A Course of Elementary Instruction in Practical Biology
by Huxley, T.H. and Martin, H.N.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1883. Revised edition (1st 1875). 1875 T H HUXLEY'S LABORATORY GUIDE TO BIOLOGY (NEWLY COMBINED BOTANY AND ZOOLOGY). 7 inches tall hardcover, red cloth binding, blindstamped publisher's seal to front cover, gilt title to spine, black endpapers, i-xi, 279 pp, 72-page publisher's catalogue. Spine faded, otherwise unmarked and very good in custom archival mylar cover. From Preface: "Very soon after I began to teach Natural History, or what we now call Biology, at the Royal School of... Read More
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Professional Paper No. 40, The Triassic Cephalopod Genera of America TOGETHER WITH Professional Paper No. 41, Geology of the Central Copper River Region, Alaska
by Hyatt, Alpheus, Smith, James Perrin and Mendenhall, Walter C.
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1905. First edition. 1905 TWO GEOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS ILLUSTRATED WITH FINE LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES OF FOSSILS AND MAPS OF ALASKA REFLECT THE US GOVERNMENT COMMITMENT TO SCIENCE AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY. Two monographs of the United States Geological Survey: Professional Papers 40 and 41, bound together. 11 1/2 inches tall hardcover, black buckram binding, paper labels to spine, bookplate of Library of the Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences to front paste-down, 214 pp... Read More
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Neurosurgery of Infancy and Childhood
by Ingraham, Franc D. and Matson, Donald D.
Springfield: Charles C. Thomas, 1954. First edition. FIRST EDITION OF THE WORLD'S FIRST TEXTBOOK ON PEDIATRIC NEUROSURGERY. Ten inches tall hardcover, tan cloth binding with red embossed neuron to cover, color frontispiece photos of neurosurgical lesions, i-xvii, 456 pp, 381 figures,[1]. Light wear to cover edges, signature of "Forrest L. Johnson M.d., 3/31/54" to front paste-down, otherwise unmarked. Very good in custom archival mylar cover. FRANC DOUGLAS INGRAHAM (1898–1965) was a pioneer in the development of pediatric neurosurgery. He received his MD... Read More
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![SIGNED BY 18 NOTABLES. Dinner in Honor of Doctor A. Jacobi on the Seventieth Anniversary of his birthday, Saturday, May the fifth,, nineteen hundred, at Delmonico's [original 3-leaf program/menu], TOGETHER WITH Proceedings and Addresses at the Complimentary Dinner Tendered to Dr. A. Jacobi on the Occasion of the Seventieth Anniversary of His Birthday, May 5, Nineteen Hundred, TOGETHER WITH "Festschrift" in Honor of Abraham Jacobi, M.D., LL.D., to Commemorate the Seventieth Anniversary of His Birth, May Sixth, 1900](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/233/820/1665820233.0.l.0.jpg)
SIGNED BY 18 NOTABLES. Dinner in Honor of Doctor A. Jacobi on the Seventieth Anniversary of his birthday, Saturday, May the fifth,, nineteen hundred, at Delmonico's [original 3-leaf program/menu], TOGETHER WITH Proceedings and Addresses at the Complimentary Dinner Tendered to Dr. A. Jacobi on the Occasion of the Seventieth Anniversary of His Birthday, May 5, Nineteen Hundred, TOGETHER WITH "Festschrift" in Honor of Abraham Jacobi, M.D., LL.D., to Commemorate the Seventieth Anniversary of His Birth, May Sixth, 1900
by Jacobi, Abraham
New York: Tiffany & Co. (program/menu), The Knickerbocker Press (Festschrift), 1900. First editions. RARE PROGRAM/MENU FOR DINNER IN HONOR OF ABRAHAM JACOBI'S 70TH BIRTHDAY--SIGNED BY JACOBI AND 17 NOTABLE ATTENDEES, TOGETHER WITH BOUND PUBLISHED PROCEEDINGS AND FESTSCHRIFT VOLUME PRESENTED TO HONOREE. 1) Program of "Dinner in Honor of Doctor A[braham] Jacobi on the Seventieth Anniversary of His Birthday Saturday, May the Fifth, Nineteen Hundred at Delmonico's." Three leaves 15.8x22.3 cm printed on fine card stock by Tiffany & Co., each with... Read More
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Contribution a l'Anatomie du Simenchelys parasiticus Gill
by Jaquet, Maurice
Monaco: Imprimerie de Monaco, 1920. First edition. SUMPTUOUS MONOGRAPH FROM THE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE OF MONACO ON ANATOMY OF A DEEP SEA PARASITIC EEL--FINE DOUBLE-PAGE LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES. 14 inches tall folio volume, paper covers with title printed on tissue jacket with coat of arms of the Sovereign Prince of Monaco, handstamp of Ernest A. Lachner top of cover and half title, 76 pp, text printed on heavy rag paper, 5 double-page lithographed plates with tisue guards, Text in French. Cover... Read More
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The filter-feeding and food of flamingoes (Phoenicopteri)
by Jenkin, Penelope M.
