Search Results: a treatise describing the construction and by adams george

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-04-10. Paperback. Good.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback. New.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-04-10. Paperback. Used:Good.

Hardback. New.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC. paperback. New. 5x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Gale ECCO, Print Editions. paperback. New. 7x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

London: Dudley Adams. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed, scuffed and stained. Heavy marginal staining in early pages. Some foxing. Marginal staining to some plates. 1810. 30th Edition. Brown hardback half-leather cover with marbled boards. 210mm x 130mm (8" x 5"). xxiv, 242pp. 14 b/w plates, some folding. .

London: Printed for and Sold by the Author, 1777. Fourth Edition . Leather Bound. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. xxviii, 345, 14 pages. Hardcover bound in original full brown leather with raised bands on the spine. Moderate rubbing and wear to the binding, which has a few stains from handling. Hinges secure and supple. Some water spots near the fore edge of the boards, but the text is clean an unaffected. Early owner's notations (on finding longitude) is neatly written in the margin of page 72. Otherwise the text is sound and generally quite clean. Illustrated with 14 full-page or folding copperplate engravings. Contains a 14 page publisher's catalogue at the rear. A nice copy.

London, printed for and sold by the Author, at Tycho Brahe's Head, 1769.. TITLE CONTINUED: Designed to Illustrate, in the most Easy and Natural Manner, the Phoenomena of the Earth and Heavens, and to shew the Correspondence of the Two Spheres. With a great variety of Astronomical and Geographical Problems. SECOND EDITION 1769, "in which a comprehensive view of the solar system is given; and the Use of the Globes is farther shewn in the explanation of Spherical Triangles". 8vo, approximately 205 x 130 mm, 8 x 5 inches, engraved frontispiece (Plate 1) and 13 engraved folding plates, of which 3 large folding, pages: xxviii, 345, (7) the last section is Adams' Catalogue of Instruments. Bound in full modern panelled speckled calf, gilt decorated raised bands, richly gilt in compartments, gilt lettered red morocco label, new endpapers. Very slight faint damp staining to top edge of early prelim pages, tip of 1 margin corner missing. A very good clean tight copy. George Adams (1704-1773) optician, was… Read More

For the Author, London, 1766. First Edition. Hardback. Near Fine/No Jacket. First edition 1766, 3 engraved plates, contemporary full speckled calf, small chip to head of spine, later endpapers, a very sound copy. The dedication to the king was ghost-written by Samuel Johnson. [Tomash & Williams A7]Provenance Erwin Tomash's own copy with sticker to pastedown

London: Printed for the Author and to be sold at Tycho Brahe's Head, 1766. 1st Edition. Very Good. Written by George Adams to support and explain his newly designed globes, gifted to King George III. Dedication to the King was ghost written by Samuel Johnson. Bound in calf with double rule gilded borders. Modern spine with title and author label and with gilded rules down the spine. Rubbing with slightly rounded corners and new endpapers. Complete with 3 plates, engravings, and tables within the text. Interior is toned, but otherwise clean and clear with minimal to no spotting. Also, containing a catalogue of additional works by the author, at the back.  Pages: (28) 242 (8) Dimensions: 7⅞ x 5¼ x ⅞.