A Stereoscopic Atlas of the Chick
by Long, Joseph Abraham and Burlingame, Paul Livingston
Los Angeles: California Laboratory Supply Co., 1937. 1937 RARE COMPLETE SET OF OVER 100 PHOTOGRAPHIC STEREOSCOPE CARDS ILLUSTRATING EMBRYOLOGY OF THE CHICK, WITH OPTICAL VIEWER. Printed card with Table of Contents and 113 photographic stereoscope cards (printed card, plate cards 1-109, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, plate cards 110-113, 4 x 6 inches, in original blue paper-covered box with gilt title to side, folding stereoscopic viewer with steel frame and glass lenses, printed illustrated instructions for use. Also enclosed is... Read More
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Elements of Physical Biology
by Lotka, Alfred J.
Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins Co., 1925. First edition. SEMINAL MONOGRAPH PROPOSING A RIGOROUS APPROACH TO POPULATION ECOLOGY. 23 x 15 cm hardcover, blue cloth binding, gilt title to spine, bookplate of Robert L Chevalier MD to front paste-down, ink inscription to front free endpaper, "Jan B. Gillett from A. B. & M. C. G./ 28.11.1928/ aet.xvii," i-xxx, 460 pp, 72 figures, 36 tables (some folding). Cover corners worn, spine ends frayed, rear hinge cracked, light browning to pages. Very good minus... Read More
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On Pourtalesia. A Genus of Echinoidea
by Loven, Sven
Stockholm: Kongl. Boktryckeriet, 1883. First edition. 1883 MONOGRAPH ON DEEP SEA URCHINS BY NOTED SWEDISH MARINE BIOLOGIST--ILLUSTRATED WITH 21 VERY FINE LITHOGRAPHS. 12 inches tall folio hardcover, marbled paper-covered boards, green cloth spine with paper title label, institutional handstamps bottom of title page, contemporary ink signature top of front paste-down, 95 pp, many figures in text, 21 fine lithographed plates; wear to corners and spine ends, binding tight, text and plates unmarked, very good. SVEN LUDVIG LOVEN (1809 -... Read More
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The Atlantic Monthly, First 18 Volumes, 1857-1866
by Lowell, James Russell, Fields, James T. and Howells, William Dean
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1857-1866. First editions. 1857-1866 THE FIRST 10 YEARS OF THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY IN 18 FINELY BOUND VOLUMES: AMERICAN CULTURE, ARTS, SCIENCE AND LITERATURE THROUGH THE CIVIL WAR. Eighteen hardcover volumes, 6 x 9½ inches, ¾ leather bound with marbled paper covered boards, spines with raised bands, gilt green leather title labels, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers, 764-900 pages per volume (total 14,224 pages). Covers clean, bindings tight, pages unmarked, scarce scattered foxing and light page browning, a... Read More
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350,000 CITATIONS. Protein measurement with the folin phenol reagent IN The Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. 193, pp 265-275
by Lowry, Oliver H., Rosebrough, Nira J., Farr, A. Lewis and Randall, Rose J.
1951. SCARCE FIRST EDITION OF THE MOST HIGHLY CITED RESEARCH PAPER OF ALL TIME: THE LOWRY PROTEIN ASSAY, PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 1951, WITH OVER 350,000 CITATIONS AS OF APRIL 2025. 6x9 inches extract from bound volume, very good in custom binder with transparent covers. Lowry OH, Rosebrough NJ, Farr AL, Randall RJ. J Biol Chem 193:265-275 (1951). LAID IN: Richard Van Noorden. Nature 640:591 (17 April 2025). OLIVER HOWE LOWRY (1910-1996) was an American biochemist. He is... Read More
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Histoire Naturelle des Lepidopteres d"Europe
by Lucas, Pierre Hippolyte
Paris: F. Savy, 1864. Second edition. 80 VERY FINE HAND-COLORED ENGRAVED PLATES OF EUROPEAN BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS. Two 9 1/4 inches tall hardcover volumes, brown pebbled cloth binding, 3/4 brown leather spine with raised bands, black gilt leather title labels, leather corners, gilt rulings, marbled edges, patterned endpapers. Vol. I, 285 pp; Vol. II, hand-colored engraved half-title, 80 hand-colored steel engraved plates of lepidoptera and 2 uncolored plates of collecting equipment with tissue guards. Leather corners and spine edges rubbed, browning... Read More
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Life and Rock: A Collection of Zoological and Geological Essays
by Lydekker, Richard
London: The Universal Press, 1894. First edition. FINE BINDING - ILLUSTRATED ESSAYS BY PALEONTOLOGIST WHO DEFINED THE BIOGEOGRAPHICAL LINE THROUGH INDONESIA. 13x19.5 cm hardcover, blue cloth binding, gilt title and ouline of Irish elk skeleton to cover, gilt title to spine, embossed seal of Smith & Sons bookseller to front free endpaper, inscribed top of half title, "Arthur Stanley Thorn/ with love from/ Carolina Laxsworthy/ Jan 7, 1899," handstamp of Aquatic Research Institute, i-xi, 221 pp, 63 wood engravings. Bright gilt... Read More
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Jacobi's Atlas of Dermochromes with English text
by MacCormac, Henry
St. Louis: The C. V. Mosby Company, 1931. Fourth edition. 169 DRAMATIC COLOR PLATES OF WAX MODELS OF DERMATOLOGIC DISEASES. Two hardcover volumes, red cloth binding, beveled edges, gilt title to spines. Vol I, i-x, 100 pp, 79 plates; Vol. II, i-viii, pp 101- 188, 90 plates, the 2 volumes containing a total of 322 figures. Corners bumped, scattered very light foxing to text, plates bright and clean, no ownership or library marks. Very good in custom archival mylar covers. From... Read More
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The Virile Powers of Superb Manhood.
