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Leipzig, Ambrosius Barth, 1855. Cont. hcalf. Richly gilt back. Back somewhat rubbed. Top of spine worn. XII,1108 pp. Small stamp on title. Slightly brownspotted.

Genève & Paris, Duchesne, 1758. 8vo. Uniformly bound in two full mottled calf bindings with richly gilt spines. Edges of boards gilt. All edges coloured in red. Ex-libris (Jens Juel) pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Small paper-label pasted on to spines. Front-board on vol. 1 with miscolouring to upper margin. A few small holes to boards. A nice set. 240 pp.; 207, (5) pp.

Paris, Chez Perlet, N XI. - 1803. Contemp. full calf, gilt back, wear to top of spine. A small piece of the titlelabel gone. Back slightly rubbed. (6),470,(2) pp. Internally clean, printed on good paper.

Kbhvn., Salmonsen, 1876. Samt. hldrbd. Rygforgyldning. Ryg med brugsspor og slidt ved øvre kapitæl. Startende revnedannelse øverst ved false. XXIII,570,(1) pp. Portræt, 1 foldekort, 7 tonede litografier. First Danish edition of "Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visitted during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the world, under the Command of Capt. Fitz Roy". 1839. - Freeman No 174.

[No printer], 1909. Royal8vo. Offprint in the original printed wrappers. Unopened and uncut. Reprinted from "The American Naturalist, Vol. XLIII., October, 1909". Previous owner's name written to top right corner of front wrapper. A very fine and clean copy. 619-633 pp. Rare offprint edition of Jenning's review of George Bohn's work "La Naissance de l'Intelligence".

Wien, 1876. Lex8vo. Orig.pict. cloth gilt. Hinges with tears. Internally fine. CVI,696 pp., 3 maps, 146 wood-cut-illustr (on plts.a.in the text). First edition.

(London, Bulwer and Co., 1803). 4to. Without wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London." Year 1803 - Part I. Pp. 1-11, one textillustr. First printing of an importent paper in optical physics in which he investigates refraction phenomena over surfaces of water and in the atmosphere (mirage phenomena)., relating it to temperatures of air and land. He also announced his invention of the dip sector (modified sexton) that was used by Ross and Perry while exploring the arctic region.William Hyde Wollaston, (b. Aug. 6, 1766, d. Dec. 22, 1828), was an English chemist and physicist who discovered the elements palladium and rhodium and first reported the dark lines in the spectrum of the Sun. His consideration of geometrical arrangements of atoms led him into crystallography and the invention of the reflecting goniometer to measure angles of crystal faces. He also proved the elementary nature of niobium and titanium, developed a method of making platinum malleable, proved the identity of voltaic and frictional electricity, and invented the camera lucida to aid microscopists. The mineral Wollastonite was named in his honor. (Adventures in Cybersound).Another paper attached: James Smithson, "A chemical Analysis of some Calamines". Pp. 12-28.

Berlin und Posen, Mittler, 1822. 12mo. Original lithographed boards. Foot of spine taped. Stamp on title-page. VI,(2),282 pp. The first few leaves with a faint dampstain in upper right corner.

Leipzig, Jacobi, 1758. 4to. Contemp. full calf. Raised bands. Richly gilt spine. Covers blindtooled, gilt borders, gilt cornerpieces.Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on spine. Stamps on title-page. Engraved titlevignette. VI,72,(2) pp., 1 large engraved vignette (bombardment). Internally clean and fine.

Braunschweig, Vieweg und Sohn, 1888. Lex8vo. 3 orig. full cloth. Spines with gilt lettering. XII,401;408;432 pp. Many portraits. Internally clean and fine.

A Londres, no publ., 1786. Uncut in contemp. green stiff boards. Stamp on title-page. (4),95 pp., 2 large folded engraved plans. Clean and fine. Klaus Jordan, 3810.

Berlin, Stockholm, Paris, Beijer, 1893. 4to. Without wrappers (but with titlepage and table of contents), as extracted from "Acta Mathematica. Hrdg. von G. Mittag-Leffler.", Bd. 17 pp. (4), 168. First printing of Gyldén's paper on planetary movements. Hugo Gyldén was the most impotant swedish astronomer during the 19th century and he initiated celestial mechanics in Sweden.

Lancaster and New York, American Institute of Physics, 1953. Lex8vo. Volume 92, October 15, No. 2, 1953 of "The Physical Review", Second Series. In the original printed blue wrappers. A 5 cm long tear to lower part of spine. Back wrapper with three larger tears to upper layer of paper, loss of a few letters. Internally a nice and clean copy. Pp. 411-415. [Entire issue: Pp. 215-546]. First edition of Overhauser's seminal paper on dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) today known as The Overhauser Effect or Nuclear Overhauser effect.Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is an important technique for the determination of structures in material science and structural biology. For liquid-state NMR the only DNP mechanism currently known is the Overhauser Effect. For solid-state a variety of different DNP-mechanisms can be used such as the thermal-mixing, cross-effect or the solid-effect.

