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![1364095 THE TURNING POINT: SCIENCE, SOCIETY, AND THE RISING CULTURE [signed]. Fritjof Capra](/pictures/thumb/1364095.jpeg?v=1675555683)
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1982. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 464 pages; VG/VG; turquoise spine with white and brown lettering; dust jacket protected in mylar covering, price uncut '$17.50', minor shelfwear including crinkling to top of dust jacket and light age toning mainly to inside flaps of DJ; ffep inscribed by Fritjof Capra, pages otherwise clean; shelved in Physics. More
London, New York, Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co, 1953. First Edition. Octavo; G+; dark blue spine with white text; first edition; no jacket; cloth exterior shows some rubbing wear; apparent wrinkles toward front and rear joints and spine, possibly due to moisture; good binding otherwise; text block exterior edges have modestly age toned; previous owner's name to front pastedown; light foxing to endpapers; text to pages 316-320 has bleed-through printing text; interior good besides; illustrated; pp 381. More
Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1976. Octavo; G; Paperback; Spine, orange with brown print; Cover has crease to hinges, else light shelfwear, but clean and bright; Text block has light age-toning to paper, else clean and tight; x, 282 pages, illustrated (b&w). 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
Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Company, 1967. 2nd Printing. Octavo; G-; sunned red spine with gilt text; 2nd printing; no jacket; spine cocked, due to broken rear hinge; textblock exterior edges have modestly age toned; few stray marks to exterior edges; former owner's bookplate to front pastedown; name of previous owner to front endpaper; faint foxing noticed on endpapers; interior good with only an occasional mark or smudge; one or two turned down page corner; illustrated; pp 425. More
New York: Bollingen, 1955. Octavo, 247 pages; VG/VG; dust jacket protected in a mylar covering, price uncut '$3.00', minor shelfwear including a tear to the upper edge of the front of the dust jacket and some minor chipping along the head and tail of the spine; a couple instances of pencil underlining and annotations within text; shelved Psychology. More
Cambridge, London, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1975. Reprinted. Octavo; VG-/VG-; green spine with black and white text; reprinted with corrections; exterior to jacket has few slight smudges; only light wear to edges; price clipped front flap; blue cloth with gilt text to spine; titles blind stamped to front board; straight boards with clean exterior; text block edges have very mild tone; previous owner's name to ffep; frontispiece; clean interior; illustrated; pp 323. More
London: Faber & Faber, 1954. First Edition. Octavo; VG-/G; tan spine with black text; first edition; dust jacket exterior has chips to spine edges; spine darkened slightly; mild, general wear to overall; small sticker to front flap; cloth shows only minor edge wear; minor bumping to corners; solid binding; edges to text pages have light, creamy tone; previous bookshop's sticker to front pastedown; slight offsetting to endpapers; front end paper has name, presumably of former owner; few notations to p 296, otherwise clean; illustrated; pp 365. More
Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1978. Octavo; G+; Hardcover; Spine, orange with brown print; Boards in orange cloth with brown print, clean and strong; Text block has short tear at top edge of pp. 3-6, else clean and tight; xi, 325 pages, illustrated “with 78 figures”(b&w). More
Edinburgh: The Pentland Press, 1996. Octavo; VG/VG; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, red with white print; DJ is clean and bright; Boards in brown cloth with gold print, clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; Inscribed in ink by the author on the front flyleaf; xii, 195 pages, illustrated (b&w) + Pamphlet laid in: “Moscow Nuclear Safety and Security Summit”, Moscow, 1996, 46 pages, illustrated (b&w), pamphlet text in Russian and English. More
![1361935 SCIENCE & CIVILISATION IN CHINA [NINE VOLUMES ONLY]. Joseph Needham](/pictures/thumb/1361935.jpeg?v=1670244019)
