Titles starting with 1 from Jeff Weber Rare Books

India:: Indian Journal of Mathematics. 1962. paperback. 2. 8vo. 41-49 pp. Printed wrappers; creased. Very good. . Vachaspati was associated with the physics dept. at the University of Lucknow, and published a paper with Nobel Prize winner Walter Kohn. WITH: VACHASPATI. "Example of a Differential Equation Possessing Lower Symmetry Than its Solution." Offprint from Proceedings of the National Institute of Sciences of India, vol. 28, A, no. 2, 1962. 8vo. 282-285 pp. Printed wrappers; creased. Very go... more information

No place:: Helvetica Physica Acta. 1949. paperback. 1. Sm. 8vo. pp. [614]-618. 2 figs., 1 table. Self-wraps. Fine. . Wäffler was from the Eidg. Techn. Hochschule, Zürich. WITH: WÄFFLER. "über die Intensitätsschwankungen der harten Komponente der Höhenstrahlung auf Jungfraujoch (3500 m ü. M.)." Offprint: Helvetica Physica Acta, vol. XIV, fasc. Quartus, 1941. Sm. 8vo. pp. [215]-256. 11 figs., tables. Self-wraps. Fine. WITH: WÄFFLER, & S. YOUNIS. "Unte... more information

Basel:: Schwabe. 1970. hardcover. 1. 4to. 436 pp. Color frontis., color photos & illus. White cloth. Ownership rubber stamp of Crainz on title. Fine. . History of 100 years of gynecology in Basel. ... more information

New York:: Crescent Books. 1977. hardcover. 1. (285 x 220 mm). 93 pp. Illustrations. Pictorial boards, dust-jacket. Joke signatures on title. Near fine. . ISBN: 0517224259 ... more information

Stuttgart, Leipzig, Berlin:: 1. 1-1961. paperback. 2. 8vo. Various paginations. 1 port. of Diepgen. Self-wraps and printed wrappers; 2 holes punched along spine. Ownership rubber stamps. Very good. . Presents Diepgen's researches on the treatment of women in the medicine of past ages, primarily Byzantium, and the medieval West. Also included is his Mein Weg zur Medizingeschichte of 1961 with a small portrait. ... more information

[many places]:: Various formats and paginations, [19. -1951]. hardcover. 2. From the library of Abraham Pais. Very good. . This archive of eleven offprints by Felix Bloch highlights his important contributions from the 1930s through his important work on nuclear magnetic resonance measurement from the 1940s upon which his award of the Nobel Prize is based. The earlier work includes Bloch's description of the Bloch wall; and the measurement of the neutron's magnetic moment. After the rise of Hitler i... more information

No place:: no publisher. 1954. paperback. 1. 8vo. 73-89 pp. Figs. Self wraps. Fine. . Dantzig was a Dutch mathematician who had a chair at the University of Amsterdam after WWII. His most important work was in topological algebra, but he wrote valuable papers on probability and statistics also. He studied metrisation of groups, rings, and fields and in one paper classified with a locally compact topology. WITH: VAN DANTZIG. "On the Thermo-Hydrodynamics of Perfectly Perfect Fluids. I." Offprint fro... more information

[Italy]:: 1. 5-1963. paperback. 2. 8vo. Various paginations. Illus. Printed wrappers; 2 holes punched in spines. Ownership rubber stamps. Very good. . A variety of studies explore the historical understanding of syphilis, generation of the fetus, menstruation and broad range of obstetric and gynecological topics. ... more information

[Italy]:: 1. 4-1941. paperback. 2. 8vo. Various paginations. Illus. Printed wrappers; most with 2 holes punched along spine. Ownership rubber stamps on top covers. Very good. . Essays present new documents and biographical material on medical contributors from the Middle Ages to the eighteenth century. ... more information

New York:: Limited Editions Club, variou. dates. hardcover. 1. Including: several prospecti outlining their works and containing several illustrations. Contained in 4to cloth backed patterned folding case, paper spine label, ties designed by Vance Gerry. Bookplate of Vance Gerry. Fine. . Details on request. ... more information

[Chicago]:: [Chicago Meteorological Congress. 1893]. hardcover. .. (255 x 185 mm). 43 pp. Completely disbound with each leaf in plastic loose leaf sleeves in standard binder. ... more information

