
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€182.58
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Paris: Chez Helie Josset, rue St Jacques, a la Fleur de Lys d'or, 1674. Leather-bound. Good. IN FRENCH. EN FRANCAIS. Full leather,small octavo [6x4 inches]. Hinges, spine chipped and spine leather worn and brittle. 182pp + index. Engraved title page. Binding tight. Writing in ink [fountain pen] at bottom and also obverse of title page in French, in… Read more about this item Item Price
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A DISCOVERY OF SUBTERRANEALL TREASURE, VIZ. OF ALL MANNER OF MINES AND MINERALLS, FROM THE GOLD TO THE COALE. AND ALSO THE ART OF MELTING, REFINING, AND ASSAYING OF THEM IS PLAINLY DECLARED, ALSO A PERFECT WAY TO TRY WHAT COLOUR ANY BERRY, LEAFE, FLOWER, STALKE, ROOT, FRUIT, SEED, BARKE, OR WOOD WILL GIVE WITH A PERFECT WAY TO MAKE COLOURS THAT THEY SHALL NOT STAYNE NOR FADE LIKE ORDINARY COLOURS
by Plattes, Gabriel
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- Used - Good
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1639
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- Pamphlet
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€3,642.10
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London, England: I (John) Okes, for Jasper Emory, 1639. First Edition. Pamphlet. Good. First book on Metallurgy in English. LACKS TITLE. Quarto. (6 3/4" x 5 1/2"). Disbound with leather remnants of spine. Woodcut initials and decorations. Our copy missing first unsigned signature : 4to: B-I , K² [$3 signed]; 34 leaves, pp. [8] 1-60 (ESTC Citation S100866.… Read more about this item Item Price
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TREATISE ON THERMODYNAMICS
by Planck, Max
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- Used - Good Plus
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- First English Edition
- Published
- 1903
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- Hardcover
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€780.45
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London: Longmans Green, and Co, 1903. First English Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. 8vo. Grey buckram over boards. Wear to extremities. This is a copy which was recently strengthened by rebacking and adding new leather spine (3 raised bands) with contrasting gilt-on-black spine title label, and gilt 1903 date stamped to bottom compartment. Planck was a physicist studying thermodynamics… Read more about this item Item Price
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GASOMETRISCHE METHODEN
by Bunsen, Robert
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- Used - Good Plus
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- Second Edition, Revised & Enlarged
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- 1877
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- Leather-bound
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€78.52
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Braunschweig: von Friedrich Vieweg & Sohn, 1877. Second Edition, Revised & Enlarged. Leather-bound. Good Plus. 8vo. Original half-leather over marbled boards Rubbing and some scuffing to extremities with 1/4" loss of leather at top of spine, and a bit of peeling of marbled paper to rear board. Second edition, substantially enlarged and with a new preface by the… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE GALLERY OF NATURE : A PICTORIAL AND DESCRIPTIVE TOUR THROUGH CREATION, ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE WONDERS OF ASTRONOMY, PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY
by Milner, Thomas (Rev.)
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1846
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- Hardcover
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€130.55
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London: William S. Orr & Co, 1846. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to (measuring 10" x 7" x 2"), three-quarter bound leather over black buckram, a later but handsome rebinding, with original spine label affixed. Fourteen engravings on steel, "eight line engravings, and two hundred and fifty vignettes on wood, with several hundred diagrams and sections". Occasional foxing to edges… Read more about this item Item Price
€130.55