Leipzig: Verlag Von S. Hirzel, 1928. Larger Octavo; VG-; maroon spine with gilt text; no jacket; cloth has slight wear to exterior; few, miscellaneous marks to exterior; good, sturdy binding; straight boards; text block exterior edges have light tone; interior pages very good; illustrated; pp 288; text in German NOTE: Shelved in glass case near stairs on the sales floor. 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

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

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

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: 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

New York: Springer-Verlag, 1993. Third Edition. Octavo; G+; brown/yellow spine with brown text; third edition; no jacket; exterior to cloth shows mild wear; ex-library stickers to front and spine; lightly sunned spine; some rubbing to edges; strong binding; text block exterior edges have slight wear, due to handling; ex-library stamp to fep; slight adhesive residue to fep; other slight ex-library markings inside; illustrated; interior pages clean; pp 688. More

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1976. Fourth edition. Octavo; 4th edition; G-; Hardcover; Spine, yellow with silver print; Boards in yellow cloth with silver and black print, wear to spine caps and corners, slight shelfwear, else clean and strong; Text block has name in ink on top edge and on front flyleaf, highlighting pp. 612-626, else clean and tight; xx, 746 pages, illustrated (b&w). 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

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

Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth (Arthur Meiner), 1894. Octavo; Volume 3 only; G; Hardcover; Spine, black with gold print, raised bands; Boards half bound with black leather to spine and corners and black cloth to boards, light wear to spine caps and corners, wear to edges, surface tears to cloth on front, else light shelfwear; Text block has marbled edges, tanning to endpapers, vol. number in pencil on title page, light age-toning to paper, else clean and tight; Text in German; xxix, 312 pages. More

Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth (Arthur Meiner), 1895. Octavo; Volume 1 only; G-; Hardcover; Spine, black with gold print, raised bands; Boards half bound with black leather to spine and corners and black cloth to boards, tattering to spine head, light toning to spine, wear to edges, surface tears to cloth on front; Text block has marbled edges, tanning to endpapers, light age-toning to paper, else clean and tight; Text in German; xxix, 368 pages, frontispiece (port.), illustrated (b&w, including folded chart tipped-in at end). More

Leipzig: Verlag Von Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1912. Octavo; G+; pp 265; sunned tan spine with black text; odd volume; no dust cover; exterior to cloth has whitish spotting; slight, small brown spots to rear; noticeable edge wear; brownish chip to tail front joint; intact boards; textblock edges have age toned slightly; exterior head edge has dark brown toning; partial cracking to gutter to Foreword; light pencil to rear pastedown; interior pages clean; illustrated; text in German. More

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1939. Octavo; G; Hardcover; Spine, blue with gold print; Boards in blue cloth, mild wear to spine caps and corners, light shelfwear, slight warping; Text block is clean and tight but for notation in ink on rear pastedown, light age-toning to paper; xi, 252 pages. More

A Berlin: Chez A. Haude & J.C. Spener, 1747. Octavo; G; Hardcover; Spine, brown with gold print, raised bands; Boards half bound with brown leather to spine and corners and marbled paper to boards, wear to spine caps and hinges with slight tears at each end, worn and exposed corners, paper on boards is clean and bright; Text block has blue speckled edges, bookplates on front and rear pastedowns (ex-library?), toning to corners of endpapers, owner stamp and penciled date on title page, cracked front hinge, else clean and tight; Alembert's work, in Latin, has caption title: Meditationes in generalem ventorum causam; The competing work, in French, has special title page, with title: Recherches physiques et mathematiques sur la theorie des vents reglés (p. [137]-176); A second competing work in German (p. [177]-224) not present in this volume; xxiv, 176 pages + 6 folded plates (b&w). NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, in bookcases next to 7's Ephemera section. Now in protective plastic bag. More

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1893. Octavo; G-; Hardcover; Spine, brown with gold print; Boards in brown cloth, wear to spine caps and corners, small tears to hinges, mild shelfwear; Text block has cracked front hinge, slight amount of penciled marginal notation, else clean and tight; xvi, 578 pages, illustrated (b&w). More

Cambridge MA and London UK: The MIT Press, 1970. Octavo; G+; black spine with copper text; volume one only; no jacket; cloth shows modest exterior wear; light whitish spots to exterior; slight curve to spine toward head edge; straight boards; textblock exterior edges have light foxing; interior pages clean; illustrated; pp 689. More

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1880. Sixth edition. Octavo; 6th edition; G; Hardcover; Spine, blue with gold print on red banner; Boards in blue leather with gold print, light wear to spine caps and corners, light shelfwear; Text block has marbled edges and endpapers, bookplate on front pastedown, partially cracked front hinge, name in ink on front endpaper, mild foxing to endpapers, fore edge of folded frontispiece is tanned and chipping, else clean and tight; xix, 591 pages, frontispiece, illustrated (b&w). More

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1875. Third Edition. Octavo, 420 pages; VG-; contemporary full black calf binding; spine paneled, with gilt lettering in second panel, floral gilt design in other panels; mild shelf wear and soiling; corners bumped; some wear to joints; gilt design to edges of boards; gilt dentelles; all edges gilt; contains black and white scientific diagrams; previous owner's bookplate at front pastedown; some foxing to frontispiece and title page, and last two pages; pages clean; shelved Front Case. More

Amsterdam: North Holland, 1986. Octavo; G-; Ex-library; Hardcover; Spine, red with black print; Boards in red cloth with black print, small surface tears and stain at bottom of spine, else clean and strong; Text block has stray ink mark on bottom edge, blank label and white out applied to front endpapers, library stamp on title page, else clean and tight; xiv, 520 pages, illustrated (b&w graphs). More

New York: Harper & Row, 1973. Octavo; VG-/G-; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, blue with white print; DJ has edgewear with tears along rear top edge, toning to spine, light shelfwear; Boards in green cloth with gold print, light wear to spine caps and corners, else clean and strong; Text block has name in ink on front flyleaf, else clean and tight; xi, 343 pages, illustrated (b&w). More

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1958. First English Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 206 pages; VG/VG; spine yellow and black, with white lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; mild shelf wear and soiling; mild wear at corners of flap folds; mild fading to jacket spine; mild wear to crown and tail of jacket spine; price uncut '$4.00'; upper edge of textblock dyed maroon; pages clean; shelved Case 10. More

New York: Basic Books, 1966. First Edition, Fifth Printing. Octavo, 300 pages; VG/VG-; spine khaki, with white lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; mild shelf wear and soiling; small chips missing at corners of flap folds; wear to jacket joints; crown and tail of jacket spine missing; some soiling to jacket back; price uncut '$6.50'; pages clean; shelved below Front Counter. More

Bekeley: University of California Press, 1966. Octavo; ©1964, Second printing 1966; G-; Hardcover; Spine, brown with black print; Boards in brown cloth, tattering to spine caps, long tear to front hinge, wear to corners and edges, mild shelfwear; Text block has glue stains to front endpapers, slight age-toning to paper, clipping from DJ laid in, else clean and tight; xxx, 448 pages, illustrated (b&w diagrams). More

London: Pergamon Press, 1960. Octavo; G-; Hardcover; Spine, grey with gold print on red banner; Boards in grey cloth, mild wear to spine caps and corners, else light shelfwear; Text block has name in ink on front pastedown, spine cracks front and rear, endpaper hinges repaired with binders tape, else clean and tight but for pencil checks on page opposite title page; x, 417 pages, illustrated (b&w diagrams). More