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HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. NOVEMBER 1868

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Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers: 1868

Seller ID: 004379

Binding: Paper Covers

Condition: Good- to Fair

November Issue. Volume 37, Number 222. Some articles written or about FAMOUS AMERICANS: J. ROSS BROWNE:Explorations in Lower California (Second Paper) pp.740-752 with illustrations; Fish-Culture in America, pp.721-739 with illustrations- one of SETH GREEN; The Handel Festival at the Crystal Place, 1868, pp.753-759 with illustrations-one of CHRISTINE NILSSON; and Democracy of the Chinese by REV. WILLIAM SPEER, pp.839-848. Soiling to front cover. Ink "blottish" from spill? on lower spine on to front lower cover, widest area 1/2". One inch tear, side edge chipped. "Duplicate" ...
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PHYSICAL SCIENCE FOR 1900

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Price: $50.00

Publisher: Philosophical Society of Washington: 1901

Seller ID: 002957

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Bulletin, Vol..XIV, pp. 93-138. most pages' top edge uncut so interior is Fine. Articles on HYDRODYNAMICS by R.A. Harris; PHYSICAL INSTRUMENTS by C.F. Marvin; TIDES by L.P. Shidy; ACOUSTICS by C. K. Wead and METHODS FOR MEASUREMENT OF FORCE OF GRAVITY ON THE OCEAN By G.W.Littlehales. Salmon colored covers slightly soiled. Spine faded and mildly chipped.Bottom front cover edge one small tear and corner tip missing. Overall exterior is VG. Interior is clean, tight and Near Fine.
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SIMON NEWCOMB. Memorial Addresses

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Price: $40.00

Publisher: Philosophical Society of Washington,: 1910

Seller ID: 002972

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Very Good-

Memorial Addresses by Charles K. Wead, James Bryce, Milton Updegraff, R.S. Woodward, L.O. Howard, Herbert Putnam, and E.M. Gallaudet. Resolutions Read by O.H. Tittmann. Read before Philosophical Society of Washington, December 4, 1909. Bulletin, Vol. XV, pp. 133-167. pages uncut. mildly faded/soiled covers. ex.-mus stamp and number on front cover, otherwise in VG condition. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. Frontis. portrait of Newcomb.
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POPULAR SCIENCE NEWS AND BOSTON JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY.1892-Complete year. 12 issues. Vol. XXVI: Number 1-12. January-December.

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Price: $125.00

Publisher: Boston, Popular Science News Co.: 1892

Seller ID: 003135

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good or Better

Articles by Harlan Hoge Ballard,"then" President of the Agassiz Association; and THE NEW STAR IN AURIGA, by Charles Augustus Young. Articles include: NOVELITIES IN PHOTOGRAPHY (6 etchings); WATER AND AIR BAROMETERS (2 etchings); PHOTOGRAPHING LIGHTING-STROKES(1etching); FLINT IMPLEMENTS OF COCHIN CHINA (1etching); SOME CURIOUS MINERALS (5 ETCHINGS); ABOUT LICHENS(17 etchings); MIMICRY IN ANIMALS (3 etchings); EXPERIMENTS WITH WATER-JETS(3 ETCHINGS); EVOLUTION FOR THE CONTINENTS( 4 etchings); MINIATURE SUN-DIALS (4 etchings); SOUP-BUBBLES (6 etchings); JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER (2 etch...
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SCIENCE, August 12, 1887

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Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, The Science Company: 1887

Seller ID: 003147

Binding: Paper Cover

Condition: Good

Some Articles: What American Zoologists have done for Evolution, by E.W. Morse. Laid in page with portrait engraving of Morse; Economy in Management of Soil, by H. E. Alvord; Prehistoric Chronology of America by D.G. Brinton; The Sonora Earthquake with illustration and Chemical Laboratory of the University of Nebraska with 5 illustrations. Front wrap detached but intact. ex-mus mailing label and numbers on front. Slightly soiled. Overall exterior is Good to Good+. interior is clean, and tight and VG+. Engraving of Morse, top border watermarked. Not on portrait. From SCIENCE, Aug. 20, 1886.
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SCIENCE, January 16, 1885. Vol. V. No. 102

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Price: $42.50

Publisher: Cambridge, MA,, The Science Company: 1885

Seller ID: 003154

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good-

Articles by Famous Americans: JOHN TROWBRIDGE "Recent advances in electrical science"; J. W. POWELL "The administration of the scientific work of the general government"; J. R. BARTLETT "Some recent experiments with oil in stopping breakers"; ADOLPH F. BANDELIER "Bandelier's Archeological Tour in Mexico" with illustration of " The Great Mound at Cholula"; and BENJAMIN GOULD "The Argentine Zone Catalogue" with 2 illustrations of " Dr. Gould's Observatory at Cordoba" and "View of Corboba from Dr. Gould's Observatory" also in Letters...
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SCIENCE, March 13, 1885. Volume V. No. 110

