The Story of the Heavens; New and Revised Edition by Ball, Sir Robert - 1905

Paris: Éditions Jacques Gabay, 1989. ( IN FRENCH - EN FRANÇAIS ) Tome I, 578 pages. Tome II, 650 pages.; Réimpression en facsimilé de l'édition 1885 traduite de la deuxième édition en anglais. Brochés. Couvertures un peu frottées avec plis au dos. Bords et coins écornés. Quelques notes à l'encre en marge de page ou endroits soulignés dans le Tome I aux pages 9 à 15 de la préface ainsi qu'aux pages 2 à 11, 30, 31, 33, 37, 39, 48, 51, 53, 55, 56 et 68. Livres quand même propres à l'intérieur, solides et en bon état. ( Cet article de 2.2 kg pourrait requérir un supplément postal selon la destination et le mode de transport choisi. Vous pouvez vous enquérir auprès du librairie pour connaître les frais postaux exacts pour chaque cas particulier.). Broché. Bon. 8vo. Livre.

New York: Silk Publishing Co.. Very Good. 1917. Hardcover. Volume 10, 1917. January-June (No. 1-6) . Clean brown cloth. Hard binding with gilt lettering on spine. Containing six magazines with covers. The industry's technical authority. Text tight, clean & intact. Modest wear to front corners. Marbled endpapers & page edges. Profusely illustrated with B/W photographs & drawings. Internal markings only, "Smithsonian Institute, National Museum." Large World War I "Roll of Honor" Poster attached to rear of book. Business; B&W Drawing & B/W Photo; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Adam Hilger, 1989 First Printing in dust jacket AS NEW, no remainder or other markings, NOT ex-lib, slight shelf/edge wear to jacket, else bright tight & as new (dj in mylar protector); 8vo; 379pp indexed & illus. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New.

Philadelphia: Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1837. Very Good +. 21, [1] p., 3 leaves of engraved plates: tables; 29 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. This article by Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867) was read before the Society on Nov. 16, 1832. Bache was the great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin and the grandson of Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Dallas. A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, he taught engineering there and became a second lieutenant in the United States Army Corps of Engineers. He was a professor of natural philosophy and chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania from 1827 to 1843 and also served as the first president of Central High School of Philadelphia from 1839 to 1842. In 1843 he became superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, a position he held until his death. In Very Good+ Condition: disbound from a larger volume, but solid; light foxing, primarily in the margins of the text; the leaves of plates are browning and… Read More

West Chester, Pa: J. Hodgson, printer, 1849. Paperback. Very Good -. 8 p.: tables; 22 cm. Lacking wrapper. Disbound from a volume of unrelated 19th-century pamphlets. "18" in ink at upper right-hand corner of title page. Caption title. Publication information from library records. Robert Emmet Monaghan (1822-1895) was a Pennsylvania lawyer and represented Chester County in the state legislature. His mechanical vote counter was patented on March 14, 1848. This pamphlet reports on the demonstration of the machine given to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1849. Ink notations on p. 3 correct the description of the levers indicating Yea and Nay votes. In Very Good- Condition: first leaf and last leaf are detached but present; light foxing on p. 8; otherwise, clean.

Herschel, William. On The Quantity and Velocity Of Solar Motion. London, W. Bulmer and Co. From Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 1806. Thin 4to, size approx 220mm x 280mm. Recent brown cloth hardcover with label to front. Pp 32, 6 plates, 2. [pages 205- 237, plates IV-IX as referenced within text]. All pages bright and clean, plates have light foxing. Paper read on February 27, 1806 to the Royal Society estimating the speed of the Suns travel through space.

Paris,: Auguste Picard,, 1933-1935.. 2 volumes: xii, 372, [iv]; iv, [ii], 451, [iii] pp. Large 8vo (14,5 x 23 cm.). Original printed wrappers, uncut. With 35 plates (several folding or double-page). ** A very good copy of this valuable work. I: Moyen Ages et Renaissance; II: Du XVIe siècle a 1860. The work is concluded by ample bibliographical and analytical indexes. See Henry E Sigerist's "Stephen D'Irsay" in 'Bulletin of the institute of the history of medicine', vol. III, no. 6, June, 1935 (p 431-439).

Rare/Collectible. Ex-library but in good condition.

Rare/collectible. Ex-library, with some wear, markings and pen circles on table of contents (see pictures), but otherwise good. No dust jacket.

Rare - collectible. Ex-library, good condition. No notes or underlining.