New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1959. First Edition, Fourth Printing. 8vo., 256 pages; VG-/VG' spine red and blue with white and black lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut; page 14/15 have slight staining, presumably from a newspaper being laid in; small split to binding on page 30/31; dust jacket has some mild chipping and wear; copyright page and front flap both read forth printing; INSCRIBED on ffep by Rickover, dated 1 March 1959, "with appreciation for all the help you have given the naval nuclear propulsion program"; Admiral Hyman G. Rickover was the director of Naval Reactors for the US Navy and directed the original development of naval nuclear propulsion. His career lasted 63 years of active duty, ending as a four-star admiral, and was the longest-serving naval officer and the longest serving member of the U.S armed forces in history; shelved case 1. More

Edinburgh: Printed for Robert Ogle, 1841-1842. First Edition. Three thick quartos; cxxii, 492 pp; xi, 516 pp; xii, 627 pp + errata page. Original publisher's purple cloth; spines faded brown; largely chipped and worn at spine ends and corners; spine volume three shows 1/3 torn detachment re-glued; hinges a bit tender; mild foxing to prelims; contents else very good throughout. [Faded gilt titles on chipped brown cloth]. More

New York: New York University Press, 1969. Octavo; VG-/G; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, blue with white print; DJ in mylar, slight edgewear, vendor label on front; Boards in blue cloth with gold print, clean and strong; Text block has blue-tinted top edge, clean and tight; xviii, 658 pages, illustrated (b&w plates). More

New York: Mahlon Day, 1830. Second Edition. 12mo., [3]-126 pages; G; bound in gray cardboard boards with light brown plain fabric spine; lacking ffep; boards with some rubbing and wear, horizontal crack along middle of both boards; mild foxing and soiling to interior; scarce; shelved case 10. More

London: Edward Harding, 1803. First Edition. Small octavo rebound in 3/4 green marble and beige leather; VG; six-band embossed spine with black frame; minimal soiling on covers; strong binding; frontispiece and title page slightly foxed; text clean; pp. 341; tight print; shelved in Case 10. More

München [Munich]: Ernst Reinhardt, 1933. Octavo, 183 pages; Fair; bound in original orange wrappers, black lettering on spine; covers separated from textblock; gatherings disbound; some waviness to pages, no writing; publisher's tipped in slip on ffep; chipping to head and tail of spine, cracking and discoloration to spine; moderate rubbing to covers, two small pieces of paper adhering to front cover;. More

Silver Spring, MD: Roman Publications, 1987. First Edition. Large Octavo; pp 541; VG-; red spine with gilt text; no jacket; cloth show some rubbing to exterior; strong boards; text block exterior edges mildly toned; remainder mark to exterior tail edge; interior clean; profusely illustrated; inscribed by author; additional shipping may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions for international/expedited orders. More

Fair Oaks: Rudolf Steiner College Press, 2008. First English Edition, Second Printing. Octavo; VG/no-DJ paperback; blue spine with purple text; cover has minor rubbing, sunning, sticker residue on back; textblock is clean; pp 94. More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2013. First Edition, Third Printing. Octavo, 306 pages, VG-/VG-; dark green pictorial DJ, light yellow and white lettering: very mild overall wear to DJ, wear/closed tearing to bottom corner of front cover, "U.S. $25.00 / Can. $28.99" to front flap, DJ protected by mylar; quarter-bound, dark green cloth spine, dark green paper boards, bright gold lettering to spine: mild bumping/small circular dent to bottom corner of front board, light age-toning to text-block, small black scuff mark to top; mild aged-paste staining to gutters of endpapers; interior clean, slight closed tearing to fore-edge of pages 306-307 and last unnumbered blank page; INSCRIBED by Shyamalan to title page; shelved Film. More

New York: Burt Franklin, 1967. Third Edition. Four volume set; large octavo; VG/no-DJs; Vols. I-III black spines with gold text, Vol. IV maroon spine with gold text; covers have rubbing, edgewear, ex library stickers on spines, Vols. I-III have tape residue at spine heads, Vol. IV spine is shaken and cocked; textblocks have edgewear, ex library labels on pastedowns, blind stamps on title pages of Vols. I-III, Vol. IV has ex library stamps on edges and title page, peeling on back endpaper, webbing starting to show at hinges of pastedowns, Vol. III has small black smudges on back endpaper and pastedown, all text is clean; originally published in London between 1813 and 1820; Vol. IV is a facsimile of the London Edition of 1820 - The Sources of Science, No. 55 - reprinted by the Johnson Reprint Corporation. More

