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[003999] . TRANSACTIONS OF VASSAR BROTHERS' INSTITUTE And Its Scientific Section 1890-1893. ill. . Poughkeepsie, New York: Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Paper Wraps. Science. Covers Good to Good- Vol.6 Part I and II. " Object of the society is to promote education and useful knowledge in the departments of Science, Literature, and Art, by investigating and discussing subjects...by establishing and maintaining a Museum, a Library and a collection of works of art and objects of historic interest ..." Article by Famous American: EDWARD BURGESS- " Animal Intelligence" and " Some Thoughts about Science and Life". Other articles by Th. Neumann (Poisonous Snakes, Speech of Monkeys,Universal Languages ), John A. Williams (Glass Manufacturing), James Winne (Memory), John Sutcliffe (Mining), Edward Elsworth ( Color Photography) Wm. H. Brewer, Henry V. Pelton, President of the Institute. and C.B. Warring (Geology of Montgomery County, Illinois 280 pp. Front paper cover's side edge missing two narrow strips and top corner tip. ex-mus. numbers/stamp (faint) on front top edge. Back cover barely attached. Covers overall Good to Good-. String tied. Interior is clean, tight and in VG+ condition. Have other "volumes" from Vassar Brothers Institute. $40.00


[003882] . CHICAGO ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. ANNUAL ADDRESS 1878. 1878. Size: Approx. 6 1/4" x 9". Paper Wraps. Academy of Sciences. Very Good Read by E. W. Blatchford, A, M. , President of the Academy. January 22, 1878 with the Reports of the Secretary and Treasurer. " ...the work of the Academy is twofold - the collecting of objects of natural history and of scientific interest in the Museum, and the study and development of scientific knowledge by means of the essays and discussions at the monthly meetings..." 31 pp. Includes a list of the Officers of the Chicago Academy of Sciences, and Memoriams of members with a brief history of their accomplishments. Some soiling to covers. signature of J.Duncan Putnam, Chicago Illinois, March 9th 1878 on front cover. Covers are Very Good. No tears. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $30.00

[003179] . SCIENCE, July 10, 1885. Volume VI. No. 127. ill. Foldout Map, Etching, Table. Cambridge: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good Articles by Famous Americans: J. H. RAUCH "Chicago-River pollution"; IRA REMSEN "City-Wells"; and E. L. CORTHELL "The ship-railway between the Atlantic and Pacific" with large, laid in, foldout map, 29"x18" of the "proposed Tehuantepec ship-railway, and illustrations showing the various appliances to be used on the railway" (The article "presents the scientific and commercial reasons why the ship-railway across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec may be superior to either the Panama sea-level canal or the Nicaragua lock canal". Several articles relating to medicine and health: "Sanitation and science"; "Quarantines and their scientific value"; "How to deal with yellow-fever"; "Soils and health"; "Berlin exhibition of hygiene in 1882-83" and "Animal diseases and public health". Paper covers lightly soiled and chipped. ex-mus. stamp on front cover. Overall covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. Map is Very Good, one tiny tear at bottom edge, not within border of illustration. $100.00

[003044] . Chicago Natural History Museum Annual Reports. Years 1943, 1950, 1960 and 1964.. ill. Photographs, Figures(text drawings). Chicago: Chicago Natural History Museum, Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/2". Stiff Wraps. Natural History. Very Good- Covers slightly soiled. 1943 edition, previous owner's name on cover. 1960 & 1964 edition have ink writing on cover:"p.112-financial statement" and "see page 8". Otherwise covers are Very Good. No tears. Interiors are all clean, tight and in Very Good + condition. $40.00

[003028] . FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, Annual Report of Director to the Board of Trustees: Years 1906-1931., And 1966 Annual Report. ill. Plates. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1907. Size: Approx. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2". Stiff Wraps. Natural History. Good 26 Reports covering years: 1906-1910,1912-1924,1926-1932, and 1966. Commences with report of the death of Marshall Field, founder of the Museum. Frontis. portrait of Field (Plate). Plate II: Mourning Design in Museum Rotunda Exposed for Thirty Days Following Mr. Field's Death. Each year's report gives Accessions in Departments of Anthropology, Botany, Geology, Zoology. Numerous Plates in each Report. Stiff cover wraps-mildly soiled. Some with chips along edges or spine. A few with small pieces of paper spine missing, but still intact. ex.mus. stamp/numbers either on front or on title page. 1919 Report's front cover is detached. Overall exteriors are Good to Good +. Interiors are clean and Very Good. $450.00

