The Principal Navigations Voyages Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
by HAKLUYT, Richard
Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons, 1903. Reprint of 2nd edition. Complete with all half-titles and frontispieces, maps and plates. Blue cloth, top edges gilt, uncut; text toned throughout. A very good set with the Cromwell bookplate in all volumes. Reprint of the second edition of the single most important collection of English travel expeditions prior to the seventeenth century. Hakluyt’s seminal work brought together many first-hand accounts of travel across the globe, rendering this set an invaluable resource for... Read More
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Ten years’ work of a mountain observatory. Washington, D.C.” The Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1915. 8vo. The new heavens. New York and London: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1922. 8vo. The depths of the universe. New York and London: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1924. 8vo. Beyond the milky way. New York and London: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1926. 8vo. Signals from the stars. London: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1932. 8vo. Dedication of the Palomar Observatory and the Hale Telescope. Pasadena: Grabhorn Press for the California Institute of Technology, 1948. Folio
by HALE, George Ellery
New York and London: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1948. 1. Frontispiece plus 65 text illustrations. Presentation copy from the author to Dr. W.G. Morgan dated Sept. 29, 1915. 2. With 41 text illustrations. Original printed front wrapper and spine bound in. Bookplate of Owen Gingerich. 3. With 44 text drawings or photographic illustrations. Original dust jacket. Presentation copy from the author to his “old friend” H. H. Donaldson, and with the bookplate of the Library of the Wistar Institute. 4.... Read More
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Historia placitorum coronae. The history of the pleas of the crown
by HALE, Sir Matthew
In the Savoy [London]: E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling, for F. Gyles, T. Woodward, and C. Davis, 1736. First authorized. Mispaginated, but complete with frontispiece portrait by George Vertue, errata. Contemporary calf, rebacked with red and black leather spine labels, covers worn; interior with wormholes in the lower blank margins of the first and last few leaves, occasional soiling, heavier on endpapers and paste-downs. From the Haskell Norman library. First authorized edition. Lord Hale (1609-76) was considered... Read More
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Vegetable staticks ;or, an account of some statical experiment on the sap in vegetables: Being an essay towards a natural history of vegetation. Also, a specimen of an attempt to analyse the air, by a great variety of chymio-statical experiments. (offered with) Statical essays: Containing haemastaticks, or, an account of some hydraulick and hydrostatical experiments made on the blood and blood vessels of animals. Also an account of some experiments on stones in the kidneys and bladder. . .
by HALES, Stephen
London: Printed for W. and J. Innys, 1733. FIRST EDITIONS. Each volume complete with blanks and index. Volume I with 19 plates by S. Gribelin. Contemporary Cambridge-style paneled calf, gilt spines with black labels. An unusually fine and clean copy of both volumes. Volume I with contemporary signature of J. Belson? and more modern one of John Knowles; Volume II with contemporary signature of Oliver W. Casland and a later signature of John Knott, M.D., as well as bookplate... Read More
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George W. Littlefield. Texan
by HALEY, J. Evetts
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1943. FIRST EDITION. Publisher's beige cloth, in the original dust jacket; a fine copy, though the dust jacket is chipped with a two-inch closed tear on rear panel. First edition of this outstanding biography of an early Texas cattleman. Illustrated by Harold D. Bugbee.
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Extracts from a journal written...in the years 1820-1822
by HALL, Basil
Edinburgh: Archibald Constable;: London: Hurst, Robinson, 1824. Second edition. Engraved folding map of South America (browned). Half-calf over marbled boards. Signature of William Verelst, possibly one of the four sons of Harry Verelst (d. 1785), governor of Bengal. A fresh, clean copy. Second edition. Highly acclaimed work, containing a detailed record of the author's observations made during his professional visits to the Pacific coast of South and Central America. Included here are lively accounts of social, political and daily... Read More
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Schloss Hainfeld; or, a winter in lower Styria
by HALL, Captain Basil
Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1836. FIRST BRITISH EDITION. Later half-polished calf and marbled boards, spine in compartments with morocco labels; interior excellent. First British edition, published simultaneously in Philadelphia. Hall recounts his travels through Styria, a mountainous and forested state in southern Austria, and his visit to Schloss Hainfeld. In his very unique style, Hall provides an in-depth description of his travels and daily activities, from the Castle itself to the neighbors, other guests, and various events that occurred during... Read More
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Magie, oder, Die zauberkräfte der natur....; Fortgesetzte Magie, oder, die Zauberkräfte der Natur....; Neufortgesetzte Magie, oder, die Zauberkräfte der Natur...
