5 volumes. Large 8vo. Indexes. Green cloth, gilt-stamped spine title; extremities rubbed, some volumes water-stained, some hinges cracked, but still strong. Bookplates of the Burndy Library. Very good. First issued in 1854. A valuable annotated biographical dictionary. Living in Pennsylvania for many years he struggled to succeed as a merchant, but commercial success eluded him. He eventually abandoned business to devote himself to the books he loved, accumulating a vast knowledge of English literature from his extensive reading and bibliographical researches. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL APPLY. View More...
Thick 8vo. xix, 984 pp. 16 fine portrait plates, index. Original gilt stamped maroon cloth, gilt spine; spine ends & corners a bit worn, inner hinge cracked. Very good. SCARCE. Includes portraits of Helmholtz, Bessel, Gauss, Faraday, Liebig, Bunsen, etc. View More...
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Cambridge:, Cambridge University Press, 1937. : 1937
Seller ID: S8488
First edition. 8vo. xiv, 218 pp. Frontis., 14 plates, illus., index, errata slip; first & last few leaves lightly foxed. Cloth, dust-jacket; jacket extremities rubbed. Very good. First Edition. View More...
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Cincinnati:, United States Book and Bible co., 1879. : 1879
Seller ID: S8279
8vo. 468, [ads.] 10 pp. 2 frontis. engravings of Franklin harnessing lightning, engraved plates. Original black stamped decorative brown cloth, gilt spine; spine ends rubbed, small perforated stamp on title. Institutional bookplate & rubber stamp. Ownership rubber stamps (2) of Samuel Grant Oliphant (1864-1936). Very good. View More...
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New Haven and London:, Yale University Press, 1962. : 1962
Seller ID: S8871
Revised edition. Small 8vo. xiii, [4], 270, [ads. 3] pp. Frontispiece portrait, 16 illus. bibliog.. index. Brown cloth, gilt spine, dust-jacket. Very good. View More...
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Braunschweig:, Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn, 1902-1903. : 1902
Seller ID: S6947
Three volumes. 8vo. xi, [1], 375; xiv, [2], 383; ix, [1], 142 pp. 3 frontis. ports., 6 plates, 3 pages of facsimile autograph. Original printed wrappers laid in boards with printed paper spine and top cover labels and ties; boards worn. Fine. FIRST EDITION of the best biography of Helmholtz to date. First Edition. View More...
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Oxford:, Oxford University Press, 2006. : 2006
Seller ID: S8373
ISBN-13: 9780195166736
8vo. xxii, 353 pp. Photos, index. Boards, dust-jacket. NEW. FIRST EDITION. Illuminating biography of the charismatic physicist who worked on the first atomic bomb at Los Alamos. This work reevaluates the events of Oppenheimer's life. ISBN: 0195166736. First Edition. View More...
8vo. [vi], 204 pp. Frontis. port. of Plank tipped in, 10 pages of facsimile autograph letters, bibliog. of Planck's writings; paper browned and brittle. Original printed wrappers; spine ends bumped. Very good. View More...
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