by Macfadden, Bernard A.
New York: Physical Culture Publishing Company, 1900. First edition. 1900 BODYBUILDING, FITNESS, AND SEXUAL POTENCY IN AMERICA. 18 x 11.5 cm green cloth binding, decorative blindstamped cover borders, embossed gilt title to cover and spine, frontispiece of nude Macfadden with tissue guard facing preface, p 5; 237 pp, 3 pp illustrated advertisements. Cover gilt dulled, light browning to pages, text clean and unmarked. Very good in custom archival mylar cover. Verso title page, "To assist in stiffing that horrible curse of... Read More
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INSCRIBED-WITH COLOR PLATES. Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from Monterey Bay, California, and Vicinity, Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, Vol. XXV, 1905
by MacFarland, Frank Mace
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1906. BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED MONOGRAPH ON MARINE MOLLUSKS INSCRIBED BY AMERICAN TO BRITISH MALACOLOGIST. 18.5x27.5 cm offprint, brown printed paper covers, inscription to cover, "Mr. Ernest Ruthven Sykes with the writer's compliments," pp 109-151, plates XVII-XXXI. Spine worn, otherwise very good in custom archival mylar cover. FRANK MACE MACFARLAND (1869-1951) spent a long and productive career devoted to the study of nudibranch sea slugs, some of which are the most beautifully colored and ecologically complex of all invertebrate... Read More
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![SIGNED. Figures Lauragaises [Notable public figures from Lauragais]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/072/737/1621737072.8.l.jpg)
SIGNED. Figures Lauragaises [Notable public figures from Lauragais]
by Marfan, Antoine B.
Paris: Perrin, 1937. Revised and enlarged edition. SCARCE BIOGRAPHIES OF 4 NOTABLE PERSONS SPANNING 800 YEARS OF FRENCH HISTORY, BY LEGENDARY PEDIATRICIAN ANTOINE MARFAN--SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 12x18.5 cm color printed paper covers, inscribed and signed on half-title page, "A l'ami Jacques Florand/ Affectueux Souvenir/ Marfan", i-ix, 309 pp (including 2-page map of French West Africa in late 19th century--pages 220-221); Cover edges browned, corners bumped, light foxing to endpapers, binding tight, overall very good in custom archival mylar cover. Contents:... Read More
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SIGNED. Mystery Dance: On the Evolution of Human Sexuality
by Margulis, Lynn; Sagan, Dorian
New York: Summit Books, 1991. First edition, first printing. SIGNED: GROUNDBREAKING EVOLUTIONARY APPROACH TO HUMAN SEXUALITY BY CELL BIOLOGIST MOTHER AND HER ECOLOGIST SON. 8 3/4 inches tall hardcover, turquoise paper-covered boards, black cloth spine with gilt title, signed by both authors on title page, 224 pp, very good in very good jacket in protective mylar sleeve. LYNN MARGULIS (1938-2011) was an American evolutionary biologist, and was the primary modern proponent for the significance of symbiosis in evolution. Historian Jan Sapp has... Read More
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Section-Cutting. A Practical Guide to the Preparation and Mounting of Sections for the microscope, special prominence being given to the subject of animal sections
by Marsh, Sylvester
Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1879. First American edition. 1879 ENGLISH SURGEON AUTHORED THIS FIRST BOOK DEVOTED TO SECTION-CUTTING OF SPECIMENS FOR MICROSCOPIC STUDY BY A SCOTTISH SURGEON. 6 1/2 inches tall slim hardcover, publisher's dark green cloth binding, blindstamped rulings to covers, gilt title to cover and spine, viii, 90 pp with 11 blank leaves bound in between pages 87 and 89 (noted in other copies, and presumably intended for readers' notes). Covers clean and bright, binding tight, pages... Read More
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![Iconographie Pathologique de l'Oeuf Humain Feconde en rapport avec l'Etiologie de l'Avortement [Pathological Iconography of the Fertilized Human Egg in Relation to the Etiology of Abortion]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/430/230/1651230430.0.l.jpg)
Iconographie Pathologique de l'Oeuf Humain Feconde en rapport avec l'Etiologie de l'Avortement [Pathological Iconography of the Fertilized Human Egg in Relation to the Etiology of Abortion]
by Martin-Saint-Ange, G.J.
