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1896008479Chicago: J. S. Ziegler & Co. 1896. Publisher's light blue cloth with gilt lettering marbled page edges flower and leaf patterned end papers. The title continues -"containing Full Information on All the Marvelous and Complex Matters Pertaining to Women including Creative Science; Bearing Nursing and Rearing Children; Hereditary Descent; Hints on Courtship and Marriage; Promoting Health and Beauty Vigor of Mind and Body etc. etc. together with Diseases Peculiar to the Female Sex Their Causes Symptoms and Treatment the whole forming a Complete Medical Guide for Women". Embellished with many superb colored plates phototype and wood engravings. Near Fine light soiling to boards light toning to end papers. A quite lovely copy and SCARCE thus. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. J. S. Ziegler & Co. Hardcover books
1948005294New York: Dodd Mead 1948. An uncommon book and especially so SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on half-title page - "To David and Elizabeth Frey with my best regards Roger T. Peterson". Lacking the fragile glassine dust jacket Very Good Plus spine sun faded a bit. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Dodd Mead Hardcover books
1815005245London: Thomas Underwood 1815. Translated from the French by G.J.M. De Lys M.D. 512 pages with Index. Handsomely rebound in light blue cloth gilt titles at spine. Very Good Plus binding is Fine contents have light foxing and staining 2 prior owner names title page. . Second Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. Thomas Underwood Hardcover books
19171781917. Hardcover. Very Good. Large 4to. Ltd. to 500 copies. Well illus. Covers slightly soiled/rubbed. <br/><br/>Covers American artists 1750-1850 hardcover books
1957006306Melbourne Australia: Colorgravure Publications 1957. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase one corner of the slipcase with a tape mend. #4314 of an edition of presumably 5000copies. Profusely illustrated with both B&W and color photographs. 200 pp. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition. Colorgravure Publications Hardcover books
19531218777Paris: Commission/Societe Francaise/Bibliotheque Nationale 1953. First Edition Thus. Octavo; two 2 volumes; 1 Rapports; 2 Actes; bound in mixed leather black and green spines and cloth boards; contents generally very good; clean and unmarked. Spines; one black with no titles; one green with gilt titles. #424JPH. 1218777. JPH Numismatic Collection. Commission/Societe Francaise/Bibliotheque Nationale unknown books
1941006598Philadelphia: The American Philosophical Society 1941. RARE. Very Good from the collection of noted anthropologist linguist and ethnomusicologist George Herzog stamped "Herzog Collection" at title page 1/2" paper loss to wrappers at spine ends light soiling to wrappers.sticker shadow front wrapper paginated 763-904. With numerous diagrams. Davidson was noted for his anthropological work among the Australian Aborigines. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The American Philosophical Society Paperback books
1955005041Canberra Australia: Dept. of External Affairs 1955. Very Good toning to front endpage boards a bit bumped in a Very Good dust jacket 1" tear at spine fold and light edge wear. SCARCE in dust jacket. From the library of David G. Frey one of the pioneers of paleolimnology with his namestamp front endpage. With 19 figures in the text and 56 plates in black and white. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Dept. of External Affairs Hardcover books
1905006666New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1905. SCARCE in such lovely condition. Near Fine small inked letter bottom corner front end page gilt at spine a bit rubbed to publisher's name at bottom edge. In the original green cloth gilt titles and decorations bright tissue-guarded frontispiece with elephants vii-xv 310 pp. with 4 pp. publisher's catalog illustrated with numerous black and white full-page photographs. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Charles Scribner's Sons Hardcover books