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1954-1980. Nine volumes. Octavos. Volume 1: Introductory Orientations (xxxviii, 318 pages + 2 folding maps); Volume 2: History of Scientific Thought (xxii, [2], 696 pages); Volume 3: mathematics and the Sciences of the Heavens and the Earth (xlvii, 877 pages); Volume 4, Part I: Physics and Physical Technology: Physics (xxxiv, 434 pages); Volume 4, Part II: Physics and Physical Technology: Mechanical Engineering (lv, 759 pages); Volume 4, Part III: Physics and Physical Technology: Civil Engineering and Nautics (lvii, 931 pages + 3 folding maps); Volume 5, Part II: Chemistry and Chemical Technology: Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Magisteries of Gold and Immortality (xxxii, 510 pages); Volume 5, Part III: Chemistry and Chemical Technology: Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Historical Survey, from Cinnabar Elixirs to Synthetic Insulin (xxxv, 481 pages); Volume 5, Part IV: Chemistry and Chemical Technology: Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Apparatus, Theories and Gifts (xlviii, 772 pages). Very good/Good to Very good-. All volumes in matching dust jackets with off-white spines and black lettering. Dust jackets in varying condition, good to very good-; 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. Please see photographs for further details of condition. SH consignment. This is an oversized item which may require additional postage; please inquire for rates. More
Washington: J. & G. S. Gidson, 1845. First Edition. Octavo, 24 pages; VG; in publisher's paper printed wraps; mild wear and rubbing, small fold to lower fore corner; small stain through imprint on front cover, speckled staining to covers; mild foxing and toning; four pieces of ephemera within, being a trimmed add for the full volume, a trimmed sheet of Morse's Telegraphic Alphabet, a small sheet dated 1917 with a handwritten description of the history and provenance, and the previous owners name in Morse Code; AL consignment; shelved case 0. More
Cambridge, London, Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 1979. First Edition. Octavo; VG/VG-; green spine with yellow and white text; dust jacket exterior shows mild wear; light edge wear; cloth exterior clean; strong boards; tight binding; text block clean; illustrated; pp 505. More
Washington: Department of Commerce, 1952. Octavo; Fair+; Ex-library; Hardcover; Spine, blue with gold print, call number in white ink at bottom; Boards in blue cloth with gold print, light wear to spine caps and corners, lightly cocked spine, mild smudging/shelfwear; Text block has surface tears and glue stains to front endpapers, whiteout applied to title page, cracked front hinge, else clean and tight; iv, 287 pages, illustrated (b&w diagrams). More
New York, Chicago, San Francisco: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1966. Second Edition. Octavo; G+/G-; dark mustard yellow spine with red and off-white text; second edition; dust jacket shows some rubbing wear; several chips to edges; slight creases to flaps; cloth exterior has minimal wear; binding tight with strong boards; text block exterior edges have mild toning; light offsetting to endpapers; former owner's name to ffep; interior clean; illustrated; pp 316 Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Column B. More
London: Chapman and Hall Ltd, 1963. Octavo; G; sunned black spine with gilt text; no jacket; exterior to cloth shows some handling wear; ex-library markings to spine; worn corners and head spine edge; good, sturdy binding; textblock edges have slight tone; ex-library stamp to exterior fore edge; other slight ex-library remnants to few first pages; light pencil inside; illustrated; pp 396. More
![1359182 THE DISCOVERERS [SIGNED]. Daniel J. Boorstin](/pictures/thumb/1359182.jpeg?v=1665093999)
New York: Random House, 1983. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 745 pages; VG/VG: spine black with pictorial image and yellow titling; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$25.00', mild shelfwear and rubbing; inscribed on the ffep by Boorstin, dated December 1983; shelved Historiography. More
New York: Interscience Publishers, 1965. Octavo; Fair+; Ex-library; Hardcover; Spine, grey with black print, call number label at bottom; Boards in grey cloth with black print, wear to spine caps and corners, toning to spine, peripheral toning, small blemishes on front and rear; Text block has surface tear and date stamp on front endpapers, library stamp on title page, else clean and tight; xii, 527 pages, illustrated (b&w diagrams). More
