Prof Benjamin Silliman (7 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 12mo, printed wrappers (two small chips, without loss of text), 65pp. A few errant blue pencil markings through the text. Otherwise, a good+ to Very Good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. New York, 1854; blue cloth covered boards with gold spine titles; heavy wear and staining to edges and spine; boards slightly warped; 12mo - over 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; no jacket; endpapers, title page, and frontispiece stained. 468 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. New York, 1856; brown boards with gold spine titles; heavy wear and discoloration to boards; mild corner and edge wear; slight fraying at top of spine; front hinge cracked; 12mo - over 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; no jacket; Ex-Library with typical stamps and markings; spotting to front endpapers; rear endpapers stained. 418 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by G. P. Putnam & Company, New York. 1854. Viii, 418 pgs. Volume I only. Illustrated. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (boards are scuffed and worn). Previous owner's name present to the front pastedown. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Benjamin Silliman (August 8, 1779 November 24, 1864) was an American chemist and science educator. He was one of the first American professors of science, at Yale College, the first person to use the process of fractional distillation in America. He was a founder of the American Journal of Science, the oldest continuously published scientific journal in the United States. The two trips to Europe narrated here were spent calling on scientists and studying European natural history first-hand. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Condition: Good. Volume 1 of 2 only. This hardback exhibits some marks and scratches and sun damage to spine. First few pages show some signs of foxing. Otherwise content is fine. Sticker with previous owners name on inside cover.

2 volumes. First Edition. With a fine engraved portrait, vignette title-pages with views of Berlin and the Alps, a map of the hills of Rome, engraved views of smoking Mounts Etna and Vesuvius, and a number of other illustrations on plates. 8vo, publisher's original blue/gray cloth embossed in blind on all covers, the spines gilt lettered viii, 418; viii, 468 pp. An unusually nice set of this elusive title. The blue-gray cloth just a bit mellowed at the spine panels, otherwise extremely fresh and clean and solid. The hinges are tight and strong, the text is fresh and clean. This is a book rarely found in such nice condition. AN ESPECIALLY NICE COPY OF THE SCARCE FIRST EDITION. Yale Professor Silliman was a man of science who traveled to Europe on at least two occasions. The countries he visits and reports on include Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, France, and Great Britain. Silliman was a scientist of note, he was editor of the American Journal of Science, author of textbooks and a lecturer at Yale. These qualifications make his discussions of Alpine geology, and his observations of Mount Etna and Mount Vesuvius, of considerable importance.

Condition: Good. The blue cloth cover to this book exhibits some damage to extremities and some scuff marks. Slight foxing to page extremities. Name of previous owner on inside cover. Otherwise content is good and clean.