Exercitia Spiritualia
by Loyola, St. Ignatius
Prague: Typis Universitatis Carolo Ferdinandece ...., 1735. Full contemporary calf.. Very good; some minor worm tracks; rebacked at an earlier date in contrasting leather.. Small 4to, unpaginated. 90 leaves (signed: *, A - Rr2) with 27 full page engraved plates. An later printing of Loyola's work accompanied by unusual plates illustrating the stages (emotions?) of the exercises. The illustrator is Samuel Dworzak (the first plate is signed in full) an engraver who worked in Prague through the late... Read More
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Games and Decisions ... A Study of the Behavioral Models Project
by Luce, R D & Raiffa, H
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1957. First Edition.. Original cloth and dustjacket.. A very good copy; some marginal chipping to the dustjacket.. 8vo. The book examines the main structure of the theories to communicate the central ideas and results of game theory and related decision making models. It parallels the earlier work of von Neumann and Morgenstern in Theory of Games ... . The work offered here, however, seeks to explain the major empirical and intuitive criticisms... Read More
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Seeteufel, Abenteuer aus mienem Leben
by Luckner, Graf F v.
Berlin: K F Koehler, 1926. Later Edition.. orig. publisher's dec. cloth.. A good copy; some rubbing to the cloth.. 8vo. The book is illus with halftones.; fldg. map. A story worth reading. It is Luckner's account of his short career aboard the German clipper ship ' Seeadler ' and then on to service aboard German heavy cruisers during WW I. It reads like the best adventure, similar to the great crew story of the Emden and its last... Read More
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Die Wasserkräfte ihr Ausbau und ihre wirtschaftliche Ausnützung, 2 vols.
by Ludin, A - DAMS - CANALS - TURBINES
Berlin: J Springer, 1922. Reprint.. Original publisher's cloth.. A very good copy; signatures torn from the top of half title pages.. 4to. There are numerous tables and text illus.. An encyclopaedia of engineering technology as it applies to the construction of canals, dams, turbines and most other economically viable forms of water power. This is a highly detailed treatise that incorporates European and American developments. What is especially interesting is the attention paid to construction details. Each volume... Read More
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Discorso Sopra la Fabrica e Uso delle Nuove Verghe Astronomiche
by Lupicini, A - INSTRUMENTS
Florence: G Marescotti, 1582. First Edition.. Modern linen over boards.. Good with some erratic spotting and toning; backstrip wanting.. Small 4to, 53, [1 - printer's device & privilege]. The book is illustrated throughout. Lupicini was a military engineer who as early as 1552 had been involved in the sieges of Montalcino and Monticchiello. He also worked as a hydraulic engineer for the city of Venice. The book offered here is his explanation of a new astronomical staff devised... Read More
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Three photographic postcards: 2 of lynchings (one identified) and a third of gallows
by LYNCHINGS
1890s. As issued.. Very good. Unused.. Original photographic postcards. (1) Photograph of the dual lynching of John Ruggles and his brother Charles at Redding, California on July 24, 1892. They were hung in tandem from a derrick. This photograph illustrates their fate in a number of web listings. The brothers were stagecoach robbers in northern California. (2) Unidentified Afro-American male hanging from a tree; no location. (3) Formal execution gallows being prepared in what appears to be a... Read More
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... Account of Experiments ... Relative to the Times of Burning Fuzes Driven by Machine ... with ... correspondence ... on ... artillery ....
by MacDonald, J
London: Printed for the Author, 1819. First Edition.. Modern cloth.. Very good, untrimmed with occasional spotting.. 8vo. The 4 plates illusrate cannon and signalling devices. A somewhat eccentric book made up of two different tracts that the author felt were of urgent military importance. The second tract, here present with its own title page, deals with the rather tired subject of optical telegraphy as a means of distance communication. The first tract, however, concerns itself with artillery, munitions,... Read More
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Erkenntnis und Irrtum
by Mach, E
Leipzig: J A Barth, 1917. Third Rev. Edition.. Original printed wrappers.. Very good; damp stain to upper third of surface of the spine wrapper; unopened.. 8vo, xi, [1], 483, [1 - adverts] pp.; with text illustrations. The uncommon "war printing" of Mach's great epistemological treatise. The book was revised as of the second edition; this third edition carries some minor revisions and has a concordance of references to the previous two printings in a new appendix.
