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185064267New York NY & Boston MA: C.S. Francis & Co. J.H. Francis 1850. 8vo. viii 9-11 1 332 pp. plus 2 pp. publisher’s ads. Steel-engraved illustrated title page steel-engraved frontisp. 18 steel-engraved plates. Publisher’s cream & red pinstriped cloth gilt decoration & lettering front cover & spine decorative borders embossed in blind a.e.g. minor foxing & toning to a few engraved plates toning & edgewear ex-lib markings on spine and endpapers still a VG- copy from the library of David Kohl 1946-2025 former art teacher at the Hong Kong International School musician artist and historian. Second edition revised with engraved illustrations added to this informative memoir of an American doctor following his awarding of Harvard M.D. for a thesis on “Syphilis.†From 1844-1845 he traveled through Paris studying Medicine discussing the dissection and anatomy lectures the differences between American and French medical practices during the July Monarchy of Louis-Philippe I along with examinations of the different penal systems hospitals and institutions for the Deaf and Dumb Insane Asylums and more. Originally published as serial observations with the Newark Daily Advertiser they were compiled into the author’s original 1848 “Old Wine in New Bottles†this edition was enhanced with steel engravings. Gardner 1821-1876 graduated Harvard in 1844 with his M.D. finished his A.M. by 1852 after returning from France worked as attending physician to the New York City Dispensary then the Lying-In Asylum District and later a Private Hospital in Bloomingdale. He specialized in obstetrics and sexually transmitted diseases was the first to propose clean water public drinking fountains in New york and also was the first to employ chloroform as an anesthetic during childbirth. C.S. Francis & Co., J.H. Francis, hardcover
2004020258Ruggell/Lichtenstein: A.R. Gantner 2004. Second edution. Illustrated with just seven plates thick octavo pp 759 very clean internally yelow cloth in very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. An excellent copy. . Second edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. A.R. Gantner Hardcover
1913g9703London: Constable & Co. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Spine sunned. 1913. First Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 140mm 9" x 6". xi 288pp. 4 colour and 56 b/w illustrations by J.W. King. . Constable & Co hardcover
193328707NY: The MacMillan Company. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. 1933. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Inscribed by Ditmars on the fep dated 1933. DJ has a chip at the top of the spine and closed tears at the edges. Two vertical tears one along the front hinge and another down the center of the front panel. . Neither is apparant thanks to the DJ cover. The "almost fine" condition of the book is due to a small faded area under the DJ chip to the spne. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 258photos pages . The MacMillan Company hardcover
18545699London: Bradbury & Evans 1854. Hardcover. Good. 80 pages of engraved b&w illustration some with captions each with tissue inbetween. 9 3/4 x 12 in. Dark blue cloth binding gilt lettering on cover and spine edges of text block gilt brown end papers. Condition of the book is GOOD: light wear and soiling to covers and spine spine ends and edges of covers more worn corners worn spine and cover edges darkened many pages with one or two small spots of foxing- a few pages a bit worse- other clean binding tight. Travel RGR. Bradbury & Evans hardcover
1998360682Ipswich: Old Pond Publishing 1998. First edition. hardcover. very good/no dustjacket. 4to. pp.192 Old Pond Publishing hardcover
1924620842London: J.M. Dent & Sons Limited 1924. First edition hardcover in good condition. Removable plastic covered unclipped dust jacket in acceptable condition. Jacket is marked and sunned. Edges are creased and torn including chips. Boards are blotched near the lower edges. Corners edges and spine ends are bumped. Page block is lightly foxed. Some tanning to the endpapers. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. Used. J.M. Dent & Sons Limited Hardcover
200121116Inchon South Kora: Circle 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo standard size. Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. xv 170 p. w/maps footnotes chronology bibliography and index-glossary. A study of the French & US invasions and the burning of the US merchantmen SS General Sherman. <br/><br/> Circle hardcover
18934444Longmans Green and Co London 1893. Early Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1890 two volume original edition condensed into a single volume: xii map 452 pages 24 pages publishers catalogue illustrated map b/w woodcuts line drawings. Original covers brown end papers no dust jacket. Shelf wear spine softening small splits to spine covers rubbed. Some spotting contents clean. A nice copy. The narrative of Nansen and Otto Sverdrup in the company of four others and their journey to East Greenland to cross the ice cap on skis. Includes descriptions of equipment and preparations the voyage to East Greenland and challenges related to penetration of its ice belt a review of previous attempts to cross the ice cap and a detailed account of the expedition's crossing of the inland ice "Umivik-Godthaab" on skis in August and September of 1888. Interesting observations on Eskimo Life and notes on skiing. The illustrations are based on photos and sketches by Nansen and others. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 4444. . This book is extra heavy and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. Longmans, Green, and Co hardcover
1995334237New Delhi: Cosmo Publications 1995. hardcover. very good/very good. 8vo. pp.372. Includes fold-out map at back. Cosmo Publications hardcover
