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New York Stock Exchange Manual, Containing Its Principles, Rules, and Its Different Modes of Speculation, 1st Edition
New York Stock Exchange Manual, Containing Its Principles, Rules, and Its Different Modes of Speculation, 1st Edition
by Henry Hamon
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New York: John F. Trow 1865. Duodecimo 13 x 19 cm. iv 5-405pp. First edition. Original black cloth boards stamped in blind spine gilt. Cloth rubbed and soiled. Corners worn spine ends deficient. Boards a bit bowed. 5 cm split along the lower joint. Both... (read more)

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Cours de Physique Mathematique.  Theorie Analytique de la Propagation de la Chaleur.  Lecons Professees Pendant le Premier Semestre 1893-1894
Cours de Physique Mathematique. Theorie Analytique de la Propagation de la Chaleur. Lecons Professees Pendant le Premier Semestre 1893-1894
by Henri Poincare
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Paris: Georges Carre, 1895. Octavo, 24 x 16 cm. 316 pp. Red leather gilt-stamped spine over paper-covered boards. Boards edgeworn. Corners bumped. Very Good condition. TECH... (read more)

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Deistvuiuschchie Vulkany Kamchatki / Active Volcanoes of Kamchatka, 2 Volumes
Deistvuiuschchie Vulkany Kamchatki / Active Volcanoes of Kamchatka, 2 Volumes
by S.A. Fedotov
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Moscow: Nauka Publishers 1991. 2 volumes. Quarto 22 x 29 cm. 304pp; 416pp. Original brown cloth front boards and spines stamped in gilt. In unclipped dust jackets. Text in Russian and English. Diagrams color photographic illustrations throughout... (read more)

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Atlas of Topographical Anatomy of the Domestic Animals
Atlas of Topographical Anatomy of the Domestic Animals
by Peter Popesko
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Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Company, (1986). Folio, 27 x 33 cm.Three volumes in one: 211, 194, and 205 pp. respectively. Fifth edition. Yellow cloth stamped in brown and gold with brown cloth backstrip. Boards are rubbed and lightly soiled; corners... (read more)

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Treatise on Dynamics Containing A Considerable Collection of Mechanical Problems 1ST Edition
Treatise on Dynamics Containing A Considerable Collection of Mechanical Problems 1ST Edition
by William Whewell
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Cambridge: J. Deighton & Sons 1823. Octavo 23 x 14cm. pp. xvi errata 6 fold-out plates 403. First edition recently rebound in green cloth with spine stamped in gilt and black. All edges untrimmed. Top edge shows a couple ink stains. Pages and plates are... (read more)

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Researches in Assyria, Babylonia, and Chaldaea; Forming Part of the Labours of the Euphrates Expedition
Researches in Assyria, Babylonia, and Chaldaea; Forming Part of the Labours of the Euphrates Expedition
by William Ainsworth
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London: John W Parker 1838. 8vo. Recent blue cloth. 343pp 3 folding colored plates 16pp. of ads at rear. Tinted frontis & folding map. Library stamp on verso of full title & on dedication page.... (read more)

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Notes on Torpedoes, Offensive and Defensive
Notes on Torpedoes, Offensive and Defensive
by Major R. H. Stotherd
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Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1872. Octavo, 14.5 x 23 cm. 318pp. Rebound in textured black paper-covered boards. Gilt lettering to spine. Illustrated throughout. Text block affected by several small tears at fore-edge. Very Good condition.... (read more)

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The Surveiors Dialogue: Very Profitable for All Men to Peruse, But Especially for Gentlemen, Farmers, and Husbandmen...3rd Edition
The Surveiors Dialogue: Very Profitable for All Men to Peruse, But Especially for Gentlemen, Farmers, and Husbandmen...3rd Edition
by John Norden
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London: Thomas Snodham 1618. Octavo 15x18cm. xii 174pp 179-256pp. Third edition. Recent quarter calf marbled paper over boards; spine ruled in gilt with a gilt-tooled morocco label. Recent endpapers. All edges tinted burgundy. Two stubs follow the title... (read more)

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L'Uso Dello Strumento Geometrico detto La Tavoletta Pretoriana Proposto, ed Ampliato
L'Uso Dello Strumento Geometrico detto La Tavoletta Pretoriana Proposto, ed Ampliato
by Angelo Maria Ceneri
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Bologna: Lelio dalla Volpe 1728. First edition. 4to. A4-K2 with 12 folding plates & 1 folding chart. Full comtemporary vellum. Vellum worn with small hole in spine. Marginal dampstaining throughout text & plates in the bottom right corner. Good condition.... (read more)

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System of the World, 2 Volumes
System of the World, 2 Volumes
by Pierre Simon Laplace
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London: Richard Phillips, 1809. 2 volumes, small octavo, 12 x 20.5 cm, 379 and 380pp. Translated from the French by J. Pond, F. R. S. Full brown tree calf with dentelled edges and green leather spine label stamped in gilt. Minor wear to extremities, with... (read more)