[004865] Cederberg, William E. Ph.D.. ON THE SOLUTIONS OF THE DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS OF MOTION OF A DOUBLE PENDULUM. ill. Equations. Rock Island, Illinois: Augustana Book Concern, 1923. Size: Approx. 7 1/2" x 10 1/4". Stiff Covers. Physics. Very Good Augustana Library Publications. Number 9. "In this discussion we are dealing with a double pendulum which is swinging freely in a vertical plane through small angles about its position of stable equilibrium. The solutions of the differential equations of motion of this pendulum have been found by means of a well-known theorem of Poincare, which for the present purpose may be stated briefly as follows..." 62 pp. Photograph of Denkmann Memorial Library, Ausustana College, Rock Island, Ill.Each page with equations. Stiff grey covers. ex.mus. stamp on front cover. Slight stain? along part of front cover's bottom edge. Doesn't go through. very minor. Otherwise covers are Very Good. Title page's top corner tip missing. ex.mus. stamp on first page of text along top margin. No interference with text. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $45.00

[004168] House of Representatives. SURVEY OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER, Letter from Secretary of War. ill. Foldout Map, Tables. 1867. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Disbound. Illinois. Very Good Letter from Secretary of War Communicating The report of Brevet Major General J. H. Wilson on the survey and examination of the Illinois river. "His object in the survey was to obtain such specific and accurate data as to be enabled to form estimates for the improvement of the river, so that the largest boats of the Illinois and Michigan canal, and steamboats drawing four feet of water, could pass through the river to the Mississippi during the season of extreme low water." 42 pp. Famous Americans in the document: Edmund Schriver, Inspector General; and James Harrison Wilson, Lieut. Col. 35th Infantry, Brevet Maj. Gen. Large foldout map: Map and Section of the Illinois River Showing propsed improvement by Canal and Slackwater for connecting the Mississippi River and Lake Michigan. Map is 43"x30". First page of document brownish toned with tiny chips at side edge, otherwise document is tight, clean and Very Good. $45.00

[004042] House of Representatives. REPORTS OF SURVEYORS GENERAL OF ILLINOIS, MISSOURI, AND OREGON. Letter from The Secretary of the Interior...1852. ill. Tables. 1852. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4". Disbound. Surveying. Very Good Annual Report submitted by Alex. H. H. Stuart, Secretary (Alexander Hugh Holmes STUART,served as Secretary of the Interior in the Cabinet of President Fillmore from September 16, 1850, to March 6, 1853);showing receipts and expenditures for 1851, surveys of public and private land claims,in Illinois and Missouri, including tables and Report of the Surveyor General of Oregon with tables. 31 pps. Disbound but intact. Document is Very Good. $45.00

[004521] MONTGOMERY WARD & CO. ALMANAC FOR 1890. ill. Drawings, Calendars. Chicago: N. H. Van Sicklen, 1890. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 7 3/4". Paper Wraps. Almanac. Very Good to Very Good+ Issued by Montgomery Ward & Co. The Original Wholesale Grange Supply House. 111-112-113-114-115-116 Michigan Ave. Chicago. Unpaginated. First page a decorative calendar of the year 1890. Double spread for each month with a full page illustration. Other side with monthly calendar with days when Sun rises and sets, Moon Sets, rest of page with other "Interesting Facts". Illustrated covers. Red cord string at spine with one-hole punch at top left edge with red string and "tassle". Probably so it could be hung. Covers are Very Good to Very Good+. Inside back cover previous owner's name: Ole K. Hoff. Back cover's bottom edge with stain? (thought at first to be part of illustrated cover). Goes through along bottom edge of pamphlet-not on text and not obtrusive. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+ $50.00

[000929] Senate. STATUE OF MISS FRANCES E. WILLARD, Erected in Statuary Hall of the Capitol Building at Washington. ill. Illus. With an Engraving Of Miss Willard. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1905. Size: Approx. 7 " x 10 ". Disbound. Gov't Document. Very Good+ Proceedings in the Senate and House of Representatives on the Occasion of the Reception and Acceptance of the Statue from the State of Illinois. Limited copies produced. 89 pp. Marbled edges. Disbound but in Very Good + condition. Frances Willard was a major force in the temperance crusade and was elected president of the World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union in 1891. Temperance, in her opinion, was basically a measure for the protection of home life and therefore an ideal which demanded personal sacrifice. $18.50

[003472] Wellcome, Sir Henry. THE WELLCOME RESEARCH INSTITUTION LONDON, ENGLAND Exhibits at the Chicago Exposition 1934 . ill. Maps, Photographs. London: Wellcome Foundation Ltd, 1934. Size: Approx. 5 " x 7 1/4". Green Cloth. Very Good Promotional booklet of the exhibits at the Chicago Exposition (World's Fair) of 1934. Decorative green cloth with gilt lettering on front cover. top edge gilt. 1" light scratch on front cover, otherwise exterior is VG+. Interior is tight, clean, and Near Fine. Index.90 pp. $15.00