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1963005223Oxford England: Bodleian Library 1963. "100 copies handset by Roy Herman Sowers and printed on the old Daniel press in the Bodleian Library Oxford August 1963". Fine in stitched brown wrappers 6 pgs. A small reprint of one of the first medical books published in English. SCARCE. . Limited Edition. Stitched Wrappers. Fine in Wraps as Issued/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Bodleian Library Paperback 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
16706Boole Mary. " Mathematical Psychology". First Edition. Hardcover 116 pages Swan Sonnenschein & Co. LTD. New York. G.P Putnam's Sons 1897. Wife of famous mathematician George Boole. She had progressive ideas on educationand feminists. Boole mathematical work crossed disciplines showing that mathematical data could help humans to better predict and understand cognitive processes. Very Good Condition. unknown books
200120599NY: HarperCollins. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 0060193611 . Fifth printing. Remainder mark on bottom edge else near fine in a near fine trace edge wear fold-out dust jacket. . HarperCollins hardcover books
19975659New Haven: Yale University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 0300072449 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Yale University Press 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
1924006665London: Seeley Service & Co. Limited 1924. SCARCE. Near Fine boards a bit darkened. 276 pp. 12 pp. publisher's catalog map 20 black and white photographs. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seeley, Service & Co. Limited Hardcover books
200234070Cambridge:: Harvard University Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 0674008936 . First edition. Fine in an about fine dust jacket. . Harvard University Press, hardcover books
1900008172London / New York : S. T. Freemantle / J. B. Lippincott Co. 1900. # 188 of 208 copies printed for America. Two volumes in publisher's original green buckram gilt lettering at spines top edges gilt. Profusely and wonderfully illustrated. Very Good spot of discoloration rear board Vol. II scattered light toning at end papers only. A handsome set of this classic of natural history. . Limited and Numbered First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Thick 8vo. S. T. Freemantle / J. B. Lippincott Co. Hardcover books
200351932NY: Knopf 2003. First edition first prnt. Co-authored with Andrew Berry. Signed by Watson in his diminutive hand on the title page. Author's Note. Introduction. Notes. Index. Color and black & white illustrations. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversay of the discovery of the double helix. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Knopf Hardcover books
200320616NY: Knopf 2003. First edition first prnt. Signed by Watson in his diminutive hand on the title page. Color and black & white illustrations. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Knopf Hardcover books
200260629NY: Knopf 2002. First US edition first prnt. Signed by Watson in his diminutive hand on the title page. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Knopf Hardcover books
1998003959New York: Scribner's 1998. A 2nd printing of this re-issue of the classic 1968 book the work for which Watson won the Nobel Prize. SIGNED by Watson on the title page. Part of the Scribner's Classics Series published in the 30th year after the original 1st edition was first printed. Fine in a Very Near Fine dustjacket tiny crease top corner of the front flap. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Scribner's Hardcover books
1902587491902. WASHINGTON ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. ORGANIZATION AND MEMBERSHIP OF THE WASHINGTON ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 1902. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences. Vol. IV pp. 1-47 March 22 1902. Washington DC: Published by the Academy 1902. 8vo. printed wrappers. Moderate edgewear soil notation to wraps. Very good. unknown books
1899246396Washington: The Academy. Very Good. 1899-1911. Complete in 13 volumes 1899-1911 some with several parts ; most in original wrappers with vols 4 5 6 & 7 bound in maroon cloth. In 1911 the name was changed to "Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences" with a new vol. 1 no. 1 issued on July 19 1911. . The Academy hardcover books
1998164761998. Softcover. VG some soiling/pencil on cover. White wraps. 14 pp. 5 color 7 bw plates. unknown books
196928952Moscow: Nauka" Publishing House 1969. First Edition. Octavo 21.75cm.; original black cloth-backed decorative boards spine lettered in silver; 309pp. Some dust-soiling boards a bit shelf-worn more heavily so at corners else Near Very Good and sound. First volume to be published of this annual. Nauka" Publishing House unknown books
1980OG42415-042Iowa City IA: Friends of the University of Iowa Libraries 1980. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. SECOND EDITION first edition of 142 pages 1974. 4to. 10 3/4 x 7 3/8 inches. xiv 474 pp. Double-page title page color portrait of John Martin M.D. sample pages from several entries in the catalogue; text clean unmarked. Gilt-stamped red cloth; binding square and tight shelf wear. Very Good. "This catalogue contains descriptions of 1196 of the 1600 books in the John Martin Rare Book Room in the Health Sciences Library. Works were chosen for the catalogue which seemed to illustrate the best the history of medicine are most representative of a particular author or presented a particular topic not otherwise treated even though the work is not of great importance." Preface. Friends of the University of Iowa Libraries hardcover books
195560529New Haven: Human Relations Area Files 1955. Paperback. Very Good. maps xi 389p. Softcover in original wrapper. 28cm. Name on title-page. Subcontractor's Monograph HRAF-19. Title also appears as "Aspects of Contemporary Belorussia." <br/><br/> Human Relations Area Files paperback books
198336759Little Rock: Porbeck Printing Co. 1983. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. Spine soiled else near fine. 42 pp. Illus. with duotone reproductions. Sq. 8vo. Porbeck Printing Co. unknown books
1960S10630Paris:: Hermann 1960. 1960. Series: Histoire de la Pensee II. 8vo. 344 pp. Printed wrappers; edges and corners rubbed. Ownership signature. Very good. Hermann, (1960). unknown books
1898006693New York: D. Appleton and Co. 1898. Authorized Edition 1898. Near Fine in Half-Leather over marbled boards leather a few small rubs most pages yet uncut. A quite handsome copy. . Later Edition. Half-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. D. Appleton and Co. Hardcover books
199821812San Francisco: Chronicle Books. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0811816850 . Illustrations by Kirk Caldwell. First printing. Remainder mark on bottom edge else fine in a fine dust jacket. . Chronicle Books hardcover books
1976008668Los Angeles: Sexual Law Reporter 1976. 22 copies hole-punched for ring binder unbound Near Fine stamped "Duplicate" and 5 copies with duplicate tabs attached several copies with pencil call numbers although no other markings these are duplicates from the Kinsey Institute for Sex Research. 1976 Vol. 2 Nos. 1-4 6 and Index; 1977 Vol. 3 Nos. 1-2 4-5 and Index; 1978. Vol.4 Nos. 1-4 and Indexcomplete year; 1979 Vol. 1-4 complete year no index. A non-profit organization founded in Los Angeles in 1974 and continuing through 1979 to protect sexual civil liberties by informing the law community on statutory and case law in the field of sexuality. . First Printing. Ring Bound. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Sexual Law Reporter Paperback books
1933007840London: William Heinemann 1933. SCARCE "With 480 cinematographic and 54 full-page illustrations". Includes cinematographic supplement of 12 flip films illustrating exercises. From the collection of Rosalind Cassidy her namestamp half-title page one of the most distinguished leaders and thinkers in 20th century American physical education. Later from the collection of The Kinsey Institute for Sex Research its namestamps and "Duplicate Copy" stamp. Very Good hinges broken yet binding holding nicely rear joint 1" split to cloth. A SCARCE and fascinating book with quite nice Association to the fields of sex research and physical education. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. William Heinemann Hardcover books
