Evolution, and the Cost of the Human, An Address (Originally prepared for the Civic League of New Orleans) Giving a Sketch of the Development of the Earth from Chaos to Yesterday.
by Stephenson, Eli Frank
Saint Louis: the author", Labor Publishing Co., 1911. First edition. RARE LITTLE TREATISE ON HUMAN EVOLUTION BY AN OBSCURE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHER--INSCRIBED BY HIM. 8 inches tall hardcover, 3/4 leather binging, marbled boards, spine with raised bands and gilt title, bookplate of R. Burdette Inman on front paste-down, and his stamp "RB Inman, Safety Engineer" on title page. Long ink inscription across preface, "Burdette: My compliments to my one best friend at New Orleans, & whose ... help I miss a lot--Many... Read More
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Reports of the Society for the Study of Disease in Children
by Stephenson, Sydney; Carpenter, George; Fisher, Theodore
SCARCE COMPLETE SET OF ILLUSTRATED REPORTS OF FIRST BRITISH SOCIETY FOR DISEASE IN CHILDREN. Eight hardcover volumes (all published), 9 inches tall, red cloth binding, covers with blindstamped rulings, gilt title to spines, top edge gilt. Many figures in text, black/white and color plates throughout. Handstamp of British Medical Association Library to all volumes. Vol. I, handstamp to front free endpaper, "Presented to the Library by" F. Jaffrey, Esq. FRCS (inscribed). xxxvii, [2], 238 pp; Vol. II, xxxii, [2], 310... Read More
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Reports of the Society for the Study of Disease in Children
by Stephenson, Sydney, Carpenter, George and Fisher, Theodore
London: J. & A. Churchill, 1901-1908. First edition. SCARCE COMPLETE SET OF ILLUSTRATED REPORTS OF FIRST BRITISH SOCIETY FOR DISEASE IN CHILDREN. Eight hardcover volumes (all published), 9 inches tall, red cloth binding, covers with blindstamped rulings, gilt title to spines, top edge gilt. Handstamp of British Medical Association Library to all volumes, and in Vol. I, handstamp, "Presented to the Library by" F. Jaffrey, Esq. FRCS (inscribed). Spines darkened, light browning to pages, very good minus. SYDNEY STEPHENSON (1860 - 1923)... Read More
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Common Happenings in Childhood
by Still, G. Frederic
London: Oxford University Press, 1938. First edition. SCARCE FIRST EDITION OF ESSAYS ON CHILDREN'S BEHAVIOR BY THE FATHER OF BRITISH PEDIATRICS. 7 1/2 inches tall hardcover, ix, 180 pages, original navy blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine, unmarked, very good in custom archival mylar cover. CONTENTS: of crying, of laughter, of temper, of tiredness, of appetite, of fears and antipathies, of sleep, and of school. SIR GEORGE FREDERIC STILL (1868 - 1941) was an English pediatrician and author of numerous medical... Read More
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The Right to be Well Born, or Horse Breeding in its Relation to Eugenics
by Stokes, William Earl Dodge
New York: C.J. O'Brien, 1917. First edition. EUGENIC DIATRIBE BY NEW YORK MILLIONAIRE SUED BY HIS PUBLISHER--INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO A RECIPIENT WHO LATER ADDED A NYT CLIPPING ABOUT THE BOOK'S ROLE IN HIS FINANCIAL RUIN. 12.5x19 cm decorative blue cloth binding, gilt title to cover, with color image of baby in oval gilt frame, gilt stork to rear board, gilt title to spine. Laid in front paste-down, New York Times clipping, June 27, 1922, titled, "Stokes as Author Debated at... Read More
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Diseases of the Kidney
by Strauss, Maurice B and Welt, Louis G.
Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1963. First edition (stated). 1963 THE FIRST MULTIAUTHORED TEXTBOOK OF NEPHROLOGY WITH THE EMERGENCE OF RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY. Ten inches tall hardcover, blue cloth binding, gilt title to spine, i-xx, [1], 1033 pp, 3 color plates, many figures and tables in text. Near fine in custom archival mylar cover. FROM THE PREFACE: "The need for a critical and comprehensive clinical text dealing with diseases of the kidney has been manifest for many years. The growth of... Read More
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LARGE COLOR LITHOGRAPHS. Alcyonaires provenant des campagnes de l'Hirondelle (1886-1888)
by Studer, Theophile
Monaco: Imprimerie de Monaco, 1901. First edition. SCARCE LARGE FOLIO MONOGRAPH ON MARINE INVERTEBRATES COLLECTED IN 1886-1888, PUBLISHED BY ALBERT I, PRINCE OF MONACO, ILLUSTRATED WITH FINE COLOR LITHOGRAPHS. Large folio, 11 x 14 inches tall printed transparent paper wraps over card covers which include the coat-of-arms of the Prince of Monaco and handstamp of the author, "Hommage de l'auteur". Text printed on heavy rag paper, 64 pp, 11 lithographed plates with tisue guards, 9 of which are printed in full... Read More
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A Treatise on the Records of the Creation, and on the Moral Attributes of the Creator; with particular reference to the Jewish History, and to the Consistency of the Principle of Population with the Wisdom and Goodness of the Deity
by Sumner, John Bird
London: J. Hatchard, 1816. First edition. RARE FIRST EDITION OF BOOK BY ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY TO OFFER SUPPORT FOR EVIDENCE OF "DEEP TIME". Two 22 x 13 cm hardcover volumes, brown pebbled cloth covered boards, red leather corners, restored red cloth spines and black leather spine labels with gilt titles. Vol. !, i-xxvi, 526 pp, errata page; Vol. II, i-xi, 393 pp, 1 page publisher's advertisement. Bookplate of Dundee Free Library to front paste-down and bookplate of Robert L Chevalier MD... Read More
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The Forgotten Man and Other Essays
by Sumner, William Graham
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1918. First edition, first printing. SCARCE FIRST PRINTING OF CONTROVERSIAL ESSAYS BY YALE'S FIRST PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY, ADMIRED BY ANTHROPOLOGISTS AND ECONOMISTS OF THE DAY. 15x23 cm hardcover, red cloth binding, gilt title to spine, top edge gilt, bookplate of Charles Carpenter to front paste-down, contemporary signature of Daniel M. Henry to front paste-down, frontispiece portrait of author with tissue guard, 539 pp. Corners bumped, gilt spine dulled, light browning to pages, binding tight, very good... Read More
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A Treatise on the Geography and Classification of Animals
by Swainson, William
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1835. First edition. BEAUTIFULLY BOUND ILLUSTRATED NATURAL HISTORY OF ANIMALS BY ENGLISH NATURALIST. 9.5x16.5 cm hardcover, full calf binding with gilt borders to covers, spine with raised bands and 2 gilt red leather title labels, edges marbled, marbled endpapers, engraved title page with portrait of Linnaeus, i-vii, 367 pp, wood engravings, tables. Near fine in custom archival mylar cover. WILLIAM JOHN SWAINSON (1789 - 1855), was an English ornithologist, malacologist, conchologist, entomologist and artist.... Read More
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53 FOLIO PLATES. The Book of Nature; or, The History of Insects: Reduced to Distinct Classes, Confirmed by Particular Instances, Displayed in the Anatomical Analysis of Many Species, and Illustrated with Copper-plates. Including the Generation of the Frog, the History of the Ephemerus, the Changes of Flies, Butterflies, and Beetles; with the Original Discovery of the Milk-Vessels of the Cuttle-Fish, and Many Other Curious Particulars. By John Swammerdam, M.D. With the Life of the Author, by Herman Boerhaave, M.D. Translated from the Dutch and Latin Original Edition, by Thomas Flloyd. Revised and Improved by Notes from Reaumur and Others, by John Hill, M.D.
by Swammerdam, Johannes
The Book of Nature; or, The History of Insects: Reduced to Distinct Classes, Confirmed by Particular Instances, Displayed in the Anatomical Analysis of Many Species, and Illustrated with Copper-plates. Including the Generation of the Frog, the History of the Ephemerus, the Changes of Flies, Butterflies, and Beetles; with the Original Discovery of the Milk-Vessels of the Cuttle-Fish, and Many Other Curious Particulars. By John Swammerdam, M.D. With the Life of the Author, by Herman Boerhaave, M.D. Translated from the Dutch... Read More
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NOBEL. On Oxidation, Fermentation, Vitamins, Health and Disease
by Szent-Gyorgyi, Albert V.
Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins Co., 1939. First printing. LECTURES PRESENTED AT VANDERBILT IN 1939, 2 YEARS AFTER SZENT-GYORGYI RECEIVED THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR THIS WORK--ASSOCIATION COPY. Small hardcover 8 1/4 inches tall, pencil inscription on front free endpaper signed, "Alvin F. Coburn/ Presby. Hospital/ Room 1502" with his pencel marginal notations throughout. i-xi, 109 pp, figures in text. Light wear to corners and spine ends, light browning to pages. A nice copy of this scarce collection of Szent-Gyorgyi's Abraham Flexner Lectures... Read More
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SIGNED NOBELIST TO NOBELIST. What Next?
by Szent-Gyorgyi, Albert
New York: Philosophical Library, 1971. First edition. 1971 INSCRIBED BY ACTIVIST NOBEL LAUREATE TO ANOTHER ACTIVIST NOBELIST AT PEAK OF THE VIETNAM WAR. 13.5x21 cm hardcover, red cloth binding, blindstamped publisher's emblem to cover, gilt title to spine, inscribed ffep, "To Ruth and George [Wald], devotedly, Albert." 68 pp, near fine in near fine jacket in protective mylar sleeve. FROM THE JACKET FLAP: "In this follow-up to The Crazy Ape, Dr. Szent-Gyorgyi expands on some of the topics he introduced in... Read More
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Collected Papers, Children's Medical Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital
by Talbot, Fritz B.