200314183New York: Simon & Schuster. As New. 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0689859368 . A most beautiful unread first edition/first printing in As New condition signed by authors Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black directly on the title page; In this first volume of The Spiderwick Chronicles the three Grace siblings --13-year-old Mallory and nine-year-old twins Jared and Simon --and their recently divorced mother move into their great-aunt Lucinda's dilapidated Victorian house. After some strange experiences Jared finds a secret library where he discovers Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You - a handbook to the fairy realm. Then they meet the brownie named Thimbletack who warns Jared and his siblings that reading the book will only lead to trouble; The Spiderwick Chronicles; Vol. 1; 12mo; Signed by Author . Simon & Schuster hardcover
1991307793Glendale: Interurban Press 1991. First edition. hardcover. very good/very good. 8vo oblong. pp.148-304 Interurban Press hardcover
196670146New York: Harper & Row Publishers. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. c1966. Cloth. Attractive edition in Near Fine condition page edges little soiled in a Very Good clipped and lightly edge-worn dustjacket ; The Fatal Impact is a history of the invasion of the South Pacific in the late eighteenth century. Moorehead a historian and journalist tells the story of the British French Spanish and American forces who fought in a series of brutal and bloody wars for control of the islands. He describes the strategies and tactics used by the various commanders and the devastating effects of the war on the people of the Pacific islands. The Fatal Impact is an important book for anyone interested in the history of the Pacific Islands or in the origins of the Pacific War.; 230 pages . Harper & Row, Publishers hardcover
22765W. P. Nimmo. Edinburgh ca. 1900. Frontispiece. 8vo 7 14 x 5 inches 228-pages. Contemporary prize calf gilt boder to sides enclosing on upper cover the gilt arms of the Royal Grammar School Guildford. Spine glt in compartments with green lettering piece. All edges marbled. Remains of prize label on front pstedown. Very good. W. P. Nimmo. Edinburgh, ca. 1900. unknown
185920643Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co. Near Fine. 1859. First Edition. Hardcover. Light rubbing at the spine ends and corner. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 396 pages . Robert Clarke & Co. hardcover
2008216284UK: Routledge 2008. Shows minor bumping to corner bottom left. Pages very clean bright and tight. 39th Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Used. Routledge Hardcover
1948430John Murray London 1948. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/Good. 1st Edition. iv 48 pages frontispiece portrait of Edward Wilson. Original covers in price clipped dust jacket. Shelf wear dust jacket fading to spine small splits nibbled prelims slightly browned. Noted artist ornithologist and companion of Scott who perished with him on the return from the South Pole. Seaver was greatly influenced by Wilson and said "All that I have ever tried to picture of a modern saintliness is realised in the figure of Edward Wilson" so in this book he looks at the religious beliefs of the great Antarctic explorer. It discusses his faith in God as well as his understanding of Darwin's evolutionary ideas. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 430. . John Murray hardcover
1939536065London: B.T.Batsford 1939. First edition. Very good quality hard cover with unclipped dust jacket. Jacket design is by Brian Cook. It is coated with minor tanning to edges slight wear and creasing to spine head. Previous sales tickets adhered to inside fold. Page block is tanned and foxed this leading into front and rear pastedowns and several internal first and last papers. Pages are well bound with occasional foxing and blemishes noted within.Text drawings and photographs are clean and bright colour frontispiece remains vivid. CN. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Used. B.T.Batsford Hardcover
2013e7495Deerfield: Dalton Watson Fine Books. VG : in very good condition with dust jacket. 2013. First Edition. Black hardback cloth cover. 250mm x 250mm 10" x 10". 400pp. Heavy book extra shipping needed for overseas. . Dalton Watson Fine Books hardcover
1974332983Toronto: McClelland and Stewart 1974. First edition limited to 500 copies. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Signed by Williams. pp. 272 SIGNED by Williams. McClelland and Stewart hardcover
2019362822Canada: Tibbitt to Conwoyto Winter Road Joint Venture 2019. Third. hardcover. very good/no dustjacket. 8vo oblong. pp.96.Signed and inscribed by the author on title page Tibbitt to Conwoyto Winter Road Joint Venture hardcover
1922160325Boston: Little Brown and Company. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1922. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A first printing of the first edition in near fine condition with very good dust-jacket. The dust-jacket has small tear on front bottom left corner and the interior is clean; Frontispiece by Ernest Fuhr. ; 8vo; 303 pages . Little, Brown, and Company hardcover
1992051819London: Royal Botanic Gardens 1992. xii 355pp index bibliography bw & col ills. Brown boardsh in jacket. Minor edge wear to jacket. Chronicles the growing European awareness of the Indian flora from the first glimmerings of knowledge in the 5th century BC to the demise in the mid-19th century of the British East India Company and its successor the India Office. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Small 4to. Royal Botanic Gardens Hardcover
1901010082New York: American Museum of Natural History 1901. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Heavy 8vo. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. VOLUME XV. Parts I and II. Pages 1 to 570. 10 full page b/w plates and multiple in text illustrations securely bound in black cloth. A heavy volume that may require additional shipping charges. <br/> <br/> American Museum of Natural History hardcover
1956011047London: Hutchinson 1956 SIGNED BY AUTHOR unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing or small splits to spine ends and corners minor foxing to dust jacket minor foxing to closed edges of book small 'Ferg' in biro to fep signed to title page by the author 244pp plates epic solo voyage across the Pacific in a balsa wood raft. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Hutchinson hardcover
