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1753008927Holmiae Stockholm: Laurentii Salvii Lars Salvius 1753. SCARCE in commerce in the First Edition. Earlier bookseller's note tipped at front end page states "p. 7576 Original issue removed and corrected pages tipped in. p. 89 90 and 259 260 original issue not removed corrected pages tipped in after dedication." Bound in contemporary quarter calf over paper covered boards with five raised bands and lettering and decorations back recently expertly rebacked with corners repaired and label replaced. 14 1-560 561-1200 pages 1 p. errata. Near Fine slight toning a quite handsome copy in newly refreshed contemporary binding. The first work to apply only two names to any large group of organisms organizing plant identification into a system that had been quite cumbersome into one that was simple and standard marking the begining of taxonomy as it is known today. Species Plantarum contained the names of every know plant at the time 600 species in all. One of the towering classics in the field of botany. . First Edition. Quarter Calf. Near Fine. Thick 8vo. Laurentii Salvii (Lars Salvius) 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
1907008929Raleigh NC: North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey 1907. SCARCE in current commerce. xi 453 1 pages with 21 plates 16 of them color lithograph plates of fish and 188 figures in text. E.M. Uzzell and Co. Raleigh printers and binders. Very Good Plus no jacket bound in red cloth with gilt lettering. cloth a bit faded at bottom of spine light rubbing to boards interior clean bright and unmarked. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. Small 4to. North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey Hardcover books
1913008191New York: Dodd Mead & Co. 1913. Twelve of the fourteen volumes published in this series RARE as a set. Eight First Editions - The Glow Worm 1919; The Life of the Grasshopper 1917; The Sacred Beetle 1918; Bramble Bees and Others 1915; The Life of the Caterpillar 1916; The Life of the Weevil 1922; The Life of the Scorpion 1923; The Life of Jean Henri Fabre the Entomologist by the Abbe Augustin Fabre 1921; and four later printings: The Life of the Fly 1915; The Mason Bees 1918; The Hunting Wasps 1917; and The Life of the Spider 1913. Overall Very Good Plus to Near Fine 3 vols. with gilt at spines faded prior owner name some toning to end papers. Uniformly bound in original publisher's brick cloth with embossed front covers and gilt lettering fronts and spines. Jean-Henri Fabre 1823-1915 was a French entomologist largely self-taught who devoted his life to the study of the anatomy and behavior of insects and was influential in Darwin's later writings. Lacking two other titles published by Dodd Mead - More Hunting Wasps and Insect Adventures. A heavy set please be advised added shipping charges will be requested for international orders. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jackets. Small 8vo. Dodd, Mead & Co. 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
1904004761Pittsburgh PA: Murdoch-Kerr Press 1904. First Edition 1904. Very Good in the original blue cloth gilt lettering at spine decorative end pages 267 pages including 6 pgs. of advertisements "confined to manufacturers who had exhibits in the hall at the place of meeting and are exclusively of apparatus included in such exhibits". Includes rosters of officers and members constitution by-laws minutes secretary and treasurer reports and program. Illustrated with photographs. While this was the 4th annual meeting reportedly only the 2nd year that the Transactions were published. Wilhelm Rontgen had made his discovery of the rays that he called X-rays only 9 years earlier in 1895. Very Good lettering at spine dulled yet legible light soiling and rubbing to cloth boards light soiling to page block. RARE. A handsome copy of this important early work of the development and history of x-rays. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Murdoch-Kerr Press Hardcover books
