The Telegraphic Transmission of Photographs
New York: Constable, 1910. First edition. Original gray cloth lettered in dark blue. Extreme corner clipped from front endpaper, but a fine copy. An American edition was published the same year. More
New York: Constable, 1910. First edition. Original gray cloth lettered in dark blue. Extreme corner clipped from front endpaper, but a fine copy. An American edition was published the same year. More
London: Constable, 1926. First edition. Original blue cloth, gilt. A fine copy in the scarce dust jacket, albeit the jacket lacks large chips at the top edge. More
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1842. First edition. Publisher's cloth, mild marginal stain, otherwise a very good copy. More
Philadelphia: Thomas Desilver, 1832. Second edition, enlarged and improved. Original cloth backed printed boards, 188 pp. Light foxing and browning; very good copy. More
New York: William Stuart, 1839. First edition. Wrappers, 32 pp., very good. A rare pamphlet relating to the secret society of physicians in New York City. In an Advertisement it is stated "The following Essays from the 'Medical Examiner,' a department of the New-York Weekly Whig, are republished connectedly in..... More
New York: Gould and Newman, 1838. First edition. Stitched, not bound. Mild browning and foxing. Illustrated. 96 pp. More
Philadelphia: Judah Dobson and A. Sherman, 1825. Second American edition. Modern cloth, leather label. 360 pp., 4 plates (colored stipple engravings). Mild browing but an excellent copy. More
Chicago: Wilcox and Follett, 1950. First edition. Blue cloth, fine in dust jacket. Signed by the author, inventor of the first triode vacuum tube, the Audion tube, in 1906. "As both of these modern wonders [radio and television] were made possible by the thermionic tube it is perhaps fitting that..... More
Paris: 1767. The following plates come from a defective copy of Volume 5 and are generally in excellent condition, with full margins. 17 text pages plus one folio and 25 plates . plates numbered 3, 6, 7, 8, 24, and 25 are all double plates. This 25 fascinating plates detail..... More
Paris: 1767. The following plates come from a defective copy of Volume 5 and are generally in excellent condition, with full margins. 8 plates followed by their 4 text sheets. Plates are numbered 1-8. Plate 1 is a double plate showing samples and tuning forks. Plates 2, 3, 4, 5..... More
Paris: 1767. The following plates come from a defective copy of Volume 5 and are generally in excellent condition, with full margins: 32 plates divided into six suites showing engravers in ateliers, equipment, tools, and several types of engraving: 8 plates containing attractive drawings of different steps in the art..... More
Paris: 1767. The following plates come from a defective copy of Volume 5 and are generally in excellent condition, with full margins: 2 plates displaying engraving of letters, maps and music and the tools used to engrave letters, sheet music, maps. And two descriptive text sheets. Plates are numbered 1-2..... More
Paris: 1767. The following plates come from a defective copy of Volume 5 and are generally in excellent condition, with full margins: 3 plates describing an atelier and the smith engraving on lockets and all tools that are used in this art. Plates are numbered 1-3. 2 plates displaying two..... More
Paris: 1767. The following plates come from a defective copy of Volume 5 and are generally in excellent condition, with full margins: 3 plates displaying an attractive atelier and engravers on wood and tools, plate numbered 3 in this section is a display of the principles, and 1 descriptive text..... More
Paris: 1767. The following plates come from a defective copy of Volume 5 and are generally in excellent condition, with full margins: 3 plates of engraving on gemstones including equipment and tools. One descriptive text sheet. Plates are numbered 1-3. More
Paris: 1767. The following plates come from a defective copy of Volume 5 and are generally in excellent condition, with full margins: The 37 plates includes two sections : first section numbered 1 -11 plates are drawings describing the Pipe Organ with minute details. Plate 11 is an index to..... More
Paris: 1767. The following plates come from a defective copy of Volume 5 and are generally in excellent condition, with full margins: The 14 plates are breath taking drawings of different marble pavings for churches, salons palaces . That still can be enjoyed in the Sorbonne, Notre Dame de Paris..... More
Paris: 1767. The following plates come from a defective copy of Volume 5 and are generally in excellent condition, with full margins: 14 plates including one double-page plus 1 page of descriptive text. 253 x 393mm. The folio represents all the buildings of all the royal manufacture of Langlee close..... More
Paris: 1767. The following plates come from a defective copy of Volume 5 and are generally in excellent condition, with full margins: This suite of 71 plates comes in divided sections, and each section is devoted to the explanation of a different branch of science, thus each one of these..... More
London: Pitman, 1926. First edition. The first book in English devoted to television. Original printed wrappers and pictorial dust jacket, the wrappers in fine condition, the jacket with some light soiling and small closed tears to the lower edge. 62 pp.; 12 illustrations, including a frontispiece portrait of inventor John..... More
Philadelphia: J. Dobson, 1828. First edition. Stitched, unbound, foxed. More
New York: Harper, 1932. First edition. Original green cloth, lettered in black, fine copy in very good dust jacket with light edge wear and a small hole on the spine. More
3-1/2 inches x 2 inches, four sets of staple holes in the card, but not touching the writing. Partially mounted to a piece of plain paper, with an autograph envelope addressed by Fleming (torn), and some clippings. Fleming won the 1945 Nobel Prize for medicine, for his discovery of penicillin..... More
London: Hogarth Press, 1937. First edition. Green cloth, faint ring marks on cover; else a near-fine copy, with pencil notes. Bookplate and blind stamp of Robert P. Knight, M.D. 1,225 copies printed. Woolmer 408; Garrison-Morton-Norman 6589. More
Boston: 1832. First edition. 16 pp., removed from a binding. Presentation inscription from the author. More