Portraits of doctors & scientists in the Wellcome Inst. Catalogue. Very good in very good dust jacket.
London: Wellcome, 1973. 1973. More
London: Wellcome, 1973. 1973. More
1947. Burks, Arthur W. (1915-2008). Electronic computing circuits of the ENIAC. Offprint from Proceedings of the Institute of Radio Engineers 35 (August 1947). 756-767pp. Text diagrams. Original printed self-wrappers. Lightly creased in one corner, small tear in first leaf, but very good. First Edition, Offprint Issue. Burks was a senior..... More
Margin: 262x194 mm. Very good condition. More
Edinburgh: J. Balfour, 1774. Mixed ed. Vols. 1-3 only (of 6). Vol. 1 second edition "with large additions and corrections"; the ESTC states that Vol. 1 was reprinted as a "second" edition in 1774 as the publishers discovered they had not printed a sufficient number. Library buckram, spines faded. Burnett's..... More
Margin: 204x134 mm. Marginal discoloration, foxing. More
Detroit: Burroughs, 1908. Burroughs Adding Machine Company. Railroad Department. The railroad Burroughs. Auditor of disbursements. Detroit: Burroughs Adding Machine Co., May 25, 1908. Original printed wrappers, spine repaired. 8pp. Color halftone tipped to p. 2. 210 x 136 mm. One of a series of brochures promoting the Burroughs Railroad Machine..... More
Detroit: Burroughs, 1908. Burroughs Adding Machine Company. Railroad Department. The railroad Burroughs. Auditor of freight receipts. Detroit: Burroughs Adding Machine Co., May 25, 1908. Original printed wrappers. 8pp. Color halftone tipped to p. 2. 210 x 136 mm. One of a series of brochures promoting the Burroughs Railroad Machine, Style..... More
Detroit: Burroughs, 1908. Burroughs Adding Machine Company. Railroad Department. The railroad Burroughs. Auditor of passenger receipts. Detroit: Burroughs Adding Machine Co., May 25, 1908. Original printed wrappers. 8pp. Color halftone tipped to p. 2. 210 x 136 mm. One of a series of brochures promoting the Burroughs Railroad Machine, Style..... More
Detroit: Burroughs, 1908. Burroughs Adding Machine Company. Railroad Department. The railroad Burroughs. Freight claim agent. Detroit: Burroughs Adding Machine Co., May 25, 1908. Original printed wrappers. 5 [1]pp. Color halftone tipped to p. 2. 210 x 136 mm. One of a series of brochures promoting the Burroughs Railroad Machine, Style..... More
Detroit: Burroughs, 1908. Burroughs Adding Machine Company. Railroad Department. The railroad Burroughs. Treasurer’s office. Detroit: Burroughs Adding Machine Co., May 25, 1908. Original printed wrappers. 12pp. Color halftone tipped to p. 2. 210 x 136 mm. One of a series of brochures promoting the Burroughs Railroad Machine, Style 15. Each..... More
Detroit: Burroughs, 1909. Burroughs Adding Machine Company. Railroad Department. Users of the railroad Burroughs. Detroit: Burroughs Adding Machine Company, January 15, 1909. Original printed wrappers. [2], 20 [2]pp. Illustrated. 230 x 100 mm. This advertising brochure for the electric version of the Burroughs Railroad Machine includes a list of users..... More
1922. [Burroughs Adding Machine Company.] Burroughs Adding Machine Ltd. The A B C of business: Adding, bookkeeping, calculating. N.p., [May 1922]. Unbound brochure. [6]pp. Illustrated. 287 x 222 mm. Light soiling. Includes a list of British and Irish businesses that “have proved the efficiency of Burroughs machines.” Origins of Cyberspace..... More
1929. [Burroughs Adding Machine Company.] Burroughs Adding Machine Ltd. Adding – bookkeeping – calculating machines. N.p., [May 1929]. Unbound brochure. [4]pp. Illustrated. 281 x 216 mm. Light toning, a few tiny marginal tears. VG. Provenance: Stamp of the L. N. E. R. [London & North Eastern Railway] on the first..... More
