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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
1935004049Reed College Portlaand OR: Griffin Lawrence E. 1935. 6th Edition 1935. Very Good prior owner name and ph. number in ink front wrapper pencilled notes rear wrapper pencilling and underlining throughoutobviously used by a student. Classic guide on this subject matter and SCARCE in any of the early editions. . 6th Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Griffin, Lawrence E. Paperback 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
194875719Cold Spring Harbor: Biological Laboratory 1948. First. hardcover. very good. Illustrated with diagrams. 222 pages. 4to red cloth a bit worn at head. Cold Spring Harbor: Biological Laboratory 1948. First edition. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Volume XIII.<br/><br/> Biological Laboratory unknown 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
200122619Cambridge: MIT Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 0262041871 . First edition. As new in like dust jacket. . MIT Press hardcover books
2003006888Boston: Kluwer Academic Pub 2003. Near Fine tiny rub at head of spine. Contents are clean tight and unmarked. . First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covered Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Kluwer Academic Pub 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
