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192245478Cambridge: Harvard U.P. 1922. <p>Wolbach Simeon Burt 1880-1954; John L. Todd 1876-1949; Francis W. Palfrey 1876-1953. The etiology and pathology of typhus. Being the main report of the Typhus Research Commission of the League of Red Cross Societies to Poland. x 222pp. 13 plates in the text plus 34 plates including 2 in color at the end; text diagrams. Cambridge MA: The League of Red Cross Societies at the Harvard University Press 1922. 267 x 192 mm. Original cloth some wear at spine and corners but sound. Very good. Presentation Copy inscribed by Wolbach on the front free endpaper: "Miss Clara A. Ricketts with the compliments of S. B. Wolbach." Bound in is a typed presentation letter signed from Wolbach to Miss Ricketts dated 23 October 1922 with the postmarked cover laid in loosely.</p> <p> First Edition of Wolbach's classic work identifying Rickettsia prowazekii as the pathogen causing epidemic typhus; Presented by the Author to the Sister of Pathologist Howard Taylor Ricketts 1871-1910 whose pioneering researches led to the identification of the Rickettsia genus of typhus- and Rocky Mountain spotted fever-causing bacteria. </p> <p> Wolbach is best known for elucidating the infection vectors—lice and ticks respectively—of typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. In the present work Wolbach and his co-authors definitively identified the human body louse as the vector for epidemic typhus. Working on behalf of the League of Red Cross Societies' Typhus Research Commission to Poland Wolbach and parasitologist John Todd carried uninfected lice to Poland to demonstrate that these insects transmit the typhus-causing bacteria Rickettsia prowazekii to human subjects. "The carefully controlled experiments of Wolbach Todd and Palfrey eliminated all doubt that R. prowazekii was the causal agent in typhus" Garrison-Morton.com 5393.</p> <p> Wolbach's presentation letter to Clara Ricketts reads as follows:</p> <p> "My dear Miss Ricketts: I take great pleasure in sending you a copy of the Typhus Report of the League of Red Cross Societies Commission to Poland as I have learned through J. Christian Bay that you are anxious to obtain one. Sincerely yours S. B. Wolbach."</p> <p> Clara Ricketts a senior assistant at the John Crerar Library in Chicago would naturally have been interested in Wolbach's work which built upon and extended her late brother's investigations. Jens Christian Bay 1871-1962 mentioned in Wolbach's letter served as Chief Librarian at the Crerar Library from 1928 to 1947. </p> . Harvard U.P. unknown books
1922M12532Cambridge MA:: Published by the League of Red Cross Societies at the Harvard University Press 1922. 1922. 4to. x 222 pp. 13 figs. 6 charts 16 tables bibliog. 34 plates some color. Blind-stamped dark green cloth gilt spine; rubbed. Ownership signature of W. M. Wheeler Sedalia MO on title. Very good. FIRST EDITION. "A landmark in the history of the subject." Bloomfield Bibliography of internal medicine and communicable diseases p. 293. "The carefully controlled experiments of Wolbach J. L. Todd and F. W. Palfrey eliminated all doubt that R. Prowazeki was the causal agent in typhus." Garrison and Morton 5393. Published by the League of Red Cross Societies at the Harvard University Press, 1922. hardcover books
192247171Cambridge MA: League of Red Cross Societies at the Harvard University Press 1922. First edition 4to pp. x 222; text illustrations 34 plates of biopsies in back; dark green cloth; light rubbing and wear particularly to corners glue residue from bookplate on upper pastedown text clean and bright. "The carefully controlled experiments of Wolbach J. L. Todd and F. W. Palfrey eliminated all doubt that R. Prowazeki was the causal agent in typhus." Garrison & Morton 5393. <br/><br/> League of Red Cross Societies at the Harvard University Press hardcover books
1852WRCAM36523Arequipa: Imprenta de Francisco Ibañez y Herm 1852. 48pp. Dbd. Slight age-toning occasional minor foxing. A very good copy. A rare pamphlet reproducing the address delivered at the installation of the author a Doctor of Political Economy and a lawyer in the Academia Lauretana de ciencias y artes de Arequipa. The titlepage indicates that the work was published by the author for his friends. Tejeda a lawyer who also held a doctorate in political economy discusses various social political regulatory and economic aspects of industry. Included is a chapter on intellectual production noting that lawyers doctors and other professionals can be also considered as industrial entities subject to the laws of free commerce. A rare vanity publication concerned with philosophical aspects of industry printed in Arequipa in the early 1850s. OCLC records a single copy at Princeton. OCLC 40594747. Imprenta de Francisco Ibañez y Herm unknown books