Paris: J. B. Bailliere et Fils, 1884. First edition. 1884 - LANDMARK MONOGRAPH ON HUMAN EMBRYOGENESIS WITH 19 COLOR LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES. 25.5x32 cm folio hardcover, red cloth binding, blindstamped ruled margins to covers, gilt title to cover and spine, i-viii, 188 pp, 19 chromolithographic plates. Light wear to covers, corners bumped, 2 small dents top of front cover, hinges weak but binding tight, light browning to first and last pages, pages otherewise crisp and unmarked, plates all bright--very good in custom archival... Read More
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WITH ALS TO WILL CURTIS OF NPR. The Nature of Politics
by Masters, Roger D.
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1989. First printing. TIMELY ANALYSIS OF THE BIOLOGY OF POLITICS BY ITS EMINENT SCHOLAR--WITH SIGNED AUTOGRAPH LETTER TO WILL CURTIS, CREATOR OF NPR'S THE NATURE OF THINGS. 15x23.5 cm hardcover, blue cloth binding, gilt title to spine, i-xvii, 298 pp, illustrations. Near fine in near fine jacket in protective mylar sleeve. BACK JACKET COVER: 'The Nature of Politics is the first solid and balanced synthesis of biology and political science, wedding these two subjects... Read More
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Light and the Behavior of Organisms
by Mast, Samuel Ottmar
New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1911. First printing. EARLY STUDY OF THE ROLE OF LIGHT IN GUIDING THE BEHAVIOR OF ANIMALS. 13.5x21 cm hardcover, green cloth binding, gilt title to spine, i-xi, 410 pp, 19 pp publisher's catalog. Cover edges rubbed, very good in custom archival mylar cover. SAMUEL OTTMAR MAST (1871 – 1947) was an American zoologist who studied behavioral physiology, particularly the response to light in protozoa. He received a BS from the University of Michigan in 1899 and... Read More
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Publications by Dr. Albert P. Mathews
by Mathews, Albert P
1893 - 1925. First edtions. BOUND COLLECTION OF 53 OFFPRINTS BY ALBERT MATHEWS, AMERICAN PIONEER PHYSICAL CHEMIST, FROM THE LIBRARY OF EMMETT CARMICHAEL, CHAIR OF BIOCHEMISTRY AT UAB 1927 - 1966. 10 inches tall hardcover, blue cloth binding, gilt title to spine with owner's name (Emmett B. Carmichael) bottom of spine, bookplate of Emmett B. Carmichael to front paste-down, typescript table of contents, 53 offprints with printed paper covers bound in, covers worn, contents unmarked, crisp, overall very good.... Read More
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The Honey Ants of the Garden of the Gods, and the Occident Ants of the American Plains
by McCook, Henry C.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1882. First edition. BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY OF AMERICAN ANTS BY ONE OF THE "FIGHTING McCOOKS"--INSCRIBED BY HIS BROTHER TO NOTED PHYSIOLOGIST. 14x22.5 cm hardcover, salmon cloth binding, rebacked with original spine preserved, inscribed verso front free endpaper to Dr. John G. Curtis by A. G. McCook, author's brother. pp 1-120, plates I-X, pp 121-188, plates XI-XIII. Very good in custom archival mylar cover. HENRY CHRISTOPHER McCOOK (1837 - 1911) was an American Presbyterian clergyman, naturalist,... Read More
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Ant Communities and How They are Governed: A Study in Natural Civics
by McCook, Henry C.
