Search Results: Authors starting with N from Kuenzig Books

Moscow: Mir Publishers, 1983. First English Language Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Good. First English Language Edition. 388, [4] pages. 8vo. Brick colored cloth. Printed white dust jacket. Dust jacket frayed, chipped. Very lightly browned textblock (as normal) with thinner pages characteristic of this publisher. Translated from the Russian by M. Samokhvalov. Cloth. The first english language edition, revised from the revised 1979 Russian edition.

Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 1967. Wraps. Near Fine. 4 pages. Self wrappers. 8 x 10 1/4 inches. Illustrated. Wraps. Part of the NASA Facts series - an educational publication of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Office of Public Affairs, Programs Division. Illustrated, but very basic - targeted to Elementary schools, general science. Includes a map of NASA tracking facilities, and several abstracted art pieces showing liftoff and the control panels.

Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 1967. Wraps. Near Fine. 12 pages. Self wrappers, stapled. 8 x 10 1/4 inches. A touch of browning and a few spots of dirt, otherwise nice and clean. Illustrated. Wraps. Part of the NASA Facts series - an educational publication of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Office of Public Affairs, Programs Division. Illustrated, a nice piece for thoses interested in the Gemini. Includes images of mock-ups, real photographs from before lift-off, and a nice chart in the rear noting the Gemini Missions I through 12 with crewe, dates, duration, revolutions, and objectives accomplished.

Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 1967. Wraps. Near Fine. 4 pages. Self wrappers. 8 x 10 1/4 inches. A touch of browning, otherwise nice and clean. Illustrated. Wraps. Part of the NASA Facts series - an educational publication of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Office of Public Affairs, Programs Division. Illustrated, showing several launch vehicles on the pad with descriptions. This item is part of NASA's science series for Jr. High school General Science programs. Fairly basic, but with a diagram of NASA's tracking facilities and an overview of how the entire system works.

Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 1967. Wraps. Near Fine. 8 pages. Self wrappers, stapled. 8 x 10 1/4 inches. A touch of browning, otherwise nice and clean. Illustrated. Wraps. Part of the NASA Facts series - an educational publication of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Office of Public Affairs, Programs Division. This edition replaces Vol. II, No. 5 in the series. Illustrated, showing several launch vehicles on the pad with descriptions.

[San Francisco]: [John Henry Nash], 1929. First Edition. Boards. Very Good. First Edition. 6 unnumbered pages. Folio. 13 x 9 3/4 inches. Publisher's paper-covered boards with original paper label. Minor wear to the extremities, corners lightly bumped. Clean internally. Printed text inside a decorative border. Boards. Given the fragile construction of this book it is difficult to find in nice condition. Some bookseller listings note this is one of three hundred copies made but we have been unable to verify this.

Paris: Ministere de la culture, Editions de la Reunion des musees Nationaux, 1982. Cloth. Near Fine/Good. 514 pages. Original publisher's tan cloth with red lettering. Black illustrated dj has some wear at the edges and head/tail of the spine panel. A nice working or reference copy of a solid scholarly work. Text in French. Cloth.

London: Printed for the Ray Society, 1859. First Edition. Cloth. Good. First Edition. Folio, pp. [viii]-x + 143 + blank + ff [24] + blank; dull green library linen boards with gilt lettering on spine; boards lightly soiled and rubbed; call numbers stamped to heel of spine; library bookplate to pastedown with "Discard" stamp; four-inch tear to fore-edge of half-title leaf; embossed library stamp and pencil annotations to title leaf; embossed library stamp to p. 1; library tickets and pockets to rear endpapers; cellotape repair to top edge of last plate; else a sound, ex-library copy. Illustrated with twelve uncolored lithograph plates and accompanying letterpress descriptive text. Cloth. While serving as ship's surgeon aboard the H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Huxley (1825-1895) collected and studied specimens of hydrozoas in the waters off Australia, New Guinea, and Palermo, Italy. Through careful dissections and close observation of physical relationships, Huxley succeeded in bringing more detailed order to… Read More

London, Berlin, ..: Springer Verlag, 1995. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Bumped at base of spine panel, old price sticker on front cover. Clean internally. Binding cracked at title page. A scarce title. Hard Cover.

Washington, [DC]: Government Printing Office, 1887. First Edition. Cloth. Good. First Edition. 21 plates complete (12 colored plates of birds, the balance b&w fishes). Original cloth, binding loose and holding. Fraying at head/tail spine panel, and wear at the corners. Clean internally. A PRESENTATION COPY from Edward W. Nelson to a Mrs. Ada B. Morrison "with sincerest regards of E. W. Nelson" on the title page. Also laid in is Nelson's photograph. Cloth.

Cambridge: at the university press, 1956. First Edition. Cloth. Good. First Edition. xxxii, 109 pages. 8 3/4 x 11 1/8 inches. Publisher's blue cloth. Exlibray from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, properly withdrawn. Textblock tight, covers loosening. Bright and clean throughout other than the usual library markings. Taped label base spine, assession numbers and label front board. Cloth. Volume 2 in the Royal Society Mathematical Tables.

