A Treatise on the Diseases of the Chest, ... Their Diagnosis Established on a New Principle by Means of Acoustick Instruments
by Laennec, R T H
Philadelphia: J Webster, 1823. First American Edition.. Full contemporary calf.. Good; some foxing and spotting; joints cracked; small chip at the head of the spine.. FG. 8vo, viii, [1] - 319 pp. + 8 lithographic plates. The first American edition of this medical classic. This book introduced Laennec's breakthrough in the invention of the stethoscope and the interpretation of heart sounds that began a new era in the diagnosis of cardiac disease. One of the most important medical... Read More
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Autograph note and diagram explaining Laffer's theory
by Laffer, Arthur - THE LAFFER CURVE - ECONOMICS
Dated 1/82. Mounted at several points with careful spot stitches (in what was considered an "artful" manner) within a wood framed shadow box of the period that meas. appx. 25.5 x 23 inches.. Very good.. A large white linen dinner napkin inscribed in black ink with a note and illustration of the famous "Laffer Curve" in Laffer's hand. Beside the famous diagram that illustrates Laffer's tax/revenue theorem the note reads: Bruce Baky / This is the / only curve I'll... Read More
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Original watercolor of a Grumman J2F "Duck" search & rescue seaplane at Guadalcanal
by Laidman, Hugh Herbert - GUADALCANAL
Guadalcanal: Unique, 1942. Very good with "fresh" color.. Large, accomplished, watercolor that measures appx. 15 x 22 inches; signed "Sgt. H Laidman". The watercolor is early in the battle for Guadalcanal because it is signed "Sgt." therefore before Laidman's battlefield commission. The sheet of watercolor paper is mounted (not recent) to board; hand-written label on verso. In 1942, Hugh Laidman, commercial artist, enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and served as a Sergeant with the aviation unit... Read More
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Catalogue of the European Armour and Arms in the Wallace Collection at Hertford House
by Laking, Guy Francis
London: HMSO, 1900. First Edition.. Contemporary three-quarter sheep with original printed front green paper wrapper bound in.. Good; binding chafed; front hinge broken.. 4to, vi, [2], [1] - 357, [3] pp. + inserted folding ground plan of the building and collection. A detailed listing of weaponry from the sixteenth century.
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Pont en Pierre à Construire sur la Seine, à Rouen
by [Lamandé, Mandé Corneille] - BRIDGE AT ROUEN
Paris: Goeury, 1815. First Edition. Contemporary full green dyed calf with blind stamped roll and broad gilt rule; elaborate gilt spine panels with raised bands.. Very good; some spotting and toning; modest chafing at the joints.. 4to, [2], 135 pp. + large folding engraved plate. Lamande, one of the finest French engineers of the early 19th century, was responsible for a number of innovative bridge designs, e.g., the multi-span cast iron Austerlitz Bridge in Paris completed in 1806... Read More
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Uber einige neuere Fortschritte der Additiven Zahlentheorie
by Landau, E - MATHEMATICS
Cambridge: Univ. Press, 1937. First Edition.. Original printed wrappers.. A very good copy; small Macmillan sticker over the imprint on the front cover; price correction stamp on rear cover.. 8vo. This is #35 in the Cambridge Tracts in Mathmatics series. Landau's paper of new advances in additive number theory. Landau succeeded Minowski to the chair of mathematics at Gottingen. See DSB.
