Reading, MA;(1958): Addison-Wesley Publishing Co. First Edition. Octavo. . First printing. 844pp., illustrated with several diagrams. This volume attempts to consolidate the information that has been developed for several solid-fuel reactor types which have received serious attention the United States, but which were not yet represent by operating prototype pants..... More
(Chicago, 1958): University of Chicago Press. First Edition. Octavo. 800(1) pp. The authors represent what they believe is important in reactor theory rather than an encyclopedic exposition of the theory. In the title the word "physical" was used advisedly as one-quarter of the book is on nuclear physics. Throughout the..... More
New York; (1957): Charles Scribner's Sons. First Edition. Octavo. . First printing, 276pp., There is much useful and interesting information about electronic devices, as well as detailed directions and working drawings for easily made radio receivers and such electronic apparatus as transistor amplifiers, a transistor code oscillator, electronic eyes, electronic..... More
New York: Phinny, Blakeman and Mason, 1860. First Edition. Octavo. . xiii, 376pp. Frontispiece and 8 other full page illustrations with tissue guards present. This work was so popular, 42 editions were published between 1860 and 2017. Mitchel had published 115 books in his lifetime. He was an American astronomer..... More
(Lexington, KY, 1975): Thoroughbrd Owners and Breeders Assoc. Thick Quarto. The present issue, recapping major auctions of 1974, is the first of an annual foursome published. The remaining three are sire of runners, detailing records of stallions represented in 1974, to be published Feb. 3; Principal winners abroad, reviewing horse..... More
London/Philadelphia: Gibbings and Co./Lippincott Co., 1895. Limited Edition. Small Octavo. Limited to 1500 copies for England and America. In twelve volumes, illustrated by Frank Richards each with half-title, engraved frontispiece and pictorial title pages and other engravings with tissue guards present. This is a collection of Smollett's best works consisting..... More
Tempe AZ: University of Art Collections, Arizona State University, 1970. Quarto. 8 8 pages. Signed and inscribed by the author to Joe Beeler. Harry Wood was the Professor of Art at Arizona State University who also wrote this interesting 29 line letter to Joe Beeler, dated December 29, 1974. "...After..... More
Boston; (1893): Estes and Lauriat. Small Octavo. 203 pages. illustrated with a series of etchings and photogravures. Besides the account of Saint-Simone, she has written on many of the controversial women of the French court. She was the daughter of Julia Ward Howe. She and her sister Maud Howe Elliot..... More
Deadwood, SD: Old West Trail Association, 1968. Oblong 16mo. [24] unnumbered pages, illustrated by Frank Holub, published in the first year of the association in a very small print run, issues are not found in OCLC. Each legend deals with such figures as Calamity Jane, Wild Bill Hickok, Theodore Roosevelt..... More
(Niwot, CO, 1995): Prarie Lark Productions. First Edition. Octavo. vi, 78 pages. Much on a neglected topic since road ranches preceded the stagecoach and were also prepared just before the Pony Express. The author has uncovered sources that allow the reader to understand. The Little Blue River Valley was an..... More
Paris; Nd[ca.1899]: Librarie Historique De La Revolution et De L'empire. Large Octavo. Volume I, xliv, 839 pages, Volume II, 868 pages. One of the most useful works since its author attempted to include even minor figures. One of the best on Abbe Gaudin and other philosophers who often did not..... More
London: Printed at London: [by Nicholas Okes], 1621. Quarto in 6s. Decorative engraved title page, [9], 222 pages, one column. Daniel had broken free of the Tudor chroniclers, he was minutely examining sources and citing them for his readers, in what was a more serious work of history. DNB says..... More