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18897064Philadelphia: Lippincott 1889. 1st US. Green publisher's cloth with gilt lettering. VG cocked. 356 pp adverts sm 8vo. <br/><br/>'Werner' a minor writer of light romances. Lippincott hardcover books
1892S7034Jena:: Gustav Fischer 1892. 1892. 8vo. 49 1 pp. Occasional light pencil marginalia. Original printed wrappers; top cover soiled and with pencil notations. Very good. SECOND EDITION of August Weismann's important essay on heredity. August Weismann became professor of zoology at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau in 1874. DSB XIV pp. 232-239. Gustav Fischer, 1892. unknown books
1893402877Milan Rome etc.: G. Ricordi & Co 1893. 4to 267 x 203 mm; 10½ x 8 inches. 471 pages. Full-page portrait of Verdi. Original gilt-lettered and -ruled green cloth. A fine copy with only slightest of wear at the ends of the spine. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Published the same year as the first edition in Italian. Falstaff is the last of Verdi's operas composed as he neared his eightieth year. The composer wanted to write a comedy and collaborated with Boito for three years from mid-1889. Of his 27 operas this is only his second comedy the first was his second opera Un giorno di regno. The work premiered at La Scala in Milan on 9 February 1893; it was published in its original Italian and in translations later that year. . <br/><br/> G. Ricordi & Co hardcover books
1881RW1271Braunschweig:: Friedrich Vieweg 1881-87. 1881. 2 volumes. 8vo. xviii 490; xii 528 pp. 215 figs. index. Original half mauve gilt-stamped cloth marbled boards; spine heads neatly repaired with kozo. Bookplate. Very good. First German edition of this classic work on the wave theory of light. Verdet was a French physicist best known for his work in magnetism and optics. The Verdet constant is named for him. Exner was an Austrian mathematician and physicist. Poggendorff III 1387; Roller/Goodman II 536 for the French edition. Friedrich Vieweg, 1881-87. hardcover books
187035981New York: MacMillan and Co 1870. 1st edition. Presentation copy "With the Publisher's compts". Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamping including vignette of dancing insects to front board. Bevelled edges. Professionally recased. A VG copy. viii 221 5 pp. Numerous illustrations by Becker. 7-3/8" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/>Factual information in a fictional setting intended for the juvenile audience. MacMillan and Co hardcover books
1865319096London: Chapman and Hall 1865. First Edition. Illustrated with 39 full page plates of portraits of famous Aeronauts and their Ascents including Icararus as the Frontispiece and 51 vignettes in the text. xxiii 530 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Bound in modern quarter green morocco and cloth. About fine. First Edition. Illustrated with 39 full page plates of portraits of famous Aeronauts and their Ascents including Icararus as the Frontispiece and 51 vignettes in the text. xxiii 530 pp. 1 vols. Folio. The fullest pictorial account of ballooning containing good reproductions of many rare prints a bibliography and a chronological list of ascents from 1783-1848 and incidently giving an account of meteorological observations during ascents." Brockett 12110; Gamble 373; Liebman-Wahl 676; L'Art Ancien Catalogue Flight #250; Tissandier p. 61; Zeilinger Bibliotheca Chemico-Mathematica 20759 Chapman and Hall unknown books
186538770New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1865. 1st US edition. Not in Wolff. Publisher's original printed buff paper wrappers. Slight roll to volume. General wear & soiling to wrappers. A respectable VG copy. 158 2 pp. Text double column. Last 2 pages publisher adverts. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 5-3/4" <br/><br/>Thomas wrote by necessity doing so to support herself after her father passed. She authored 60 novels which Margaret Oliphant & Charlotte Yonge were said to loathe with this title ". another very feeble story pomposly told" with just enough "spice to keep the pages turning." Feminist Companion to Lit in Eng p. 1073. However Tinsley one of her publishers described her thusly: "a bright merry light-hearted girl and a writer of bright easy-reading fiction of which she could write acres in a short time ." A publisher's dream author it seems though now somewhat faded in current reputation & scholarly attention. This one of her earlier efforts quite scarce in this edition & condition with OCLC showing just 7 institutional holdings none west of the Rockies. Harper & Brothers, Publishers unknown books
