A Treatise on the Management of Pregnant and Lying-In Women. Introduction by Lawrence D. Longo.
by WHITE, Charles (1728-1813).
New York:: Science History, 1987., 1987. 8vo. lii, 147, [1] pp. Frontispiece, facs. title-page. 1 plate, indexes. Blue cloth, gilt-stamped spine. Ex-library copy – embossed stamp of the Los Angeles County Medical Assoc. Historical Collection; spine call no. over-painted; front pocket. Very good.
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A bibliography of Gilbert White, the Natural Historian and Antiquarian of Selborne.
by [WHITE, Gilbert (1720-1793)] Edward A. MARTIN (1864-1943).
Westminster:: Roxburghe Press, [1895-7]., 1895. Small 8vo. xiii, [1], [15]-274 pp. Frontispiece, 4 plates [1 large folding "Summary of Editions" table, 1 map, 2 pls.]. Original gilt-stamped rust cloth; front hinge reinforced with kozo. Bookplates of Charles Atwood Kofoid [UC BERKELEY]; bookplate and embossed stamp of the Los Angeles County Medical Assoc. Historical Collection; spine call no. over-painted; rear pocket. Very good. "THERE are many places in England prettier than the little Hampshire village of Selborne, but none... Read More
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Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol. 69, Art. 2, 1957.
by WHITELOCK, Otto V. St. (ed.).
New York:: The Academy, 1957., 1957. A symposium entitled: Modern Ideas on Spontaneous Generation. 8vo. 255-376 pp. Articles, figs., tables. Printed wrappers; short tear to spine joint (neatly repaired). Ownership rubber stamp of Norman Horowitz. Very good.
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A Naturalist's Calendar, with Observations in Various Branches of Natural History; Extracted from the papers of the late Rev. Gilbert White, M. A. of Selborne, Hampshire, Senior Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. Never before published.
by WHITE, Rev. Gilbert (1720-1793).
London:: B. and J. White, 1795., 1795. 8vo. (196 x 123 mm) iv, [5]-170, [6] pp. One hand-colored plate. Uncut. Modern quarter white paper spine, preserving original boards, new head caps and paper spine label. RARE. FIRST EDITION. The advertisement preface notes that Dr. John Aiken compiled this work, incorporating the author's unpublished notes and observations. The first section of this work is devoted to the calendar itself, giving month-by-month landmarks of plant flowering, insect activities, animal behaviors,... Read More
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One Hundred Years of Congresses of Physiology.
by WHITTERIDGE, D.
Oulu:: International Union of Physiological Sciences, 1989., 1989. 8vo. 61 pp. Silver printed wrappers. Very good.
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Choice and Chance. An Elementary Treatise on Permutations, Combinations, and Probability, with 640 Exercises.
by WHITWORTH, William Allen (1840-1905).
Cambridge:: Deighton, Bell, 1886., 1886. Fourth edition, enlarged. 8vo. viii, 299, [ads.] 16 pp. Figs. Original maroon cloth, gilt spine; inner hinges cracked (repaired with kozo), spine ends slightly frayed. Good. Whitworth "published works about the logarithmic spiral and about trilinear coordinates, but his most famous mathematical publication is the book Choice and Chance: An Elementary Treatise on Permutations, Combinations, and Probability (first published in 1867 and extended over several later editions). The first edition of the book... Read More
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Essay on atomism: from Democritus to 1960.
by WHYTE, Lancelot Law.
Middletown, Connecticut:: Wesleyan University Press, (1961)., 1961. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. [viii], 108 pp. Chronological table. Gray cloth. Ownership signature. Very good.
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Integralgleichungen unter besonderer Berucksichtigung der Anwendungen.
by WIARDA, Georg (1889-1971).
Leipzig & Berlin:: G.G. Teubner, 1930., 1930. Series: Sammlung Mathematisch-Physikalischer Lehrbucher, 25. Sm. 8vo. 183 pp. 8 figs. Original red black-stamped cloth. Near fine. [HL] Professor Wiarda, Dresden, was a mathematician and chess player.
