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1890183287New York: Chicago Benziger Brothers 1890. 2nd edition. Hardcover. VG corners bumped. Brown cloth covers; gilt lettering. 178 pages. Contents: Prehistoric races.--Actual races in history.--Species; or Darwinism.--Cells; or Evolution. Chicago Benziger Brothers hardcover books
1894006961Philadelphia: The F. A. Davis Co. 1894. SCARCE in such lovely collectible condition. Near Fine tiny rubs to cloth at corners gilt bright contents are clean tight and unmarked. 302 pp. . First American Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The F. A. Davis Co. Hardcover books
1899005593Paris: Charles Carrington 1899. pp. xx 422. Title page printed in red and black. Out of a sequence of 1000 unnumbered copies. Very Good rebound in dark blue cloth gilt. Slight weakness to joints prior owner blind stamp title page slight browning. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Charles Carrington Hardcover books
1899005846Englewood NJ: The Macmillan Co 1899. SCARCE as a single issue Very Good wrappers worn at spine rear wrapper stained internally clean and unmarked. 4 pp. ads paginated 143-173 3 pp. ads. . First Edition. Magazine. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Macmillan Co, Paperback books
1861008331Boston: Crosby Nichols Lee and Company 1861. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page - "To Hon. Simon Brown with the regards of The Author". Simon Brown was the 21st Lt. Governor of Massachusetts serving from 1855-56. He was also a printer and publisher including of the New England Farmer. Simon Brown's signature in pencil at top edge title page. Very Good Plus title at spine faded and not quite legible. 164 pp. in publisher's pebbled cloth with rules in blind. Quite sturdily bound in line with its intended audience. SCARCE SIGNED and with a nice Association. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Association Copy. Crosby, Nichols, Lee and Company Hardcover books
1896008479Chicago: J. S. Ziegler & Co. 1896. Publisher's light blue cloth with gilt lettering marbled page edges flower and leaf patterned end papers. The title continues -"containing Full Information on All the Marvelous and Complex Matters Pertaining to Women including Creative Science; Bearing Nursing and Rearing Children; Hereditary Descent; Hints on Courtship and Marriage; Promoting Health and Beauty Vigor of Mind and Body etc. etc. together with Diseases Peculiar to the Female Sex Their Causes Symptoms and Treatment the whole forming a Complete Medical Guide for Women". Embellished with many superb colored plates phototype and wood engravings. Near Fine light soiling to boards light toning to end papers. A quite lovely copy and SCARCE thus. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. J. S. Ziegler & Co. Hardcover books
1815005245London: Thomas Underwood 1815. Translated from the French by G.J.M. De Lys M.D. 512 pages with Index. Handsomely rebound in light blue cloth gilt titles at spine. Very Good Plus binding is Fine contents have light foxing and staining 2 prior owner names title page. . Second Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. Thomas Underwood Hardcover books
1885008533London: Kegan Paul Trench & Co. 1885. SCARCE in the First Edition. Bound in contemporary full polished calf by Bickers & Son marbled end papers and edges back gilt. From the collection of noted thoracic surgeon Edward Delos Churchill his bookplate front paste down. Very Good joints showing wear yet still holding gilt at back rubbed spine label missing rubs at edges and corners. . First Edition. Polished Calf. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Kegan Paul, Trench & Co. Hardcover books
1850006440Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston 1850. Translated by Robert P. Thomas M.D. xxiv 765 2 ads. Very Good leather rubbed prior owners name front end page some pencil notations rear end pages foxing and toning to end pages and some foxing throughout. Most internal pages clean and unfoxed. Excellent frontispiece lithograph illustration of a female infant with internal organs in color. Illustrated throughout in black and white. . First American Edition. Full Tan Calf. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Lindsay and Blakiston Hardcover books
