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GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Volume 32, Number 1 (January, 1942) thru Volume 65, No. 4 (October, 1975) . Very good.

Price: $300.00

Each volume bound in uniform brown buckram with gilt stamping. Also included is a matching bound volume containing indexes for 1942-1943 & 1945-1952. 35 volumes in all. These volumes are not library discards. They belonged to an individual whose name is stamped in gilt at the base of each spine. Extra shipping for this lot

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PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND MIDWESTERN CONFERENCE ON SOLID MECHANICS, HELD AT PURDUE UNIVERSITY, SEPT. 8-9, 1955
Lafayette, Ind.: Purdue University, 1955. Intro. by J. L. Bogdanoff. 8vo. Cloth. vi, 251 p . Engineering Experiment Station Research Series No. 129.

Price: $30.00

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THE FLOTATION INDEX: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ARTICLES, PAPERS, REPORTS, AND BOOKS PREPARED ON THE SUBJECT OF FLOTATION FROM THE YEAR 1928 THROUGH 1968...
San Francisco: Great Western Division, The Dow Chemical Company, ca. 1968. Two volumes in one. Small 4to. Blue cloth, stamped in gilt. Each yearly index pagainted separately . Name stamp on endpaper, a few notations on the title page; else a fine copy.

Price: $75.00

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TRANSACTIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING CONGRESS, 1915: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING ... SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, SEPTEMBER 20-25, 1915
San Francisco: Press of the Neal Publishing Company, (1916). Illus. with photos & drawings. 8vo. Black cloth, stamped in gilt. v, 532 p. + folding diagrams . Spine faded, spine lettering dull; else very good.

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Contains "The Diesel Engine in America" by Max Rotter, "Motor Vehicles: Passenger Type" by Ethelbert Favary, "Motor Vehicles: Utility Type" by Arthur J. Slade, "Motor Tractors" by Frank S. Davis, plus articles on founding, forgings, machine shop equipment, metal working, the internal combustion engine, turbines, boilers, etc

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Josiah Willard Gibbs, Professor of Mathematical Physics in Yale University, 1871-1903
(GIBBS, Josiah Willard)
(New Haven): "[Not Published]", ca. 1910. With "What Science Owes to Willard Gibbs" by Henry A. Bumstead. 8vo. Wraps. 14 p . 1st ed. Some cover wear, soiling & foxing; else very good.

Price: $50.00

Contains appreciations of Gibbs by Max Planck, Charles S. Pierce, et al

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The Semen of Animals and Its Use for Artificial Insemination
ANDERSON, James
Edinburgh: Imperial Bureau of Animal Breeding and Genetics, 1945. Small 4to. Wraps. viii, 151 p. + plates . 1st ed. Some cover wear, two short tears at top of spine; else very good.

Price: $22.50

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"Escape into Reality." In "The Humanist"
ASIMOV, Isaac Vol. XVII, No. 6 (November-December, 1957) . Stamped "Marked Copy for Your Attention" on cover; else very good.

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Journal issued by the American Humanist Association in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Asimov's article was part of a Symposium on Science Fiction, along with "Science Fiction Comes of Age" by Miriam Allen de Ford and "Science Fiction as an Escape." Also contains "Has Catholic Policy Changed?" by Paul Blanshard, "The Evolution of a Poujadist" by Laurence Wylie, etc

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Behavior of the Leaf-nosed Snake, Phyllorhynchus Decurtatus
ATSATT, Sarah Rogers
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1923. 8vo. Wraps. (303)-312 p . University of California Publications in Zoology, Vol. 21, No. 9. 1st ed. About fine.

Price: $20.00

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Die Boole'sche Partialordnung und die Paarung von Gefügen
BÜCHI, J. Richard
Lissabon: Portugaliae Mathematica, 1950. 8vo. Wraps. [119]-180 p . 1st ed. Name at top of front cover, short tear at base of spine; else very good.

Price: $45.00

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The Development of Fundamental Concepts in the Science of Genetics
BABCOCK, Ernest B
Washington: American Genetic Association, 1950. 8vo. Wraps. 50 p . Name stamp on front cover; else very good.

Price: $15.00

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Geometrie als Sprache der Formen
BARAVALLE, Prof. Dr. Hermann von
Stuttgart: Verlag Freies Geistesleben, 1963. Small 4to. Cloth. 142 p. + plates containing 411 figures . 2. Auflage. Name on paste-down; else fine in near fine d.w.

