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

[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

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

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

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

[Connecticut]: 1793. 1 sheet. 7 x 12 inches. November 18, 1793, signed by A. Waldo, to Mr. Phillip Richmond, of Killingly [Phillip Richmond (1771-1824) son of Abilene Cady and Phillip Richmond]. Waldo tells Richmond that, "Mr. Carpenter of Abington [a small village in Pomfret where Waldo had his practice], has..... More

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

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

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