1918. [Burroughs Adding Machine Company.] Burroughs Adding Machine Ltd. Burroughs adding machines. N.p., [September 1918]. Unbound brochure. [4]pp. Illustrated. 278 x 204 mm. Provenance: Stamp of the Railway, Manchester. Some soiling. Advertisement for the British Burroughs Standard Model 313, a seven-column machine designed for use in small retail businesses. Origins..... More
1918. [Burroughs Adding Machine Company.] Burroughs Adding Machine Ltd. Burroughs automatic bookkeeping machines. N.p., [January 1918]. Unbound brochure. [4]pp. Illustrated. 287 x 214 mm. Advertisement for the British Burroughs Standard Model 256E, a 13-column duplex machine. The name and address of Burroughs’s Manchester distributor, John Drucquer, are stamped on the..... More
Burroughs Adding Machine Company.] Burroughs Adding Machine Ltd. Burroughs latest . . . the Burrometer. N.p., n.d. Unbound postcard. Illustrated. 152 x 102 mm. Postcard advertising the Burrometer, a key-driven calculator described as “the fastest calculating machine in the world.” Origins of Cyberspace 241. More
1912. [Burroughs Adding Machine Company.] Burroughs Adding Machine Ltd. Statements. N.p., n.d. [ca. 1912]. Original printed wrappers. 17 [1]pp. Illustrated. 220 x 141 mm. Advertising brochure published by Burroughs’s British division, containing testimonials and sample statements generated on Burroughs bookkeeping machines. Origins of Cyberspace 236. More
London: James Hodges, 1751. Burton, John (1710-71). An essay towards a complete new system of midwifery, theoretical and practical . . . xix, [5], 391, [25]pp. 18 plates (17 folding) drawn and engraved by George Stubbs (1724-1806). London: Printed for James Hodges, 1751. 18th-century sheep, rebacked, some wear to edges..... More
Munich: Wolf & Sohn, 1870. Third printing.44.5x35.5 cm. Remnants of former mounting. Very good condition. More
Cambridge: Pye Limited, 1981. Bussey, Gordon and Pye Limited. The story of Pye Wireless, ...with foreword by Harold J. Pye: 50th anniversary, formation of Pye Radio Limited. Cambridge: Pye Limited, 1981 16pp. 210 x 145 mm. Original printed wrappers. Very good to fine. Later edition. “Harold John Pye (1901-1986) was..... More
Plate: 181x107 mm. Margin: 260x167 mm. Light foxing. More
Maplewood, NJ: C. S. Hammond, 1970. C. S. Hammond & Co. Hammond’s wall atlas of human anatomy. [6]ff. 4 colored plastic overlays. Maplewood, NJ: C. S. Hammond & Co., n.d. [ca. 1970]. 731 x 536 mm. Spiral-bound pictorial boards with grommets in the upper margins for hanging, some edgewear, light..... More
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1940. Cabot, Hugh (1872-1945). The patient’s dilemma: The quest for medical security in America. x, [2], 284pp. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1940. 204 x 135 mm. Original cloth, spine faded, lower extremity frayed. Very good. Presentation Copy, inscribed by Cabot on the front endpaper..... More
1813. Cadell, William Archibald (1775-1855). Autograph letter signed to an unidentified recipient. N.p., n.d. (1813 or after). 1 page. 198 x 160 mm. Mounted. Very good. Letter with good geological content from Scottish mathematician and antiquary W. A. Cadell, discussing the recent work of French mineralogist René-Just Hauy (1743-1822), famous..... More
London: J. Dodsley, 1771. Cadogan, William (1711-1797). A dissertation on the gout, and all chronic diseases, jointly considered . . . 8vo. [iii]-viii, 88pp.; lacking half-title (A1). London: J. Dodsley, 1771. 202 x 127 mm. 20th-century half morocco, gilt-lettered spine, cloth boards. Last leaf somewhat soiled and frayed, but very..... More