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The Glacial Nightmare and the Flood: a Second Appeal to Common Sense from the Extravagance of Some Recent Geology, 2 Volumes
The Glacial Nightmare and the Flood: a Second Appeal to Common Sense from the Extravagance of Some Recent Geology, 2 Volumes
by Henry H Howorth
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London: Sampson Low Marston & Co. 1893. 2 volumes. Original green cloth. 8vo. with continuous pagination. Imperfect copy of Volume 1: pagination begins on xvii of Preface. xvii 376; xi 920pp. Stamp of former owner in blue ink on front free endpapers... (read more)

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Etudes sur la Maladie des Vers a Soie, Moyen Pratique Assure de la Combattre et d'en Prevenir le Retour 1st Edition
Etudes sur la Maladie des Vers a Soie, Moyen Pratique Assure de la Combattre et d'en Prevenir le Retour 1st Edition
by Louis Pasteur
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Paris: Gauthier-Villars 1870. Octavo 15x23cm. xii 322pp; vi 327pp. First edition both volumes bound together. Full modern blue cloth spine stamped in gilt. New endpapers. Sprinkled edges. Text in French. Numerous plates some in color. This is an ex... (read more)

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The Major Writings of Ptolemy, Nicolaus Copernicus, Johannes Kepler
The Major Writings of Ptolemy, Nicolaus Copernicus, Johannes Kepler
by Ptolemy and Nicolaus Copernicus and Johannes Kepler
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Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1985. Octavo, 16 x 24 cm. 1085 pp. Limited edition. Full russet leather decorated in gilt; all edges gilt; tan moire endpapers; ribbon marker. Binding with a trace of rubbing. Near fine condition. PS... (read more)

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Norman Mailer: Moonfire: The Epic Journey of Apollo 11
Norman Mailer: Moonfire: The Epic Journey of Apollo 11
by Norman Mailer
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To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 Moon landing, TASCHEN has paired Norman Mailer’s seminal text with spectacular photography—from the archives of NASA, LIFE magazine, and many other sources—to create a... (read more)

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The Glacial Nightmare and the Flood 2 Volume Set
The Glacial Nightmare and the Flood 2 Volume Set
by Henry H Howorth
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London: Sampson Low Marston & Company 1893. 2 volumes: 8vo continuous pagination xxvii 920 pp 30pp; volume 1 xxvii 376 pp; volume 2 pp 377-920 + 30pp of ads. Green cloth boards stamped in gilt. Front & rear hinges starting. Library appendages on front... (read more)

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Vortrage Uber Die Kinetische Theorie Der Materie Und Der Elektrizitat
Vortrage Uber Die Kinetische Theorie Der Materie Und Der Elektrizitat
by Max Planck
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Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, 1914. Octavo, 22.5 x 15 cm. 196 pp. Bound in cloth-backed paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine and cloth corners. Sprinkled edges. Binding broken at recto of title page exposing adhesive. Boards slightly edgeworn. Previous... (read more)

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Remarques sur Plusieurs Branches de Commerce et de Navigation, Two Volumes
Remarques sur Plusieurs Branches de Commerce et de Navigation, Two Volumes
by Pierre-Andre O'Heguerty
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No stated place or publisher 1757. Two volumes octavo in mottled calf red & tan morocco labels with gilt on spines; vi 206pp.; vi 168pp. Marbled endpapers all edges tinted red. Text in French. Rubbing to joints & edges chipping to ends of spines. Small... (read more)

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Home Life of Sir David Brewster / By His Daughter, Mrs. Gordon.  1st Edition
Home Life of Sir David Brewster / By His Daughter, Mrs. Gordon. 1st Edition
by Margaret Maria Gordon
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Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1869. 12mo, 19 x 12.5 cm. xi i 440 pp. First edition. Original blue cloth-covered boards, spine stamped in gilt. Boards bumped at corners. Previous owners' names at title page and first free endpaper. Spine cracked... (read more)

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Total Synthesis
Total Synthesis
by Strike
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San Antonio, TX: Panda Ink, (1997). Octavo, 22.5 x 15 cm. 145 pp. Trade paperback in illustrated paper wrappers. Wrappers lightly rubbed. Textblock thumbed and soiled at fore-edge. Pink and yellow highlighting throughout. Previous owners notes in blue... (read more)

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Seminar On Scientific Computation, November, 1949
Seminar On Scientific Computation, November, 1949
by IBM Applied Science Department
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New York: International Business Machines (1950) 4to. 109pp. Blue cloth with original plain paper dj. Owner's signature on front wrap and ffep. Very good condition. Proceedings of a seminar on scientific computation held in 1949. MJ... (read more)

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