Berlin, Springer, 1929. 8vo. Bound in contemporary half cloth with gilt lettering, In "Zeitschrift für Physik", Band 55, 1929. Entire issue offered. Two stamps to title page, otherwise fine. Pp. 725-737. [Entire volume: VI, 821 pp]. First appearance of Oppenheimer's paper on the radiation of free electrons in the Coulomb field.Oppenheimer is primarily known for his role as the scientific director of the Manhattan Project and is often referred to as the father of the atomic bomb. In 1947, Oppenheimer accepted an offer from to take up the directorship of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, where he held Einstein's old position of Senior Professor of Theoretical Physics.

London, Routledge & Sons, 1872. Cont. (orig. ?) blue full cloth w. gilt title to back (Hayes & Son, Oxford). First few leaves brownspotted. Early edition of the famous Andersen-translation, "Stories for the Household".In 1864 Dulcken published his first translation of some of Andersen's fairy tales, "Stories and Tales". In 1865 or 1866 he publishes his second, "What the Moon Saw: And Other Tales", profusely illustrated; together these to translations make up the 9th Andersen fairy tale translations to appear in English. In 1866 a collected edition of all the fairy tales from Dulcken's two collections plus two other ones appeared in one volume under the title "Hans Christian Andersen's Stories for the Household", with 220 illustrations. Dulcken's translations became exceedingly popular and were reprinted numerous times. Dulcken is considered one of the three best contemporary Andersen fairy tale-translators.

Berlin, Dümmler, 1829. Small 8vo. Contemp. hcloth. tear to cloth at upper joint. XVIII,163 pp. Handwritten title on spine. Internally clean and fine. First edition.

(Paris, Bachelier), 1837. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome 5, No. 20. Pp. (659-) 710. (Entire issue offerd). Poisson's paper: pp. 660-667. First appearance of Poisson's importent work - the first of its kind - on the dynamics of a motion taking into account also of the motion of the reference system. The work in its full "Sur les mouvement des projectiles dans l'air, en ayent éghard à leur figure, & la rotation et à l'influence du mouvemnet diurne de la terre" was published two years later in 1839."Recherches sur le mouvement des projectiles dans l’air (1839), was far better known in its day. It is the first work to deal with the subject by taking into account the rotation of the earth and the complementary acceleration resulting from the motion of the system of reference. A decade after its publication it inspired Foucault’s famous experiment demonstrating the earth’s rotation. Poisson, who had supervised Coriolis’ doctoral research, recognized the importance of his invention of a term to correct for the deviations from the law of motion that arise in a rotating reference system. Unfortunately, Poisson did not consider himself obliged to cite the name of the actual inventor of the term." (DSB).

Kiøbenhavn, Pelt, 1770. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with richly gilt spine. Small paper-label to top of spine. All edges coloured in red. Light wear to extremities, some of the gilt ornamentation worm off. Internally nice and clean. (10), 640 pp. First Danish translation of this important work on diseases related to animal agriculture.

(Oslo), 1945. Folio. Alle numrene indbundet i et samtidigt helshirtbind med forgyldt titel på ryg og forperm. Komplet samling af første årgang af det norske ugeblad Aktuell. Ugeskriftet udkom først gang 16. Juni 1945.

Kjøbenhavn, Lehmann & Stage, 1886-87. 2 samtidige hldrbd. Rygforgyldning, forgyldte rygtitler. Hjørner lidt stødte. Indvendig ren og frisk. Første danske udgave. - First Danish edition.

Dresden & Leipzig, Theodor Steinkopff, 1916. Royal8vo. In the original printed wrappers. Author's presentation offprint with the printed presentation statement on top of frontwrapper "Überreicht vom Verfasser" [i.e. "Given by the author"]. Offprint from "Kolloid-Zeitschrift", Heft 5, Band XVIII. With a few nicks to front wrapper. A hole (1 cm2) going all the way through the issue, however, not affecting text. Pp. (2), 191-95. First edition, in the scarce author's presentation offprint issue, of Smoluchowski's theoretical remarks on the viscosity of the colloids.

K., 1827-30. 9 samt.hldrbd. St.på titel. Lettere brunplettet. Kobberst. portr.samt 3 foldede plancher.

Kjöbenhavn, Schultz, (1835). 4to. Samt. hshirtbd. En papirsetiket påsat øvert på ryg. Stempler på titelbladet. (4),112 pp. samt håndkoloreret kobberstukket kort (Geognostisk Kort over Danmark). Træsnitillustrationer i teksten. Lidt spredte brunpletter. Originaludgaven af den første udførlige Danmarks-geologi.

København, Bianco Luno, 1925. Lex8vo. Orig. bogtrykt omslag. Ubeskåret. Omslaget løst. Fototyperet portræt. XV,442 pp., tekstillustrationer og 6 tavler. (Meddelelser om Grønland, Bd. 54).

Paris, Morizot, 1863. Royal8vo. Original red half calf with blindstamped borders to front board and richly gilt spine. All edges gilt. A bit of minor wear to top capital and corners a bit bumped. Internally loccasional brownspotting, especially to verso of some plates. (2), 440, 3 pp. + 20 steel-engraved plates, all with tissue-guards. First edition of Houssaye's description of 20 famous French women.