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Unterricht über das Beschlag, und die Behandlung gesunder und kranker Hufe der Pferde - BOUND WITH - Hulfsbuch zur Erlernung der Anatomie für angehende Huffschmiede
by Langenbacher, Johann / König, Johann - THE HORSE HOOF
Wien und Triest: Geistinger Buchhandlung, 1819 / 1820. Second / First Edition. . Contemporary marbled paper over paste paper boards.. Very good; some toning and dustiness; covers somewhat chipped and worn.. 8vo, I - [8], [1] - 182, [2 - adverts] pp. + 6 folding copper plates (on extended stubs for ease of viewing with text); II - [4], [1] - 236 pp. + 4 folding copper plates. Both texts focus on the importance of the horse's hoof... Read More
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The Chemistry of Pottery
by Langenbeck, Karl - ROOKWOOD POTTERY
Easton, PA: Chemical Publishing Co., 1895. First (only) Edition.. Original publisher's red pebble grain cloth.. Very good.. 8vo, [2], vi, [1] - 197, [3 - adverts] pp. + frontispiece and one inserted plate; text illustrations. An important book by a key founding member of the early Rookwood Pottery works. The title page lists him as formerly being the Superintendent of the pottery. This book is virtually unique in the community for its open discussion of clay composition and... Read More
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The Chemistry of Pottery
by Langenbeck, Karl - ROOKWOOD POTTERY
Easton, PA: Chemical Publishing Co. , 1895. First (only) edition.. Original publisher's limp cloth.. Good; binding is worn; text block split and some leaves are loose. The book was issued in a flimsy binding. There are occasional pencil notes.. 8vo, [2], vi, [1] - 197, [3 - adverts] pp. + frontispiece and one inserted plate; text illustrations. An important book by a founding and key member of the early Rookwood Pottery works. The title page lists him as... Read More
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Uber die Wirksamkeit der Medicinischen Polizei
by Langenbeck, M - PUBLIC HEALTH
Gottingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, 1848. First Edition.. Disbound.. A good copy; some overall age darkening.. OFFPRINT. 8vo. An interesting discussion analyzing the responsibilities of the state authorities to citizens and the impact of medical ordinances and jurisdictions upon the offices and operation of municipal government. Hirsch III, 668-' 69.
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Lehrbuch der Hydraulik mit beständiger Rücksicht auf die Erfahrung, 2 parts.
by Langsdorf, K C - HYDRAULICS
Altenburg: Richter, 1794-'96. First Edition.. Contemporary paste paper boards.. A very good copy with some tide marks to the frontis. and several text leaves; 2 early feinr stamps on the title; paper on backstrip abraded in large sections.. 4to, I - cx, [1] - 28, 28b-e, 29 - 655, [656 - blank] pp.; II - xx, [657] - 816 pp. + frontispiece portrait and 53 folding engraved plates of machines, architectural designs etc. The copy once owned by... Read More
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Discours politiques, et militaires.
by La Noue, Franciscus de
[Geneva?]: unknown, 1612. Later Printing.. 19th century polished calf by Palmer Howe, Manchester.. Very good; good margins; vignette title; joints somewhat chafed.. 8vo, [16], 710 pp. The book was widely read by the military elite throughout Europe. Its author was characterized by the Dupuys' Encyclopaedia of Military History as the successor to Machiavelli. de la Noue, a Huguenot, was the principal Protestant leader in the early French Wars of Religion. All of his writing was undertaken as... Read More
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Essai Philosophique sur les Probabilites
by Laplace, [P S]
Paris: V Courcier, 1814. Second Enlarged Edition.. Original pink marbled wrappers.. Fine with some occasional spotty foxing.. 8vo. This Essai is the separately issued introduction to the second edition of Laplace's, Theorie Analytique ... first published in 1812 and appearing with the important supplements and addenda as the second edition, here, in 1814. Laplace's biographer in the DSB notes that this book has had a longer life and greater readership than any other work by the author. '... Read More
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Sport - Talk
by Anon. - ILLUSTRATION [Ring Lardner]
ca. 1920. Unique.. Watercolor paper mounted on board.. A very good copy with fresh color.. Small 4to. Unique watercolor and black ink illustration. It meas. appx. 5.5 x 6.5 inches. An ink and watercolor drawing of a teenage boy running bases under the heading Sport - Talk. The illustration looks to be for a periodical. The author of the piece is identified as Ring Lardner; unfortunately there is nothing in the Lardner bibliography resembling this item.
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Clinica Chirurgica ... nei campi e negli ospedali militari...., 2 vols. bound as one
by Larrey, G - MILITARY MEDICINE
Firenze: Sansone Coen, 1836. First Italian Edition.. 19th cent. leather backed bds.. Fine.. 8vo, I: [4], (5)6 - 390, (3); II: [2], (3)4 - 391, (6) pp. + 21 lithographs of operations (with a notable example of plastic surgery) and pathology. One of the great encyclopaedias of military medicine by its leading 19th cent. practitioner. Larrey presented his decades of experience and practical knowledge in this book: he was one of the first to amputate at the hip-joint;... Read More
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Description of a Machine for Polishing Specula ... Remarks upon the Art of Casting and Grinding Specula ....
