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Paris: Artcurial, 2008. This is a near fine softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out, except for a discrete small handstamp from one of the major New York museums, on the lower part of the title-page. Complete with DVD attached to inside rear cover. Text in French. This is a sale catalog, the first one in a series, on the history of French aviation. The sale was held in Paris at the Hotel Marcel Dassault on October 11-12, 2008. Sale number: 01533. The first part of the sale marked 1ere Partie had three sections: 1) letters and manuscripts of Jean Mermoz; and 2) material documenting the Bleriot Type XI plane; and 3) Collection Monsieur A. et a divers. Jean Mermoz (1901- 1936) was a French aviator, viewed as a hero by other pilots such as Antoine de Saint-Exupery, and in his native France, where many schools bear his name. He first met Antoine de Saint Exupery when they both worked at the Compagnie Générale Aéropostale. In 1933, Mermoz was appointed… Read More

Bruxelles: H. Lamertin, Libraire Editeur , 1885. This is a very good hardcover copy of the first edition of this journal, not a modern reprint. Black leather spine, four raised bands, gilt titles, green and brown marbled paper-covered boards and endpapers. Light wear to spine tips and boards. Very clean inside, one short name to the title-page. Text in French. Illustrated in black & white with some photographs of medical deformities requiring surgery. This is Tome Troisieme, the third volume, published in 1895. Again this is not one of the modern reprints. Table of contents. List of authors at end. 10" high X 6" wide, 449 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Half-Leather. Very Good.

Osnabruck : Otto Zeller, 1965. This is a very good hardcover copy with just light wear. Very clean inside and out. Text in German. This is a reprint of the second and third editions of 1920 and 1924. Illustrated in black & white with 18 full-page plates + 78 figures in the text. 8" high X 6" wide, 243 text pages + plates. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Hard Cover. Very Good.

New York: Christie's, 1998. This is a fine softcover copy with virtually no wear. Completely clean. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Christie's New York on October 29, 1998. Sale code: EUREKA-9058. The sale consisted of one lot: the Archimedes Palimpsest, dated to the third quarter of the tenth century. Illustrated throughout in color. 11" high X 8" wide, 63 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Fine.

Paris: Yann Le Mouel / Drouot, 2010. This is a near fine softcover copy with virtually no wear. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Yann Le Mouel at the Druout in Paris on November 30, 2010. The sale consisted of the history of chemistry library of Georges and Danielle Bram, and some additional antiquarian books. 124 lots in the Bram Collection part of the sale. 158 lots in the complete sale. Several lots illustrated in color. Prices realized sheets laid in. 11" high X 8" wide, 28 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Pub, 1999. This is an as new hardcover copy with no wear at all. Limited edition facsimile of British Museum 1933 original. Edition limited to 100 copies. 11" high X 9" wide. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.. Limited Edition.. Hard Cover. As New.

New York: The Law Center of New York University, 1953. This is a fine hardcover copy of the first edition with no wear. Completely clean inside and out. All gilt titles still bright. No dust jacket. Massive bibliography of New York University's Law Collection compiled and edited by Julius J. Marke, Librarian at the Law School. 11" high X 8" wide, 1372 pages. (Not x-library). A beautiful copy. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket.

London: Sotheby's, 2005. This is a very good softcover copy with light wear. Completely clean inside and out. No marks to lots or illustrations. Catalog a bit stiff. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Sotheby's London on June 9, 2005. Sale code: L05406 "VINO". The sale included the Food and Drink Collection of Hroar Dege, the late Norwegian restaurateur and well known collector. This part of the sale comprised 382 lots. 532 lots in the total sale. Almost all illustrated in color. Prices realized sheets included. 11" high X 8" wide, 218 pages. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

