Science from John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller

1912. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1912. 8vo, 116 pp. illustrated with black and white photographs plus 4 large folding color-printed maps held in a sleeve bound within the covers. Half pebbled morocco, marbled paper boards, neatly rebacked. Light wear to binding, contents fine. § First edition. The results of a detailed soil survey of the western… Read more about this item

1786. York: Printed by A. Ward for J. Dodsley et al., 1786. 4to, 2 vols: [46], 311, [9] pp. with portrait and 29 plates (1 folding); [2], 343, [10] pp. with 14 plates (2 folding), plus Terra [viii], 74, [4] pp. with separate title page, 2 tables and 1 plate. In total portrait and 44 plates (3… Read more about this item

1860. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1860. 8vo, (iv), 410 pp. Original brown embossed cloth, brown coated endpapers. Rebacked, cloth a little rubbed, but sound and square; name in pencil on front free endpaper. 2 pp. A.L.S. signed "O W Holmes," Boston, December 5, 1880, and typewritten transcription tipped in. Letter with a little light edgewear but entirely… Read more about this item

1942. Ottowa: Royal Society of Canada, 1942. Slim 8vo, pp. 59-78. Staple-bound offprint in the original printed wrapers. Inscribed by the author. § "From The Proceedings of The Royal Society of Canada, Third Series, Volume XXXVI, 1942

1612. A Paris : Chez la veuve Jean du Brayet et Nicolas Rousset, 1612. 16mo, (8), 226 pp. Slightly crude but sound early calf binding with three raised bands, plain backstrip, and red sprinkled edges. Binding lightly worn, a little worming to foot of backstrip and endpapers, some foxing and staining to pages. Top of title page trimmed… Read more about this item

1877. [San Francisco: Edward Bosqui, 1877]. San Francisco: John Windle, 1980. Folio, [64] pp. 10 color plates with text. A fine copy in sheets and portfolio as issued. § Limited to 40 copies for sale in sheets (this is copy #131); this exact facsimile of the first California ampelography to show the grapes in superb color… Read more about this item

1665. London: Printed for J. Field for Will. Graves over against Great S. Maries Church in Cambridge, 1665. Sm. 8vo, (32), 408; (8), 136, (8, contents, errata, and blank) pp. (Collation: A8, a8, B-Cc8, Dd4, A-I8, K4.) Later half calf with marbled paper boards, expertly rebacked with dyed tissue. First three leaves remounted, others with gutter repairs.… Read more about this item

1935. n.d. c.1935? Bound carbon copy typescript, 4to (20 x 25 cm). 316 leaves typed on versos only and numbered in three parts: 103; 96; 117 pp. 8 leaves with pencil annotations. Paper watermarked "Charles Martin Extra Strong." Bound in three quarter calf and red cloth over boards, backstrip lettered in gilt, edges stained red. Light wear… Read more about this item

1855. London: John Churchill, 1855. Slim 8vo, 77pp., 2 plates at the end, then [28] pp. ads for Churchill's "Publications in Medicine, Surgery, and Science". Original green cloth, hinges repaired at front and back, cloth dull and backstrip with some wear. § First edition of the author's first book; presentation copy inscribed on the title-page by… Read more about this item

1877. [San Francisco: Edward Bosqui, 1877]. San Francisco: John Windle, 1980. Folio, [64] pp. 10 color plates with text. A fine copy in sheets and portfolio as issued. § Limited to 40 copies for sale in sheets; this exact facsimile of the first California ampelography to show the grapes in superb color printing was reissued by… Read more about this item

1971. Various publishers and places: 1971-1976. 9 groups of material in original format, as issued and generally in very good condition. See below for details. § A fascinating collection of magazines and newsletters assembled for the advertisements and announcements which document the birth of Microsoft and the personal computer. The collection includes: (1) Scientific… Read more about this item

2012. NY: Grolier Club, 2012. 8vo, 43 pp. Illustrated in b/w. Dark green wrappers. § A survey of the literature on hearing in all its aspects.

1977. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, v. 13, 1977. Slim 8vo, pp.141-159. Printed self-wrappers. Margins a little stained, very good. § An offprint of the Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, v. 13, 1977, pages 141-159. An account of conversations between the anthropologist Gregory Bateson and the mathematicians John Von Neumann… Read more about this item

2011. NY: Grolier Club, 2011. 2 vols. in one, 4to, printed dos à dos, 68, 60pp. Illustrated in b/w (Prints), and color (botany). Illustrated wrappers. § Ingenious catalogue of two very different collections put together by the Cohens.

1986. Bloomington, Indiana: Echo Press/ the Private Press of Fredric Brewer, 1986. Large folio, 19 x 14 ins., with 12 plates mounted on sheets, accompanied by a facing leaf of text all enclosed in a natural linen clamshell box by James Canary. As new. § Presentation copy with an extra unique leaf presenting the copy to… Read more about this item

1830. London: Published for the Author, 1830-1832. Lithograph with original hand color, 360 x 530 mm, framed size 650 x 820 mm. A few trivial spots of foxing, a magnificent plate well-framed. § Lear was renowned as one of Britain's finest ornithological artists before his nonsense verse was ever known. The vividly-colored and quite gorgeous… Read more about this item

1977. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1977. Folio, 28 pp. Illustrated, original cloth, dust-jacket, bookplate and owner's signature at front, very fine. § Limited to 385 copies. As new with the prospectus. With an especially good leaf, in fine condition.

1977. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1977. Folio, 28 pp. Illustrated, original cloth, dust-jacket, very fine. § Limited to 385 copies. As new with the prospectus. The leaf is in fine condition.

1843. New York: Redfield, [between 1843 and 1852]. 12mo, 16 pp. With 4 full-page illustrations and two more in the text. Wood engraving on p. [6] signed "W.H." (i.e., William Howland?). Original yellow wrappers, top corner stained. Light pencil gift inscription on the title page "John W. Poole from Miss Jane Hutting(?)". § Redfield's Toy Books… Read more about this item

1825. Portland: Printed for James Adams, Jr., 1825. 8vo, 124pp. Original wrappers detached, rather worn, ex-library with bookplate and stamps. § First Edition. The defense of physicians John Faxon and Micajah Hawks in the case brought by their patient Charles Lowell, who charged incompetence in the treatment of Lowell's dislocation of the hip joint after a… Read more about this item