New York: Christie's [ Christies ], 2004. First Edition. Wraps. Near Fine. First Edition. 8 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches. 491 pages, with 702 lots. Printed wrappers. Major auction catalog. Includes auction results (prices realized). Wraps.

New York: Christie's [ Christies ], 2006. First Edition. Wraps. Near Fine. First Edition. 8 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches. 410 pages, with 617 lots. Major auction catalog. Includes auction results (prices realized). Wraps. Includes 142 lots that are duplicates from the History of Science collection at the Dibner Instituate.

Cowley, Oxford: Quekett Microscopical Club, 1994. First Edition. Boards. Near Fine. First Edition. ix, [1], 243, [1] pages 8vo. Publisher's blue printed boards. A clean bright copy. No dust jacket as issued. Boards. Includes a cumulative index, and five appendices (Presidents of the Quekett Microscopical Club 1865-1992; Honorary Members of the Quekett Microscopical Club 1865-1992, with dates of Election; Publication History of the Journal; Obituary Notices; and Books Reviewed or Noticed). A massive accomplishment when computer indices were not available for nearly any journals and must be compiled by hand. "In extending the original list I have included every article, note and letter and, while I have excluded most domestic Club matters, I have included some items likely to be of interest, such as Obituary Notices and pre-1939 Excursion venues. In addition, I have included many references from the extensive Club "Proceedings" and, in this connection, where a paper was reported in the proceedings,… Read More

Paris: Nicolas De Fer, 1701. First Edition. Very Good. Ginville, Vincent de. Ginville, Vincent de. First Edition. Paper size 42.5 cm x 28.5 cm. Plate mark 34 x 22.5 cm. Marked "sculpsit Vincent de Ginville" lower left. Paper clip mark just to the plate mark upper margin, '109' inked upper right corner, some marginal chipping to the paper, marginal old pencil price lower right. A few unobtrusive spots inside the plate marks. Copperplate engraving with later hand color. From Nicolas De Fer's Atlas Curieux. Highlights locations of Indian villages found by La Salle during his explorations of the coastal areas of the United States. (LOC online) We see the Gulf of Mexico, Cap de la Floride and many inland village names. A nice map showing some early history of the southern United States.

Gottingen: Vanderhoeck & Ruprecht, 1966. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. Proceedings of the International Symposium held at Clausthal-Gottingen, September 1965. Introduction and dj flaps in German. Over 80 papers each published in the authors' native language (mostly English, German and French). Complete title: Basic Problems in Thin Film Physics ; Grundprobleme Der Physik Dunner Schichten ; Problemes Fondamentaux Dans La Physique Des Couches Minces. This copy has a complete dj with large edge tears and associated creasing. The binding is solid noting bumped upper corners. Clean internally noting previous owner's name, address and date on front flyleaf. Hard Cover.

Frankfurt/Main: Nissen, Oskar, 1959. First Edition. Wraps. Near Fine. First Edition. 20 leaves. 8vo. Cloth wrappers. A reproduced typescript with 18 tipped in photographs for a paper presented before the Frankfurt/Main Rotary Club on 8 December 1959. Text in German. INSCRIBED by Nissen on the title page. Wraps. Judging solely by the tipped in photographs, this twenty page survey covers a lot of ground. There are images showing hand-working of metal, torch welding of metal with resulting multiple visual weld patterns, lattice structures, at least two microscopical views (one a section, the other probably a electron microscope view), all the way to ironwork used in structural construction, and ending with a modern home designed staircase and an art installation. The title translates loosely to: "The Welding: Lecture held before the Rotary Club Frankfurt/Main on December 8, 1959 by Oskar Nissen" One of those fun oddities we run into in the book business and are pleased to pass along to those with… Read More

New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1899. Wraps. Good. 8 pages. 4 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches. Printed stapled self-wraps. Printed on linen. A used copy, with minor staining and some loss of sheen to the linen surface coating. Colors still nice. Wraps. Part of McLoughlin's Little Linen Series.

[ no place ]: Daughters of the American Revolution, 1916. Wraps. Very Good. 34 pages. Oblong 6 x 4 1/4 inches. Printed wrappers. Dated 1914 on front wrapper (but stamped "1916" and separately "For Amendments adopted by Congress 1915 and 1916 see pages 33 and 34). The last leaf, pages 33 and 34, are a smaller size and tipped onto page 32. Previous owner name at top of front cover. Lightly creased, some light tanning of paper. Wraps.

Paris: Imp. Hemery, 1929. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. First Edition. 208 pages. Printed decorative wrappers. Rounded corners as published. Paper lightly browned throughout but still supple. A nice copy. Wraps. Apparently the 7th annual edition, with sections on many sports including automobiling, football, cycling, boxing, aeronautics, and the olympics. Scarce in the marketplace, especially in nice condition. Scarce in institutions as well, with only a few copies of each issue seen when we looked. The series appears to have run from 1923 through about 1945.