Price: $27.50

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A Child's Garden: A Fantasy
BARNETT, Maybelle F
New York: Margent Press, 1941. Illus. by Gleb Ilyin in b/w + 4 color plates. Small 4to. Green cloth. xii, 64 p . 1st ed. INSCRIBED & SIGNED. Fine in d.w. which is lightly soiled & worn at extremities.

Price: $45.00

The author, formerly Mrs. Frank Whittier Fuller, of San Francisco, moved to Fourviews, the Englewood estate of her husband, John T. Barnett, near Denver, Colorado. The extensive gardens of Fourviews were the inspiration for this poetic fantasy and are the scene of the action

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The Way of Wyrd: Tales of an Anglo-Saxon Sorcerer
BATES, Brian
San Francisco: Harper & Row, (1983). 8vo. Black cloth-backed boards. 208 p. Bibliography . First U.S. Edition. Name on front paste-down (under d/j flap); else near Fine in Very lightly worn d/j.

Price: $60.00

Based on the author's research into Anglo-Saxon literature and history of the first century A.D., the book is a documentary novel that has the feel and immediacy of a first-person account.

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The Spiral Structure of Our Galaxy: International Astronomical Union/Union Astronomique Internationale Symposium No. 38, Held in Basel, Switzerland, August 29 - September 4, 1969
BECKER W. and G. Contopoulos, eds
Dordrecht-Holland & New York: D. Reidel Publishing Company/Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 1970. Illus. with photos & charts. Small 4to. Cloth. xiii, 478 p . 1st ed. Fine in near fine d. w.

Price: $20.00

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Thinkers and Tinkers: Early American Men of Science
BEDINI, Silvio A
NY: Scribners. (1975). With more than 100 B/w photo illustrations. Small 4to. Red boards. xix, 520 p. Reference Notes, glossary, bibliography, index . Near Fine in lightly worn d/j, few short tears.

Price: $15.00

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Introduction to the Theory of Relativity
BERGMANN, Peter Gabriel
New York: Prentice-Hall, 1942. Foreword by Albert Einstein. 8vo. Cloth. xvi, 287 p . 1st ed. Amasa S[tone] Bishop's copy, SIGNED by him on the front free endpaper. A few scattered notes, presumably in Stone's hand, a bit of wear at extremities; else very good.

Price: $45.00

Stone later headed Project Sherwood for the Atomic Energy Commission. He read this book as a physics undergraduate at Cal Tech

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Boolean Algebra (the Technique for Manipulating "and," "or," "not," and Conditions) and Applications to Insurance
BERKELEY, Edmund
New York: Edmund C. Berkeley and Associates, 1952. 8vo. Wraps. 373-414, 167-176 p . Name blacked out at upper right-hand corner of front cover, stain along spine of cover; else very good.

Price: $30.00

Offprint from October, 1937 & June, 1938 issues of "The Record" of the American Institute of Actuaries

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Les Fondements logiques des Mathématiques
BETH, E[vert] W[illem]
Paris & Louvain: Gauthier-Villars/E. Nauwelaerts, 1950. Small 4to. Wraps. 272 p . Collection de Logique Mathématique Série A I. 1st ed. Pages browning; else very good.

Price: $27.50

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Nuclear Physics
BETHE, H[ans A.], R[obert] F. Bacher and M. Stanley Livingston
No place: Reviews of Modern Physics, 1937. Small 4to. Blue binder's cloth, stamped in gilt. 82-229, 69-390 p . Ex-corporate library copy. Stamps on endpapers, light cover wear, stain at top edges; else very good.

Price: $135.00

Contains "Stationary States of Nuclei" by Bethe & Bacher, from Vol. 8, No. 2 (April, 1936), "Nuclear Dynamics, Theoretical" by Bethe, from Vol. 9, No. 2 (April, 1937) & "Nuclear Dynamics, Experimental" by Livingston & Bethe, from Vol. 9, No. 3 (July, 1937)

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Einstein's Theories of Relativity and Gravitation: A Selection of Material from the Essays Submitted in the Competition for the Eugene Higgins Prize of $5,000
BIRD, J. Malcolm, comp. & ed., with introductory matter supplied by
New York: Scientific American Publishing Co., Munn & Co., 1922. 12mo. Cloth. xiv, 345 p . 2nd revised edition. Some wear at extremties; else very good.

