Sciences

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st US, 1904, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, dark green pebbled cloth, gilt lettering on spine. 165 pages including index plus 4 pages of publisher's ads. This is the first English translation and first American edition of the classic work originally published in Italy. Clean, tight copy.

Softcover. W. Hartford CT, The American Radio Relay League, 1st, 1932, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Single issue softcover magazine, 96 pages. B/w illustrations, ads. Articles include: Crystal Control for Ultra-High Frequencies, Stabilizing Superheterodyne Performance, Simplified Remote Control for Amateur Trasmitters, others. Wraps lightly worn, dust soiled.

Hardcover. NY, Duffield & Co., 1st, 1924, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth covers stamped in gilt. 118 pages illustrated with b&w photos, maps. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. London/NY, Springer , 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in glossy boards, 315 pages. This book is a study of the scientific revolution as a movement of amateur science. It describes the ideology of the amateur scientific societies as the philosophy of the Enlightenment Movement and their social structure and the way they made modern science such a magnificent institution. It also shows what was missing in the scientific organization of science and why it gave way to professional science in stages. In particular the book studies the contributions of Sir Francis Bacon and of the Hon. Robert Boyle to the rise of modern science. The philosophy of induction is notoriously problematic, yet its great asset is that it expressed the view of the Enlightenment Movement about science. This explains the ambivalence that we still exhibit towards Sir Francis Bacon whose radicalism and vision of pure and applied science still a major aspect of the fabric of society. Finally, the book discusses Boyle's philosophy, his agreement with and dissent from Bacon and the way he single-handedly trained a crowd of poorly educated English aristocrats and rendered them into an army of able amateur researchers. Clean, bright.

Hardcover. Boston, D. Lothrop Company, 1st, 1890, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 249 pages. B&w illustrations. Rubbing, wear to green cloth cover. Fraying to top and bottom of spine. Pages slightly warped. Damp stain on edge of title page. Front hinge cracking.

Hardcover. Ithaca NY, Cornell University Press, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Five large folio volumes, blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. 2475 pages, b/w and colored illus. (including foldouts. Vol.1 is a biography of Malpighi; the remaining 4 volumes provide an extensive account of the development of embryology. In publisher's slipcase. All clean, excellent condition. NOTE: These are five large and heavy volumes. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 305 pages. A very clean, tight copy.