1910-1926. First editions. THE BIRTH OF AMERICAN ACADEMIC PEDIATRICS ARCHIVED IN 160 OFFPRINTS FROM THE MGH, 1910-1926. Three hardcover volumes, 10 inches tall, gray buckram binding, gilt title to spines, each containing offprints (with original wraps as issued) published by Dr. Fritz B. Talbot and colleagues at the Children's Medical Clinic of Massachusetts General Hospital from 1910 to 1926. Vol. 1, titled "1910-1920," bookplate to front paste-down of "Treadwell Library, Massachusetts General Hospital, The Gift of Dr. F. B. Talbot," 44... Read More
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Dr. Tanaka's Japanese Fishes in Life Colours
by Tanaka, Shigeho
Tokyo: Daiomishoin, 1930. SCARCE GUIDE TO JAPANESE FISHES WITH 355 COLOR IMAGES, TEXT IN JAPANESE AND ENGLISH. 4x7 inches volume, flexible leather covers, gilt title to cover and spine in English and Japanese, cloth endpapers, 203 pp, chomolithographs of 355 fish, some with English common names laid in, text in Japanese with index in English and Japanese, very good. 15 copies listed in WorldCat. SHIGEHO TANAKA (1878–1974) was a Japanese ichthyologist and professor of zoology at the Imperial University... Read More
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A Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the Calculi and other Animal Concretions contained in the Museum of The Royal College of Surgeons in London (Parts 1 & 2)
by Taylor, Richard and Taylor, John Edward
London: Richard and John E. Taylor, 1842, 1845. First printing. ATLAS OF HUMAN AND ANIMAL CONCRETIONS IN THE MUSEUM OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, LONDON. Two hardcover folio volumes 12 inches tall, brown cloth binding, blindstamped rulings to covers, gilt title to spines, small paper label top of each spine, each volume signed on front free endpaper, "John Hunter Selby/ 1621 Conn. Ave./ Washington DC. WSa." Vol. I, i-xix, [1], 138 pp, 12 color lithographic plates with facing descriptive text;... Read More
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ORIGINAL COLOR DRAWINGS BY MEDICAL STUDENT. Precis d'Anatomie Descriptive. Aide-Memoire a l'Usage des Candidats au Premier Examen de Doctorat
by Testut, Leo
Paris: Octave Doin, 1904. Fourth edition. 1904 UNIQUE FRENCH MANUAL OF HUMAN ANATOMY BY A PROMINENT BORDEAUX PROFESSOR, ANNOTATED AND ILLUSTRATED WITH ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY A MEDICAL STUDENT. 7 inches tall hardcover, publisher's brown cloth binding, embossed title to cover and spine, [4 publisher's ads], [6], 816 pp, covers worn, joints split but holding, handstamp of Jean Angles top of publisher's list, page edges browned, red and blue pencil underlinings throughout. LAID IN (most taped onto pages, some folding, several... Read More
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Genetic and Environmental Influences on Behaviour
by Thoday, John Marion and Parkes, Alan Sterling
Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1968. First edition. PROCEEDINGS OF 1967 SYMPOSIUM ON GENETICS, EVOLUTION, AND EUGENICS. 8 3/4 inches tall hardcover, red cloth binding, gilt title to spine, i-x, 217 pp, figures in text. Corners bumped, spine faded, handstamp to page edges, endpapers, title page, of Library of Anatomy Dept. Univ. Cambridge, text unmarked. Very good minus in custom archival mylar cover. This volume reports the proceedings of the fourth Symposium of the Eugenics Society. It deals with the interaction of... Read More
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Atlas of Delineations of Cutaneous Eruptions Illustrative of the Descriptions in the Practical Synopsis of Cutaneous Diseases of Thomas Bateman
by Thomson, Anthony Todd
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1829. First edition. 1849 BRILLIANT HAND-COLORED ATLAS OF SKIN DISEASE BY SCOTTISH PHYSICIAN. 9 ¾ inches tall hardcover, leather spine with paper title label, brown paper-covered boards. Bookplate of C. M. Thompson, Westerham, to front paste-down, ink inscription, "C Thompson/ St Bartholomew's College" top of front free endpaper. Handstamp, "Withdrawn from stock" verso ffep. Handstamp, Presented to the Library by Maude, Westerham, top of title page. Handstamp, "British Medical Association Library" to title page... Read More
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An Account of the Alcyonarians collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship Investigator in the Indian Ocean. II. The Alcyonarians of the Littoral Area
by Thomson, J. Arthur, Simpson, J.J. and Henderson, W.D.
