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Paris: Chez H. Nicolle, 1811. Second augmented and corrected edition of the work originally published under the title "Da Tails Scientifiques". Two volumes handsomely bound in contemporary full mottled calf, the backs intricately gilt, decorative end papers. Very Good, some rubbed spots to end papers. a few small rubs at edges. . Second Edition. Mottled Calf. Very Good Plus/No Jacket,… Read more about this item

New York: Covici-Friede Publishers, 1934. Translated from the German by Alan Harris. Very Good, lacking the dust jacket, silver background of lettering at spine a bit rubbed, the title still legible, prior owner name in ink front end page, top edge soiled. A solid copy of this SCARCE Einstein collection of articles, addresses, and pronouncements. . First Edition. Cloth. Very… Read more about this item

Princeton, N.J.: Princeton Univ Press, 1981. SCARCE publisher's promotional poster, 17 1/2"w x 22 1/2" h, for the 1981 Princeton University Press book celebrating the Albert Einstein Centennial 1879-1979. Near Fine, a few faint creases. Well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 17 1/2" x 22 1/2".

Braunschweig: Verlag von Friedrich Vieweg Und Sohn , 1863. Both volumes dated 1863, and both are Very Good in original cloth, period prior owner name stamped 4 times to front end pages and once to rear paste downs, moderate foxing throughout both volumes, boards rubbed, fold-out color plate in vol. 2 with 2" tear at fold. Numerous wood… Read more about this item

Paris: Chez Bechet Jeune, Libraire, 1827. Bound in period marbled boards, leather spine, gilt titles, marbled end pages. 428 pp., 1 internal folding chart, 10 folding charts at rear. Book plate of Henry A. Rowland front paste down, with Johns Hopkins Univ. Library "disposed" stamp to book plate and title page. Library label to spine, no other library markings. Henry… Read more about this item

Paris and Londres : Gauthier-Villars, 1873. 2nd volume only. Very Good, leather spine label with gilt titles, boards a bit rubbed, book plate front pastedown from the Library of the Royal Naval College Greenwich, along with their stamp dated 1875 at title page and page 1. No other markings. Joseph Plateau (1801-1883) was a Belgian physicist, He was… Read more about this item

Paris: Mme Ve Courcier / Bachelier, 1812. Engraved frontispiece portrait in Vol.1 (offsetting onto title), 3 folded engraved plates Vol. 1, 6 in Vol.2. Half-titles, ribbon markers, errata leaves. Two volumes, 8vo., contemporaray tree calf attractively gilt with morocco lettering pieces. Small prior owner book plates both volumes. Very Good Plus, some toning or foxing of text, small scuff… Read more about this item

Paris: Gauthier- Villars, 1903. Very Good Plus, in the original red cloth, gilt titles at spine, cloth lightly rubbed at the tips, small sticker front pastedown, endpages lightly toned. SCARCE. One of his most notable works, text entirely in French, contents are clean, tight, and unmarked. The author won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1926. "Principals of Physical Chemistry".… Read more about this item

Washington, D.C.: Natl. Academy of Sciences/ National Research Council, 1966. SIGNED on front end page "Personal Copy J.A. Simpson University of Chicago 1960". John A. Simpson was an experimental nuclear and cosmic ray physicist who taught and did research at the University of Chicago. Several instruments that he created were launched into space. Near Fine book, bottom corners bumped, in… Read more about this item