Das Trauma der Geburt und seine Bedeutung für die Psychoanalyse
by RANK, Otto
Leipzig, Vienna, Zürich: Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag, 1924. Cloth-backed boards, corners reinforced; interior in good condition with some discoloration along margins, some pages unopened. Bookplate of University of Southern California School of Medicine with a small shelf label on the spine. First edition. In The Trauma of Birth, Rank introduced new concepts within the psychoanalytic model. While traditional psychoanalysis focused on the subject’s relationship with the father, Rank considered the subject’s pre-language relationship with the mother and the experience of... Read More
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Fatti attenenti all’Inquisizione e sua storia generale e particolare di Toscana
by RASTRELLI, Modesto
Venice: Vincenzio Formaleoni, 1782. . 2 folding engraved plates. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, spine and label gilt. Some minor foxing, but a very good copy. First edition (another edition was published the same year in Florence) of this history of the Inquisition in Italy, illustrated by plates depicting torture and inquisitor costume. Printed almost immediately after the Inquisition closed, this was a propaganda publication touting the success and necessity of the trials. (Rastrelli, to whom this work is attributed,... Read More
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Three physico-theological discourses, concerning I. The primitive chaos, and creation of the world. II. The general Deluge, its causes and effects. III. The dissolution of the world, and future conflagration. Wherein are large discussed, the production and use of mountains; the original of fountains, of formed stones, and sea-fishes bones and shells found in the Earth; the effects of particular floods, and inundations of the sea; the eruptions of vulcano’s; the nature and causes of earthquakes. Also an historical account of those two late remarkable ones in Jamaica and England
by RAY, John
London: William Innys, 1713. THIRD EDITION. Engraved frontispiece portrait of the author plus 4 additional copper-engraved plates, engraved initials, head- and tailpieces. Early half-calf and marbled boards, spine repaired using the original backstrip; interior excellent. A fine copy. Third edition. The first printing of 1692 was nearly an afterthought of a short discourse Ray had written on “dissolution of the world,” primarily a revision of his earlier work on the wisdom of God. He included at the last minute... Read More
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Collection of 16 offprints from Trans. Roy. Inst. & 8 additional offprints
by RAYLEIGH, Lord
London: [n.p.], 1914. List provided upon request. The Royal Institution of Great Britain was founded in 1799 and has had a long and fruitful role both in scientific research and scientific communications. Some of the scientists from the Royal Institution include Humphrey Davy and Michael Faraday in the first half of the nineteenth century, through to the earliest of the fifteen Nobel laureates at the Institution: J.W. Strutt, J.J. Thomson, Rutherford, W.H. and W.L. Bragg, and H.H. Dale in... Read More
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Argon, a new constituent of the atmosphere
by RAYLEIGH, Lord, & RAMSAY, William
Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1896. Text figures. Original printed wrappers. A very good copy. First edition. This memoir was submitted by Raleigh and Ramsay, in competition for one of the Hodgkins fund prizes offered by the Smithsonian. “Rayleigh and Ramsay had noted that nitrogen obtained from the air had a density greater than that of nitrogen liberated from its compounds by about one-half percent. This led to the isolation of the first of the inert gases which they called... Read More
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The complete works of Charles Reade
by READE, Charles
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Company, [n.d.]. Each volume with engraved frontispiece, titles in orange and black. Half-calf over marbled boards, spines gilt in compartments, black and red labels (a few of the title labels faded). An excellent set from the library of Louis E. Goodman, with his bookplate. Reade (1814-84) was an English novelist and dramatist. Included in this complete edition of his works is It's Never Too Late to Mend, written with the purpose of reforming... Read More
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Savage Africa: being the narrative of a tour in equatorial, southwestern, and northwestern Africa...
by READE, W. Winwood
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1864. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Folding map plus 28 text illustrations. Publisher’s original cloth, spine faded with very small tear at bottom; some browning on the first few (blank) leaves, otherwise an excellent copy. First American edition. At the age of 25, the author traveled to Africa using for the most part his own funds. He spent several months observing gorillas in South Africa and Angola, and provides some of the earliest depictions of gorillas... Read More
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Art de faire éclorre et d’élever en toute saison des oiseaux domestiques
by REAUMUR, René-Antoine Ferchault de
Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1751. Engraved headpieces and 16 folding engraved plates. Contemporary mottled calf, spines and labels gilt, red edges, green silk markers (crowns chipped). A pretty, fresh set. Second edition of one of the earliest books on hatching and raising chicks. The first volume describes using ovens as hatcheries and how to properly build them; Reaumur invented this form of artificial incubation. The second focuses on hatched chicks: introducing hens to them, what to feed them, and different... Read More
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Recherches sur le traitement du cancer par la compression méthodique simple ou combinée, et sur l'histoire générale de la même maladie
by RECAMIER, J. C. A.
