Ciliates from Bos Indicus Linn. I. The genus Entodinium Stein; II. A revision of Diplodinium Schuberg; III. Epidinium Crawley, Epiplastron Gen. Nov., and Ophryoscolex Stein
by Kofoid, Charles A. and MacLennan, Ronald F.
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1930, 1932, 1933. First editions. THREE ILLUSTRATED OFFPRINTS ON NEW SPECIES OF PROTOZOA FROM THE RUMEN OF INDIAN CATTLE BY MARINE CILIATE EXPERT C.A. KOFOID. Three 18x27 cm paper bound volumes in gray printed wrappers, volumes I and III with handstamp to cover, "With the compliments of Charles A. Kofoid, and volume II with handstamp of "NYSL June 1932 duplicate". Vol. I, signature of J. E. Guberlet top of cover, pp 471-544, 17 figures in... Read More
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Science and Sanity: An Introduction to Non-Aristotelian Systems and General Semantics
by Korzybski, Alfred
Lancaster, PA and New York: Science Press, 1933. First printing. FIRST PRINTING OF SCIENTIST-PHILOSOPHER ALFRED KORZYBSKI'S MAGNUM OPUS. 9 1/2 inches tall hardcover, Blue cloth binding, gilt title to spine, i-xx, 798 pp, illustrations. Light wear to spine ends, otherwise near-fine in custom archival mylar cover. ALFRED HABDANK SKARBEK KORZYBSKI (1879 - 1950) was a Polish-American philosopher and scientist. He is remembered for developing the theory of general semantics. Korzybski's work argued that human knowledge of the world is limited both by... Read More
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Kinematographic methods in the study of capillary circulation IN American Journal of Physiology, Vol. 68, pp 153-160
by Krogh, August and Rehberg, Brandt
American Physiological Society, 1924. First edition. 1924 PIONEERING REPORT OF FIRST RECORDING OF MOVING PHOTOMICROGRAPHS OF CAPILLARY FUNCTION IN THE FROG BY NOBEL LAUREATE AUGUST KROGH. 17.5x25 cm offprint in printed wraps, line and photographic illustrations, penciled numbers top of cover, staples rusted. age-toned pages, very good. AUGUST KROGH (1874-1949), professor at Copenhagen University, received the 1920 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for discovering the causes of capillary constriction and expansion. In 1922 Krogh published his classic Anatomy... Read More
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Osmotic Regulation in Aquatic Animals
by Krogh, August
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1939. First edition. FIRST EDITION MONOGRAPH ON THE PHYSIOLOGY OF OSMORGULATION IN FISH BY NOBEL LAUREATE AUGUST KROGH. 8 1/2 inches tall hardcover, publisher's red cloth binding, gilt title to spine, previous owner signature top of half-title, dated 8/4/49, [viii], 242 pp, 54 figures in text, Light wear to cover edges and corners, binding tight, pages clean and unmarked, very good in custom archival mylar cover. AUGUST KROGH (1874-1949), professor at Copenhagen University, received the... Read More
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LUMINOUS IMAGES. Faune du Golfe du Lion. Coralliaires Zoanthaires sclerodermes, Archives de Zoologie Experimentale et Generale
by Lacaze-Duthiers, Henri de
Paris, 1897. First edition. 1897 FINE COLOR LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES OF MEDITERRANEAN SEA ANEMONES FROM CORAL REEFS. 15x23 cm hardcover, journal monograph in 3/4 calf binding, spine with raised bands, gilt title, marbled boards and endpapers, ink inscription by previous owner noting that the first memoire of this series was devoted to Flabellum anthophyllum, 249 pp, 11 fine lithographic plates (10 colored). 0.5 cm notch to bottom of front joint, and similar 0.5 cm notch to corner of 5 leaves of text... Read More
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Histoire Naturelle des Quadrupedes Ovipares et des Serpens (Volumes I and II); Histoire Naturelle des Serpens (Volumes III and IV)