186441942Boston: F. A. Searle Printer 118 Washington Street 1864. Some age toning light crease here & there with the occasional spot or two. Horizontal fold-line. Still a VG example of this fragile item. One broadside sheet printed recto only. 18-1/8" x 6-1/4" <br/><br/>Margaret Julia Mitchell popularly known as Maggie Mitchell was an American actress born in New York. She made her first regular appearance as Julia in The Soldier's Daughter at the Chambers Street Theatre in 1851. The parts in which she was best liked were Jane Eyre Mignon Little Barefoot and Fanchon the Cricket. Wiki In January 1861 At at De Bar’s St. Charles Theatre in New Orleans Mitchell first appeared in Fanchon the Cricket a new secondhand adaptation by August Waldauer from George Sand’s story “La Petite Fadette.” Her characterization of the sprite of a heroine which included a graceful and entrancing shadow dance was an immediate sensation. Her Southern tour was cut short by the Civil War and Mitchell took Fanchon to Boston and New York where it was equally successful. Fanchon remained her mainstay for 30 years. Audiences never tired of it—her admirers included the likes of Abraham Lincoln and Ralph Waldo Emerson—and even in her 50s Mitchell retained the winsome elfin appeal that made her so successful. She also early obtained the rights to Fanchon which enabled her to amass a considerable estate. EB. We find one institutional holding of this playbill at the MHS. A rare survivor of this play's northern run. F. A. Searle, Printer, 118 Washington Street unknown books
18882818991888. unbound. very good. 1 page 9.5 x 7.5 inches London June 18 1888 confirming his appointment at Wm. Wards studio in part: "Yes! - I shall be not only very happy but very proud to sit to Mr. Ward for my portrait for you & take it as an immense compliment into the bargain. Mr. Ward & myself will be able to arrange about the sittings - when the time arrives - without much difficulty. Forgive me for not writing sooner." This letter was addressed to Sir Henry Lucy a patron of the arts who mounted the letter in a scrap book and added a postscript in the left margin: "The portrait was painted and hung for years in our dining room." Gently faded at the edges with light spotting in the margins; still in very good condition overall.<br/><br/> English illustrator and political cartoonist who was prominent in the second half of the 19th century. He was the illustrator for "Alice in Wonderland" and is best remembered as the principle political cartoonist for "Punch" magazine for over 50 years.<br/><br/> unknown books
1870M13702Philadelphia:: Henry C. Lea 1870. 1870. 8vo. xvi 17-195 1 pp. Original quarter black calf marbled boards gilt-stamped spine; upper joint with kozo repair. Ownership signature Ross MD. Very good. Dedicated to Sir William Jenner. Smith attended University College London. He became F.R.C.P. in 1874. "Early in his career he was through the introduction of the late Sir William Jenner appointed to the Duke of Brabant afterwards Leopold II King of the Belgians and travelled with him in the East visiting India Ceylon and China. King Leopold whose physician he remained until that monarch's death appointed him a Chevalier of the Order of Leopold." He worked at a Children's hospital and gained a wide ranging respect for his personality and knowledge being well read and kind. Sir H. Bryan Donkin singled out this and his Treatise on Diseases of Children as distinguished. See: British Medical Journal 1914 Nov 21; 22812: pp. 904–906. Henry C. Lea, 1870. hardcover books
18781341677Royal Oak: Strathcona Publishing Co 1878. Hardcover. 12mo; VG/G; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine black with white print; DJ has edgewear with slight tears to front top edge and rear bottom edge mild rubbing/shelfwear; Boards in red cloth with gold print clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; "Originally published by the Committee for the Perpetuation of the Memory of F.F. Kokoshkin and A.I. Shingarev"- title page; 120 pages frontispiece port. drawing of Peter and Paul Fortress on endpapers b&w. 1341677. FP New Rockville Stock. Strathcona Publishing Co hardcover books
18831297849Boston: Geo. H. Ellis 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 160 pages; VG-; bound in brown cloth gilt lettering to spine; mild wear and rubbing; webbing slightly showing on top of front gutter; age-toning to pages; binding slightly weak; shelved case 10. 1297849. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Geo. H. Ellis hardcover books
