The Great Age of the Microscope: The Collection of the Royal Microscopical Society through 150 Years by Turner, G. L. E - 1989

Bristol: Adam Hilger, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, ix, 379 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine blue with white and red lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering. Minor shelf wear. Light rubbing to covers and light creasing along edges of dust jacket. Some foxing to top edge of textblock. Interior pages clean. Shelved in Science. From the collection of Silvio Bedini. Bedini spent twenty five years at the Smithsonian Institution, serving as curator in the Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering in the new Museum of History and Technology (now the National Museum of American History) before serving as first Assistant Director then Deputy Director of the National Museum of History and Technology. He then served as Keeper of Rare Books at the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, a branch of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, before becoming a Historian Emeritus. He specialized in early scientific instruments. 1378961. Shelved… Read More

Adam Hilger, 1989. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book and dust jacket in excellent, unmarked condition. Minor bumping to bottom outer corners.

Bristol: Adam Hilger, 1989. First printing. 4to. 379 pp. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Slightest rubbing to jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine.

Bristol: Adam Hilger, 1989. ix, 379, b/w photos. . HB. Vg in d/w. Previous owner's name and ownership stamp to endpaper.. . [9780852740200]

New York.: A. Hilger.. Hardcover. Good. 26 cm. ix, 379 p. : ill. Encuadernación en tapa dura de editorial con sobrecubierta ilustrada. Idioma Inglés. the collection of the Royal Microscopical Society through 150 years /. Includes bibliographical references (p. 366-373) and index . ISBN: 0852740204 Literatura.(82) [[82]]

Bristol: Adam Hilger. VG : in very good condition with dust jacket. Neat ownership stamp on fep and rear paste-down. 1989. First Edition. Blue/gilt hardback cloth cover. 260mm x 190mm (10" x 7"). 379pp. B/w illustrations. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. .

Bristol & New York:: Adam Hilger, 1989., 1989. Large 8vo. ix, 379 pp. Profusely illustrated, index. Blue gilt-stamped cloth, dust-jacket. Fine. ISBN 10: 0852740204 CONTENTS: Making microscopes - the nineteenth century European trade; the collection assessed; advice to the user of the catalogue; compound - British 1/4 18th C; compound - Culpeper-type; compound - Cuff-type; compound - British 18th century - 1/4 19th century; compound - Gould-type; compound - British 2/4 19th century - 20th century; Powell and Lealand; Ross; Smith and Beck; Swift; compound - non-British; projection - universal, solar, lucernal; reflecting microscopes; simple microscopes; specimen preparation; specimen holders; illumination; polarization; objectives; micro-ruling; RMS standards; medals.

Menands, NY, USA: Marktech International, Corp., 8888. 9840 20M : Circa late 80's-90's, Very Good condition Softcover Quarto, no date anywhere in this book, 1st edition presumed. Light edgewear of the wraps. Interior unmarked and tight.. 1st Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 4to - over 9" - 12" tall. Book.

Traven, B. : The Treasure Of Sierra Madre. 1994 THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE-PRINT EDITION. Thorndike, Maine. EXLIB. Good/ No DJ if issued. ISBN0786201002. 533 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¾. Summary: "The story of three American adventurers who search for a lost gold mine in the mountains of Mexico. A tale of 'gold fever' and desperate greed." Basis for the Humphrey Bogart, John Houston film of the same name.

C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.

Washington D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Very Good. 1977. Trade Paperback. Book is in VG condition with light rubbing to edges, mild offsetting to front cove & spiner, light creasing to front cover, mild soiling to covers else a bright and solid copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

NY: J. Wiley. Poor; Covers heavily creased and water-damaged with portions of lift-off . on front cover, water stains at outer margins of text, some highlighting. . Large tear across front cover appears to have been glued with some . yellowish adhesive.. 1989. Softcover. 0471500798 . A scarce copy of this early Macintosh computer programming manual that unfortunately looks as if Homer Simpson used it as a coaster next to his nuclear plant computer keyboard. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 259 pages .

Lucky You: What Science Has Done For Us J.B. Lippincott Stated First Edition. SCIENCE. Artfully illustrated by MUNRO LEAF. Good EXLIB in a Good unclipped $2.25 orig. price dust jacket. Last page states: 152 4.

Murder for Christmas, a Poirot Story by Agatha Christie (1944 Midnite Mystery) COPYRIGHT BY AGATHA CHRISTIE MALLOWAN: "It is Christmas Eve, and elderly Simeon Lee is found violently murdered in his locked office. The police are immediately called, but of course nobody has a clue until Hercule Poirot arrives..." USED. 1944 Books inc. Midnite Mystery. Copyright 1938 - 1939 Agatha Christie Mallowan. Good+/ No DJ. Black boards with gold titling on spine. Titles gilting is still nice Scarce.

703 ChristieBrownSuit The Man In The Brown Suit. By Agatha Christie. Publisher: The Bodley Head Ltd., London, 1958, Stated Fourth Impression Thus,1970. ISBN 0370006720. Please see our stock photos. EXLIB. Good Condition/Good Original Shakel & Ryder Dust Jacket with Yellow spine, black titling, woman and ship cover art. Protected in mylar wrap. "States new and redesigned Edition, Fourth Impression, 80p. Blue boards with black titling. Our book spine has skinned spot at the word "brown" from removal of scotch tape. Plot Summary: Who is he, the man in the brown suit? He says he is a doctor; but Anne Beddingfield, who witnesses the fatal accident at a London tube station, is quick to notice some curious features about him when he comes to the scene. Her investigation of the accident leads her into the thick of mystery. This novel is more than an ingenious puzzle: It is a gripping suspense story."

Incline Village, NV, USA: Lahey Computer Systems, Inc., 1990. Very Good Minus condition Stapled Softcover Octavo, 1990, Revision B, June 1990. Edgewear of wraps, with creases along spine edge. Interior unmarked and tight.. 3rd Edition. Paperback. Very Good -. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Book.

Incline Village, NV, USA: Lahey Computer Systems, Inc., 1990. Good condition Spiral Bound Softcover Octavo, Revision A, June 1990. Edgewear of wraps, with creasing at fold-over rear flap. Interior unmarked and solid.. 2nd Edition. Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Book.