by la Cepede, Bernard Germain de
Paris: Hotel de Thou, 1788-1790. First edition. FIRST EDITION 4 VOLUME MONOGRAPH ON REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS BY LA CEPEDE, EXPANDING THE WORK OF BUFFON, ILLUSTRATED WITH FINE COPPER PLATE ENGRAVINGS. Four hardcover volumes, 6 1/2 inches tall, full leather binding, spines with raised bands, gilt compartments, all edges red stained, marbled endpapers, Vol. I, 60, 359, 12 plates; Vol. II, iv, 461, [ii], 15 plates; Vol. III, 432, 11 plates; Vol. IV, 408, 11 plates, "Eloge du Comte de Buffon".... Read More
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Ecological Adaptations for Breeding in Birds
by Lack, David
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1968. First edition. ILLUSTRATED COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF ADAPTATIONS OF BIRDS FOR BREEDING BY EXPERT ON DARWIN'S FINCHES. 10 inches tall mauve cloth binding, gilt title to spine, unmarked, very good in good price-clipped dust jacket with edge tears. From dust jacket: "The primary aim of this book is an interpretation of the main adaptations of birds for breeding-whether a species lests solitarily or in colonies, whether it is monogamous or has several mates, the... Read More
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FOLIO ENGRAVED PLATES. Characteristic Sketches of Animals, Pricipally in the Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park, Drawn from the Life and Engraved by Thomas Landseer: with descriptive and illustrative notices by John Henry Barrow, Esqre., Dedicated by Permission to the Zoological Society
by Landseer, Thomas and Barrow, John Henry
London: Moon, Boys, and Graves, 1832. First edition. 1832 FOLIO WITH DRAMATIC ORIGINAL ETCHINGS OF ANIMALS FROM THE LONDON ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS BY EMINENT VICTORIAN ARTIST--COPY OF NOTED COLLECTOR. 26x37 cm folio recent 3/4 brown calf with marbled boards, spine with raised bands and gilt title black leather label, silk page marker, recent endpapers. Armorial bookplate of William Fuller Maitland of Stansted Hall to front paste-down, bookplate of Robert L Chevalier to front free endpaper. Unpaginated. 32 full-page engraved plates by Landseer... Read More
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Science and Values: The Aims of Science and Their Role in Scientific Debate
by Laudan, Larry
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984. First printing. TIMELY ANALYSIS OF SCIENTIFIC DEBATE: EMPHASIS ON MUTUAL AGREEMENT ON BOTH METHODS AND VALUE--SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 9 inches tall hardcover, black cloth binding, gilt title to spine, inscribed front free endpaper, "To Ben, With fondest best wishes, Larry." i-xiv, 149 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket in protective mylar sleeve. LAURENS LYNN "LARRY" LAUDAN (1941 – 2022) was an American philosopher of science and epistemologist. He strongly criticized the traditions of positivism, realism, and... Read More
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Eugenical Sterilization in the United States
by Laughlin, Harry Hamilton
Chicago: Psychopathic Laboratory of the Municipal Court of Chicago, 1922 December. First edition. RARE FIRST EDITION BLUEPRINT FOR COMPULSORY STERILIZATION IN THE US: A MODEL FOR NAZI GERMANY. 16.5x25.5 cm hardcover,printed paper covered boards, gilt title to green cloth spine, ink signature of H Winkler 1923 to front free endpaper, frontispiece statue of family titled, "Keep the life stream pure," i-xxiii, 502 pp, [1], 15 illustrations, large folding pedigree charts at p 304 and 320, full page pedigree chart p 353.... Read More
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Some observations on the development of the karyokinetic spindle in the pollen-mother-cells of Cobaea scandens Cav.
by Lawson, Anstruther A.