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Über Umbildung und Anpassung im naturwissenschaftlichen Denken
by Mach, E[rnst]
Wien ....: A Hartleben, 1884. First Edition. . Modern marbled paper over boards.. Very good; some overall toning.. 8vo, 16 pp. The text of an address given by Mach when assuming the position of rector at the Carl Ferdinand Univ. in Prague in October of 1883. Mach spent the next 25 years in Prague and produced most of his important work during this period. The lecture presented here deals with the knotty concept of progress of scientific paradigms... Read More
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Notes on the Surgery of the War in the Crimea, with Remarks on the Treatment of Gunshot Wounds
by Macleod, George H.B
Philadelphia: J B Lippincott, 1862. First American Edition.. Original publisher's cloth.. Very good; some minor scrapes/punctures to the cloth; an appealing copy.. 8vo, xii, [13] - 403 pp. The book was published in America as part of the Union effort to provide up-to-date medical references for surgeons. It was also printed in Richmond by the Confederacy the same year. It covers the history & physical characteristics of the Crimea, climate & geology, vegetation, resources & material on the... Read More
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A Treatise on Martial Law; and Courts Martial; as Practiced in the United States of America
by Macomb, A - LAW
Charleston [SC]: Printed and Published for the Author, 1809. First Edition.. Original blue paste paper boards.. Good; with heavy internal spotting to the first 10 leaves and toning; endpapers excised; bold early signatures on title, pastedown and one leaf of text.. 8vo, 6, [6 - erratic pagination], [7] - 340 pp. The first book on military law written and published by an American officer. Macomb was one of the first two student officers to complete a formal program of study... Read More
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Die Centralsonne
by Madler, J H - ASTRONOMY
Dorpat: J C Schumann Witwe, 1846. First Edition.. Original printed wrappers.. Very good with a residual glue stain and portion of mount along spine where it was once bound with other items; feint marginal tide mark on edge.. 4to, [2], [3] - 47 pp. Madler had an appointment at the observatory at Dorpat where he carried out his observations. He is best known for particpation in the authorship and publication of the lunar map. The work offered here... Read More
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As febres intermittentes e a hematuria: memoria sobre as febres palustres de Timor
by Magalhães, Francisco da Silva - AT THE EQUATOR
Macau: Typ. de J Da Silva, 1874. First (only) Edition.. Original printed publisher's wrappers.. Very good; some modest spotting and scribbling on the front wrapper; one small wear spot on the front wrapper.. 8vo, [4], [5] - 42, [2 - blank] pp. Hematuria is a symptom of a diseased condition; it is blood in the urine. General acute fevers in tropical climates that were accompanied by this symptom (usually the result of an untreated infection by the plasmodium... Read More
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Physiological and Chemical Researches on the Use of Prussic of Hydro - Cyanic Acid ....
by Magendie, F [translation by James G Percival]
New Haven: Howe & Spalding, 1820. First English Edition.. Original blue paste paper boards.. Very good; a small piece torn from the blank margin of the title page; spotting & toning.. 8vo, xv, [1], [17] - 86, [2 - adverts] pp. + printed recommendation slip signed in type by Eli Ives and Benjamin Silliman. A detailed account of the author's experiments with the compound as a drug. Tipped into the book is a printed recommendation by B Silliman.... Read More
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An Elementary Course of Civil Engineering for the Use of Cadets of the United States Military Academy
by Mahan, D H
New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1838. Second Revised Edition.. Original publisher's purple cloth.. Good, moderately foxed; fore-edges of plates somewhat rumpled; spine sunned.. 8vo, xxvi, [2 - fly title], [1] - 308 pp. + 14 lithographic plates. The most comprehensive early American fortification and bridge engineering text. Mahan was educated in France at a point in time when the instruction in engineering was at its apex. He was to pass on this experience in the training of the... Read More
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Standard Meteorological Instruments ... List M2
by Negretti & Zambra Scientific Instrument Makers
London: Negretti & Zambra, ca 1920. First Edition.. orig. publisher's cloth.. A very good copy.. 4to. The catalog is illus. throughout. A comprehensive catalog of this makers instruments. There are several sections devoted to instruments for the upper atmosphere, balloon theodolites, testing apparatus etc..
