Londini (London), United Kingdom: Petrus Short, 1600. 4to. quarter vellum, paste paper coverd boards, vellum tips, red and black leather spine label, gilt lettering on spine, clamshell box. [xvi], 240 pages. First edition. Gilbert's (1544-1603) De Magnete is "a remarkable work in the history of scientific discovery. Handwritten corrections, thought to be in Gilbert's own hand, on pp. 11, 22, and 47, but not on 14 or 63 as in some other copies. Minor soiling..... READ MORE about DE MAGNETE, MAGNETICISQUE CORPORIBUS, ET DE MANGO MAGNETE TELLURE; PHYSIOLOGIA NOVA, PLURIMUS...

Price: $37,500.00  other currencies  Order nr. 131432

Berlin, Germany: Georg Reimer, 1847. 8vo. later 19th/early 20th century quarter cloth over heavy hardstock binding, printed label on upper cover. [iv], 72 pages. First edition of the first comprehensive statement of the law of conservation of energy, one of the classic texts in the history of science. Minor bump to front upper board. Minor shelfwear. Paper label on cover with minor chipping at edges. Small focused discoloration to the outer margins of pages 5-26..... READ MORE about ÜBER DIE ERHALTUNG DER KRAFT, EINE PHYSIKALISCHE ABHANDLUNG, VORGETRAGEN IN DER SITZUNG DER...

Price: $37,500.00  other currencies  Order nr. 131431

[as part of a run of volumes comprising Acta eruditorum years 1682 to 1685].
Leipzig, Germany: J. Grossium & J. F. Gleditschium, typis Christophori Guntheri, 1682-1685. thick 8vo. In contemporary German vellum binding, blued edges. (xii), 402, (6); (viii), 561, (7); (ii), 591, (7); (vi), 595, (13) pages. [as part of a run of volumes comprising Acta eruditorum years 1682 to 1685]. Text in Latin. Union List 1, 53. Four volumes (1682, 1683, 1684, and 1685) bound as one. Numerous diagrams and illustrations. Lacking the frontispiece for all four..... READ MORE about NOVA METHODUS PRO MAXIMIS ET MINIMIS [in] ACTA ERUDITORUM ANNO MDCLXXXIV

Price: $25,500.00  other currencies  Order nr. 131439

3 Volumes.
Dresden and Leipzig, Germany: Fridereici Hekelii, 1734. large 4to. full contemporary calf, six raised bands, leather spine labels, gilt lettering on spine. (16), 160, 165-452 pp., 25 engraved plates; (12), 164, (2), 165-386 pp., 26 engraved plates; (14), 534 pp., 72 engraved plates. 3 Volumes. All three volumes are the first edition. Condition notes are below following the description of each volume. Text in Latin. The works of philosopher and theologian Emanuel Swedenbourg (1688-1772). Dedication..... READ MORE about OPERA PHILOSOPHICA ET MINERALIA

Price: $11,000.00  other currencies  Order nr. 131440

N.P. n.p., n.d., but circa 1966. framed painting (34 by 28 inches). A framed watercolor depicting a guard at the fortress and monastic community at Qumran. Shraga Weil (1918-2009) was an Israeli artist. Born in Prague in 1918, he studied at the National School of Arts there. He served in the Hungarian resistance to the Nazis during World War II. After the war, he joined the exodus to Israel. He received training in monumental and..... READ MORE about THE GUARDIAN OF QUMRAN

Price: $2,950.00  other currencies  Order nr. 129888

Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1985. tall 4to. full leather, clamshell box. (42) pages. First edition, limited to 225 numbered copies. This copy is bound in a full artist-binding by Don Etherington, bookbinder and former director of Conservation at both the Library of Congress and the Harry Ransom Center (Austin, TX). The binding is a full crushed red moracco with black goat leather and blue crushed moracco onlaid leather strips. Gilt dotted tooling. Duel moracco and..... READ MORE about TWELVE BINDINGS. WITH REMARKS ON THE BINDINGS BY MICHAEL WILCOX & ON THE BOOKS BY ELAINE...