1895274282Boston 1895. unbound. Gorgeous mounted albumin photograph 6.5 x 4.25 inches taken at the studio of Elmer Chickering 21 West Street Boston Massachusetts a shoulder-up profile image of Savage dressed in a heavy coat boldly signed on the image in black ink "M.J. Savage" below the image on the mount in purple ink "M.J. Savage" and again on the back "M.J. Savage - May 24th '95." An exceptional item that is in fine condition. Note: Elmer Chickering 1857 - 1915 was a photographer who specialized in celebrity portraits in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.<br/><br/> American Unitarian Minister who was an early advocate of Darwinian Evolutionistic Optimism and Social Reform and supported the Theory of Evolution through his numerous sermons and church teachings.<br/><br/> unknown books
1886401987Washington: Gibson Brothers 1886. First edition. Light wear to edges of wrappers generally very good/From the Collection of Allan B. Kirsner M.D. 8vo. Salmon and Smith's paper is on pp. 204-05. Entire volume: pp. 201-20 4 pp. advertisements at end. Original printed wrappers. "Discovery of Salmonella cholerae-suis. The Salmonelleae tribe was named after Salmon even though the discovery was made by his assistant Smith" Garrison-Morton-Norman 2505. <br/><br/> Gibson Brothers unknown books
184147722London: Hamiton Adams and Co 1841. 1st Printing. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped title medallion to front board professionally recased. Pale yellow eps. Square & tight modest wear. Bookplate of Caroli i.e. Charles E Doble designed by T. Erat Harrison 1858 - 1917. A pleasing VG copy. viii 82 2 pp. 16mo. 5-3/4" x 3-5/8" <br/><br/>Fairly scarce work with OCLC recording 8 holding institutions with only 3 in the US. Hamiton Adams and Co hardcover books
1888LLV2495London:: Richard Bentley and Son 1888. 1888. 8vo. xv 261 pp. Table p. 238; stained and a bit wrinkled along margins marginal ink notes on pp. 14 28 endpapers foxed. Original half blind-ruled brown calf and teal cloth five raised bands and gilt-stamped black spine label; extremities rubbed hinges reinforced with brown leatherette. Ownership ink signature of William Macgillivray. Very good. FIRST EDITION. Written in letter form by an Englishman about explorations and hunting in the Adirondacks and British Columbia Canada. In the introduction the author states his wife came along and some of her letters to her friends are incorporated into the work in order to appeal to both sexes. See ABC BookWorld for further biographical data. Richard Bentley and Son, 1888. hardcover books
189186934London: Ward Lock and Co 1891. 1st Edition in English. Hardcover. Fair. frontis portrait illustrations index xviii 1 597p. Original reddish pictorial cloth. Rebacked with most of original worn backstrip mounted. 22cm. Covers faded worn and scuffed. Contents sound although lacking the folding map. Translated from the original German by H. W. Dulcken. A worn and mapless copy of a scarce work. Peters was a bit of an adventurer. It seems unclear whether his actions during this expedition were sanctioned by Germany. At any rate Germany and Great Britain concluded the second Anglo-German Agreement on July 1 1890 under which any claims to East African territory secured by Peters for Germany were casually abandoned by the Germans. Peters was later sent to Africa as a German colonial official but highhanded mistreatment of Africans led to his dismissal and forfeiture of his pension rights. Undaunted Peters moved to England and continued as an adventurer and promoter. <br/><br/> Ward, Lock, and Co hardcover books
1898M7680Philadelphia etc.:: F. A. Davis 1898. 1898. 243 x 165 mm. 8vo. xiv 348 ads 4 pp. 56 figs. index. Blind- and gilt-stamped dark green cloth; rubbed covers water-stained rear inner hinge cracked as usual. Ownership signatures of G. L. Hutchinson on title and John T. Crissey on front free end-paper. AS IS. F. A. Davis, 1898. hardcover books
