New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1953. Octavo; 2 volumes; VG; Hardcover; Spine, green with gold print; Boards in green cloth, mild wear to spine caps and corners, else light shelfwear, clean and strong; Text blocks have name in ink on front endpapers and title page, penciled marginal notation vol. 2, pp. 1002-1003, else clean and tight; CONTENTS: Part I. Chapters 1 to 8 (xxii, 997, xl pages) — Part II. Chapters 9 to 13 (xviii, paged 999- 1978). [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

London: Oxford University Press, 1962. Reprinted. Octavo; G+; sunned gray spine with gilt text; reprinted; no jacket; cloth exterior has faint, whitish spots to exterior; light edge wear; good binding; text block exterior edges have slight yellowish toning; former owner's name to title page; some notations inside; illustrated; pp 420. More

New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1957. Octavo; G+; dark blue spine with gilt text; no jacket; cloth exterior has slight handling wear; light toning toward edges; slight lean spine; textblock exterior edges have mild tone; previous owner's name to front endpaper and title page; minor pencil notations; otherwise interior good; pp 248. More

London: Oxford University Press, 1958. Fourth Edition. Octavo; G; dark blue spine with gilt text; fourth edition; no jacket; cloth exterior has slight wear; lightly sunned spine; minor edge wear; straight boards; text block edges have slight age toning; one or two small stains to front endpapers; previous owner's name to ffep and title page; broken rear hinge; interior slightly toned; illustrated; pp 312. More

New York, Toronto, London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1955. Second Edition. Octavo; G; sage green spine with gilt text; second edition; no jacket; exterior to cloth shows modest wear; more noticeable wear to edges; good, intact binding; text block exterior edges have mildly age toned; previous owner's name to half title and title pages; some notations to several pages; interior good otherwise; illustrated; pp 417. More

New York: Macmillan Company, 1918. Octavo; G-; Ex-library; Hardcover; Spine, green with gold print; Boards in green cloth wear to spine caps and corners, else light shelfwear; Text block has library bookplate on front pastedown, owner stamp on front flyleaf, glue stains on rear pastedown, light age-toning to paper, clean text; xix, 579 pages, illustrated (b&w including b&w plates). 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

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, 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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: 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

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

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, 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

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