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18637035Mexico City: Tipografia de Mariano Villanueva 1863. Second edition. 16mo 9 x 12.5 cm pp 254 2. Apparently Neve y Molina was a native Otomi Pilling from Naxera and the preliminary matter of the volume indicate that he was professor of the language at the Tridentine Seminary in Mexico City and chief translator of Otomi at the Ecclesiastical Court. His grammar was the earliest published of this language. Palau #190160 notes the rarity of the first edition of 1767 also printed in Mexico but this second edition seems to be even scarcer judging from the scarcity of library holdings and appearances at auction. Sabin 52414. Quarter morocco over cloth boards with gilt decoration on spine. Very good copy. <br/><br/> Tipografia de Mariano Villanueva hardcover books
1875RSMICOR00LAWDeseret News 1875. Fair. Smith George A. Correspondence of Palestine Tourists; Comprising a Series of Letters by George A. Smith Lorenzo Snow Paul A. Schettler and Eliza R. Snow of Utah. Snow Lorenzo; Schettler Paul A.; Snow Eliza R. Salt Lake City UT: Deseret News 1875. 1st edition. 386pp. 8vo. Book condition: Fair with backstrip missing short crack in hinge at head of spine and edges rubbed & gently bumped. Subtle smudging on backs of free endsheets flyleafs and last and first few pages. ""Mostly written while traveling in Europe Asia and Africa"". Deseret News unknown books
19461605032Reilly & Lee 1946. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A fine first edition first printing in a near dust jacket with the original price of $1.75 still on the front flap. Reilly & Lee hardcover books
1932289471Garden City New York: The Crime Club Inc. Doubleday Doran Company Inc 1932. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. A dead man steered the little yacht." Thus begins C. P. Snow's first novel issued the same year as the British Edition. While he wrote many other novels he is best known for his "Strangers and Brothers" series in 11 volumes this is his first and only venture into the detective genre. The First American Edition issue the same year as the English edition. A Near Fine binding in a Very Good dustjacket. The dustjacket has shelfwear and a few short closed tears. It has not been price-clipped. There are no marks of any kind in the book. Near Fine binding / Very Good dust jacket. The Crime Club, Inc. | Doubleday, Doran Company, Inc unknown books
184745543London 1847. <p>Snow John 1813-58. On the inhalation of the vapour of ether. In London Medical Gazette n.s. 4 1847: 498-502; 539-542. Whole volume. 2 1142pp. Text illustrations. 214 x 145 mm. 19th-century half calf marbled boards light rubbing and wear. Very good.</p> <p> First Edition journal issue. Snow's first real paper on ether anesthesia containing the first illustration of his regulating ether inhaler the earliest such device to control the amount of ether vapor received by the patient. Snow's paper published on 19 March 1847 appeared prior to his separately published pamphlet On the Inhalation of the Vapour of Ether in Surgical Operations October 1847; it was preceded only by three small tables on ether saturation of air that Snow published in the Medical Times London Medical Gazette and The Pharmaceutical Journal in January and February 1847. </p> <p>When ether anesthesia was introduced to England in late 1846 Snow immediately began experimenting with the process; he eventually became the first physician to limit his practice to anesthesiology. As the earliest specialist in clinical anesthesiology Snow was also the first to perform experiments on the physiology of the anesthetized state the results of which laid the foundations for the development of anesthesiology as a science. In the present paper Snow included an updated version of his table of the proportion of ether to air at temperatures ranging from 38 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit. Garrison-Morton.com 12954. "John Snow's Published Works" The John Snow Archive and Research Companion Michigan State University web.Garrison-Morton.com 12954. Shephard John Snow p. 301. </p> . unknown books
38125NEVE Richard. THE CITY AND COUNTRY PURCHASER AND BUILDER'S DICTIONARY: OR THE COMPLEAT BUILDERS GUIDE. London: B. Sprint and others 1736. 8vo. Contemporary full-calf. Engraved frontispiece xvi 188 leaves. Third edition. Harris 597. First published in 1703 Neve's dictionary was to quote Eileen Harris "an entirely new type of architectural book" the first architectural dictionary England. The third edition is the first to have the engraved frontispiece of the Earl of Burlington's House in Chiswick and contains two thousand seven hundred new articles. It was written in response to a two volume Builder's Dictionary published in 1734. Schimmelman recorded copies of this title at Yale the Logan Library the Library Company of Philadelphia and other Ameri locations. Copies were also advertised in Williamsburg in 1764. Technical dictionaries like this are of interest because most dictionaries including t OED frequently omit or ignore the use of technical terms. Contemporary ink signature on title page. Small early ink stain on frontispiece plate. Professionally rebacked but essentially very good copy of an important and scarce book. unknown books
19759025708Halifax: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design / New Yor University 1975. 1st Edition. Softcover. Near fine. Bound in publisher's original printed card stock covers with printed text on spine. Tipped-in half-size cover title page on frosted film. Slight crease to spine. <br/><br/> Nova Scotia College of Art and Design / New Yor University paperback books
