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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
1882BOOKS007239ILondon:: Macmillan. VG unmarked HB; owner's name; no DJ. 1882. ISBN: title continues.AND GENERAL ECONOMY. THEIR HISTORY ix 457 pp. Catalogs: BIOLOGY. Keywords: AGRICULTURE. Macmillan unknown
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
1837007672London: John Van Voorst 1837. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 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. John Van Voorst 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
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
1897074699Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Co. 1897 Book. Fair. Hardcover. Believed First. Cover has been inexpertly draped on the spine and corners with brown paper as well as on the inner hinges; edgewear; some pages have pencil/ink notes and underlining. RARE copy of this late 19th century physiology text fully illustrated 1052 pages with several contributing authors. W. B. Saunders Co. 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
1859009785London: H. G. Bohn 1859. Book. Very Good Plus. Full Calf. New Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Handsomely bound in full polished calf intricate gilt back marbled end papers and edges stamp-signed "Huches & Kemp Binders Oxford" bottom edge verso front end page. Very Good Plus front board top 1" slight fading boards lightly rubbed and soiled moderate foxining at first few end pages front and rear but clean of foxing internally. Presentation inscription front end page dated 1865 gifting the book to a fellow Etonian on leaving the school. New Edition Thoroughly Revised and Partially Re-Written. . Uncommon in commerce in contemporary fine binding. H. G. Bohn Hardcover
1900030207Washington: Government Printing Office 1900. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Plates Folding Map. First Separate Edition Printed Tan Covers Pp17 To 90 And Plates 11-26 All Extracted And Published Separately From The Revised Edition Of The Fish Manual. Wear To Covers 1/16" Losses At Top And Bottom Of Spine Short Tears To Spine Edges Text Block Complete But Separated From Covers 1 1/2" Tear At Fore Edge Of Pp 17/18. <br/> <br/> Government Printing Office paperback
1879094294Paris: G. Masson Editeur 1879 Book. Very Good -. Hardcover. Deuxieme Edition. RARE copy of this 19th century French work on ophthalmoscopy. Illustrated with "Ouvrage comprenant 92 planches en chromo-lithographie". Half-title page is rubbed/soiled; else minor wear/marks. G. Masson, Editeur hardcover
1900007889Jena: Gustav Fischer 1900. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 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. Gustav Fischer 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
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
1899005846Englewood NJ: The Macmillan Co 1899. Book. Very Good. Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 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. The Macmillan Co, Paperback
1867042794Philadelphia: Schaefer & Koradi 1867 Book. Fair. Hardcover. Scarce copy of this post Civil-War era surgical anatomy text written in German. Illustrated. Cover has moderate wear spine strip is tape-reinforced inexpertly; text has light foxing. Schaefer & Koradi hardcover
1899309IB1899. Paris Masson 1899. 4 Porträts 3 Bl. 740 S. Neuer Leinenband. Sehr gut erhalten und sauber. unknown
1860077950London: Trubner & Co. 1860 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Photocopy of Original Edition. PHOTOCOPY of the original edition of 1860 nicely bound. This edition was the "New Issue" with the author being from the Bengal Medical Service. Covers the history of medicine anatomy and physiology therapeutics practice of physic midwifery and diseases of women and children. 431 pages. Trubner & Co. hardcover
185982576Leipzig & Heidelberg: C. F. Winter'sche Verlagshandlung 1859. First Edition. . Half-Leather. Vg-/No Jacket. 2 vols in 1. Published 1859 & 1860. Minimal library markings; leather worn at board corners; binding tight; 142p 12 plates index & 434p 48 plates index. In German. NB: This is a heavier than average volume which will incur a non-standard postage charge. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall <br/> <br/> C. F. Winter'sche Verlagshandlung hardcover
1885101116Munchen und Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von R. Oldenbourg 1885 Ex-Library. Fair. Hardcover. Late 19th comparative anatomy text. Illustrated with "147 abbildungen und einer tafel". 205 pages. Binding is worn front endpapers are partially separated from the binding. Druck und Verlag von R. Oldenbourg hardcover
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
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
1896010618New York : D.Appleton and Company 1896. Book. Very Good. Half-Leather. 3rd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Third Edition with Maps and Illustrations. xiii 648 pp. Contemporary half red leather over marbled boards gilt lettering and rules to the spine. Top edge gilt. Very Good. Spine has small chip to top of spine; closed tear to mid spine; and rubbing at the corners and edges. Intermittent toning around paste downs and end pages. First published in 1846 Darwin's Geological Observations made up the third part of his memoir of his voyage on the Beagle during the years 1832-1836. Contains two Parts; "Part One: Volcanic Islands and Part Two: South America". Maps and fold outs present and undamaged small stains to the final two fold-outs. Uncommon in collectible condition. . D.Appleton and Company 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
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