Comstock J L Md (14 results)

Leather. No Jacket. 12th American from Last London. with additions & corrections, together with a series of questions by Rev. J.L. Blake, full calf with paper label on spine, rear cover detached, front cover getting there, some foxing, overall G condition, no dust jacket Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. …

Leather_bound. Condition: Very Good -. 408pgs, ill, full leather, slight edgewear, nice copy.

Are Familiarly Explained, & Illustrated by More than 250 Engravings; to Which Are Added, Questions for the Examination of Pupils Designed for the Use of Schools & Academies. 62nd Edition. N-Y: Pratt, Woodford & Co, 1845. 360 pages. 7.75x4.75", leather. Tips chipped, hinges cracked, foxed, fair.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 360pp; 19 cm x 12 cm. Full-leather; gilt lettering and lining on spine. Faint penciled names on front blank endpaper. Rear blank endpapers removed. No library stamps. Textually unmarked; tight. Foxing/age spotting to contents. Rubs to tips; chipped upper spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo, Original calf, spine label worn, internally slight spotting G-VG Ownership, Alexander C. Brabson, Clearspring Academy (9/12/1859)- Brabson said to be descendent of Davy Crockett (from estate of Rose Brabson Scarborough, Columbia, SC).

Leather Spine & Cloth Covers. Condition: G to G+. No Jacket. 432 pp, b/w illustrations, the book and contents are solid and tight, there is occasional foxing on some pages, the second front free endpaper has owner's name from 1848, the covers are tight and have scuffing and wear, this is a solid and usable book.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. Revised Edition. 1. Publisher's full leather, gilt lettering on brown panel. . Engravings. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 340 pp.

24Mo Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 242pp (p243 is missing). Marbled boards, title pastedown on front board. Text is clean on pages unmarked save for one page with pen outlining. Hinges are intact, textblock is square with rounded corners. Considerable overall shelf/timewear, boardwear, heavy board edge and cornerwear, peeling, outer spine is heavily chipped, foxing and blush throughout, pen writing on inside front, pencil writing on endpaper.…

Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. An excellent clean copy with only slight wear on the edge of the spine. The author has rewritten a large portion of the earlier work and has also included many new engraved plates of various pieces of equipment. The engraving give good clear examples of the types of equipment that were in use at that time. The book contains excellent detailed descriptions of the physical and inorganic aspects of chemistry. The text also has a detailed summation of the knowledge to that time of the different areas of organic chemistry. This is particularly interesting since organic chemistry was in its infancy in the middle decades of the nineteenth century. The book concludes with a large section on the analysis of metallic substances. Overall an excellent text detailing the chemical knowledge of the time. John Lee Comstock (1789-1858).…

Condition: Good. A very good presentation of chemistry as it existed in the mid-nineteenth century. Contains details of many chemical types and chemicals such as morphia. Good clean copy with brown spotting that does not affect the readability of the text. Leather bound. Upper spine edge worn. John Lee Comstock (1789-1858).…

Condition: Good. Clean copy with some brown spotting. Old worn leather binding. Front board almost detached. John Lee Comstock (1789-1858).

Hardcover. No Jacket. 408 pp, many b/w illustrations, the pages are tight, they are clean with some scattered foxing throughout. there is an 1856 date and a name written on the front free endpaper, the covers are tight with some scuffing along the spine.

Illustrated by 82 b/w engraved text figures. Stated 24th from the 54th edition. c.1831, 1846. Rebound in brown J. Hewit acid free cawburn goat, new head bands, Dodin French shell endpapers and topboard cut out. Entire text block dis-assembled, washed, dried and restitiched removing all foxing and stains. Gilt stamped spine. 16mo. pp. viii, 9-422, [12] index. Near Fine/No jacket, as issued. Beautiful restored to new copy.…

First edition. Cowan. p. 139, Kurutz. 154. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Book plates from (prominent book collector) Thomas Wayne Norris & W.M. Maxfield libraries. Near fine copy (chip at spine head, light wear at spine bottom). 222 pps. + ads. Hardcover. Gilt lettering on the spine.…