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1862S11187Giessen:: Ferber'sche Universitats 1862. 1862. 8vo. iv 32 pp. Original printed wrappers; front cover notation covers reattached. Good. Moleschott was a Dutch physiologist who taught at Heidelberg and the Sapienza in Rome and "was especially concerned with research on the cardiac nervous system the respiratory system the smooth muscles and embryology" as well as "the metabolism of plants and animals and in the effect of light on it in nutrition" DSB Vol. IX 456-7. Ferber'sche Universitats, 1862. unknown books
184338419Boston: T H Carter and Company. Very Good. 1844c1843. First Printing. Hardcover. -; Very Good. No dust jacket. Nice copy of this early edition. . T H Carter and Company hardcover books
189064728New York: J. A. Hill & Company. Good. 1890. Hardcover. 544 pages illustrated with black and white drawings and plates. 9" x 6" navy blue cloth with gilt stamping to the front cover and the spine. Covers are scuffed and soiled with rubbed and frayed spine ends and corners. Hinges cracked contents show some toning to the edges- otherwise complete and bright. A Good copy. . J. A. Hill & Company hardcover books
184056337Providence: printed by B. T. Albro 1840. 8vo pp. 29 1; modern wrappers; very good. Nathaniel Miller was among the first cataract surgeons in America. American Imprints 3379; Sabin 34175 note. <br/><br/> printed by B. T. Albro unknown books
186422710New York: Sheldon & Co 1864. 1st edition Sternick 10. Brown cloth with boards stamped in blind & spine in gilt. NF sq & tight/usual light foxing to text paper/po pencil annotations to first page of text noting date/context for the tale. 252 10 pp. Adverts last 10 pp. Engraved title frontis & 5 inserted full-page plates. 12mo in 6s. 6-3/4" x 4-3/8" <br/><br/> Sheldon & Co hardcover books
186458392Washington DC: Smithsonian Annual Report 1864. 8vo. 352-369; 1 379-399 pp. A complete article extracted from the Smithsonian report and bound with blank pages in the rear. Howes B-29 not mentioning this translation. Contemporary three-quarter black leather and marbled boards edges and corners rubbed gilt spine title. <br/><br/> Smithsonian Annual Report hardcover books
1888003190Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1888. American Commonwealths Series edited by Horace E. Scudder. Very Good Plus prior owner name in pencil front endpage prior owner bookplate and small bookstore sticker front pastedown. Map frontis top edge gilt. Book is clean tight and unmarked and quite presentable. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. Houghton Mifflin Hardcover books
18647826baWashington D. C.: L. Towers 1864. Book. Very good- condition. Paperback. Civil War; 32p.; 21.8cm; supplied marbled paper wrapper; in opposition to the bill; ex libris stamped only on inside of front cover. Jacob Merritt Howard 1805-1871. L. Towers Paperback books
187847440Portland: B. Thurston and Company 1878. Paperback. Good. 34pp. Spots of moisture staining to front loss to extremities and spine else a good example in publisher's wraps. <br/><br/> B. Thurston and Company paperback books
1881184539New York: T. Kelly 1881. Hardcover. VG Cover and spine have general wear fading staining and peeling. front end page missing. Bookblock has age toning. Interior pages have some age toning. Some pages loose from binding. Brown leather boards. Black title blocks on 4 raised band spine. Decorative inside covers and end pages xv 1090 xxii pages : illustrations Decorative bookblock. "Illustrated with one thousand engravings by distinguished artists. T. Kelly hardcover books
188917321NY: J. A. Hill 1889. First edn. 8vo pp. 544. Bound in leather backed cloth title-leaf starting to come loose a very good copy. J. A. Hill unknown books
1857WRCLIT77314New York: Harper and Bros. 1857. 1213-1601013-1601213-160pp. Square octavo. Elaborately gilt decorated cloth. Frontis individual pictorial titles illustrations. 1898 bookplate and private name stamp otherwise very good and bright. A collective issue of these three tales with the volume title bearing the copyright notice for the series which began in 1854 and the individual titles bearing the 1857 date of their initial publication. 36 titles in all were published on a monthly basis from Dec. 1854 to November 1857 and were collectively bound thus three titles per volume from 1855 through 1857. WEBER p.128. Harper and Bros. hardcover books
1856030996Berlin: Georg Reimer 1856. xii 524p. half-cloth with marbled boards ex libris. Georg Reimer unknown books
189734202Leeds: Central Co-operative Offices 1897. First Edition. 8vo pp. 260. Bound in some worn publisher's cloth spine lacking cloth at extremities corporate library bookplate inscribed on the end paper to "My dear & life long friend Dr. F. Hollrik sp. A good copy. Large fold-out map of the city of Leeds with the stores run by the Industrai Society noted. Illustrated with photos. Holyoake 1817-1906 was an English social reformer and Owenite minister. He wrote a number of books on similar topics. Central Co-operative Offices unknown books
1842813761842. FE. ABBOTT Jacob. COUSIN LUCY ON THE SEA-SHORE. Boston: B.B. Mussey 1842. First edition. Slightly over-opened with a little foxing and some spotting to the cloth. Overall a very good and attractive copy. unknown books