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Physikalisches praktikum. Funfte verbesserte und vermehrte auflage.
by WIEDEMANN, Eilhard (1852-1928) & Hermann EBERT.
Braunschweig:: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn, 1904., 1904. 8vo. xxx, 590 pp. 366 figs., index. Brown blind- and gilt-stamped cloth. Ex-Carnegie blind-stamp; ownership signature of Arthur S. King. Provenance: Arthur Scott King (January 18, 1876 – April 17, 1957) was an American physicist and astrophysicist, took his Ph.D. at Berkeley and work on an application of spectroscopy. He was then hired at Mt. Wilson Observatory. "He spent much of the remainder of his career studying the spectra of elements... Read More
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Rare Festschrift volume of the Annalen der Physik und Chemie on the occasional of the fiftieth anniversary of Wiedemann's doctoral dissertation.
by WIEDEMANN, Gustave Heinrich (1826-1899).
In: Annalen der Physik und Chemie, Neue Folge, Band 63, 1897. Leipzig:: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1897., 1897. 222 x 154 mm. 8vo. Entire volume: xvi, 436 pp. Numerous figs. and tables, index. Quarter cloth, marbled boards, gilt spine; extremities lightly rubbed. Blind stamp of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Solar Observatory. Fine. Rare Festschrift volume of the Annalen der Physik und Chemie on the occasional of the fiftieth anniversary of Wiedemann's doctoral dissertation. Gustav "Wiedemann was one of... Read More
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Die Lehre von Galvanismus und Elektromagnetismus. Erste Abtheilung: Elektrodynamik, Elektromagnetismus, Magnetismus aller Korper. Zwite Abtheilung: Induction, Schlussbetrachtungen, Nachtrage.
by WIEDEMANN, Gustav Heinrich (1826-1899).
Braunschweig:: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn, 1863., 1863. 2 vols. 8vo. ix, [1], 617, [1]; [iv], [619-621], 622-1183, [1] pp. 395 figures, 1 folding color plate (facing p. 876), bibliography, index. Early black half calf over marbled boards; worn, hinges cracked (holding at cords). "Cancelled" bookplates of Dr. Atkinson, Royal Military College, title-page rubber stamps of Finbury Technical College. Good. Early edition of Wiedemann's treatise on galvanism and electromagnetism, complete in two volumes. The Electrician states that the first... Read More
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Die Hydrazine.
by WIELAND, Heinrich Otto (1877-1957).
Stuttgart:: Ferdinand Enke, 1913., 1913. Series: Chemie in Einzeldarstellungen, Band V. 8vo. x, 244, [ads. 2] pp. Numerous diagrams, index. Original printed orange wrappers. Rubber stamps and signature of Wilhelm Friedrich Ritter, Vienna. Very good. FIRST EDITION. Prolific author of over 350 papers and several books, of which this is one of his most important. "Wieland's most significant work during his early career was the chemistry of the hydrazines, a project that led him to the discovery of... Read More
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Roots of scientific thought; a cultural perspective.
by WIENER, Philip P., & Aaron NOLAND, editors.
New York:: Basic Books, (1958)., 1958. 8vo. x, 677 pp. illus., index. cloth, dust-jacket; jacket edges worn.
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Idea in Cultural Perspective.
by WIENER, Philip P.; Aaron NOLAND (editors).
New Brunswick:: Rutgers University Press, (1962)., 1962. 8vo. 759 pp. Index. Maroon stamped green cloth, dust jacket; jacket edges a bit worn. Very good.
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Lehrbuch der Hydrodynamik.
by WIEN, Wilhelm (1864-1928).