Paris & Montpellier: Gabon/ Bruxelles: Chez Gabon, 1829. FIRST EDITION. With 7 folding plates. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, spine labels; text leaves toned, some browning and spotting. Laid in is a folded piece of paper with contemporary annotations containing a recipe for a topical ointment for skin ulcers and lesions. First edition of Récamier’s work on cancer treatment. He describes the manner of extension of cancer and demonstrates the process of local infiltration. Récamier was the first to recognize... Read More
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Vogelbilder aus fernen Zonen. Abbildungen und Beschreibungen der Papageien
by REICHENOW, Anton
Kassel: Theodor Fischer, 1883. Complete with contents and list of species, notes, supplements, corrections, and 33 chromolithograph plates finished by hand after Gustav Mützel. Publisher’s cloth, blind-stamped and gilt, rebacked with the original spine laid down, covers worn around edges; text lightly stained with some offsetting from tissue guards and a few paper tears repaired with tape, plates are mostly clean and bright. From the James Dolan collection. Inside the volume are 2 separate plates: 1. A colored... Read More
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Essays on the powers of the human mind; to which are prefixed, an essay on quantitu, and an analysis of Aristotle’s logic
by REID, Thomas
Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute, 1819. LATER EDITION. Engraved portrait of the author in Volume 1. Full contemporary green calf, boards ruled in gilt, spine labels, each cover with blindstamped decoration, all edges marbled;spines and corners worn, some browning, overall a fine set. Later edition. This work collects many of Reid’s essays, including his important Essays on the intellectual powers of man. Also included are essays on memory, conception, abstraction, judgment and reasoning, taste, will, and morals, among others. ... Read More
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Japan: travels and researches undertaken at the cost of the Prussian Government
by REIN, J.J.
New York: Armstrong, 1884. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. With half-title, 18 illustrations (including 5 photographic plates and 2 folding maps), index and list of illustrations. Original illustrated cloth covers, rebacked; frontispiece loose, plate for “Nagasaki” placed at the end of the text and plate for “Japanese Types” is not attached and laid into book, other plates torn, brittle and chipped, but text very clean. First edition in English. “The first modern scientific study of Japan” by a European is... Read More
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Misura della Colonna di Cristo Nro Signore
by [METRIC RELIC]
[Rome]: Santa Prassede, 19th century. Linen ribbon cut to 69 x 4 cm, printed in black ink on one side with the words “MISURA DELLA COLONNA DI CRISTO NRO SIGNORE ALLA QUALE FU FLAGELLATO”, and, in much smaller letters “SI VENERA PRESSO LI MMCI VALLOMBROSANI DI S. PRASSEDE DI ROMA”. On each end is a small reproduction of the column surrounded by foliage. In excellent condition. Rare and ephemeral “metric relic.” Cut to the exact height of the column... Read More
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Galvanotherapie der Nerven- und Muskelkrankheiten
by REMAK, Robert
Berlin: August Hirschwald, 1858. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary paper over boards, worn with some tears on edges and corners, spine label; interior in good condition with only some minor spotting. First edition. Remak was the first to develop electrotherapy using the galvanic current as a treatment, claiming that the electricity the procedure produced had a catalytic effect. This in turn aided in the cure of many different nervous and muscular ailments. He treated around 700 patients using the galvanic current,... Read More
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The modern climatic treatment of invalids with pulmonary consumption in Southern California
by REMONDINO, P.C.
Detroit, Mich.: George S. Davis, 1893. FIRST EDITION. Colored frontispiece illustration of view of San Diego from Point Loma. Publisher’s cloth, title and author in gilt on front cover, ex library copy with small label pasted onto front cover and withdrawn stamp on title. First edition. Everyone knew that people moved to Southern California for the climate, and here it is in print! Prior to touting the medical aspects of the climate, Remondino discusses the general environmental conditions of... Read More
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De partus causus. Dissertatio inauguralis quam consensus gratiosi medicorum ordinis in Universitate Heidelbergensi
by REUTER, C. F. R.
Mannhemii: Kaufman, 1827. ONLY EDITION. Small folio. 57 pp. Large folding typographical table. Stabbed and glued in contemporary green paper wrappers (faded, a little frayed at the edges), old pen inscription on the front wrapper. Very light foxing, but overall a fine copy. Only edition of this dissertation on obstetrics and zoology. Divided into three parts, the first covers human menstruation, conception, pregnancy, and delivery; the second treats the immediate time of childbirth, and the third compares pregnancy in... Read More
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De seriebus recipientibus summam generalem algebraicam aut exponentialem commentarius
by RICCATI, Vincentii [Vincenzo]
Bologna: Constantini Pisarri & Jacobi Philippi Primodi [Constantino Pisarri & Giacomo Filippo Primodi], 1756. FIRST EDITION. Complete with folding table. Decorated frontispiece, woodcut capitals, head- and tailpieces. Contemporary parchment-covered boards with paper spine; minor spotting but otherwise a wonderful unsophisticated copy with two ownership signatures on the title page. First edition. An important and foundational work on algebraic series and differential equations. Riccati’s work, though less acclaimed and known, preceded that of Euler and Leibniz. Venetian mathematician... Read More
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A new Alice in the old Wonderland
by RICHARDS, Anna M.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1895. FIRST EDITION. Illustrated with 67 drawings by the writer's daughter after the originals by John Tenniel. Publisher’s red cloth, gilt device to front board, gilt lettering to spine (lightly sunned); interior quite nice. First edition of this “new” version of Carroll’s classic tale. Here, adifferent girl, also conveniently named Alice, yearns to visit the Wonderland of her childhood stories, and lo and behold she finds a way. There she meets the Cheshire Cat, has tea... Read More
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Travels in the great desert of the Sahara, in the years of 1845 and 1846, containing a narrative of personal adventures, during a tour of nine months through the desert, amongst the touaricks and other tribes....
