Jones thomas p editor (18 Ergebnisse)

Decorative Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition/Volume 3, 1976. 574 pp. Stated first edition! Vol. 3, 1976 issue only! Over-sized and/or over weight book; may require extra postage. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur an additional shipping charge. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Previous owner's name inscribed on first front-end page center. An Ex-Libris copy. Dust jacket suffers moderate wear with a few minor cuts and tears around edges, and in some places. Sol Korby, Harry J. Schaare, Robert McGinnis, George Jones (Illustrated by); William Gregory (Art Editor); Marion Davis, Soren Noring, et al. (Associate Art Editors); George Calas, Jr. & Katherine Kelleher (Art Research) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Like New. 961 pp. Flawless book and dj.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good +. 1st Edition. An uncreased spine with very light egde rubbings. No store stamp. Stories by : Brian Stableford, Tony J. Forder, Thomas F. Monteleone, Ramsey Cambell, Norman P. Kaufman, Roy Clifford, John Brunner, Guy N. Smith, Michael Marshall Smith, Adrian Cole, Conred Hill, Marcus Gold, William F. Nolan, Cherry Wilder, Brian Lumley. Arisman, Marshall (illustrator). …

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good +. 1st Edition. An uncreased spine with very light egde rubbings. No store stamp. Stories by : Brian Stableford, Tony J. Forder, Thomas F. Monteleone, Ramsey Cambell, Norman P. Kaufman, Roy Clifford, John Brunner, Guy N. Smith, Michael Marshall Smith, Adrian Cole, Conred Hill, Marcus Gold, William F. Nolan, Cherry Wilder, Brian Lumley. Arisman, Marshall (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Xxxv, 659 Pp. Blue Cloth, Spine Gilt. First Printing Stated. Very Near Fine In Near Fine Price-Clipped Dust Jacket With $ Sign Remaining.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 46 pages. Illustrated. Eamon A Rowe "Leprosy Control in Western Nigeria" / Nasim Ahmed "A Pakistani Looks at the Commonwealth" / Harry Conway "Qat" / C C Harris "Any Questions?" / Jane Bell "Domestic Science in the Bush" / C H Thompson "All the World is Paper" / Ben Thomas Jones "Water for Nomads" / R H Hicklong "Towards a System of Law" / Peggy Peacock "Mrs. D.P.W. in British Honduras" / Isla M Smith "Snacks and Snags" - also News of Your Friends - For Your Leave (May to July) - Promotions And Transfers - Book Reviews. SL#125/17).…

Zustand: Good. *Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday, Nov. 9 (weekend SALE item)* 442 pp., rebound in buckram (hardcover) with covers removed (if published), pages lightly age-toned, else text clean & binding tight. Includes fold-out Profile of the New York and Erie Rail Road , ex library, a small fold-out map of Lake Superior, and a fold-out map of the Isthmus of Nicaragua. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.…

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 321 pages. 9.00x6.00x8.98 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 321 pages. 9.00x6.00x8.98 inches. In Stock.

Half Leather & Marbled Boards. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 368pp + index. 8.5 x 5.5 inch. Front board almost detached but content still well bound together. Some browning/foxing/age staining but not severe & interior otherwise in nice clean condition - no deliberate markings. Owner's name-plate Walter Baker inside cover.…

