Landmarks in Science 1473-1900.
London: Antiquarian Booksellers Association, 1977. 8vo. Stapled paper wrappers. First edition. Exhibition of books by members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association, 15-18 August 1977. A fine copy. More
Science & Medicine
Diccionario de Bibliografia Agronomica y de toda clase de escritos relacionados con la Agricultura; seguido de un indice de autores y traductores, con algunos apuntes biograficos.
Madrid: Impr. y Estereot. de M. Rivadeneyra, 1865. xix, 1015, [2] pp. 4to. Later black cloth. First edition. The standard bibliography on Spanish agriculture. Provenance: Bookplate of the Bibliographical Library of William P. Wreden. A very good rebound copy, endpapers foxed else contents near fine. Palau 13253. Spain & Spanish..... More
Guida alla scienza per l'uomo moderno. 2 Vol. (The Intelligent Man's Guide to Science).
Milano: Feltrinelli Editore, 1964. xvi, 864 pp. Illus. with b/w photos & drawings. 8vo. Cloth. Prima edizone italiana (First Italian edition). Traduzione dall'americano di Rit. Vol. 1: Terra, Atmosfera, Universo; Vol. 2: Cellule. Micro-organismi, Corpo umano. Italian translation of Asimov's 1961 work. Top corner clipped front free front endpaper otherwise..... More
The Human Body: Its Structure and Operation.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1963. ix, 340 pp. Illus. with b/w drawings. 8vo. Cloth. First printing (first edition). Illus. by Anthony Ravielli. Includes 4 panel publisher's brochure and order form for this volume. Excellent drawings by Ravielli. First printings are a bit scarce. Slight roll to spine else very good+ crisp..... More
Journal of Materia Medica, and Pharmaceutic Formulary. New Series. January, 1858.
[New Lebanon, N.Y.]: [Tilden & Co.], 1858. 16 pp. Sm. 4to. Contains front page article on Cannabis Indica, Or East Indian Hemp. The feature offers a description of its cultivation, uses, and effects in eastern culture, followed by an analysis its medical applications, including its uses as a hypnotic, an..... More
The Journal of Materia Medica, Devoted to Materia Medica, Pharmacy, and Chemistry. Vol. 12. October, 1873. No. 10.
New Lebanon, N.Y. Tilden & Co., 1873. pp. 289-320. Illus. with b/w drawings. Sm. 4to. Paper wrappers. First edition. Lead article on Styrax Benzoin. Good, folded, wrappers chipped and soiled, light staining and soiling to contents. More
The Journal of Materia Medica, Devoted to Materia Medica, Pharmacy, and Chemistry. Vol. XIII. November, 1874. No. 11.
New Lebanon, N.Y. Tilden & Co., 1874. pp. 321-352. Sm. 4to. Paper wrappers. First edition. Subscription form tipped into verso of rear wrapper. Long lead article on Rheum Palmatum. Rhubarb. Very good, folded, wrappers lightly soiled, contents fine. More
Histoire de la Circulation Cérébrale.
Paris: Académie Nationale de Médecine, 1983. 32 pp. 8vo. Stapled paper wrappers. First edition. A very good copy. More
Exhibit of Early Medical Texts Illustrating Practice in fevers, Plague, &c.
Boston: American Medical Association, 1921. 42 pp. Illus. with b/w reproductions. 8vo. Stapled paper wrappers. First edition. Seventy-Second Annual Session of the AMA. Wrappers chipped and torn, contents very good. More
Emilio Noelting Un Químico Dominicano que Iluminó a Europa.
Santo Domingo: Santo Domingo, República Dominicana : Academia Dominicana de la Historia, 2001. vii, 213 pp. Illus. with b/w photos and reproductions. 8vo. Illustrated paper wrappers. Academia Dominicana de la Historia. Fondo para la historia de la República Dominicana; ser. B, v. II. Series: Academia Dominicana de la Historia. Fondo..... More
Le Problème de l'Évolution. Le fait de l'Évolution s'impose; seul son mécanisme demeure incertain.
Paris: Payot, 1931. 447 pp. Illus. with 88 in-text figures. 8vo. Three quarter navy blue morocco over marbled boards, spine decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, original wrappers bound in. First edition. Near fine copy with very minor scuffing on backstrip, leaves just browning. A beautiful binding. More
Science through the Ages.
Chicago: Chicago Public Library, 1978. [Unpaged]. Illus. with b/w reproductions. 4to. Paper wrappers. First edition. Books from the Collections of the John Crerar Library. 95 items listed. A fine copy. More
The Nutrition of Man.
London: Heinemann, 1907. xi, 321 pp. Illus. with b/w photos. 8vo. Cloth. First English edition. Chittenden was the first to isolate glycocoll and glycogen in living tissue, and researched and wrote about the biochemistry of digestion and nutrition. A very good+ copy with slight roll to spine. More
Beitrage zur Alkoholfrage (an Hand von kasuistischem Material der Psychiatrischen Klinik und der Zuricher Fursorgestelle fur Alkoholkranke).
