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1892ZB445183Mdison: Democrat Printing Co. etc. 1892-1900. volumes 8-13 complete volumes original paper wrappers untrimmed as issued some external wear and tears overall very good PRICE IS FOR THE LOT:. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Mdison: Democrat Printing Co., etc. unknown
1899246396Washington: The Academy. Very Good. 1899-1911. Complete in 13 volumes 1899-1911 some with several parts ; most in original wrappers with vols 4 5 6 & 7 bound in maroon cloth. In 1911 the name was changed to "Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences" with a new vol. 1 no. 1 issued on July 19 1911. . The Academy hardcover
1899ZB981357Washington: Washington Academy of Sciences 1899-1908. volumes 1-10 an uninterrupted run of complete volumes thick quartos volumes. 1-3 in original publisher's cloth & volumes. 4-10 in later half leather and cloth covered sides minor wear and scuffing ex library text clean and binding tights. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Washington: Washington Academy of Sciences hardcover
1843008616NY and London: J.& H.G Langley: 1843. First published in 1839 this book is the 1843 printing 384 pages with 8 illustrations. " Demonstrated by delineations of the structure and forms and descriptions of the functions and capacities which each parent in every pair bestows on children- in conformity with certain natural laws and be an account of corresponding effects in the breeding of animals." GOOD HARDCOVER foxed paper original blind stamped cloth boards heavily worn at spine edges and corners. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. J.& H.G Langley: Hardcover
1898006693New York: D. Appleton and Co. 1898. Book. Near Fine. Half-Leather. Later Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Authorized Edition 1898. Near Fine in Half-Leather over marbled boards leather a few small rubs most pages yet uncut. A quite handsome copy. D. Appleton and Co. Hardcover
18502676Philadelphia:: The Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences 1850. First edition. Fine with original hand-coloring. A Fine original hand-colored lithograph. Folio 9.25 x 13 inches 235 x 330 mm. The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia was established by the learned naturalists of high Philadelphian society in early 19th century America to document the recent natural discoveries of a new nation. The founding members and contributors were the luminaries of early American natural history and sciences; Titian Peale Thomas Say and George Ord to name a few. The Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences was their clarion and was illustrated with wonderful folio-sized hand-colored lithographs by J.T. Bowen and Co. in Philadelphia America's premier lithographers of the mid-19th century and the very same company to produce John James Audubon's landmark lithographs for the first seven Royal Octavo editions of the Birds of America c. 1840-65 and both the Imperial Folio and Royal Octavo editions of the Quadrupeds of North America. c.1840-54. In essence the same artists and printers who produced Audubon masterful lithographs created this work. We classify these fabulous plates as one of the best unsung values in the art of 19th century Americanornithology. The Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, unknown
18502679Philadelphia:: The Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences 1850. first edition. Fine with original hand-coloring. A Fine original hand-colored lithograph. Folio 9.25 x 13 inches 235 x 330 mm. The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia was established by the learned naturalists of high Philadelphian society in early 19th century America to document the recent natural discoveries of a new nation. The founding members and contributors were the luminaries of early American natural history and sciences; Titian Peale Thomas Say and George Ord to name a few. The Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences was their clarion and was illustrated with wonderful folio-sized hand-colored lithographs by J.T. Bowen and Co. in Philadelphia America's premier lithographers of the mid-19th century and the very same company to produce John James Audubon's landmark lithographs for the first seven Royal Octavo editions of the Birds of America c. 1840-65 and both the Imperial Folio and Royal Octavo editions of the Quadrupeds of North America. c.1840-54. In essence the same artists and printers who produced Audubon masterful lithographs created this work. We classify these fabulous plates as one of the best unsung values in the art of 19th century ornithology. The Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, unknown
18482675Philadelphia:: The Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences 1848. First edition. Fine with original hand-coloring. A Fine original hand-colored lithograph. Folio 9.25 x 13 inches 235 x 330 mm. The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia was established by the learned naturalists of high Philadelphian society in early 19th century America to document the recent natural discoveries of a new nation. The founding members and contributors were the luminaries of early American natural history and sciences; Titian Peale Thomas Say and George Ord to name a few. The Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences was their clarion and was illustrated with wonderful folio-sized hand-colored lithographs by J.T. Bowen and Co. in Philadelphia America's premier lithographers of the mid-19th century and the very same company to produce John James Audubon's landmark lithographs for the first seven Royal Octavo editions of the Birds of America c. 1840-65 and both the Imperial Folio and Royal Octavo editions of the Quadrupeds of North America. c.1840-54. In essence the same artists and printers who produced Audubon masterful lithographs created this work. We classify these fabulous plates as one of the best unsung values in the art of 19th century ornithology. The Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, unknown
