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1856030656Albany: C. Van Benthuysen / New York State Legislature 1856. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. B/W Engravings. 4 Plates At Front Title 336 Pp. Original Brown Cloth Blindstamped Covers Gilt Lettering On Spine. First Edition 1856 Date On Title Page. Inscribed By The Author On Title Page With Ownership Signature Of The Recipient On Front Free Endpaper No Other Marks. Light Wear With Small Chips To Spine Cloth Small Loss Of Cloth At Tips Hinges Tight Light Foxing Pages Square. Per Wikipedia Asa Fitch 1809 - 1879 Was A Natural Historian And Entomologist From Salem New York. His Early Studies Were Of Both Natural History And Medicine Which He Studied At The Newly Formed Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Graduating In 1827. However In 1838 He Decided To Start Studying Agriculture And Entomology. In 1838 He Began To Collect And Study Insects For New York State. In 1854 He Became The First Professional Entomologist Of The New York State Agricultural Society Commissioned By The State Of New York. This Made Him The First Occupational Entomologist In The United States. His Vast Studies Of Many Insects Helped Scientists To Solve Some Of The Problems Of Crop Damage Caused By Insects. Many Of His Notebooks Are Now The Property Of The Smithsonian Institution. <br/> <br/> C. Van Benthuysen / New York State Legislature hardcover
1861008331Boston: Crosby Nichols Lee and Company 1861. Book. Very Good Plus. Cloth. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 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. Crosby, Nichols, Lee and Company Hardcover
1882026869Kassel und Berlin: Verlag Von Theodor Fischer 1882 Book. Good Only. Hardcover. Minor foxing; spine strip is removed; light edgewear; endpapers are age-toned. RARE copy of this late 19th century German work with the first section "Allgemeine Betrachtungen" discussing "Morpohologie und Histologie" "Grade der Speciesbildung; variation; culturversuche; hybride; systematische behandlung und nomenclature" "Geographische verbreitung" and "Einige Andeutungen iiber die genetischen Beziehungen der Festuca-Arten Europas". The second section is entitled "Descriptiones specierum". Verlag Von Theodor Fischer hardcover
18775055Jena GE: Hermann Dufft 1877. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo 270 pages later cloth utrimmed; x-library. Scarce. <br/><br/>Haeckel's gastraea theory which considers the two-layered gastrula to the ancestral form of multicellular animals - Garrison/Morton no. 120. "Haeckel one of the greatest morphologists of the 19th century quickly accepted the general principles of Darwinism disagreeing on some points. He ws the first to promote Darwin's theories in Germany - Garrison/Morton no. 223. Haeckel famously opined his Darwinian statement "Ontology recapitulates phylogeny." This was one of his more significant writings: this theory influenced embryological investigations for half a century.His theory first appeared in 1874 in 'Jenaische Zeitschrift fur naturewissenschaft'. With 14 lithographed plates. Hermann Dufft hardcover
188900005643Berlin: Druck Und Verlag Von Georg Reimer 1889 832 pages foldout map nice engravure of the author marbled boards light wear. Druck Und Verlag Von Georg Reimer hardcover
1899h0255London: George Philip & Son. Worn condition. Cover rubbed with edge-loss. Page edges darkened but content in overall good condition. 1899. Reprint. Grey card covers with brown cloth spine. 280mm x 220mm 11" x 9". 60pp plates. Eight plates 4 coloured. . George Philip & Son hardcover
1870057090Erlangen: Verlag Von Eduard Besold 1870 Book. Good. Hardcover. Interior is VG; cover has moderate edgewear and front inner hinge starting to crack; rear board partly separated from the binding. Scarce copy of this German work "nach der siebenten von Dd. William Sharpey Allen Thomson und John Cleland Besorgten auflage des Englischen originals. In Zwei Baenden. I. Band: Knochen Baender Muskel und Eingeweidelehre. Mit 408 holzschnitten.". Verlag Von Eduard Besold hardcover
18515776Cincinnati OH: Wm. H. Moore & Co. 1851. New edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo 308 pages embossed brown cloth some foxing light tidal line on fore-edges at rear <br/><br/>From the Third London Edition with a Sketch of the Author's Life and an Estimate of his Writings by Sir David Brewster F.R.S. Woodcuts. Printed by Morgan & Overend Cincinnati. Wm. H. Moore & Co. hardcover
