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1908004763Indianapolis IN: Aetna Press 1908. Very Good in the original black cloth gilt lettering and rules at spine. Rear hinge starting to separate edges of page block and endpages lightly soiled presentation inscription "For the Library of the Physio Medical College Indianapolis Ind." handwritten in ink front endpage. "Eclectic medicine was a branch of American medicine which made use of botanical remedies along with other substances and physical therapy practices popular in the latter half of the 19th and first half of the 20th centuries." Wikipedia. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Aetna Press Hardcover books
1904004761Pittsburgh PA: Murdoch-Kerr Press 1904. First Edition 1904. Very Good in the original blue cloth gilt lettering at spine decorative end pages 267 pages including 6 pgs. of advertisements "confined to manufacturers who had exhibits in the hall at the place of meeting and are exclusively of apparatus included in such exhibits". Includes rosters of officers and members constitution by-laws minutes secretary and treasurer reports and program. Illustrated with photographs. While this was the 4th annual meeting reportedly only the 2nd year that the Transactions were published. Wilhelm Rontgen had made his discovery of the rays that he called X-rays only 9 years earlier in 1895. Very Good lettering at spine dulled yet legible light soiling and rubbing to cloth boards light soiling to page block. RARE. A handsome copy of this important early work of the development and history of x-rays. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Murdoch-Kerr Press Hardcover books
19968973NY: Cambridge University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 0521465427 . First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Cambridge University Press hardcover books
1913008191New York: Dodd Mead & Co. 1913. Twelve of the fourteen volumes published in this series RARE as a set. Eight First Editions - The Glow Worm 1919; The Life of the Grasshopper 1917; The Sacred Beetle 1918; Bramble Bees and Others 1915; The Life of the Caterpillar 1916; The Life of the Weevil 1922; The Life of the Scorpion 1923; The Life of Jean Henri Fabre the Entomologist by the Abbe Augustin Fabre 1921; and four later printings: The Life of the Fly 1915; The Mason Bees 1918; The Hunting Wasps 1917; and The Life of the Spider 1913. Overall Very Good Plus to Near Fine 3 vols. with gilt at spines faded prior owner name some toning to end papers. Uniformly bound in original publisher's brick cloth with embossed front covers and gilt lettering fronts and spines. Jean-Henri Fabre 1823-1915 was a French entomologist largely self-taught who devoted his life to the study of the anatomy and behavior of insects and was influential in Darwin's later writings. Lacking two other titles published by Dodd Mead - More Hunting Wasps and Insect Adventures. A heavy set please be advised added shipping charges will be requested for international orders. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jackets. Small 8vo. Dodd, Mead & Co. 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
1861008331Boston: Crosby Nichols Lee and Company 1861. 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. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Association Copy. Crosby, Nichols, Lee and Company Hardcover books
1921006507American Philosophical Society 1921. SCARCE. Reprinted from Proceedings of American Philosophical Society vol. lx no.4 1921. Paginated 503-623 with 3 fold out maps. Near Fine bound in stiff cardstock with cloth tape spine light spoiling. Carl Henry Eigenmann Mar. 9 1863 - Apr. 24 1927 was an ichthyologist who along with his wife Rosa Eigenmann described many of the fishes of North America and South America for the first time. Reprint. Pamphlet. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. American Philosophical Society Paperback 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
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
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
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
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
2003136260Cold Spring Harbor NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 2003. Softcover. VG- Page edges lightly tanned one corner bumped. Black & color illus. wraps 512 pp. some BW & color illus. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology vol. LXVIII. Papers presented at the 2003 conference during the 50th annviersary of James Watson and Francis Crick's double helix proposal for DNA structure. Papers are catagorized under these headings: Human Genome Sequence; Human Genetic Variation; Genome Structure and Evolution; Genomics of Non-human Species; Bioinformatics and Annotation; Comparing Genomes; Comparative Functional Genomics; Genetic Variation and Disease; Genome Biology and Disease; Human Evolution. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press paperback 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
1899005593Paris: Charles Carrington 1899. 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. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Charles Carrington 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
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
1939006068Berkeley CA: University of California Press 1939. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY CO-AUTHOR L.S. McClung on the front end page of the Supplement - "For the Archives Of Indiana University L.S. McClung 21 Nov. 1983". Three Volume set. All 3 Volumes are Fine SCARCE in such lovely condition and SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. University of California Press Hardcover 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
1901008638Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company 1901. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on tipped sheet at front end page - "Christmas greetings from John Burroughs Dec. 24 1920". This title SCARCE SIGNED. Very Good some spotting at end pages rubbed at corners and edges. "With fifteen illustrations in colors after Audubon and a frontispiece from life". . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 2nd Printing. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jackets. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Houghton Mifflin Company Hardcover books
1997006771The Netherlands : Ponsen and Looijen 1997. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Fine in Wraps as Issued/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ponsen and Looijen Paperback books
1753008927Holmiae Stockholm: Laurentii Salvii Lars Salvius 1753. SCARCE in commerce in the First Edition. Earlier bookseller's note tipped at front end page states "p. 7576 Original issue removed and corrected pages tipped in. p. 89 90 and 259 260 original issue not removed corrected pages tipped in after dedication." Bound in contemporary quarter calf over paper covered boards with five raised bands and lettering and decorations back recently expertly rebacked with corners repaired and label replaced. 14 1-560 561-1200 pages 1 p. errata. Near Fine slight toning a quite handsome copy in newly refreshed contemporary binding. The first work to apply only two names to any large group of organisms organizing plant identification into a system that had been quite cumbersome into one that was simple and standard marking the begining of taxonomy as it is known today. Species Plantarum contained the names of every know plant at the time 600 species in all. One of the towering classics in the field of botany. . First Edition. Quarter Calf. Near Fine. Thick 8vo. Laurentii Salvii (Lars Salvius) Hardcover books
1985006107Dordrecht The Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff 1985. Review copy with publisher's review slip laid in. Near fine small top corner bump in a Very Good Plus dust jacket light soiling and a few small edge tears. Contents are clean tight and unmarked. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Review Copy. Martinus Nijhoff 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
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
