Search Results: Titles starting with F from Craig Olson Books ABAA/ILAB

London: Royal Society of London, 1878-1879. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. James Prescott Joule (1818-1889) presents the "last experimental research of any magnitude that Joule undertook" and includes the results of Joule's final experiments by the direct method of friction. In this paper, Joule presents his final measurement of the mechanical equivalent of heat. It is well worth noting that Joule chose the number ‘772.55' as an inscription for his gravestone. ‘772.55' is Joule's climacteric measurement of the mechanical equivalent of heat - the one arrived at in this paper. Also see our #27506 for Joule's earlier paper, "On the Mechanical Equivalent of Heat" (pp. 61-82) Also contains William Crooke's "The Bakerian Lecture: On Repulsion Resulting from Radiation. Part V" (pp. 243-318); see also our #27563, "On Attraction and Repulsion Resulting from Radiation" (pp. 501-527). iv, [2], v, [2], [1]-826 pp. 4to. Library binding, tan leather spine with gold embossed titling. Interiors clean,… Read More

London: Taylor and Francis, 1929/1930. First Edition. In 1929 and 1930, well before Chandrasekhar, Edmund Stoner (1899-1968) calculated the the relationship between the mass, radius, and density of white dwarf stars, leading to his prediction that the maximum mass of a white dwarf (now called the "Chandrasekhar limit") would be approximately 1.1 solar masses, beyond which it would collapse further. ix, 1216 pp. viii, 1208. 8vo. Uniform dark blue library bindings with gold embossed titling to spine. Clean and crisp within.

New York: Macmillan Magazines, 1992. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. First published results of the discovery of first confirmed extra-solar planet. Typical magazine format. Ex-Library with two library stickers affixed to front cover. Light scuffing. Clean within. Housed in a custom folding case with gold embossed titling to spine.

London: Royal Society of London, 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Faraday makes an early step toward the discovery of the electron. In 1838, he passed an electrical current through a glass tube containing various gases, and noticed a strange "glow discharge" that occurred at both electrodes as he evacuated the tube. The glows extended from both electrodes for some distance as he increased the evacuation, but it never fully met at the middle. Also contains Michael Faraday's "Experimental Researches in Electricity -- Eighteenth Series" (pp. 17-32). Also contains Charles Wheatstone's "The Bakerian Lecture--An account of several new instruments and processes for determining the constants of a voltaic circuit" (pp. 303-327). viii, [1]-336, [2] pp. 4to. Library binding, tan leather spine with gold embossed titling. Interiors clean, ex-library stamp on title page, and occurring sporadically within. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound.… Read More

London: Royal Society of London, 1886. First Edition. Three Quarter Leather. Very Good. William de Wiveleslie Abney (1843-1920) extended his interests to spectroscopy and was the first to suggest (1877) that stars with rapid axial rotation could be detected by broadened lines in their spectra - an idea later to have wide application. He then devised a red-sensitive emulsion and with it made the first spectroscopic analyses of the structure of organic molecules (1882) and the first photographs of the solar spectrum in the infrared (1887). Articles illustrated by Plates 24-28. 842 pp. 43 plates. 4to. Recent brown three quarter leather bindings with five raised bands at spine, burgundy title patch with gold embossed titling, gold lines offsetting bands, decorative stamp in each compartment without titling. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Numerous pages throughout volume are brittle with small tears and losses at edges, a large tear at midpoint in the title page of Poynting's article.… Read More

London: Royal Society of London, 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First photographs of the solar spectrum in the infrared. "Extending his interests to spectroscopy, Abney was the first to suggest (1877) that stars with rapid axial rotation could be detected by broadened lines in their spectra - an idea later to have wide application. He then devised a red-sensitive emulsion and with it made the first spectroscopic analyses of the structure of organic molecules (1882) and the first photographs of the solar spectrum in the infrared (1887)." "Abney, William De Wiveleslie." Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography. 2008. iv, [2], vii, [1]-842 pp. 4to. Library binding, tan leather spine with gold embossed titling. Interiors clean, ex-library stamp on title page, and occurring sporadically within. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound.

Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1851. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Hippolyte Fizeau's (1819-1896) paper on what became known as the "Fizeau Experiment" and the first description of the experiment measuring the speed of light in a moving medium, water. This experiment provided early support that light is a wave, not a particle. 760 pp. 4to. Pages 721-760 are copies of the original but bound in at rear of library binding. Blue cloth board library binding with gold embossed titling, call numbers pasted to spine. Ink library stamp on title page of volume, clean within. Text in French.

London: Royal Collection Enterprises Ltd, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 117 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. First Printing. 207 pp. Obling 4to. Dust jacket crisp, now in mylar cover. Small tear at lower right hand corner of half-title page, clean within.

New York: Da Capo Press, 1976. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. Wilmer, Valerie. Unpag. 4to. Slight wear and scuffing to covers, clean within.

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1985. Limited Edition. Quarter Leather. Fine. Neel, Alice. Poe's timeless tale accompanied by the arresting work of Alice Neel produce an amazing edition of "The Fall of the House of Usher." Printed in an edition of 1500 copies by The Anthoensen Press of Portland, Maine, and bound by John V. Isakovics. Blindstamp at base of colophon indicating that this is one of 50 presentation copies that were "Out of Series" with no number. Signed by Raphael Soyer at the colophon. 32 pp. Folio. Burgundy leather spine with gold embossed titling to spine, leather edge applied to right edge of cover boards, unique. Marbled paper insets to cover boards, pristine within. Brown buckram covered boards with title embossed on cover, author to spine. "The Monthly Letter of The Limted Editions Club" for August 1985 is laid in. Housed in a black cloth clamshell box with a matching burgundy leather title patch with gold embossed titling on the cover, rear tray lined in crushed velvet and… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1897. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. First American Edition. x, [2], 587, x, [1], 729, 4 pp. 4to. Gray cloth boards with embossed gold, silver, red, and green design of nautical lines, lanterns, etc. on front cover of each volume. Scuffing to front and rear boards from shelf wear, bumping to corners, staining along right edge of Volume II front cover. Top edges gilt, remaining foredges deckled. Light spotting within, otherwise quite clean with a dedication in ink on the front pastedown of Volume I. All plates and four folding maps in front and rear pockets of Volume I are present and in Fine condition.

Privately Printed, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 73 pp. 8vo. White pinted paper covers with a repeating green leaf motif, green cloth spine with gold embossed titling. Dust staining to head of text block. Very clean within. No dust jacket as issued.

Strasbourg, France: Editions du Signe, 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Ward, Arthur. 463 pp. Folio. Clean, crisp copy. Highly illustrated with many interactive reproduction postcards, letters, and other material.

Dallas, TX: Pressworks Publishing, 1981. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Published in an edition of 225 copies, 1-200 offered for sale. Unisgned, and appears to be copy "B", see photograph. 90 pp. 4to. Light buff colored blank dust jacket. Quarter cloth binding with list of books within printed on pastepaper cover, very light color variation. Clean and crisp with errata slip laid in.

New York: Weinstein Books, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Inscribed by former United States Senator Olympia Snowe on the title page. First Printing. 302 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.

London: T. Cox, 1738. First Edition. Full Leather. Very Good. First English Edition. Originally published in France. vii, 232 pp. 1 folding map and 9 folding engravings that illustrate the text at rear. Full leather binding with five raised bands at spine and hand lettered title that replaces original leather patch title that must have fallen off. Scuffing and wear overall and at corners, but quite tight given its age. Previous owner's signature in ink on first free endpaper. Clean within,

Chichester, England: John Wiley & Sons, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. xxv, 400 pp. 8vo. Minor scuffing to dust jacket, now in mylar cover. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown, light pencil underlining within, otherwise very clean.

New York: Avon Book Company, 1946. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. Murder Mystery Monthly No. 43 that collects three of Chandler's stories: Finger Man, The Bronze Door, Smart-Aleck Kill, and The Simple Art of Murder. 122 pp. 8vo. Light wear and scuffing to covers, pencil mark along top right edge of front panel. Darkening of newsprint pages within. Overall in very nice condition of a pulp magazine not intended to survive beyond a few readings.

Cambridge, England: Lutterworth Press, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Tudor, Tasha. Sweet little collection of bible verses and quotations, signed by Tasha Tudor on the first free endpaper. Third Printing, 1979. 47 pp. 32mo. Light wear and scuffing to dust hacket, small small tears at head and foot of front panel, price clipped, now in mylar cover. Clean within.