The Eccentric Mirror: reflecting a faithful and interesting delineation of male and female characters, ancient and modern. . . . In four volumes.
by WILSON, George H. (fl. 1806-1813).
London:: printed for James Cundee, [1806-7]., 1806. Four volumes. 12mo. varied pagination (40 separate sequences). 4 frontispieces, 4 illustrated half titles, 25 additional engraved plates, indices; bit stained, foxed, torn and dog-eared. Blind and gilt-stamped calf over boards; worn. Ownership ink signatures on frontis. and title verso of vol. 1. Very good. Scarce. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. RARE, COMPLETE SET, BOUND WITH ALL 40 PARTS. An interesting and amusing compilation of sundry characters, from artists to noblemen. Commencing with... Read More
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Great Men of Science: Their Lives and Discoveries.
by WILSON, Grove.
Garden City, NY:: Garden City Publishing, (1929)., 1929. 8vo. x, 397 pp. Frontispiece, bibliography. Blue-stamped green cloth; spine darkened, covers slightly soiled. Bookplate of Ralph Sonnenschein. Very good.
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Micrometrical Measurements of Double Stars, 1882-6, Made with the 11-Inch Equatorial.
by WILSON, H. C.
Cincinnati:: Cincinnati Observatory, 1890., 1890. 8vo. 70 pp. Tables. Original printed wrappers; spine worn, early ms. on cover. Early rubber stamps (cover & title). Very good.
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Memoirs of Captain James Wilson, Containing an Account of His Enterprises and Sufferings in India, His Conversion to Christianity, His Missionary Voyage to the South Seas, and his Peaceful and Triumphant Death.
by [WILSON, James (1760-1814)] GRIFFIN, John.
Boston:: Samuel T. Armstrong, 1822., 1822. 8vo. iv, [9]-219, [1] pp. [as published]. Frontis. Mottled calf, gilt-paneled spine, red leather gilt-stamped spine label; corners slightly rubbed. Very good +. First American edition. Wilson was a British explorer, best known for his voyage conveying missionaries to islands in the South Pacific (Tahiti, Tonga, the Marquesas Islands). He also surveyed a number of islands in the area, including Fiji and the Caroline Islands, along with many others.
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Progress in cosmic ray physics, Volume II.
by WILSON, J. G., editor.
Amsterdam:: North-Holland; New York: Interscience, 1954., 1954. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. xi, 322 pp. Figs., tables, bibliog., index. Blind- and gilt-stamped red cloth, dust-jacket; jacket worn, else fine. Ownership signature of Erle Howell Jr., 1954. The editor, J.G. Wilson, M.A., Ph.D., F. Inst. P., was associated with the University of Leeds. PROVENANCE: Erle Howell Jr., wrote, "A Cloud Chamber Study of the Electromagnetic Processes of the Sea-level Cosmic Ray Particles and the Momentum Distribution of the Primaries of Counter-selected... Read More
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Progress in cosmic ray physics.
by WILSON, J. G., editor.
Amsterdam:: North-Holland; New York: Interscience, 1952., 1952. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. xvi, 557 pp. Figs., tables, bibliog., index. Blind- and gilt-stamped red cloth; spine faded, inner hinges cracked. Ownership signature. Good.
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![Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland; Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative. "A Companion to the Waverley Novels" [stated on top of all titles but vol. 3].](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/128/411/1126411128.0.l.jpg)
Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland; Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative. "A Companion to the Waverley Novels" [stated on top of all titles but vol. 3].
by WILSON, John Mackay (1804 - 1835).
New York:: Martin, Johnson & Co., Robert Martin, Johnson, Fry and Co., [no date; circa 1853]., 1853. Five volumes (publisher differs). Royal 8vo. vii, [1], 584; 620, [2]; 601, [3]; 602, [2]; 589, [3], 48 pp. Frontis., pictorial half title (only vol. 1), glossary (vol. 5); foxed throughout, small stain on p. 34 of vol. 5. Half gilt-stamped black morocco over gray cloth, a.e.g., spine tail stamped N. Van Vranken in gilt; extremities worn. Bookplate of Sondley Reference Library,... Read More
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Group of 7 offprints. Includes: WILSON. "The Analysis of Nova Emission Bands."
by WILSON, O. C.
Offprint from:: Astrophysical Journal, vol. 80, 1934., 1934. 8vo. 10 pp. Figs. Printed wrappers. FINE. WITH: WILSON. "Absolute Dimensions of a Wolf-Rayet Star and the Expanding-Envelope Hypothesis." Offprint from: Astrophysical Journal, vol. 95, 1942. 8vo. 19 pp. Figs. Printed wrappers. Full list available on request.
