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1963005223Oxford England: Bodleian Library 1963. "100 copies handset by Roy Herman Sowers and printed on the old Daniel press in the Bodleian Library Oxford August 1963". Fine in stitched brown wrappers 6 pgs. A small reprint of one of the first medical books published in English. SCARCE. . Limited Edition. Stitched Wrappers. Fine in Wraps as Issued/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Bodleian Library Paperback books
200234070Cambridge:: Harvard University Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 0674008936 . First edition. Fine in an about fine dust jacket. . Harvard University Press, 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
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
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
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
1936006391Los Angeles: Educational Division California Fruit Growers Exchange 1936. Near Fine creased at bottom edge at spine.30 pp. with numerous black and white photographs. . First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Educational Division, California Fruit Growers Exchange Paperback books
1934004617New York: Printed for W. L. Staley By Clermont Press 1934. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage -" To Will H. Hays Greetings from William L. Staley June 11th 1935". Will Hays managed Warren G. Hardings successful campaign for the Presidency of the U.S. and was subsequently appointed Postmaster General. After a year in that position he resigned to become most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America MPPDA which under his guidance published a blacklist of actors and workers studios should not hire inserted moral clauses into actors' contracts and published an informal list of suggested guidelines for film producers. Charming dustjacket illustrations the book is actually a layman's biology text. Profusely illustrated fold-out chart Fine. Book is Fine dustjacket Very Good Plus small chips at head of spine and spine a bit darkened. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good Plus. Presentation Copy. Printed for W. L. Staley By Clermont Press 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
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
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
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
1990008661Atlanta Georgia: Max W. Fain 1990. RARE Second Edition Revised hardcover 190 pages originally published 1988 in softcover 125 pages. Near Fine bumps at spine ends. Review Copy publisher's review bookmark laid in. This copy from the Kinsey Institute for Sex Research marked "Duplicate" and with Kinsey stamps and label at spine no other institutional markings copy feels unread. OCLC records 7 institutional holdings worldwide for the 1988 edition none for this edition. . Second Edition Revised. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Review Copy. Max W. Fain 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
1928006965Lancaster PA: The Science Press Printing Co. 1928. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY TRANSLATOR Frank M. Schertz to Dr. Roger Adams Sept. 1935 on front end page. Dr Adams unique book plate front paste down. Very Good gilt at spine faded yet legible title page loosened yet holding nicely light rubbing to cloth at the tips. v-xii 385 pp 9 plates at rear. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY TRANSLATOR. First American Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Science Press Printing Co. Hardcover books
1990002688New York: St. Martins Press 1990. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR and Director of the Kinsey Institute June Reinisch on the front endpage. First Printing with complete number line 1-10. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. St. Martins Press Hardcover books
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
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
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
1966003937Washington D.C.: Natl. Academy of Sciences/ National Research Council 1966. SIGNED on front end page "Personal Copy J.A. Simpson University of Chicago 1960". John A. Simpson was an experimental nuclear and cosmic ray physicist who taught and did research at the University of Chicago. Several instruments that he created were launched into space. Near Fine book bottom corners bumped in a Very Good dustjacket moderately chipped at the edges. Several contributions by Carl Sagan among others. . SIGNED. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Natl. Academy of Sciences/ National Research Council Hardcover books
1948005294New York: Dodd Mead 1948. An uncommon book and especially so SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on half-title page - "To David and Elizabeth Frey with my best regards Roger T. Peterson". Lacking the fragile glassine dust jacket Very Good Plus spine sun faded a bit. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Dodd Mead 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
1955005041Canberra Australia: Dept. of External Affairs 1955. Very Good toning to front endpage boards a bit bumped in a Very Good dust jacket 1" tear at spine fold and light edge wear. SCARCE in dust jacket. From the library of David G. Frey one of the pioneers of paleolimnology with his namestamp front endpage. With 19 figures in the text and 56 plates in black and white. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Dept. of External Affairs 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
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