Leipzig: Verlag von S. Hirzel, 1921. Third edition. Octavo; 3rd edition; G-; Hardcover; Spine, grey with black print; Boards quarter bound with grey cloth to spine and grey paper to boards, wear to spine caps and corners, peripheral toning, penciled initials and price on front, light shelfwear; Text block has slightly cracked front hinge, age-toning to paper, else clean and tight; Text in German; iv, 226 pages, illustrated “mit 43 Figuren”. More
Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag. Mixed Editions. Octavo; VG-; orange spines with black text; 2 volumes: Teil A, Lineare Schwingungen, pp 425, ISBN 3540086730, 1981; Teil B, Nichtlineare Schwingungen, pp 576, ISBN 3540093273, 1980; no jackets; cloth have minimal wear; tight bindings; strong boards; minor edge wear; textblock edges have light tone; light foxing toward tail edges to verso to half title and title pages; light pencil to interior toTeil A; text in German; 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, in bookcase wrapping around the 15's bookcases. More
New York, London, Sydney: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1967. Reprinted. Octavo; VG-; light brick red spine with gilt text; reprinted; no jacket; cloth exterior has minimal wear; tight, solid binding; strong boards; textblock exterior edges have mild wear; former owner's name to front pastedown and ffep; interior clean; illustrated; pp 439. More
London: Pergamon Press, 1968. Octavo; First published in English 1959, Printed in the United States of America 1968; G-; Hardcover; Spine, blue with gold print on brown banner; Boards in blue cloth, light wear to spine caps and corners, crease to spine, else clean and strong; Text block has name in ink on front flyleaf, photographs taped to front flyleaf and half-title page, slight amount of penciled underlining and marginal notation; xii, 536 pages. More
Washington: Department of the Navy, Headquarters Naval Material Command, 1969. Quarto; G-; Ex-library; Hardcover; Spine, blue with gold print; Boards in blue cloth with gold print, wear to spine caps and corners, light shelfwear; Text block has surface tear to front pastedown, notes in ink on front flyleaf, library stamp and white-out applied to title page, else clean and tight; “Originally issued as Summary Technical Report of Division 6, NDRC Volume 8, Washington, D.C., 1946”— title page; x, 566 pages, illustrated (b&w). [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
Cambridge: The University Press, 1967. Octavo; First published 1953, Reprinted 1967; G-; Ex-library; Hardcover; Spine, blue with gold print; Boards in blue cloth, slight wear to spine caps and corners, slight shelfwear; Text block has library stamp on edges and half-title page, marking and white-out applied to front endpapers, else clean and tight; xi, 197 pages. More
New York: Spartan Books, 1972. Octavo; G-; Ex-library; Hardcover; Spine, blue with black print, call number label at bottom; Boards in blue cloth with black print, wear to spine caps and corners, crease to spine, light smudging/shelfwear; Text block has surface tears and library stamp to front endpapers, library stamp and markings to title page and copyright page, else clean and tight; xxv, 649 pages, illustrated (b&w). More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1947. Octavo; Fair+; Hardcover; Spine, brown with gold print on green banner; Boards in brown cloth, light wear to spine caps and corners, else clean and strong; Text block has name in ink on front flyleaf, some penciled underlining and marginal notation, else clean and tight; xiii, 297 pages, illustrated (b&w figures). More
Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1981. Octavo; G-; Ex-library; Hardcover; Spine, brown with white print; Boards in brown cloth with white and orange print, light wear to spine caps and corners, remains of small label on front, else clean and strong; Text block has surface tear and library markings to front endpapers, library stamp on title page, penciled call number on copyright page, else clean and tight; viii, 192 pages, illustrated “with 31 figures” (b&w). More
Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands and Germantown MD: Sitjhoff & Noordhoff, 1979. Octavo; VG-; brown spine with gilt text; no jacket; cloth exterior has only slight wear; good, solid binding; textblock exterior edges have mild tone; ex-library pouch remnant to front pastedown; slight ink ex-library markings to first few pages; interior pages clean; illustrated; pp 390. More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1889. Sixth edition, carefully revised. Octavo; Fair; Ex-library; Hardcover; Spine, blue with gold print; Boards in blue cloth, cocked spine, tattering to spine caps and corners, tears to front and rear hinges; Text block has library stamps on edges and endpapers, library markings and patches of white-out on front endpapers, cracked hinges front and rear, light age-toning to paper; xi, 412 pages. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1961. Fourth edition. Octavo; 4th edition, second printing; G-; Hardcover; Spine, blue with silver and red print; Boards in blue cloth with red print, wear to spine caps and corners, light shelfwear with small blemishes on rear; Text block has top corner clipped from front flyleaf, slight tanning to endpapers, else clean and tight; xxi, 660 pages, illustrated (b&w plates, diagrams). More
New York: W.A. Benjamin, 1966. Octavo; G/Fair+ ; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, white with black print; DJ has edgewear with tears at top of spine, slight toning to spine, light shelfwear; Boards in grey cloth with black print, cocked spine, else clean and strong; Text block has name in ink on front flyleaf, else clean and tight; xvii, 494 pages. More
New York: Springer-Verlag, 1966. Octavo; G; Hardcover; Spine, tan with black print; Boards in yellow cloth with black print, light wear to spine caps and corners, toning to spine, faint moisture stains on front; Text block has bookplate on front pastedown, else clean and tight; viii, 155 pages. More
Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Company, 1958. Octavo; Second printing; G; Hardcover; Spine, red with gold print; Boards in red cloth with gold print, light wear to spine caps and corners, else light shelfwear; Text block has orange tinted top edge, owner name stamp on title page verso, marking in ink pp. 123-126, else clean text; xiv, 450 pages. More
Paris: A. Hermann, Librairie Scientifique, 1883. Second Edition. Large Octavo, 164 pages; VG-; bound in full blue cloth, gilt titling to spine; cloth shows slight rubbing wear; fraying to tail; slight offsetting to few first and last few pages; gutter slightly open at pages 66-67; two fold out plates at rear; text in French; Second Edition; shelved in case 10. More
New York: W.A. Benjamin, Inc., Publishers, 1961. Octavo; G+/paperback; yellowish beige spine with black and green text; covers have age toned slightly; some soiling wear to exterior; intact binding; textblock exterior edges have slight toning; slight defect to front hinge, as is; former owner's name to copyright page; few notations inside, as is; illustrated; pp 198. More
New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987. Octavo; VG-/G; mocha brown pictorial spine with black text; dust jacket front exterior shows mild wear; rear has slight soiling; flaps lightly age toned; cloth exterior has minimal wear; light wear to edges; strong boards; text block exterior edges have very light wear; ex-library markings to ffep; former owner's name to ffep; two small price stickers to ffep; interior pages good; partial cracking to pp 532-533; illustrated; pp 535. More
New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993. Octavo; VG-; creamy white spine with black text; no jacket; cloth shows only slight wear to exterior; mildly cocked spine; text block exterior edges have "35 SPL" written in yellow marker, as is; "35 SPL" in yellow marker also written to ffep, as is; interior pages clean; illustrated; pp 785. More
![1357302 Magnetization Processes of Ferrimagnets [inscribed]. Zhao Zhi-gang](/pictures/thumb/1357302.jpg?v=1659653787)
Amsterdam: Van der Waals-Zeeman Laboratorium, Universiteit van Amsterdam, n.d. Octavo; VG/paperback; green spine with yellow text; covers have minimal wear; tight intact binding; text block exterior edges have minimal wear; interior clean; illustrated; pp 123; inscribed by author This book is part of the overstocked 15's, kept in Room X. More
![1357055 THE FEYNMAN LECTURES ON PHYSICS, MAINLY MECHANICS, RADIATION, AND HEAT [THREE VOLUMES]....](/pictures/thumb/1357055.jpg?v=1658946703)
Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1975. First Edition, Fifth Printing. Octavo, 3 vols.; VG-; softcover; spines cream, with red and green lettering; mild shelf wear and scuffing; corners bumped; mild wear to crowns and tails of spines; profusely illustrated with mathematical diagrams; pages clean; shelved above Physics. More
![1356593 OPERE DI GALILEO GALILEI NOBILE FIORENTINO [THREE VOLUMES]. Galileo Galilei](/pictures/thumb/1356593.jpeg?v=1657841329)