San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1898. First edition. 1898 FINE COLOR LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES DEMONSTRATING LACK OF CENTROSOMES IN KARYOKINESIS OF HIGHER PLANTS--INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. 18.5x25.5 cm offprint, printed paper wraps, inscribed top cover, "Dr. M. A. Howe From the author", [1], [169-189], 4 color lithographic folding plates depicting the karyokinetic spindle. Age-toned, wraps loose, text and plates clean and unmarked. Very good in archival mylar sleeve. ABERCROMBIE ANSTRUTHER LAWSON (1870 - 1927) was a botanist, foundation professor of botany at the... Read More
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The Making of Mankind
by Leakey, Richard E.
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1981. First edition. HUMAN EVOLUTION IN BRIGHT COLORS--SIGNED BY RICHARD LEAKEY. 18x25 cm hardcover, maroon cloth binding, gilt title to spine, inscribed on half title, "For Kitchie Ewald, with tremendous admiration and appreciation. Let us keep in contact. Very best wishes, Richard Leakey, March 28, 1982". With laid in brochure titled, "Sweet Briar College Presents 1982 Ewald Scholars Symposium: The World's Leading Paleoanthropologists Richard E. Leakey, Donald C. Johanson, F. Clark Howell: Early Man: The Search for... Read More
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![Physiologie Pathologique ou Recherces Cliniques, Experimentales et Microscopiques, sur l'Inflammation, la Tuberculasation, les Tumerus, la Formation du Cal, Etc. [Pathologic Physiology or Clinical Research, Experimental and Microscopic, on Inflammation, Tuberculosis, Tumors, Formation of Calcification, Etc.]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/277/880/1678880277.0.l.jpg)
Physiologie Pathologique ou Recherces Cliniques, Experimentales et Microscopiques, sur l'Inflammation, la Tuberculasation, les Tumerus, la Formation du Cal, Etc. [Pathologic Physiology or Clinical Research, Experimental and Microscopic, on Inflammation, Tuberculosis, Tumors, Formation of Calcification, Etc.]
by Lebert, Hermann
Paris: J.-B. Bailliere, 1845. First edition. 1845 ATLAS OF CELLULAR PATHOLOGY BEFORE VIRCHOW. Three hardcover volumes, marbled paper-covered boards, leather spine with gilt title, marbled endpapers with institutional library bookplate to front paste-down: two text volumes 13 x 21 cm and atlas 16.5 x 25.5 cm. Vol. I, i-xii, 544 pp; Vol. II, [3], 515 pp; Atlas, rebacked with new leather spine, 56 pp and 22 partially colored engraved plates from drawings by Lackerbauer. Light wear to covers, browning to page edges,... Read More
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![Traite d'Anatomie Pathologique Generale et Speciale [Treatise on Pathologic Anatomy, General and Special]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/271/880/1678880271.0.l.jpg)
Traite d'Anatomie Pathologique Generale et Speciale [Treatise on Pathologic Anatomy, General and Special]
by Lebert, Hermann
Paris: J.-B. Balliere, 1857. First edition. 200 FOLIO ENGRAVED, HAND-COLORED PLATES OF ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY "AMONG THE FINEST EVER PUBLISHED". Two folio hardcover volumes, 32 x 49 cm, marbled paper covered boards, green leather spine with raised bands, gilt title to spine, Vol. I, title page, 94 copper plates, each with multiple images, with tissue guard and intleaving letterpress descriptive text. Vol. II, title page, 106 plates with interleaving letterpress descriptive text. Almost all plates finely hand colored. Minimal wear to covers,... Read More
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The British Species of Angiocarpous Lichens, Elucidated by Their Sporidia
by Leighton, W.A.