Columbia, SC: Palmetto Bookworks, 1991. Reprinted. Octavo; pp 600; G-/no-DJ; teal blue spine with gilt text; reprinted with some new material; cloth has slight wear to panels; ex-library sticker remnant to spine, as is; some wear to corners; gilt borders to front; text block has slight wear to exterior edges; some soiling to endpapers; frontispiece; some light ink inside; ex-library sticker to rear endpaper, as is;. More

New York: Junior Class, New York Univeristy, 1896. Octavo (oblong); G-/no DJ; Hardcover w/out DJ; Spine, yellow without print; Boards in yellow cloth with violet and silver print, mitred edges, mild wear to corners and spine caps, smudging, soiling, shelfwear; Text block has shaken binding, clean text; 232 pages, illustrated (b&w). More

Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009. First Edition. 10mo; pp 242; VG/G+; gray spine with white text; scarce; dust jacket has mild tone to edges; clean exterior otherwise; cloth has clean to exterior; strong boards; text block edges show little wear; previous owner's name to ffep; illustrated;. More

Boston: Carter, Hendee, and Co. and Hilliard, Gray, and Co., 1833. First Edition Thus. Small octavo; 276pp; bound in full burnished calf with black leather label gilt; binding moderately worn; leather peeling at joints; front endpaper and few prelims chipped and worn; contents moderately toned and foxed; else very good. [Spine; gilt title on black label on worn calf leather]. More

Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1999. Large Thick Octavo; pp 742; VG-/no-DJ; blue spine with gilt text; full title; A Case Study in University Transformation: Positioning The University of Michigan for the New Millennium; cloth has some rubbing wear to exterior; moderate rubbing wear to edges; strong boards; text block shows light soiling to exterior edges; interior clean; illustrated; inscribed by author; additional shipping may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions for international/expedited orders. More

New Haven, CT: The Yale In China Association Ltd., 1964. Octavo; 327 pp. Hardcover. VG- condition; light shelf and edge wear to boards; foxing on top edge of textblock. Book contains numerous small black and white photos. Former owner's name written on front endpaper in blue pen. More

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1984. Second Edition. Thick Octavo; pp 1176; G/G; green spine with yellow text; dust jacket shows some slight wear to exterior; milf toning to flaps; cloth has slight discoloration to exterior; sturdy boards; text block has mild soiling to exterior edges; previous owner's name to ffep; interior clean; illustrated; good binding;. More

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, 1923. Large Octavo; pp 759; G-; brown spine with gilt text; no jacket; pebbled textured cloth shows mild rubbing to exterior; embossed borders to panels; embosed illustration to front; minor frays to spine edges; some fraying to front gutter; strong boards; strong boards; text block has slight shelf wear to exterior edges; previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown; slight writing to ffep; small chip to tail edge of title page; frontispiece; illustrated; interior clean; additional shipping may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions for international/expedited orders;. More

Cambridge, MA: Harvard Library, Harvard University, 2014. Octavo; pp 235; VG-; dark red spine with gilt text; no jacket; cloth has mild wear to exterior; strong boards; text block has light tone to exterior edges; interior clean; illustrated;. More

Winston-Salem: Hunter Publishing Company, 1967. Small Quarto; VG-/no-DJ; Orange spine with black text; Cloths are slightly sunned on spine and light wear on exterior & at corners, overall clean with strong panels; Text block has age toned moderately with unmarked pages and good binding; pp 323. Additional shipping may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions for international/expedited orders. More

London: Bradbury, Evans, & Co., 1869. Octavo; pp 437; G+/-no-DJ; Dark yellow spine without text; Cloth has slight wear and light soiling to exterior, minor rubbing to edges and corners; Text block has slight toning to exterior edges, light pencil to front pastedown and first few page, some foxing to first and last few pages, light adhesive residue to front pastedown, light foxing throughout text; uncut pages;. More

Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, Inc., 1988. First Edition. Octavo; pp 302; VG; grayish brown spine with gilt text; no jacket; cloth shows mild wear to exterior; strong boards; text block has light wear to exterior edges; frontispiece; tight binding; illustrated;. More

Murray & Stoek, 1855. first. octavo in brown leather with embossed spine and gold letters; VG-; covers with considerable shelf wear and tear and practically detached; paper discolored and soiled; text clean; previous owner's name on ffep; pp. 113; scarce; as is; shelved in room 12. More

Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, Inc., 1987. First Edition. Octavo; pp 358; VG; green spine with gilt text; no jacket; cloth shows mild wear to exterior; strong boards; text block has light wear to exterior edges; frontispiece; tight binding; illustrated;. More

New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, 1992. Octavo; G+/G-; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, white with faded print; DJ has slight edgewear, toning to spine and front spine edge, else clean and bright; Boards in red cloth with black print, light bump to top corners, else clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; Inscribed in ink to Irving Kristol and Gertrude Himmelfarb by author on the front flyleaf; viii, 216 pages. More