Price: $15.00

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Kreis und Kugel
BLASCHKE, W
New York: Chelsea Publishing Company, 1949. Mit 27 Figuren im Text. 8vo. Wraps. x, 169 p . Very good.

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The Tell-Tale Picture Gallery: Occult Stories
BLAVATSKY, H. P. and W. Q. Judge
Bombay: International Book House, ca. 1940s. 12mo. Black cloth, stamped in gilt. 218 . 1st ed. Very good.

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A Method in Proofs of Undefinability: With Applications to Functions in the Arithmetic of Natural Numbers
BOUVÈRE, K. L. de
Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Company, 1959. Small 4to. Wraps. vi, 64 p . 1st ed. Fine.

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No Man Is an Island
BRADBURY, Ray
Beverly Hills, Calif.: The National Women's Committee of Brandeis University, Los Angeles Area Chapter, [1952]. 12mo. Wraps. 10 p . 1st ed. Light cover wear, rear cover & top edge of front cover darkened; else fine.

Price: $300.00

"'No Man Is an Island' is an address delivered by the author, Ray Bradbury, at the Annual Meeting, November 7, 1952, before the Los Angeles Chapter of the National Women's Committeew of Brandeis University. This is printed by request for the members of this organization"

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The Elder Brother: A Dawn Thought Sketch
BREWER, C[harles] L[ouis]
Cicago: To-morrow Publishing Co., 1907. 12mo. Wraps. 64 p . 1st edition, paperback issue. Very good. Scarce.

Price: $175.00

Metaphysical novelette. Not noted in Bleiler

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Crystal Growth
BUCKLEY, H. E
New York & London: John Wiley & Sons, Inc./Chapman & Hall, Ltd., (1951). Illus. with photos & line drawings. 8vo. Light blue cloth, stamped in dark blue & silver. xv, 571 p . 1st ed. Fine in lightly worn d.w. with a couple of tears & a chip at top edge of rear panel.

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The Great Pacific War: A History of the American-Japanese Campaign of 1931-33
BYWATER, Hector
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1925. 8vo. Blue cloth, stamped in red. ix, 317 p . 1st American ed. Bleiler p. 37. Bookplate on endpaper, previous owner's name blind stamped on half-title, minor wear at edges; else a very good copy.

Price: $225.00

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The Inter-Relationships of the Bryophyta
CAVERS, Frank
London: Dawsons of Pall Mall for New Phytologist, 1964. Illus. with line drawings. 8vo. Wraps. vii, 200 p . New Phytologist Reprint, No. 4. With additional notes. Name stamp at top of front cover; else very good.

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Distributive and Modular Laws in the Arithmetic of Relation Algebras
CHIN, Louise H. and Alfred Tarski
Berkeley & Los Angeles, 1951. Small 4to. Wraps. 341-384 p . University of California Publications in Mathematics New Series, Vol. 1, No. 9. 1st ed. Fine.

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Scientific Change: Historical Studies in the Intellectual, Social and Technical Conditions for Scientific Discovery and Technical Invention, from Antiquity to the Present
CROMBIE, A. C., ed
New York: Basic Books, (1963). Symposium on the History of Science, University of Oxford 9-15 July 1961. 8vo. Cloth. xii, 896 p . 1st ed. Fine in near fine d.w.

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Optical Workshop Principles: Being a Translation of "Le Travail des Verres d'Optique de Précision"
DÉVÉ, Colonel Charles
London: Adam Hilger Ltd., 1945. Preface by Charles Fabry. Trans. by T. L. Tippell. 8vo. Cloth. xiv, 306 p . 1st edition in English. Very good.

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Problèmes de Propagations Guidées des Ondes Électromagnétiques
DE BROGLIE, Louis
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, Imprimeur-Éditeur, 1951. Wraps. vi, 118 p . Deuxième édition. Name at top of front cover; else very good.

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Vibratii Neliniare si Aleatoare
DINCA, Florea & Christian Teodosiu
Bucuresti: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, 1969. Small 4to. Boards. 462 p. With a pamphlet containing an English translation of the table of contents, foreword & introduction laid in . Some wear at extremities; else very good.