1979S7889Washington D.C.:: National Academy of Sciences 1979-1998. 1979. 16 volumes. 8vo. Various paginations. Numerous biographies of noted scientists photos portraits bibliog. Full cloth 6 vols. with plain brown dust jackets. A few volumes with ownership rubber stamp or signature of Norman Horowitz. FINE. FIRST EDITIONS. Detailed biographies of many important figures in science such as: Percy Williams Bridgman Edwin P. Hubble George Richards Minot Robert Frederick Loeb Earl W. Sutherland Albert Einstein Vesto Melvin Slipher George W. Beadle Edward L. Tatum Sterling Emerson Alfred Sturtevant & many more. Volume numbers are: XLI-XLVII XLIX-52 58 59 62 63 & 73. National Academy of Sciences, 1979-1998. hardcover books
199083294Oxford: Pergamon Press 1990. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. photos index xxvii 505p. plus 3 color folding maps. Original red cloth. dj. 30cm. Minor wear on jacket. <br/><br/> Pergamon Press hardcover books
178518342Boston: Adams & Nourse 1785. Vol. I. 4to. xxxii 20 568 pp. lacking 6 plts. <br><br>The first volume in the series including scholarly papers on mathematics botany geology and medicine among other topics. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Evans 18900; Sabin 1034; ESTC W15739; Rink 8. Lacking covers; leather partially lost from spine. Title-page and several others rubber-stamped by a now-defunct institution; pages with mild to moderate waterstaining offsetting and foxing. No plates are present. Adams & Nourse hardcover books
1956012701Basel Switzerland: Kyklos 1956. Book. Very good condition. Paperback. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. Four volumes. Each volume contains a bibliography. Paperback wrappers are slightly sunned on the spine with minor rubbing to the extremties and minimal soiling. Vol. I: 134 pages. Vol. II: 135-288 pages. Vol. III: 289-416 pages. Vol. IV: 417-544 pages of text. Includes a inserted seven page summary. Kyklos Paperback books
1955012700Basel Switzerland: Kyklos 1955. Book. Very good condition. Paperback. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. Four volumes. Each volume contains a bibliography. Paperback wrappers are slightly sunned on the spine with minor rubbing to the extremties and minimal soiling. Vol. I: 108 pages. Contributors include: German Bernacer K. E. Boulding Giovanni Demaria Jean Halperin F. M. Heichelheim Calvin B. Hoover Dr. Hanns-Jurgen Kunze Giuseppe Ugo Papi Owe Peters Wilhelm Ropke Edgar Salin Dr. Stefan Valavanis Jean Weiller Leopold von Wiese. Vol. II: 109-224 pages. Contributors include: Alfred Ammon Martin Beckmann Boulding A. Cuvillier P. Fromont Henri Guitton E. G. Jacoby K. William Kapp Lucien Laurat Thomas Marschak Dr. Peter Meihsl Antonio Montaner Kjelf Philip Dr. M. F. Lloyd Prichard P. L. Reynaud Dr. Josef Rosen Dr. G. Sotiroff David Thomson Valavanis von Wiese Dr. Karl Wunderle. Vol. III: 225-350 pages. Authors include: E. Bohler Edwin von Boventer H. Th. Chabot John L. McDougall S. Herbert Frankell Corrado Gini Dr. Z. Y. Hershlag Mortimer Kaplan N. Koestner Emil Kung Vernon W. Mallach Samuel A. Miller Montaner Robert Mosse Dr. Fritz Redlich Salin W. Stark Jean Weiller von Wiese T. M. Whitin. Vol. IV: 351-467 pages of text. Authors include: Gardner Ackley Beckmann Dr. Eric Bovet Cuvillier W. O. Henderson W. Stull Holt Emil Kauder B. M. Niculescu P. L. Reynaud Herman Rubin Salin Richard G. Schmitt Jr. Erich Schneider C. G. F. Simkin Dr. G. Sotiroff F. Trevoux Carl G. Uhr Valavanis Vickrey v. Wiese John Windmuller. Kyklos Paperback books
1928006965Lancaster PA: The Science Press Printing Co. 1928. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY TRANSLATOR Frank M. Schertz to Dr. Roger Adams Sept. 1935 on front end page. Dr Adams unique book plate front paste down. Very Good gilt at spine faded yet legible title page loosened yet holding nicely light rubbing to cloth at the tips. v-xii 385 pp 9 plates at rear. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY TRANSLATOR. First American Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Science Press Printing Co. Hardcover books
1990008661Atlanta Georgia: Max W. Fain 1990. RARE Second Edition Revised hardcover 190 pages originally published 1988 in softcover 125 pages. Near Fine bumps at spine ends. Review Copy publisher's review bookmark laid in. This copy from the Kinsey Institute for Sex Research marked "Duplicate" and with Kinsey stamps and label at spine no other institutional markings copy feels unread. OCLC records 7 institutional holdings worldwide for the 1988 edition none for this edition. . Second Edition Revised. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Review Copy. Max W. Fain Hardcover books