1891235534New York: J. J. Little 1891. paperback. good. Illus. 136pp. 18mo original wrappers lacks folding map. New York: J. J. Little 1891. Eighth Edition<br/><br/> Guidebook to New York City. Wrappers chipped title page chipped and torn in margin with illustration on back of title page torn with some loss of text. Wrappers and title page crudely repaired with tape. Spine rebacked with tape.<br/><br/> J. J. Little unknown books
18989940New York: Press of J. J. Little & Co. 1898. 16mo. 120 pp.; illus. lacks map. <br><br>12th edition. Illustrated guidebook to New York City revised to January 1 1898. With ads for the Grand Union Hotel. Original illustrated front wrapper soiled loose and slightly chipped without loss of printing or illustration back wrapper missing. One instance of a blue crayon line drawn across page without obscuring text several instances of pencilling and one marginal tear. Otherwise pages clean and without chips or tears. Lacks map. Press of J. J. Little & Co. unknown books
1939130304New York: Doubleday 1939. hardcover. very good/very good-. viii 454pp. 8vo cloth d.w.; dust wrapper edgeworn. New York: Doubleday Doran & Company 1939. A very good copy in a very good - dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Doubleday unknown books
1883WRCAM13884San Francisco 1883. 263pp. Original printed wrappers. Wrappers detached and chipped blindstamp on front wrap ownership sticker on titlepage else good. Outlines the "fatal defects" of the electoral system in the United States and suggests changes. unknown books
18836955San Francisco: W. M. Hinton & Co 1883. First edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 464pp. Orig. printed wrappers spine & corners a bit chipped. W. M. Hinton & Co paperback books
189556864Bristol:: John Wright & Co. Very Good. 1895. Hardcover. Black and white photographs. First edition. Brief gift inscription on half-title page damp mark to eye chart in the rear moderate shelf wear else very good in burgundy cloth with gilt lettering. ; 70 pages . John Wright & Co., hardcover books
1971106717New York: Midwood Books No. M-195-113 1971. First Edition. First Edition a paperback original. Very Good plus condition. Light creasing to both wrappers extremities lightly rubbed. A very presentable copy. Photo cover. Midwood Books No. M-195-113 unknown books
195878455Moskva: Izd-vo Vostochnoi literatury 1958. Hardcover. Very Good. 398p. Corners bumped. No Jacket. Russian text. <br/><br/> Izd-vo Vostochnoi literatury hardcover books
18292392Williamstown : Printed by Ridley Bannister 1829. First Edition. Pamphlet. Very good. 13p. removed. None in trade. <br/><br/> Printed by Ridley Bannister unknown books
1988288272Mexico City: Siglo Veintiuno 1988. hardcover. very good. Translated by Josefina Oliva de Coll. xcvi 783 pages very thick 8vo decorative cloth. Mexico City: Siglo Veintiuno 1988. A very good copy.<br/><br/> First edition published in French in 1885<br/><br/> Siglo Veintiuno unknown books
1795707801795. Pioneering English Treatise on Election Law Simeon John 1756-1824. A Treatise on the Law of Elections In All Its Branches. Corrected and Enlarged. London: Printed by A. Strahan 1795. xx 210 cxxvii 13 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5". Contemporary calf rebacked in period style gilt-edged raised bands and lettering pieces to spine front endpapers and rear free endpaper renewed. Negligible light rubbing and a few scuffs to boards moderate rubbing and a few nicks to board edges corners bumped and moderately worn front hinge cracked partial crack between final two leaves of index. Moderate toning to text faint dampstaining to head of text block short clean tear to margin of leaf Y4 pp. cxvii-cxviii not affecting text. A handsome copy. $750. Second and final edition. With extensive index containing extracts from election cases. "We have seen that Douglas the reporter in the court of King's Bench had also made reports of election cases which he published in 1775-177 and that other reports of election cases began to appear about the same time. The publication of these reports gave an opportunity for a more logical treatment of the subject which was provided by Simeon's book.": Holdsworth History of English Law XII:346. The first edition which has less content was published in 1789. English Short-Title Catalogue N14028. unknown books
19181002959Paris: François-Louis Schmied 1918. Signed and numbered woodcut by Art Deco illustrator Fernand Siméon 1884-1928 printed on grey paper illustrating Leo Tolstoy's The Kreutzer Sonata. Drawn from the vantage point of the murderer Pozdnyshev the image depicts his unnamed wife at the piano talking with her violinist partner the sight that triggers Pozdnyshev's jealous rage. This woodcut was featured in Les Cent Frontispieces a portfolio of prints by modern artists issued in an edition of fifty numbered copies by François-Louis Schmied in 1918. A fine example. Woodcut printed in black on grey paper measuring 7.25 x 4.75 inches. Numbered 30/50 and signed by Siméon in pencil. Faint abrasion to verso evidence of previous mount. François-Louis Schmied unknown books
