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1907008929Raleigh NC: North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey 1907. SCARCE in current commerce. xi 453 1 pages with 21 plates 16 of them color lithograph plates of fish and 188 figures in text. E.M. Uzzell and Co. Raleigh printers and binders. Very Good Plus no jacket bound in red cloth with gilt lettering. cloth a bit faded at bottom of spine light rubbing to boards interior clean bright and unmarked. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. Small 4to. North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey Hardcover books
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
192333675Washington: Government Printing Office 1923. 1st separate English printing. Printed buff paper wrappers stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Lower corner bumped otherwise a Nr Fine copy. 2 335 - 345 1 blank pp. Unopened. 8vo. <br/><br/> Government Printing Office unknown books
1990002688New York: St. Martins Press 1990. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR and Director of the Kinsey Institute June Reinisch on the front endpage. First Printing with complete number line 1-10. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. St. Martins Press Hardcover 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
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
1855008687London: Henry G. Bohn 1855. RARE the last complete set seen at auction 1956. Six volumes published 1855-1857. Bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards backs gilt with black morocco labels end papers and edges marbled. Very Good remnants of bookplate removal front paste downs hinges Vol. I starting from top edge yet still holding wear showing at hinges other volumes spines calf darkened light rubbing at edges of boards interiors clean and lovely. Additional postage required for international and priority mail shipping. Please inquire. . First Edition. Half Calf. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Henry G. Bohn Hardcover books
1921006507American Philosophical Society 1921. SCARCE. Reprinted from Proceedings of American Philosophical Society vol. lx no.4 1921. Paginated 503-623 with 3 fold out maps. Near Fine bound in stiff cardstock with cloth tape spine light spoiling. Carl Henry Eigenmann Mar. 9 1863 - Apr. 24 1927 was an ichthyologist who along with his wife Rosa Eigenmann described many of the fishes of North America and South America for the first time. Reprint. Pamphlet. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. American Philosophical Society Paperback books
1936006139Bloomington Indiana: Indiana Univ. Press 1936. SCARCE. Near Fine wrappers a bit sunned. Contents are clean tight and unmarked. Early study by Kinsey who in 1947 founded the Institute for Sex Research at Indiana University. He is best known for writing "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male" 1948 and "Sexual Behavior in the Human Female" 1953. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Indiana Univ. Press Paperback books
1742SS13441London:: Printed for John and Paul Knapton. . . 1742-53. 1742. 5 volumes. 8vo. Vol.1: 4 x 11-456 16; Vol.2: 2 407 15 10; Vol.3: 2 422 16; Vol.4: 2 410 14 11-26; Vol.5: 2 426 14 pp. The first 10 pages of the "Addenda" are bound at the end of vol.2 pp.11-26 are bound at the end of vol.4. 44 of 45 engraved plates mostly folding I: 17; II: 6; III: 6; IV: 6; V: 9 of 10 plates pl. 10 supplied in facs. see p. 422 TOTAL: 44 2 folding tables vol. I tables some folding addenda indexes; 2nd wasp plate vol. V with small scrape effecting some of the image. Original speckled calf; rebacked and with later endleaves vols. I III & V with joints gently mended with kozo. PROVENANCE: Bookplates of Henry and Carol Faul mounted on top of the following engraved bookplate for the American Academy of Arts & Sciences: "Sub libertate Florent" dated 1780 "The Gift of . . ." -- also with their gilt-stamp applied to the foot of the later spines "American Academy"; Rubber stamps discarded of the Linda Hall Library Kansas City MO. Very good. HENRY FAUL'S COPY -- WORKED FOR ENRICO FERMI & BIKINI ATOLL TEST. A collection of early scientific papers from leading figures all belonging to the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris the French equivalent to the Royal Society of London. The abridged papers all appeared between 1699 and 1720 and include diverse topics such as anatomy apiculture astronomy incl. Moon chemistry electricity entomology gases geography geology herpetology invertebrates magnetism medicine meteorology mineralogy monsters music mollusks natural history optics physics scientific instruments including the barometer microscope zoology and more. / AMONG THE NUMEROUS CONTRIBUTORS OR NOTABLES MENTIONED: Agricola Amontons Baert Juan de Barros Bernoulli Bignon Borelli Bouvet Robert Boyle Carre Cassini Chazelles Chevalier Coronelli Dampier Descartes Dodart Fermat Fontenay Fontenelle Galileo Gandolphe Gassendi Gesner Gouye Halley Van