Dialing, First Edition (11 results)

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Cover art by David Mann (illustrator). First Edition, First printing. NY, Tor, 1989 First Edition, First Printing 210 pages A near fine unread copy, with a small hole punched in the top outside corner of the front cover. See Photos sr 2/7 / E.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The photos in this listing are of the actual book you will receive.210pp Near fine unread copy with slight toning to top page margins. See photos sr 4/1 & 4/6.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The photos in this listing are of the actual book you will receive. Signed by Grant on title page. 210pp Very good condition, unread, light edge wear, minor foxing to first and last pages. See photos sr 1/4E. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Evan Sung - Photography (illustrator). 1st Edition. **Bundle Up & Save On Postage** Dust jacket has stickers on back panel, text has gift inscription front end page, tape repair made to photographs p127/8, also repair to photographs p165/6 - the text and recipes are not affected, otherwise very clean and well bound 8.5 X 10" 263 pages Weight Over 1 Kg. "Treat sugar like salt." This is the baking mantra of Bill Yosses and the secret to his indulgent yet wholesome desserts. As the White House pastry chef he was tasked by First Lady Michelle Obama to create healthier treats, only to discover that when he dialed back the sugar in his recipes, his desserts actually tasted better. By using sugar with restraint you can showcase the natural sweetness and unique flavors of other ingredients like fruits, nut flours, essential oils, herbs and spices. Complete with professional tricks of the trade to ensure your confections are as gorgeous as they are delicious. Illustrated throughout by beautiful full-page colour presentation photographs.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition. Number line beginning with 1. Date line beginning with 2. Near fine, perhaps near fine plus, oversize board book. All moveable dials fine. Only minor, if not trivial signs of age/wear/previous use, primarily to corners, edges and extremities.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 176 pp. Tightly bound. Spine not compromised. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Remainder mark (one small dot) on bottom fore-edge. First Edition / First Printing. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10.

Paperback. Condition: Good+. 1st Ed. 157pp, smaller octavo paperback in green wraps. mild fading to spine, covers clean, tight binding, interior text clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Lectures on Select Subjects in Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, and Optics. With the Use of Globes, The Art of Dialing, and the Calculation of the Mean Times on New and Full Moons and Eclipses, James Ferguson, Printed for A. Millar, London, 1764, first edition, illustrated with engravings, bound with 1767 supplement, 252 p., 23 plts + index, 40 p. + 13 plts, collation complete. Re-backed original full leather binding measuring 9 x 10.5 , 4to. In fair condition. Boards normally scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at corners. Head and tail of finely restored spine lightly rubbed; gilt work bright and clean. Front hinge cracked at head. Erwin Tomash book plate on front paste down's bottom edge. Light toning throughout text-block; some minor off-setting around plates. Pen marginalia in old hand on rear paste down. Binding remains intact. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. James Ferguson (1710 1776) was a Scottish astronomer. He is known as the inventor and improver of astronomical and other scientific apparatus, as a striking instance of self education and as an itinerant lecturer. Ferguson despite never receiving formal training, became famed for his travelling lectures and easy-to-understand works on the basics of astronomy. Ferguson learned mechanics at a very early age and developed an interest in stargazing while working as a shepherd in the Scottish highlands. These interests, as well as an innate skill for draughtsmanship, were encouraged by his father and others but due to lack of funds he was unable to pursue study at one of the major universities in Scotland. Nevertheless, he was able to use his skills to produce mechanical devices such as orreries (an early piece of equipment used to demonstrate the movements of the planets), clocks and globes and earned a steady living painting portrait miniatures with India ink. Provenance of Erwin Tomash (1921-2012). Tomash was an American engineer who co-founded Dataproducts Corporation, which specialized in computer technology, specifically printers and core memory units. Tomash led the creation of the Charles Babbage Institute and is responsible for the Adele and Erwin Tomash Fellowship in History of Information Technology and the Erwin Tomash Library. Rare first edition quarto. many later editions bound in octavo. COMPLETE WITH ALL PLATES! Gift quality. RAREB1764KTVA - 02/21 RAREB1764KVUT - 11/24 - HKREV239.

Full-Leather. Condition: Good. R White (illustrator). 1st Edition. A good copy of the 1st edition in later full leather binding with frontispiece and 23 full page plates, of which 10 are folding. Leybourn's first work on Dialing was published in 1669; it's popularity (particularly given the use of sun-dials and astrolabes by the navy at that time) led to this expanded folio version, funded by subscription. William Leybourn was a leading practical mathematician and authored a number of works on surveying, Gunter's Line and measuring tables. This copy has been rebound fairly recently in a full pigskin binding with raised bands and title and author labels. New endpapers have been added, and the frontispiece relaid and repaired (there was loss to the side edge and a little damage to the portrait). Contents with title page; To the Reader 3pp; Contents of the Tractates [the work is arranged in 11 sections or Tractates] 4pp; errata 1p; Introduction 12pp; text with plates, tables and diagrams 330 pp; finis; final blank. The pagination is erratic but the text is continuous. P119/120 is missing and has been replaced by a facsimile. There is some crinkling and loss to page edges, particularly at the beginning and areas of browning/spotting. The plate at p295 has been relaid - with some loss to the bottom margin. There is occasional ink annotation and highlighting. Please ask for more images to fully assess condition.

vii + [i] + 252 + [iv] pp.+ 23 folding engraved plates (depicting many scientific and mechanical instruments), 1st edition, 26cm., contemporary full-leather binding (joints with some old profesionnal repairs, back joint slightly broken at lower end), pages with some browning though text is still bright, some occasional foxing, handwritten ex-libris on title page: "de Schuldorff, London 1778", good condition, W88555.

First Edition. First edition, 4to, pp. vii, [1], 252, [4]; 23 folding engraved plates; bound with: A Supplement to Mr. Ferguson's Book of Lectures . containing thirteen copper-plates, with descriptions, of the machinery which he has added to his apparatus, since that book was printed, London, A. Millar, 1767, pp. 40; 13 folding engraved plates; contemporary full calf, red morocco label on gilt-decorated spine; joints cracked, corners worn and peeling, boards scuffed; externally good; internally about fine. Ferguson (1710-1776) was "almost totally self-taught. [He] became fascinated with mechanics as a small child when he observed his father using a lever. A talented artist, for many years he earned his living as a portraitist. In later years he was able to devote himself to science, delivering popular lectures on science, and designing instruments. He invented eight orreries, a tide-dial, a 'whirling table' for displaying the mode of central forces, the 'mechanical paradox' and various kinds of astronomical clocks, stellar and lunar rotulas, as well as his 'seasons illustrator' and the 'eclipsareon' of which he was very proud." (Roberts & Trent, Bibliotheca Mechinaca, p. 114-5). "His models of the planetary system were classics of engineering design whose accuracy far surpassed anything previously available" (DSB).