197065050NY:: Praeger Publishers. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover. A reprint of the 1829 edition. Very good in a very good dust jacket. . Praeger Publishers, hardcover books
186944510Paris: Mainsonneuve et cie 1869. First edition. Quarter navy calf over marbled boards 4 raised bands gilt titles all edges speckled. A very good copy extremities rubbed tiny inked numeral at corner of title light soiling and foxing occasional pencil markings light toning to a few plates. xviii 19-240 pp. plates; 2 81- 142 pp. Illus. 146 plates 15 folding 4 color and numerous in text figures. Plates numbered 1-103 1 unnumbered109-132 & 141-156 2 unnumbered. 8vo. This the first 1869 edition of "Archives paléographiques de l'Orient et de l'Amérique." Sabin notes an edition in 1870 with a slightly different title. The Mexican hierographic "Codex Telleriano-Remensis" is provided in facsimile on a large number of plates with an explanation by Brasseur de Bourbourg pp. 190-232. Also includes works on Middle Eastern Asian Sanskrit Oceanic and Cuneiform language systems. Plus a bibliographical list of works on American Paleography. Bound with Siméon Rémi. Société Américaine de France Session de 1884. Paris: Société américaine de France E. Dangu. 2 81- 142 pp. Includes: "Les Systémes Religieux dans L'antiquité Péruvienne" by A. Castaing; "Nouvelle Recherches pour L'interprétation des Caractéres Hiératiques de L'amérique Centrale" by Léon de Rosny; and "Actes de la Société Américaine de France 1884" by Remi Siméon. Both items are scarce. Sabin 73299; Pilling 3374. Field 1319. Phillips: Central America p. 19. Mainsonneuve et cie hardcover books
1952221864San Francisco: Delo 1952. Paperback. 338p. very good paperback text in Russian. On the Doukobhors in Canada and in California; 72 small black and white illustrations including photos of life at various settlements. Delo paperback books
57294Tall narrow folio 150 pages in ink; the first 6 leaves with overpasted newspaper clippings; some pages loose cut or missing; some pencil doodlings; some toning and occasional offsetting; contemporary and likely original calf-backed marbled boards spine partially perished and joints cracked. Detailed accounts of the work of a largely unknown itinerant Massachusetts housewright and general builder Simeon P. Pullen. Housewrights were somewhat different than simple carpenters in that they could make plans organize other workers and bring a building project to completion. Little is known about Simeon P. Pullen personally although his marriage to Mary L. Bradford appears in the Fall River Mass. records in 1829. His work detailed here was for jobs in Fairhaven Dartmouth New Bedford Mansfield and Providence R.I. and he boarded his family on location. For a job in Dartmouth in April 1 1834: "Simeon P. Pullen moved into David Crosby house the last day of march 1834 hired the hole consern for one year and to pay him forty dollars rent". His crew at the time included David Cardy who began work May 12 1834 for $5 a month Crapo probably Isaac Crapo and Sparrows whose first name is not given. The next job was in Fairhaven with Mr. Pearce "to finish a part of Mr. Abernathy hous for $225. and find more new stuff ". In 1833: "Mr. William and Charles Mason to Pearce & Pullen for work on Andrew Rodman house witch thay agree to pay and on Miss rodman hous". In Dartmouth in 1834 Pullen did a major job building a bridge for Joseph Gifford at $1.17 per worker per day. In Providence in 1836 & 1837 Pullen was in partnership with one Isaac G. Brown. They worked on projects for Mr. Baker Elisha Durfee's wharf and D. Vincent. "Providence August 1837. D. Vincint to Brown & Pullen for one door frame $1.00 to one window fraim .50 for putting the pediment a crost the north end $12 for a pot closet under the garet stairs $2.00 to cobboards in the chimney $6.00 for repairing the well drum .50 to buildin the fence at .33 per foot $13.33." In August of 1838 Pullen built a jeweller's shop in Providence for Benjamin B. Brownell for $450. He and his crew worked on the steamboat John W. Richmond as well as for "Dr. Arminton". The steamboat John W. Richmond plied the waters between New York and Providence and was named for a successful physician who was also known for holding much of the State of Rhode Island's Revolutionary Debt in bonds and stocks. The last jobs in the book are back in the Fairhaven and New Bedford area. <br/><br/> hardcover books
196944246London: Andre Deutsch 1969. First edition 8vo pp. 192; original boards in chartreuse dust jacket; textblock fore-edge a bit foxed else fine. Forms part of the Language Library edited by Eric Partridge and Potter. <br/><br/> Andre Deutsch hardcover books
195744229London: Andre Deutsch 1957. First edition 8vo pp. 192; original boards in chartreuse dust jacket; jacket spine a bit toned head rubbed; unobtrusive bookseller ticket on front pastedown; very good. Forms part of the Language Library edited by Eric Partridge. <br/><br/> Andre Deutsch hardcover books