London: Ray Society, 1851. First edition. THE MICROSCOPY OF SPORES IN CLASSIFICATION OF LICHENS WITH 30 SPECTACULAR COLOR PLATES--BY CLERGYMAN/BOTANIST SCHOOLMATE OF DARWIN WHO SUBSCRIBED TO THE BOOK. 9 inches tall hardcover, green cloth binding, blindstamped design to covers, gilt initials of Ray Society to cover, gilt title to spine, [vi], 101 pp, 30 handcolored lithographic plates, 18 pp List of Subscribers (including "Darwin, C. esq. F.R.S., Down, Kent"), 3 pp Report of the Council of the Ray Society, Professor... Read More
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PIONEER IN STUDY OF EPILEPSY. 21 Offprints
by Lennox, William Gordon
1928-1954. First editions. 1928-1954 ARCHIVE OF OFFPRINTS BY PIONEERING EPILEPTOLOGIST W. G. LENNOX COLLECTED BY HIS SUCCESSOR, C. T. LOMBROSO. Archive of 21 offprints of papers by Dr. William G. Lennox, from the estate of dr. Cesare T. Lombroso, who succeeded Lennox as director of the Seizure Unit at the Children's Hospital, Boston. WILLIAM GORDON LENNOX (1884-1960) first became interested in epilepsy when working as medical missionary in China. At the Harvard Medical School, he published many papers with Frederic Gibbs with whom... Read More
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The Great Rift Valleys of Pangea in Eastern North America Vol. I, Tectonics, Structure, and Volcanism; Vol. 2, Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, and Paleontology
by Letourneau, Peter M. and Olsen, Paul E.
New York: Columbia University Press, 2003. First edition, first printing. TWO RICHLY ILLUSTRATED FOLIO VOLUMES PROVIDE AN EXPANDED VIEW OF THE GEOLOGY AND PALEONTOLOGY OF NORTH AMERICA. Two folio volumes 11 1/4 inches tall, color printed laminated covers, Vol. 1: i-ix, [2], 214 pp, illustrations; Vol 2: i-xxiii, [2], 384 pp, illustrations. Fine, like new. PETER M. LETOURNEAU is a research affiliate of the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, and a former Visiting Scholar and Visiting Faculty in the Department of Earth... Read More
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NOBEL. Symposium on the Nerve Growth Factor
by Levi-Montalcini, Rita, Shenkein, Isaac, Bueker, Elmer D., Crain, Stanley M., Benitez, Helena, Vatter, Albert E. and Whipple, Harold E.
New York: New York Academy of Sciences, 1964. First edition. 1964 SCARCE PROCEEDINGS OF NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES SYMPOSIUM ON NERVE GROWTH FACTOR, LED BY NOBELIST LEVI-MONTALCINI. 15x23 cm pamphlet with printed paper covers, stapled, [2], pp 149 - 231, many black & white illustrations. Light browning to pages, very good in custom archival polyethylene covers. This offprint contains the papers presented as a symposium before the Section of Biological and Medical Sciences of the New York Academy of Sciences... Read More
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The Physiology of Common Life
by Lewes, George Henry
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1867. First American edition (later printing). 1867 ILLUSTRATED HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY FOR THE LAYPERSON BY TALENTED SELF-TAUGHT PHILOSOPHER-SCIENTIST AND ROMANTIC PARTNER OF GEORGE ELIOT (MARY ANN EVANS). Two hardcover volumes, 7 ½ inches tall, pebbled salmon cloth binding, blindstamped rules, gilt title to spines, each volume signed in pencil, "CW Gaylord 3/1872". Vol. I: xii, 368 pp, 4 pp publisher's ads; Vol. II: 410 pp, 10 pp publisher's ads. Wood engravings. Sunning to spines, small... Read More
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The effect of cell division on the shape and size of hexagonal cells TOGETHER WITH 6 additional offprints
by Lewis, Frederic Thomas
Anatomical Record, National Academy of Sciences, 1926 - 1949. First editions. 1926-1949 SEVEN OFFPRINTS ON CELL DIVISION AND CELL SHAPE IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS BY LEGENDARY HARVARD EMBRYOLOGIST AND MORPHOLOGIST FREDERIC T. LEWIS, ONE INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY HIM. 1)The effect of cell division on the shape and size of hexagonal cells. Anat. Rec., 33: 331-355 (196); 2) The correlation between cell division and the shapes and sizes of prismatic cells in the epidermis of Cucumis. Anat. Rec, 38: 341-376... Read More
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Animal Chemistry, or Organic Chemistry in its application to Physiology and Pathology, with additions, notes, and corrections by Dr. Gregory, and others by John W. Webster
by Liebig, Justus and Gregory, William
Cambridge, Mass.: John Owen, 1842. First edition. 1842 FIRST ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE INTRODUCTION OF METABOLISM INTO PHYSIOLOGY BY THE FOUNDER OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY. 7 1/2 inches tall hardcover, 3/4 calf with marbled paper boards, spine with raised bands and red leather label with gilt title, marbled endpapers, xl, 347 pp, 8 pp reply to publishers of unauthorized edition of Part II of Liebig's work. Covers worn, binding tight, light foxing, pages crisp and text unmarked, good+. JUSTUS LIEBIG... Read More
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Observations and experiments concerning the elementary phenomena of embryonic development in Chaetopterus, Journal of Experimental Zoology, Vol. III (2), pp 153-268
by Lillie, F.R.