200724176Los Angeles / Berlin: Peres Projects 2007. Just about fine in black wrappers as issued. Copies signed by Snow are uncommon. First Edition. Octavo. SIGNED by Snow in his typical dark pen and inscribed: This / book / is / Jolynn / Love / The / Snow / Man / New / York / Shitty / 2008". Of 300 copies this is one stamped AP. Interesting juxtaposition of porn shots of disaffected youth and newspaper clippings interspersed with other cultural detritus. Parr / Badger v3 100. Los Angeles / Berlin: Peres Projects unknown books
1842M13976Boston:: The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal vol. XXV no. 26 February 2 1842. 1842. 8vo. pp. 409-424. Disbound. Very good. RARE. First American issue. Also published "On asphyxia and on the resuscitation of still-born children" London Medical Gazette vol. 29 5 November 1841: pp. 222-27. / Between 1839 and 1841 Snow experimented with a guinea pig suffocating the creature and then beginning a dissection. He found that an hour after death that he perceived a "slight vermicular motion in the right auricle. He opened the trachea and began artificial respiration. The heart's ventricles began to move and through the coast of the left atrium the chamber that receives blood from the lungs he could see oxygen-rich bright red blood. The heart continued to contract weakly unable to expel blood from its chambers but it kept beating rhythmically for forty-five minutes. . . . This particular experiment took place in the course of his investigations into respiration and asphyxia undertaken with the desire to establish the physiological basis for pulmonary resuscitation on infants." Snow was witnessing one in twenty births being stillborn many of whom were asphyxiated. Many methods of resuscitating were tried including electrical shock mouth-to-mouth resuscitation etc. "Snow surmised that the line between life and death was not fixed and the heart retained its irritability its ability to be stimulated by oxygen beyond death." With this study done Snow's recommendation was to use his "artificial respirator on still-born infants." p. 1-3. This whole effort was to reinforce Snow's experimental method to study a medical problem. Because of this experience he was encouraged to continue his research practices. The announcement created a varied debate wherein many opinions and experiences were expressed. This led if indirectly to his use in 1848 to apply chloroform to a patient with a difficult birthing history. p. 4. – Vinten-Johansen et.al. / "Shepard considers this paper particularly significant for Snow's later anesthesia research." By Peter Vinten-Johansen Howard Brody Nigel Paneth Stephen Rachman Michael Rip David Zuck Cholera Chloroform and the Science of Medicine: A Life of John Snow. Oxford University Press 2003. pp. 1-34 90-95. The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, vol. XXV, no. 26, February 2, 1842. unknown books
1851WRCAM54152London: Longman Brown Green and Longmans 1851. xvi416pp. plus four color plates folding map and advertisements printed on pastedowns. Publisher's original blue cloth stamped in gilt and blind spine gilt. Edges and corners worn short tear and bumping to spine head binding a bit shaken light soiling. Modern bookplate on front free endpaper minor foxing. Good plus. Snow's premiere voyage to the Arctic in search of the missing Franklin party based on his private journals. After experiencing a vision of the whereabouts of the missing Franklin expedition Snow wrote to Lady Franklin who promptly sponsored the voyage of the Prince Albert captained by Charles Forsyth. The vessel sailed from June to September 1850 travelling through Baffin Bay Barrow Strait and exploring the Boothia Peninsula before prematurely returning to England. Snow published his narrative shortly after which was used to promote additional rescue missions. The lithographic plates are done after original drawings by the author. SABIN 85560. ARCTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY 16362. TPL 3111. LANDE S2105. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans hardcover books
176741578Mexico: Bibliotheca Mexicana 1767. Small 8vo. 12 ff. 160 pp. engr. leaf of errata lacks the engr. frontis. <br><br>Otomí is one of the principal languages spoken in Central Mexico and this work more than any other standardized its orthography; it is also the classic Otomí grammar and dictionary and is by a man some authorities believe to have been himself an Otomí Indian or at least of Otomí heritage. It was written during the mid-18th-century renaissance of linguistic study of the languages of Mexico and Palau considers it "muy rara." It is much rarer on the market in our experience than similarly important works in Nahuatl.<br>Â Â Â Â Both the engraved frontispiece which as often is lacking here and the handsome elaborately engraved errata leaf which is here present are signed by => the engraver Jose Francisco Gómez.<br>Â Â Â Â => The Bibliotheca Mexicana was the private press of the great bibliographer writer and secular cleric Juan Jose de Eguiara y Eguren.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Small round ownership stamp of Michael Mathes in upper inner corner of the verso of the title-leaf. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Medina Mexico 5174; García Icazbalceta Lenguas 55; Viñaza 356; Maggs Bibl. Amer. II 2154; Sabin 52413; Palau 190159; Pilling Proof-sheets 2738; Ugarte Obras escritas en lenguas indigenas de Mexico 263. Marbled paper of the 18th century supplied as wrappers in 20th century; front free endpaper supplied from a different book. Old very light waterstaining in some sections and a bit of foxing; errata leaf closely trimmed affecting border and some line numbers but not rather remarkably the engraver's minute signature. Overall => a decent copy of an important book scarce on the market. Bibliotheca Mexicana unknown books
