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First Hardcover Edition. xii, [5]-159, [1] pages. 8vo. Publisher's brick red cloth with the usual black and gilt spine titling. Frontispiece photograph of Farmer by Jay Kay Klein. Just a touch of a bump to upper page edges and very minor wear to the binding edges. Presents very nicely. Cloth. "With the exception of the Introduction, this is a complete photographic reprint of a work first published in New York by Ballantine Books, Inc. in 1965. The trim size of the original paperback edition was 4 x 7 inches." (copyright page). The first printing, November 1980.
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Stoeffler’s Elucidatio – the construction and use of the Astrolabe, “Elucidatio fabricae ususque astrolabii”

First English Language Edition. [22], 250 pages. 13 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches. Publisher's green cloth with leather spine label. Spine slanted, a little light dusting to the cloth, some scuffing to the head of the front panel, otherwise an excellent copy. This title was issued in three different editions - (library, standard, and deluxe). This is a copy of the standard edition (the library edition is smaller, the deluxe edition larger with a 1/4 goatskin binding). Translated and edited [in 2007] by Alessandro Gunella and John Lamprey from the Latin text published in Paris by Guillaume Cavellat - 1553. Cloth. "Nearly five hundred years ago, one of the most popular books ever written on the construction and use of the astrolabe, 'Elucidatio fabricae ususque astrolabii', was authored by Johannes Stöffler (1452-1531), a professor at the Tübinghen University in Germany. It was first published in 1512/13 by his printer, Jacob Köbel and was an immediate success with astronomers, mathematicians, astrologers (speculators of the sky), surveyors, and other students of the good arts, and has been cited by virtually every author on the subject ever since. By 1619, Elucidatio had gone through sixteen editions, mostly in Latin, but also in French and German. At last, a modern edition of Stoeffler's Elucidatio is now available, and in English. Part One - The Construction Front of the Astrolabe Back of the Astrolabe Part Two - The Uses Using the Astrolabe Astrology Measuring" (from the publishers catalog).
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The Discoverers’ [Discoverer’s] Lens : a Photographic History of the Simple Microscope 1680-1880 – SIGNED

Giordano, Raymond V.; Turner, Anthony (introduction) Spartan Giordano (photography). First Edition. xxxv, [1], 299 pages. Folio. 13 x 9 inches. Publisher's original green cloth with leather spine label. Specially SIGNED by author Raymond Giordano "Magnify" with his signature on the front flyleaf. Includes 185 pages of illustrations of 127 simple microscopes manufactured from 1680 to 1880 in a large format book with large multiple color photographs, many with sharp close-ups showing details. The text (in English and French), includes an introduction by Anthony Turner, and presents a description of each instrument and its historical significance. We are including two copies of the original advertising handbill for the book with this copy. Cloth. Raymond Giordano built this simple microscope collection over 30 years. The collection was exhibited at the MIT Museum, and the Linda Hall Library in Kansas City. A smaller format catalog, "Singular Beauty" was created for those exhibitions, and is itself a useful reference, albeit English only and with much smaller images of the instruments. The majority of the collection was purchased by, and now resides in, the collections of the Confluence Museum in Lyon, France. The Discoverers' Lens is a more ambitious catalog of the collection with significantly larger photographs of the instruments. Selected instruments are given multiple page treatments. With the collection now in the Confluence Museum in France, this catalog includes both English and French descriptions. A new introduction by the French curator and addendum by Giordano add to the vision of the collection, and it's future uses. Finally, a helpful index is provided. "a delight to the eye as well as an important scientific contribution." (Prof. Joseph G. Gall, Dept. of Embryology, Carnegie Institution, Baltimore) " Essential reference for any single lens microscope collector or institution interested in early microscopy. Out-of-print, these are the last new copies of an edition of only 68 (they were produced on demand and the publisher died).
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Case Record from a Sonnetorium

Case Record from a Sonnetorium

Moore, Merrill; [Marquand, John P.] Edward St. John Gorey. First Edition. Not paginated. 8vo. Publisher's grey cloth with red lettering and pictorial decorations. Dust jacket is present but stained and worn. A few stains internally. INSCRIBED by author Merrill Moore (Boston 1952) to writer John P. Marquand: "Inscribed in homage to my favorite American "Great" - author tale-teller & character delineator par excellence Whom I (dope that I am) "discovered" (for myself) in The jungles of New Guinea - Thrillingly - in 1944!" NOTE: We have other books that are inscribed to Marquand by various authors, passed down through the Marquand estate. Cloth. "Merrill Moore (1903 - 1957) was an American psychiatrist and poet. Born and educated in Tennessee, he was a member of the Fugitives. He taught neurology at the Harvard Medical School and published research about alcoholism. He was the author of many collections of poetry. " (Wikipedia) "John Phillips Marquand (November 10, 1893 - July 16, 1960) was an American writer. Originally best known for his Mr. Moto spy stories, he achieved popular success and critical respect for his satirical novels, winning a Pulitzer Prize for The Late George Apley in 1938.[1] One of his abiding themes was the confining nature of life in America's upper class and among those who aspired to join it. Marquand treated those whose lives were bound by these unwritten codes with a characteristic mix of respect and satire." (Wikipedia).
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