Calcutta: Trustees of the Indian Museum, 1909. First edition. 1909 ILLUSTRATED ACCOUNT OF CORALS COLLECTED IN THE INDIAN OCEAN, WITH LARGE FINE LITHOGRAPHED PLATES. 13 inches tall hardcover, black pebbled cloth binding with marbled boards, rebacked, preserving original paper title label, xviii, 319 pp, 77 text figures, large folding table, 9 fine lithographed plates with tissue guards and facing descriptive text (2 colored); small institutional handstamp to bottom corner of front endpaper, browning to endpapers, age-toning to edges of... Read More
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Alcyonaires provenant des campagnes scientifiques du Prince Albert 1er de Monaco
by Thomson, John Arthur
Monaco: Albert I, Prince of Monaco, 1927. First edition. SCARCE LARGE FOLIO MONOGRAPH ON MARINE CORALS, PUBLISHED BY ALBERT I, PRINCE OF MONACO, ILLUSTRATED WITH FINE COLOR LITHOGRAPHS. Large folio, 11 x 14 inches tall printed transparent paper wraps over card covers which include the coat-of-arms of the Prince of Monaco. Text printed on heavy rag paper, 77 pp, unopened, 4 colored lithographed double-page plates with tisue guards, and 2 uncolored plates. Text in French. Cover edges age-toned, small chip in... Read More
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Wild Apples, first printing in The Atlantic Monthly, November 1862 issue
by Thoreau, Henry David
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1862. First edition, first printing. FIRST PRINTING OF THOREAU'S HISTORY OF THE APPLE TREE, EMERSON ON EMANCIPATION OF THE SLAVES, AND WHITE ON EMANCIPATION OF RUSSIA'S SERFS. 6 1/4 X 10 inches single issue of periodical in printed brown paper wraps, pp 513-648, 2 leaves publisher's advertisements; Wild Apples pages 513-526. Also included are The Development and Overthrow of the Russian Serf-System [Edict Emancipation of Russia] (by Andrew Dickson White, pages 538-552) and The President's Proclamation [Lincoln's... Read More
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Autumnal Tints, first printing in The Atlantic Monthly, October 1862 issue
by Thoreau, Henry David
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1862. First edition, first printing. FIRST PRINTING OF THOREAU'S LAST ESSAY, PUBLISHED 6 MONTHS AFTER HIS DEATH. 6 1/4 X 10 inches single issue of periodical in printed brown paper wraps, pp 385-512, 2 leaves publisher's advertisements; Autumnal Tints, pages 385-402. Light soiling to covers, wear bottom of spine, pages crisp and unmarked, binding tight, very good in custom archival mylar cover. HENRY DAVID THOREAU (1817-1862), the naturalist, philosopher, and author of such classics as Walden and "Civil... Read More
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Atlas of Skeletal Maturation
by Todd, T. Wingate
St. Louis: C. V. Mosby Co., 1937. First edition. 1937 SCARCE CLASSIC ATLAS OF SKELETAL MATURATION--A KEY REFERENCE FOR DOCUMENTING CHILD GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. 12 inches tall hardcover, brown cloth binding, covers blindstamped, gilt title to spine, dedication "To the Children of America and of the World this book and its successors are dedicated by those workers drawn from all disciplines of biological science and banded together as the Associated Foundations of the Laboratory of Anatomy to promote the welfare... Read More
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Behavior Patterns of the Alimentary Tract. The Beaumont Foundation Lectures
by Todd, T. Wingate
Baltimore: The Williams & Wilkins Co., 1930. First edition. 1930 THE BEAUMONT FOUNDATION LECTURES--SCARCE PRESENTATION COPY OF CLINICAL RESEARCH STUDY OF GASTRIC BEHAVIOR PATTERNS FOLLOWING VARIOUS FOODS AND STIMULI. Small ocatvo, gray cloth boards, inscribed and signed by author on front free endpaper, "President Robert E Vinson/with kind regards/ T Wingate Todd", 79 pp, 12 figures in text, bookplate on front paste-down of Library of Adelbert College of Western Reserve University, Gift of President R.E. Vinson", card pocket rear paste-down with... Read More
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