Firenze [Florence]: Gio. Gaetano Tartini, e Santi Franchi, 1718. Second Edition. Quartos, 3 volumes; VG; bound in contemporary full vellum, leather labels to heads of spines, remnants of newer labels to tails of spines, small ink writing to spines; mild soiling and wear to vellum; bindings with very subtle and hidden restoration, not visible from outside, with the exception of newer head/tail bands; 'B. Jankovich' ownership stamp to title pages, rear endpaper of volume 2; frontispiece bound in at Lvi; vol 2 ii4 with small hole from thin paper, pp4 with small repair to closed tear; [6], viii, viii-cxii, 628, [2], [8], 722, [1], [4], 484, [4], [48]; with 19 full page engravings, 1 folding plate of Galileo's compass, which remained unsurpassed until the advent of the slide rule in the mid-nineteenth century.; shelved case 3. More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1962. Reprinted. Octavo; G+; navy spine with gilt text; reprinted; no jacket; cloth exterior has light wear; ex-library sticker to spine; tight binding; strong boards; text block exterior edges have mild toning; ex-library stamps to ffep; few other ex-library markings to few first pages; interior clean otherwise; illustrated; pp 420. More
Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1980. Octavo; VG; red spine with white text; odd volume; no jacket; cloth exterior clean; tight binding; strong boards; textblock exterior edges have very light tone; interior clean; illustrated; pp 371; text in German. More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1970. Octavo; VG-/VG-; white spine with blue and black text; dust jacket exterior has slight handling wear; few chips to edges; cloth exterior covered with grayish white paper wrapping; wrapping taped at edges; sturdy boards; good, intact binding; text block exterior edges have minimal wear; light pencil to front pastedown; minor ink to ffep; some pencil inside; illustrated; pp 232. More
New York: Random House, Inc., 1961. First Printing. Octavo; VG-/G; sunned red pictorial spine with off-white and black text; first printing; dust jacket exterior shows slight shelf wear; minor chips to edges; mylar wrapped jacket; cloth exterior clean; text block exterior fore and tail edges show only light tone; exterior edge yellow; pictorial endpapers; interior clean; illustrated; pp 184. More
Toronto: Bantam Books, 1988. First Edition, Thirteenth Printing. Octavo, 198 pages; VG/VG-; blue spine with white lettering; dust jacket protected by a mylar cover; price cut; minimal shelf wear, pages clean; shelved Science. More
New York: Prentice-Hall, 1950. Octavo; ©1938, Seventh printing 1950; Fair; Hardcover; Spine, blue with gold print; Boards in blue cloth, wear to spine caps and corners, tear to rear hinges reinforced with tape covering spine and hinges, shelfwear; Text block has names in ink on front endpapers, small moisture stains to top and bottom fore corners, cracked rear hinge, light age-toning to paper; x, 544 pages. More
Stuttgart: Verlag Von Ferdinand Enke, 1912. Second Edition. Octavo; VG-; 1/2 bound spine with gilt text; no jacket; second edition; possibly rebound; dark brown leather spine and fore corners; raised bands to spine; some wear to spine; edges show slight chips; green/brown marbled boards have mild wear; sturdy, intact boards; text block exterior edges have mild tone; frontispiece; interior clean; illustrated; pp 671; text in German. More
New York: Dover Publications, 1945. First US Edition. Octavo; VG-; black spine with gilt text; two volumes in one bound book; first US edition; missing jacket; cloth exterior shows only mild wear; sturdy boards; text block fore and tail edges have age toned modestly; exterior head edge colored red; previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown; light pencil to fep; frontispiece; interior unmarked; intact binding; illustrated; pp 504. More
Cambridge, London and Edinburgh: Cambridge University Press, 1915. Third Edition. Octavo; G+; dark blue spine with gilt text; third edition; no jacket; cloth exterior shows slight wear; slight bumps and dings to exterior; light edge wear; mild lean to spine; binding very good; exterior edges to text block has moderately age toned; interior clean; illustrated; pp 587. More
Paris: Etienne Chiron Editeur, ca. 1926. Thin Octavo; VG-; pp 23; black/beige marbled spine with gilt text to burgundy bar; no jacket; rubbed corners; cloth exterior has little wear; good binding; sturdy boards; mild toning to text pages; otherwise only light incidental marks; illustrated; text in French. More
