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

Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2000. Reprint of the 1966 first edition. Quarto (28cm). Textured purple paper over boards, titled in gilt on front and spine; 232pp; numerous black and white illustrations. Straight, lightly rubbed with a few small stains to boards, dustsoil to top edge: Very Good. Jacket lightly rubbed..... More

[Harrisburg]: Department of Internal Affairs, 1901. Large folding map, printed in colors. 84cm x 140cm (ca 37" x 57")sheet, folds to ca. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" to fit into publisher's folding cloth sleeve, which is present. Map is fine - a particularly fresh, unfaded copy, possibly never previously opened. The publisher's..... More

[ca 1900]. Folio (37.5cm). Half black cloth, marbled paper over boards; 170pp. Scrapbook with clippings laid down, largely halftones and relief line blocks, with some newspaper clippings. Sound but rubbed at edges, with cloth over spine and corners renewed, pages somewhat brittle: around Very Good. An early twentieth-century scrapbook largely..... 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

Hamilton, MT: Oso, 2005. First Edition. First printing, #395 of 500 copies. Quarto (29cm). Glazed paper over boards; xx,354pp; black and white photographs. With label to half-title bearing signatures of both authors. Straight and sound, though dusty, with mild foxing: Very Good. "...covers the fascinating history of northwest railroad logging—including..... 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 ca. 1860]. Quarto (33cm). In original brown cloth boards stamped in blind, rebacked in reddish tan leather with title in gilt on brown leather spine label; plain endpapers; viii, [i]-vi [7]-72, [1-2], [1]-12, [1]-40, [1]-44, [1]-68, [1]-12, [1]-8, [1]-16, [1]-4, [1]-4, [1]-32, [1]-4, [1]-8pp;..... More

London: John Weale, 1850. First Thus. Quarto (32cm). Contemporary half red morocco with black cloth over boards, titled in gold on spine; marbled endpapers; viii, [i]-vi [7]-72, [1-2], [1]-12, [1]-40, [1]-44, [1]-68, [1]-12, [1]-8, [1]-16, [1]-4pp; with 41 engraved plates, mostly folding, and 55 in-text wood engravings. A square copy..... More

Victoria: Sono Nis Press, [1991]. Second printing. Quarto (29cm). Maroon cloth, titled in gilt on spine, in green jacket; xxii,326pp; color and black and white illus. Author's signature to title page. Straight and sound, though some spotting to cloth: around Very Good. Jacket rubbed, chipped at head, and foxed on..... More