Moulds of Understanding. A Pattern of Natural Philosophy
by Needham, Joseph
London: George Allen & Unwin, Ltd., 1976. First edition. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY OF ESSAYS ON SCIENCE, SOCIETY, AND CHINA BY BRILLIANT BIOLOGIST, SINOLOGIST, AND GLOBALIST. 13.5x22 cm hardcover, red cloth binding, top edge stained red, inscribed and signed on front free endpaper, "for Edmund Cain/ with best wishes/ New Year 84/ Joseph Needham," 320 pp. Near fine in near-fine price clipped dust jacket in protective mylar sleeve. FROM THE JACKET FLAP: "This book presents an examination of the relationships between science,... Read More
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SIGNED. Science and Civilisation in China Vols I-III and IV (parts 1 and 2)
by Needham, Joseph
Taipei, Taiwan: Newmoon Book Co., Ltd., 1956 - 1965. Reprint. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY OF FIRST 5 VOLUMES OF JOSEPH NEEDHAM'S MONUMENTAL HISTORY OF SCIENCE IN CHINA: HONG KONG, TAIWAN CONNECTIONSFive hardcover volumes, 9 3/4 inches tall small quarto, beige cloth boards, spine lettering in red, endpapers discolored, otherwise very good in very good dust jackets. VOL. I. Introductory Orientations. Joseph Needham, with the research assistance of Wang Ling (reprinted 1961; Cambridge 1954). xxxviii, 318 pp, tables, bibliographies, figures, 2 large... Read More
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Science in Traditional China: A Comparative Perspective TOGETHER WITH Signed typed letter dated May 27, 1982 from Randy H. Hamilton, then Dean of Golden Gate University to Ronald B. Frankum, former Deputy Science Advisor to President Ronald Regan.
by Needham, Joseph
Cambridge, MA; Hong Kong: Harvard University Press, The Chinese University Press, 1981. First edition. OVERVIEW BY THE WORLD'S PRE-EMINENT AUTHORITY ON CHINESE SCIENCE with ENCLOSED LETTER FROM UNIVERSITY DEAN RECOMMENDING IT TO PRESIDENT REGAN'S ADVISOR. 9 1/4 inches tall hardcover, red cloth binding, gilt title to spine, i-x, 134 pp, 21 figures, near-fine in very good jacket with corners rubbed and 1/2 inch tear to bottom cover. LAID IN: TYPED LETTER SIGNED dated May 27, 1982 from Randy H. Hamilton, then Dean... Read More
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On the Impregnation of the Ovum in the Amphibia. First Series: On the Impregnation of the Ovum in the Amphibia; TOGETHER WITH Second Series, Revised: On the Impregnation of the Ovum in the Amphibia; and On the Direct Agency of the Spermatozoon; TOGETHER WITH Third Series: Researches on the Impregnation of the Ovum in the Amphibia; and on the Early Stages of Development of the Embryo
by Newport, George
London: Royal Society of London, 1851-1854. First edition. FIRST EDITION OF LANDMARK PAPERS DEMONSTRATING THE PROCESS OF FERTILIZATION OF THE VERTEBRATE EGG, AND EARLY EMBRYOGENESIS. 12 inches tall hardcover, recent 1/2 maroon cloth binding, marbled paper covers, gilt leather label to spine, new endpapers, list of sources of papers followed by bound extracts from 3 issues of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London: Vol 141, pp 169-242, Plate XIV (1851), Vol. 143, pp 233-290 (1853), Vol. 144,... Read More
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THE BEST OF AMERICAN EMBRYOLOGY. The development of rat embryos in tissue culture. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. December, 1934. TOGETHER WITH 15 additional offprints
by Nicholas, John Spangler
1934 - 1947 . First editions. 1930s and 1940s COLLECTION OF LANDMARK PAPERS BY EMINENT YALE EMBRYOLOGIST AND LEADER OF AMERICAN WARTIME SCIENCE MANAGEMENT. 16 offprints, 13 in printed paper covers and 3 (publshed in Science) without covers, as issued, all in very good condition. JOHN SPANGLER NICHOLAS (1895 - 1963) enlisted in the Army Medical Corps in 1918. His most important governmental contribution was his assistance in shaping the World War II policies governing the utilization of the nation's... Read More
