1.

Bernoulli, Daniel.

HYDRODYNAMICA, SIVE DE VIRIBUS ET MOTIBUS FLUIDORUM COMMENTARII. OPUS ACADEMICUM.

Argentorati (Strasbourg), France: Johann Reinhold Dulsseker, 1738. 8vo. contemporary vellum in later half leather, marbled paper-covered clamshell box. (vi), 304 pages, plates. First edition. Brunet I, 803. With ownership inscription of P.C.G. Volkmar of Helmstadt. dated 1765 on front free endpaper. Ex-library with markings. Pencil and ink notations on endpapers. Else a near fine copy in a lovely later clamshell box. Text in Latin. Dedication, preface, table of contents. Bernoulli's epochal work on fluids and..... READ MORE about HYDRODYNAMICA, SIVE DE VIRIBUS ET MOTIBUS FLUIDORUM COMMENTARII. OPUS ACADEMICUM

Price: $12,000.00  other currencies  Order nr. 131434

7.

(Brighton Press). Everwine, Peter.

TRACES.

(San Diego): Brighton Press, 2010. 18" x 13" paste paper covered boards, paper label on cover, Tray case covered in hand woven cotton. unpaginated. Limited to 33 copies, of which this is one of 30 numbered copies signed by the author and artist. A fine copy in fine slipcase. Extremely scarce. From the printer's website: "Prose poems by Peter Everwine; chine collé etchings with pochoir by Bill Kelly. Text hand set in Romulus and printed..... READ MORE about TRACES

Price: $4,000.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138513

9.

(Brighton Press). Kelly, Bill.

FORCE=EQUAL.

(San Diego: Brighton Press, 1997). 7" x 4 5/8" quarter vellum over pastepaper. unpaginated. Limited to 30 copies, of which this copy is an "A.P." and signed by Bill Kelly. A fine copy in near fine paper slipcase. From the printer's website: "Six poems, six drypoints, and one pochoir by Bill Kelly. Text hand set in Bulmer type and printed letterpress by the artist in two colors on Rives paper. Hand bound by Michele Burgess..... READ MORE about FORCE=EQUAL

Price: $1,500.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138504

12.

(Brighton Press). Snodgrass, W.D.

THE HOUSE THE POET BUILT.

Illustrated by DeLoss McGraw.
(San Diego: Brighton Press, 1985). 10 3/8" x 16 3/4" unbound, cloth clamshell box. unpaginated. Illustrated by DeLoss McGraw. Limited to 30 numbered signed by the author and the artist. A fine copy in fine clamshell box. From the press' website: In the summer of 1985, painter DeLoss McGraw arrived at the door of poet W. D. Snodgrass's country house near Erieville, New York, bearing a mysterious wooden box. The next morning McGraw opened the..... READ MORE about THE HOUSE THE POET BUILT

Price: $2,700.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138502

16.

Byers, Reid.

THE PRIVATE LIBRARY: THE HISTORY OF THE ARCHITECTURE AND FURNISHING OF THE DOMESTIC BOOKROOM.

First edition, third printing with corrections
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2021. 7 x 10 inches. cloth with dust jacket. xii, 540 pages. First edition, third printing with corrections. Featured in The New York Times, alongside an interview with author Reid Byers, in the article "How Many Books Does It Take to Make a Place Feel Like Home?" "... a profusely illustrated, detail-crammed, Latin-strewn and yet remarkably unstuffy book ... goes to the heart of why physical books continue to..... READ MORE about THE PRIVATE LIBRARY: THE HISTORY OF THE ARCHITECTURE AND FURNISHING OF THE DOMESTIC BOOKROOM

Price: $85.00  other currencies  Order nr. 134228

20.

(Edition Schwarze Seite). Grimm, Brothers.

HATT ICH DICH, SO WOLLT ICH DICH!

Zehn Märchen der Brüder Grimm. Graphik von Anne Büssow.
(Frankfurt, Germany): Edition Schwarze Seite, (2006). 38 x 29 cm. cloth boards, illustrated paper label on front panel. unpaginated (but 72 pages). Zehn Märchen der Brüder Grimm. Graphik von Anne Büssow. Limited to 30 numbered copies signed by the artist. A fine copy. Ten fairy tales by the Grimm Brothers, with seven two-page and fifteen single color woodcuts by Anne Buessow. Linotype-set in Helvetica 16p and printed by Anne Buessow on Velin d'Arches mould made..... READ MORE about HATT ICH DICH, SO WOLLT ICH DICH!

