London: Oxford University Press, 1972. Reprinted. Octavo, vi, x, xi, xv, 322 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Spine blue with white lettering. Moderate shelf wear exteriorly with few chips to the edges. Price clipped front flap. Boards have mild lean to the spine and very lightly sunned exterior. Text block shows lightly age toned edges. Few stamped numbers to the front free end papers. Illustrated. Reprinted. More

Oxford, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1987. Octavo, vi, xiv, xx, 727 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in the publisher's black cloth bearing gilt lettering to the spine. Boards have extremely mild wear with minimal wear to the edges. Text block has light age toning to the edges. Frontispiece. Illustrated. More

Waltham MA, Oxford, Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2013. Octavo, vii, xiii, xvi, 416 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine dark blue with white lettering. Boards have very slight tilt to the spine. Illustrated. More

Sausalito: University Science Books, 1993. Fourth Edition. Octavo, 371 pages. In Very Good condition. Red spine with black lettering. Full binding in red and black cloth. Boards show mild edge wear. Text block has seal from ex-library on fore-edge and front free endpaper. More

Lawrence: Coronado Press, 1973. First Edition. Octavo, 263 Pages. In Very Good condition. Full binding in saffron paper with xanthous spine and brown lettering. Boards show light creasing along joint and modest bumping to bottom corners. Text block has mild age-toning to edges. More

Rochester NY: VCH Publishers Inc., 1991. First Printing. Octavo; VG-; white/blue spine with black and white text; first printing; no jacket; cloth exterior shows slight soiling wear; minor edge wear; straight boards; tight binding; textblock clean; illustrated; pp 232. More

ALS (4 in. x 7 in.), [1] page. In Very Good condition. A one-page autograph note, in French. Light offset visible to upper half of recto, light creasing along the edges, and a very small closed tear at the horizontal half. Folded in half twice, once vertically and once horizontally, as well as one more full length vertical fold along the left side. This undated, unsigned and unaddressed note is purportedly from French Biologist Antoine Bechamp to Louis Pasteur. The note discusses the silkworm ailments pébrine, also known as "pepper disease," and the bacteria Flacherie, as well as cleaning procedures. The bottom half of the recto has calculations in at least two different pencils, the authorship of which is unclear. The verso is blank save for the name "Béchamp". Shelved in Case 0. More

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1950. Octavo; Fair+/Poor; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, tanned with top and bottom portions torn away; DJ has toning to spine, peripheral toning, large portions of spine torn away, price-clipped; Boards in blue cloth, light wear to spine caps and corners, toning to spine, light blemishes/shelfwear; Text block has spotting to edges and endpapers, name in ink on front flyleaf, spine breaks at pp.144, 208, clean text; vii, 224 pages, illustrated (b&w tables, graphs, diagrams). More

Cambridge: Addison-Wesley Press, 1952. Octavo; G/Fair-; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, tanned with brown and white print; DJ has edgewear with tears to all edges, creasing, toning to spine, peripheral toning, shelfwear; Boards in tan cloth, light wear to spine caps, else clean and strong; Text block has tanning to endpapers, light age-toning to paper, else clean and tight; xiv, 246 pages, illustrated (b&w). More

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1954-1980. Octavos, Nine volumes. Very Good, with Good to Very Good minus dust jackets. All volumes in matching dust jackets with off-white spines and black lettering. All shelf-worn, lightly marked, and lightly age-toned with prices clipped, several with tears to edges. Bindings lightly shelf-worn. Text blocks lightly age-toned. CONTENTS: Vol. I. “Introductory Orientations” (xxxviii, 318 pages + 2 folding maps) – Vol. II. “History of Scientific Thought” (xxii, [2], 696 pages) – Vol. III. “Mathematics and the Sciences of the Heavens and the Earth” (xlvii, 877 pages) – Vol. IV, Part I. “Physics and Physical Technology: Physics” (xxxiv, 434 pages) – Vol. IV, Part II. “Physics and Physical Technology: Mechanical Engineering” (lv, 759 pages) – Vol. IV, Part III. “Physics and Physical Technology: Civil Engineering and Nautics” (lvii, 931 pages plus 3 folding maps) – Vol. V, Part II. “Chemistry and Chemical Technology: Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Magisteries of Gold and Immortality” (xxxii, 510 pages) – Vol. V, Part III. “Chemistry and Chemical Technology: Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Historical Survey, from Cinnabar Elixirs to Synthetic Insulin” (xxxv, 481 pages) – Vol. V, Part IV. “Chemistry and Chemical Technology: Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Apparatus, Theories and Gifts” (xlviii, 772 pages). ‌Please note that Volume V: Part I is not included in this listing. SH consignment. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. More

New York: Wiley-Interscience/John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1980. Mixed Editions. Octavo; VG-/G; purple and fuschia pink spines with white text; 2 volumes/parts: Part 1, Raw Materials and Manufacture, pp 298, 1980, ISBN 0471038113; Part 2, Technology, Formulation and Use, pp 502, 1980, ISBN 0471057800; dust jackets have modest exterior wear; some chips to edges; cloths have minimal exterior wear; straight boards; text block exterior edges lightly toned; previous owner's name to feps to both volumes; illustrated endpapers; errata page to volume 1 loosened from binding, but present; brownish adhesive residue showing to gutter to few last pages to volume 1; and interiors clean; illustrated. More

