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San Angelo: Fort Concho Preservation and Museum, 1974. Tall Octavo, 63 pages. In Good plus condition. White spine without lettering. Full binding in white paper. Boards show light creasing, moderate soiling and minor fraying to corners. Text block has modest age-toning throughout pages. Note: Shelved in Netdesk Column B, ND-B. More
Ithaca & London: Cornell University Press, 1979. First Publishing. Octavo, 333 pages. In Very good condition. Grey spine with blue lettering. Full Binding in grey cloth. Boards show very mild shelf wear and edge wear. Text block has clement age-toning to edges. Note: Shelved in Netdesk Column B, ND-B. More
New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1929. Octavo, 271 pages. In Very good minus condition. Burgundy spine with gilt lettering. Full binding in burgundy cloth. Boards show light shelf wear, modest scuffing and slight sunning to spine. Text block has the ownership inscription of "Adrienne Koch" on front free endpaper and moderate age-toning throughout pages. Note: Shelved in Netdesk Column B, ND-B. More
Washington DC: Georgetown University Press, 1996. Octavo, 297 pages. In very good condition. Blue spine with grey lettering. Full binding in blue cloth. Boards show mild shelf wear, light scuffing and slight bumping to bottom corners. Text block has a dedication to previous owner on front free endpaper and clement age-toning throughout pages. Note: Shelved in Netdesk Column B, ND-B. More
London: Bickers and Son, 1878. Octavo, xvii, 552 pages. In Very Good condition with a plastic covering. Spine is red with gilt lettering. Boards have minor shelf wear and dirt staining from dirt trapped beneath the plastic. Text block has minor foxing throughout. NOTE: Shelved in Room A. More
![1373287 AMERICAN PROMETHEUS: THE TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY OF J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER [Signed]. Kai Bird,...](https://secondstorybooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1373287.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1698022459)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. First Edition, Third Printing. Octavo, xiii, 721 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine red, black, and white with white lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering, with price uncut: "$35.00." Minor shelf wear. Minor edge wear to dust jacket, mostly on back flap. Light bumping on head of jacket spine. Text block clean. Signed flat by Sherwin on title page. Features photographs throughout. Shelved in Case 5. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xiii, 721 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine red, black, and white with white lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering, with price uncut: "$35.00." Minor shelf wear. Minor edge wear to dust jacket and light bumping to lower right hand corner on front jacket. Text block clean. Features photographs throughout. Shelved in Case 5. More
Dordrecht, Boston, London: D. Reidel Publishing Company, 1980. Octavo, viii, ix, xi, 147 pages. In Very Good condition. Paperback binding. Spine beige with dark brown and red lettering. Covers have very mild wear with sunned spine and lightly rubbed edges. Text block has extremely light age toning to the edges. Illustrated. More
Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1988. Octavo, vii, 428 pages. ln Very Good minus condition with Good dust jacket. Spine is white with black lettering. Dust jacket has shelf wear, minor staining on the front and back, foxing along the spine, and a closed tear on the front cover. Boards have minor scuffing. Text block has minor foxing along the top edge. Front paste down has the previous owner's name inscribed in pen. More
Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1974. Second Printing. Small Quarto, 154 pages. In Very good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Orange spine with black and white lettering. Text block has a dedication to the previous owner written on the front free endpaper and exhibits mild age-toning to edges. More
Cambridge: University Press Cambridge, 1946. First Edition. Quarto, lxxxvi, 58 pages. In Good condition. Spine is tan with faded gold lettering. Boards have faded color, minor scuffing, bumping to corners. There are six folding plates. Textblock has minor pencil writing on a few pages, an ex-libris sticker on the front pastedown and a short piece of paper with old book listing glued on the back pastedown. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates] NOTE: Shelved in Room X, Case #1-2. More
Canton: Science History publications, 1983. First Edition. Octavo, 194 Pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bordeaux spine with gilt lettering. Full binding in burgundy cloth. Boards show tiny open tears at the bottom of front and back covers. Text block exhibits light age-toning to edges. More
Berkeley, Los Angeles, Oxford: University of California Press, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, vii, xi, 591 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine deep blue with white lettering. Mild wear to the exterior with extremely minor wear to the edges. Boards show light wear to the head/tail edges. Text block has slight soiling to the edges with very light toning. Illustrated. First Edition, First Printing. More
Philadelphia and New York: Lippincott-Raven Publishers, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Quarto, x, 255 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine green with black and white lettering. Boards have slight shelf wear including light scuffs to the rear. Text block has light ivory tone to the edges. Profusely illustrated. First Edition, First Printing. Inscribed by the author. More
