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Those Daylight 4-8-4's: The Story of Southern Pacific GS Class Locomotives

Church, R. J.

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 about Those Daylight 4-8-4's: The Story of Southern Pacific GS Class Locomotives

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Outlines of the Principal Diseases of Females

Churchill, Fleetwood, M. D.

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 about Outlines of the Principal Diseases of Females

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Critical Problems in the History of Science

Clagett, Marshall (ed.)

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 about Critical Problems in the History of Science

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Behind the Doctor

Clendening, Logan

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (1933). Second printing. Hardcover. 8vo. xxi,458,xi,pp. Green cloth. Spine sunned. Minor age wear on binding. Signature, place and date handwritten by previous owner on inside of front board. Underlining in blue pen to a couple of pages. Fascinating history of the role of the doctor..... More about Behind the Doctor

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Profitable and Necessarie Booke of Observations (Book of Medical Observations 1596)

Clowes, William; D. T. Starnes & Chauncey D. Leake (eds.)

New York: Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints, 1945. Hardcover. 8vo. xxviii, 229, [3]pp. Maroon cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine in original printed dust jacket. Facsimile reprint of the copy in the Henry E. Huntington Library. With introductions, general and medical, by De Witt T. Starnes and Chauncey D.... More about Profitable and Necessarie Booke of Observations (Book of Medical Observations 1596

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A Source Book in Greek Science

Cohen, Morris R.; Drabkin, I.E.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xxi. 580pp. Title stamped maroon cloth with title plate in original dj. Head of spine and corners slightly bumped. Discoloration, chipping and tears to dj. "The story of man's scientific achievements in the time of ancient Greece and Rome is... More about A Source Book in Greek Science

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Die Pflanze. Vorträge aus dem Gebiete der Botanik

Cohn, Ferdinand

Breslau: F. U. Kern's Verlag (Max Müller), 1896. Zweite vermehrte Auflage (second revised edition). Hardcover. 2 volumes. Sm. quarto. xii,484pp. xi,574pp. Original color illustrated cloth with gold decorated spine. All red edges. Decorative golden endpapers with floral design. Collection of botanical lectures and essays by Dr. Ferdinand Cohn. Profusely illustrated..... More about Die Pflanze. Vorträge aus dem Gebiete der Botanik

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Elements of Phrenology

Combe, George

Edinburgh: MacLachlan & Stewart, and John Anderson Jun. 1836. Fourth edition. Hardcover. Octavo. (17), viii, 194 (2)pp., vi plates. Plain brown boards with white library tape reinforcing spine. "Many persons desire to know something about Phrenology, who nevertheless are not prepared to bestow much either of time or money in... More about Elements of Phrenology

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Album des Orchidées de l'Europe Centrale et Septentrionale. H. Correvon, Henry

Album des Orchidées de l'Europe Centrale et Septentrionale

Correvon, H. [Henry]

Genève; Paris: Librairie Georg & Cie; Librairie O. Douin, 1899. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 3/4 x 6 1/2"). xii, [4], 92pp (Text), 60 leaves (Plates). Original light blue green cloth, with gold lettering to spine and front cover.Correvon's album of orchids of Central and Northern Europe is splendidly illustrated... More about Album des Orchidées de l'Europe Centrale et Septentrionale

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The Lubrication of Motion Picture Film

Crabtree, J. I.; C. E. Ives

NP, n/d. Softcover. 8vo. (21pp). Reprinted from Transactions of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers. Vol. XI, Number 31, 1927, pp. 522-541. "When freshly developed or so-called "green" motion picture film is passed through a projector, there is a tendency for an incrustation to accumulate on the aperture plate or... More about The Lubrication of Motion Picture Film

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The Life and Works of Matthew Baillie - MD, FRS L&E, FRCP, etc. (1761-1823)

Crainz, Franco

PelitiAssociati, (1995). Hardcover. Inscribed by author on half-title page: "Willie, most affectionately from Franco." 8vo. Maroon cloth with gold lettering on spine in original printed dust jacket. Front endpapers with genealogical table, rear endpapers illustrated with a map. Frontispiece of Baillie after a painting by William Owen. Exhaustive and richly... More about The Life and Works of Matthew Baillie - MD, FRS L&E, FRCP, etc. (1761-1823