1888SS11210Lyon:: Vitte & Perrussel 1888. 1888. 8vo. xiii 1 392 pp. Half title title printed in red & black; paper evenly toned. Quarter pebbled green morocco over marbled paper-backed boards 5 raised bands to gilt-stamped spine marbled free endleaves and pastedowns. Discrete ownership stamp of "FICHE". Fine. This is a detailed biography of Ozanam by one who admired his achievements detailing his scientific and scholarly interests work as a writer his works as a teacher professor 'a friend of youth' the Conferences of Notre-Dame and 'Les Cercles Catholiques' the Societe de Saint-Vincent de Paul as popularizer and as a Christian. Ozanam 1813-1853 was a French scholar who was "the leading historical and literary critic in the neo-Catholic movement in France during the first half of the 19th century." He was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1997 and is consequently referred to as Blessed Frederick by Catholics Wikip. Ozanam died at just 40 years of age due to 'consumption'. Huit wrote on the life and history of Plato the history of metaphysics Pierre-Simon Ballanche 1776-1847 etc. Vitte & Perrussel, 1888. hardcover books
189525537Chicago: Donohue Henneberry & Co 1895. Early US edition. Light blue wrappers lettered in dark blue. VG spine slightly sunned/paper beginning to yellow as expected. 255 1 pp. Advert last page. 12mo. 7-3/16" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/> Donohue Henneberry & Co unknown books
189989562New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1899. Hardcover. Good. frontis photos index xiv 365p. Original green cloth. 22cm. Ex lib. Mercantile Library NY bookplate and library stamp. Spine slightly sloped. Extremities rubbed some loss of cloth. Moderate cover soil. All plates and maps present. <br/><br/> G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
1895M13445Paris:: Rueff et Cie 1895-97. 1895. Folio. 2 iv 346 pp. 50 chromolithographic plates 23 engravings 18 photogravures. Contemporary half crimson gilt-stamped morocco marbled boards raised bands. Very good. RARE. First edition. A MASTERPIECE OF PHOTO-CHROMOLITHOGRAPHY. "The authors of this book were senior doctors at the Hôpital Saint-Louis. Besnier presided over the 4th International Congress of Dermatologists held in Paris in 1900. The museum had been founded by Devergie in 1865. During his 25 year long career Devergie commissioned water colour paintings of the major skin diseases for use in his lectures. It was not long before these were supplemented by photographs and moulages. Between 1867 and 1894 the Italian moulage artist M. Baretta 1834-1925 produced 1800 such models. He devised the internal colouring technique. This is a technique whereby the colours are applied in between the layers of wax. The effect is one of transparency and greater similarity to the colour of human skin Zanca and Tagliavini. The various separate lesions have been portrayed exceptionally well. Less attention was paid to facial expressions. The museum now has a collection of 4667 moulages at its disposal Dahm. The finest among them were reproduced in this book. The printing technique used was photochromy." – Franz Ehring Skin Diseases: 5 Centuries of Scientific Illustration. pp. 176-177. "Ernest Besnier was born in Honfleur in 1831. He studied in Paris and was a celebrated pupil of Hardy and Bazin. Having been graduated in 1857 he turned his attention exclusively to dermatology and by 1872 had become a chief at l'Hôpital Saint Louis." "Besnier was active in all phases of dermatology. Although essentially French in his diathetic thinking he was responsible for translating Kaposi's text into French with masterful annotations by himself. His monograph on psoriasis his work on atopic dermatitis. and his work on eczema entitle him to his place as the leading French dermatologist of his time." - Shelley & Crissey Classics in Clinical Dermatology p. 246. "Ernest Besnier was the unquestioned master of French dermatology towards the end of the 19th century. When he took over the leadership of the Parisian dermatology clinic in 1873 French dermatology had lost its premier position and fallen behind the Vienna school not only in regards to research and teaching but also in terms of space and equipment. Besnier reformed French dermatology incorporating many advances from Vienna such as establishing laboratories for bacteriology mycology and histopathology and encouraging basic research. As he retired just before the turn of the century French dermatology had closed the gap." "Ernest Henri Besnier was born on 21 April 1831 in Honfleur a small village in the Normandy. Since his father was a customs official the family moved frequently including stays in Marseille and Orleans. Besnier studied medicine in Paris and advanced to Interne des Hôpitaux in 1853. His teachers included Ernest Bazin Philippe Boyer and Henri-Louis Royer whose niece Besnier married a