1906. First edition. 1906 SCARCE OFFPRINT OF SEMINAL STUDY OF EARLY CLEAVAGE OF THE FERTILIZED EGG BY FRANK R. LILLIE, PIONEERING AMERICAN EMBRYOLOGIST--INSCRIBED TO DR. R.W. HALL. 17.5x25 cm blue printed paper wraps, glue binding, inscribed in ink on cover to "Dr. R. W. Hall with the compliments of the author", pp [153-268], photographic plate. Pages age-toned, plate loose, very good in custom archival mylar cover. FRANK RATTRAY LILLIE (1870 – 1947) was an American zoologist and an early pioneer of the... Read More
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The Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory
by Lillie, Frank R.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1944. First edition. ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY, WOODS HOLE, BY EMINENT EMBRYOLOGIST. 9 inches tall hardcover, green cloth binding, gilt title to spine, pictorial map of Cape Cod to endpapers, i-ix, 284 pp, illustrations. Very good in custom archival mylar cover. FRANK RATTRAY LILLIE (1870 – 1947) was an American zoologist and an early pioneer of the study of embryology. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Lillie moved to the United States in 1891 to... Read More
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Recent Progress in the Study of Variation, Heredity, and Evolution
by Lock, Robert Heath
London: John Murray, 1906. First edition, first printing. FIRST PRINTING OF PIONEERING ANALYSIS OF THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN GENETICS AFTER THE DISCOVERY OF MENDEL'S WORK. 8 inches tall hardcover, green cloth binding, gilt title to cover and spine, frontispiece portrait of Darwin with tissue guard, i-xv, 299 pp, [4] pp publisher's advertisements. Small light stains front cover, spine darkened, residue from removed paper (bookplate?) front and read paste downs. LAID IN: light blue foxed page with heading in red type, "Telegrams... Read More
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Darwin, Wallace, and the Theory of Natural Selection. To commemorate the centennial of the meeting of the Linnean Society, July1, 1838, and the Papers of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace which were read there; Dedicated to the Darwin Anniversary Committee, Inc., organized to commemorate the significance of Charles Darwin and the Theory of Evolution
by Loewenberg, Bert James
New Haven: Gerald E. Cinamon, Department of Graphic Arts, Yale University, 1957. Copy 220 of a limited edition of 385 copies. NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION, COMMEMORATIVE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF DARWIN, WALLACE, AND NATURAL SELECTION--COPY OF PROMINENT DARWIN SCHOLAR. 23 x 14 cm blue cloth binding, gilt title to spine, inscribed top front paste-down, "Prof. John C. Greene, Dept of History, Iowa State College," 2 blanks, [8], 97 pp, illustrations in text, [1], light pencil marginal notes by JC Greene. Near fine in... Read More
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