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Responsabilites de la Medecine
by Nicolle, Charles
Paris: Felix Alcan, 1935. First edition. GUIDE TO THE MEDICAL STUDENT BY FRENCH NOBELIST WHO DISCOVERED THE VECTOR OF TYPHUS--SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY. 12x18.5 cm volume in publisher's brown printed paper covers, inscribed and signed on half title, "a mon ami O. Duborcq et pensee affectueuse. C Nicolle". i-viii, 210 pp, Contents. Light soil to covers, age-toning to pages, foxing to endpapers. Very good in custom archival mylar cover. INTRODUCTION: "Ce volume contient la seconde serie des lecons de la troisteme ann6e... Read More
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EUROPEAN MEDICINE FOR AMERICANS. Nothnagel's Encyclopedia of Practical Medicine
by Nothnagel, Hermann, Osler, William, Moore, John W., Northrup, William P., Musser, John H., Fitz, Reginald H., Packard, Frederick H., Stockton, Charles G. , Rolleston, Humphry Davy, James, Walter B., Stengel, Alfred, Ross, Ronald, Stephens, John William Wa
Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Co., 1904-1909. First and second editions. 1904-1909 COMPLETE SET OF ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF LANDMARK GERMAN MEDICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA EDITED BY NOTABLE AMERICAN PHYSICIANS, INCLUDING OSLER. Twelve heavy hardcover volumes, 9 1/2 inches tall, 1 1/2 - 2 1/2 inches thick, 646 - 1059 pages (total nearly 10,000 pages, illustrated with hundreds of figures and dozens of plates. Bindings strong, with scattered soiling/spotting of covers, corner and edgewear, browning to endpapers, no markings in text, no library markings except... Read More
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Indigenous Races of the Earth; or, New Chapters of Ethological Inquiry; including monographs on special departments of philology, iconography, cranioscopy, palaeontology, pathology, archaeology, comparative geography, and natural history: Contributed by Alfred Maury, Francis Pulszky, and J. Aiken Meigs. With contributions from Jos. Leiden and L. Agassiz. Presenting fresh investigations by J. C. Nott and Geo. R. Glidden.
by Nott, Josiah Clark, Gliddon, George Robbins, Maury, Louis Ferdinand Alfred, Pulszky, Francis and Meigs, James Aitken
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1857. First edition. 1847 "ONE OF THE MOST EGREGIOUSLY RACIST PUBLICATIONS IN THE HISTORY OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY"--GARRISON-MORTON. 16x25 cm publisher's brown cloth binding, blindstamped, gilt title to spine, 2 large folding illustrated charts: "Ethnographic Tableau--Specimens of Various Races of Mankind", and "Chart Illustrative of the Geographical distribution of Monkeys, in their relation to that of some inferior Types of Men." 9 lithographic plates, including colored frontispiece. Prefatory remarks by George Gliddon, A. W. Habersham, Louis Agassiz,... Read More
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Nephrons and Kidneys
by Oliver, Jean
SPECTACULAR FOLIO ATLAS OF MICRODISSECTED NEPHRONS FROM DEVELOPING HUMAN FETAL KIDNEYS. 18 inches tall folio hardcover, publisher's black cloth binding, gilt title to cover and spine, frontis plate of developing nephrons, x, 117 pp, 27 plates (with overlaid tracings applied to first 21 plates), and 25 text figures, fine in custom archival mylar cover. NEPHRONS AND KIDNEYS represents the culmination of years of study and meticulous work. As described by his colleague Stanley E. Bradley, "Long before leaving Brooklyn, Oliver had begun... Read More
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Architecture of the Kidney in Chronic Bright's Disease
by Oliver, Jean
New York: Paul B. Hoeber Inc., 1939. First edition. SCARCE ASSOCIATION COPY--BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED STUDY OF CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE BY DETAILED NEPHRON MICRODISSECTIONS. 11 1/2 inches tall hardcover, black pebbled cloth binding, gilt title to spine, signed on front free endpaper, "Benjamin H. Landing/ (Gift of Dr. George Fetterman)". i-xiv, 257 pp, 112 illustrations including 5 color and 39 aquatone plates (a lithographic process for printing by offset from a metal plate coated with photosensitized gelatin). Near-fine. JEAN REDMAN OLIVER (1889-1976) earned his... Read More
