Search Results: Authors starting with K from Kuenzig Books

Boston, Detroit, London: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000. First Edition. Boards. Good. First Edition. xviii, 203 pages. 8vo. Silver and blue printed boards. Exlibrary with the usual markings. Clean and bright internally, not often checked out. Boards.

London: Biggs and Co, 1902. Cloth. Very Good. [8], 503, [1-blank], iii, [5-ads] pages. 8vo. Publisher's original maroon cloth with gilt titles. Corners bumped, overall wear to the extremities. Hinges cracked (as normal for this title) but still sound. Several small inked notations (a name?) on two leaves. Cloth. This 1902 edition (dated in the preface) was translated from the third German edition by Harold H. Simmons, A.M.I.E.E. It updates Gisbert's more common 1893 work "Dynamos, Alternators and Transformers." Simmons notes the content of this edition has been revised and much enlarged by the author, and "all references to stationary transformers were removed because of a separate work by the author". It adds a "more thorough treatment of sparking in direct-current machines, of magnetic leakage, of direct--current armature windings, and of the excitation and compounding of such machines." It is focused on technical readers, "and contains practical suggestions of great value, enabling the problems… Read More

London: Biggs and Co, 1902. Cloth. Good. [8], 503, [1-blank], iii, [5-ads] pages. 8vo. Publisher's original maroon cloth with gilt titles. "D. Van Nostrand Company, New York" ink stamped below the London imprint at base of title page (probably the American distributor). A withdrawn ex-library example with cracked hinges (still sound), bookplate, rear pocket, and embossed stamp on the title page and scattered throughout the text. Boards slightly bowed, a touch of waving to a few front pages from damp. A decent working copy. Cloth. This 1902 edition (dated in the preface) was translated from the third German edition by Harold H. Simmons, A.M.I.E.E. It updates Gisbert's more common 1893 work "Dynamos, Alternators and Transformers." Simmons notes the content of this edition has been revised and much enlarged by the author, and "all references to stationary transformers were removed because of a separate work by the author". It adds a "more thorough treatment of sparking in direct-current machines, of… Read More

New York, San Francisco, and London: Academic Press, 1976. Hard Cover. Very Good. A good working copy. No dj. Several page corners bumped and creased, otherwise binding is sound and is clean internally. Corner tips bumped. Hard Cover.

[ Japan ]: Japanese Map Association (MAP Kyogikai), 1987. First Edition. Boards. Near Fine. First Edition. iii, 130 pages. 8vo. Publisher's green boards with silver gilt titles. An unread copy, clean and bright. Boards. MAP stands for the Middle Atmosphere Program.

Chichester, New York, Brisbane, Toronto, Singapore: John Wiley & Son, 1996. First Edition. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. x, 522 pages. 8vo. Publisher's green boards with green pictorial dust jacket. Corners and head/tail spine mildly bumped. Dj presents nicely but worn at the extremities. A great working copy. Boards.

London: Edward Arnold, 1982. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. ix, 331 pages. 4to. Blue cloth binding. Pictorial dust jacket. Dust jacket with some wear, and rear dust jacket flap mis-folded. Clean internally. Cloth. First published in 1975, this is the second edition of 1982. "The need for a second edition has arisen for several reasons. There has been a rapid growth in knowledge relateing to diabetic complications and considerable advancement in their treatment...In addition there is a completely new section on skin complications, and a new chapter on the genetic and environmental factors determining the frequency and severity of diabetic complications." (from the front flap).

Harrisville, PA: Kellner's Fireworks, 2000. Wraps. Near Fine. 8 1/2 x 11 inches. A group of wholesale price lists for Consumer Fireworks from the Kellner Fireworks company (an importer and distributor of fireworks since 1947). Pricelists are black and white stapled wrappers. Several color brochures laid in for various products. Wraps.

New York: Longmans, Green and Co, 1937. Cloth. Very Good. viii, 479 pages. 8vo. Publisher's brick red cloth. Remnants of original dust jacket. A sound working copy. Cloth.

New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1943. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. First Edition. vii, 152 pages. Small 8vo. Publisher's tan cloth with light blue lettering. Liquid stain on front cover not affecting insides. A sound working copy. Cloth.

Cambridge, Massachusetts and London, England: The MIT Press, 1992. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition. xiii, [1], 478 pages. 8vo. Publisher's black cloth binding with pictorial red and gray dust jacket. A nice clean example, noting some fading to the dust jacket spine panel and previous owner information stamped on front pastedown endpaper. Cloth.

