Price Theory. A Provisional Text
by Friedman, Milton - MONETARY REVOLUTION
Chicago: Aldine Publishing Company, 1962. First Edition. First Printing.. Original publisher's printed wrappers.. Very good; some sunning to the spine and left edge of the front wrapper.. 4to, 285, [3] pp.. Typescript. A SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR. This copy also bearing the ownership signature of the economist Richard L Rudolph. A rare and exceptional copy of a key book in post war economic theory and one of lasting impact on the American economy. This is... Read More
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The Place of Photoelasticity in the Analysis of Statically Indeterminate Structures
by Frocht, M M
Pittsburgh: Carnegie Inst. of Tech., 1938. First Edition.. Original publisher's printed wrappers.. A very good copy.. 8vo. The text is illus. throughout. 53 pp. The first statement of this new and powerful analytical tool for modern steel and concrete structures of the statically indeterminate type, e.g., bridges. The first to apply this type of analysis was the French engineer A Mesnager in 1913 when he built a glass model of his bridge design for Balme over the Rhone... Read More
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Anleitung zum Unterricht des Fussvolkes in dem Gebrauch des Feuergewehres
by Fromm, F[erdinand] L[udwig] v[on]
Ulm: Stettin, 1823. First Edition.. Contemporary three-quarter leather.. Very good; rear joint split and backstrip separated. There is a mounted leather label on the spine with a number and gilt stamped words at the base of the spine: Militar / Bibliothek - no accessioning.. 8vo, [8], [1] - 111, [1 - blank] pp. + large folding plate and large folding table. A ms note on the inside front cover gives the cost of the book and the... Read More
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Beobachtungen auf dem Gebiete der Augenheilkunde
by Fronmuller, C T C - OPHTHALMOLOGY
Furth: J Schmid, 1850. First Edition.. orig. printed wrappers.. A good copy; spine reinforced with library tape.. 8vo. Fronmuller describes himself as a ' practical ' physician, i.e., he did not have a medical degree. The book is a listing and analysis of the selected cases that he encountered while practicing in Furth ( small rural town near Nurnberg). Although not rigorous from a scientific viewpoint the ernest and meticulous presentation of facts provides a valuable record of... Read More
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Physikalische Phaenomene des Mediumismus ....
by Fr. von Schrenk - Notzing, A
Munich: E Reinhardt, 1920. First Edition.. Front wrapper mounted on a cloth binding of the period (original?).. Very good.. 8vo, x, [1] - 201 pp. The book is illustrated throughout. A record of the author's extensive research and investigations on the most noteworthy mediums of the day. He also includes reports and work of others. Crabtree #1788; see Gaud for entries.
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Improvement to Palmer's Endless Self-Computing Scale and Key ....
by Fuller, John E
New York: Printed for the Publisher [Aaron Palmer], 1846. First Edition - separately issued.. Original publisher's blind and gilt stamped cloth.. Very good.. 12mo, 72 pp. This is the final set of instructions printed for the third issue of Palmer's Computing Scale. It has a new introduction but the same text as the 1844 Key .... Fuller became associated with Palmer some time in 1845 just before the third issue of the computing scale was produced. This contained... Read More
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Eine Restitution Oder eine Erklarung ....
by Funck, H
Philadelphia: A Armbruster in Moravien Ally, 1763. First Edition.. Original three quarter leather. Good; some wear to the binding and overall toning.. 4to, Funck was the first Mennonite bishop in colonial America. The book, published posthumously by his children, deals with bible history and interpretation. Arndt #276; Evans #9393.
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Arthur B Davies, Essays on the Man and His Art
by Phillips Memorial Gallery
Washington D C: Phillips Memorial Gallery, 1924. Subscriber's Edition.. Full blue publisher's morocco.. Fine.. Small folio. The book is illus. throughout; original Davies pastel accompanies the book. This is #36 of 50 copies issued. It is accompanied by and original pastel drawing of Davies that meas. appx. 6 x 10 inches.