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Nephrons and Kidneys:
by Oliver, Jean
New York, Evanston, London: Hoeber Medical Division, Harper and Row, 1968. First edition. SPECTACULAR FOLIO ATLAS OF MICRODISSECTED NEPHRONS FROM DEVELOPING HUMAN FETAL KIDNEYS. 18 inches tall folio hardcover, publisher's black cloth binding, gilt title to cover and spine, frontis plate of developing nephrons, x, 117 pp, 27 plates (with overlaid tracings applied to first 21 plates), and 25 text figures, fine in custom archival mylar cover. NEPHRONS AND KIDNEYS represents the culmination of years of study and meticulous work. As... Read More
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RARE IN JACKET. The Origin of Life
by Oparin, Aleksandr I.
New York: Macmillan Co., 1938. 1st printing of 1st English translation. FIRST PRINTING OF ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF OPARIN'S LANDMARK ORIGIN OF LIFE. 14.5x21.5 cm hardcover, tan cloth binding, gilt title to cover and spine, i-viii, [4], 170 pp, figures in text. Light fading of top and bottom of spine, light browning of page edges. Very good in good+jacket with edge chips. First printing (stated) of the first English translation of Oparin's 1936 landmark book, very scarce in dust jacket. This marks 100... Read More
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Fifty-Two Years of Research, Observation and Publication 1877-1929. A Life Adventure in Breadth and Depth
by Osborn, Henry Fairfield
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. First edition. BIO-BIBLIOGRAPHY OF LEADING AMERICAN PALEONTOLOGIST INSCRIBED TO PITTSBURGH COLLEGE FOR WOMEN. 9 inches tall hardcover, maroon cloth binding, gilt title to cover and spine, bookplate of Pennsylvania College for Women to front paste-down, inscribed "To Louise C. Bahl/ Hall of Science -/ Henry Fairfield Osborn/ August 8th 1931/ the Author's 73rd Birthday". Frontispiece portrait of Osborn; library pocket to rear paste-down. Spine faded, residue from sticker bottom of spine, dust jacket lighlty soiled... Read More
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The Growth of Truth As Illustrated in the Discovery of the Circulation of the Blood
by Osler, William
London: Henry Frowde, 1906. First edition. FIRST EDITION OF OSLER'S LANDMARK HARVEIAN ORATION IN LONDON, 1906. 14x22.5 cm hardcover, blue cloth binding, gilt title to cover and spine, 44 pp. Edges rubbed, unmarked, very good in custom archival mylar cover. Based on his Harveian Oration in London, this is a major essay by Osler that figures prominently in his bibliography and was often reprinted: Listed in RL Golden and DG Roland, Sir William Osler: An Annotated Bibliography with Illustrations, Norman Publishing, San Francisco... Read More
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![EXPERIMENTAL TERATOLOGY. Untersuchungen über die Entstehung der Missbildungen zunächst in den Eiern der Vögel. [Investigations on the early development of malformations in the eggs of birds]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/269/880/1678880269.0.l.jpg)
EXPERIMENTAL TERATOLOGY. Untersuchungen über die Entstehung der Missbildungen zunächst in den Eiern der Vögel. [Investigations on the early development of malformations in the eggs of birds]
by Panum, Peter Ludwig
Berlin: Georg Reimer, 1860. First edition. FIRST BOOK ON EXPERIMENTAL TERATOLOGY. 16 x 24.5 cm hardcover, gray paper covered boards, blue cloth spine with printed paper label to spine, bookseller's label bottom of front paste-down, contemporary ink signature top of free front endpaper, i-xii, 260 ppp (unopened), 12 engraved partially colored plates containing 107 figures. Covers with light soil, corners and edges bumped, text and plates unmarked. Very good in custom archival mylar cover. GERMAN LANGUAGE. PETER LUDVIG PANUM (1820 – 1885)... Read More