1895098868New York: Henry Holt and Co. 1895 Book. Good. Hardcover. Fourth Edition. 826 page illustrated late 19th century inorganic chemistry text. Cover has moderate wear inked name on free endpaper foxing on endpapers 1 page has two edge tears. . Henry Holt and Co. hardcover
1845009101Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars 1845. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Frontispiece portrait and memoir of Cuvier with three title pages including engraved series title page. 3rd title page for The Natural History of the Feline title page states "illustrated by thirty-eight colour plates" however Contents page lists plates numbered up to 34 and there are 32 plates with tissue guards present. Bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards brown end papers black calf labels with gilt lettering and rules back Very Good boards rubbed at edges evidence of small sticker removal front at end page small binder's stamp appears to read Walker Strand. Uncommon in the 1845 first edition. W. H. Lizars Hardcover
1864009261Philadelphia: Blanchard & Lea 1864. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Third Edition Revised and Enlarged. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxviii 49-706 32 adverts. In original brown embossed cloth Very Good spine a touch sunned light edge wear. Bookplate of Edward Delos Churchill front paste down and his last name signed in pencil front end page. With excellent medical provenance from the collection of Edward Delos Churchill 1895-1972 a pioneering American thoracic surgeon best remembered for describing the Churchill-Cope reflex. Blanchard & Lea Hardcover
184281915Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars 1842. First Edition. . Hardcover. G/No Jacket. Library markings; rebound retaining original board and spine panels; light wear to board corners; xii 264p plates. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall <br/> <br/> W. H. Lizars hardcover
1896025703Chicago: A C McClurg & Co 1896. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Olive Green Cloth Gilt. Near Fine. 287 Pp. Olive Green Cloth New And Enlarged Edition. A Collection Of Articles Some Printed In The First Edition Of Science Sketches Others Added Here And Omitting Some Of The Articles Published In The First Edition. Near Fine Touch Of Wear Spine Gilt Brilliant No Names Or Marks. <br/> <br/> A C McClurg & Co hardcover
1888026102Chicago: A C McClurg & Co 1888. First Edition First Printing . Green Cloth. Good. 276 Pp. Blue Cloth Gilt. Artistic Engraved Bookplate Of Elizabeth G Hughes With A Checkmark Next To Her Name On P. 275 Where She Is Cited As Co-Author With Jordan Of An 1886 Article Published In The Proceedings U. S. Nat. Mus. Pp. 56 - 70 And With A Few Pencil Notes In The Article Published Here On Darwin. With Her Short Note On The Bookplate 1889 - From Dr. Jordan" And With Jordan's Short Handwritten Note "Comp Of" Above His Name On The Title Page. Jordan Was A Perceptive Writer Whose Ideas On Education Etc. Not Only Withstand The Test Of Time But Are Still Quite Readable And Interesting. Binding With Wear Top And Bottom Of Spine Chipped Away To Level Of Page Block Slight Loss Of Gilt Lettering Which Is Otherwise Bright Front Joint Repaired And Cloth Touched Up At Tips. Professionally. <br/> <br/> A C McClurg & Co hardcover
188957656Wien: Verlag Von Moritz Perles 1889. First Edition. . Hardcover. G/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. binding tight marbled fore edges cvrs a little edgerubbed library markings pages clean; ills 328p. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall <br/> <br/> Verlag Von Moritz Perles hardcover
1848018013London Uk: Bradbury And Evans 1848. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Drawings Throughout. . Three Quarter Black Morocco Over Green Cloth. Olive Cloth Inner Softcover As New Gilt Bound In. Organized Alphabetically With Accompanying Drawings Throughout. From The Library Of Hal And Mary Hall And Signed By Mary Hall; Hal Hall Wrote A Book On Yosemite. <br/> <br/> Bradbury And Evans hardcover
188978294London: Longmans Green 1889. First Edition. . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Library markings; light wear to corners and head and tail of spine; short split to top of front joint; 151p plates chart. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall <br/> <br/> Longmans, Green hardcover