few years later. In 1857 his doctoral thesis on the diagnosis and therapy of ileus was accepted. He continued to address mainly internal medicine themes. Named Medecin des Hôpitaux in 1863 he published between 1864 and 1872 studies ranging from cholera to diseases of the spleen to rheumatic diseases to gall stones becoming one of the best known internists in France. As signs of recognition he was elected Vice-President of the Societe anatomique in 1861 and Secretary-General of the Societe Medicale des hôpitaux in 1864. He served as a military physician in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/1871 and was awarded the highest military honor being named a Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur." "When Bazin retired as head of dermatology clinic at Hôpital Saint-Louis at the end of 1872 Besnier was the highest ranking faculty member and entitled to the position. Although no one dreamed he would desert internal medicine for dermatology he accepted the challenge. With little experience but great energy he started his new job on 1 January 1873. Within a few months he had read the entire dermatologic literature concentrating on the works of Bazin and Erasmus Wilson; he profited greatly from the immense clinical experience of his colleague Charles Lailler who tactfully assumed the role of the old experienced tutor. Besnier also benefited from working together with Adrien Doyon the founder and editor of the Annales de Dermatologie et de Syphiligraphie; Doyen made him aware of the great advances in dermatology in Germany and Austria. With Besnier' encouragement Doyen translated into French Moriz Kaposi's textbook from 1880 Pathologie und Therapie der Hautkrankheiten. Besnier employed his by now encyclopedic knowledge of the dermatologic literature to provide commentaries which enhanced Doyen's translation. The French edition appeared just one year later 1881 and dominated the training of dermatologists in France for the next two decades and helped to reduce the differences between the French and German-speaking schools of dermatology. In 1881 Besnier also became editor of the Annales de Dermatologie et de Syphiligraphie and was named a member of the medical academy." "Kaposi's Clinic in Vienna was the model of a modern dermatology clinic for Besnier. In 1882 he asked Doyen for a detailed report over the Viennese clinic which was published in the Annales de Dermatologie et de Syphiligraphie and including information not only about the teaching program and costs of inpatient care but also covered such details as patient clothing the size of hospital rooms and how instruction signs were posted on the walls. When compared to Vienna the conditions in Hôpital Saint-Louis were primitive. Besnier described his outpatient clinic as a sleazy ramshackle hut completely unworthy of a great capital city. He demanded the construction of new inpatient wards and emphasized the importance of a histopathology laboratory. He also established the first laboratory for bacteriology and mycology at Hôpital Saint-Louis. Besnier demanded a change from purely descriptive dermatology turned against the nosologic speculations of his predecessor Bazin which he felt had lost validity through the groundbreaking work of Pasteur and demanded the incorporation of knowledge from bacteriology and histopathology into dermatology. In addition he tried to get dermatology incorporated into general medical education so that medical students could not graduate without some exposure to dermatology – that had not been the case previously." "Besnier's daily activities were highly regimented. He arrived every morning at 8:45; once a week he made inpatient rounds while the other days were devoted to specialty clinics. After each patient contact Besnier washed his hands and cleaned under his fingernails. He was always carefully dressed and reserved. his students including Louis Brocq Raymond Sabouraud Lucien Jacquet 1860-1914 George Thibierge Felix Balzer 1849-1929 and Emile Leredde 1866-1926 consider him the ideal academic teacher. He stimulated them to produce many papers. His lectures were clear and contained a great deal of clinical and histopathological information embedded in a broad theoretical background. They attracted a wide range of listeners ranging from pharmacists and medical students to guest physicians from abroad. in 1888 Besnier started weekly meetings on Thursday for all physicians working at Hôpital Saint-Louis during which all the interesting cases of the week