New York, St. Louis, San Francisco, ..: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1969. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. First Edition. xii, 236 pages. 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth. Pictorial dust jacket in white and black. Previous owner's name on front flyleaf. Dust jacket with several tears and associated creasing. A nice working copy in the original dust jacket. Cloth.

Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1976. First Edition. Boards. Near Fine. First Edition. ix, 223 + ads pages. 8vo. Yellow and brown printed boards. A clean copy, noting the boards are slightly bowed. Boards. Texts and Monographs in Physics. "This book deals with the physics of spin-polarized free electrons. Many aspects of this rapidly expanding field have been treated in review articles, but to date a self-contained monograph has not been available." (preface).

New York, St. Louis, San Francisco, ..: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1969. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. First Edition. xiv, [2], 492 pages. 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth. Pictorial dust jacket in blue and black. Previous owner's name on front flyleaf. Dust jacket with several tears the largest at the upper left front dj fold and rear lower dust jacket with associated creasing. A nice working copy in the original dust jacket. Cloth.

820 Broadway, New York: [ Francis M. Kidder & Co. successors to Dr. Jerome Kidder ], 1880. First Edition. Wraps. Good. First Edition. [36] pages. Plus light brown printed wrappers. 8vo (6 x 9 1/8 inches). Large stain to cover with dampstaining internally in decreasing size. Cellotape and archival tape repairs to covers (spine, front cover, and re-attaching a large chip to the rear cover). Cellotape repairs darkening paper underneath - the archival (we think) spine repair looks stable. Not paginated, the first 14 pages are a treatise on diseases treatable with these machines, illustrated with woodcuts. Then follows a leaf with copyright notices on front and a large shield noting the American Institute gold medal. Followed by 8 pages of proper catalogue entries (illustrations, prices, etc) and then more testimonials. Wraps. This catalogue, like others related to Jerome Kidder and his inventions, is a combination of testimonials, a nicely illustrated trade catalogue, and award notices. But it… Read More

820 Broadway, New York: Jerome Kidder M'f'g. Co, 1884. First Edition. Wraps. Good. First Edition. 65 pages. Small 8vo (8 x 5 1/2 inches) Printed light pink pictorial wrappers. Label of "Library of The Saturday Afternoon Club" covering an older inked inventory (?) number with associated staining. Modern white label with inked notations affixed to front wrapper obscuring part of title. Cutout on front wrapper (1 1/8 x 1 3/8 inches) affecting printed text on inside front wrapper (purchasing instructions). Penciled note "Medical electricity" on front wrapper as well. Internally bright and clean with a few turned corners. Wraps. Post dates the death of Jerome Kidder, (who died on May 13, 1879) with a testimonial on page 53 dated Aug 12, 1884. Perhaps most valuable today as a trade catalogue/marketing document, It begins with some theory about electro-allotropic physiology and shows some examples of how it manifests to users. Then come earned awards and boilerplate how applications work from previous… Read More

Hastings-on-Hudson, NY and MA: David & Yola Coffeen and Raymond V. Giordano, 1989. First Edition. Staplebound wraps. Near Fine. First Edition. Pgs 1-32. 8vo. Wraps. Illustrated. A bright clean copy. Staplebound wraps. ISSUE CONTENTS: Elizur Wright's Arithmeter. An Early American Spiral Slide Rule by PEGGY A (Aldrich) KIDWELL. The Microscopes of Charles Fasoldt by PAUL L. FERRAGLIO. The Straight-Line / Nadir Instrument of the Dorchester Bay Tunnel Project by DALE R. BEEKS and A. JAMES HILL. Microscopes and Medicine in the U.S., 1840-1860 by DEBORAH JEAN WARNER. Squire Whipple's Protracting Trigonometer by FRANCIS E. GRIGGS, JR. The Rittenhouse Journal of the Scientific Enterprise was a scholarly journal focused on increasing and distributing knowledge about scientific instruments made and/or sold in the US and the Americas. Throughout its 23 years of publication (and a total of 70 issues), the journal covered areas including mathematical, optical and philosophical instruments, chemical,… Read More

West Nyack, New York, U.S.A.: Cambridge Univ Press, 1986. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Scratch to rear cover, minor soiling to the covers. Clean internally. Sound binding. Hard Cover.

New York, London: Interscience Publishers, 1952. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. First Edition. xiv, [1], 407 pages. 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth. Previous owners' name stamped front endpaper, a bit dusty otherwise a sound working copy. Cloth.

Philadelphia: the american academy of political and social science, 1924. First Edition. Cloth. Good. First Edition. vii, 292 pages. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth. Exlibrary with the usual markings, a good working copy. Several page with cellopage repairs. Folding chart laid in (small loss to one corner) in the chapter it relates to (no loss of meaning). Cloth.