1887001567Cambridge MA: Harvard College 1887. Contains 4 Bulletins of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College- Vol. XII No. 6 The Eyes in Scorpions with 4 Color Plates Dec. 1887; Vol.XX No. 1 The Histology and Development of the Eye in the Lobster with 4 Color Plates May 1890; Vol. XX No.5 The Eyes in Blind Crayfishes with 1 Color Plate November 1890; and Vol. XXI No. 2 The Compound Eyes in Crustaceans with 10 Color Plates May 1891. The 1st 2nd and 4th of these Bulletins are SIGNED AND INSCRIBED on each first page of text by the author to Dr. Carl H. Eigenmann . G.H. Parker was Professor of Zoology and Director of the Zoological Laboratory at Harvard. Dr Carl Eigenmann was a noted Professor of Zoology at Indiana University who along with his wife Rosa Smith Eigenmann described many of the fishes of North and South America for the first time. Eigenmann Hall on the Indiana University campus is named for him. Buckram spine and corners with gilt lettering on spine and "Eigenmann" stamped at base of spine. 3/4 red cloth boards. The leather is worn and rubbed although the lettering is still legible. Back bords have a 2 dark stains each abouit 1" dia. Front hinge starting to separate; contents clean and bright notably so for their age. This book is rare and especially to have this wonderful association between two eminent scientists. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Buckram Spine and 3/4 Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy. Harvard College hardcover books
1887004764Chicago: W.t. Keener 1887. Very Good in the original green cloth gilt lettering spine and front board boards are rubbed and solied lacking the rear endpage. Presentation book plate front paste down -"Presented to the Physio-Medical College of Indiana By Melville C. Keith M.D. Christmas 1888". Errata slip tipped in at final page of text. Edwin Hartley Pratt was the founder of the Chicago-based Orificial Surgery Society in 1887. Orificial surgery sought to cure many of the physical and psychological ills of the body by surgical corrections to the various orifices mainly those below the waist. This movement in mainstream American medicine flourished until the 1920s and the numbers of those subjected to orificial surgery during its brief heyday are estimated to be in the tens of thousands. It is remembered mainly today for its advocacy of circumcision in both males and females. RARE in the 1887 First Edition a wonderful curiosity for any medical book collection !. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. W.t. Keener Hardcover books
1900008172London / New York : S. T. Freemantle / J. B. Lippincott Co. 1900. # 188 of 208 copies printed for America. Two volumes in publisher's original green buckram gilt lettering at spines top edges gilt. Profusely and wonderfully illustrated. Very Good spot of discoloration rear board Vol. II scattered light toning at end papers only. A handsome set of this classic of natural history. . Limited and Numbered First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Thick 8vo. S. T. Freemantle / J. B. Lippincott Co. Hardcover books
1837007672London: John Van Voorst 1837. First Edition 1837 in signed Tout Binder half red morocco over marbled boards lined in gilt five raised bands gilt lined gilt lettering and tail date end pages marbled top edge gilt ribbon marker numerous wood-engraved text illustrations. Armorial bookplate front paste down of Captain James Stewart Alltyrodyn a noted collector. Also laid in the card of noted 20th century American collector Lewis Vogler. Near Fine slight toning to end pages small rubs to two of the raised bands. A quite handsome copy with excellent provenance of this classic work. . First Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. John Van Voorst Hardcover books
1900007889Jena: Gustav Fischer 1900. 549 pp. 2 maps in text fold-out map at rear Near Fine small edge tears at folds 6 chromolithographs 8 heliogravures 32 full page plates and 390 plates in text. Bound in quarter black cloth over paper covered boards hand-written label at spine period handwriting title page small stamp "Konigl. Seminar Lobau" title page. Very Good a quite well-bound book and SCARCE in the 1900 First Edition. Carl Chun 1852-1914 was a German marine biologist a specialist on cephalopods and plankton. Chun's expedition on the "Valdivia" in 1898-99 was the first large-scale German expedition to explore the deep sea. First Edition. Quarter Cloth . Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Gustav Fischer Hardcover books
1855008687London: Henry G. Bohn 1855. RARE the last complete set seen at auction 1956. Six volumes published 1855-1857. Bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards backs gilt with black morocco labels end papers and edges marbled. Very Good remnants of bookplate removal front paste downs hinges Vol. I starting from top edge yet still holding wear showing at hinges other volumes spines calf darkened light rubbing at edges of boards interiors clean and lovely. Additional postage required for international and priority mail shipping. Please inquire. . First Edition. Half Calf. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Henry G. Bohn Hardcover books
