Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea, 1873. From the second revised English edition. Hardcover. Small Quarto. xxxi (i), 33-700, 32pp. original calf with gilt lettering on black label of spine. Brown edges. Publisher's device on title page. With two hundred and ninety-five in-text illustrations. Major work of the period on inorganic and..... More
Göttingen: Heinrich Dieterich, 1815. Second revised. Hardcover. Sm. 8vo. xvi. 555pp. Original three-quarter calf over marbled boards. Age wearing throughout binding. Almost all of backstrip missing. Corners bumped and worn. Scuffing and discoloration to boards. Red page edges. Sporadic foxing throughout not affecting text or plates. Blumenbach's important work on..... More
Chicago: Specification Records, Inc., 1931. Hardcover. 4to. 487pp. Brown paper covered boards with blind embossed bordering, embossed gold cover plate and title plate. Head and tail of spine slightly rubbed. Corners bumped. Very minor scuffing to boards. Ex-libris stamp to inside of boards and loose endpapers. Hinges at spineside of..... More
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1926. Hardcover. 2 volumes. 8vo. Translated from the German by Cyril Brown. Green cloth binding. Pages untrimmed. Former owner's sticker at rear. With light general wear, in very good condition. More
Seengen: Verlag der Historischen Vereinigung Seetal, 1937. Softcover. 8vo. 67pp. Wrappers. Work on the historical monuments of a certain German region. With fold-out map and combined appendix and errata ["Nachträge und Berichtigungen zum Heimatführer (von 937 bis Febr. 1939)"] laid-in at end. Discoloration, some creasing to wrappers. Browning to pages..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1986). First edition. Hardcover. Lg. 8vo. xiii, 189pp. Brown cloth with gold-lettered maroon leather cover and title-label. Detailed study by P. Brain on the ancient Greek physician's three works on bloodletting. Very minor staining and scuffing on binding. Underlining in green marker on two pages, otherwise..... More
Berlin; Wien: Urban & Schwarzenberg, 1903. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. VI, 246pp. Original quarter leather over black cloth with gold lettering on spine. Raised bands. Ribbon marker. Scarce and fascinating therapy book on heart diseases written by Dr. Ludwig Braun (1881-1936), cardiologist, and professor of internal medicine at the University..... More
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. xxiv, Volume 1 (Hieroglyphic Transliteration, Translation and Commentary). 596pp. of text followed by eight full-page annotated plates. Half brown cloth over light brown linen. Gilt lettering and gilt decoration to spine. Minor shelf wear. Corners rubbed. Minor staining to..... More
Birmingham, AL: The Classics of Medicine Library, 1984. Limited edition. Hardcover. Folio. XXIV, 596pp (Text), 8 leaves of plates. Original gilt-stamped green leather with gold lettering on spine. Raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Ribbon marker. Publisher's booklet laid in. Exquisite edition of this Ancient Egyptian medical text which is also the..... More
New York; London: Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. XLV, [3], XXII, [2], 478, XI, [1], 564pp. Original red cloth with gold lettering on front covers and spines. A standard biography of the chief figure of the scientific revolution of the 17th century. Isaac Newton was a physicist and..... More
Paris: Vega, 1934. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 192, [2]pp. Original glassine over printed wrappers. Publisher's device to front cover and title page. Pascal Brotteaux's treatise "Hachich: Herbe de Folie et de Rêve" is "based largely on studies made in northern Africa and in the Near East; but those in the United..... More
Vicenza: Neri Pozza Editore, 1973. First American edition. Hardcover. Sm. 4to. xviii, 394,[96],395-467pp. Blue paper-covered boards with lettering in white on cover and spine in original dust jacket. "This work constitutes the first enquiry into the history of dyeing, embracing its development from prehistory to the present day. It takes..... More