[no place],: 1. 8-1947. paperback. 1. Various formats. Various paginations. Figs., tables. Printed wrappers or self-wraps; a few with worn margins. From the library of Abraham Pais. Generally very good to fine. . FIRST SEPARATE EDITIONS of a collection of papers by Walter Heitler, noted German physicist. Includes important early work on the theory of the chemical bond; Heitler's work on the theory of fast particles and cosmic rays; the theory of nuclear forces and mesons; and Heitler's quantum theor... more information

Offprint from:: Journal of Experimental Zoology. 1951. paperback. 1. Journal of Experimental Zoology, Vol. 117, No. 2, July 1951. pp. 211-246. Printed wrappers. Fine. . Foster was associated with the Dept. of Zoology, Columbia University, NY, then the Osborn Zoological Laboratory, Yale University and the Whitman Laboratory of Experimental Zoology, Univ. of Chicago. In 1959 he was witht he Section of Dermatology, Dept. of Medicine, Yale. In 1961 he is with the Mammalian Genetics Center, Dept of Zoology, Univ... more information

No place:: Journal of General Physiology. 1954. paperback. 1. 8vo. pp. 729-742. Printed wrappers. Ownership rubber stamp of Norman Horowitz. Fine. . Ruth Sager (1918-1997), American geneticist, chiefly noted for recognizing the importance of nonchromosomal genes. While at the Rockefeller Institute, Sager began to question the traditional belief that all the genes governing heredity were to be found arranged linearly on the chromosomes of cell nuclei. In 1953 she discovered in the alga Chlamydomonas a second... more information

Washington, D.C.:: National Academy of Sciences, 1. 9-1998. hardcover. 1. 16 volumes. 8vo. Various paginations. Numerous biographies of noted scientists, photos, portraits, bibliog. Full cloth, 6 vols. with plain brown dust jackets. A few volumes with ownership rubber stamp or signature of Norman Horowitz. FINE. . FIRST EDITIONS. Detailed biographies of many important figures in science such as: Percy Williams Bridgman, Edwin P. Hubble, George Richards Minot, Robert Frederick Loeb, Earl W. Sutherland, Alber... more information

Burlington:: Carolina Biological Supply Co., 1. 6-1978. paperback. 1. 8vo. Various paginations with each volume approximately 16 pp. Essays, photos, figs. Pictorial wrappers. FINE. . Strong group of essays on biological topics, with each volume containing an article by a different author. Essays include: "Gene Expression During Cell Differentiation." J. B. Gurdon; "The Development of Pattern and Form in Animals." L. Wolpert; & "Transcription of DNA." A. A. Travers. Volume n... more information

Hanau:: Henricus Gran. 1516. hardcover. 2. Single leaf (285 x 191 mm), mounted on matte board, elaborate woodcut printer’s border, title in red and black ink; minor worming in lower margin, not affecting text. Contemporary ms. inscription in lower margin: Ad usum fratris … de levanto in vita sua … Very good. . Specimen of sixteenth century printing. ... more information

[No place:: no publisher, ca.. 930's]. hardcover. 1. 4to. All are removed pages from contemporary magazines held in card backed transparent sheaths. Bound in folio cloth backed folding case, patterned boards designed by Vance Gerry. Fine. . Williamson was a famous and influential artist and designer, and he made his name in these attractive car adverts. ... more information

Lille:: no publisher. 1957. hardcover. 1. Sm. 4to. 19 ff. Mimeo-graph sheets. Ownership writing by A. Pais (not signed). Fine. . Van Hove was from the Instituut voor Theoretische Fysica der Rijksuniversiteit, Utrecht, Netherlands. Later he joined the Dept. of Physics, University of Rochester, and the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. He was the teacher of Nobel Prize winner Martinus Veltman. WITH: VAN HOVE. "On Consequences of Charge Independence for Meson Production Phenomena. New York: Univers... more information

Providence:: Hammond, Angell. 1870. hardcover. 2. 12mo. viii, 72 pp. Engraved frontis. port., list of Parson’s writings. Original blind-stamped maroon cloth, gilt spine; spine ends chipped, rubbed, inner hinges cracked. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to Lewis P. Child on front free end-paper. Bookplate and ownership signature of Louis H. Roddis, USN. Very good. SCARCE. . FIRST EDITION. Usher Parsons was a surgical naval hero in the war of 1812, having served on the frigate Lawrence under Commodore Oliver Haza... more information