Zurich: n.p., 1938. 29 pp. 8vo. Paper wrappers. First edition. Dissertation at the medical Faculty at the University of Zurich under the direction of H. W. Maier. Only two copies listed, one at the Niedersachsische Staats-und Univ and one at the CRL. Chrzanowski (1913-2000) was part of the slave labor..... More
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[Manuscript Document] Civil War Surgeon Chronicles New York Officers' Plot Against Him & Requests Back Pay. In Thirteen Letters.
[Washington D.C]: 1862-1863. [10] pp. on 5 sheets. 8 x 12.5 inches. Single stitch along top margin. Retained record (copy 3) of a series of letters with commentary, penned by Alonzo M.F. Eisenlord, Surgeon for the 7th Regiment of the New York Volunteers, making the case for his payment for..... More
VIIme Congres international des sciences anthropologiques et ethnologiques, Moscou (3 aout-10 aout 1964). VII Mezdunarodnyj kongress antropoligiceskih i etnograficeskih nauk, Moskva (3-10 avgusta 1964). [Eleven Volumes].
Moskva: Nauka, 1967-1971. Illus. 8vo. Cloth with gilt titles in shades of gray, cream, and blue. First edition. The complete run of the publications of the 7th International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences held in Moscow in 1964. Contributions in Russian, English, French, German, Italian or Spanish. Hard to..... More
Science and the Atomic Bomb. Key Books Catalogue 12. 1991.
St. Petersburg: Key Books, 1991. Unpaged [40 pp]. Illus. with in-text b/w reproductions. 8vo. Stapled paper wrappers. First edition. 437 items listed. A very good copy with a little soiling on the wrappers. More
A Treatise on the Diseases of the Joints; being the Observations for Which the Prize for 1806 was adjuged by the Royal College of Surgeons in London.
Hanover [NH]: Justin Hinds, 1811. 165 pp. 24mo. Full calf, red morocco spine label. Second American edition. First published in Boston in 1808. Provenance: Dr. James Sawyer, Thetford [Vermont]. A very good copy, small tear at spine head, boards rubbed, endpapers creased, front endpaper reattached, owner's name on front endpapers..... More
Science & Medicine to 1870: Pamphlets in the American Philosophical Society Library.
Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society Library, 1968. 164 pp. Sm. 4to. Paper wrappers. First edition. Wrappers lightly soiled else very good. More
How I Cured my Craving for Drink, by One who Twice Suffered from Delirium Tremens.
Glasgow: James Hedderwick & Sons, Printers, n.d.(1885). 79 pp. 16mo. Stitched paper wrappers. First edition. Quite uncommon, the book, not the topic. OCLC shows only two copies: Cambridge and Nat. Lib. Scotland. Also at the British Library. Removed from a larger volume, spine and rear wrapper lacking, front wrapper scuffed..... More
A Sermon on the Moral Uses of the Pestilence, denominated Asiatic Cholera. Delivered on Fast-Day, August 9, 1832.
New Bedford: Printed by Benjamin T. Congdon, 1832. 20 pp. 8vo. Disbound. First edition. Orville Dewey (1794-1882), an American Unitarian minister, thinks the scourge will bring people back to god, and that, in his opinion, is good: "The Cholera, I am firmly persuaded, will prevent more suffering than it will..... More
Extraterrestrial Life and our World View at the Turn of the Millennium. Dibner Library Lecture given May 2, 2000.
[Washington, D.C.]: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, 2000. vii, 47 pp. Illus. with color photos and b/w drawings. 8vo. Stapled paper wrappers. First edition. Debner Library Lecture, May 2, 2000. Text of lecture given with footnotes. Images from the Hubble Space Telescope illustrate the lecture as well as images from text held..... More
First Principles of Television.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1932. xiii, 241 pp. Illus. with 38 b/w plates and 130 in-text drawings. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. Dinsdale, renowned British television engineer, was the author of the earliest book on television: "Television. Seeing by Wireless" (1926) and the first editor of 'Television' magazine. This, his second..... More
Contribucion al estudio de las deformaciones pélvicas en México.
México: Tip y Lit. "La Europea", de J. Aguilar Vera y Compañia, 1902. 67 pp. + [13] leaves of plates. Illus. with b/w photos and drawings. 4to. Stitched paper wrappers. First edition. Pelvic abnormalities in Mexico. OCLC locates only one copy, Univ. Texas at Austin. Wrappers and spine soiled and..... More
Skeletons in our Closet: skeletal illustrations as represented in the rare book collection of the Cleveland Health Sciences Library.
Cleveland: Cleveland Health Sciences Library, 1983. 44 pp. Illus. with b/w reproductions. 8vo. Stapled paper wrappers. First edition. Series: Occasional contributions to the history of the health sciences from the Historical Division of the Cleveland Health Sciences Library: no. 2. A fine copy. More