Scranton: International Textbook Company, [1928]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Full black blind-embossed limp leatherette with gilt spine lettering. iv, 56pp, 74pp. Numerous line drawings, tables, marbled endpapers. Near fine. Superb, tight later printing of this in-depth and well-illustrated study (#185). Outstanding condition -- spine gilt bright and sharp. More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, [1980]. Hardcover. Complete 3-volume set in cloth-over-boards slipcase. Russet cloth with gilt lettering and brown pictorial stamping. x, 465pp; vii, 449pp; vi, 452pp. Numerous illustrations. Fine/very good. Just the faintest bit of slipcase wear. Tight, handsome first of this edition, being a greatly expanded version..... More
New York: American Institute of Mining Engineers, 1916. Hardcover. Small 4to. Half calf with gilt spine lettering and brown pebble-grained cloth. vi, 466pp. Figures, illustrations. Very good. Nonauthorial gift inscription on front pastedown. Probable sole edition of Volume LIII; ownership signature and address of contributor Charles Colcock Jones (see p.306)..... More
Chicago: Bodine Electric Company, n.y. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 334pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Fine/near fine. Unspecified "Limited Edition" second printing of this Chicago electronics company history -- not dated, but seemingly 1990s. More
Chicago: Bodine Electric Company, n.y. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 334pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Fine/very good. Some jacket edgewear and archivally-closed (on verso) edge tears. Unspecified "Limited Edition" second printing of this Chicago electronics company history -- not dated, but seemingly 1990s. More
Washington, DC: National Geograpic Society, 1971. Hardcover. Small 4to. Silver paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 231pp. Extensive illustrations (most color), pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Minor jacket edgewear. First edition, tight and nice. More
New York: Dover Publications, [1970]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed blue pictorial wrappers. 125pp, (15pp ads). Numerous line drawings. Near fine. Tight, attractive first paperback edition of this facsimile, a bizarre collection first published in 1932 as "Beware of Imitations!" More
New York: Philosophical Library, 1967. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan cloth, price-clipped dust jacket. 193pp. Near fine/very good. Quite mild jacket wear and bit of rubbing. A first edition of this fascinating reference work, tight and most handsome. More
Memphis: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1976. Hardcover. Small 4to. Pictorial cloth with black lettering. ix, 291pp. Extensive illustrations (some color), maps, pictorial endpapers. Near fine. A handsome and tight first edition of this rather uncommon study. From the library of Adlai E. Stevenson III (1930-2021), U.S. Senator from Illinois..... More
Milan: Comitato Nazionale per le Onoranze a Leonardo da Vinci, 1952. Paperback. 4to. Stiff unprinted wrappers, dust jacket. (41pp). Full-page illustrations. Near fine/very good. Minor jacket soiling. Handsome first edition of this elaborate program (entirely in English) celebrating the Italian Renaissance figure's life and achievements. Uncommon and unusual. More
New York: IBM Department of Arts and Sciences, n.y. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff pictorial wrappers. 24pp, (4pp). Numerous illustrations. Very good. Faint wrappers edgewear, else tight and internally fine. Probable first and only edition. Undated (likely 1970ish) pamphlet surveying "International Business Machine Corporation's traveling exhibitions of models built according to..... More
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1887. Hardcover. Small 4to. Original black cloth with gilt spine lettering. viii, 813pp. Numerous tables. Very good. Faint edgewear. A tight and nice first edition of the fourth volume of this United States Geological Survey (Department of the Interior) series begun in 1882, accomplished under..... More
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1888. Hardcover. Small 4to. Original black cloth with gilt spine lettering. vii, 832pp. Numerous tables. Very good. Faint edgewear. Tight, quite nice first edition of the fifth volume of this United States Geological Survey (Department of the Interior) series begun in 1882, accomplished under director..... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1966. Hardcover. 8vo. Yellow cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 241pp. Illustrations, tables. Very good/very good. Second printing. Profiles of thirteen marvels of the modern engineering world, such as the Aswan Dam in Egypt and Japan's Bullet Train. More
Chicago: Frederick J. Drake & Co., Publishers, [1912]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Green cloth with black lettering and rules. 254pp, (2pp ads). Line drawings, foldout partly-color chart. Very good. Mild binding edgewear; rear endpaper rather age toned and lightly soiled; faint mustiness. Tight and nice second printing of this well-rounded, well-illustrated..... More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1931. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown blind-embossed cloth with gilt spine lettering. v, 147pp. Extensive figures and line drawings. Near fine. Faintest of binding edgewear; blind-embossed ownership name on front flyleaf and title page. A superb and tight second, revised edition of this 1913 text..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1947. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering, rules and graphic. xiv, 375pp. Extensive tables and figures. Near fine. Faint floral mustiness. Wonderfully tight and nice first edition of the 25th volume in M.I.T.'s "Radiation Laboratory Series." Physicist, educator and long-time CalTech president Lee..... More
Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Books, [1998]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue leatherette with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. vi, 125pp. Illustrations, maps. Fine/fine. Superb, tight first edition. More
Minneapolis: Intel-Lex Inc., [1965]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 152pp. Numerous illustrations and tables. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear and rubbing. A tight and nice first edition of this unusual "Story Behind the Issuance of Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights." Boldly signed and inscribed..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1978. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 224pp. Line drawings. Near fine/near fine. Faint abrasion on front flyleaf; circular blind-embossed ownership imprint on title page. Tight, attractive first edition. More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1982]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Janice Stapleton. 8vo. Yellow and red paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 46pp, (2pp). Line drawings. Near fine/near fine. First edition of this children's how-to from the Dark Ages of Computers. Tight and pristine. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, [1988]. Hardcover. 4to. Glossy pictorial paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 384pp. Extensive color illustrations. Fine/fine. Superbly tight 'n' bright first edition of this exceptional how -to, described on jacket front as "From Levers to Lasers, Cars to Computers -- A Visual Guide to the World..... More
Milwaukee: Kalmbach Publishing Co., 1961. Paperback. 4to. Stiff black pictorial wrappers. 64pp. Illustrations, line drawings, charts. Very good. Minor edgewear. Tight, attractive first edition of this popular guide on "How to Install and Operate R/C in Planes, Boats and Other Models" (to quote the front wrapper). More
Springfield, MA: The Pond-Ekberg Company, [1951]. Hardcover. Introduction by Robert W.G. Vail. Small 4to. Orange cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. xv, 254pp. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Very good. Tight, decent first edition -- ex-library, with relatively few and mostly-removed markings. More
New York: The Derry-Collard Company, 1903. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Khaki green cloth over beveled boards with black lettering and red decorations. 81pp. Frontispiece, numerous figures, decorative endpapers. Very good. Quite mild binding soiling only, else tight and internally near fine. Attractive first edition of the first book by this pioneering..... More