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Observations made during the Epidemic of Measles on the Faroe Islands in the Year 1846 TOGETHER WITH A Biographical Memoir
by Panum, Peter Ludwig and Petersen, Julius Jacob
New York: Delta Omega Society, 1940. First English translation. ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF 19TH CENTURY EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDY OF MEASLES ON THE FAROE ISLANDS. 13.5 x 20.5 cm hardcover, brown cloth binding, gilt title to spine, bookplate of Henry Rust O-Brien, M.D., to front paste-down, his signature on front free endpaper, i-xxxvii, 111 pp, tables. Very good in custom archival mylar cover. PETER LUDWIG PANUM (1820 – 1885) was a Danish physiologist and pathologist born on the island of Bornholm in Rønne. After completing... Read More
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![Chirurgie du Rein, avec 584 figures en noir et en couleurs dans le texte et hors texte [Surgery of the Kidney, with 584 Illustrations in Color and Black & White]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/344/231/1679231344.0.l.jpg)
Chirurgie du Rein, avec 584 figures en noir et en couleurs dans le texte et hors texte [Surgery of the Kidney, with 584 Illustrations in Color and Black & White]
by Papin, Edmond
Paris: Librairie Octave Doin, Gaston Doin et Cie, 1928. First edition. CENTURY-OLD ATLAS OF SURGICAL KIDNEY ANATOMY WITH EXQUISITE DETAIL. Three hardcover volumes, 21 x 28 cm, gray cloth binding, decorative covers with color stamped design and gilt title to covers and spines, marbled endpapers. Vol. I, i-ix, 278 pp, 200 color and Black & white figures; Vol. II, [4], pp 279-537, figures 202-456; Vol. III, [4], [1], pp 538-752, figures 457-584. Corners bumped, light edgewear to covers, bindings tight, pages... Read More
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The Science of Life; or, Self-Preservation. A Medical Treatise on Nervous and physical Debility, Spermatorrhoea, Impostence, and Sterility, with Practical Observations on the Treatment of Diseases of the Generative Organs
by Parker, William H.
Boston: Peabody Medical Institute, 1881. latest edition. 1881 BEAUTIFULLY BOUND SEXUAL PHYSIOLOGY BOOK FOR MEN, WARNING OF THE DANGERS OF MASTURBATION. 11x16.5 cm hardcover, elaborate gilt decorative cover and spine on deep blue cloth binding, all edgess gilt, i-xvi, 294 pp, near fine in custom archival mylar cover. CONTENTS: The Anatomy and Physiology of the Generative and Urinary Organs; Puberty--Manhood —The Morale of Generative Physiology; The Physiology of Marriage; On Spermatorrhcea (Excessive Spermatic Discharge, or Seminal Debility)—Its History and Causes;... Read More
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1877 INFANT STARVATION--NOW A GLOBAL CRISIS. Clinique des Nouveau-Nes: L'Athrepsie
by Parrot, Jules
Paris: G. Masson, 1877. First edition. EARLY FRENCH MONOGRAPH ON ETIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF MARASMUS ILLUSTRATED WITH COLOR PLATES. 14.5x22.5 cm hardcover, marbled paper-covered boards, brown leather spine with raised bands, gilt title, marbled endpapers, inscribed and signed on half-title, "A Madam Alli.../ Hommage affeactueux/ Parrot", i-viii, 450 pp, Contents, Errata, 13 plates with facing descriptive text (4 colored). Small dent to edge of front cover, wear to cover edges, top and bottom spine ends rubbed, light foxing to first and... Read More
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The Work of the Digestive Glands: Lectures by Professor J.P. Pawlow, translated into English by W. H. Thompson, illustrated
by Pawlow, J.P. [Pavlov]