by Lassell, W - TELESCOPES - ASTRONOMY
London: Royal Astronomical Soc., 1849. OFFPRINT.. Modern library binding.. A very good copy.. 4to, [2], [1] - 20 pp. + two engraved plates of the machine. An account of Lassell's development of a machine to polish speculum metal mirrors of large telescopes. In this instance the machine was built by the firm of Nasmyth Gaskell & Co. of Glasgow. Lassell maintained his own observatory at Starfield near Liverpool. There he had erected a 24 foot long 19 inch... Read More
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L` Art de Fabriquer le Salin et la Potasse
by [Lavoisier, A L]
Paris: Imp. Royale, 1779. First Edition.. Recent half leather and marbled bds... Very good; folding table possibly supplied from another copy with a repaired tear (no loss).. 8vo. There are 4 folding plates and a folding table. An explicit set of instructions and a review of the technology of the production of salts. Duveen #213.
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The New American Clerk's Magazine, and Complete Practical Conveyancer ... the Whole Selected from the Laws, and Draughts of Actual Practice
by AMERICAN LAW
Hagerstown [MD]: J D Dietrick, 1807. Second Revised Edition.. Full contemporary calf.. Very good; toning.. 8vo, [4], [5] - 380 pp. An excellent copy of legal handbook. The first two leaves are cancels. Absent from Sabin, Marvin and S & S.
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Code of Laws for the District of Columbia: Prepared Under the Authority of the Act of Congress ... 1816
by AMERICAN LAW
Washington: Davis & Force, 1819. First Edition.. Original blue paste paper boards.,. Good; spine abraded with remainder of paper label; spotted; unopened.. 8vo, 575, [1 - blank] pp. In 1816 Congress appointed the judges of the Circuit Court to write a code for the newly established district. This is the first published municipal code. S & S #47836; Sabin #20300; Cohen #10307.
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Declaration des Circulare ... wegen Anlegung lebendiger Hecken
by Germany - PROPERTY RIGHTS - LAW
Berlin: G J Decker, [1782]. First Edition ?. As issued.. A good copy with some toning and marginal stain.. folio. A decree regulating the planting of hedges as property boundaries.
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An Act to Incorporate Medical Societies for the Purpose of Regulating the Practice of Physic and Surgery ... Bye-Laws of the Medical Society
by New York State - Laws
New York: James Cheetham, 1806. First Edition.. Disbound.. Good copy; blind stamp on the title page; removed from binder with residual overstitching holes in gutter.. 8vo. The first state act regulating medical practice in the state of New York. Austin # 1413.
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Mechanick Dialling; or, the new art of shadows ... improved by the addition of a new star dial ....
by Leadbetter, Charles
London: T Caslon, 1773. Fourth Edition.. Full contemporary calf.. Very good with some overall toning; spine chipped and rebacked.. 8vo, xi, [1 - advert], [1] -148 pp. + 13 engraved plates of dials and designs for laying them out. A comprehensive book by an excise officer who conducted polemics in the press of the day and published several technical astronomical books. The book offered here is one of the most straight forward manuals on a complex topic... Read More
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Rapport presente au conseil general ... au nom de la commission des Alienes
by Lefebvre-Durufle, [ ?] - ASYLUMS - INSANITY
Evreux: JJ Ancelle, 1839. First Edition.. contemp. half leather.. Good copy; spotting throughout.. 8vo. There are four fldg. litho. plates of asylums. An important insight into provincial concerns of public health in France. The work offered here is a commission report to the provincial gov't. of the county in where Evreux is located. The commission was charged with the responsibility of examining the plans and proposals for the erection of an asylum. There are a number of statistical... Read More
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The Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Nasal Catarrh
by Lefferts, G M
St Louis: Lambert & Co., 1884. First Edition.. orig.publisher's cloth.. A very good copy; split to cloth along lower portion of spine.. 8vo. There are text illus. throughout. The author's major work. He was professor of laryngoscopy and diseases of the throat at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York. See Rutkow OT-33.
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Experiments on the Principle of Life, and ... the motion of the heart ....
by Le Gallois, M D P
Philadelphia: M Thomas, 1813. First English Edition.. full contemporary calf.. Very good; some minor offsetting; joints chafed.. 8vo. Folding plate. An elusive and important title. Le Gallois described the action of the vagus nerve on respiration and located the respiratory center in the medulla. The plate accompanying the text is dramatic. See G - M # 928 citing the first French edition; Austin # 1139; Norman # 1324; Clarke & O'Malley, Human Brain, pp. 294 - 296.
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