18502671Philadelphia:: The Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences 1850. First edition. Near Fine with condition with original hand-coloring. . A Near Fine original hand-colored lithograph. Folio 9.25 x 13 inches 235 x 330 mm. The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia was established by the learned naturalists of high Philadelphian society in early 19th century America to document the recent natural discoveries of a new nation and farther afield. The founding members and contributors were the luminaries of early American natural history and sciences; Titian Peale Thomas Say and George Ord to name a few. The Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences was their clarion and was illustrated with wonderful folio-sized hand-colored lithographs by RP Smith Lithographer. We classify these fabulous plates as some of the best unsung values in the art of 19th century American ornithology. The Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, unknown
1807135159Stockholm: Henrik A. Nordström 1807-08. First edition all published of the series of "Economic Annals" of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Sweden. The work issued in monthly parts deals with economics in the sense of practical advice and findings applicable in agriculture and business in general. 8 vols octavo. 3 folding tables and 1 folding plate. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards flat spines ruled and decorated gilt red morocco labels yellow edges. Spine ends a little worn some slight surface wear and corners rubbed the February 1807 issue lacking 2 leaves pp. 87-90; in very good condition. hardcover
1832036310London: Richard Taylor / Charles E. Sowerby 1832 1835 1836 1837 1838 1832. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. Seven Volumes Of 2Nd Edition So Stated In All Volumes Without Later Supplementary And Continuation Volumes. Vol. I Undated With 1832 Preface;Vol. Ii Dated 1835; Vol Iii Dated 1836; Vol. Iv Dated 1837; Volume V Dated 1838; Vol. Vi Dated 1839; Vol. Vii Dated 1840. All Volumes Contain A Mixture Of Plates With Single And Double Plate Numbers. Apparently First Printings Of Second Edition Of All Volumes; Text Reduced And Plates Omitted Which Represent Such Allied Species As May Be Readily Distinguished By The Descriptions From Those Figured. Quarter Green Diced Morocco Over Green Cloth With An Intricately And Deeply Blindstamped Floral Design. 9 1/8" Tall. All Bindings Worn; Old Repairs To Joints; Fraying At Tips And Corners Of Spine Chipping To Lower Spines Of Several Volumes; Contents Clean Slight Foxing To A Few Plates; Contemporary Ownership Signatures Of Jane ----- In Each Volume. Vol. I With Rear Board Detached. International Postage At Usps Insured Mail Rates. <br/> <br/> Richard Taylor / Charles E. Sowerby 1832 1835 1836 1837 1838 hardcover
18604000522841860. 1860. Encyclopédie NATIONALE Sciences Lettres Arts 1860 4T unknown
1837ZB1174804St.-Petersbourg/Leipzig: W. Graeff/Leopold Voss 1837. lv 133 pp. original plain blue paper wrappers untrimmed and unopened spine worn covers tattered occasional light to moderate foxing. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. St.-Petersbourg/Leipzig: W. Graeff/Leopold Voss unknown
1887319London: Published by the Author 1887. 1st. Half Leather. Very Good/None. 5250 4to. Half leather mixed bindings: two in black leather and mottled brown boards but volume III in brown leather and older brown boards. All edges gilt; I suspect this set ex-library with book plate and occasional stamps to reverse of plates belonged together but that the first two volumes have been re-bound. Published over an 18 year period from 1887 to 1905. Pictorial book plate raven thistle weasel is printed for Natural History Society Glasgow but later stamps of Glasgow and Andersonian Natural History and Microscopical Society and Glasgow Natural History Society. Condition notes: A little spotting internally to Volume I the title page of which is detached with the following dedicatory page. Leather of all three volumes rubbed. Published by the Author hardcover
18143073London: Darton Harvey and Darton 1814. 2nd edition. Hardback. Good/No Jacket. 327 12mo. Green leather-covered boards gilt titles early 20th century binding. The introduction is addressed to the authors' grandsons and the volume is written as a series of letters between two friends recounting episodes that throw light on instinctive behaviour in animals as well as some pointing up instances where the behaviour seems the result of learning or reason. Condition notes: Considerable foxing to some pages. After the front free end paper contents are title page one leaf of dedication v vi then the Preface numbered vii viii ix x xi xii then the Contents up to xviii then the text. Binding firm and sound with just a little rubbing to the spine. Darton, Harvey and Darton hardcover
185631920New York: Harper & Brothers 1856. First Edition . Half-Leather. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Subjects include articles stories or illustrations on: Asiatic cholera Astronomy the Ballad of Bunker Hill James P. Beckwourth Insects Lion Hunters Dismal Swamp Fashions Fortune-Telling How Women Love chapters of Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens Negroland & Negros of West Africa London and Marseilles Plagues the Dutch Republic Sulphur Springs in New York the Andes Mountains Oregon Yellow Fever and much more--864 lightly browned pages double-column format. Very large very heavy book smooth black half-leather black cloth boards gilt lettering bright very slight wear at bottom tips four very tiny spots on front very slight surface wear to spine top and bottom edges light wear to long spine edges. Near Very Good. <br/> <br/> Harper & Brothers hardcover