London: Charles Griffin & Co., Ltd., 1902. First English edition. FIRST ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF PAVLOV'S FAMOUS WORK ON CONDITIONED REFLEXES, EARNING HIM THE NOBEL PRIZE IN 1904. 9 inches tall hardcover, publisher's red pebbled cloth, gilt title to spine. Light wear to covers and edge of spine, age-toning to pages that are crisp and unamarked; very good. IVAN PETROVICH PAVLOV (1849 – 1936) was a Russian physiologist known primarily for his work in classical conditioning. In 1870, he enrolled in... Read More
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The Scope and Importance to the State of the Science of National Eugenics
by Pearson, Karl
London: Dulau and Co., Ltd., 1911. Third printing. SCARCE ILLUSTRATED TEXT OF 1907 LECTURE BY LEADING BRITISH EUGENICIST. 13.5x22 cm pamphlet, blue printed paper wrappers, 45 pp, 6 figures (2 folding), 1 page list of publications of University of London, 1 page description of the Francis Galton Laboratory for National Eugenics, inside back cover list of publications of University of London Biometric Laboratory, back cover list of Eugenic Laboratory publications. Cover edges chipped with no loss of text, light browning to pages,... Read More
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The Groundwork of Eugenics
by Pearson, Karl
London: Dulau and Co., Ltd., 1912. Second edition. PEARSON'S STATISTICAL APPROACH TO THE SCIENCE OF EUGENICS, WRITTEN FOR THE GENERAL READER. 14 x 21.5 cm string-bound booklet with printed paper covered boards, 39 pp, 4 plates (2 double-page), 2-page list of Eugenics Laboratory Publications, 2-page list of Biometric Laboratory Publications. library card and pocket of the University of Texas at Austin (withdrawn) to front paste-down and front free endpaper, back paste-down. Corners worn, scattered marginal notations throughout, in custom archival mylar... Read More
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Archive of 36 offprints by legendary ecologist and Director of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley
by Pearson, Oliver Payne
1948 - 1989. First editions. 1948 - 1989 ARCHIVE OF OFFPRINTS BY EMINENT ECOLOGIST OLIVER PAYNE PEARSON, DIRECTOR OF MUSEUM OF VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY AT UC BERKELEY. Collection of 36 offprints, including 6 of the 7 cited as "seminal papers" by WZ Lidicker Jr and JL Patton in their obituary of Oliver Pearson (https://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/_files/inmemoriam/html/oliverpaynepearson.html). The offprints are in very good condition with the exception of curled corners on a few, and are unmarked save for occasional underlining of Pearson's name under... Read More
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A Decade of Progress in Eugenics. Scientific Papers of the Third International Congress of Eugenics held at American Museum of Natural History, New York, August 21-23, 1932
by Perkins, Harry F.
Baltimore: The Williams & Wilkins Co., 1934. First edition. SCARCE PROCEEDINGS OF THIRD INTERNATIONAL EUGENICS CONGRESS--SIGNED COPY OF EUGENICIST AND PEDIATRICIAN ARNOLD GESELL. 15x23 cm hardcover, blue cloth binding, ink signature of "Arnold Gesell/ 10/1/34" to front free endpapers frontispiece portrait of Charles Benedict Davenport, i-xii, [2], 531 pp, many tables and figures in text, 80 cm long folding "panoramic" photograph of participants of the Congress in front of the American Museum of Natural History, New York, 28 photographic plates showing... Read More
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Body Water: The Exchange of Fluids in Man
by Peters, John P.
Springfield, Baltimore: Charles C. Thomas, 1935. First edition. CLASSIC MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY MONOGRAPH BY YALE PHYSICIAN, COPY OF EMINENT PATHOLOGIST. 9 1/4 inches tall hardcover, green cloth binding, gilt title to spine, inscribed front free endpaper, "From the Library of Wm. C Manion M.D.," i-viii, [1], 405 pp (includes 53-page bibliography). Unmarked, very good in very good dust jacket in protective mylar sleeve. JOHN P. PETERS (1887 – 1955) was an American physician, the John Slade Ely Professor of Medicine at Yale University... Read More
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