by RICHARDSON, James
London: Richard Bentley, 1848. With 3 engraved plates (2 of which are frontispieces) a large folding map, and 24 text woodcuts. Contemporary half morocco and marbled boards; foxing limited to endpapers, overall in excellent shape. First edition of this account of Richardson's first expedition to Africa. The idea, to reach the “celebrated Oasis of Ghadames . . . amidst the most appalling desolations of the Great Saharan Wilderness,” came to Richardson via the accidental reading of a brochure on... Read More
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A history of the county of Du Page, Illinois; containing an account of its early settlement and present advantages, a separate history of the several towns, including notices of religious organizations, education, agriculture and maufactures, with the names and some account of the first settlers in each township, and much valuable statistical information
by RICHMOND, C.W. & VALLETTE, H.F.
Chicago: Scripps, Bross & Spears, 1857. FIRST EDITION. With a full-page woodcut plate of the Naperville Academy. Original publisher’s blind-stamped cloth, title in gilt on spine, minor staining to front cover and spine; very light foxing, overall an excellent copy. First edition of this history of Du Page county. Of particular interest are the author’s stories of the “strained” relationships that followed an influx of immigrants after the Black Hawk War. Specific towns are mentioned as well as the... Read More
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Means of preserving health, and preventing diseases …
by RICKETSON, Shadrach
New York: Collins, Perkins, and Co., 1806. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary calf, rubbed; a very nice copy. First edition of the first American publication on preventative medicine. In general, Ricketson emphasizes several methods for preserving health, reflecting a holistic view integrating physical, mental, and social aspects for overall well-being. He advocates for a balanced diet rich in whole foods, including fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and lean proteins, and recommends avoiding processed foods and excessive sugar. He further encourages regular exercise... Read More
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Manuel anatomique et pathologique, ou abregé de toute l’anatomie
by RIOLAN, Jean
Paris: Gaspar Meturas, 1653. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary stiff vellum; title dusty, some dampstaining, first quire chipped at the top with no loss. A good copy in original condition. First edition of the French translation of Riolan’s landmark medical text. The Latin version was published 4 years earlier, and in his translation the author took the opportunity to introduce new theories, better anatomical descriptions, and responses to some of his contemporaries who found fault with the original text. In six... Read More
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The universal body of physick in five books.... translated by William Carr
by RIVERIUS, Lazar
London: Henry Eversden, 1657. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. With 2 folding tables, woodcut initials and decorations throughout text. Contemporary calf, rebacked; new endpapers, fly-leaf plus first 3 printed leaves backed on thick paper. Overall quite a good copy with contemporary annotations and ownership inscriptions on the fly-leaf. First edition in English of Institutiones medicae (Leipzig, 1655), one of the author’s most significant works. Rivière (1589-1655) gives a comprehensive account of the nature and causes of illness; his extensive commentary... Read More
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Reformatus, sive praxis medica
by RIVIERE, Lazare
Lyon: Jean Certe, 1690. LATER EDITION. Contemporary brown sheep (repaired), spine and title label gilt. Early ownership inscription on the flyleaf. A good, sound copy. First published in 1640, but the second printing under this title, this therapeutic medical treatise outlines treatments for 85 different bodily ailments and includes historical and practical descriptions of five chronic conditions. It is divided into four parts: sickness of the digestive and endocrine systems, sickness of the brain and heart, women’s illnesses, and... Read More
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A journal, comprising an account of the loss of the brig Commerce, of Hartford, (Con.) James Riley, Master, upon the western coast of Africa, August 28th, 1815; also of the slavery and sufferings of the author and the rest of the crew, upon the desert of Zahara, in the years 1815, 1816, 1817; with accounts of the manners, customs, and habits of the wandering Arabs; also, a brief historical and geographical view of the continent of Africa
by ROBBINS, Archibald
Hartford: Silas Andrus, 1818. Sixth Edition. With a folding map at the end of the text. Rebound in modern brown cloth; browning due to paper stock, small hole on p. 141-142 affecting portion of text, map separated along fold lines. Small stamp of the Troy Public Library on title. Sixth Silas Andrus edition. A gripping first-person account of the shipwreck and subsequent slavery of the crew of the sailing ship Commerce. This work, first published in 1817, was a... Read More
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