Helmont de la Hire du Hamel Huygens Jeaugeon Kepler Kircher Leibnitz Lemery Leuwenhoek Malpighi de Marca Mariotte Mollard Gregory Nazianzen Isaac Newton de Nointel Ortelius Parent Picard Renau Riccioli Sanctorius Strabo Tournefort Varignon etc. PROVENANCE: 1 American Academy of Arts & Sciences bookplate: The Academy seal features Minerva the goddess of wisdom science and trade and the arts. Her temple on the Aventine Hill was a meeting place for skilled craftsman writers and actors. She is also depicted as a warrior a symbol appropriate for an organization created in the midst of the American Revolution. Around Minerva are representations of the new country—on her right a field of Indian corn a stand of oaks and the outline of a town; at her feet a hoe a plow and a sickle; on her left a quadrant and a telescope a ship heading for shore and the sun completely risen above the cloud. Over the whole is the motto SUB LIBERTATE FLORENT which suggests that arts and sciences flourish best in. -- 2 Rubber stamps discarded of the Linda Hall Library Kansas City MO. -- 3 Henry and Carol Faul. Henry Faul was a geologist working on Enrico Fermi's team at the University of Chicago. He was responsible for prospecting uranium ore in Colorado and Utah. He also travelled to Manhattan Project sites at Los Alamos and in Washington DC. Following the war Faul continued to work on nuclear projects and participated in the Bikini Atoll test. He received his M.S. from the University of Chicago during the war and went on to get his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ESTC T131275. Printed for John and Paul Knapton. . . , 1742-53. unknown books
196031969New York 1960. Paperback. Very Good. 29p. Original wrapper. 23cm. This souvenir program includes a short survey of American-Polish music. <br/><br/> paperback books
1861008331Boston: Crosby Nichols Lee and Company 1861. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page - "To Hon. Simon Brown with the regards of The Author". Simon Brown was the 21st Lt. Governor of Massachusetts serving from 1855-56. He was also a printer and publisher including of the New England Farmer. Simon Brown's signature in pencil at top edge title page. Very Good Plus title at spine faded and not quite legible. 164 pp. in publisher's pebbled cloth with rules in blind. Quite sturdily bound in line with its intended audience. SCARCE SIGNED and with a nice Association. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Association Copy. Crosby, Nichols, Lee and Company Hardcover books
1966006689Chicago: Univ of Chicago Press 1966. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket slight rubbing at head of spine spine slightly toned. A handsome copy. . First Edition in English. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Univ of Chicago Press Hardcover books
1936006391Los Angeles: Educational Division California Fruit Growers Exchange 1936. Near Fine creased at bottom edge at spine.30 pp. with numerous black and white photographs. . First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Educational Division, California Fruit Growers Exchange Paperback books
1913008191New York: Dodd Mead & Co. 1913. Twelve of the fourteen volumes published in this series RARE as a set. Eight First Editions - The Glow Worm 1919; The Life of the Grasshopper 1917; The Sacred Beetle 1918; Bramble Bees and Others 1915; The Life of the Caterpillar 1916; The Life of the Weevil 1922; The Life of the Scorpion 1923; The Life of Jean Henri Fabre the Entomologist by the Abbe Augustin Fabre 1921; and four later printings: The Life of the Fly 1915; The Mason Bees 1918; The Hunting Wasps 1917; and The Life of the Spider 1913. Overall Very Good Plus to Near Fine 3 vols. with gilt at spines faded prior owner name some toning to end papers. Uniformly bound in original publisher's brick cloth with embossed front covers and gilt lettering fronts and spines. Jean-Henri Fabre 1823-1915 was a French entomologist largely self-taught who devoted his life to the study of the anatomy and behavior of insects and was influential in Darwin's later writings. Lacking two other titles published by Dodd Mead - More Hunting Wasps and Insect Adventures. A heavy set please be advised added shipping charges will be requested for international orders. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jackets. Small 8vo. Dodd, Mead & Co. Hardcover books
197815872Hemisphere Pub Corp 1978. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. Wear to the dj at the top edges. Bumped at the base of the spine panel. Clean internally. Title: Thermomechanics of Magnetic Fluids: Theory and Applications Proceedings of the International Advanced Course and Workshop on Thermomechanics of Magnetic Fluids. Hard Cover. Hemisphere Pub Corp unknown books
19968973NY: Cambridge University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 0521465427 . First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Cambridge University Press hardcover books