London: Royal Society of London, 1957. First edition. ILLUSTRATED STUDY OF ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGIC CHALLENGES OF FILTER FEEDING IN FLAMINGOES. 12 inches tall monograph in brown printed paper covers, corners worn, pages [401]- 493 pp, 19 figures in text 4 photographic plates, typewritten page of Appendix Table 1. laid in. Very good. PENELOPE M. JENKIN (1902-1994) English zoologist, attended Newnham College, Cambridge, 1921–25, 1927–31; University of Glasgow, postgraduate studies, 1925–27. The 1st to conduct independent research (1931) at the... Read More
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Jesse's Gleanings in Natural History
by Jesse, Edward
London: John Murray, 1838. New edition. 1838 EARLY WORK ON ANIMAL AND PLANT ECOLOGY--EDITION LISTED IN DARWIN'S READING NOTEBOOKS. Two 6 1/2 inches tall hardcover volumes, 3/4 brown calf, rubbed, marbled boards, spine gilt, raised bands, gilt leather label, xi + (1 blank) + 352pp, with engraved title and frontispiece, 5 engravings (of trees) in text; v + (1 blank) + 283 + (1) pp. Very good in custom archival mylar covers. The author seeks to kindle a warmth rather than... Read More
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An investigation of the etiology of mumps
by Johnson, Claud D. and Goodpasture, Ernest W.
New York: Rockefeller University Press, 1934. First edition. GROUNDBREAKING STUDY PROVIDED DEFINITIVE PROOF OF DISCOVERY OF THE MUMPS VIRUS. 24.5 x 16.5 cm journal extract, pp 1-19 (including 3 charts, 2 tables), 3 plates. Near fine in archival custom clear polypropylene binder. ABSTRACT: From four out of six specimens of saliva from six cases of mumps in the early stages of the disease, a filterable cytotropic virus has been obtained which induces in M. rhesus monkeys, following inoculation of the parotid... Read More
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A History of British Sponges and Lithophytes
by Johnston, George
Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars, 1842. First edition. HANDSOMELY BOUND SMALL ATLAS OF BRITISH SPONGES WITH PLATES BY AUDUBON'S LITHOGRAPHER. 21.5 x 13 cm hardcover, 3/4 leather binding, spine with raised bands and gilt title, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, i-vii, 264 pp, 25 tinted and partly colored lithographic plates by W H Lizars. Very good in custom archival mylar cover. GEORGE JOHNSTON (1797–1855), earned his MD from the University of Edinburgh, and was apprenticed to Dr. Abercrombie. In 1817 he became a member... Read More
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SIGNED. Seashore Animals of the Pacific Coast
by Johnson, Myrtle Elizabeth and Snook, Harry James
New York: The Macmillan Co., 1927. First edition, first printing. SIGNED FIRST PRINTING OF "INDISPENSABLE" ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO PACIFIC COAST INVERTEBRATES AUTHORED BY PIONEERING FEMALE BIOLOGIST. 15 x 24 x 5 cm hardcover, decorative title and gilt embossed snail shell emblem to cover, gilt title and embossed snail to spine, ink signature and address label of Gilbert R. Van de Water to front paste-down, front free endpaper with his embossed name & address to bottom and pencil signature of Anne S.... Read More
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1845 FINE PLATES OF GIRAFFE HISTORY. Recherches Historiques, Zoologiques, Anatomiques et Paleontologiques sur la Girafe, (Camelopardalis giraffa, Gmelin)
by Joly, Nicolas and Lavocat, Achille
Strasbourg: Berger-Levrault, 1845. First edition. 1845 FIRST COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY AND ANATOMY OF THE GIRAFFE ILLUSTRATED WITH FINE LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES BY TWO ZOOLOGISTS FROM TOULOUSE, FRANCE. 12 inches tall hardcover, marbled paper-covered boards, leather spine with gilt title, bookplate of NSR Maluf MD to front paste-down, marbled endpapers, [4], 124 pp, 17 lithographed plates. Light wear to cover edges, browning to title page and acknowledgment page, very light foxing of last 5 plates, very good in custom archival mylar cover. French... Read More
