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A JEWISH SYNAGOGUE Print from 1870's
1870
This is a steel engraving of A Jewish Synagogue, engraved by Ebenezer Challis after a painting by Solomon Hart. There is a lushness of ink in dark shading of the interior lit by candles. The print is double matted in archival matboard and the outside dimensions are cut for standard size, ready-made frames (frame not included) . The print is on heavy stock paper that has been hinged to the matboard opening, not pasted down. The print has been backed by acid free paper, placed on foamcore, then wrapped in acetate. The print can be hung on the wall temporarily as the acetate has a glassy look. The print is very clean. The outside dimensions of the matboard is 18" high x 14" wide. The inside dimensions of the window opening is 10 1/2" high x 8 1/2" wide. ; -
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75.00 USD
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Allen, John S. with S J French, J G Woodruff, C L Henshaw, D W Trainer ATOMS, ROCKS AND GALAXIES
New York, NY Harper & Bros 1938 First Edition Hardcover Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
This is a hardcover book in a dust jacket. The binding is tight, corners straight, and is very clean and is without marks or writing. There is a hint of browning inside the hinges from glue used appearing through the paper where the book is hinged. The unclipped dust jacket has edge wear and is still in tact and bright. This book has black and white photographic illustrations, diagrams, charts, and formulas. There may be an extra postage cost if mailed by air. ; 8vo
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18.00 USD
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Bishop, Amasa S. PROJECT SHERWOOD - THE U.S. PROGRAM IN CONTROLLED FUSION
Reading, MA Addison-Wesley Publishing Company 1958 First Edition Hardcover Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
This is a first edition (First Printing) hardcover book in a dust jacket. The book has a new look, a tight binding, straight corners, very clean covers and content, and no marks or writing. The unclipped dust jacket show a touch of wear at the corners and a little rubbing. This book is scholarly and illustrated. 216 pages and could cost slightly more if shipped by air to an international destination. ; 8vo
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24.90 USD
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Blackett, P. M. S. STUDIES OF WAR Nuclear and Conventional
New York, NY Hill And Wang 1962 First American Edition Hardcover
This is a First American Edition of this hardcover book in a dust jacket. The book has a tight binding with a gray cloth cover with title in red on the spine; sharp looking and very clean. The end papers are clean with no marks and no writing or labels. The pages are clean and crisp. The dust jacket background on the front and spine is black and there is some color wear as well as seme jacket edge wear - and a few little chips. Not clipped. From the cover - A challenge to Western military politics, nuclear and conventional, by a Nobel prize winner in physics and author of Fear, War, and the Bomb. ; 8vo; 242 pages
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18.00 USD
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Capra, Fritjof UNCOMMON WISDOM
New York, NY Simon & Schuster 1988 0671473220 / 9780671473228 First Edition Hardcover Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
This is a hardcover book in a dust jacket. The binding is tight, corners straight, the covers and interior are clean, there are no marks or writing. . There is a hint of spotting on the top edge. The unclipped dust jacket is equally crips and clean. There is a touch of edge wear at the bottom of the spine. ; 8vo
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17.00 USD
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Deschanel, A Privat ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON NATURAL PHILOSOPHY Part IV. Sound and Light
New York, NY D. Appleton & Company 1874 Hardcover
This is a flexible hardcover book without a dust jacket. The book is a bright brick-red cloth with black title, borders, and decoration on the cover and spine. There is a light touch of wear, but the look is bright. The corners are straight. The end papers are coated. There is a faint hint of a former owner's name lightly stamped in faint colored ink. The pages are very clean and crisp. The book is illustrated with mostly in-text illustrations (from wood engravings) , plus diagrams and drawings. The frontispiece is a rich chromolihthograph showing The Spectra of Various Sources of Light. The book has been translated and edited by J. D. Everett. ; 8vo
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45.00 USD
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Hager, Thomas FORCE OF NATURE The Life of Linus Pauling
New York, NY Simon & Schuster 1995 0684809095 / 9780684809090 First Edition Hardcover
This is a First Edition hardcover book in a dust jacket. The book appears to be unread - tight, bright, crisp, and very clean. The unclipped dust jacket is equally crisp and clean. There is a remainder mark on the bottom page edges. ; 8vo; 721 pages
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18.00 USD
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Jones, Ernest ON THE NIGHTMARE
New York Liveright 1971 0871400529 / 9780871400529 First Edition Softcover Very Good+ with no dust jacket