Zustand: Good. Philadelphia 1840 first edition Franklin Institute. Numerous patent requests for paints, veneers, soap, forks , spoons, wood cutter; many articles on railroads; patents, inventions, meteorology, etc. Octavo. 430p., numerous foldout meterology charts, a few text drawings, index, recovered in later wraps. Good, occasional foxing in text. Binding secure. No ownership marks. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Journal of the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania and Mechanics' Register. Devoted to Mechanical and Physical Science, Civil Engineering, the Arts and Manufactures, and the Recording of American and Other Patented Inventions. Edited by Thomas P. Jones, M.D., Member of the American Philosophical Society, oft eh Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Massachusetts, and Corresponding Member of the Polytechnic Society of Paris. New Series. Vol. XXIV. Philadelphia: Published by the Franklin Institute, at Their Hall. 1839, contemporary library binding, 442 pp, 8.5 x 5.25". 8vo. **Important and interesting Reports Include: - Specification of a Patent for an Improvement in the Manufacture of Gum Elastic Shoes. Granted to Charles Goodyear, Roxbury, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, July 24th, 1838. (p. 24) - Galvanization of Metals; or Patent Process for their Protection from Oxidation, by coating or covering them with Zinc. (P. 35-40) - Hydrostatic Weighing Machine. By Captain Ericsson. (Includes illustration, p. 43-45) - The Thames Tunnel. Copy of Mr. Walker's Report to the Treasury, on the Works at the Thames Tunnel. (p. 51-7) - Note on the Art of Photography, or the Application of Chemical Rays of Light to the Purposes of Pictorial Representation. By Sir John F.W. Herschel, Bart., K.H., V.P.R.S., &c. (p. 112-3) - On the Width of Tracks for Railroads. By W.R. Casey, Civil Engineer. (p. 128-132) - Observations on the application of Heliographic or Photogenic Drawing to Botanical Purposes; with an account of an economic mode of preparing the Paper: in a Letter to the Editor of the 'Magazine of Natural History.' By Golding Bird, M.D., F.L.S., &c. (p. 202-4) - Invention of Photogenic Drawings (p. 208) - The Daguerrotype Explained. (p. 209-210) - Reproduction of Books and Engravings. (p. 267-8) - Daguerre's Photography. (p. 286-7) - Practical description of the process called the Daguerreotype, which consists in the spontaneous reproduction of the images of natural objects, in the Camera Obscura; not with their colors, but with great delicacy in the gradation of the tints. By Daguerre; translated for the Journal of the the Franklin Institute by J.F. Frazer. (p. 303-311) In good condition. Modern library binding lightly scuffed at edges and corners. Head and tail of spine rubbed. Gilt lettering bright and clean. Ex-library sticker exhibited on tail of spine. Ex-library plate on front paste-down: Scientific Library - United States Patent Office. Title page exhibits red marginalia at top of page. Light toning throughout text-block, with some instances of age-staining and finger-soiling. Weather fold-outs are intact - but exhibit age-staining around creases/edges. Ex-library stamp exhibited on rear end-page. Modern binding tight and intact. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. First edition published in America & translated in English of Louis Daguerre's (1787-1851) Historique et description des procedes du daguerreotype (Paris, 1839), which gives detailed instructions for production of daguerreotypes. This translation by John Fries Frazer (1812-1872) appeared two months after the first English translation of Daguerre's manual, by J.S. Memes, which was published in London between September 13th and 21st, 1839. Apparently the first technical account of the daguerreotype process published in an American scientific journal. Includes a plethora of many other interesting patents and topics including the water wheel, rail-road carriages, pianos turning key, corn plough, sofa bedstead, carpets and rugs, boots and shoes, street architecture, evaporating fluids, manufacturing of soap, solar eclipse, & meteorological observations. Extensive and interesting civil mechanics. …

Zustand: Good. *Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday, Nov. 9 (weekend SALE item)* 452 pp., folding map measuring 18 x 60 cm. titled Plan of the West-Philadelphia Rail-Road 1835 , single-page plate; rebound in modern black buckram, ex library, else text clean & binding tight; aside from some light foxing the folding map is in very good condition. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request.…

Zustand: Very Good. Volume 39 (Jan. to June 1845). Half leather, ex-library with stamps and bookplate, but no pocket. Very good condition with some occasional foxing.

Zustand: Very Good. Volume 40 (July to December 1845). Half leather, ex-library with stamps and bookplate, but no pocket. Very good condition with some occasional foxing.

Zustand: Very Good. Volume 36 (July to December 1843). Half leather, ex-library with stamps and bookplate, but no pocket. Very good condition with some occasional foxing.

Zustand: Very Good. Volume 37 (Jan. to June 1844). Half leather, ex-library with stamps and bookplate, but no pocket. Very good condition with some occasional foxing.

Zustand: Good. *Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday, Nov. 9 (weekend SALE item)* volumes 11-15, 17-44, 46-49, complete volumes, bound, some bindings require repairs or replacement, well illustrated with drawings, charts, tables, plans, etc., good; title varies somewhat. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request.…