London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1946. First Edition, Second Printing. Octavo, 201 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in blue cloth with gilt text. Boards have mild edgewear and shelfwear and rubbing to corners. Textblock has light age toning. More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1928. First edition. Octavo, viii, 305 pages. In Fair condition. Spine is black with white paper title label. Boards half bound with black cloth to spine and corners and decorative gold and black paper to boards, title label on front and rear. Light wear to spine caps and edges, light rubbing on rear. Text block has penciled name on front flyleaf, tanning to endpapers, cracked hinges, light age-toning to paper. More
![1369556 DRIVING MR. ALBERT: A TRIP ACROSS AMERICA WITH EINSTEIN'S BRAIN [SIGNED]. Michael Paterniti](https://secondstorybooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1369556.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1689196897)
New York, NY: The Dial Press, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 211 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Dust jacket wrapped in mylar, price is uncut: '$18.95.' Spine is orange and black with orange, black, and white lettering. Slight shelfwear to head and tail of spine. Minimal scratching to front cover of dust jacket. Slight crinkling, scratching, and rubbing to back cover of dust jacket. Signed flat by Paterniti on title page. Textblock clean. Shelved in Science. More
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1984. Limited Edition. Octavo, 496 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in green fine genuine leather, paneled spine has gilt lettering and spine, front, and back covers have profuse gilt and black tooling. Minor shelfwear to spine and to edges of front and back boards. Slight chipping to front board. All edges gilt with slight scratching to edges of textblock. Illustrations tipped in at the beginning of each author's writings. Contains a silk ribbon, silk endpapers. Shelved in Franklin Library. More
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1984. Limited Edition. Octavo, 487 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in blue fine genuine leather, paneled spine has gilt lettering and spine, front, and back covers have profuse gilt and black tooling. Minimal shelfwear to spine and to edges of front and back boards. Miniscule chipping to front and back boards. All edges gilt with slight scratching to edges of textblock. Includes a portrait of Pascal by Dennis Luzak at beginning of textblock. Contains a silk ribbon, silk endpapers. Shelved in Franklin Library. More
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1980. Limited Edition. Octavo, 658 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in green fine genuine leather, paneled spine has gilt lettering and spine, front, and back covers have profuse gilt tooling. Slight shelfwear to spine and mild shelfwear to edges of front and back boards. All edges gilt with slight scratching to edges of textblock. Original illustrations tipped in throughout textblock. Contains a silk ribbon, silk endpapers. Shelved in Franklin Library. More
London and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1959. Large Octavo, xlvii, 874 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good minus dust jacket. Volume Three. Off white spine with black lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price clipped front flap. Dust jacket has age toned moderately, with some soiling wear and minor chips to edges. Interior to jacket has slight foxing. Quarter bound in black cloth with gilt lettering to spine, pictorial panels have damp staining to edges. Text block has mild age toning to edges, pencil notations to front end paper, mild ivory toning to pages, with light damp staining to fore edge impacting some plates. Frontispiece. Profusely illustrated throughout. [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: printed for Thomas Williams at the Golden Ball in Osier-Lane, 1674. Quarto, [32], 38, [14], 322, [22] pages. In Very Good minus condition. Newly rebound in quarter leather with cloth boards. Spine paneled with red label and gilt lettering. Previous front two free endpapers preserved with archival support to the gutter. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Bacon through leaf C2 and leaf Vv2-end have Japanese tissue to gutter. Light waving to pages. Ink name and small amount of writing to title page. Includes index. With blank last leaf. RS consignment. Shelved in Case 3. More
London: James Knapton, 1717. First Edition. Octavo, xiii, 416 pages [46]. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in modern half dark green Niger and marbled paper by R. Carlton Seitz, with their stamp and bookplate on front pastedown. Paneled spine with gilt lettering on red label. Mild shelf wear. Age toning and foxing to text block. Strip of archival tape to the verso of the title page fore edge. Text block dyed speckled red. Marbled paste downs and endpapers. Signature of William Mitchell on title page. Includes binder's information slip tipped in after front free endpaper. RS consignment. Shelved in Case 10. More
New York: Dover Publications, Inc, 1978. Second Edition. Octavo, Three Volumes. In Very Good Condition with Very Good dust jackets. Black spines with yellow lettering. Dust Jackets protected in mylar coverings. Prices unclipped: '$20.00'. Textblocks clean. Black and white illustrations throughout all volumes. Shelved Astronomy. More