were discussed. Out of this meeting evolved in 1889 the Societe francaise de Dermatologie et de Syphiligraphie with Besnier as a founding father. He served initially as Vice-President and then became President in 1892." "Besnier published very little. In 1879 he described the diagnostic possibilities made available by histologic examination and coined the term biopsy. In 1889 he described the diagnostic possibilities made available by histologic examination and coined the term biopsy. In 1889 he described lupus pernio which was recognized a few years later as a manifestation of sarcoidosis and in 1892 he provided the first precise description of atopicdermatitis. In order to properly describe this illness Besnier stated that one had to break away from the tyranny of Willan's and consider not only the primary lesions but all the findings. He stated that the central symptom is pruritus intensive pruritus waxing and waning often worse in the evening with seasonal remissions and exacerbations. The lesion morphology in contrast had little meaning; instead he pointed out that one absolute fundamental characteristic was that none of the lesions associated with or triggered by the illness were specific. Besnier did not use the terms lichen or eczema employing instead lichenification and eczematization to emphasize that the skin changes were not specific but instead banal lesions which resulted from itching and scratching. The disease often started in early childhood and took a variable but chronic course. Sometimes the disease left the skin and presented then primarily as emphysema bronchitis asthma hay fever or less often gastrointestinal problems. Since he felt a congenital tendency towards pruritus existed which then could appear in varying degrees of severity Besnier designated the disease as Prurigo diathesique." – Loser Plewig and Burgdorf Pantheon of Dermatology pp. 89-93. Franz Ehring Skin Diseases: 5 Centuries of Scientific Illustration. pp. 176-177; Loser Plewig and Burgdorf Pantheon of Dermatology pp. 89-93; Shelley & Crissey Classics in Clinical Dermatology p. 246. Rueff et Cie, 1895-97. hardcover books
1877316316Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co 1877. First edition. 101pp. 8vo. Modern crimson cloth. First edition. 101pp. 8vo. "For some years I have been using with success.certain methods of renewing the vitality of feeble people by a combination of entire rest and of excessive feeding made possible by passive excerise obtained through the steady use of massage and electricity" Chapter I.<br/><br/>Mitchell used this resty cure on Charlotte Perkins Gilman and it provided her the idea for "The Yellow Wallpaper" a short story in which the narrator is driven insane by this treatment.<br/><br/>This treatment was also used on Virginia Woolf who wrote a savage satire of it in her novel Mrs. Dalloway : "you invoke proportion; order rest in bed; rest in solitude; silence and rest; rest without friends without books without messages; six months rest; until a man who went in weighing seven stone six comes out weighing twelve" G-M 4554 J.B. Lippincott & Co unknown books
188647697New York: The De Vinne Press 1886. 1st edition. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy from Sampson to Theodore Watts dated 1887. Original publisher's quarter-vellum over grey paper wrapped boards; title stamped in blind to front board. Printed paper title label to spine. TEG. Wear & soiling to binding. Terminal flyleaf with short closed tear to bottom edge. Booklabel of Walter Theodore Watts-Dunton. About Very Good. 72 pp. Errata leaf tipped-in after p. 72. 8vo. 9" x 6-1/8" <br/><br/>Publication of "a paper read before the Association of Haverford Alumni in Alumni Hall Haverford College Pennsylvania on the Evening of the Twenty-First of June 1886 by Alden Sampson A. M. Haverford and Harvard." "Theodore Watts-Dunton was an English critic and poet. He is often remembered as the friend and minder of Algernon Charles Swinburne whom he rescued from alcoholism." Wiki The De Vinne Press hardcover books
189649407New York: Hurst & Company Publishers 1896. 1st US Edition . Original publisher's pale green decorative cloth stamped in dark green red & white. Pictorial eps. Cocked. General wear. A VG copy. 305 1 blank pp. Frontispiece. 8" x 5-3/8" <br/><br/>Mrs Meade a prolific writer of books primarily for young ladies some 280 works. Putting toghether a collection of her works. Now that would be a collecting challenge! Hurst & Company Publishers hardcover books