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

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

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

Paris: Académie Nationale de Médecine, 1983. 32 pp. 8vo. Stapled paper wrappers. First edition. A very good copy. More

Rio de Janeiro: (Na Impressão Regia), 1817. [2 pp.]. 4to. Marbled paper wrappers, manuscript title. Grants to Universidade de Coimbra "cultivating and promoting the studies of sciences for the sake of the prosperity of the state ... Dated and signed in type "Dado no Palacio do Rio de Janeiro em..... More

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

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

[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

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

New York: [American Society of Civil Engineers], 1876. 12 pp. + [2] folding diagrams. Illus. with b/w diagrams. 8vo. Paper wrappers. Contains two charts: (1) Profile of South Pass from East Point Across the bar showing Progress of Scour effected by the Jetties, 24 x 9 inches, (2) Four cross..... More

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

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