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1943. Octavo; G/Fair; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, tan with blue print; DJ has edgewear with small tears at spine ends and flap corners, toning to spine, peripheral toning; Boards in blue cloth, light wear to spine caps and corners, else clean and strong; Text block has slight spotting to fore edge and endpapers, else clean and tight; 280 pages. More
![1367054 CRITICAL PATH [INSCRIBED]. R. Buckminster Fuller, Kiyoshi Kuromiya](https://secondstorybooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1367054.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1682779779)
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1981. First Edition. Octavo; 471 pages; VG-; Beige spine with brown and black text; Covers have mild edgewear and shelfwear, bending to corners, creasing along part of spine; Textblock has foxing along edges; Inscribed by R. Buckminster Fuller on front endpaper; Shelved Under Front Counter. More
n.p. Librairie Artheme Fayard, 1987. Octavo; VG-; yellow spine with black text; no jacket; cloth exterior has only mild wear; tight binding with straight boards; previous bookshop's sticker to rear; exterior block exterior edges show light wear; interior pages clean; illustrated; pp 475; text in French. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. First Edition. Quarto; VG-; black/red pictorial spine with yellow, orange and white text; first edition; no jacket; cloth exterior shows mild, general wear; minor rubbing to fore corners; slightly concaved boards; textblock exterior edges have slight foxing; minimal wear to endpapers; inked date to front endpaper; interior very good; profusely illustrated; pp 373. More
New York: Del Rey, 2019. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo; G+/VG-; red/blue spine with white text; first edition, first printing; dust jacket exterior shows mild handling wear; minor edge wear; slight offsetting inside dj to fore edges; cloth exterior has very slight wear; cocked spine; text block exterior edges have light foxing; interior clean; illustrated; pp 460. More
Cambridge MA; Hong Kong: Harvard University Press; The Chinese University Press, 1981. VG-/G; red spine with white text; dust jacket has mild wear; white scratch to front joint; one or two minor chips to edges; price clipped front flap; cloth exterior shows minimal wear; lightly rubbed edges; slightly splayed boards; text block exterior edges have slight toning; previous bookshop's sticker to ffep; interior clean; illustrated; pp 134. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Quarto; G; Hardcover; Spine, black with gold print on blue banner; Boards in black cloth, light wear to spine caps, light shelfwear; Text block has name in ink on front flyleaf, lightly shaken binding, else clean and tight; viii, 690, 46 pages, frontispiece (b&w port.). [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: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1972. Second edition revised. Octavo; Second edition revised 1932, Reprinted 1972; G+/Fair; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, grey with black print; DJ has edgewear with small tears at spine ends and flap corners, toning to spine, peripheral toning; Boards in green cloth, light wear to spine caps, else clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; xi, 343 pages. More
Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 1970. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo; 324 pages; VG/VG; red spine with white and black lettering; dust jacket protected in a mylar covering, minor shelfwear including some tearing to the spine head and rubbing at the corners of the dust jacket; pages clean; shelved in Philosophy. More
London: Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 1961. Octavo; G+/G; deep blue spine with white text; dust jacket exterior shows modest shelf wear; slight foxing to fore edges and joints; minor wear to head and tail edges with one or two chips; price clipped front flap; publisher's sticker to front flap; light foxing inside jacket; cloth exterior has few wrinkles; lightly sunned spine; sturdy boards; textblock exterior edges have slightly age toned; some offset toning to endpapers; previous bookshop's tiny stamped price to front endpaper; interior good; illustrated; pp 372. More
Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1968. Thin Octavo; VG; spine with yoli text; out of print; no jacket; exterior to cloth shows minimal wear; solid binding; textblock edges have mild tone; former owner's information to ffep; frontispiece; interior pages unmarked; illustrated; Alvan Clark & Sons became famous for making lenses for refracting telescopes in the 19th and 20th centuries; pp 120. More
Lakeville: The International Non-Aristotelian Library Publishing Company, 1958. Fourth Edition. Octavo; G+/fair; grayish green spine with black; fourth edition; dust jacket exterior shows noticeable wear with few smudges; some chipping to edges; spine has darkened mildly; other slight toning toward edges; vertical creases to jacket due to folding; damp stains to inside jacket; mylar wrap to jacket; cloth exterior has modest wear; lightly sunned spine; good, intact binding; textblock exterior edges have modestly age toned; interior pages have light toning toward edges; illustrated; pp 806 NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #4. More
