William watson et al (7 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial wrappers with cover art by William S. Burroughs & with a text by Burroughs printed on the rear wrap. The binding is lightly bumped with a price-sticker on the bottom inner corner of the front wrap. 128 pages. Illustrated in color and black & white. Very good. Among the contents of this issue are an interview with Amy Hempel, poetry by David Ignatow, fiction by Richard Howard, essays by Ann Beattie and Julio Cortazar, and art work by David McGee, Bert Samples and others. …

Zustand: Good. 3 pp., published as 25th Cong., 2nd Sess., House Document No. 284, original self wrappers, age spotting and darkening, else good. - 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.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 264pp. Green cloth-covered boards; gilt publisher's logo on front, gilt titles on spine; top text block edge sprayed green; 77 black and white photographs, 65 line drawings, 3 maps. 8vo. Lightly bumped spine heel. Endpapers just starting to fox, small previous owner's label on front free endpaper. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket protected with Brodart-style sleeve has very light shelf wear, price clipped. A brief account of the material culture of ancient China as revealed by archaeological study. Watson, William; Weaver, M E; Pratt, P P et al (illustrator).…

Zustand: Good. 72 pp., paperback, covers age toned, spine slightly worn, else text and binding clean and tight. - 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. …

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Square 8vo. Softcover / Pamphlet format. A rare and fascinating time capsule of Enlightenment-era scientific discovery, compiling several landmark papers read before the Royal Society between March and October 1745. The Headline Work: Sir William Watson's foundational treatise, "Experiments and Observations tending to illustrate the Nature and Properties of Electricity" (47pp). Watson was one of the premier pioneers of electrical science; this extensive letter to President Martin Folkes outlines his early breakthrough experiments with static electricity, tracking atmospheric conditions, and his famous feats of igniting spirits of wine via "repulsive power". With a Marvelous Array of Accompanying 18th-Century Papers: Beyond the electrical treatise, this issue contains an incredibly eclectic mix of early medical, meteorological, and agricultural papers, including: • Medicine: "A Proposal to Bring Small Passable Stones Soon and with Ease Out Of The Bladder" by the celebrated physiologist Rev. Stephen Hales, proposing a revolutionary mucilaginous catheter treatment for bladder stones. • Materials Science: "Account of Some Experiments Lately Made in Holland Upon the Fragility of Unannealed Glass Vessels" (an early study on Bologna phials and structural glass fragility). • Meteorology: "Concerning a Fiery Meteor seen in the Air on July 14th 1745" by Rev. Geo Costard. • Agriculture & Botany: Papers by Rev. Henry Miles on improving Cyder and Perry, and Benjamin Cook's observation on how cross-pollination ("Farina of the Blossoms") alters the fruit of neighbouring apple trees. • Local History & Curiosities: Henry Baker on the Ancient Bridewell prison at Norwich, and an account of a dramatic sinkhole ("Sinking Down of a Piece of Ground") at Horseford in Norfolk. Condition Report: Very Good. Housed in a clean, modern softcover wrap/binding with some expected light discolouration and age-toning to the text block edges. Internally exceptional: pages are notably clean, crisp, and bright, remaining entirely free of heavy foxing or damp staining. A beautiful, uncommonly well-preserved survivor of early British scientific printing.…

4to.; 279 pp. Cubiertas originales.

Zustand: Very good. - Octavo, stapled self-wraps. Illustrated. Some wraps are lightly soiled, creased & slightly darkened. The contents are very good. Among the substantial lead articles in this series are: "The Literature of American Typefounding" by William Bentinck-Smith [Vol. I, No. 2] on the relatively scarce materials on the history of American typefounding; "Hawthorn House" by Roderick D. Stinehour [Vol. I, No. 4] on the New England press founded by Edmund B. Thompson, which was active from 1932-1942; "The Printing of Poetry" by Sinclair H. Hitchings [Vol. II, No. 5] on the choice of typography suitable for printing poems or books of poetry; "Letters from Bruce Rogers to Henry Watson Kent", edited by James Wells [Vol. III, No. 1]; "The Types of the Plantin-Moretus Museum" by Harry Carter [Vol. III, No. 3]; and "Artist vs. Craftsman?" by Warren Chappell [Vol. IV, No. 1] on the collaboration between artists and printers/engravers.…