Price: $60.00

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A Brief Account of the Lick Observatory of the University of California
DIRECTOR OF THE OBSERVATORY, PREPARED BY
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1920. Illus. with photos. 8vo. Wraps. 41 p . 5th ed. Light cover wear & soiling; else very good.

Price: $7.50

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A Brief Account of the Lick Observatory of the University of California
DIRECTOR OF THE OBSERVATORY, PREPARED BY
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1920. Illus. with photos. 8vo. Wraps. 44 p . 7th ed. Name at top edge of front cover; else very good.

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Studies of the Pliocene Palaeobotany of California
DORF, Erling and Irma E. Webber
Washington: Carnegie Institution, 1933. Illus. with photos. Small 4to. Green cloth, stamped in gilt. 134 p. + plates . Contributions to Palaeontology. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication No. 412. 1st ed. Name stamps on front & rear paste-downs, number at top of spine (presumably from a private library), light wear at extremities; else very good.

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Contains "Pliocene Floras of California" by Erling Dorf & "Woods from the Ricardo Pliocene of Last Chance Gulch, California" by Irma E. Webbr

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The Lost World
DOYLE, Arthur Conan
New York: Looking Glass Library/Random House, (1959). B/w illus. by Gil Walker. 12mo. Green pictorial boards. 316 p. + list of Looking Glass Library titles (lists to #28) . #10 in Looking Glass Library. Some foxing on top edges; else fine in price clipped d.w.

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South American "Lost World" inhabited by dinosaurs and other huge prehistoric creatures

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A Discrete Evasion Game
DUBINS, Lester E
No place: No publisher given, ca. late-1950s. 8vo. Wraps. 231-255 p . Some staining at upper right-hand corner of last leaf; else very good.

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Offprint from "Contribution to the Theory of Games Volume III," edited by M. Dresher, A. W. Tucker and P. Wolfe

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A Note on Upcrossings of Semimartingales
DUBINS, Lester E
No place: Annals of Mathematical Statistics, 1966. 8vo. Wraps. 728-728 p . Very good.

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Offprint

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A Simpler Proof of Smith's Roulette Theorem
DUBINS, Lester E
No place: Annals of Mathematical Statistics, 1968. 8vo. Wraps. 390-393 p . Very good.

Price: $20.00

Offprint

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On Equicontinuous Extensions of Equicontinuous Families
DUBINS, Lester E
No place: Bollettino U.M.I., 1977. 8vo. Wraps. 3 p . Very good.

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Offprint

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On Everywhere-Defined Integrals
DUBINS, Lester E
Providence: American Mathematical Society, 1977. 8vo. Wraps. 187-194 p . Very good.

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Offprint from Transactions of the American Mathematical Society

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On Extreme Points of Convex Sets
DUBINS, Lester E
No place: Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 1962. 8vo. Wraps. 237-244 p . Very good.

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On Lebesgue-Like Extensions of Finitely Additive Measures
DUBINS, Lester E
No place: The Annals of Probability, 1974. 8vo. Wraps. 456-463 p . Very good.

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On Plane Curves with Curvature
DUBINS, Lester E
No place: Pacific Journal of Mathematics, 1961. 8vo. Wraps. 471-481 p . Very good.

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On Roulette When the Holes Are of Various Sizes
DUBINS, Lester E
No place: Israel Journal of Mathematics, 1972. 8vo. Wraps. 153-158 p . Very good.

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Rises of Nonnegative Semimartingales
DUBINS, Lester E
No place: Illinois Journal of Mathematics, 1968. 8vo. Wraps. 649-653 p . Some staining at fore edges; else very good.

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Rises of Upcrossings of Nonnegative Martingales
DUBINS, Lester E
No place: Illinois Journal of Mathematics, 1962. 8vo. Wraps. 226-241 p . Cover unevenly faded; else very good.

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Some Upcrossing Inequalities for Uniformly Bounded Martingales
DUBINS, Lester E
No place: Instituto Nazionale di Alta Mathematica, 1972. 8vo. Wraps. 170-177 p . Very good.

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Offprint from Symposia Volume IX

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Subfair Casino Functions Are Superadditive
DUBINS, Lester E
No place: Israel Journal of Mathematics, 1967. 8vo. Wraps. 182-184 p . Very good.

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