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1968. Octavo; G/G-; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, grey with dark grey print; DJ has edgewear, smudging/shelfwear, light soiling, price-clipped; Boards in black cloth, slight wear to corners, slight warping, else clean and strong; Text block has name in ink on front pastedown, else clean and tight; xvi, 408 pages, illustrated (b&w). More

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1881. 10mo; G+; red/black illustrated spine with gilt text; no jacket; exterior to cloth shows slight shelf wear; spine has mild tone due to sunning; some rubbing wear to edges; lightly bumped corners; strong boards; text block exterior edges have age toned modestly; interior pages good; illustrated; fold out graph to rear; good, intact binding; pp 344. More

Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1977. Octavo; G; Hardcover; Spine, brown with gold print; Boards in brown cloth with gold print, slight wear to spine caps and corners, else clean and strong; Text block has slight spotting to fore edge, pp. 434-441 tanned from inserted newspaper clipping, else clean and tight; viii, 856 pages, illustrated (b&w). More

Paris: 1791. Autograph Letter (4 in. x 6.25 in.), 1 page. Dated July 13, 1791. In French, with an integral address sheet. This is an invitation to Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston, to dine with Lavoisier on July 18, 1791. The letter has the usual folds, paper loss (without affecting text) on address sheet where seal was broken, and residue along the crease of letter, apparently from being formerly attached to a larger sheet or album. Consignment. Shelved in Case 0. More

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1961. Second edition. Octavo; 2nd edition; G/G-; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, green with white print; DJ has small tears at spine ends and flap corners, shelfwear, owner name stamp on front, rear, and flaps; Boards quarter bound with black cloth to spine and red cloth to boards, light wear to spine caps and corners, else clean and strong; Text block has spotting to top edge, owner name stamp on all edges, endpapers, title page, and end of preface, owner bookplate on front pastedown, tanning to endpapers, else clean and tight; xii, 723 pages, illustrated (b&w diagrams, graphs). More

London: Edward Arnold, 1984. Second Edition. Octavo; VG/paperback; black spine with orange and white text; second edition; covers have slight exterior wear; intact panels; text block exterior edges have mild shelf wear; tight binding; mild offset toward tail edge to first few pages; interior clean; illustrated; pp 483. More

New York: Pergamon, 1995. First Edition. Octavo; G+ Hardcover; White spine with Purple text; Boards strong, some edgewear, some shelfwear, sticker residue on front cover and spine, bumping and rubbing to corners, bending to spine edges, staining near head edge of spine; Textblock has library ink stamp on front endpaper, gray stain along fore edge;408 pp; Ex-Library NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #5. More

New York and London: Academic Press, Inc., 1964. Octavo; pp 674; VG/G-; blue spine with white text; dust jacket has moderate wear to exterior; few chips to edges; slightly sunned spine; mylar wrap; cloth shows clean exterior; strong boards; text block has mild wear to exterior edges; interior clean; illustrated. More

London: Oxford University Press, 1950. Second Edition. Octavo; pp 727; G-; black spine with white text; no jacket; cloth has slight shelf wear to exterior; small green dot sticker to spine; sticker to rear; strong boards; text block has age toning to exterior edges; slight shadow toning to endpapers; previous owner's name to ffep; some ink underlining inside; light pencil; illustrated; broken front hinge;. More

Singapore: World Scientific, 2000. Octavo; VG- Hardcover w/ VG- Dustjacket; Black spine with White text; Dustjacket covered by brodart, slight edgewear, otherwise clean; Boards strong, clean; Textblock clean; 664 pp; Volume 2 only NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #2. More

London: John Wiley & Sons, 1967. Third Printing. Octavo; G+ Hardcover w/ G- Hardcover; Black spine with White text; Dustjacket has moderate edgewear, moderate shelfwear, fraying and open tears along spine edges, closed tear along tail edge of front cover, open tears at top and bottom corners of both covers, closed tear along tail edge of rear cover, staining on rear cover; Boards strong, clean; Textblock has staining along head edge, otherwise clean; 401 pp. More

Paris: Le Doyen de la Faculte des Science, 1897. Quarto; Fair; 1/4 bound blue leather spine with gilt text to red bar; blue marbled boards; Front board and endpaper are detached but present, rear board coming loose but still attached as of the point of this listing being created. spine panel detached but present; exterior shows heavy rubbing to edges and joints; some scratches to marbled boards; text block has age toned exterior edges; some age toning to exterior edges; marbled endpapers; previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown; some writing to ffep; illustrated; interior pages slightly age toned; cracking to gutters; previous owner's name to title page; French text; See Photos for details. Book now kept in protective bag. Oversized order. Additional shipping and handling may be necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy international shipping unavailable due to size/weight restriction(s). Contact seller if you have any questions. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #3. More

London: Baldwin & Cradock, 1829. Octavo; G-/no DJ; Hardcover w/out DJ; Spine, tan with gold print on black banner; Boards in cream cloth, tanning to spine, wear to corners and spine caps, tanning, shelfwear, spotting; Text block has grey-tinted top edge, spotting to edges, foxing throughout; variously paged, illustrated (b&w). Shelved with overstock 15's in Room X. More

London: Printed for P. Elmsly, (successor to Mr. Vaillant) facing Southampton-Street, in the Strand, 1773. New Edition. 12mo., [8], 232 pages; VG; bound in contemporary brown calf, old rebacking with new spine, red label with gilt lettering; interior clean; with table of weights; shelved case 10. More