1767177750Mexico: Puente del Espiritu Santo Cuidad de Mexico. Biblioteca Mexicana 1767. Hardcover. Good some staining to pages here and there has the appearance of being tender title-page with moderate foxing around the perimeter. The binding is contemporary and somewhat primitive adding to the charm of this copy. Paper covered boards 4" x 5 88" with applied cloth over spine and attaching to boards. Title-page followed by engraved frontis then 22 pp. of preliminaries then pp. 1-160. Inserted at p. 13 is an engraved sheet or errata dated 1768. Notes written in pencil on the ffep indicate that the frontis and engraved errata sheet present in this volume are excessively scarce and were unknown to Sabin. Both the engraved frontispiece and the engraved errata leaf are signed by the engraver Jose Francisco Gomez. There are also penciled notes of past prices written on the ffep all relating to bookseller catalogues from the 19th century. The margins on the pages are sizable adding to the desirablility of this copy. References: Medina: México 5174 - GarcÃa Icazbalceta: Lenguas 55 - Viñaza 356 - Sabin no. 52413. There are three parts to this work: The first contains Molina's orthography. The second provides Otomi equivalents for over two thousand Spanish words and a list of numbers from one to one thousand. The third section consists of a grammar of the language in Spanish with examples of Otomi phrases. "The author was the first to establish a proper system of characters which has been since retained" --Sabin. Puente del Espiritu Santo, Cuidad de Mexico. Biblioteca Mexicana hardcover books
184945527London 1849. <p>Snow John 1813-58. On the pathology and mode of communication of cholera. In London Medical Gazette n.s. 9 1849: 745-755; 923-929. Whole volume. 2 1129pp. Text illustrations. 214 x 133 mm. 19th century half calf cloth boards hinges split some wear. Internally very good. Library bookplates.</p> <p> First Edition journal issue. Snow first became interested in cholera at Newcastle-on-Tyne during the epidemic of 1831-1832 and recurrent outbreaks of the disease gave him the opportunity to investigate it in detail. His paper on cholera published shortly after his extremely rare 31-page pamphlet On the Mode of Communication of Cholera contained his first demonstration of the specific nature of the disease which he defined correctly as an infection of the alimentary canal transmitted by ingesting fecal matter from cholera patients in most cases via contaminated water. Snow proved his theory of cholera transmission by collecting data on a large number of outbreaks and correlating them to local water supplies. He argued based on his data that cholera was caused by "a specific living waterborne self-reproducing cell or germ" Dictionary of Scientific Biography—a conclusion all the more remarkable in that it predated the germ theory of disease by over a decade. </p> <p> Snow may have been motivated to contribute his paper to the London Medical Gazette because a review of his separately published pamphlet published in that journal on pp. 466-470 of the 1849 volume stated that he had not proved the contagious nature of cholera. Snow's theory of cholera transmission aroused much controversy among physicians many of whom still held the ancient belief that cholera and all other infectious diseases were carried by atmospheric "miasmas" emanating from noxious sources. Snow was vindicated a few years later however when during the great London cholera epidemic of 1854 he located the source of infection at the Bow Street pump and persuaded local authorities to remove the pump's handle causing a dramatic drop in the rate of infection. Snow's work on cholera greatly influenced sanitary reformers such as Sir Edwin Chadwick and provided critical support for the work of Pasteur and Koch in the 1860s and 1870s. </p> <p> Collectors of John Snow's work on cholera have tended to focus on and drive up the prices of his 1849 pamphlet and his 1854 book and to ignore the revolutionary conclusions that Snow drew in this paper of 1849. Garrison-Morton.com 5106. Shephard John Snow p. 303. </p> . unknown books
1884RSMIBIO00LAWDeseret News 1884. Good. Smith Eliza R. Snow. Biography and Family Record of Lorenzo Snow. Salt Lake City UT: Deseret News 1884. 581pp. 8vo. Signed by author. Book condition: Good with rubbed edges and subtly rubbed rear panel. Tiny tear in backstrip near but not through head of spine. Endmatter subtly soiled and faint offsetting from previous cover on endsheets. Small chip in fore edge of front free endsheet and paper over front joint subtly cracked. Frontispieces lightly foxed and pages slightly darkened. Inscribed by Lorenzo Snow to ""Phebe Agusta Florence Snow Affectionately your father Lorenzo Snow"" on front flyleaf. Deseret News unknown books
2207Three woodcut illus. in the text one full-page. viii 88 pp. lacking half-title. 8vo modern morocco by Middleton small wormholes in upper margin of first few leaves spine gilt. London: J. Churchill 1847. First edition of a great rarity. Published in October 1847 this was the second treatise on ether anesthesia and Snow's first book on the subject. It contains the first illustrated account of Snow's regulating inhaler the first to control the amount of ether vapour received by the patient. Snow had published some preliminary comments in the London Medical Gazette following which he modified the inhaler and included the description of the final modified version in this book. Fine copy. Stamps of the Wellcome Library on verso of title. ❧ Garrison-Morton 5658. unknown books
