The Mapmakers.
by WILFORD, John Noble.
New York:: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981., 1981. Fourth printing. 242 x 170 mm. 8vo. xi, 414 pp. Maps, figs., bibliog., index. Brown cloth-backed tan boards, printed dust jacket; jacket worn. Very good.
Offered by Jeff Weber Rare Books
Mars Beckons. The Mysteries, the Challenges, the Expectations of Our Next Great Adventure in Space.
by WILFORD, John Noble.
New York:: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990., 1990. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. vii, 244 pp. Photos, bibliog., index. Cloth backed boards, dust jacket. Fine.
Offered by Jeff Weber Rare Books
Lexicon Graeco-Latinum in libros Novi Testamenti.
by WILKE, Christian Gottlob (1788-1854);GRIMM, Carolo Ludov Wilibaldo.
Lipsiae:: Libraria Arnoldiana, 1868., 1868. Series or Latin title: Clavis Novi Testamenti philologica . . . accommodate. Tall 8vo. XII, 467, [1] pp. Printed in double columns. Errata. Original quarter patterned gilt-stamped green calf, green marbled paper boards; edges worn. Complete. Very good. Scarce. Wilke was baptized and brought up as a Protestant, and after attending high school in Zeitz, he studied philosophy and theology in Leipzig. In 1814 he became a field chaplain in the Saxon Landwehr... Read More
Offered by Jeff Weber Rare Books
A theory of the performance of radar on ship targets.
by WILKES, Maurice Vincent (b. 1913) & J. A. RAMSAY.
In: Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, Vol. 43, 1947. Cambridge:: University Press, 1947., 1947. 255 x 179 mm. Tall 8vo. Pages 220-231. [Entire volume: iv, 593, [2] pp.] 5 figs. Navy buckram, gilt spine; spine lightly faded. Blind stamp of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Mount Wilson Observatory. Fine. This early paper on radar theory compares field observations with theoretical considerations of the behavior of scattered electromagnetic fields by Maurice Wilkes, whose Cambridge University Mathematical Laboratory designed... Read More
Offered by Jeff Weber Rare Books
The History of the Birmingham Medical School 1825-1925.
by WILKINSON, K. D. (ed.).
Birmingham:: Cornish Brothers, 1925., 1925. 8vo. 96 pp. Photos & illus. (including of the school & its staff). Original pictorial wrappers; spine head slightly rubbed. Rare. A FINE COPY.
Offered by Jeff Weber Rare Books
El presente Diploma acredita la asistencia de; Prof. J. M. Barragan, Al primer curso Post-Graduados sobre temas endocrinologicas . . .
by WILKINS, Lawson] [Medical Diploma, 1953, Spanish].
[Spain]: 1953, 1953. [SIGNED BY] Henry M. Turner, Lawson Wilkins, Ernesto Salgado, Octobre, 19-24, 1953. See: Claude J. Migeon, 'Elizabeth Wilkins McMaster, Remembering Doctor Lawson Wilkins: A Pioneer of Pediatric Endocrinology, North Charleston, South Carolina: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014. ['In the second part of the book, Claude Jean Migeon, MD, recollects meeting with the Wilkins family in Paris as a pediatric student who had been accepted to work under Dr. Wilkins's tutelage at Johns Hopkins Hospital in... Read More
Offered by Jeff Weber Rare Books
Death: A History of Man's Obsessions and Fears.
by WILKINS, Robert.
New York:: Barnes & Noble, (1996)., 1996. 8vo. 90 illustrations, bibliography, index. Quarter black cloth over black paper-backed boards, dust-jacket. Fine. ISBN: 0760700370
Offered by Jeff Weber Rare Books
The surgery of childhood including orthopaedic surgery.
by WILLARD, DeForest (1846-1910).
Philadelphia and London:: J. B. Lippincott, 1910., 1910. 26 cm. Thick 8vo. xxxi, [1], 800 pp. Color frontis., 712 illus. (some color), index. Original green blind and gilt-stamped cloth. Signature of Dr. A. R. Allen; bookplate of Frederick A. Frye. Very good. "Dr. Willard soon discovered that his true passion lied in orthopaedics and thus led the effort to organize the nation's first freestanding Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania. He was appointed lecturer in... Read More
Offered by Jeff Weber Rare Books
Papers on etherification and on the constitution of salts.
by WILLIAMSON, Alexander W.