1960001984London: Andre Deutsch 1960. 2d impression. 192p. dj The language library. Andre Deutsch unknown books
1837S13080Paris:: Bachelier 1837. 1837. 4to. 4 ix 3 415 1 pp. Half title; light foxing within. Original quarter dark green gilt-stamped calf marbled boards; extremities worn. Very good. PROVENANCE: SIGNATURE OF KARL PEARSON 1857-1936. KARL PEARSON'S COPY WITH HIS BOLD SIGNATURE. First edition of the work that presented Poisson's 'Law of large numbers.' "He improved Laplace's work by relating it explicitly to Jacob Sernoulli's fundamental theorem and by showing that the invariance in the prior probabilities of mutually exclusive events is not a necessary condition for calculating the approximate probabilities. It is also from Poisson that we derive the study of a problem that Laplace had passed over the case of great asymmetry between opposite events such that the prior probability of either event is very small." :: DSB p. 489. / "Poisson's major work on probability was a book Recherches sur la probabilite. . . published in 1837. The book was in large part a treatise on probability theory after the manner of Laplace with an emphasis on the behavior of means of large numbers of measurements. The latter portion p. 318-415 dealt with the subject matter of the title. Some of this material was taken from memoirs Poisson published in the two preceding years. Only a charitable modern reading could identify a new concept in the work; yet the book contains the germ of the two things now most commonly associated with the Poisson's name. The first of these is the probability distribution now commonly called the Poisson distribution. . . In a section of the book concerned with the form of the binomial distribution for large numbers of trials Poisson does in fact derive this distribution in its cumulative form as a limit to the binomial distribution when the chance of a success is very small. The distribution appears on only one page in all of Poisson's work see p. 206. Although it is given no special emphasis tis brief notice did catch the eye of Cournot who republished it in 1843 with calculations demonstrating the effectiveness of the approximation Cournot 1843 . . . The second most common appearance of Poisson's name in modern literature is in connection with a generalization of the Bernoulli law of large numbers." :: Stigler. / "This work is significant for the author's participation in an important contemporary debate. The legitimacy of the application of the calculus to areas relating to the moral order that is to say within the broad area of what is now called the humanistic sciences was bitterly disputed beginning in 1820 in politically conservative circles. . . Poission was bold enough to take pen in hand to defend the universality of the probabilistic thesis and to demonstrate the conformability to the order of nature of the regularities that the calculus of probability without recourse to hidden causes reveals when things are subjected to a great number of observations." –DSB pp. 489. LAID WITHIN THIS VOLUME ARE FIVE PAGES ON FOUR LEAVES OF MATHEMATICAL NOTATIONS IN FRENCH SUGGESTING AN OWNERSHIP UNKNOWN PRIOR TO PEARSON. Karl Pearson 1857-1936 "was a major player in the early development of statistics as a serious scientific discipline in its own right. He founded the Department of Applied Statistics now the Department of Statistical Science at University College London in 1911; it was the first university statistics department in the world. The present departments of Statistical Science and Computer Science as well as the Genetics and Biometry group in Biology and the physical side of Anthropology are all part of his legacy to UCL." A major proponent of eugenics Pearson was also a protege and biographer of Sir Francis Galton. / REFERENCES: F. Fraunberger within DSB XV Supple. I pp. 480-491; Dodge Yadolah The Concise Encyclopedia of Statistics 2008 p. 427; Stigler The History of Statistics pp. 182-3. See: Pearson E.S. Karl Pearson: an appreciation of some aspects of his life and work. Cambridge University Press 1938. PLEASE CONTACT DIRECT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. Bachelier, 1837. hardcover books
14270French mathematician and physicist. The Poisson distribution in probability theory is named after him. Two Autograph Documents Signed in French small 8vo n.p. September 1 1837 February 1 1838. These are boldly written receipts for salary. "I received from Mr. Tingot my salary for the past month of August. September 1 1837." He signs "Poisson." The same for the receipt dated 1838. Poisson contributed to the development of the theories of electricity and magnetism and as a pure mathematician his most important works were his series of memoirs on definite integrals and his discussion of Fourier. He also studied Fourier integrals. unknown books