London: Harrison and Sons, 1892. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. XXX, 288, XXX, 422pp. Original green cloth with gold lettering on spines. Frontispiece portrait of William Bowman in each volume. 2-vol. set compilation of Bowman's researches in physiological anatomy (Volume I) and his miscellaneous, surgical, and ophtalmological papers (volume II.) Both..... More
London: J. Cuthell et al. 1821. 12th edition. Hardcover. Large octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2"). XXIV, 121, [1], 461, [1]pp (Vol. 1); [4], 612pp (Vol. 2). Original gilt-stamped full calf, with gold lettering and tooling to spines. Raised bands. Originally published in 1621, "The Anatomy of Melancholy" is Robert..... More
Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1929. Reprint. Paperback. Quarto. VIII, 326, [2]pp. Uncut and unopened copy. Original printed wrappers. Scarce monograph on the molecular scattering of light. Jean Cabannes was a French physicist specialising in optics. From 1910 to 1914 Cabannes worked in the laboratory of Charles Fabry in Marseille..... More
London: MacMillan and Co., Ltd., 1919. Second edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xi, 273pp. ix, 274pp. Brown cloth with gold lettering on spine. Elaborate account dealing with the manufacture of intermediate products for dyes. Illustrated with in-text figures and drawings. Minor age wear and staining on binding. With additions and expanded descriptions..... More
Philadelphia: Blanchard and Lea, 1856. First American edition. Hardcover. Small Quarto. xxiv, 33-724 (32)pp. Original tan calf with gilt lettering and ruling on spine. Emblem on title page. With an appendix containing the applications of the microscope to clinical medicine, etc., illustrated by four hundred and thirty-four in-text engravings. Brief..... More
Birmingham: The Classics of Medicine Library, 1981. Limited edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XV, [1], 32, [10], II, 102, [6]pp. Original gold-tooled leather with gold lettering on spine. Raised bands. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Ribbon marker. Publisher's booklet laid in. Remarkable facsimile of the 1816 first edition published in London by..... More
Venetiis (Venice): Paulum Baleonium (Paul Baleon), 1644. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. [52], 176, [40], 177-598pp. Contemporary speckled calf with black morocco spine label. Raised bands. Small sticker "M 258" on tail of spine. Armorial ex-libris of Wm. Constable Esq., F.R.S. & F.A.S. Ink signature of C. Tonstall on illustrated title-page..... More
New York: Appleton, 1897. Ernest Seton Thompson. Hardcover. 8vo. xi, 270 pp. Decorated light green buckram binding. Head and tail of spine and corners bumped. Hinges starting to crack but holding. Frontis. Illustrated with 75 full-page plates and numerous text drawings. In good condition. More
Detroit: F. B. Dickerson, 1888. Third revised. Hardcover. Octavo. xv (i), 873pp. Original black cloth. Frontispiece portrait engraving. German translation of the third edition of Chase's "Practical Recipes." Compendium containing the newest useful and valuable prescriptions of all branches of medicine, general advice for the household, and a treatise of..... More
Detroit: NP, 1959. Softcover. 8vo. 90pp. Original wrappers. Minor staining to wraps. Rare Service Manual for the Plymouth Model M1 and M2. Illustrated with reproductions of b/w photographs as well as diagrams. Wraps in good, interior in very good condition. More
Omaha: Kratville Publications, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. 97, [23]pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over decorative paper covered boards. Photo-illustrated endpapers and title page. Profusely illustrated throughout with numerous b/w photographic reproductions, and a large folding plan, this fascinating volume is a striking pictorial history of America's most popular steam..... More
Birmingham, Alabama: Gryphon Editions, 1986. Classics of Medicine Library. Hardcover. 8vo. 402 pp. Gilt decorated green leather binding with gilt edges, marble endpapers and ribbon marker. Facsimile of the 1838 edition. Book in fine condition. More
Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. xiv, 555pp. Brown cloth with gold lettering on spine in original printed dust jacket. Proceedings of the Institute for the History of Science at the University of Wisconsin, September 1-11, 1957. Sixteen major papers were presented in six areas of..... More