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Price: $50.00

Publisher: Cambridge, The Science Company: 1885

Seller ID: 003159

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good to Good-

Some articles: "The Solar Eclipse of March 16" with illustration; "The Hudson-Bay Expedition of 1884" by Wm. P. Anderson with 2 illustrations and foldout "Chart showing the track of the 'S.S. Neptune' Hudson's Bay Expedition 1884"- Chart is 13"x10"; "The Annisquam Seaside Laboratory"; and "The Prehistoric Congress at Lisbon". Some soiling to paper covers. Side edge with tears. Some chipping to bottom edge. Small watermark at top edge, barely goes through. Covers intact. Overall exterior is Good to Good-. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. Foldout ...
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SCIENCE, March 20, 1885. Volume V. No. 111

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Price: $40.00

Publisher: Cambridge, The Science Company: 1885

Seller ID: 003161

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good

Articles by Famous Americans: JOHN TROWBRIDGE " The Jefferson physical laboratory"(at Harvard University) with engraving of the facility and 4 layout diagrams; JOSEPH F. JAMES "Evidences of beaches in the Cincinnati group" with one illustration; and DAVID P. TODD "Researches in stellar parallax"with one illustration. Other articles: "Coffins of the Seventh Century" with one illustration and under Notes and News, a paragraph on a "new loud-speaking telephone" with an illustration of one. Under Letters to the Editor, a short paragraph from D.P.TODD "So...
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SCIENCE, April 17, 1885. Volume V. No. 115

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Price: $35.00

Publisher: Cambridge, The Science Company: 1885

Seller ID: 003164

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good+ or Better

Article by Famous American: A. W. GREELY "The scientific results of the Lady Franklin Bay expedition" with full page illustration of "The station of the Greely Party at Lady Franklin Bay". Other articles: "Footprints in the rocks of Colorado" by H.W. Parker with 2 illustrations; and "Successful extraction of a bullet from the brain" with 2 illustrations. Under News and Notes, a paragraph on the "remarkable halo seen in Orleans, France on " 17th of January last" with an drawing of the "halo". Paper covers lightly soiled with light chipping aro...
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SCIENCE, May 8, 1885. Volume V. No. 118

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Price: $40.00

Publisher: Cambridge, The Science Company: 1885

Seller ID: 003167

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good to Good-

Articles by Famous Americans: S. NEWCOMB "Mortality experience of the Connecticut mutual life-insurance Co."; and in Letters to the Editor ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL "The Wisconsin Bill relating to the instruction of deaf-mutes"; and EUGENE A. SMITH " Tertiary phosphates in Albama". Other articles: "Composite Portraits of Members of the National Academy of Sciences" with a full page of 4 portraits protected by a tissue guard; " American Flash Language in 1798" with Tufts's glossary, 1793-98; "Walking and Running" with 5 illustrations; and under Notes...
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SCIENCE, August 7, 1885. Volume VI. No. 131

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Price: $40.00

Publisher: Cambridge, The Science Company: 1885

Seller ID: 003183

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good+

From Famous Americans in Letters to the Editor: JOSEPH F. JAMES "An abormal Rudbeckla" with an illustration; and WM. H. BREWER "The ginkgo tree"; also under Letters to Editor: "The swimming-habits of the sunfish" by John A. Ryder with an illustration of "Mola Rotunda". Other articles: "Exploration in Indo-China" with 4 illustrations including a map of proposed railways; "The Telephone in Paris" with a map "showing Paris and the distribution of telephones"; "Around Africa" with 2 head "portraits" of "Natal Caffre and S...
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SCIENCE, August 28, 1885. Volume VI. No. 134

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Price: $55.00

Publisher: Cambridge, The Science Company: 1885

Seller ID: 003196

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good

Articles about/or by Famous Americans: "Biographical Sketch of the President of the Association"(HUBERT ANSON NEWTON) with portrait illustration; 2 articles about HENRY STANLEY: "The Kongo Free State"; and "Stanley's Kongo" including a large foldout Map of Central Africa and the Kongo Free State. In Letters to the Editor: THEO. GILL "Man's Ancestry". Other articles: "Composite Portraiture" with illustration; and "The Yacht Puritan" with 2 illustrations.Lightly soiled. Tiny chipping around side/bottom edge.Crease down middle. Overall covers are ...
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SCIENCE, September 4, 1885. Volume VI. No. 135

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Price: $45.00

Publisher: Cambridge, The Science Company: 1885

Seller ID: 003197

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good-

Articles about/or by Famous Americans: In Letters to the Editor:R.P. WHITFIELD "An American Silurian scorpion"with illustration; CHAS. A. ASHBURNER "The geology of natural gas"; and R. W. SHUFELDT "Probable period of gestation in the 'horned-toad'. Other articles: " The Lick Observatory" with 5 illustrations; and "The Development of the Eye" with 2 illustrations. ex. mus. stamp on front cover. Covers detached. Front cover is Good to Good+. Back cover with tears and missing pieces, Good-. Crease down middle. Interior is tight, clean and VG.
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SCIENCE, October 30, 1885. Volume VI. No. 143