Brooklyn, New York: Power House Books, 2008. This is a very good hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket with light wear at the bottom edge of the jacket. SIGNED by the author Stanley Burns, on the title-page just beneath his printed name, and additionally inscribed to a prominent American film director with whom Burns was creatively associated. Stated first edition, first printing with full number line. Illustrated throughout in black & white with forensic photographs from Dr. Burn's extensive archive. 12" high X 10" wide, 251 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: Merrill and Baker, 1875. This is a very good hardcover copy in dark green cloth boards titled in gilt and top page edge gilt. Completely clean inside and out. No date, ca.1875. This is volumes 1 & 2 bound as 1 volume. 11 full-page plates, two of them in color + many illustrations in black & white in the text. 8" high X 5" wide, 255 & 77 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Philadelphia,PA: J.B.Lippincott Company, 1920. This is an about very good hardcover copy in dark red cloth covers with title in gilt to the spine. Some foxing internally. Covers clean. This copy signed and warmly inscribed on the front endpaper to a friend and colleague. 232 illustrations. Color frontispiece and charts. 9" high X 6" wide, 757 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Port-au-Prince, Haiti : Republique d' Haiti , 1927. This is a very good hardcover copy in the original olive green cloth boards printed in black. Very clean inside and out. Loss to bottom corner of one page, not affecting text. Text in French. Illustrated in black & white with 133 drawings of insects of Haiti. 8" high X 6" wide, 440 pages. Not x-library. Scarce. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Scheidegger and Spiess, 2014. This is a fine hardcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. Text in English and German. This is the third volume in the publisher's series, each one covers a different type of photography. The subject of this one is photography and scientific research. This often involved new forms of observation and visualization. For example serial photos of glaciers taken year after year. Illustrated mostly in black & white, some color. 11" high X 8" wide, 206 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Hard Cover. Fine.

Waltham, MA: Brandeis University Library, 1965. This is a very good softcover copy with light wear. Simple staple bound text block, no covers. The cover is effectively the title-page. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Rapaporte Treasure Hall, Brandeis University Library from June 2 to July2, 1965. Selected and described by David Sandler Berkowitz. 122 works in the exhibition. All catalogued here. Not illustrated. 11" high X 8" wide, 109 pages. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

Annapolis, MD : The United States Naval Institute , 1915. This is a very good hardcover copy in red cloth covers titled in gilt. This is the first edition of Alger's influential treatise on naval gunnery, not the more common second edition of 1917. With the date of 1915 on the title-page, copyright page and at the base of the spine and also on the front cover beneath the title. Very clean inside and just light faint soil to the cloth covers. The manilla envelope with the 'Probability Table' is intact with the table inside, on the inside rear cover. Two previous owner names on the front endpaper, one that of a Texan Brigadier General, active from 1906-1940. Three fold-out plates or charts intact. 10 1/2" high X 6 1/2" wide, 329 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Paris: C. Reinwald et Cie., Libraires-Editeurs, 1880. This is a very good hardcover copy bound in red cloth covers from the period, ruled in blind, spine ruled and titled in gilt. The cloth covers, front and back, are faded unevenly. The spine is fine. Very clean inside, but there is a faint stain to the top edge of the last pages. Occasional foxing to preliminaries. Text in French. Bibliography. 9" high X 6" wide, 415 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

London: C.A.Watts & Co.Ltd., 1966. This is a very good hardcover copy in an almost very good dust jacket. The jacket has a repaired tear across the front panel and the top of the spine of the jacket chipped. Very clean inside and out. Two pages with a little creasing. This is the revised edition (a second printing of the revised edition) which initially appeared in 1964. Color frontispiece + 116 black & white plates. Bibliography. This is the basic reference for the history of cartography. 11" high X 8" wide, 312 pages + plates. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: G.Bell & Sons, Ltd. , 1912. This is a very good hardcover copy in brick red cloth covers and in the scarce blue paper dust jacket. The jacket is a heavy blue paper with title printed on the spine. The book is very clean inside and out. This is the 15th edition. Revised throughout with numerous additions. 7" high X 5" wide, 878 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . 15th Edition . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Paris: Giafferi , 2004. This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean. Text in FRENCH. This is a sale catalog for an auction held in Paris at the Drouot on November 8, 2004. The sale consisted of an album of photographs taken by the famous Doctor Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne. His monograph, the 'Mécanisme de la physionomie humaine' also illustrated prominently by his photographs, was the first study on the physiology of emotion and was highly influential on Darwin's work on human evolution and emotional expression. 73 photographs in the album. No prices realized, just estimates for each lot. 12" high X 8" wide, 24 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.. Soft Cover. Fine.

New York: Eimer & Amend , 1923. This is an about very good hardcover copy in blue cloth with the tan dustwrapper. The wrapper is chipped with a few tears, and the blue cloth covers are soiled (wrapper partly removed for photograph). Completely clean inside, wrapper clean too. This is 'Catalog B 1923'. Illustrations on every page with technical specifications and prices for thousands of pieces of equipment. Index. 11" high X 8" wide, 173 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.