Price: $1,200.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138516

22.

(Edition Schwarze Seite). Hölderlin, Friedrich.

DER ISTER.

Radierungen von Eckhard Froeschlin.
(Frankfurt, Germany): Edition Schwarze Seite, (2009). 50 x 33 cm (foldout etching 50 x 99 cm). full leather with printed label, gilt on spine, paper-covered boards slipcase. unpaginated (but 52 pages). Radierungen von Eckhard Froeschlin. Limited to 18 numbered copies signed by the artist. Slipcase has a bump along lower corner, else a fine copy in fine slipcase. Friedrich Hölderlin, Der Ister, with five three-page etchings and a frontispiece by Eckhard Froeschlin. Set by hand..... READ MORE about DER ISTER

Price: $1,600.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138518

24.

(Edition Schwarze Seite). Stein, Gertrude.

A WHOLE / EIN GANZES.

(Frankfurt, Germany): Edition Schwarze Seite, (2009). 13.5 x 16.5 inches. embossed leather spine over printed cloth boards, printed card slipcase. unpaginated (but 56 pages). First printing limited to 25 numbered copies signed by the artist. A fine copy in fine slipcase. A scarce book. Text in English and German. Illustrated, typeset, and printed by artist Anne Büssow (with the friendly support of Oskar Bernhard). Text set in 36 pt Akzidenz-Grotesk, and printed by hand on..... READ MORE about A WHOLE / EIN GANZES

Price: $2,000.00  other currencies  Order nr. 138525

27.

(Physics). Helmholtz, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von.

ÜBER DIE ERHALTUNG DER KRAFT, EINE PHYSIKALISCHE ABHANDLUNG, VORGETRAGEN IN DER SITZUNG DER PHYSIKALISCHEN GESELLSCHAFT ZU BERLIN AM 23STEN JULI 1847.

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

30.

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm von.

NOVA METHODUS PRO MAXIMIS ET MINIMIS [IN] ACTA ERUDITORUM ANNO MDCLXXXIVACTA ERUDITORUM.

[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. Numerous diagrams and illustrations. Lacking the frontispiece. Errata follow text in each volume. A bit of marginal waterstaining at start..... READ MORE about NOVA METHODUS PRO MAXIMIS ET MINIMIS [IN] ACTA ERUDITORUM ANNO MDCLXXXIVACTA ERUDITORUM

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

32.

(Magnetism). Gilbert, William.

DE MAGNETE, MAGNETICISQUE CORPORIBUS, ET DE MANGO MAGNETE TELLURE; PHYSIOLOGIA NOVA, PLURIMUS & AEGUMENTIS, & EXPERIMENTIS DEMONSTRATA.

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

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(Perishable Press). Schwerner, Armand.

TRIUMPH OF THE WILL.

Mt. Horeb, WI: Perishable Press, 1976. square 8vo. stiff marbled paper. unpaginated. Limited to 150 numbered copies signed by the author. Hamady 77. A fine copy. Illustrated by Arthur Thrall and printed by Walter Hamady. Bound in beautifully produced marblized paper, with hand made papers, with the typically fine letterpress design customary to the Perishable Press. Walter Hamady (1940-2019) was an American artist, book designer, papermaker, poet and teacher. He is especially known for his..... READ MORE about TRIUMPH OF THE WILL

Price: $2,500.00  other currencies  Order nr. 136253

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(Reid, James).

JAMES REID: SELECTED WOOD ENGRAVINGS.

3 volumes.
(Boston, MA): Brier Hill Press, 2013. folio. stiff paper wrappers in clamshell box with label on spine. variously paginated. 3 volumes. Limited to 125 numbered copies, signed by publisher Robert Strossi on colophon. A fine copy. Introductory remarks, with biographical sketch by Strossi. First volume includes frontispiece wood engraving by Reid, tipped-in tissue-protected portrait of Reid, reproductions of Reid woodcuts printed from the original blocks, and the introductory remarks. Second volume is Reid's The Life..... READ MORE about JAMES REID: SELECTED WOOD ENGRAVINGS

Price: $900.00  other currencies  Order nr. 122881