System Objects, First Edition (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Textured maroon hardcover binding has minimal shelfwear else clean, square and tight. No dj. Endpapers have chart on how to use the book. 512 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 1st Printing Language: ENG.

Hardcover. First Edition. 512 pp. Index. References. Spine, corners bumped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall Very Good- with No dust jacket as issued.

1/4 Leather. Condition: Very Good. Illusrated with Copperplates & Cuts (illustrator). First Edition. Dark green spine divided into six compartments with gilt bands , paper title label, paper covered boards all contemporary, some small worm damage on rear board. Penned dedication on fpd. Book is about the solar system gravity air , ballooning, guns,& more 124 pages. A scarce little book.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 5 x 8.25in. 211pp. Profusely illustrated with plates, several folding. Publisher's cloth boards with gilt titling and paper title label. VERY GOOD. Shows the extremities marginally shelf rubbed, the title label somewhat toned and chipped, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards remain bright and distinct. As pictured.

First edition, with tipped in errata. First edition, with tipped in errata. Illustrated including a double page plan of a power station, 211, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Green cloth. Fine, with very fine label Illustrated including a double page plan of a power station, 211, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo.

First edition, 8vo (200 x 125 mm), [10], viii, 395, [137, tables]pp., with an initial advert leaf, one folding table and 68 leaves of tables at the end, mathematical diagrams within the text, some minor worming to lower blank margin, cont. calf, rubbed, upper joint cracked, head of spine chipped, leather spine label lettered in gilt. Wallis, p.402; Taylor, 522; ESTC locates 2 copies in the British Isles (BL and Hull Library) and 4 copies in North America (American Philosophical Society, University of California, University of Michigan and University of Virginia.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First American Edition. 16mo. 137, [3] pages. Hardcover bound in original full brown leather. The binding shows wear and bumping but is sound with rubbed but secure hinges. Headcap of the spine is chipped. Small wormhole near the foot of the spine. Complete with endpapers and illustrated with 5 full-page copperplate engravings (collates complete) as well as several smaller text woodcuts. Early owner's signature on the recto of the frontis reads, "Solomon Mordecai / Warrenton [North Carolina] Jan.y. 1st 1804." Another early signature for "Jos. Mordecai" is at the top of the title page. The Mordecai family was an important Jewish family in eastern North Carolina in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Jacob Mordecai founded the Warrenton Female Academy in 1809 and was assisted by his son Solomon and several daughters. This title was first published in 1761 by John Newbery in England (thought to have actually be written by Oliver Goldsmith) under the pseudonym of Tom Telescope. It was a science book written for youth. This is the First American edition. The Second American edition of 1808 is much more common. The "Teacher of Philadelphia" referred to on the title page is believed to have been Robert Patterson, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania. This is a decent, sturdy copy of a rare and important edition.

First Edition. Original Printed patent disbound with printed front blue wrapper present but not the back wrapper (both often lacking in early patents) About 27cm by 18cm some wear and tear due to the disbinding.

56 pp. Disbound pamphlet, wrappers missing, spine partially present. An appeal by members of the Literary and Philosophical Society in South Carolina in hopes of establishing the lyceum system in that state. It defines the activities and goals of lyceums, explains their organization, and touts their educational benefits. The pamphlet also includes draft constitutions for lyceums at the local, state, and national levels. The remarks are signed on behalf of the Society by Thomas Smith Grimké, Henry R. Frost, and William. P. Finley. SABIN 87868. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 25348. Turnbull II, 315.