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[Manuscript] Ledger for the Redstone Paper Mill, July 1825 - Nov. 1826
by Anon. - AMERICAN PAPER MAKING
Brownsville [PA]: Redstone Paper Mill, 1825/1826. Manuscript. Original reverse calf.. A good copy; first 60 pages have been utilized as a scrap book in 1880s.. Folio, appx. 280pp. A rare and valuable account ledger for the Redstone Paper Mill that was founded on Redstone Creek in Fayette City (4 miles from Brownsville) appx. 50 miles outside of Pittsburgh in western Pennsylvania in 1796 by Jonathan Sharpless and Samuel Jackson. This paper mill was the first in Pennsylvania west... Read More
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Uber die französische Revolution und die Ursachen ihrer Dauer
by Mallet du Pan, [ J ] trans. by Friedrich Gentz
[Berlin]: [F Vieweg], 1794. First German Edition.. Contemporary three-quarter leather.. Very good; some rubbing to the joints. a bit of bug damage to the leather at base of the spine.. 8vo. Mallet du Pan was the author of the political section of the weekly Mercure de France. His numerous publications and the book offered here take a position against the attempts to remake society and man through revolution. But the book is perhaps best regarded for the efforts... Read More
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Dissertatio Epistolica de Bombyce
by Malpighi, Marcello - INVERTEBRATE ANATOMY
London: J Martyn & J Allestry Regie Societatis Typographos, 1669. First Edition. Full contemporary calf.. Good; some modest overall toning and light spotting to several plates, text crisp and clear; binding worn, chafed, and taped along the backstrip; short, clean tears into four plates (no loss); very good margins throughout.. 4to, [10], 100 pp + 12 engraved folding plates. Contemporary engraved bookplate of the Viscount of Scudmore with a shelf mark in ink. Initial and final blank present.... Read More
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Dissertationes Epistolicae duae, una de Formatione Pulli in Ovo. Altera de Bombyce
by Malpighi, M - EMBRYOLOGY - ANATOMY
London: Martyn, 1673 & 1669. First editions, second issue.. Full contemporary calf.. Very good; rebacked.. 4to. There are 16 engraved plates. The first edition sheets of both works bound up with a new general title. The first work (G-M #469) is a milestone in the history of modern embryology and was unsurpassed until Wolf's rare treatise at the end of the 18th century. Malpighi's book on embryology was an original work that presented many new and correct ideas.... Read More
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Principles of Political Economy Considered with a View to their Practical Application
by Malthus, Thomas R.
London: John Murray, 1820. First Edition.. Recent full calf in a contemporary style.. Very good with some minor spotting at points.. 8vo, vi, [1] - 601, [1 - blank] pp. Malthus published this book at a time when Ricardo's ideas were established orthodoxy. The Principles is the first complete statement of his economic theories. In it the theory of rent is clearly stated and the three main points of debate with Ricardo addressed. The principle of the value... Read More
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Land-Apothek ....
by Mangor, C[hristian] E[lovius] - PHARMACY
Copenhagen: J H Schubothes, 1835. Later printing. Contemporary half leather.. Near fine.. 8vo, [12], [1] - 492 pp. The text is in Danish. A comprehensive medical manual for the rural population without reference to a trained physician. There is a detailed index of ailments and a chart to explain measures and amounts for compounding.
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[Manuscript] Treatment diary and record book for an American massage therapist between 1905 - 1922
by Anon. - MASSAGE THERAPY - MANIPULATION
[Springfield, MA], 1905 - 1922. Original three quarter leather.. Good; backstrip abraded; binding solid; text clean. 4to, Indexed commercial notebook. Appx. 168 pp. (recto/verso) of entries. There is also an alphabetical index of patient names. A treatment record book for an unidentified masseur. It includes both men and women, young and old. Most are identified by name, ailments, treatments, and results. In many cases there are years intervening in successive treatment. Serious ailments and injuries are addressed. They... Read More
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Developmental Abnormalities of the Eye
by Mann, Ida - HUMAN EYE
Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press Published for the British Journal of Ophthalmology, 1937. First Edition.. Original publisher's cloth.. Very good; some rubbing to the cloth.. Royal 8vo, [12]. [1] - 444 pp. and illustrations throughout. After qualifying Mann decided to specialize in ophthalmology, and took her first post under Leslie Paton at St Mary's, becoming FRCS in 1924. She also held several teaching appointments while she progressed up the ladder towards consultant ophthalmologist status, reaching the highest point in... Read More
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Medical Sketches of the Campaigns of 1812, 13, 14 ... surgical cases; observations on military; and flying hospitals ....
by Mann, J - MILITARY MEDICINE
Dedham: H Mann & Co., 1816. First Edition.. Original publisher's boards.. Very good; paper spine abraded in places affecting the label; some toning but internally a clean copy; front board present but detached; verso of the title page with a library release - but no accessioning.. 8vo, [xiv - mis-numbering in the Preface where a number sequence repeats; text is complete and correct], [11] - 318 pp. Rutkow describes this book as the best and most vivid account... Read More
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