1865004738Cambridge: Welch Bigelow and Company 1865. First Three Reports. ANNUAL OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES FOR 1863-64. "The Annual now presented is intended to cover the whole period from the organization of the Academy in April 1863 to January 1st 1865. Wolcott Gibbs. Louis Agassiz." Contents include: Address of Hon. Henry Wilson delivered at the opening of the First session of the Academy April 22 1863; Constitution and By-Laws of the Academy Organization of the Academy; Committees of the Academy; List of Members and Eulogy on J.S. Hubbard. 112 pp. ANNUAL OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES FOR 1865. Contents include: Act of Congress establishing a National Academy of Sciences with names of members and "Approved March 3 1863. Abraham Lincoln President"; List of Members; Constitution; Foreign Associates; List of Memoires; Biographical Notice of Joseph G. Totten. 130 pp. and ANNUAL OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES FOR 1866. Contents include many of the same listings as in previous Reports plus Biographical Notice of James Melville Gilliss; Memoir of Benjamin Silliman and Obituary of Dr. Edward Hitchcock. 154 pp. Salmon colored covers. String-tied. ex.mus. stamp and numbers on front covers. Mildly soiled. One report missing a 2" x 3/4" piece at base of front cover with 1 1/2" tear at spine's crease. 2 Reports with missing paper pieces on spine. Overall covers are Good. All intact. Interiors are clean tight and Very Good. A. D. Bache was President. Scarce. . Wraps. Good. Size: Approx. 5 " x 7 1/2". Academy of Sciences. Welch, Bigelow, and Company Paperback
1886ZB1175423Washington: GPO 1886. 169 pp. numerous plates; contemporary quarter leather & cloth covered boards binding worn however internally clean and tight; includes On Composite Photography as Applied to Craniology by J. S. Billings among the 9 contributions. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Washington: GPO hardcover
1893008934New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1893. Book. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. Revised American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. vii 566 pages with 219 illustrations in text. Dated 1884 copyright page 1893 title page. SCARCE in any edition in current commerce. Near Fine in original brown cloth with gilt lettering and decorations top edge gilt from the collection of Joseph Hyde Pratt noted North Carolina geologist conservationist and state and local civic leader and later during WW I he was colonel in command of the First Battalion of the 105th Engineers and part of the famous Thirtieth "Old Hickory" Division the first to break the Hindenburg Line. His ownership signature and name stamp front end page. Slight wear at spine ends light soiling at end pages. G. P. Putnam's Sons Hardcover
18841405300113Paris Imprimerie royale 1884. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. 516p. French. Bound in modern brown cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. Fine binding and cover. Clean unmarked pages. Soiling to first page and last page. Lacking title page. <br><br> The albumins are a family of globular proteins the most common of which is serum albumin. The albumin family consists of all proteins that are water-soluble are moderately soluble in concentrated salt solutions and experience heat denaturation. Albumins are commonly found in blood plasma and are unique from other blood proteins in that they are not glycosylated. Substances containing albumins such as egg white are called albuminoids. <br>A number of blood transport proteins are evolutionarily related including serum albumin alpha-fetoprotein vitamin D-binding protein and afamin. <br><br> Pierre Jacques Antoine Bechamp was a French chemist and biologist now best known as a rival of Louis Pasteur. Bchamp did pioneering work in industrial chemistry developing an efficient process to produce aniline dye which was central to the development of the synthetic dye industry. He also developed p-aminophenylarsonate an organic arsenic compound used to treat parasitic diseases.<br> Bechamp's later life was consumed by a bitter and protracted dispute with Louis Pasteur. Initially their rivalry centered on credit for discovery of fermentation and later grew to encompass competing ideas on microbiology pathogenesis and germ theor Paris, Imprimerie royale hardcover
1896018143Providence: Albert Leffingwell 1896. First Edition Fifth Thousand . Printed Wrappers. Very Good. 26 Pp. Printed Wrappers. "The Substance Of This Article Was Read Before The Annual Meeting Of The American Humane Association Minneapolis Sept. 26 1895 And Was Printed In The Boston Transcript September 28 1895. <br/> <br/> Albert Leffingwell unknown
1808mon0003661674Baudouin 1808. Hardcover. Good. . volume 5 only. ex-library copy with usual markings. shows minor wear tanning foxing. Baudouin hardcover
1808mon0003661671Baudouin 1808. Hardcover. Good. . volume 1 only. ex-library copy with usual markings. shows minor wear tanning foxing. Baudouin hardcover
1808mon0003661673Baudouin 1808. Hardcover. Good. . volume 4 only. ex-library copy with usual markings. shows minor wear tanning foxing. Baudouin hardcover
1808mon0003661672Baudouin 1808. Hardcover. Good. . volume 2 only. ex-library copy with usual markings. shows minor wear tanning foxing. Baudouin hardcover
