Authors starting with F from Edwin V Glaser Rare Books

Springfield, IL: Charles C Thomas. (1955). With the Charles C Thomas "Compliments" slip taped to the front free. endpaper. Ownership stamp on first three leaves; else, a fine copy of. the first edition.. Orig. black cloth, dust jacket, xvi, 157, (1 blank), (1) pp., with 16 figures, a few full-page, and 24 tables, one full-page, in the text. 8vo. Enhanced by a 214 item bibliography. Faber was Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics and Director of Poliomyelitis Research at Stanford University School of M... more information

Paris: Chez Regnard. 1765. A bit of foxing; a very nice, untrimmed copy of the "nouvelle. edition", enlarged.. Contemp. binders boards, rubbed along edges of spine xix, (5), 400; viii, 422 pp. 12mo, two volumes. A popular work which went through at least four Paris editions in the 19th century. Blake, p. 141. Wellcome cites later editions only. ... more information

Paris: Théophile Barrois le jeune. 1782. Joints tender; a few gouges on bottom cover, else a very good,. attractive copy of the 4th edition.. Contemp. mottled calf, spine gilt xvi, 526 pp. 8vo. A popular work which went through at least four Paris editions in the 19th century. Blake, p. 141. Wellcome cites later editions only. ... more information

Paris: Gauthier-Villars. 1938. A remarkably fine, unopened copy.. Stiff paper wrapps. One of 350 numbered copies. vi, 695 pp., A frontis. portrait, and illustrations in the text. Thick 4to. One of Fabry's principal areas of activity was in the precise measurment of optical interference effect and the development of an interferometer. His interest in astronomy led him to use the interferometer to study the spectra of the sun and stars, as well as to improve photometric techniques to measure the brightne... more information

Bern & Stuttgart,: Hans Huber. (1965), reprint of the 1603 edition. Lightly browned at the edges; a very good copy.. Orig. printed wrapps. 180 pp., with a frontis. portrait and reproductions of woodcuts in the text. 8vo. See Krivatsy 3856 for the 1603 edition. ... more information

Springfield: Charles C Thomas. (1961). A fine copy.. Orig. cloth, dust jacket First edition. xv, 414 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Papers given by 31 contributors at a symposium at the University of California, San Francisco, in 1961 ... more information

London: Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty. 1857. Marginal chips and tears, not affecting the text. A good copy.. Unbound 7pp. engraved Royal coat of arms on page one. Sm. 4to. ... more information

London: Offices of the Sanitary Institute. 1885. Seal of the Sanitary Institute on the second leaf. Ownership label on. front pastedown. Front free endpaper and following three leaves. including frontis. detached. Covers soiled and bumped at edges with. lower edge of backstrip perished. Ink stain on fore-edge. A good copy.. Orig. cloth, gilt title, First edition. xxiv, 563 pp. Frontis. Autotype portrait. 8vo. "Farr applied statistical methods to epidemiology and was the first mathematically to express ... more information

NP: offprint from Dr. Beale's Archives of Medicine, No. II, 1858.. n.d.,. Inscribed by the author.. Later wrapps. 7 pp.8 pp. illustrated. 12mo. ... more information

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott. (1925). Binding just a bit worn at the extremities; spine faded; some. staining to the back cover; corners a bit rubbed. Text marginally. dampstained. A good copy only of the first edition in English.. Orig. red cloth xxiv, 551 pp., with 267 figures, some in color, some full- page, and a few tables in the text. 8vo. From the third German edition, revised and enlarged. Grulee 3271. ... more information

NY: Federation of Jewish Philanthropiess of New York, Inc.. 1984. Fred Rosner's signature on half-title. Backstrip slightly sunned,. else a near fine copy.. Orig. printed stiff paper wrapps. Sixth edition. 149pp. 8vo. ... more information

Washington D.C.: The American Physiologcial Society. (1963). Dust jacket chipped and discolored. Ownership signature on front free. endpaper. A very good copy.. Orig. cloth, dust jacket 182 pp., illustrated, 4to. ... more information

Chicago: American Medical Association. 1913. Wrappers lightly faded at the extremities. A near fine copy.. Orig. printed wrapps. First separate edition. An offprint from theJournal of the American Medical Association, June 14, 1913, Vol LX, pp. 1858 and 1859. 4pp. Four figures in the text. 8vo. ... more information

NY: Anaesthetic Department, E. R. Squibb & Sons. 1912. Wrappers very lightly browned at the extremities. A near fine copy.. Orig. printed wrapps First separate edition. Offprint from the New York Medical Journal, May 11, 1912. 24 pp. 12mo. ... more information

NY: E. R. Squibb & Sons. 1914. Wrappers very lightly browned at the extremities. A near fine copy.. Orig. printed wrapps. Second separate edition thus, corrected and enlarged. 24pp. 12mo. ... more information

London: Holland Press. (1954). Some blistering to spine of volume two. A very good set.. Orig. cloth xxi, 487; 598 pp. 8vo, two volumes. Reprint of the Glasgow, 1906 privately printed edition of this masterful catalogue of the celebrated collection formed by James Young. ... more information

Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard. 1848. Extremities of binding rubbed, joints started. Old library bookplate. on front pastedown. A very good copy of the 3rd American edition.. Orig. sheep, xvi, (17)- 630, (12 advts.) pp., with 274 woodcut illustrations in the text, many of them depicting surgical instruments. Thick 8vo. Cordasco 40-0466. ... more information

Mexico: Biblioteca Nacional. 1960. With the Samuel X. Radbill bookplate. A fine copy of the first. edition.. Orig. printed wrapps. 200 pp., with 29 plates. 8vo. ... more information

London: John Bale, Sons & Danielsson. 1906. Covers spotted. A good copy of the first edition.. Orig. green cloth, rebacked (4), 122 pp., 8vo. ... more information

Berkeley: Sather Gate Book Shop. (1937.). Previous owner's bookplate on verso of front cover. A near fine copy.. Orig. blue clothwithgilt lettering xv,413pp. 8vo. ... more information