1951004685Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press 1951. Presentation Copy SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHORS "Eleanor Maccoby with the sincere regards of Talcott Parsons Clyde Kluckhorn S.A. Stouffer Robert R. Sears Gordon W. Allport Harry Murray" A unique Association Copy Eleanor Maccoby was a noted psychologist best known for her contributions to developmental psychology and the psychology of sex differences. The signees were a Who's Who of eminent sociologists psychologists and anthropologists. Talcott Parsons career was entwined with the development of sociology as an academic discipline at Harvard and in this book he was refining his "general theory of action". In 1931 Parsons was one of the inaugural faculty members in the Dept. of Sociology at Harvard. Gordon W. Allport is known as one of the founding figures of personality psychology and along with Harry Murray were faculty in the Psychology Dept. at Harvard. Robert R. Sears was head of the Psychology Dept. at Stanford University Samuel Stouffer a Professor of Sociology at Harvard and Clyde Kluckhorn a Professor of Anthropology at Harvard. Book is Very Good no dustjacket corner crease bottom corners last 10 pages of book and top corners title page into contents page cloth a bit rubbed. The signatures of all 6 of these gentlemen are SCARCE individually and as a group along with the Association to Eleanor Maccoby this represents a RARE and unique opportunity in the academic collecting world !. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHORS. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Presentation Copy. Harvard University Press Hardcover books
1904004761Pittsburgh PA: Murdoch-Kerr Press 1904. First Edition 1904. Very Good in the original blue cloth gilt lettering at spine decorative end pages 267 pages including 6 pgs. of advertisements "confined to manufacturers who had exhibits in the hall at the place of meeting and are exclusively of apparatus included in such exhibits". Includes rosters of officers and members constitution by-laws minutes secretary and treasurer reports and program. Illustrated with photographs. While this was the 4th annual meeting reportedly only the 2nd year that the Transactions were published. Wilhelm Rontgen had made his discovery of the rays that he called X-rays only 9 years earlier in 1895. Very Good lettering at spine dulled yet legible light soiling and rubbing to cloth boards light soiling to page block. RARE. A handsome copy of this important early work of the development and history of x-rays. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Murdoch-Kerr Press Hardcover books
1908004763Indianapolis IN: Aetna Press 1908. Very Good in the original black cloth gilt lettering and rules at spine. Rear hinge starting to separate edges of page block and endpages lightly soiled presentation inscription "For the Library of the Physio Medical College Indianapolis Ind." handwritten in ink front endpage. "Eclectic medicine was a branch of American medicine which made use of botanical remedies along with other substances and physical therapy practices popular in the latter half of the 19th and first half of the 20th centuries." Wikipedia. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Aetna Press Hardcover books
199275341992. Softcover. VG orange label on cover. Wraps. 8 pp. 1 color 7 bw plates. Extensive essay written by Pamela D. King with notes. Catalogue lists 39 sculptures. unknown books
1898005273Paris: Librairie de Medecine Folklore et Anthropologie 1898. #374 of 1000 copies published for England and America. Bound in publisher's original black cloth marbled end pages. Very Good both volumes gilt lettering mostly rubbed away hinges starting cloth a bit soiled contents are clean tight and unmarked. . Second Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Librairie de Medecine, Folklore et Anthropologie Hardcover books
200238385New Brunswick:: Rutgers University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 0813530288 . First edition. Very near fine in like dust jacket. . Rutgers University Press, hardcover books
197129191Moskva: Nauka 1971. First edition. Cloth with gilt titles in shades of gray cream and blue. A very good set some browning to leaves on a few volumes otherwise clean unmarked one volume with damp stain to boards and a few leaves at the inner margin. Illus. 8vo. The complete run of the publications of the 7th International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences held in Moscow in 1964. Contributions in Russian English French German Italian or Spanish. Hard to find in a complete run. Nauka hardcover books
1961M6801Jerusalem:: Israel Program for Scientific Translations 1961. 1961. 242 x 172 mm. 8vo. vi 263 pp. Figs. tables. Printed wrappers; wrappers stained. Very good. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Published for the National Science Foundation Washington D.C. and the Department of Health Education and Welfare. 23 articles translated by M. Roublev. Israel Program for Scientific Translations, 1961. unknown books