1902006966New York: D. Appleton and Co. 1902. Both volumes Near Fine lacking the scarce dust jackets top edges gilt prior owner bookplates and name in ink front end pages and paste downs. With SCARCE ALS tipped in at front of Vol. I from Huxley to publisher Kegan Paul in Huxleys' difficult hand on South Kensington Science and Art Department embossed stationery dated Nov. 15 1873 one sheet folded with writing two sides - " Dear Mr. Kegan Paul I remember seeing 's book a long time ago- but I cannot find it in my shelves now and I have such a strong hope that it was returned that I think I may follow ahead on purchasing & my belief to that event is my hope. Ever yours very faithfully T.H. Huxley". Thomas H. Huxley 1825-1895 was a British educator biologist and advocate of elevating science to a higher place in society. He coined the word agnosticism and earned the nickname "Darwin's bulldog" for his earnest defense of Darwin's theory of evolution. Charles Kegan Paul 1828-1902 was a British author and publisher who would later 1880 publish one of Huxley's books. . Later Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. D. Appleton and Co. Hardcover books
4033187 items comprising: PERUTZ M.F. "The Composition and Swelling Properties of Haemoglobin Crystals." Offprint from Transactions of the Faraday Society Vol XLIIB 1946. 10 pp. 8vo. Printed wrappers. Ownership signature "G. Wald" to upper margin hole punched at upper left. - PERUTZ. "An X-ray study of horse methaemoglobin. II." Offprint from Proceedings of the Royal Society A vol 195. 1949. 28 pp. 8vo. Self wrappers. Ownership signature "G. Wald" to upper margin. - WOLLMAN E.L. and F. JACOB. "Etude Genetique d'un Bacteriophage Tempere d'Escherichia coli." Offprint from Annales de l'Institut Pasteur vol 87 p 674 December 1954. 18 pp. Self-wrappers. - HIROTA YUKINORI and F. Jacob. "Genetique Biochimique: Production de bacteries sans DNA." Offprint from C.R. Acad Sc. Paris vol 263 pp 1619-1621 November 21 1966. 4 pp. plus plate. 8vo. Self wrappers. Ownership signature of E. Meywall. - "Report of the Working Party on the Practice of Genetic Manipulation." London 1976. 8vo. 32pp. Original wrappers. Ownership signature of E. Meywall. - DEMEREC M E.A. ADELBERG A.J. CLARK and Philip E. HARTMAN. "A Proposal for a Uniform Nomenclature in Bacterial Genetics." Offprint from: Genetics Vol. 54 pt. 1 July 1966. Pp. 61-76. - STANLEY Wendell M. "The 'Undiscovered' Discovery." Offprint from: Archives of Environmental Health Vol. 21 September 1970. Pp. 256-262. Presentation copy inscribed by Stanley. <br/><br/> unknown 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
1905004886Berlin: Georg Reimer 1905. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on half-title page -" Herr Professor Dr. Hans Wattengren Lund see pictures Ernst Haeckel". Title translates to "Last Words on Evolution". Ernst Haeckel promoted and popularized Charles Darwin's work in Germany and developed the controversial recapitulation theory "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny" claiming that an individual organism's biological development or ontogeny parallels and summarizes its species' evolutionary development or phylogeny. Wikipedia. Book is Very Good wrappers have 1" and 2" tears at spine and wrappers a bit rubbed. SCARCE in collectible condition and especially so SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Georg Reimer Paperback 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
1933007840London: William Heinemann 1933. SCARCE "With 480 cinematographic and 54 full-page illustrations". Includes cinematographic supplement of 12 flip films illustrating exercises. From the collection of Rosalind Cassidy her namestamp half-title page one of the most distinguished leaders and thinkers in 20th century American physical education. Later from the collection of The Kinsey Institute for Sex Research its namestamps and "Duplicate Copy" stamp. Very Good hinges broken yet binding holding nicely rear joint 1" split to cloth. A SCARCE and fascinating book with quite nice Association to the fields of sex research and physical education. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. William Heinemann 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
1951006191New York: The Studio Publications Inc.in Association with Thomas y Crowell Co. 1951. RARE in publisher's box and with the full set of 16 additional full color Royal Octavo Edition Plates. The book is Fine in light grey cloth with Near Fine set of plates in matted portfolio small corner creases. Publisher's box is Very Good corners tape mended and lightly rubbed. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The Studio Publications Inc.in Association with Thomas y Crowell Co. Hardcover books