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[Manuscript] Medical Diploma for William Gambel, naturalist,
by Gambel, W
Philadelphia: Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1848. Unique.. As issued.. Very good.. Folio. The medical diploma of William Gambel offered with his certificate of membership in the Academy of Natural Science. The signature of S G Morton among others is on the certificate of membership, and on the diploma: N Chapman, W Gibson, W Horner, S Jackson, G Wood, H Hodge, and J Rogers. Gambel was born in Philadelphia in 1823. In 1838 he travelled with the naturalist Thomas Nuttall... Read More
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Vignette Authors
by Selchow & Righter - GAME
New York: Selchow & Righter, 1874. First Edition.. Original printed paper box.. Very good.. Original chromolithographic decorated box with 72 playing cards and sheet of instructions. Complete as issued. Handsome, well preserved literary game. Absent from the Kaplan sale catalog.
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Rules and Instructions for Playing at Skittles
by Society of Gentleman - GAMES
London: G Kearsley, 1786. First Edition.. As issued.. Very good copy; some overall toning; two small remnants (verso) of old linen hinges along the top border.. Broadside. There is a hand colored engraving atop three columns of text; it is an engraving, to scale, of a double Skittle Ground. A broadside printing the rules and instructions for playing the game (akin to bowling) and illustrating the playing field with players. The item meas. appx. 12 x 18.5 inches.
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Military Bridge Over the Chickahominy, No. 1
by Gardner, Alexander - CIVIL WAR PHOTOGRAPH
Washington DC: Philip & Solomons, [1865]. First Edition. Not bound.. Very good; mat has been unevenly cut down (220 x 263 mm) but retains the full printed text; small border of masking tape remainder around the perimeter of the mat verso; a bit of marginal dustiness.. 4to. A deep, robust albumen print from a negative of "Q" B Woodbury [Woodbury's first initial should be "D" but the mat is imprinted "Q"] dated June,1862 and printed by Gardner for... Read More
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A Treatise on the Artificial Propagation of Certain Kinds of Fish ....
by Garlick, Theodatus
Cleveland: Tho. Brown ... Ohio Farmer Office, 1857. First Edition.. Original publisher's blind stamped cloth.. Good with some modest chipping to the cloth and moderate foxing.. 8vo, 142, [2 - adverts] pp. + 4 lithographic plates on tinted paper and text illustrations throughout. Garlick worked as a stone mason and blacksmith to support himself and eventually study medicine to become a surgeon. He was noted for his particular skill in nascent the field of plastic surgery (!). He... Read More
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Address in Commemoration of the Founding of the Pennsylvania Hospital ....
by Garrett, J B
Philadelphia: The Hosp., 1901. First Edition.. orig. prtd. wrappers.. A near fine copy.. sm. 4to. An informative address on the history of the hospital subsequent to the Civil War by one of its managers.
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Uebersicht der vornehmsten Principien der Sittenlehre ....
by Garve, C - ETHICS - ARISTOTLE
Breslau: W G Korn, 1798. First Edition.. contemp. paste paper bds... A good copy; some rubbing to the covers; old, small inst. stamp on the title; release stamp on verso of title.. 12mo. An exposition of moral systems from Aristotle to Kant (to whom the book is dedicated and the introduction addressed). See Hoffmann 1, 349 for Garve's trans. of the Ethics..
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Cours de Chimie, 2 vols.
by Gay-Lussac, J L
Paris: Pichon et Didier, 1828. First Edition.. Contemporary half leather.. A very good copy; spotting throughout.. 8vo; retaining the five pages of errata and 'Advis' slip noted by Cole. An important book based on a student's comprehensive notes. The volumes contain the 33 lectures (with separate pagination) Gay-Lussac gave between April and August of 1828. His lectures give provide a ' proof ' of the atomic theory and contain much that is of interest on the constitution of... Read More
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Briefe nebst einer praktischen Abhandlung von dem guten Geschmacke in Briefen - BOUND WITH - Geistliche Oden und Lieder
by Gellert, C F - ARTS & VERSE
Leipzig: M G Weidmanns Erben und Reich, 1769 / 1767. Later printings.. Contemporary three-quarter leather.. Good; overall toning; binding is scraped and worn.. 8vo, I - [10], [1] - 188 pp.; II - xvi, [1] - 146, [4 - contents] pp. Gellert, now forgotten despite a critical edition of his works as late as 1989, was the author of a watershed novel (Leben der Schwedischen Gräfinn ...., 1747) in Germany. The author feels the epistolary format provides latitude... Read More
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Manual of Surgical Anatomy
by US Army - Surgeon General
[Washington]: US Government, 1918. First Edition.. orig. publisher's cloth.. A near fine copy.. 8vo. The volume is illus. throughout. A standard work issued during WWI.
