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1868100591Germany 1868 Ex-Library. Fair. Hardcover. contains 12 plates on the cerebral cortex most of which are fold-out plates by the noted German-Austrian psychiatrist neuropathologist and anatomist who believed that disturbances in brain development could be a predisposition for psychiatric illness and that certain psychoses are reversible. The last plate reads "Die Windungen der Convexen Hirnmanteloberflache". There is no title page; the plates are dated either 1867 or 1868. The book lacks its spine covering the pages have significant foxing. hardcover
187179599Paris: J.-B. Bailliere & Fils 1871. Deuxieme Edition. . Hardcover. Vg-/No Jacket. Deuxieme edition considerablement augmentee. Library markings; library binding in black cloth; spine slightly rubbed; occasional light foxing; 854p illus. NB: This is a heavier than average volume which may incur a non-standard postage charge. In French. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall <br/> <br/> J.-B. Bailliere & Fils hardcover
1868010633New York: Orange Judd and Company 1868. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First American Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First American Edition. Authorized Edition with a preface by Asa Gray. Illustrated. 494 pages plus 6 pages ads in rear in Volume I and 568 pages plus 8 pages ads in rear in Volume II. Dark brown end papers. Green cloth covered blind stamped boards with gilt lettering to the spines.About Very Good. Volume I has modest wear to tips and spine ends slight sun darkened spine minimal rubbing. Both hinges opened. Front paste down with two different prior owner book plates. Front free end paper prior owner name in ink. Pages 191 to 210 loose from binding. Volume II has small ink stain to front board wear to tips and spine ends front hinge open showing webbing but holding nicely prior owner book plate glue shadow at paste down the plate laid in. Internally clean and unmarked. The later owner of this book was the noted University of Cincinnati chemist and educator William B. Jensen. Priced to allow for hinge repair. . Orange Judd and Company Hardcover
1874chd20bLondon: Smith Elder & Co. G : in good condition. Ex-lib. Library rebind with new eps. Tape repairs to maps. Page edges darkened. 1874. Second Edition Revised. Red hardback cloth cover. 200mm x 140mm 8" x 6". xx 278pp 6pp maps. 3 fold-out colour maps. . Smith, Elder & Co 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
1889101035Turner Routledge & Co 1889. rough cut top end block. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Turner Routledge & Co 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
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
1898spn02London: Williams and Norgate. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and edge-worn. Heraldic plate to front pastedown. Prelims and endpapers browned. Occasional light foxing. 1898. New Edition Revised and Enlarged. Maroon/gilt decorated hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 160mm 9" x 6". xii 706pp ads; viii 598pp ads. Heavy book extra shipping needed for overseas. . Williams and Norgate 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
1900008172London / New York: S. T. Freemantle / J. B. Lippincott Co. 1900. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Limited and Numbered First Edition. Thick 8vo. # 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. S. T. Freemantle / J. B. Lippincott Co. Hardcover
1895009267London: Balliere Tindall & Cox 1895. Book. Very Good Plus. Cloth. Second & Enlarged Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bound in original chocolate brown cloth gilt lettering. v111 207 8 42 pages illustration. Very Good Plus light rubbing at corners and spine ends rear board evenly faded 1/2" wide strip small bookseller's ticket front paste down. 8 pp. ads for microscopes followed by 42 pp. ads for Balliere Tindall & Cox publications. RARE in current commerce. Balliere, Tindall & Cox Hardcover
1899005593Paris: Charles Carrington 1899. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. pp. xx 422. Title page printed in red and black. Out of a sequence of 1000 unnumbered copies. Very Good rebound in dark blue cloth gilt. Slight weakness to joints prior owner blind stamp title page slight browning. Charles Carrington Hardcover
1896047696Chicago: The Alkaloidal Clinic 1896 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Original Edition. Minor exterior marks. RARE copy of the 12 issues of The Alkaloidal Clinic for the year 1896 bound. Covers a wide range of medical topics from diabetes to pneumonia croup walling yellow fever cancer obstetrics urine issues typhoid fever diphtheria malaria neuralgias pathology biochemistry night sweats phthisis tuberculosis etc. The Alkaloidal Clinic hardcover
1880e2783cLondon: Williams & Norgate. G: in good condition without dust jacket as issued. Cover rubbed. Some foxing. Ex Royal College of Surgeons Ireland Library. 1880. First Edition. Black hardback half-leather cover with marbled boards. 220mm x 140mm 9" x 6". 109pp plates. 10 b/w fold out plates. . Williams & Norgate hardcover
1885094283Paris: Societe Chimique de Paris 1885 Ex-Library. Fair. Half-Leather. First Edition. Bound issues of this French bulletin for Juin 1885 - Novembre 1885 with a preceeding article "Liste alphabetique des Membres de la societe Chimique de Paris 1 1885. Looks to be on medicine chemistry etc. Boards are loose along the spine strip; binding has moderate wear; interior is very good. Societe Chimique de Paris hardcover
1885094282Paris: Societe Chimique de Paris 1885 Ex-Library. Fair. Half-Leather. First Edition. Bound issues of this French bulletin for Novembre 1884 - Mai 1885 with a preceeding article "Notice sur La Vie et Les Travaux de Charles-Adlophe Wurtz" by M. Friedel. This work looks to be on medicine chemistry etc. Boards are loose along the spine strip with the front board actually detached; binding has moderate wear; interior is very good. Societe Chimique de Paris 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
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
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
1840059129Gand: Chez Hoste Librairie 1840 Book. Fair. Stiff Card Covers. Lacks the original cover now within a card-stock cover with photocopy of the title page pasted on. Text block is split in one spot no pages missing. Light to moderate foxing throughout; several pages uncut along the top edge. SCARCE copy of this 1840 history of anatomy text "comprenant l'examen comparatif des ouvrages des principaux anatomistes anciens et modernes" written by the then Professeur d'Anatomie a L'Universite de Gand. 503 pages. Includes a bibliography noting references from the 17th 18th and early 19th centuries. Chez Hoste, Librairie hardcover
1863e2406London: Williams & Norgate. G : in Good condition. Cover faded. Spine darkened with chip to head. Ex Royal Coolege of Surgeons Ireland Library. 1863. First Edition. Purple hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 140mm 9" x 6". 448pp. . Williams & Norgate 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
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