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London, Hakluyt Society, 1953. 8vo. 2 volumes in the original blue publisher's cloth. Uncut and some leaves unopened. Gilt lettering to spines and gilt stamped ship to front boards. A fine and clean copy. LXIII, (1), 223 pp. + 1 map and frontispiece depicting Sir John Mandeville's shield; Pp. XI, (1), 224-554, (1). (Work Issued by The Hakluyt Society, Second Series: Vik. 101 & 102)Sir John Mandeville is the named claimed by the compiler of The Travels of Sir John Mandeville, an account of his supposed travels, written in Anglo-Norman French, and first circulated between 1357 and 1371.It is highly unreliable and despite of the fantastical nature of the described nature of the travels it describes it was used as a work of reference for Christopher Columbus in his travel descriptions.

(Darmstadt u. Neuwied), Luchterland, (2. Auflage, 1977). Orig. full blue cloth w. white lettering to spine. Orig. illustr. dust-jacket w. some minor soiling, otherwise a very nice and clean copy. Second issue, signed by the author on half-title. Dust-jacket designed by the author.

Paris, Tanera, 1877. Folio. (37,5 x 28,5 cm.). Contemp. clothbacked boards. Printed wrapper on upper cover. With 18 plates, some double-page.

London, J. Johnson, 1803. Contemp. hcalf. Hinges weakening, wear to spine. XLIII,280 pp. Some pencil annotations and scattered brownspots. Henry is well know from the law named after him.

Lancaster, American Institute of Physics, 1950. Lex8vo. In the original printed wrappers. Entire volume 77, January 1 of "The Physical Review". A small nick to spine, otherwise a fine and clean copy. Pp: . [Entire volume: Pp. ix, (1), 1100.]. First printing of Bohr and Weisskopf's important paper on the influence of nuclear structure on the hyperfine structure of heavy elements in which they follow up Aage Bohr's suggestion two years earlier that internal structure of the deuteron might explain the theoretical discrepancy shown in the hyperfine structure of H2.

New Haven, Yale University Press, 1928. 8vo. In the original full red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Ex-library copy with library stamps to pasted down front free end-paper, front free end-paper and title page. Otherwise a fine and clean copy. XVIII, 358 pp. Second edition, the enlarged and revised publication of Morgan's famous and influential work on genes in which he illustrated the nature of genes as important factors to define their actual biological function in subsequent generations. He pointed out several facts which are now unanimously accepted by geneticists worldwide.

København, Poul Branner, 1922. Samtidigt hshirtbd. Rygforgyldning. Med lang dedikation på smudstitelbladet: "Til/ Hr. Overlæge Dr. med./ Svend Lomholt, Her er Bogen. Gid/ De maa kunne læse/ den uden at komme/ til at afsky mig alt for/ meget/ Deres hengivne/ Frejlif Olsen./ 5. Febr 36".

Leipzig, Mart. Gabr. Hubner, 1701. 12mo. Contemp. full vellum. Handwritten title on spine.Titlepage printed in red/black. (22),831,(80) pp. Internally clean. 2 leaves (p. 6 a. 19 with a loss of a line of text).

Paris, Plon, 1871. Folio. (42,5 x 32 cm.). Original printed boards. Clothbacked. 5 maps in colour of which 3 are in double-folio. Last map with pencil-doodles.

(Paris, Bachelier), 1849. 4to. No wrappers. In "Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l’Académie des sciences", Vol. 29, No 23. Pp. (641-) 679. (Entire issue offered). Duchenne's paper: pp. 667-70. Clean and fine. First printing. In this paper Duchenne describes the progressive muscular atropy, a disease which was named after him.Garrison & Morton: 4732.

Leipzig, Brockhaus, 1818. Contemp. half calf. Gilt spine with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on lower part of spine. Stamp on title-page. VIII,308 pp. A few brownspots on the first leaves.

(No place), The Association for Symbolic Logic, 1939. Large 8vo. Bound in blue half cloth with silver lettering to spine. In "Journal of Symbolic Logic", Volume 4. Small paper label to lower part of spine and upper inner margin of front board. Stamp to title-page and last leaf, otherwise internally fine. Pp. 105-112. (Entire copy: (4), 194, (2) pp.). First appearance of Tarski's important paper that helped the understanding of truth within formal languages. By introducing truth definitions, model theory, and addressing undecidability, Tarski laid the groundwork for rigorous logical analysis.

Kbhvn., 1957-60. 4to. 3 originale halvlæderbind med smudsomslag samt kortmappe i shirt. Friskt sæt.

Berlin, G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1887-88. Folio. Bound in one contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Spine rubbed. (4),VIII,(4),20 pp. and 64 lithogtraphed plates. Smal, stamp to titlepages. Internally clean and fine.

Magdeburg, Creusz'schen Buchhandlung, 1814. Small 8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Richly gilt spine. Stamp on title-page. VIII,77,94,(4) pp. On good paper, clean and fine.

(London, J. Nichols, 1778). 4to. Extracted from "Philosophical Transactions", Year 1777. Vol. 67 - Part II. Pp. 789-798. First edition.

Paris, Maeght éditeur, (1973). 4to. Orig. full cloth with dustjacket. 208,(2) pp. Richly illustr. in colour and b/w. 2 double-page original colourlithographs by Miró. A mint copy.

[No place], 1870. 8vo. In the original printed wrappers. Offprint from "The Proceedings of the Meteorological Society", June 15, 1870. No backstrip, light miscolouring to front wrapper. Fine and clean. Pp. 140-50. First printing.

London, The Economist Office, 1938. Small folio. Bound with the original wrappers in comtemporary half calf. Entire volume 133, October - December, 1938, of The Economist. Wear to capitals, otherwise fine and clean. Pp. VIII, 736,17-28. Original printing of The Economist - the most important and influential economic journal worldwide - from the year 1938.

(Paris, Gauthier-Villars), 1893. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome 116, No 10. Pp. (453-) 542 (entire issue offered). Blondel's paper: pp. 502-506 a. textillustration. First printing of the paper in which Blondel describes his invention of the electromagnetic oscillograph, a device that allowed electrical researchers to observe the intensity of alternating currents.The bifilar and soft iron oscillographs won the grand prize at the St. Louis Exposition in 1904. They were more powerful than the classical stroboscope, invented in 1891 then in use. They remained the best way to record high-speed electrical phenomena for more than 40 years when they were replaced by the cathode ray oscilloscope. They paved the way for a greater understanding of the behavior of alternating current.

Kopenhagen, Prost, 1780. Small 8vo. Contemp. hcalf. pine gilt and titlelabel with gilt lettering. A bit rubbed. Stamps on titlepage. (12),148 pp. Very scarce.- Bibl. Danica II:890.

Dresden, Arnoldischen, 1811. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on spine. Stamps on title-page. (2),431,(3) pp. Faint scattered brownspots.

London, Printed for J. Walker, 1809. 12mo. 2 fine cont. full longgrained green morocco. Gilt backs, gilt inside- and outside borders. All edges gilt. 2 engraved frontisp., 2 engraved titles.

Kopenhagen, Prost und Storch, 1800. Contemp. hcalf, gilt back, titlelabel in leather, gilt. Small tear to lower part of back. XVI,256,380 pp.

Berlin, Carl Schultze, 1861. 4to. No wrappers. As extrasted from "Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik. Hrsg. von A.L. Crelle", 1861. Small vague stamp to upper part of title page, fine and clean. (1), 20 pp. First printing of Oettinger's paper on the calculation of state bonds in general and in specific relation to the royal Prussian loan in 1859 of 30 millions.