Engraved Portrait by C. H. Jeens. From "Nature" October 31, 1878.
London: Macmillan & Co, 1878. Plate: 230x150 mm. Margins: 280x196 mm. Very faint offsetting in some areas, slight discoloration from remnants of former mounting. More
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Autograph letter signed to Charles Tilston Bright.
London: 1862. Airy, George Biddell (1801-92). A.L.s. to Charles Tilston Bright. London, August 15, 1862. 4pp. 188 x 119 mm. Provenance: Latimer Clark. Airy served as Great Britain's astronomer royal from 1835 to 1881, and was a noted critic and frequent adversary of Charles Babbage. In 1862 he undertook the..... More
On a peculiar defect in the eye... With: On the figure of the earth. 2 offprints, both by Airy.
London: Nichol, 1825-1826. Airy, George Biddell (1801-92). On a peculiar defect in the eye, and a mode of correcting it. Offprint from Trans. Cambridge Phil. Soc. [2], 5, [1]pp. London: J. Smith, 1825. Bound with: On the figure of the earth. Offprint from Philosophical Transactions [2], 31, [1]pp. London: W...... More
Engraved Portrait by C. Knight after J. Donaldson.
London. Margins: 173x110 mm. A couple of faint spots in left margin. More
Engraved Portrait by Cornelius Iohriss.
London: Richardson, 1798. Plate: 194x141 mm. Margins: 245x167 mm. Very faint soiling in top margin. More
Engraved Portrait.
Print: 136x102 mm. Mount: 180x145 mm. Mounted on white paper with black ink boarder. Text on reverse of print shows through faintly. More
A leide ce 5 Juillet 1726. Engraved Portrait by W. Holl after Charles de Moor.
London: Fisher, Son & Co, 1838. Margins: 245x159 mm. Crease along bottom margin. More
Letter signed, with autograph postscript, to Cardinal Zurla.
Bologna: 1825. Aldini, Giovanni (1762-1834). Letter signed with autograph postscript to Cardinal Zurla. 2pp. plus integral blank. Bologna, 28 [probably September] 1825. 297 x 210 mm. Slightly worn in the center crease, but fine. From the Thomas Philipps collection. Aldini, the nephew of Galvani, was the premier apologist for his..... More
of the Royal College of Surgeons. Engraved Portrait by T. Wageman.
London: C. Hinton, 1819. Plate: 200x131 mm. Margin: 207x133 mm. Some soiling around edges, faint foxing. More
Engraved Portrait.
Margins: 175x119 mm. Remnants of mounting on reverse of print, very small tear on bottom margin. More
Engraved Portrait.
London: T. Gosden. Margins: 222x146 mm. Some very faint soiling around the edges. More
Professeur de Botanique a l'Universite de Bologne. Engraved Portrait by Ambroise Tardieu after Gandolfi.
Margin: 200x135 mm. Some foxing. More
Perpetual Secretary of the French Academy and Member of the Academy of Sciences. Engraved Portrait.
C. Stalker, 1789. Mounted in passe-partout. Mount: 158x101 mm. Margin: 219x151 mm. Top margin slightly darkened. More
Practica Alexandri yatros greci cum expositione glose interlinearis Jacobi de Partibus et Januensis in margine posite
Lyon: Franciscus Fradin, 1504. Alexander of Tralles (ca. 525 – ca. 605). Practica Alexandri yatros grecium expositione glose interlinearis Jacobi de partibus et Januensis in margine posite. 4to. [8], 93, [1]ff. Lyon: Franciscus Fradin, 1504. 241 x 162 mm. 18th- or 19th-century diced calf gilt, brass bosses and clasp fittings..... More
Bronchial asthma: Its diagnosis and treatment. Inscribed by the author.
Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1928. vii, 17-171pp. Text illustrations. 201 x 135 mm. Original cloth, a bit shaken, light wear. Very good. More
Reprints 1917-36 (spine title). Bound collection of 44 offprints.
1917-36. 235 x 162 mm. Library buckram, some wear. Good+. More
Reprints 1917-36 (spine title). Bound collection of 44 offprints.
1917-36. 241 x 162 mm. Library buckram. Typewritten table of contents pasted in. Very good. More
Reprints 1940-1950 (spine title). Bound collection of 27 offprints plus other materials.
1940-1950. Typed index inserted. 255 x 178 mm. Library buckram. Very good. More
Autograph letter signed to Latimer Clark
Alexander, James. A.L.s. to Latimer Clark (1822-98). Dumfries [Scotland,] August 19, 1873. 4pp. 179 x 117 mm. Provenance: Latimer Clark. An invitation to Clark to visit, issued in conjunction with Alexander's forthcoming "electrical exhibit." In the postscript, Alexander asks Clark whether he shall "require any batteries from Sir W[illiam] Thomson..... More
Topologie. Erster Band. Later printing. Claude Shannon's copy with his signature.
Berlin [Ann Arbor]: Julius Springer [J. W. Edwards], 1945. [Shannon, Claude E. (1916-2001).] Alexandrov, Pavel (1896-1982); Heinz Hopf (1894-1971). Topologie. xiii, 636, [2]pp. Berlin: Julius Springer, 1935 [i.e., Ann Arbor, MI: J. W. Edwards, 1945]. Original cloth, slight edgewear. Very good. From the library of Claude E. Shannon, with his..... More
Television. Very fine copy in very fine dust jacket.
London: Pitman, 1926. First edition. First Book on Television in English: Superb Copy Dinsdale, Alfred. Television: Seeing by wireless. 8vo. 62pp. London: W. S. Caines for Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1926. 186 x 125 mm. Original printed paper boards, pictorial dust-jacket. Very fine copy. Boxed. First Edition of the..... More
Portrait photo by Maull and Polyblank. Matted.
London: 1856. Alison, Archibald (1792-1867). Lawyer and historian; author of the 10-volume History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution to the Restoration of the Bourbons (1833-43), considered the first scholarly English-language study of the French Revolution. 1858. 200 x 148 mm.; mount measures 297 x 248 mm..... More