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Diary/notebook with original art work
by Gennert, Emil F - ILLUSTRATED DIARY
[New York]: Unique., 1928 - 1935. In an archival box.. Good; clean throughout; front cover missing; first few leaves with chipped edges and a light, small tide mark along the edges.. Oblong folio that meas. appx. 11 x 16 inches; appx. 170 pages. Each page with an original watercolor or pen & ink sketch accompanied by mounted photographs and often by news articles with hand-written commentary. Gennert, a German immigrant to the United States, lived most of his... Read More
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De la Physiologie du Systeme Nerveux, et Specialement du Cerveau ...., 2 vols.
by Georget, [J-E]
Paris: J B Bailliere, 1821. First Edition.. Original paper wrappers with paper labels.. Near fine, some wear to the backstrips.. 8vo. Georget died at the age of 31. He was, by all reports, Esquirol's favorite student. In his brief career he introduced an intriguing new concept, i.e., mental illness was one manifestation of an underlying brain disorder. As a physician he felt that he encountered the ailment at different stages of its presentation. He was, according to Clarke... Read More
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De usu frigidae in haemoptysim et quocumque sanguinis profluvium mechanico-physica dissertatio ....
by Gervasi, Ignatius
Rome: Joannis Zempel, 1756. First Edition.. twentieth cent. half leather.. A good copy; tide mark effecting last nine leaves.. 4to. [12], (i)ii-cxv, [1] pp. An unusual treatise on the use of cold in surgery. The author presents a hypothetical mechanical analogy to the problems. Wellcome II, p.110; NUC cites 1 loc.
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Materials and Testing Machines
by Gibbons, C H
Pittsburgh: Instruments Publishing Co., 1935. First Edition.. orig. cloth.. A very good copy.. 8vo. There are illlus. throughout. An explanation of the theory and use of the machines for materials testing. Well done.
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A Condensation of Matter Upon the ... Surgical Operations of the Diseases of the Eye ....
by Gibson, J M
Baltimore: W R Lucas, 1832. First Edition.. Original muslin backed grey paper boards.. Very good; spine somewhat worn; front cover nearly loose; some foxing.. 4to, [8], [7] - 203, [1], [12 - explanation of the plates] pp. + 12 full page lithographic plates. The second American book on ophthalmology. What is of greatest interest in the book are the lithographic plates that were drawn by the author and executed by Endicott & Swett in New York. Becker #153.
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Original cotton on linen sampler framed with a 12 line manuscript poem dated 1827
by Giles, Jane - SAMPLER & POEM
American(?). Framing is later than the manuscript or sampler.. Overall very good; sampler mounted at corners; paper, spot mounted, is torn and rumpled at the margins.. Oblong sampler (with hemmed, irregular, border) offering 5 lines of alphabets in differing styles and a sewn signature measuring appx. 120 x 330 mm. Accompanied by a dated manuscript poem entitled "Who is she" signed "Anonymous" and dated June 20,1827. There is an indeterminate signature (most likely not that of Ms Giles)... Read More
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Demokratie und Bismarck. Ein ehrliches Wort über das Recht auf Arbeit
by Gilles, F - ECONOMICS
Dusseldorf: F Bagel, 1885. First Edition.. Contemporary half leather.. Fine.. 8vo, [4], [1] - 172 pp. The last 6 pages of text are an appendix of contemporary reviews of the author's previous economic writings. Gilles was a journalist and Social Democrat. The book offered here is one of the grand debate in Germany concerning the rights of workers, wages, and the structure of an equitable society. Gilles emigrated to the UK in 1887 and was later to become... Read More
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