1921008743Paris: Bernard Grasset Editeur 1921. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at half-title page -"hommage de l'auteur Jean Rostand". His 3rd book. Jean Rostand 1894-1977 was a noted French biologist and philosopher whose work in the area of cryogenics gave the idea of cryonics to Robert Ettinger. Finely bound and stamp-signed C. Fox Manchester Square. Quarter calf over beige buckram five raised bands and gilt lettering back marbled end papers top edge gilt. Near Fine pages uniformly browned. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Quarter Calf. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Bernard Grasset, Editeur 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
1998003959New York: Scribner's 1998. A 2nd printing of this re-issue of the classic 1968 book the work for which Watson won the Nobel Prize. SIGNED by Watson on the title page. Part of the Scribner's Classics Series published in the 30th year after the original 1st edition was first printed. Fine in a Very Near Fine dustjacket tiny crease top corner of the front flap. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Scribner's Hardcover books
1918008470Hammond Indiana: Indiana Herb Gardens 1918. RARE in the 1918 First Edition. 3" w x 6 3/8" h blue cloth with black lettering and embossed Native American in medallion front cover. 400 pages portrait numerous illustrations in text index. Very Good cloth rubbed at tips boards soiled prior owner name and town in pencil several times front and rear end papers. A book that was in print as late as 1979. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Narrow 12mo . Indiana Herb Gardens 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
1984006307Bloomington Indiana: Indiana University Press 1984. Publisher's slip laid in stating "This leatherbound edition of The Birds of Indiana by Russell E. Mumford and Charles E. Keller with original paintings by William Zimmerman was produced in 1984 by Indiana University Press. The special edition was limited to one hundred copies". Fine in Fine dust jacket a gorgeous production and SCARCE in the limited edition. . SIGNED BY AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATOR. Limited Signed First Edition. Leather. Fine/Fine. Illus. by William Zimmerman . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition. Indiana University Press Hardcover books
1976008668Los Angeles: Sexual Law Reporter 1976. 22 copies hole-punched for ring binder unbound Near Fine stamped "Duplicate" and 5 copies with duplicate tabs attached several copies with pencil call numbers although no other markings these are duplicates from the Kinsey Institute for Sex Research. 1976 Vol. 2 Nos. 1-4 6 and Index; 1977 Vol. 3 Nos. 1-2 4-5 and Index; 1978. Vol.4 Nos. 1-4 and Indexcomplete year; 1979 Vol. 1-4 complete year no index. A non-profit organization founded in Los Angeles in 1974 and continuing through 1979 to protect sexual civil liberties by informing the law community on statutory and case law in the field of sexuality. . First Printing. Ring Bound. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Sexual Law Reporter Paperback books
1901008638Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company 1901. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on tipped sheet at front end page - "Christmas greetings from John Burroughs Dec. 24 1920". This title SCARCE SIGNED. Very Good some spotting at end pages rubbed at corners and edges. "With fifteen illustrations in colors after Audubon and a frontispiece from life". . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 2nd Printing. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jackets. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Houghton Mifflin Company Hardcover books
1956006568American Association for the Advancement of Science 1956. William K. Estes June 17 1919- August 17 2011 was an American psychologist who pioneered the application of mathematics to the study of animal learning and human cognition. He would go on to become a Presidential National Medal of Science winner in 1997 as a selection of President Bill Clinton. George W. Beadle Oct. 22 1903- Jun. 9 1989 along with Edward L. Tatum and J. Lederberg won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1958 for their discovery of the role of genes in regulating biochemical events within cells. The certificate is Near Fine SIGNED BY George W. Beadle as President and by Dael Wolfle as Administrative Secretary. small corner creases. A great piece of history of science ephemera connecting two prominent figures in 20th century American scientific achievement. Beadle's signature is uncommon. SIGNED. One Page. Near Fine. 8 1/2" x 11". American Association for the Advancement of Science 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