1868096699New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1868 Ex-Library. Very Good -. Hardcover. Revised Edition. 311 page mid-19th century book on human anatomy and physiology written to child - however written in a way that is educational to the adult reader. For example "In all this dear child I see an interesting lesson valuable as it is interesting. . . your membranes and glands are not the only parts of your body which sleep if they are not exercised". Light edge wear usual library markings. Harper & Brothers Publishers hardcover
1884j8372London: H K Lewis. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Light shelfwear. Browning at edges. Previous owners' inscriptions. 1884. Second Edition. Brown hardback cloth cover. 190mm x 140mm 7" x 6". iv 164pp ads. 3 of 3 tipped in b/w plates. . H K Lewis hardcover
1886j5220Scarborough: G R Marshall & Son. G : in good condition in green solandar box. Cover rubbed. Prelims darkened. 1886. Reprint. Pictorial card cover. 180mm x 120mm 7" x 5". xviii 60pp xiv plan. Double page b/w plan. . G R Marshall & Son unknown
1871009117London and New York: Macmillan & Co. 1871. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. Second Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Bound in 20th c. green cloth with gilt lettering back Near Fine slight foxing at end papers only light wear to boards at edges. Mivart's critique of Darwin that came after his initial enthusiasm for Darwin's theories. Uncommon in this 2nd London edition. Macmillan & Co. Hardcover
1852040993Philadelphia: Blanchard and Lea 1852 Book. Reading Copy Only. Hardcover. Second Edition. Lacks the covers with a typed cardboard cover affixed. Foxing within the text edgewear. Scarce copy of this mid-19th century text "being a portion of an analytical compendium of the various branches of medicine" containing the handbook of anatomy and the handbook of physiology. Illustrated with drawings. Blanchard and Lea hardcover
1893009363London: Adam and Charles Black 1893. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Published 1893-1896 the original four parts bound in quarter red leather over printed hardpaper boards gilt lettering at spines black end papers. Each volume with a contemporary bookmark promoting the Scottish Widows Fund laid in along with publisher's slips for obtaining cloth bindings and notice of next publication laid in Part I. Very Good leather at soines rubbed rear board of Part I separating from top edge. Uncommon in the original parts as most copies seen today wound up being bound by the original owners. Illustrated with drawings fold-out map Part I Fine. vii 2 304 305-576 577-832 833-1088 followed by A Dictionary of Birds at rear of part IV with separate half-title and title pages xii 124. Adam and Charles Black Hardcover
1860DEMO010833IWashington: Thomas H. Ford 1860. First & Quarto edition. Hardcover. chromolithographs b&w pls. Quartos 358 40; 399 pages 21stC 3/4 calf marbled boards waterstains <br/><br/>House Exec. Doc. no. 56. Howes P3; Wheat TRANSMISSISSIPPI 822ff; Wagner - Camp - Becker 261ff; Rittenhouse 442. Vol.I has 70 chromolithographed scenes. With 3 folding maps. Vol.1 has the Report. Vol.2 has the Botany Zoology Ornithology Fish Mollusks & Crustaceans. "The plates in Book 1 are all really tinted. Book II has 8 fine colored plates of birds; 45 black & white plates of fish animals insects and plants -Whitman Bennett in his PRACTICAL GUIDE TO AMERICAN NINETEENTH CENTURY COLOR PLATE BOOKS p.101." Thomas H. Ford hardcover
1840058598Boston: William D. Ticknor 1840 Book. Fair. Hardcover. Third American Edition. The interiors are VG- with just light foxing type marks; the covers each are lacking the spine strip covering are faded and have moderate edgewear. The rear board of Volume 2 is detached but is present. Very scarce complete mid-19th century two-volume human anatomy text with illustrations. This Third American Edition has additions by Winslow Lewis Jr. MD. Volume I includes the osseous system the cartilaginous system the muscular system the vascular system; and Volume 2 covers the organs of absorption the nervous system the particular organs of sensation the organs of digestion the organs of respiration the organs of the voice the organs of secretion the organs of generation in the male and in the female. William D. Ticknor hardcover