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War's Aftermath. A Preliminary Study of the Eugenics of War as Illustrated by the Civil War of the United States and the Late Wars in the Balkans
by Jordan, David Starr and Jordan, Harvey Ernest
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1914. First edition. 1914 JORDANS' EUGENIC ARGUMENT THAT IN MODERN WAR, THE STRONG ARE KILLED AND WEAK SURVIVE. 12 x 19 cm hardcover, green cloth binding, gilt title to cover and spine, i-xxx, [1], 104 pp. Very good in very good dust jacket in protective mylar sleeve. DAVID STARR JORDAN (1851 - 1931) was an American ichthyologist, educator, eugenicist, and peace activist. He was president of Indiana University and was the founding president of Stanford... Read More
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SPIRITUALITY BY STANFORD EUGENICIST. The Wandering Host
by Jordan, David Starr
Boston: American Unitarian Association, 1904. First edition thus (published September 1904). SCARCE ELEGANTLY PRINTED SPIRITUAL ALLEGORY BY CONTROVERSIAL FIRST PRESIDENT OF STANFORD UNIVERSITY--SIGNED. 8 3/4 inches tall hardcover, decorative green paper covered boards with title to front and back covers, handstamp of Norton Clapp and colophon "In Luce Veritatis" to front paste-down, signature of David Starr Jordan top of title page, unpaginated (22 leaves), olive green decorative frame around each text page. Light browning to covers, corners bumped, text clean and... Read More
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An archive of 49 offprints on the biology and classification of fishes
by Jordan, David Starr
1896 - 1926. First editions. 1896 - 1926 COLLECTION OF 49 OFFPRINTS ON FISHES OF THE WORLD BY DAVID STARR JORDAN, FOUNDER OF AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY AND FIRST PRESIDENT OF STANFORD UNIVERISTY. 49 offprints 9 1/2 - 11 inches tall, in self or printed wrappers, some with notations on covers, several with age-toning and edgewear, text unmarked, very good. Covers bear the handstamp of Herman Adair Fehlmann or Ernest A. Cachner, both curators at the National Museum of Natural History, Washington.... Read More
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SIGNED. The Wilder Quarter-Century Book. A Collection of Original Papers Dedicated to Professor Burt Green Wilder at the close of his twenty-fifth year of service in Cornell University (1868-1893) by some of his former students
by Jordan, D.S., Comstock, A.B., Comstock, J.H., Corson, E.R., Howard, L.O., Smith, T., Krauss, W.C., Gage, S.P., Biggs, H.M., Branner, J.C., Moore, V.A., Hopkins, G.S., Fish, P.A., Dudley, W.R., Gage, S.H. and Roberts, M.J.
Ithaca, NY: Comstock Publishing Co., 1893. First edition. SIGNED--FIRST AMERICAN FESTSCHRIFT HONORS HARVARD ANATOMIST BG WILDER--COLLEAGUE OF LOUIS AGASSIZ AND ASA GRAY. 16x25.5 cm red cloth boards, covers blindstamped, spine gilt, corners bumped, vg, no dj. Ex-lib Harvard Medical School [withdrawn]. Frontispiece (portrait of Wilder on tissue paper, glued along top and bottom edges to blank leaf), vi, 493 pp; illus. Original cloth. Spine slightly discolored where label removed. Institutional bookplate on front pastedown (stamped "withdrawn"). Corners of covers slightly worn.... Read More
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The diabetic problem of today, TOGETHER WITH Hyperinsulinism and dysinsulinism by Seale Harris, and "Optimal" diets for diabetic patients by Russell M. Wilder
by Joslin, Elliott P.