Edinburgh:: Alembic Club, 1902. Series: Alembic Club Reprints, No. 16., 1902. 187 x 125 mm. Small 8vo. 62, [ads, 2] pp. 2 figs. Blue cloth; rubbed, top cover soiled. Very good.
Offered by Jeff Weber Rare Books
East African plateaus and rift valleys.
by WILLIS, Bailey.
Washington:: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1936. Carnegie Institution of Washington, Publication No. 470. At head of title: Studies in Comparative Seismology., 1936. 296 x 235 mm. 4to. x, 358 pp. Color frontis., 72 plates, 16 figs., tables, bibliog., index. Gilt-stamped dark green cloth; lightly rubbed, corners bumped. Ex library spine label removed, rubber stamps, label in front paste-down removed. Very good.
Offered by Jeff Weber Rare Books
The Sense of the Past: Essays in the History of Philosophy. Edited and with an introduction by Myles Burnyeat.
by WILLIAMS, Bernard (1929-2003).
Princeton, NJ:: Princeton University Press, 2006., 2006. 8vo. xxii, 393, [1] pp. Cloth, dust-jacket. Very good. Williams' here discusses Greek philosophy, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Hume, Sidgwick, Nietzsche, R.G. Collingwood, and Wittgenstein. / "Before his death in 2003, Bernard Williams planned to publish a collection of historical essays, focusing primarily on the ancient world. This posthumous volume brings together a much wider selection, written over some forty years. His legacy lives on in this masterful work, the first... Read More
Offered by Jeff Weber Rare Books
William of Auvergne. De Trinitate. An edition of the Latin text with an introduction.
by William of Auvergne; SWITALSKI, Bruno.
Toronto:: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 1976., 1976. 8vo. ix, 269 pp. Printed wrappers. Ownership signature on ffep. Fine. "William of Auvergne or Paris, (ca.1180/90–1249), Bishop of Paris from 1228 until his death in 1249, was one of the first wave of thinkers in the Latin West to engage with the writings on natural philosophy and metaphysics by Greek, Islamic and Jewish thinkers that had recently become available in Latin translation." / Stanford Ency. of Philosophy. ISBN:... Read More
Offered by Jeff Weber Rare Books
A Rational Exposition of the Physical Signs of the Diseases of the Lungs and Pleura; illustrating their pathology and facilitating their diagnosis. Second American from the Last London Edition.
by WILLIAMS, Charles James Blasius (1805-1889).
Philadelphia:: Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1834., 1834. 8vo. 205, [1] pp. 2 plates and tables. Original quarter cloth, boards; lacks spine label, rubbed. Dual ownership signatures & rubber-stamps of Dr. J.B. Barclay (ffep, p. viii; rubber-stamps: title). Very good. RARE. Interesting plate on how to construct a stethoscope using ivory and leather. / After a sound classical education from his father, [Williams] went to Edinburgh University, where he graduated as M.D. in 1824. He then studied for a... Read More
Offered by Jeff Weber Rare Books
"On the artificial formation of organic substances."
by WILLIAMS, Charles Greville (1829-1910).
Offprint from:: Royal Institution of Great Britain, Weekly Evening Meeting, Friday, May 8, 1868., 1868. 8vo. 8 pp. Self-wraps. Fine.
Offered by Jeff Weber Rare Books
Urology in Childhood. Series: Handbuch der Urologie / Encyclopedia of Urology, XV supplement. Berlin, Heidelberg,
by WILLIAMS, D. Innes [David Innes] (1919-2013).
New York:: Springer-Verlag, 1974., 1974. 8vo. xxii, [2], 458, [2] pp. 218 figs. Navy gilt-stamped cloth, dust-jacket. Rubber-stamp of Ruben F. Gittes, MD. Very good. This text is meant as a supplement to the author's 1959 book of the same title. This works revises work in the prior publication. With new contributions included from G. H. Newns, 'Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia', and P. E. Polani, S. M. Kohlinsky, & J. D. Singer, 'sex Chromosome Anomalies and Intersex States.' /... Read More
Offered by Jeff Weber Rare Books
The plague killers.
by WILLIAMS, Greer.
