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Description des expériences de la machine aérostatique by FAUJAS DE SAINT-FOND, Barthélemy

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Title
Description des expériences de la machine aérostatique
Author
FAUJAS DE SAINT-FOND, Barthélemy
Seller
Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
Paris and Brussels, 1784. Engraved frontispiece and 9 engraved plates on thick stock. Contemporary blue publisher’s wrappers with printed spine label, glassine sleeve. An excellent copy in fine original condition. First edition thus, a truncation of the author’s landmark 2-volume work on the first aerial balloon flight published the year before. It records the efforts of the Montgolfier brothers, who, on June 5, 1783, successfully launched their unmanned linen and paper hot air balloon, which was 36 feet in diameter, to a height of 6000 feet. The author also describes here several additional balloon flights made after the June 5 success. In addition to the narratives, Faujas de Saint-Fond includes practical information about the chemistry of the gas used, the mathematics and physics involved in the flights, the properties of the materials that make up the balloons, and the costs of the experiments. The first manned balloon flight took place in November 1783, and it is also documented here. The finely detailed plates show the ballons, apparatuses for heating the air, trajectories, and equipment. Barthélemy Faujas de Saint-Fond (1743-1819) was a French scientist and sponsor of the Montgolfier brothers. It is important to distinguish this text from the one published by Cuchet in Paris 1783-4. Cuchet had received a printing privilege from the King for that book for 10 years, so Le Francq could not print an identical text. See PMM 229 and Dibner 179.
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The Mercenaries by Donald E. Westlake

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The Mercenaries
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Donald E. Westlake
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Jeff Bergman Books ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Random House, 1960. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Presentation & Association. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fine Copy In Like Jacket.First Edition Stated.$2.95 )n Flap.Great Association Copy To the Great Mystery Store Owner & Publisher Otto Penzler."For Carolyn & Otto Penzler This is The Prettest Copy Of Mercenaries I've Ever Seen in Years Love It! Donald E. Westlake(The Kid on The Back). Amazing Copy. First Novel..
Heaven's Prisoners (Inscribed)

Heaven's Prisoners (Inscribed) by Burke, James Lee

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Title
Heaven's Prisoners (Inscribed)
Author
Burke, James Lee
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Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
New York: Henry Holt and Co, 1988. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Octavo. 292 pages; pictorial dust jacket with price of $17.95 on front flap. SIGNED by the author on ffep, additionally inscribed on the title page to mystery collector Arthur Parson. First Edition, stated, with full number line.
Noodles, Sketchbook Stuff, Random Drawings, and Telephone Squiggles

Noodles, Sketchbook Stuff, Random Drawings, and Telephone Squiggles by ZULLI, Michael

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Noodles, Sketchbook Stuff, Random Drawings, and Telephone Squiggles
Author
ZULLI, Michael
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Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Northampton: Tundra. 1991. The third volume in the Tundra Sketchbook Series. With a very short introduction by Neil Gaiman, quite early in his career. Fine in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Fine.
Richard Serra, Drawing: A Retrospective

Richard Serra, Drawing: A Retrospective by SERRA, Richard

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Richard Serra, Drawing: A Retrospective
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SERRA, Richard
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Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
ISBN
9780939594689
Condition
Wrappers with a few scratches; internally a clean copy
Description
Houston, Texas: Menil Foundation, 2011. First edition. Wrappers with a few scratches; internally a clean copy. 12 x 9.5 inches. 176 pages. Profusely illustrated in black-and-white. Original pictorial wrappers. Published to accompany the exhibition held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 13-August 28, 2011, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, October 15, 2011-January 16, 2012, The Menil Collection, Houston, March 2-June 10, 2012.
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MOTOR CAR CONSTRUCTION by Brewer, Robert W.A.

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MOTOR CAR CONSTRUCTION
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Brewer, Robert W.A.
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Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1916. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Stated second impression on title page. British publication imported for sale in US with Van Nostrand Company NY stamped beneath Corosby Lockwood and Son. 8vo, pub green cloth, xii + 242 + 2p pub list, illustrated, foldout plate in rear. Uncommon and early automobile engineering and manufacturer tradesbook. Covers spotted a bit, spine faded. PON stamps.
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New Chronicles of Rebecca. by Wiggin, Kate Douglas.

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New Chronicles of Rebecca.
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Wiggin, Kate Douglas.
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Lighthouse Books, ABAA (United States)
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Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, The Riverside Press, 1907. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by the author, ffep. Octavo, green cloth (hardcover), b & w illustration pasted to upper cover, tissue-protected frontispiece, [278] + ads. Very Good, with lightly rubbed edges.
If They Move... Kill 'Em!: The Life and Times of Sam Peckinpah (First Edition)

If They Move... Kill 'Em!: The Life and Times of Sam Peckinpah (First Edition) by [Sam Peckinpah] David Weddle

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If They Move... Kill 'Em!: The Life and Times of Sam Peckinpah (First Edition)
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[Sam Peckinpah] David Weddle
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Royal Books (United States)
ISBN
9780802115461
Description
New York: Grove Press, 1994. First Edition. First Edition. Fine in an about Fine dust jacket.
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The Texture of Memory; Holocaust Memorials and Meaning by Young, James E.

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The Texture of Memory; Holocaust Memorials and Meaning
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Young, James E.
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Hackenberg Booksellers ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780300053838
Description
New Haven and London: Yale Univeirsity Press, 1993. 1st Printing. xvii, 398p., b/w illus., dj, quarto format.
A is for America, An American Alphabet

A is for America, An American Alphabet by ABC. Scillian, Devin

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A is for America, An American Alphabet
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ABC. Scillian, Devin
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E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA (United States)
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Fine
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Chelsea, MI: Sleeping Bear Press, 2001 Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket with light wear to extremities, original price intact ($22.95). All things American, arranged alphabetically. Illustrated in color throughout.. First Printing. Pictorial Boards. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Pam Carroll. Large Oblong 4to.

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