Chicago: American Medical Association, 1924. First edition. 1924 BRIEF REVIEW OF THE TURNING POINT IN DIABETES MANAGEMENT FOLLOWING DISCOVERY OF INSULIN, BY "THE DEAN OF DIABETES," ELLIOTT JOSLIN. 11 inches tall extract from JAMA including 3 papers on diabetes, unmarked and very good. The first by Joslin, who comments on the increasing life span of diabetics, and the increasing incidence of symptoms at later ages: an early recognition of the rise of type 2 diabetes. He comments on the... Read More
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1920s CONTROVERSIAL EPIGENETICS. The Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics
by Kammerer, Paul
New York, Washington: Boni and Liveright, 1924. First English edition. 1924 FIRST ENGLISH EDITION ACCOUNT OF EXPERIMENTS IN EPIGENETICS BY PAUL KAMMERER, "ENIGMATIC AND TRAGIC FIGURE IN THE HISTORY OF BIOLOGY"8 3/4 inches tall hardcover, original red blindstamped cloth binding, gilt title to spine, deckled edges. 414 pages, 43 illustrations, including color and folding plates. DEDICATION: "To Dr. Ernest W. MacBride, D.Sc., LL.D., F.R.S. Professor, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London; the Highly Meritorious Disciple of the Doctrine... Read More
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Cyclopedia of the Diseases of Children, Medical and Surgical
by Keating, John M.; Jacobi, Abraham (introduction)
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1889-1890. First edition. 1890 MASSIVE ILLUSTRATED PEDIATRIC CYCLOPEDIA AUTHORED BY PHYSICIANS FROM EUROPE AND AMERICA--INTRODUCTION BY ABRAHAM JACOBI. Four hardcover volumes 10 inches tall and 2-3 inches thick, brown pebbled cloth binding, gilt titles to spines, Vol. I, book label of F. W. Winger, M. D., Rew City, PA to front paste-down, i-xiii, Introductory by Abraham Jacobi, 1003 pp, 56 plates, 58 figures; Vol. II, ink signature of Dr. Winger verso front flyleaf, i-xii, 1066 pp, 27 plates,... Read More
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![Normentafeln zur Entwicklungsgeschichte der Wirbelthiere [Normal Plates of the Development of the Vertebrates].](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/739/156/1702156739.0.l.jpg)
Normentafeln zur Entwicklungsgeschichte der Wirbelthiere [Normal Plates of the Development of the Vertebrates].
by Keibel, Franz
Jena: Verlag von Gustav Fischer, 1897, 1900, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912. First editions. NINE FOLIO VOLUMES OF KEIBEL'S MONUMENTAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF VERTEBRATE EMBRYOS, A TRIUMPH OF COMPARATIVE ANATOMY. Published over a period of 41 years (1897-1938), Normentafeln zur Entwicklungsgeschichte der Wirbelthiere [Normal Plates of the Development of the Vertebrates] comprises 16 volumes, with the last two published posthumously. Offered here are 9 of the volumes including the landmark first volume all of which are very scarce today. The... Read More
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THE BIRTH OF MEDICAL GENETICS. Proceedings of the First International Congress of Human Genetics. Copenhagen, August 1-6, 1956
by Kemp, Tage, Hauge, Mogens and Harvald, Bent
Basel, New York: S. Karger, 1957. First edition. "THE BIRTH OF MEDICAL GENETICS": COMPLETE PROCEEDINGS OF 1956 COPENHAGEN HUMAN GENETICS MEETING WITH SIGNED TAGE KEMP ANNIVERSARY VOLUME. 17.3 x 24.3 cm gray paperbound volumes (Parts I-V): Part: I: [2],vii-xvi,[157]-316; Part II: [2],[321]-502; Part III: [2],505-613; Part IV: [2],3-248; Part V: [2],251-512, Index, and 17.3 x 24.8 cm Anniversary Number in Honour of the Sixtieth Birthday of Tage Kemp, August 28, 1956, Part I: [i-iv], pp [287]-422; Part II: 1-155. Anniversary number... Read More
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BY AN ENGLISH BOTANIST. An Essay on the Archaeology of our Popular Phrases, and Nursery Rhymes
