Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), (1975). Four-fold brochure, ca. 8" x 3-1/2"; folded to make ten panels. Fine. Describes potential uses of Landsat images in agricultural development. Very early commercial application of Landsat imagery, this brochure coincides with the launch of Landsat 2 in January 1975. More

Buffalo: Center for United Labor Action, 1971. First Edition. Broadside flyer (27.5cm.); printed in black on white stock. Extremities unevenly toned, minor wear from handling, else Near Very Good. Issued in response to a meeting held by the Department of Transportion regarding a bus fare increase. "Of course, the hearing..... More

Washington DC: Brookings Institution, 1966. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); publisher's blue-grey staplebound wrappers; 9pp. Near Fine. Brookings Research Institute Report no. 52. More

New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1872. First Edition. A basic treatise on astral navigation, written as a textbook for students at the U.S. Naval Academy, where the author was an assistant professor in the Department of Astronomy. Inscribed to J.S. Skerrett, at this time commanding officer of the U.S.S. Portsmouth..... More

[Boston: John Becker, ca. 1880s]. Circular, 19cm x 14cm; printed both sides in sepia ink on coated stock. Fine. Undated, likely ca. 1880s. Engraved illustration on recto, with a description of operation on verso. The John Becker Manufacturing Co., of Newton, MA, was founded in 1889 and merged with the..... More

Arlington, WA: Oso Publishing Company, 2001. Quarto (26cm). Black cloth, gilt spine title, grey dust jacket; x,134pp; black and white illustrations. Straight and clean, lightly rubbed: Very Good in lightly rubbed, Very Good jacket. More

San Francisco: Pacific Coast Chapter, Railway & Locomotive Historical Society, 1975. First Edition. Quarto (28cm). Pictorial card wrappers; 32pp; illus. Mild external wear; Very Good to Near Fine. Includes a roster of the present cable cars and their history (current to 1975). More

New York: Baker, Godwin & Co., 1853. First Edition. Apparently unrecorded advertising pamphlet for Irving's boiler, mentioned in an article in "Scientific American" in the same year: "Those who want cheap steam, in the growing scarcity and advancing price of fuel, would do well to give this boiler a serious..... More

Boston: Geo. H. Ellis, 1885. First Edition. Slim octavo (23cm.); publisher's tan printed wrappers; 28pp. Upper cover separated but present with a few small losses to extremities, some toning and light dust-soil, else Good, internally sound. Inscribed and signed at head of upper cover "Dr. Bowditch with the regards of..... More

Boston: James Means, 1913. 12mo (18cm). Staple-bound printed wrappers; [10pp]. Trivial external soil, else Near Fine. James Means (1855-1920) is best remember as the publisher and editor of the influential Aeronautics Annuals that appeared in 1895-7, providing a clearing-house for the latest trends in aviation engineering and providing a basis..... More

Stockholm: Hasse W. Tullberg, 1902. 5th edition. Quarto (29cm). Original blue cloth, titled in black on front, with board corners rounded, all edges stained red; original black coated endpapers; [viii],243pp; relief illustrations throughout. Text in three languages (English, German, and French) in three columns. Occasional contemporary pencil annotations. Straight and..... More

London: John Weale, 1851. Quarto (31.5cm) in two vols. In full black contemporary morocco, tooled in gold, with titles on spines, all edges sprinkled mottled red and black; yellow coated endpapers; vol I: vi, [1]-340, [ii], [1]-42, [1]-52, [1]-20, [1]-8pp; vol. II [ii], [viii]-[x], plates; 94 plates, including 9 plates..... More

London: Virtue & Co., n.d. [but 1860]. Quarto (33cm). In original brown publisher's cloth, stamped in blind on boards, titled on spines in gold; yellow coated endpapers; vol. I: viii, 342, 34, 52, 19, [1], 5. [3]pp; vol. II: vi, 44, 52, 8, 8, 16, 68, 32pp; with 166 engraved..... More