Science from Mare Booksellers

New York: Anson D.F. Randolph, 1860. Cloth. Fair. Dark brown flexible cloth covers. 42 pp. A few black and white illustrations in the interior. A short book for children, providing instructions on how to build several kinds of pumps, including a suction pump, a force pump and a small fire "engine" that can force water 20 feet high.… Read more about this item

Montreal/New York: Arctic Institute of North America, Publisher, 1950. Cloth. Good. Maroon cloth. No jacket. Original covers bound in. Pagination varies. Photos, maps, including a few foldouts, and illustrations throughout. A bound volume of the first three years of this journal devoted to the study of the Arctic region, including science and natural history. Includes a few pieces… Read more about this item

New York: Munn and Company, 1849. Tabloid. Good. Tabloid format. Folio. 8 pp. Illustrations throughout. Early issue of this journal devoted to science, with several short articles on railroads, a piece on daguerreotypes, a short piece on the use of electricity as a motive power in engines, news on the patent of a tumbling lock by Linus Yale,… Read more about this item

Cleveland, OH: Nelite Works of General Electric Co., Publisher, 1912. Wraps. Good. Illustrated wraps. 16 pp., including covers. Black and white photographs and illustrations throughout. A journal devoted to the "recording the development and activities of the Nelite Works of the General Electric Company." Second issue, with this discussing holophane lighting for big auditoriums; the lighting of rug… Read more about this item

Amsterdam: Chez Pierre Le Grand, Publisher, 1669. Vellum. Good. Bound in vellum. 573 (3) pp. With a few illustrations, including a very basic one of Saturn, and another depicting a hydraulic machine of some sort. All text in French. A collection of three years' worth of the Journal Des Scavans, noted as being the first scientific journal published… Read more about this item

New York: The Century Co, 1896. Half Leather. Good. Half leather with black boards. 960 pp. Illustrations and photos throughout. Bound volume of this monthly magazine including a piece by Thomas Edison and others on Roentgen and Roentgen Rays (x-rays), including x-ray photographs; an article on Africa; South Africa; the Alaska boundary question; the bicycle outlook; fiction by… Read more about this item

Irvington, NJ: Power Publishers, 1958. Wraps. Good. Illustrated wraps. 50 pp. A few photos throughout. Single issue of this journal devoted to hypnosis and its ethical practice. This issue looks at hypnotic frauds, narco-hypnosis, hypnosis in gynecologic surgery, etc. GOOD condition. Most of the surface of the bottom front cover lifted off/peeled off. General fading, minor soiling and… Read more about this item

Chicago: Open Court Publishing Co, 1889. Wraps. Good. Printed wraps. Side folding journal style format. Pagination runs iv, 1439-1450. A single issue of this journal offering philosophical articles on subjects relating to science and religion, including newer scientific theories and the supernatural. This issue with part twenty of "Body and Mind; or the Data of Moral Physiology," by… Read more about this item

Brookline, MA: Harry E. Erskine, Publisher, 1932. Wraps. Good. Side stapled wraps. 20 pp., plus ads in the rear. A zine style work devoted to engineering, with sections devoted to diesel engines, combustion, mechanical drawing, electrical, etc. GOOD condition. Rear cover almost detached. Some creasing and curling to the corners. Some soiling. A few small tears along the… Read more about this item

London: George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, Printers, 1865. Pamphlet. Good. Pamphlet. 5 pp., plus a fold out schematic of the invention. A letters patent describing the improvements made to Stanley's previous invention of the dividing engine. This describes the improvements and features a schematic. William Ford Stanley was a British inventor and engineer, known for his precision… Read more about this item

London: Baldwin and Cradock. Wraps. Fair. 1829-1831. Printed wraps. 128 pp. A general survey of chemistry, delving into chemical reactions, properties of substances, etc. FAIR/GOOD condition. Heavy chipping, tearing and loss to the wrappers along the edges. Paper brittle and flaking. Minor to moderate scattered foxing throughout, with some toning and soiling.

New York: Munn and Co, 1895. Tabloid. Good. Folio. Illustrated wraps. Tabloid format. Pagination runs 113-128. Black and white illustrations throughout. Single issue of this long running journal devoted to science. This issue with a look at the Thorne Typesetting Machine; a short history of the electric telegraph; a new water velocipede (like a bicycle on pontoons); an… Read more about this item

New York: Munn and Co, 1881. Tabloid. Good. Illustrated wraps. Tabloid format. Pagination runs 63-78. Black and white illustrations throughout. Single issue of this long running journal devoted to science. This issue with a look at an improved mountain railway system that uses a hydraulic elevator to lift rail cars from one station to the next on a… Read more about this item

New York: Munn and Co, 1881. Wraps. Good. Illustrated wraps. Tabloid format. 14 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. Single issue of this long running journal devoted to science. This issue with a lengthy illustrated article on the photophone invented by Alexander Graham Bell. Invented in late 1880, the device used light beams to transmit sound. While not… Read more about this item

Boston: Morrill Medical Institute, Publisher, 1871. Cloth. Good. Stated third revised and enlarged edition. Purple cloth. 575 pp. A guide for men and women, mostly focusing on sex, discussing sexually transmitted diseases, the function of the reproductive organs, diseases of the organs, considerations for single ladies, etc. Several recipes for medicine included throughout. GOOD condition. Moderate fading, heavy… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: William Duane, Publisher, 1809. Cloth. Good. Bound in modern light green cloth. 477 pp. With several illustrated plates, although MISSING 3 (at pages 253, 313, 348) and MISSING the first leaf of the contents page. Volume three only of this collected edition of the various writings of Benjamin Franklin, focusing on his science experiments and explorations, including… Read more about this item

London: George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, Printers, 1875. Pamphlet. Good. Pamphlet, perhaps disbound from a larger work. 5 pp., plus a large fold out illustrated diagram depicting the invention. A British letters patent issued to Walter Eccleston Bartrum for an invention of improvements on rotary engines, pumps or meters. GOOD condition, ex-library, with a few oval library… Read more about this item

Glasgow: William MacKenzie, Publisher. Half-Leather. Good/No Jacket. no date, presumed mid 1800s. Half leather with marbled boards. 1186 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. Alphabetically arranged encyclopedia type work on chemistry and related topics, with contents including gold, opium, perfumery, photography, pottery, etc. GOOD condition. Heavy scuffing and fading to the covers, with some loss of paper and… Read more about this item

No Place: Albie Liska, publisher/creator, 1901. Hard Cover. Good. Marbled paper covered boards with a cloth spine. Unpaginated. Blank paper journal. A commonplace book containing the notes and drawings of Albie Liska on the human anatomy and physiology, focusing on the nervous system. This is a continuation (labeled second book) of the subject. A little over half the… Read more about this item

New York: Ziff-Davis, 1960. Wraps. Good. Color illustrated wraps. 162 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. A detailed, technical guide to stereo systems, discussing the various components and explaining, in depth, the technology and theory behind the transmission of sound in stereo systems. This includes turntables, amplifiers and speakers, as well as maintenance tips, and ads for various… Read more about this item