New York and London: Harper and Brothers, 1909. First edition. BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED STUDY OF ANT SOCIETY COMPARED TO HUMAN CULTURE. 13 x 20.5 cm hardcover, green cloth binding, title to cover, small signature of Robert Stebbins to front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked. i-xvii, [2], 321 pp, many fine illustrations. Light spine fading, corners bumped, very good in custom archival mylar cover. HENRY CHRISTOPHER McCOOK (1837 - 1911) was an American Presbyterian clergyman, naturalist, and prolific author on religion, history, and nature. He... Read More
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FOLIO PLATES. The Marine Invertebrates and Fishes of St. Andrews
by McIntosh, William C.
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1875. First edition. SCARCE BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED FOLIO VOLUME ON SCOTTISH MARINE LIFE BY NOTED PSYCHIATRIST-BIOLOGIST. 27.5x30 cm blue decorated cloth binding, glit title to spine, pp. vi, 186, 9 plates (6 lithographed in colors by Mintem Bros. and 3 uncolored) with facing descriptive text and 23 vignettes. Tips of comers worn; 3 small pieces of cloth missing from spine; ends of spine frayed; title & preliminary pp. foxed; occasional light foxing to remainder of text and... Read More
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Mendelian Inheritance in Man. Catalogs of Autosomal Dominant, Augosomal Recessive, and X-Linked Phenotypes
by McKusick, Victor A.
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1966. First edition. SCARCE FIRST AND LAST PRINTED EDITIONS OF McKUSICK'S MAGNUM OPUS: 12-FOLD INCREASE IN PAGES OVER 32 YEARS (1966-1998). FIRST EDITION, 24.5 x 16.5 x 2 cm hardcover, ivory Holliston Blubak polyester-covered binding, printed rows of X's wrapping around covers and spine (X chromosomes), title to cover and spine, typeface IBM Printout and News Gothic; i-xvii, [1], 344 pp. Light browning to spine, institutional library handstamps to front and rear paste-down, bottom of title... Read More
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Induction and Intuition in Scientific Thought
by Medawar, P.B.
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1970. First edition, second printing. EMINENT NOBEL LAUREATE EXPLAINS HOW SCIENCE IS DONE--INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. 13x21 cm hardcover, blue cloth binding, gilt title to spine, inscribed by author on front free endpaper, "For Harriett most admiringly from Peter, in gratitude for Literates (?) and as a souvenir of a very injoyable weekend. October 1973", i-vii, [1], 62. Very good in price-clipped very good jacket in protective mylar sleeve. SIR PETER MEDAWAR (1915 - 1987) was a... Read More
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SIGNED NOBEL. The Art of the Soluble
by Medawar, Peter B.
London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1967. First edition. CREATIVITY AND ORIGINALITY IN SCIENCE BY NOBEL LAUREATE SIR PETER MEDAWAR, SIGNED. 8 3/4 inches tall hardcover, gray cloth binding, gilt title to spine, inscribed on front free endpaper, "Mike and Maria Friedman/ with very best wishes from/ Peter Medawar/ April 1967", 160 pp, small inscription top of back paste-down, "41. complementarity" referring to a marginal mark on page 41 (no other marks or notations). Very good minus with closed tear in backstrip... Read More
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SIGNED BY NOBEL LAUREATE. Advice to a Young Scientist
by Medawar, Peter B.
New York: Harper & Row, 1979. First edition (2nd printing). SIGNED--CLASSIC COMPENDIUM OF KEYS TO SUCCESS FOR THE EARLY CAREER SCIENTIST BY BRILLIANT NOBELIST, DISCOVERER OF IMMUNE TOLERANCE. 14.5x24 cm hardcover, black cloth binding, gilt title to spine, inscribed front free endpaper, "To Polly from Peter Medawar." i-xv, 109 pp, very good in very good dust jacket with edgewear and crease to front flap, in protective mylar sleeve. SIR PETER MEDAWAR (1915 - 1987) was a British zoologist whose work on graft... Read More
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Dictionnaire Universel de Matiere Medicale et de Therapeutique Generale; contenant l'indication, la description et l'emploi de tous les medicamens connus dans les diverses parties du globe
by Merat, Francois Victor and de Lens, Adrien Jacques
Paris: J.-B. Bailliere, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833, 1834. First edition. SCARCE COMPREHENSIVE COMPENDIUM OF EARLY 19TH CENTURY MEDICINE AND THERAPEUTICS. Six hardcover volumes, 12.5x21 cm 3/4 leather binding, spine with raised bands and gilt black leather labels, marbled paper covered boards, front free endpaper of each volume inscribed, "Presented by S. L. Jepson MD, Oct 29, '85." Vol. I, i-xii, 706 pp; Vol. lI, 704 pp; Vol. III, [2], 742 pp; Vol. IV, [2], 746 pp; Vol. V, [2], 658... Read More
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