New York:: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1969)., 1969. FIRST EDITION. 216 x 147 mm. 8vo. xii, 345 pp. Frontis., bibliog., index. Green cloth, gilt spine, dust-jacket. Fine.
Offered by Jeff Weber Rare Books
The history of science in Western civilization. The scientific revolution, Volume II.
by WILLIAMS, L. Pearce & Henry John STEFFENS.
New York & London:: University Press of America, (1978)., 1978. 8vo. 348 pp. Printed wrappers. Fine. ISBN: 0819103276
Offered by Jeff Weber Rare Books
Introduction to Chemical Science.
by WILLIAMS, R. P.
Boston:: Ginn & Co., 1893., 1893. Later printing. 8vo. xvi, 214 pp. Engraved frontis., figs., index; occasional early pencil marginalia. Brown cloth; spine ends & corners rubbed. Early ownership signature of R. L. Dreyer. Very good.
Offered by Jeff Weber Rare Books
A Catalogue of Valuable Modern Books in General Literature, Comprising History, Theology, Biography, Natural History, Architecture, Engineering, Illustrated Works, Etc. Part 1. 1856.
by Willis and Sotheran.
London:: Willis and Sotheran, 1856., 1856. (220 x 140 mm). 16 pp. Self-wraps. Very good.
Offered by Jeff Weber Rare Books
Die wunder des mikroskops oder die Welt im kleinsten Raume.
by WILLKOMM, (Heinrich) Morik, (1821-1895).
Leipzig:: Otto Spamer, 1871., 1871. 224 x 160 mm. 8vo. viii, 366 pp. Frontis., 263 figs., index; title page loose, PAGES BRITTLE, occasional pencil marginalia. Original blind- and gilt-stamped green cloth; rebacked, original spine laid down, new endleaves, corners showing. Good. THIRD EDITION. A popular introduction to the marvels of the microscopical world.
Offered by Jeff Weber Rare Books
Retinal structure and colour vision. A Restatement and an Hypothesis.
by WILLMER, E. N.
Cambridge:: Cambridge University Press, 1946., 1946. 8vo. xii, 231 pp. 6 color plates, 77 text figs., index. Red cloth, gilt-stamped spine title, dust. jacket. Very good.
Offered by Jeff Weber Rare Books
Untersuchungen uber die Assimilation der Kohlensaure.
by WILLSTATTER, Richard (1872-1942), & Arthur STOLL.
Berlin:: Julius Springer, 1918., 1918. Tall 8vo. viii, 448 pp. 16 figs. and 1 pl. Original printed wrappers; soiled, chipped, spine split. Rubber stamps and signature of Wilhelm Friedrich Ritter, Vienna. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION of their papers on photosynthesis. Willstatter was interested in the assimilation by green plants of carbon dioxide. In 1915 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for chemistry in recognition of his "pioneering researches on plant pigments, especially chlorophyll." - DSB, XIV, pp. 411-12.
Offered by Jeff Weber Rare Books
Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics.
by WILSON, A. H.
Cambridge:: University Press, 1957., 1957. 264 x 185 mm. Tall 8vo. xv, 495 pp. Figs., bibliog., indexes; ink and pencil marginalia. Navy cloth; spine ends rubbed, lower corner bumped. Ownership signature and notations in preliminaries. Very good.
Offered by Jeff Weber Rare Books
"The origin of colonial organisms."
by WILSON, Andrew (1852-1912).
Offprint from:: Royal Institution of Great Britain, Weekly Evening Meeting, Friday, February 4, 1881., 1881. 8vo. 4 pp. Self-wraps. Fine.
Offered by Jeff Weber Rare Books
Sacred Books of the East; Including selections from the Vedic Hymns, Zend-Avesta, Dham-Mapada, Upanishads, the Koran, and the Life of Buddha.
by WILSON, Epiphanius.
New York:: Willey, 1945., 1945. 8vo. v, [3], 457, [1] pp. Frontis. port., 3 illus. Burgundy gilt-stamped cloth. Ownership signature of Richard Weiss. Near fine.
Offered by Jeff Weber Rare Books