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A Treatise of the Materia Medica (Vol. I only)

Cullen, William

Edinburgh: Printed for Charles Elliot, and for C. Elliot & T. Kay, 1789. 4to. xxiii,432pp. Lacking front and back board as well as rear flyleaf. Original spine with black number- and maroon title-label with gold lettering on spine. Important 18th century expansion of William Cullen's lectures on the Materia Medica... More about A Treatise of the Materia Medica (Vol. I only

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Klinische Abbildungen. Sammlung von Darstellungen der Veränderung der äusseren Körperform der...

Klinische Abbildungen. Sammlung von Darstellungen der Veränderung der äusseren Körperform der inneren Krankheiten.

Curschmann, Dr. H. (ed.)

Berlin: Verlag von Julius Springer, 1894. Hardcover. Folio. Unpaginated. Rebound in light brown buckram with gilt lettering on leather label of spine. Illustrated with fifty seven heliogravure plates with explanatory texts on opposite pages depicting changes in the outer form of the human body due to internal illnesses. Striking photographic... More about Klinische Abbildungen. Sammlung von Darstellungen der Veränderung der äusseren Körperform der...

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The Pituitary Body and its Disorders: Clinical States Produced by Disorders of the Hypophysis Cerebri

Cushing, Harvey

Birmingham: The Classics of Medicine Library, 1979. Limited edition. Hardcover. Quarto. X, 341, [3]pp. Original gold-tooled leather with gold lettering on spine. Raised bands. All edges gilt. Moire endpapers. Ribbon marker. Remarkable facsimile edition of "The Pituitary Body and its Disorders" in which the Cushing's syndrome is described for the... More about The Pituitary Body and its Disorders: Clinical States Produced by Disorders of the Hypophysis...

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An Introduction to the Ornithology of Cuvier, for the use of Student and Travellers. Georges...

An Introduction to the Ornithology of Cuvier, for the use of Student and Travellers

Cuvier, Georges; T. Edward Bowdich (transl.)

Paris: Printed by J. Smith and sold by Treuttel and Würtz, Soho-Square, London, 1821. First English language edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Original three-quarter leather over marbled boards. Boards and endpapers detached but present. 86, [8]pp. of index followed by an unpaginated section of 15 b/w illustrated leaves entitled "An Introduction to... More about An Introduction to the Ornithology of Cuvier, for the use of Student and Travellers

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The Healing of Rodolphe Grivel, Congenital Deaf-Mute: A Series of Letters

d'Olivet, Fabre; Nayán Louise Redfield (Translator)

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1927. First edition for this translation. Hardcover. Quarto. XIII, [1], 273, [1]pp. Original gilt decorated blue cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece portrait of Fabre d'Olivet. In this remarkable work Fabre d'Olivet is shown as a humanitarian... More about The Healing of Rodolphe Grivel, Congenital Deaf-Mute: A Series of Letters

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Il Codice Sul Volo Degli Uccelli: Riproduzione in Facsimile del Codice Transcrizione ed...

Il Codice Sul Volo Degli Uccelli: Riproduzione in Facsimile del Codice Transcrizione ed Annotazioni Bibliografiche a Cura di Jotti da Badia Polesine

Da Vinci, Leonardo

Milano: Spartaco Giovene, 1946. Limited First edition. Hardcover. 1/500. Quarto. 55, [3] (Text), [40]pp (Facsimile). Original glassine over decorative paper covered boards. Title page in red and black lettering. Remarkable work containing a stunning facsimile of Leonardo da Vinci's manuscript on the Flight of Birds, along with a text accompanying... More about Il Codice Sul Volo Degli Uccelli: Riproduzione in Facsimile del Codice Transcrizione ed...

