paperback. Condition: Very Good. Light shelf wear. Cover has scuffing over title where a sticker was removed. Else clean and tight.
Condition: Good. Revised 25h Anniversary Edition (1980) softcover, 96 pp., NEW! - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.
Language: English
Published by Burndy Library and Smithsonian Institution, Norwalk and Washington, 1980
ISBN 10: 0882021923 ISBN 13: 9780882021928
Seller: Hackenberg Booksellers ABAA, El Cerrito, CA, U.S.A.
Revised Edition. Preface and notes by Bern Dibner; introduction by Robert P. Multhauf. 25th anniversary edition. xiii, 96p., b/w illus., original stiff printed wrappers, quarto format.
Published by urndy Library and Smithsonian Institution by N. Watson Academic Publications, 1980
Seller: Blue Sky Rare Books, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. First Edition. Book near fine, free of all markings. Essential reference. Hardcover, no DJ as issued.
Published by Published on behalf of Burndy Library and Smithsonian Institution by N. Watson Academic Publications, Norwalk, Connecticut and Washington, D.C., 1980
ISBN 10: 0882021915 ISBN 13: 9780882021911
Seller: Kuenzig Books ( ABAA / ILAB ), Topsfield, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Boards. Condition: Fine. First Printing. First Printing. xiii,[1-blank],96 pages. Publisher's original blue boards with blind stamped decoration on front panel and copper colored title lettering on the spine. No dj as issued. Boards. Also published as a cream colored softcover edition, this is the HARDCOVER edition of the second revised and enlarged edition, published on the 25th anniversary of the 1955 original. 'The books described here were selected by Bern Dibner from a large collection of scientific and technical works assembled by him over a period of nearly fifty years, as representative of landmarks in the history of science and technology. They are part of about 10,000 books which he presented in 1976 to the Smithsonian Institition, with a few to the establishment of a national center for research in these fields.' (from the original introduction) Here printed with minor modifications from the original, 'It continues to be among the two or three most-quoted references of description in antiquarian booksellers catalogs around the world.' (from the 1980 preface). Still often quoted today, it is a useful reference for dealer, collector, and institution.
Condition: Good. Good condition. Portfolio worn and slightly dampstained. (engravings, science, invention, discovery).
Published by Norwalk/Washington, Bundry Library smithsonian Institution., 1980
Seller: Biblion Antiquariat, Zürich, ZH, Switzerland
4°. 96 S., mit vielen Abb. OLn. 200 wichtige Werke der Naturwissenschaft ausführlich beschrieben. Mit Register. Sprache: englisch.