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1. Lingering Shadows: Jungians, Freudians, and Anti-Semitism
Maidenbaum, Aryeh (ed)/Martin, Stephen A. (ed)

Boston: Shambala, 1991. VG/VG. 1st printing xiv, 410 p., chapter notes, 8vo;

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$15.00

2. Amber to Amperes: the Story of Electricity
Greenwood, Ernest

NY: Harper & Brothers, 1931. VG/no dust jacket, bookplate on front endpaper. 1st printing xii, 332 p., frontis, illus, appendix, biblio, index, 8vo;

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3. The Selected Papers of Boulton & Watt; Vol. 1, The Engine Partnership, 1775-1825
Watt, James/Boulton, Matthew

Cambridge: MIT Press, 1981. Fine/Fine. 1st printing xvi, 425 p., illus, biblio, index, 8vo;

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4. Galileo's Children: Science, Sakharov, and the Power of the State
Bailey, George

NY: Arcade/Little Brown, 1990. Fine/Fine. 1st American printing 458 p., biblio, index, 8vo;

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5. The North Pole of the Winds
Hobbs, William Herbert

NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1930. Good/Poor, dj in 2 pieces, spine of dj missing, front hinge cracked. 1st printing viii, 376 p., frontis, maps on endpapers, photos, illus, appendix, index, 8vo;

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6. Piltdown: a Scientific Forgery
Spencer, Frank

NY: Oxford University Press, 1990. VG/Fine, 2 lines of writing on pg. 273. 1st printing xxvi, 272 p., frontis, photos, illus., map, diagrams, biblio., index, 8vo;

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7. Atomic Energy and the Life Sciences
United States Atomic Energy Commission

Washington DC: GPO, 1949. VG, 1" tear at spine. 1st edition? viii, 203 p., photos, appendices, 8vo wraps;

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8. Short Stories of Science and Invention: a Collection of Radio Talks
Kettering, Charles F

Detroit: General Motors, 1955. VG. reprint 126 p., illus, index, trade pb;

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9. The Day the Bomb Fell on America: True Stories of the Nuclear Age
Burleson, Clyde W

Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1978. VG/Good. 1st printing xii, 261 p., appendices, 8vo;

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10. Russian Science in the 21st Century
Gouschev, Sergei (ed)/Vassiliev, Mikhail (ed)

NY: McGraw-Hill, 1960. VG/Good, edges of dj rubbed/chipped. - x, 222 p., photos, small 8vo;

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11. The Story of Power
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Detroit: General Motors, 1956. VG, name on title page. 3rd printing 51 p., illus., trade pb;

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12. The Politics of the Ocean
Wenk Jr., Edward (INSCRIBED)

Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1972. VG/Good. 1st printing INSCRIBED by author, xviii, 590 p., maps, appendices, index, 8vo;

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13. Footsteps in the Jungle: Adventures in the Scientific Exploration of the American Tropics
Maslow, Jonathan/Thompson, Victor (maps)

Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 1996. Fine/Fine. 1st printing x, 309 p., photos, mpas, biblio, index, 8vo;

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14. Dreams of Iron and Steel: Seven Wonders of the Nineteenth Century, from the Building of the London Sewers to the Panama Canal
Cadbury, Deborah

NY: Fouth Estate, 2004. Fine/Fine, remainder mark. 1st American printing xx, 300 p., photos, illus, maps, biblio, index 8vo;

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15. Our World in Antarctica
Clift, A. Denis

NY: Rand McNally & Co, 1962. Good/no dust jacket, name/date on front endpaper. reprint 160 p., color/bw photos, maps on endpapers, 4to;

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16. The Broken Image: Man, Science and Society
Matson, Floyd W

NY: George Braziller, 1964. VG/VG. 1st printing 355 p., notes, biblio, index, 8vo;

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17. A Catechism on the Combustion of Coal and the Prevention of Smoke: a Practical Treatise for Engineers, Firemen, & Other Interested in Fuel Economy & the Suppression of Smoke from Stationary Steam-Boiler Furnaces & from Locomotives
Barr, William M

NY: Norman W. Henley & Co, 1901. VG/no dust jacket. 1st printing 349 p. + 8 pages ads, illus, tables, index, 12mo;

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18. The Transactions of the Twelfth International Congress on Large Dams: Mexico City, Mexico March 29-April 2, 1976 (5 vols.)
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Montligeon: International Commission on Large Dams, 1976. VG/no DJs. - xx, 850 p., xii, 1143 p., xii, 1244 p., xii, 1116 p., 740 p., photos, illus., maps, fold-outs, appendices, index, 8vo;