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Surgery, Skin and Syphilis. Daniel Turner's London (1667-1741).
by WILSON, Philip K.
Atlanta:: Rodopi, 1999., 1999. 8vo. xv, 312 pp. Illus., bibliog. Pictorial wrappers. FINE.
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General Catalogue of Stellar Radial Velocities. Prepared at the Mount Wilson Observatory, Pasadena, California.
by WILSON, Ralph Elmer (1886-1960).
Washington, DC:: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1963., 1963. Series: Publication 601. Papers of the Mount Wilson Observatory, vol. VIII. 4to. x, 344 pp. Original blue printed wrappers; fading. Very good. Second printing (first issued in 1953). Catalogue of 15,106 entries for various stars. This work advances that of Dr. Joseph H. Moore, whose Lick Observatory findings in 1932 listed data on 6739 stars. / Wilson joined the Mount Wilson Observatory in 1939. He published multiple papers on stellar... Read More
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Pious Traders in Medicine; A German Pharmaceutical Network in Eighteenth-Century North-America.
by WILSON, Renate (1930-2008).
University Park:: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000., 2000. 8vo. xiv, 258 pp. 15 figs., 15 tables, index. Black white-stamped cloth, dust-jacket. Very good. Scarce in jacket. ISBN: 0271020520 "A fundamental contribution to the discussion of the 'medical marketplace.' Wilson demonstrates the intimate associations between religious and medical Pietism and their commercial underpinnings in ways previously hardly imagined. Her careful and painstaking archival investigations are presented clearly and vigorously. This is a path-breaking work of impeccable scholarship, innovative and... Read More
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The Ocean as a Health Resort: a practical handbook of the sea for the use of tourists and health-seekers. Second edition.
by WILSON, William Samuel.
London:: J. & A. Churchill, 1881., 1881. Small 8vo. xvi, 351, [1], [12] pp. Ex-library copy with markings on title. Rear pocket with a large folding chart of the world showing the principal ocean routes and illustrating the physical geography of the sea; modest and neat repair to the splitting on the plate fold, some loss to top edge. Original green gilt-stamped cloth; extremities worn, joints heavily repaired with kozo. Good working copy. Particularly of Australia and New... Read More
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Conducted by an Association of Physicians. "Health-the poor man's riches, the rich man's bliss." Volume I.
by [Wine and Malt Liquor] The Journal of Health.
Philadelphia:: L. Johnson, 1830., 1830. "4th improved edition." 8vo. 385-90, 381 pp. Foxed throughout, not hindering legibility. Original red cloth, spine paper title label; front cover detached but present, ffe loose, extremities worn, spine chipped. Rear free endpaper early ownership signature. As is. RARE. The first volume of a pioneer American health journal published from 1829-33. It features a selection of fascinating perspectives on medicine, including analyses of the effects on health of headwear, wine and malt liquor... Read More
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Group of 2 offprints. Includes: WINGE, & Catherine ROBERTS. "Inheritance of Enzymatic Characters in yeasts, and the Phenomenon of Long-Term Adaptation."
by WINGE, Ojvind (1886-1964).
Offprint from: Comptes Rendus des Travaux du Laboratoire Carlsberg Serie Physiologique, vol. 24, no. 22. Copenhagen:: Bianco Luno, 1948., 1948. 8vo. 263-315 pp. 3 photographic plates (1 folding), figs. Original printed wrappers. Rubber stamp of Norman Horowitz. FINE. Winge was a Danish geneticist and mycologist who made substantial contributions to the study of yeast genetics. WITH: WESTERGAARD, M. "Ojvind Winge 1886-1964." Offprint from: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, vol. 10, 1964. 8vo. 357-369 pp. Frontis.... Read More
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Handbuch der Physik, Band 1: Allgemeine Mechanik; [with] Band 2, Abtheilung 1: Optik; [with] Band 2, Abtheilung 2: Warme; [with] Band 3, Abtheilung 1: Elektricitat und Magnetismus; [with] Band 3, Abtheilung 2: Elektricitat und Magnetismus.
by WINKELMAN, Adolph (1848-1910) [ed].
Breslau:: Eduard Trewendt, 1891-1895., 1891. Series: Encycklopaedie der Naturwissenschaft, Abtheilung 3: I. Theil: Handbuch der Physik. Five volumes. 8vo. [5], ii, [2], 878; [4], 855, [1]; vi, 887, [1], lv; [7], 546; [5], 592 pp. 297; 190; 128; 108; 206 figures. Early half brown cloth over marbled paper-backed boards, gilt-stamped spines; extremities worn, edges occasionally dented, spine edges torn in some places. Good. Contributing authors include F. Auerbach, E. Brodhun, F. Braun, S. Czapski, K. Exner, W. Feussner,... Read More
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Zusammenstellung der Patente auf dem Gebiete der organischen Chemie, 1877 bis 1905. Geordnet nach dem Charakter der chemischen Verbindungen und mit einleitenden Ubersichten der Darstellungsweisen, der Konstitutionen und Gesetzmassigkeiten. [I: Organische Verbindungen; II: Organische Farbstoffe; III: Verzeichnisse, auslandische Patente, Register].
by WINTHER, Adolf.