Very good plus softcover book has a faint touch of tiny spots on the top and front edges and slight rubbing on the back panel of the cover. Interior pages are very clean and crisp. History and psychology of nightmares, ghosts, superstitions, and treatment.; 8vo
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24.00 USD
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Jones, G. O. ; Rotblat, J. and Whitrow, G. J. (Editors) ATOMS AND THE UNIVERSE An Account of Modern Views on the Structure of Matter and the Universe
New York, NY Charles Scribner's Sons 1956 Hardcover
This is a hardcover book in a dust jacket. The edition is not noted. The original price on the dust jacket is $4.50. The book would be in very good plus condtion if not for a missing front end paper. The binding is tight, the covers are clean and crisp. There is only a hint of corner wear. The interior pages are very clean and there are no marks or writing. The dust jacket is unclipped, there is 1/4" triangle chip at the bottom of the front panel, an edge chip at the top of the spine, and some corner wear, but generally crisp and clean, otherwise. ; 8vo; 254 pages
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15.00 USD
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Kaufmann, William J. THE COSMIC FRONTIERS OF GENERAL RELATIVITY
Bostion, MA Little Brown And Company First Edition Hardcover; Third Printing
This is a hardcover book in a dust jacket - third printing. The book is tight, bright, crisp, and clean. There are no marks or writing. The covers, end papers, and pages are all very clean. The dust jacket shows edge and corner wear and there is a little rubbing of the background color on the rear panel. Unclipped. The jacket is protected from any further wear in a new archival, see-through, removable jacket. Profusely illustrated in black and white drawings, charts, and graphs. The cover states: A Layman's Guide to the New Universe. ; Small 4to; 306 pages
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23.00 USD
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Lamont. Lansing DAY OF TRINITY
New York, NY Atheneum 1965 First Edition Hardcover
This is a First Edition hardcover book in a dust jacket. The book is tight, bright, crisp, clean with just a touch of wear to the jacket. Tight binding to the book, handsome black cloth cover with the titkel stamped into the cloth and the title in gilt on the spine. There are illustrated end papers on yellow with brown ink and they have no marks or writing or labels. The pages are very clean and appear to have not been read. The dust jacket is not clipped and has a touch of wear at the corners and a pencil erasre size puncture on the rear panel without a loss of paper. Well cared for. ; 8vo; 333 pages
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21.90 USD
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Novick, Sheldon THE CARELESS ATOM
Boston, MA Houghton Mifflin Company Hardcover; Fourth Printing
This is the fourth printing of the first edition, probably published in 1968. The book is a hardcover without a dust jacket, probably as designed. The book has a tight binding with very clean and well cared for covers. Black cloth with a metallic gilt title on the front cover. The title on the spine is considerable worn and dulled. There is a former owner bookplate on the front free end paper. There are no other marks or writing on the end papers. The interior pages are in fine condition. ; 8vo; 225 pages
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19.00 USD
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Posin, Daniel Q. I HAVE BEEN TO THE VILLAGE
Ann Arbor, MI 1948 Hardcover
SIGNED. This is a hardcover book in a dust jacket SIGNED by the author. The book is tight, bright, and very clean. It would be considered as being in fine condition if not for a former owner stamp on both pasted down and free end paper. The author signed on the end paper. The dust jacket is equally crisp and clean with a few short closed tears now protected in a see-through, removable mylar jacket cover. There is a foreward by Albert Einstein. The author was a professor of physics and had published other books on science. This book is the story behind the way the author presented the concept of atomic capabilities, especially to non-scientists, often farmers, of the Dakotas and Minnesota. There is a reference to Einstein's statement about carrying the facts of atomic energy to the village square. This is the story and history of Posin's message to the villages. The book has been well cared for, the jacket was slightly hurt before being protected with a cover. Self-published or published by the Lithographer, Edwards Brothers. ; 8vo; 151 pages; Signed by Author
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35.00 USD
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Shepley, James and Clay Blair, Jr THE HYDROGEN BOMB The Men the Menace the Mechanism
New York, NY David McKay Company 1954 Second Edition Hardcover Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
This is a second printing of a hardcover book in a dust jacket. The book has a tight binding, square corners, is very clean, and has no marks or writing, however there is a former owner bookplate on the front pasted down end paper. The unclipped dust jacket has a closed tear on the front upper corner, a chip at the top of the spine with tape covering it. The book looks better in its see-through, removable mylar protector. ; 8vo
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22.00 USD
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