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A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene; for Schools, Families, and Colleges

Dalton, J.C.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1870. Hardcover. Octavo. 399pp (8). Maroon cloth with blind stamped publisher's device on front cover. Gilt lettering and gilt stamped publisher's device on spine. Marbled edges. Protective tissue guard at title page. The work is a comprehensive study on human physiology, illustrated throughout with relevant... More about A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene; for Schools, Families, and Colleges

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Two Persian Texts on Meteorology from the Sixth Century A. D. [A Publication of Farhang-e Iran Zamin, 5]

Danesh-Pajouh, Mohammad Taqi (Edited by)

Teheran: Farhang-e Iran Zamin, 1958. First edition. Paperback. Quarto. Pagination in Persian. Original printed wrappers with publisher's logo on covers and title page. First time ever published these two 6th-century texts on Meteorology were edited by M. T. Danesh-Pajouh (1911-1996), a renowned Iranian scholar and author on Persian and Islamic... More about Two Persian Texts on Meteorology from the Sixth Century A. D. [A Publication of Farhang-e Iran...

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The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex [SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR]

Darwin, Charles

Adelaide, South Australia: The Limited Editions Club at the Griffin Press, 1971. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/1500. Quarto. xvii,362pp. Half gold-decorative leather over patterned paper-covered boards in matching publisher's slipcase. Illustrated title-page. Signed by illustrator Fritz Kredel on colophon page. "The sole object of this work," writes Darwin, "is to consider... More about The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex [SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR

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The Origin of Species by Means of natural Selection or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life

Darwin, Charles

New York: Hurst and Company, No date. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. xix, 501pp. Original brown cloth with gilt lettering and ruling on spine. Decorative endpapers. Frontispiece Darwin portrait engraving. Reprinted from the sixth London edition, with all additions and corrections. The ground breaking work on evolution with "Historical Sketch" of the... More about The Origin of Species by Means of natural Selection or the Preservation of Favored Races in the...

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The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the...

The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life

Darwin, Charles

London: John Murray, 1894. Sixth edition, with Additions and Corrections. Hardcover. Octavo. XXI, [1], 432pp. Uncut and partly unopened copy. Original red cloth with gold lettering on spine. Remarkable edition of the most important biological book ever written. This copy was published by George Routledge in the binding of Sir... More about The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the...

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The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication [Complete in 2 volumes]. Charles Darwin

The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication [Complete in 2 volumes]

Darwin, Charles

New York: Orange Judd & Company, (1868). First American edition. Hardcover. Octavo. x,494,[10]pp. viii,568,[8]pp. Original green cloth with blind-stamped borders on covers and gold lettering on spine. Important 19th century work by Darwin on the domestication of animals and plants with detailed facts about artificial selection and discussion of them..... More about The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication [Complete in 2 volumes

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Selected Library of Modern Science

Darwin, Charles; Thomas H. Huxley; John Tyndall; Andrew Dickson White; Herbert Spencer; W. Stanley Jevons; F. V. N. Painter; John Trowbridge; Oskar Schmidt; Enrico Ferri; Joseph Le Conte; C. A. Young; John William Draper; et al.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, ca. 1902. Westminster edition (Appleton authorized edition). Hardcover. 1/1000. 63 volumes. Octavo. Privately bound in exquisite three-quarter gold-ruled maroon leather over marbled boards with finely tooled floral design in gold and green on spine. One raised band on each volume. Top edge gilt. Deckled... More about Selected Library of Modern Science

Price: $6,500.00

Les Chevaux du Sahara [SIGNED]. Daumas, Emir Abd-El-Kader, ugène, Second edition

Les Chevaux du Sahara [SIGNED]

Daumas, E(ugène) (Text by); Emir Abd-El-Kader (Second edition augmented by)

Paris: Schiller Ainé, 1853. Second edition completely revised and greatly expanded. Hardcover. Quarto (10 1/2 x 7"). [2], 480pp. Uncut. Modern full brown cloth, with gold lettering to spine. Original blue wrappers bound in. Verso of title page hand-signed by the author. The almost spiritual relationship between the Arab and... More about Les Chevaux du Sahara [SIGNED

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