184410168616mo leather spine and boards 4 illustrations including frontispiece 144 pp. Some wear to spine and extremities foxing a bit heavy in places; otherwise good. Jacob Abbott 1803-1879 is considered one of the most prolific writers of children's books in the 19th century. He and his brothers produced a well received set of historical biographies which included stories on Xerxes Darius the Great and Alexander the Great. He also produced a few travel and adventure books. The current tile is about life along the Erie Canal in the mid 19th century. The OCLC locates 6 copies of this edition. heritage-history website. OCLC. T. Harrington Carter & Co., books
1859288262Boston: Phillips Sampson & Co 1859. Second. hardcover. very good. 410 pages. Thick 12mo original brown cloth. Boston: Phillips Sampson & Co. 1859. Second edition. Some foxing still a very good copy.<br/><br/> Contains "On Self-Limited Diseases" G.M. 2212 originally published in 1835.<br/><br/> Phillips, Sampson & Co unknown books
1865242829New York: Hurd and Houghton 1865. hardcover. very good. Herrick H.W. Frontis. plus two engravings. 192pp. 16mo blue cloth decorative spine; corners bumped head of spine chipped ownership inscription front free endpaper. New York: Hurd and Houghton 1865. A very good copy. Scarce.<br/><br/> The Mary Gay Series. III: Work for Summer<br/><br/> Hurd and Houghton unknown books
1892130734London: Chatto & Windus 1892. hardcover. Color frontispiece and 100 black & white illustrations by J. Larwood. 536pp. thick 8vo original gilt- pictorial burgundy cloth; title and frontispiece lightly foxed inner hinge a bit weak small chip in margin of last page. London: Chatto and Windus 1892. Tenth Edition. Very good.<br/><br/> Chatto & Windus unknown books
1852241579London: James Waton 1852. Disbound. Holyoake a leader of the English secularist movement in fact he coined the work "secularist" and freethinker became quite well-known as the last person convicted under the English blasphemy laws. He was a tireless social reformer advocating that the government should help the poor and working classes now and not in some future life. His little book "Why do the clergy avoid discussion" resulted in a six night debate between Holyoake and the Rev. Brewis Grant in 1853. Holyoake asserted that the clergy depend upon "railing in the sacred enclosures of their pulpits". James Waton unknown books
1893S11179Stuttgart:: J.G. Cotta'Schen Buchhandlung 1893. 1893. 8vo. xvi 503 1. Frontispiece 1 plate 12 figures index. Quarter navy blue cloth over tawny paper-backed boards; top front cover dented corners worn but generally very good. J.G. Cotta'Schen Buchhandlung, 1893. hardcover books
184310168516mo leather spine with gilt title and illustration 2 illustrations including frontispiece 140 pp. Some wear to spine and extremities a bit of foxing one signature partially sprung; otherwise very good. Jacob Abbott 1803-1879 is considered one of the most prolific writers of children's books in the 19th century. He and his brothers produced a well received set of historical biographies which included stories on Xerxes Darius the Great and Alexander the Great. He also produced a few travel and adventure books. The current tile is about life along the Erie Canal in the mid 19th century. The OCLC locates 4 copies of this edition. heritage-history website. OCLC. T. Harrington Carter & Co., books
1831EEG1022Tubingen:: Heinrich Laupp 1831 1832. 2 volumes in 1. 1831. 8vo. viii 270; x 353 pp. Early quarter gilt-stamped calf German blue paste-paper over boards; spine worn. Title with ownership stamp of the Societe de Lecture de Geneve. Very good. Tenth and Eleventh annuals. Reviews the contributions from the fields of physics chemistry minerology plant-chemistry biochemistry and geology. / From 1822 until 1841 annual reports were issued to Sweden's parliament regarding articles and studies that advanced knowledge in chemistry minerology geology and other sciences. Berzelius is often credited as one of several founders of modern chemistry. He created a form of chemical notation that remains largely in force today as well as discovering and naming the elements silicon selenium thorium and cerium. He is credited with coining such terms as catalyst polymer and isomer. / "Periodically published bibliographies of chemistry that are of importance to historians include Jacob Berzelius' Jahres-Bericht uber die Fortschritte der physischen Wissenschaften in 20 volumes Tubingen 1822-41. . . " – Andrew Hunter Thornton and Tully's Scientific Books Libraries and Collectors. Heinrich Laupp, 1831, 1832. 2 volumes in 1. hardcover books
1822D7285Boston: Charles Ewer 1822. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Contemporary morocco; 8vo 127 x 214 mm; pp. 424. Binding heavily scuffed chipped and worn; rear board loose. Text block age-toned and foxed with just a few small spots of soiling here and there. A good working copy or candidate for repair. <br/><br/> Charles Ewer hardcover books
1854288261Boston: Ticknor & Fields 1854. First. hardcover. good. 410 pages. Thick 12mo original brown blind-stamped cloth cloth is well-worn with some chipping; foxing. Boston: Ticknor & Fields 1854. First edition. A good copy inscribed by the author.<br/><br/> Contains "On Self-Limited Diseases" G.M. 2212 originally published in 1835.<br/><br/> Ticknor & Fields unknown books