Basingstoke and London: Macmillan Press, 1988. First Edition. Octavo; pp 260; VG-/VG-; light beige spine with grayish green text; first edition; dust jacket shows mild sunning to spine; otherwise exterior very good; mylar wrap to jacket; cloth exterior has minimal wear; tight, intact binding; textblock exterior edges have slight toning; frontispiece; interior pages clean. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Reprint. Octavo; VG-/paperback; yellow/green spine with green text; volume 2 only; reprint of second edition, revised; rear cover has slight smudges; otherwise covers clean; intact binding; textblock clean; frontispiece; illustrated; pp 491. More
Toronto, Buffalo, London: University of Toronto Press, 1996. Octavo; VG-; mustard yellow spine with black text; no jacket; exterior to cloth shows mild shelf wear; slight adhesive residue to front; very slight edge wear; tight binding; strong boards; textblock exterior edges show minimal wear; small smudge to title page; interior clean; illustrated; pp 389; arts - General, History. More
London and Sterling VA: Earthscan, 2007. Large Octavo; VG-; white/gray spine with gray and white text; volume one only; no jacket; cloth exterior shows slight soiling; bumped tail fore corners; good, strong binding; textblock exterior edges show very slight wear; light wrinkle to tail fore corners; interior clean; illustrated; pp 292. More
New York: Barnes & Noble, Inc., 1969. Reprint. Octavo; VG-; blue spine with gilt text to red panel; reprinted; no jacket; cloth exterior shows slight sprinkling of white spots to front; otherwise mild exterior wear; lightly rubbed edges; good, solid binding; strong boards; textblock exterior edges have modest wear; interior clean; illustrated; pp 518. More
Chichester UK: Ellis Norwood Limited, 1981. First Edition. 12mo; VG-; sunned orange spine with white and black text; first edition; cloth exterior shows minimal wear; no jacket; light wear to edges; sturdy, intact binding; textblock faded red head edge has few whitish spots; edges have mild wear to edges otherwise; minor color offsetting to endpapers to head edges; interior pages clean; illustrated; pp 112. More
York UK: Vickers Ltd., Vickers Instruments, 1970. Third Edition. Octavo; VG-/G-; off-white and orange spine with black text; third edition; dust jacket has slight soiling wear; closed chip to rear tail edge; price clipped front flap; green cloth exterior shows minimal wear; dj head and tail edges adhered to cloth; solid tight binding; textblock exterior edges show very light wear; previous owner's information to front pastedown; publisher's sticker to ffep; light offsetting to front pastedown; interior clean; illustrated; pp 302 NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Column B. More
New York: Munn & Co., 1918. Quarto; Bound issues of Vol. 119, July-Dec. 1918 only; G; Ex-library; Hardcover; Spine, green with gold print, call number in white ink at bottom; Boards in green cloth, mild wear to spine caps and corners, else light shelfwear; Text block has bookplate on front pastedown, library stamp on cover of each issue, puckering to paper, else clean and tight; 540 pages, illustrated (b&w, issue covers in color). [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: Munn & Co., 1917. Quarto; Bound issues of Vol. 116, Jan.-June 1917 only; G; Ex-library; Hardcover; Spine, green with gold print, call number in white ink at bottom; Boards in green cloth, mild wear to spine caps and corners, blemishes and light scratches to front and rear; Text block has bookplate on front pastedown, library stamp on cover of each issue, puckering to paper, else clean and tight; 656 pages, illustrated (b&w, issue covers in color). [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: Munn & Co., 1918. Quarto; Bound issues of Vol. 188, Jan.-June 1918 only; G; Ex-library; Hardcover; Spine, green with gold print, call number in white ink at bottom; Boards in green cloth, mild wear to spine caps and corners, light shelfwear, else clean and strong; Text block has bookplate on front pastedown, library stamp on cover of each issue, puckering to paper, else clean and tight; 600 pages, illustrated (b&w, covers in color). [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
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1951. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 230 pages; VG-/G+; spine black and white, with pink lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; marked shelf wear and scuffing; small chips missing at corners of flap folds; small chip missing at lower edge of jacket front; crown and tail of jacket spine missing; marked sunning to jacket spine; closed tear at lower edge of jacket back; multiple small closed tears to crown of volume spine; first state jacket, with single review at front flap; spine slightly cocked; pages clean; shelved Case 10. More
Paris: Ernest Flammarion, 1913. 12mo; G-; Hardcover; Spine, red with white paper title label; Rebound in boards with red cloth, title in black ink on paper spine label, cocked spine, else clean and strong; Text block has surface tear and slight stain to endpapers, penciled underlining and marginal notation pp. 57-61, age-toning to paper; Text in French; 258 pages, frontispiece (port.), tipped-in port. facing half-title page. More
Paris: Ernest Flammarion, 1924. 12mo; G-; Hardcover; Spine, grey with white paper title label; Rebound in boards with grey cloth, title in black ink on paper spine label, clean and strong; Text block has tanning to endpapers, short tear to fore edge of half-title page, penciled annotation on p. 63, age-toning to paper; Text in French; 314 pages. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo; VG/VG-; black spine with silver text; dust jacket exterior shows minimal wear; first edition, first printing; dust jacket exterior shows mild wear; previous bookshop's 'autographed' sticker to front; minor edge wear; cloth exterior clean; good binding; textblock exterior clean; illustrated; pp 255; inscribed by author. More