Price: $2,950.00  other currencies  Order nr. 135133

London, England: Shepherds Bookstores, 2001. small folio. tapestry cloth over boards, canvas reproduction of New York Times front page on covers, clamshell box. 76 pages. Limited to 750 numbered copies, of which this copy is one of 250 copies reserved in sheets available for binders. Our copy was bound by Jamie Kamph in full tapestry cloth over boards with an official front page reprint of the New York Times front page on canvas which is..... READ MORE about LOST ON THE TITANIC THE STORY OF THE GREAT OMAR

Price: $1,500.00  other currencies  Order nr. 130612

(Dover, DE): Bottle of Smoke Press, (2011). oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers with dust jacket, paper-covered boards, in cloth and paper-covered clamshell box. (viii), 151, (5) pages. Limited 10 signed deluxe copies in oversized custom clamshell box with paper and hardbound copies of the book, as well as "appropriate inclusions," including items mentioned in the book, printing plates, original art, holographic poems, etc. Books with table of contents, author's note, publisher's note, and biographical sketch..... READ MORE about DEATH AT THE FLEA CIRCUS

Price: $800.00  other currencies  Order nr. 129190

Mayaguez, PR: Tipografia Commercial, 1887. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 159+(1) pages. Text in Spanish. A.P.C. Griffin, ed., A List of Books (with References to Periodicals) on Porto Rico (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1901), 26. Guillermo Rivera, A Tentative Bibliography of th eBells-Lettres of Porto Rico (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931), 8. Reportedly the first bibliography of Puerto Rican imprints, although Rivera reports two earlier bibliographies, published in 1836 and 1882. Introductory comments by..... READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAFIA PUERTO-0RIQUEÑA

Price: $750.00  other currencies  Order nr. 134005

Paris: Plon-Nourrit et Cie, 1906. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xii, 294, (2) pages. With a preface by H.A. du Pont de Nemours. The memoirs of P.S. du Pont in France during the French Revolution. READ MORE about L'ENFANCE ET LA JEUNESSE DE DU PONT DE NEMOURS RACONTEES PAR LUI-MEME

Price: $600.00  other currencies  Order nr. 66277

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2020. 6.25 x 9.375 inches. Cloth with dust jacket. 320 pages plus 8 pages of color plates. ""Tasteful, commemorative, and personal- these describe the presentation as well as the substance of the essays collected in this anthology... Peterson's collected Essays on Fine Printing are a fine testament to the craft and the tradition they invoke." - Jessica Terekhov, Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, March 2022 "...one is..... READ MORE about MORRIS & COMPANY: ESSAYS ON FINE PRINTING

Price: $85.00  other currencies  Order nr. 133471

New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2019. 8.5.x 11 inches. Hardcover, printed paper-covered boards. 232 pages. "Its an essential reference book for collectors of film scripts, and an entertaining read for those who enjoy learning more about the golden age of Hollywood." -Rich Rennicks, The New Antiquarian "Neither bibliography nor collectors guide, it is a well-illustrated description of the many forms a film script may take... Filmmaking is a dauntingly complex process, one quickly learns..... READ MORE about THE CELLULOID PAPER TRAIL: IDENTIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION OF TWENTIETH CENTURY FILM SCRIPTS

Price: $65.00  other currencies  Order nr. 130880

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2020. 7 x 10.375 inches. Cloth with dust jacket. 320 pages plus 8-page color insert. "It is a book, that anyone interested in bibliography, books history, history of publishing and, of course, the life and works of Theodore Roosevelt will found fascinating...This book is a perfect example of what a bibliography should be." - Concetta La Spada, SHARP News "Oak Knoll Press [is] the leading source for author and..... READ MORE about THEODORE ROOSEVELT: A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY

Price: $75.00  other currencies  Order nr. 133472