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New York: Basic Books, 1989. Hardcover. Near fine in silver and blue dust jacket with dark blue title to spine. Interior clean and bright with index and photographs. 332 pages. Science/Physics. SCI/1163. Near Fine / Near Fine. More
Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, 1888. Paperback. In Wraps. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. 12mo. Pamphlet in original gray-blue wrappers; chipping and darkening to edges and spine. Antiquated inscription on front wrapper, which also lacks a portion of the top right corner. Interior is clean and bright, though margins slightly browned. Text is bright and clear; contains several charts and tables. In German. Pages 312-337 SCI/021104. Very Good. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970. Hardcover. 8vo. Very good in Very good dust jacket. with light edgwear. 300 pages. African History. AFR6/5012. Very Good. More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1890. Hardcover. Vg in dark reddish boards/8vo./gilt-lettering to spine/409 pp.+ads Science. SCI112121. Very Good. More
Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1926. Paperback. Vg- in blue wraps/small tear to paper at top of spine/Ebeling was a professor of Greek and of History in Hamburg Education. EDU110291. Very Good. More
Reprinted from the Astronomical Society's Monthly Notices for Nov. 1876. Paperback. Very good in original blue wrappers which bear the raised stamp/seal of the Allegheny Observatory (1860). Some fading to wrappers, crease down the center. Interior is bright and clean, though a tiny bit of spotting to early pages. Langley was a pioneer in air travel, construction, theory, etc. 11 pp. In wraps. Science. SCI/10153. Very Good. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good hardcover with Very Good- dustjacket. Dustjacket spotted with some wear to edges. Educator at Columbia University, New York. Presentation copy. Education. ED/11152. Very Good. More
Pretoria: The Government Printing and Stationary Office, 1925. Paperback. Reprinted from the Journal of the Department of Agriculture, December, 1921. Very Good in white side stapled wraps with black title to front wrap. Includes illustrations and one color plate. Africa. 8 pages. AFR/020818. Very Good. More
Pretoria: The Government Printing and Stationary Office, 1925. Paperback. Reprinted from the Journal of the Department of Agriculture, June, 1922. Very Good in white side stapled wraps with black title to front wrap. Includes illustrations and one color plate. Africa. 8 pages. AFR/020818. Very Good. More
Pretoria: The Government Printing and Stationary Office, 1925. Paperback. Reprinted from the Journal of the Department of Agriculture, February 1923. Very Good in white side stapled wraps with black title to front wrap. Includes illustrations and one color plate. Africa. 8 pages. AFR/020818. Very Good. More
Pretoria: The Government Printing and Stationary Office, 1925. Paperback. Reprinted from the Journal of the Department of Agriculture, August 1923. Very Good in white side stapled wraps with black title to front wrap. Includes illustrations and one color plate. Africa. 8 pages. AFR/020818. Very Good. More
Union of South Africa, Department of Agriculture, The Government Printing and Stationary Office, 1925. Paperback. Very Good in grey side stapled wraps with black title to front wrap. Africa. 34 pages. AFR1/02211. Very Good. More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Fine in near fine white, grey and orange dust jacket with black and white title to front panel and white title to spine. Minor fading to spine panel. Pristine interior. 315 pages. African History. AFR3/5022. Fine in Near Fine DJ. More
Salem: Salem Press, 1885. Paperback. Very good- in original green paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper. Previous owner's name written in pen to top corner of front wrapper. Wear to wrappers includes chipping to edges and tape repair to spine. Pages slightly brittle. Text is clean and bright. 23 pages. Science. SCI1/3112. very Good-. More
London: Heinemann, 1960. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very good in red cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Illustrations throughout. Africa. AFR108271. Very Good. More
Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1958. Hardcover. 8vo. Very good in light brown boards with green title to front board and to spine. Illustrations throughout. 343 pages. African History. AFR11/5022. Very Good. More
New York: Harper and Row, 1966. Hardcover. Very good+ in very good black and blue dust jacket with white title to front and spine panels. Minor bubling to lamination on dust jacket. Several pages of photographic illustrations index, 300 pages. African History. AFR6/4302. Very Good + in Very Good DJ. More
From the Philosophical Magazine for October, 1893. Paperback. Good plus in original brown wrappers, front flap detached and chipped. Interior is clean and text bright, though somewhat aged. 328-331 pp. In wraps. Science. SCI/10153. Good +. More
Philadelphia: G.G. Evans, 1860. Hardcover. Illustrated with numerous engravings. Bound in the original tan cloth boards with faded gilt title to spine. Wear to spine ends and edges of boards. Short closed tear to book cloth along hinge. Foxing throughout; although, it is fairly light in tone and does not affect the reading of the text. Previous owner signature to front free endpaper. 442 pages plus 14 pages of advertisements. AFR/071116. Very Good. More
Dublin: Printed by Philip Dixon Hardy, 1834. Paperback. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on the title page. Very good in original brown, thin vellum wrappers; light chipping along spine. Handwritten title to cover. Title page is browned w/age but rest of interior is bright and clean. 9 pp. Lloyd was an eminent Irish scientist. In wraps. Science. SCI/10163. Very Good. More
Westminster, MD: The Newman Press, 1950. Hardcover. Uncommon. "The establishment in 1924 of a liberal arts college for women at Chestnut Hill crowns the educational achievements of teh Sisters of St. Joseph. This book should attract attention of all who are interested in the development of American education adn especially those interested in the history of Catholic education in the United States. Its direct, incisive style and conscientious documentation recommend it to the historian while its account of the truly great achievements inaugurated by a few brave women will give the story a charm for the general reader" (jacket). Ex-library with call number sticker to spine panel of jacket, sticker to endpaper, and call number to title page. Clean otherwise. Bound in blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine. In purple dust jacket with white title to spine and front panels. Rubbing to jacket and wear to edges. Front flap is partially detached. (Jacket is now protected in a removable plastic cover.) Illustrated. 380 pages. REL/070920. Very Good / Very Good. More
Reprinted from the Journal of the Quekett Microscopical Club. 1889. Paperback. Vg in light blue wraps Science. SCI2011151. Very Good. More
NewYork: The Macmillan Company, 1961. Hardcover. Very good in a very good, but stained dust ajacket, Jacket has what looks like a coffee stain in front and on front endpage. Otherwise, contents clean and tight. 335 pp. Philosophy. PHIL/8082. Very Good. More
Berlin: Carl Heymann, 1861. Hardcover. Fifth revised edition of this work by prominent German professor of astronomy. Many tables and formulas throughout the German text. Bound in contemporary three quarter brown leather with marbled paper boards. Spine leather has partially split from the spine, leather is chipped and rubbed. Interior pages clean. Very good condition. 667 pages plus 16 pages on the planets. SCI/042815. Very Good. More
Paris: G. Masson, 1880. Paperback. Very Good- in wraps. Slight foxing, back cover missing. Text inside is clean, includes numerous tables. Presentation copy. In th French. Science (wraps). SCI/4213. Very Good -. More