Leipzig:: S. Hirzel, 1900., 1900. 8vo. XIV, 319 pp. 18 figs. Original half black gilt-stamped cloth, patterned paper over boards; rubbed. Ink title-page ownership signature of Harold Levine, 1941. Very good. [HL]
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Das Atom oder das Kraftelement der Richtung, als lekter Wirklichkeitsfactor. Ein Versuch, Anziehung und Abstoßung auf ein gemeinsames Princip - und das Abstractum "Kraft" auf seinen concreten Kern zuruckzufuhren. . .. Leipzig: Theodor Thomas, 1875. [with]: Die wesenhafte oder absolute Realitat des Raumes. Begrundet an einer Kritik der idealistischen Theorieen. . ..
by WIESSNER, Alexander.
Leipzig:: Theodor Thomas, 1875., 1875. Two works in one volume. 8vo. xi, [1], 331, [1]; xxviii, 181, [1] pp. Contemporary quarter brown morocco, paste-paper over boards, gilt spine. Fine copy. RARE. FIRST EDITION of these works on Kantian cosmology and atomism.
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The Work of J. Gregory Wiggins, Woodcarver. Catalogue of an Exhibition Held in February and March 1951.
by [Wiggins, J. Gregory] FORBES, J.D.
Boston:: Boston Athenaeum, 1951., 1951. Series: Robert Charles Billings Fund Publications, Catalogue Series, No. 2. 8vo. xi, 17 pp. 8 plates. Printed wrappers. Near fine.
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The growth of scientific ideas.
by WIGHTMAN, William P. D.
New Haven:: Yale University Press, 1953., 1953. 8vo. x, 495 pp. 35 figs., indexes. Red cloth, dust-jacket. Fine.
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Science and the Renaissance. [Volume I: An Introduction to the Study of the Emergence of the Sciences in the Sixteenth Century; Volume II: An Annotated Bibliography of the Sixteenth-Century Books Relating to the Sciences in the Library of the University of Aberdeen].
by WIGHTMAN, William Persehouse Delisle.
Edinburgh and London & New York:: Oliver and Boyd & Hafner, (1962)., 1962. Two vols. FIRST EDITION. Series: Aberdeen University Studies, Nos. 143-144. 8vo. xv, 327; xix, 293 pp. Plates, indexes. Red cloth, gilt-stamped cover coat-of-arms and spine title. Former library copies with the usual markings and defects. Very good.
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The growth of scientific ideas.
by WIGHTMAN, William P. D.
New Haven:: Yale University, 1953., 1953. 220 x 145 mm. 8vo. x, 495 pp. Frontis., 35 figs., indexes. Red cloth, dust-jacket; jacket lightly rubbed, else fine.
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Science in a Renaissance Society.
by WIGHTMAN, W. P. D.
London:: Hutchinson, (1972)., 1972. 8vo. 191 pp. Index. Printed wrappers. Fine. ISBN: 0091116511
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Science and the Renaissance: an introduction to the study of the emergence of the sciences in the sixteenth century.
by WIGHTMAN, W. P. D.
New York:: Oliver and Boyd, 1962., 1962. 2 volumes. 230 x 150 mm. 8vo. xi, 327; xix, 293 pp. 8 plates, index; 8 plates, index. Red cloth, dust jacket; vol. 2 jacket torn in back, jackets lightly worn. Ownership signature of Martha Teach Gnudi. Very good. The bibliography in vol. 2 has 759 items contained in the University of Aberdeen Library.
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Solving the Enigma: History of the Cryptanalytic Bombe.
by WILCOX, Jennifer.
Washington, DC:: Center for Cryptologic History, National Security Agency, 2002., 2002. Revised. 21cm. [2], 55, [1] pp. Illus. Printed wrappers. Very good. [C324/58]
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Atlas of general surgery.
by WILDER, Joseph R.
St. Louis:: C. V. Mosby, 1955., 1955. FIRST EDITION. Folio. 222 pp. 101 plates, index. Blind- and gilt-stamped gray cloth. Very good.
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The Alcestiad, or, A Life in the Sun; The Drunken Sisters. Illustrated by Daniel Maffia.
by WILDER, Thornton.
Pennsylvania:: The Franklin Library for The First Edition Society, 1977., 1977. First edition. 22 cm. Illus. Decorative gilt-stamped leather, cloth endpaper, a.e.g. Fine.
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