by HALLE, Johann Samuel
Berlin: Joachim Pauli, 1802. FIRST EDITION (second edition of volume II). Complete with engraved title vignettes, woodcut head- and tailpieces, 124 folding engraved plates and subject indices. Uniformly bound in contemporary half-calf over paste-boards, gilt lettering on spines; marginal dampstain on first two leaves of Volume III and annotations in contemporary hand on verso of last blank and paste-down of Volume IV of Magie, oder, Die Zauberkräfte der Natur. An exceptionally crisp and clean set. First edition of each... Read More
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Lectures on metaphysics and logic
by HAMILTON, William
Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1861. SECOND EDITION OF VOLUMES I & II; FIRST EDITION OF VOLUMES III & IV. Original publisher’s blind-stamped cloth, title in gilt on spine, some wear to corners and edge of spine; other than some spotting on preliminary leaves, an excellent set. Second edition of Volumes I and II, first edition of Volumes III and IV, of Hamilton’s lectures given as part of the Biennial Course delivered when he was chair of logic and metaphysics in... Read More
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Of the power of the keyes; or, of binding and of loosing..
by [HAMMOND, Henry]
London: For Richard Royston, 1647. FIRST EDITION. Title in red and black with woodcut vignette, woodcut headpieces and initials, portions of text in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. Full calf, bound in a period style with gilt rule; page 117 trimmed on fore-edge with no loss to text, some waterstains and browning throughout. Signature of Robt. F. Colem dated 1858. First edition of this anonymous tract in which the author engages in controversial critical interpretations on church policy and authority.... Read More
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Researches into the laws and phenomena of pestilence; including a medical sketch and review of the plague of London, in 1665; and remarks on quarantine
by HANCOCK, Thomas
London: William Phillips, 1821. FIRST EDITION. Parchment-backed original boards, spine label. An excellent uncut copy with a presentation from the author to George Cooke dated 1821 and another presentation under the first in the author’s hand to ? Clarke dated 1835. First edition of an important work on epidemic disease, derived from Hancock’s address at the Medical Society of London. In 1819, Parliament began an inquiry into how best to contain epidemic diseases looking at past pandemics. Hancock’s text,... Read More
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Teratoscopie du fluide vital et de la mensambulance
by [HANNAPIER], C.R.
Paris, 1822. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary gilt red sheep-backed marbled boards. Bookplate of Pierre Lambert, ex-libris inscription of Michel Collet, old manuscript notes on the flyleaves. Mild foxing, otherwise a good copy. First edition (Caillet cites the first printing as Dentu 1821, but this edition is a ghost), of this critical examination of superpowers. The author, who remained anonymous in this publication, stresses the role of “vital fluid,” an unknowable connective substance between the soul and the body that governs... Read More
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A history of playing cards and a bibliography of cards and gaming
by HARGRAVE, Catherine Perry
Boston: Houghton Miflin, 1930. FIRST EDITION. With colored frontispiece and nearly 1500 illustrations, including 31 full-page colored plates, and with all tissue guards present. Publisher’s red cloth; although without the dust jacket, a brilliant copy. First edition of this excellent history of playing cards, which includes an invaluable bibliography. The historical aspect covers cards from countries around the world and from the earliest times to present-day America. An incredible resource for any library.
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The luck of roaring camp, and other sketches
by HARTE, Francis Bret
Boston: Fields, Osgood & Co., 1870. FIRST EDITION. Publisher’s cloth with gilt title and decoration on spine; front fly-leaf detached. Preserved in a clamshell box and slipcover with morocco spine label (author’s name misspelled “Bert”. Bookplate of J.A. Egan on the paste-down, ownership inscription by Milo Stillman dated March, 1948. A very good copy. First edition, first issue, without the story, “Brown of Calveras.” Harte’s work features a series of short stories of Western fiction detailing lifestyle in mid-nineteenth... Read More
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Exercitationes de generatione animalium..
by HARVEY, W.
Amsterdam: Elzivir, 1651. SECOND EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, OR FIRST CONTINENTAL EDITION. With the added engraved title carrying the London imprint and Elzivir's device on second title. Contemporary vellum over boards. A fine copy preserved in a half-morocco case. Second edition, first issue, published the same year as the first (London) edition. This edition has the added engraved title page with the London imprint, and is believed to be the first of the three Amsterdam issues, all printed in 1651.... Read More
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Klassenkörpertheorie. Ausbreitung einer Vorlesung vom Sommersemester 1932 und eines Teiles der Fortsetzung vom Wintersemester 1932/33 an der Universität Marburg.
by HASSE, Helmut
Marburg: Helmut Hasse, 1932. FIRST PRINTING. Typed on rectos only; mimeographed. Numerous diagrams throughout. Contemporary blue calf over boards, author and title in gilt on spine. First printing of an elaboration of lectures given by Hasse (1898–1979) on class field theory. The lectures were first presented at the summer semester 1932 and a part of the continuation from the winter semester 1932/1933 at the University of Marburg. In mathematics, class field theory (CFT) is the fundamental branch of... Read More
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Disputatio ... respiratione...
by HAVERS, Clopton
Utrecht: Halma, 1685. FIRST EDITION. With title-vignette and fine initial letter. Heavy wrappers with title-vignette reproduced on upper cover. Manuscript corrections in a neat hand and some skillful backing to the corners, but a very good copy. First edition. The author's name is commemorated in the term "Haversian canals," still used to describe the minute channels which carry blood and lymph vessels and nerves to supply the surrounding bone.