by Ker, John Bellenden
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Co. and Coupland, Southampton, 1837. A New Edition. SCARCE HISTORY OF POPULAR PHRASES AND NURSERY RHYMES BY ENGLISH BOTANIST. Two volumes, 6 1/2 inches tall hardcover, 3/4 red leather with marbled boards, spines with raised bands, gilt titles to spines; light soiling to covers, wear to spine ends, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers, Vol. I, xi, 290 pp; Vol. II, v, 304 pp, binding tight, text unmarked, very good. JOHN BELLENDEN KER (1764... Read More
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Papers on Deaf-Mutism (with two papers on the limits of human hearing)
by Kerr Love, James
Glasgow: Reprinted for the Author, 1893. First edition thus. SCARCE COMPILATION OF 6 PAPERS BY SCOTTISH OTOLOGIST WHO SPECIALIZED IN TREATMENT AND EDUCATION OF DEAF-MUTES, AND BECAME A FRIEND OF HELEN KELLER, 8 inches tall slim hardcover, printed paper covered boards, brown cloth spine, [iv], 9 pp, 10 pp, 11 pp, 22 pp, 29 pp, 1 plate, 17 pp, 1 plate. Covers rubbed and soiled, bookplate of Glasgow University Library (withdrawn) to front paste-down, no other library markings, browning to... Read More
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![INSCRIBED. On the Adaptation of External Nature to the Physical Condition of Man, Principally with Reference to the Supply of His Wants, and the Exercise of his Intellectual Faculties [Second Bridgewater Treatise]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/210/474/1573474210.0.l.jpg)
INSCRIBED. On the Adaptation of External Nature to the Physical Condition of Man, Principally with Reference to the Supply of His Wants, and the Exercise of his Intellectual Faculties [Second Bridgewater Treatise]
by Kidd, John
London: William Pickering, 1833. First edition. 1833 FIRST EDITION OF ARGUMENT BY OXFORD PHYSICIAN THAT MAN'S EARTHLY ENVIRONMENT IS ADAPTED TO HIS USE--INSCRIBED TO LORD ASTON. 14x23 cm hardcover, blue cloth binding, rebacked with recent paper title label to spine, new endpapers. 8 pp publisher's advertisements dated March, 1833, blank page containing author's ink inscription, "For the Right Honble & Reverend Lord Aston, from his sincere friend, the Author," i-xvi (dedication to the Archbishop of Canterbury, description of the Bridgewater Treatises,... Read More
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The Standard Natural History
by Kingsley, John Sterling
Boston: S.E. Cassino and Co., 1885. First edition. COMPREHENSIVE ILLUSTRATED POST-DARWINIAN STUDY OF NATURAL HISTORY AND ANTHROPOLOGY. Six 26 x 19 x 5 cm hardcover volumes, ¾ black leather binding, green pebbled cloth covers with gilt ruling, spine with raised bands, gilt titles, marbled endpapers and edges, contemporary ink signature of previous owner to front free endpaper and top of some interior pages, pictorial frontispiece with tissue guard, black & white plates. Vol. I, 1885, Lower Inverterbrates 389 pages, 501 wood... Read More
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Researches on Primary Pathology, and the Origin and Laws of Epidemics; in Two Volumes
by Knapp, Moses L.
Philadelphia: Published by the Author, 1858. First edition. 1848 COMPILATION OF MEDICAL HISTORY OF ANTEBELLUM AMERICA; PRIMARILY INFECTIOUS DISEASE. 8 ½ inches tall hardcover, recent green cloth binding, gilt title to spine [incorrectly labeled as Vol. I only—actually 2 volumes bound as one], 5 endpapers bound in front and back. Vol. I, i-xvi, 312 pp; Vol. II, 336 pp. CONTENTS: Vol. I, Epidemic Cholera, Cholera Infantum, Nursing Sore Mouth, Medical Topography of the State of Illinois, Malaria Epidemics of 1835, 1855,... Read More
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