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Price: $45.00

Publisher: New York, The Science Company: 1885

Seller ID: 003230

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good to Good+

With Science Supplement. Articles by Famous Americans: F.W. PUTNAM "Man and the mastodon" (found in Worchester County, Mass.). In Letters to the Editor: ALPHEUS HYATT "Cruise of the Arethusa"; and EDWARD S. HOLDEN "The care of pamphlets". In Science Supplement:" The Nordenfelt submarine boat" with illustration. Other articles: "The International Geological Congress at Berlin"; " Localization of Functions in the Brain"; plus "Geographical Notes" (Lieut. H.T. Allen's expedition to Copper or Atna River and Lieutenant Cantwell's exploration ...
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SCIENCE, November 20, 1885. Volume VI. No. 146

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Price: $45.00

Publisher: New York, The Science Company: 1885

Seller ID: 003233

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good to Good+

With Science Supplement. Article by a Famous American: in Science Supplement: E. J. JAMES "Recent land legislation in England". Other articles: "Blackfoot Tribes"; "Some Reaction-Time Studies" with a table; "Ben Nevis Meteorological Observatory" with an illustration of the observatory; and "Entomology in the National Museum" with a table. In Letters to the Editor: "Effigy mounds in Iowa" with an illustration. Covers slightly soiled. ex.mus. stamp on front. vertical crease, mildly seen throughout publication, very minor. Slight chipping at bottom ...
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SCIENCE, November 27, 1885. Volume VI. No. 147

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Price: $45.00

Publisher: New York, The Science Company: 1885

Seller ID: 003244

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good

With Science Supplement. Article by or about Famous Americans: ASA GRAY "Dr. Asa Gray's seventy-fifth birthday" with illustration; ERNEST INGERSOLL "The plains of British America"; and E. J. JAMES "NEWCOMB's Political Economy". in Science Supplement: JAMES B. ANGELL "A need for a careful study of the history of China"; and H.M. PAUL "Stars in Rapid Motion" with table. Covers slightly soiled. ex.mus. stamp on front cover and front page of Supplement. vertical crease, doesn't go through interior. Slight chipping at edges. 6" tear at spine. Overall c...
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SCIENCE, December 18, 1885. Volume VI. No. 150

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Price: $45.00

Publisher: New York, The Science Company: 1885

Seller ID: 003246

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good+

With Science Supplement. Some articles: "The Meeting of the American Public Health Association"; "The government and its scientific bureaus" and "Methods of teaching political economy". Articles by or about Famous Americans: in Letters to the Editor: "NEWCOMB's Political Economy"; LESTER F. WARD "A National university"; P. J. FARNSWORTH "The English sparrow"; and WILLIAM FERREL "The temperature of the moon". In Science Supplement:.I. C. RUSSELL "North Carolina coal-fields"; "Laying a Cable" (joining the two islands Mart...
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SCIENCE, December 11, 1885. Volume VI. No. 149

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Price: $45.00

Publisher: New York, The Science Company: 1885

Seller ID: 003254

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good+

With Science Supplement. Some articles: "A National University"; "The Decay of the Obelisk"(in Central Park) by ARNOLD HAGUE; " The Meeting of the American Public Health Association" with diagram exhibiting the comparative mortality by absolute number of decedents from fifteen most important causes of death, in Rhode Island, during 25 years, from 1860 to 1884; "Telpherage"(in England) with 4 illustrations, under Astronomical Notes: "Two new comets" with table and "The Biela comet meteor-stream" with table. Articles by or about Famous Americans: i...
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THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE RT. REV. WILLIAM STEVENS PERRY, D.D., October 10th to 14th 1898

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Price: $45.00

Publisher: New York, Bangs & Company: 1898

Seller ID: 003330

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good to Good-

Auction Catalog of the Bishop of the Diocese of Iowa. "A Collection Comprising Many Interesting Works in General Literature; Some Americana, History, Biography, Travels, Antiquities, Controversy, Poety, Etc., Etc, and Special Lists of Book Relating to Charles The First of England; The Dance of Death; Jeanne D'Arc, The Maid of Orleans; Thomas A'Kempis, and a Long List of Liturgical Literature." During his lifetime, Rev. Perry held numerous church offices, including President of Hobart College. He has published more books probably than any living clergyman in the Episcopal church. In 187...
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SCIENCE, August 31, 1883. No. 30.

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Price: $60.00

Publisher: Cambridge, The Science Company: 1883

Seller ID: 003361

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good

Articles: Notes on the Geology of the Troad, by J.S. Diller; Occurrence of Mound-Builders Pipes in New Jersey, by Charles C. Abbott with an illustration; The Igloo of the Innuit. -III. with 9 illustrations; Minnesota Weather; Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Geology of Philadelphia by Henry Carvill Lewis; The Iroquois Book of Rites; The Evidence for evolution in the history of the extinct Mammalia with a table; A classification of the natural sciences by T. Sterry Hunt with a table; Orbit of the great comet of 1882 by Edgar Frisbie; The tornado at Racine, May 18, ...
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