16190Women's Education. Photograph: High School Girls Conducting Electricity Experiments 1905. Large sepia press photo. 8.5" x 7". Handwritten note on verso states the photograph is for an article on public schools. Creasing on upper right and left hand corners tiny tears and nicks along the top and bottom of the image. Very good condition overall. Approximately eighteen girls conducting experiments on electricity using conducting boxes at an unspecified public high school in New York. They sit on tall stools around long tables wearing expressions that vary from concentration to vexation. High school gave girls the opportunity to advance beyond a rudimentary education and become versed in subjects such as history their rights as citizens and advanced science. The US was the first nation to provide the general public with secondary education and in 1900 there were 6000 public schools. Only a fraction of those however were open to women. These girls were part of the first generation taught science a right denied to their mothers and grandmothers. unknown books
1992RH1569Geneve Paris:: Droz Champion 1992. 1992. Series: Hautes etudes medievales et modernes 70. At head of title: Ecole pratique des hautes etudes. IVe section. Sciences historiques et philologiques. 8vo. lxxii 473 pp. Illus. index. Printed wrappers. Very good. RARE. Grmek 1924-2000 was a Croatian and French historian of medicine writer and scientist and one of the pioneers and founders of the history of medicine. . . He put forward the theory of pathocenosis the coexistence of all diseases in a specific time place and society. Droz + Champion, 1992. unknown books
2003006888Boston: Kluwer Academic Pub 2003. Near Fine tiny rub at head of spine. Contents are clean tight and unmarked. . First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covered Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Kluwer Academic Pub Hardcover books
1886402112Philadelphia: Lea Brothers 1886. First edition. Spine reinforced with tape library label and stamps on endleaves/From the Collection of Allan B. Kirsner M.D. 8vo. Contemporary half leather. Contains: Charles FINLAY. "Yellow fever: its transmission by means of the Culex mosquito." Pp. 395-409. <br/><br/> Lea Brothers hardcover books
1957006613Bruxelles Belgium: Academie Royale Des Sciences Morales et Politiques 1957. SCARCE. pp. 792 fod-out map and a section of black and white photographs at rear. Near Fine prior owner name at top edge front wrapper sticker shadow and slight wear at spine. Contents are clean tight and unmarked. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Academie Royale Des Sciences Morales et Politiques Paperback books
1894006961Philadelphia: The F. A. Davis Co. 1894. SCARCE in such lovely collectible condition. Near Fine tiny rubs to cloth at corners gilt bright contents are clean tight and unmarked. 302 pp. . First American Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The F. A. Davis Co. Hardcover books
1985006107Dordrecht The Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff 1985. Review copy with publisher's review slip laid in. Near fine small top corner bump in a Very Good Plus dust jacket light soiling and a few small edge tears. Contents are clean tight and unmarked. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Review Copy. Martinus Nijhoff Hardcover books
1899005593Paris: Charles Carrington 1899. pp. xx 422. Title page printed in red and black. Out of a sequence of 1000 unnumbered copies. Very Good rebound in dark blue cloth gilt. Slight weakness to joints prior owner blind stamp title page slight browning. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Charles Carrington Hardcover books
1899005846Englewood NJ: The Macmillan Co 1899. SCARCE as a single issue Very Good wrappers worn at spine rear wrapper stained internally clean and unmarked. 4 pp. ads paginated 143-173 3 pp. ads. . First Edition. Magazine. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Macmillan Co, Paperback books
