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Berlin, Julius Springer, (1931). Cont. hcloth. XI,673 pp., 54 textillustrations and 13 plates. Top and bottom of titlepage cut away, loosing the publishing year. Internally clean and fine.

(London, Harrison and Sons, 1893). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" Year 1893, Volume 184 - Series A. Pp. 675-726 a. 5 large folded plates showing the spectra of different stars. First appearance of an importent investigation on stellar physics in which he tries to classify stars according to their spectral differences, deducing differences in temperature etc.etc. "Lockyer's scheme of stellar development has been modified in many impiortent details, but its basic principle, of both rising and falling temperatures in the life history of a star, is the central idea of our present theories of stellar evolution."(A Source Book in Astronomy", p.353)."Joseph Norman Lockeyer (1836-1920), pioneer English astrophysicist. He made importent advances in the field of solar and stellar physics, and is responsible for naming the element helium, for emphasizing the two-branch theory of stellar evolution, and (jointly with Janssen) for the method of observing solar prominences without an eclipsee." (Source Book in Astronomy).

Halle, Rengerschen Buchhandlung,1798. 8vo. In contemporary half calf. Light wear to spine, internally very nice and clean. XX, 372 pp.

Kiøbenhavn, Schultz, 1791. Lille 8vo. Et samtidigt hldrbd. med rig rygforgyldning. Lille revne ved øverste kapitæl. (16),248;(12),232 pp. Indvendig ren og frisk, trykt på skrivepapir.

U.S.A. Physical Review, 1947. Royal8vo. Without wrappers (as issued). Offprint from "The Physical Review", Vol. 73, No. 9, May 1, 1948. Fine and clean. Pp. 1109-1111 + 1 blank. Offprint of Bohr's paper in which he suggested that internal structure of the deuteron might explain the theoretical discrepancy shown in the hyperfine structure of H2.

Darmstadt, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1961. Lex8vo. 2 orig. full cloth. IX,354;VII,586 pp. Clean and fine.

Leipzig, T. O. Weigel, 1866. Bound in a contemporary half calf with gilt spine. Gilt title to spine. Traces of wear to hinges and boards. Inner hinges strengthened. Library stamps to pasted-down front end-paper and verso of title-page. A few underlinings and marginal notes, otherwise clean. XVI,290 pp. + errata. The copy belonged to the Swedish orientalist Axel Moberg and has his exlibris and signature to front endpapers.

(No place nor year), 1734. 8vo. In contemporay flora wrappers with leather back strip. Wear to extremities and tear to title-page, otherwise internally nice and clean. (16), 96 pp.

Breslau, J.E. Meyer, 1772-74. Bound in one cont. hcalf. Gilt back. Paperlabel pasted on upper compartment. Stamp on title. The first few leaves a little dampstained in upper margin. (6),561 pp. Having 5 titlepages. The work was continued to 20 parts. Scarce mathematical bibliography.

Leipzig, Höferschen Buchhandlung, 1797. Contemp. hcalf. Richly gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Stamp on title-page. Engraved titlevignette. X,435,(1) pp. Printed on good paper, clean and fine.

Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt, 1992. Lex8vo. Orig. full cloth. Stamps on foot of title-page. XVI,675 pp. + Index. Clean and fine.

Painettu, Cederwallerin ja pojan, 1848. Contemp. marbled boards. Spine renewed. 48 pp. Large woodcut vignette on title-page. verso of last leaf with lithographed letters. A few minor inkspots, but internally clean. Scarce second edition of this early Finnish reader for children.

Paris, Eugène Lacroix, 1862. Small8vo and Royal8vo. Bound in 2 contemp. hcloth. Gilt spines with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spines. Stamp on title-pages. XI,311 pp. and Atlas with 25 folded engraved plates in 4to. Plates with a dampstain in upper right corner increasing towards end. First edition.

Leipzig, B. G. Teubner, 1906. 8vo. In the original printed wrappers, without backstrip. In "Mathematische Annalen, 61. Band, 4. Heft, 1906". Fine and clean. [Gordan:] Pp. 453-526. [Entire issue: Pp. 453-560]. Attached is, also in the original wrappers "Verzeichnis Mathematischer Modelle". 28, (4) pp. First printing.

Amsterd., 1745. Bound in cont.full calf. 184, 171 pp. St.o.t.

London, The Economist Office, 1879. Small folio. Bound in comtemporary half cloth with paper label pasted on to spine. Entire volume 34, July-December, 1876 of The Economist. Front hinge weak, internally very fine and clean. 761-1532 pp. Original printing of The Economist - the most important and influential economic journal worldwide - from the year 1879.

New York, A.L. Burt, 1918. Orig. green cloth, lettering in black, extremities slightly bumped. 394 pp. + adds. Illustrated by J. Allen St. John. Early reprint. The fourth book on Tarzan.

Frankfurt und Leipzig, Perrenon, 1775. Small 8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Stamp on title-page. (4),116 pp., 12 engraved plates. Poggendorff II,224.

(København, 1726). I et smukt nyere papbd. med guldbordure på permer og forgyldt titel på forpermen (Rigmor Birkedal Kragh). (4) pp. Trykt i "Wielands Samling udaf smukke og udv. danske Vers", 6. Bind, No.1.

London, The Economist Office, 1938. Small folio. Bound with the original wrappers in comtemporary half calf. Entire volume 132, July - September, 1938, of The Economist. Wear to extremities, internally fine and clean. Pp. VIII, 624, 17-24. Original printing of The Economist - the most important and influential economic journal worldwide - from the year 1938.

Flensburg, Schleswig, Leipzig, Voit, 1789. Small 8vo. Later hcloth. Gilt lettering. stamp on title-page. 184 pp. printed on good paper. Clean.

London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1820. 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1820 - Part I. Pp. 45-100 a. 1 engraved plate. First printing of one of herschel's importent investigations on polarization and the wave theory of light. He designed a new instrument to project the colored rings onto a screen about three inches behind the analyzer. This method allowed Herschel to examine the details of the tints.

Kjøbenhavn, Bianco Luno, 1851. 8vo. Indbundet i et nydeligt samtidigt halvlæderbind med rygforgyldning. Forgyldt titelfelt og fire ophøjede bind på ryggen. En smule ubetydeligt slid ved kapitæler, kanter og hjørner. Navnetræk på forsatsbladet. Ren indvendig. (4),192,(4) pp. Den sjældne originaludgave af Paullis doktorafhandling. J. H. Paulli (1809-1865) var hofpræst og senere kongelig konfessionarius.

Stuttgart u. Tübingen, Cotta'scher Verlag, 1845-50. 3 contemp. hcalf. Richly gilt spines. Slightly rubbed. Light wear to head of spine on volume 1. XVI,493;IV,644,(1);(2),544 pp. A few scattered brownspots. First edition, but only the first 3 volumes.

Quedlinburg und Blankenburg, 1778. Contemp. marbled boards. Titlelabel with small scratches. XXVIII,302,(14) pp. The 5 plates missing. (supplied in xerox-copy). Internally clean and fine. Listers classic work on spiders in the first German edition. Nissen ZBI: 2528. - Not in Horn & Schenkling.