Giessen:: Alfred Topelmann (J. Ricker), 1908-1910., 1908. 3 volumes. Volume one: [ohne Farbstoffcharakter]. 4to. [viii], 1382; viii, 1680; [iv], 650 pp. Pocket at rear of vol. II. Original olive-green (grayish) linen with black lettering; unusually fine save for head of spine of vol. II being frayed. Rubber stamp on title-pages of Professor Marston Taylor Bogert, Columbia University, New York. Very good +. First and only edition of this standard on German organic chemistry patents, including dystuffs. "Finally, as... Read More
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Modern views on the secretion of urine. The Cushny Memorial Lectures.
by WINTON, F. R., editor.
Boston:: Little, Brown, 1956., 1956. FIRST EDITION. 224 x 146 mm. 8vo. vii, 292 pp. Frontis. port. of Cushny, figs., indexes. Red cloth, gilt spine. Very good.
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William Withering of Birmingham.
by [WITHERING] PECK, T. Whitmore, & K. Douglas WILKINSON.
Baltimore:: Williams & Wilkins, 1950., 1950. First American edition. 8vo. viii, 239 pp. Frontis., 52 plates, index. Green cloth. A FINE COPY.
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William Withering of Birmingham.
by [WITHERING, William] PECK, T. Whitmore, & K. Douglas WILKINSON.
Bristol:: John Wright & Sons, 1950., 1950. First English edition. 8vo. viii, 239 pp. 52 plates, index. Cloth, gilt spine. FINE.
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X-Ray Dosage in Treatment and Radiography.
by WITHERBEE, William D. & John REMER.
New York:: Macmillan, 1923., 1923. Small 8vo. vi, 87 pp. Maroon cloth, gilt-stamped cover and spine titles; corners and lower edge bumped. Ex-library bookplate and ink stamp, signature of Andrew M. Davidson. Very good.
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William Withering: the introduction of digitalis into medical practice.
by [WITHERING, William (1741-1799)] RODDIS, Louis Harry (1886-1969).
New York:: Paul D. Hoeber, 1936., 1936. 20 cm. Sm. 8vo. xi, [1], 131 pp. 8 plates. Navy gilt-stamped cloth. Bookplate of Frederick A. Frye. Very good+. William Withering FRS was an English botanist, geologist, chemist, physician and first systematic investigator of the bioactivity of digitalis. He trained as a physician and studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh Medical School. Withering is best known for his treatise An Account of the Foxglove, and Some of Its Medical... Read More
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Hayfever Plants: Their Appearance, Distribution, Time of Flowering, and their Role in Hayfever, with special Reference to North America.
by WODEHOUSE, Roger P.
Waltham, MA:: Chronica Botanica, 1945., 1945. 8vo. xix, 245, vi pp. Frontis., 73 illustrations, bibliog., 2 indexes; ownership stamps on front and back endpapers. Gilt-stamped navy cloth; rubbed. Very good.
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Uber das Verhalten der Doppelbilder bei Augenmuskellahmungen.
by WOINOW, Michail Michailovic (1844-1875).
Vienna:: Wilhelm Braunmuller, 1870., 1870. 4to. [2] pp. 15 color plates. Original printed wrappers; covers mounted, edges worn, upper corner crunched. Offprint. Dedicated to H. Helmholtz. On the behavior of the eye muscle in double-vision paralysis.
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Practical and technical electricity; house wiring.
by WOLBER, Joseph G. & Otto K. ROSE.
Chicago:: Goodheart-Willcox, 1928., 1928. The American Electrician Series. SECOND EDITION. 8vo. [x], 336, [ads 3] pp. 662 figs., index. Gilt-stamped black cloth. Very good.
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A History of Science Technology, and Philosophy in the 16th & 17th Centuries.
by WOLF, A.
New York:: Macmillan, 1939., 1939. Thick 8vo. xxvii, 692 pp. Frontis., numerous illus., index. Blue cloth. FINE. FIRST EDITION. Detailed illustrated history of science with chapters on all major areas of scientific endeavor including: astronomy, physics, mathematics, mechanics, meteorology, chemistry, geology, geography, medicine, philosophy, psychology, etc.
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