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Septimus Felton; or the elixir of life
by HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1872. FIRST EDITION. Original publisher’s decorated cloth, author and title in gilt on front cover and spine; final fly-leaf torn out, otherwise an excellent copy. First edition. Hawthorne’s last story, an unfinished manuscript about the search for the elixir of life which was found by his wife posthumously. After she passed away the work was transcribed by her daughters with few revisions. A story of love, honor and revenge, as all good literature... Read More
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The Source of the Blue Nile
by HAYES, A. J.
London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1905. FIRST EDITION. With 2 folding maps and 32 plates photographic plates, including frontispiece. Bound in new blue buckram in exactly the same manner as the original publisher’s cloth, with gilt lettering and decorative seal; maps and plates all in good condition. Stamp of the Cork Garrison Library, bookplate of the Royal Citadel Barrack Library pasted onto original free endpaper. First edition. In this colorful Edwardian bit of travel writing, Hayes, a British physician... Read More
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Studies in neurology
by HEAD, Henry
London: Henry Frowde, Hodder & Stoughton, Ltd, 1920. FIRST EDITION. With 182 text illustrations and photographs. Original publisher’s cloth, author, title and publisher’s names in black on front covers and in gilt on spines. ownership signature of Margaret A. Kennard dated December, 1935 in both volumes. First edition. A standard text in the history of the subject, Head’s Studies in neurology reflects the results of his years of studies and experiments, most specifically on the dermatomes, the changes that... Read More
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The individual delinquent: a text-book of diagnosis and prognosis fort all concerned in understanding offenders
by HEALY, William
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1915. FIRST EDITION. With 10 full-page plates and numerous text diagrams. Bound in publisher’s green cloth; 1 leaf loose and small tear to another leaf. Small bookstore label to front paste-down. Overall an excellent copy. First edition of this seminal work on the study of juvenile delinquency by pioneering psychiatrist and criminologist William Healy (1869-1963). Healy was an early advocate of the separation of child and adult offenders. The individual delinquent offered a new... Read More
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Sylva, or the wood. being a collection of anecdotes, disertations..
by [HEATHCOTE, Ralph]
London: Society of the Learned. T. Payne & Son, 1786. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, front board detached; interior very clean with only a few pencil annotations., ownership inscription of Ed. Gosse on front paste-down and of James Grasse on the verso of the fly-leaf. First edition by an ingenious English divine and miscellaneous writer who published many pamphlets anonymously. He moved to London as assistant preacher at Lincoln’s Inn and cultivated learned society. In this work,... Read More
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Electrical Papers
by HEAVISIDE, O.
New York & London: Macmillan & Co, 1894. SECOND EDITION. Text illustrations. Original publisher’s cloth, an exceptionally good copy. Ownership signature of the writer and electrical engineer F[ranz] J[osphe] Dommerque. Scarce second edition of Heaviside’s collected works in all aspects of electricity, practical and theoretical. First printed two years earlier, many of the papers had originally appeared in the Philosophical Magazine and The Electrician. He deals with “theoretical aspects of problems in telegraphy and electrical transmission, making use of... Read More
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Der schwarze Tod in Vierzehnten Jahrhunder
by HECKER, Justus Friedrich Karl
Berlin: F.A. Herbig, 1832. FIRST EDITION. Modern calf-backed marbled boards. Foxing throughout due to quality of paper. First edition. Hecker (1795-1850), celebrated epidemiologist and historian of medicine, was professor of medical history at the Friedrich Wilhelms Universitat. Der schwarze Tod was his first important work on the history of the great epidemics of the Middle Ages. Hecker also translated Harvey on the circulation, and wrote on the "dancing mania" and the "English sweats." The volume further contains a historical... Read More
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Compendium anatomicum
by HEISTER, Laurent
Venice: Sebastian Coleti, 1749. LATER EDITION. With 9 folding engraved plates. Contemporary blind-ruled mottled calf, flat spine, gilt morocco title label, red edges; in very good condition, some minor marginal dampstaining. From the library of Charles Atwood Kofoid with his bookplate, also 2 cancelled ex libris inscriptions on title, old manuscript notes about the seven fields of surgery on the front free endleaf. Later edition of the most celebrated anatomy manual of the eighteenth century. First published in 1717,... Read More
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