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19. The Darwinian Revolution: Science Red in Tooth and Claw
Ruse, Michael

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1979. VG/VG, name on front endpaper. 1st printing xvi, 320 p., frontis, figures, notes, biblio, index, 8vo;

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20. A Century of Wonders: 100 Years of Popular Science
Heyn, Ernest V

Garden City: Doubleday, 1972. VG/Good, edges dj sl torn. 1st printing 320 p., color/bw photos, illus, small 4to;

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21. The Cosmic Water Hole
Davoust, Emmanuel

Cambridge: MIT Press, 1991. VG/VG. 1st American printing xvi, 206 p., photos, appendix, biblio, 8vo;

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22. American Men of Science, a Biographical Directory, volume 1: Physical Sciences
Cattell, Jaques (ed)

Lancaster/NY: Science Press/R.R. Bowker, 1955. VG/no dust jacket. - vi, 2180 p., 4to;

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23. Camping with the Prince and Other Tales of Science in Africa
Bass, Thomas A

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990. VG/VG. 1st printing xvi, 304 p., maps on endpapers, biblio, index, 8vo;

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24. British Manufacturing Industries
Bevan, G. Phillips, Editor

London, Eng.: Edward Stanford, 1876. Metallic Mining and Collieries by Warington W. Smyth; Coal by A. Galletly; Building Stones by Professor Hull; Explosive Compounds by W. Mattieu Williams. [2], iv, 211, [1], 16 p.; 17 cm. (7 inches). Brownish-red cloth with blind-stamped border and decorative center medallion on each board. Pale yellow endpapers printed in black with the contents of the series edited by G. Phillips Bevan. 16 pages of publisher's advertisements follow text. Front board also bears a blind stamp reading: Friends Library of Germantown. Front pastedown bears bookplate of the Germantown Friends' Free Library, with inscription noting that the book was withdrawn from that library and presented to Joseph H. Price in Jan. 1936. The title page also bears a faint ink stamp and a perforated stamp of the same library, with an accession number stamped at the foot of p. iii. Back pastedown bears remains of book pocket. This volume in the British Manufacturing Industries series discusses the state in the 1870s of the mining of gold, silver, lead, copper, tin, iron, and other metals, and of coal, in particular the techniques used in working coal mines and the current safety methods found in those mines, as well as the quarrying of building stones. Of particular interest is the lengthy section on the manufacture and use of gunpowder. In Fair Condition: cloth over spine is lacking; both boards are detached but present; fore-edges of boards are rubbed; back free endpaper is detached but present; pages are otherwise clean and tight. A scarce book from this important late 19th-century work on industry in Great Britain.. Fair.

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25. The Evolution of Modern Medicine: A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913 (Classics in Medical Literature series)
Osler, William

-: DevCom/Pfizer, 1996. Fine/Fine. reprint of 1921 edition xvi, 244 p., photos, illus, indexes, 8vo

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26. The Anatomical Exercises of Dr. William Harvey (Classics in Medical Literature series)
Harvey, William

-: DevCom/Pfizer, 1996. Fine/Fine. facsimile reprint of 1653 edition 111 p., illus, 8vo

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27. The Domestic Manufacturer's Assistant, and Family Directory, In the Arts of Weaving and Dyeing
Bronson, J. & R

Utica, N.Y.: William Williams, 1817. Comprehending a plain System of Directions, Applying to Those Arts and Other Branches Nearly Connected With Them in the Manufacture of Cotton and Woollen Goods; Including Many Useful Tables and Drafts, in Calculating and Forming Various Kinds and Patterns of Goods; Designed for the Improvement of Domestic Manufactures. First Edition. 204 p.: tables, 1 full-page engraving, patterns; 19 cm. (7½ inches). Full calf with six gilt-ruled spine compartments; gilt-tooled title on black leather spine label: Weaving & Dyeing. Errata slip attached to back fixed endpaper. On front free endpaper in an old hand: John Warners Book. Contains directions and patterns for weaving and dying wool and cotton; also contains a section of recipes, including that for gilt for the edges of books and paper. In Very Good- Condition: rubbed; one corner of leather spine label lacking; light soiling throughout; old ink stains on pp. 147-50, but text is legible; several tears, all without loss of text or pattern: 4½-cm. (2-inch) tear from fore-edge of pp. 86-87; small section lacking from lower edge of pp. 88-89; 2-cm. (1-inch) tear from fore-edge of pp. 88-89; 4-cm. (1½-inch) tear from lower edge of pp. 195-96 ; a solid copy.. First Edition. Very Good-.

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