Camps in the Caribbees : the adventures of a naturalist in the Lesser Antilles
by Ober, F
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1880. First Edition.. Original publisher's gilt stamped cloth.. Good; hinges reinforced.. 8vo, xviii, 366 pp. + frontispiece This is the account of his 'birding' in the West Indies for the Smithsonian Inst. . During his trip he identified 22 new species. The account also contains a vivid narrative of his treks through the wilds and mountain ascents. Smith, O1; DAB XIII, 606.
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Collection of 52 offprints.
by Ochsner, A J - SURGERY
vp: var., 1890/1925. Offprints.. in a drop down clam shell box.. All in orig. prtd. wrappers; some with punched holes though generally all are in very good condition.. 8vo./4to. A noted surgeon. The papers offered here are primarily surgical but some refer to the construction of hospitals. See G - M # 5625.
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![[Americanisches Noth-und Hülfs-Buchlein, Enthaltend Hausmittel und Recepte für allerley Krankheiten und Zufälle des Menschen und Vieh. Hauptsächlich aus den hinterlassenen Manuscripten eines zu seine Zeit berühmt gewesenen Arztes in Virginia gezogen]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/538/537/1401537538.0.l.jpg)
[Americanisches Noth-und Hülfs-Buchlein, Enthaltend Hausmittel und Recepte für allerley Krankheiten und Zufälle des Menschen und Vieh. Hauptsächlich aus den hinterlassenen Manuscripten eines zu seine Zeit berühmt gewesenen Arztes in Virginia gezogen]
by Anon. - PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN MEDICINE - BIBLIOGRAPHIC ODDITY
[Osnaburg, Stark County, Ohio]: [Heinrich Kurtz], [1837]. First Edition.. Original muslin backed marbled paper over boards.. Very good; some spotting. 8vo, 57, [3 - index] pp. The book is signed with numbers and bound in fours with an inserted bifolium in each signature signed with the number and an asterisk. Thus there are 6 leaves in each of the five signatures. The paper is not watermarked. A most unusual manual of folk remedies and herbal compounds that contains 470 numbered... Read More
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Report of the Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution
by ENGLAND : HOME OFFICE
London: HMO, 1957. First Edition.. Orig. prtd. wrappers.. A very good copy with slight signs of wear.. 8vo. The famous ' Wolfenden ' report to parliament on the de-criminalization of homosexuality in the UK. This is the first orderly scientific inquiry into the issue. An important document.
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Memoranda on Medical Diseases on Tropical and Sub - Tropical Areas 1942
by War Office
London: HMSO, 1942. First Edition (?). orig. publisher's cloth.. A very good copy.. 8vo. There are 35 numbered plates (some prtd. several to a page). ; 305 pp.. A comprehensive work on tropical diseases by the English. This copy containing the prtd. request for its distribution in the American armed forces; it therefore may be a later issue of the orig. English sheets.
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Hearing
by Ogden, R M
London: J Cape, [1924]. First Edition.. orig. cloth.. A very good copy.. 8vo. An exceptional book in that the author was inclusive of many topics and concerns that are ignored by the medical practitioner. There are chapters on music, noise, character of sound etc. in addition to the chapters on pathology.
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ALs to Edward Lang in Salem, MA
by Oliver, B L
July 13, 1809. Not bound.. Very good.. 4to, 2 page ALs with integral address leaf A chatty letter from Dr. Oliver to Lang citing a dinner with Benjamin Rush, visit with James Curry, and an encounter with Lang's old student, George Norris.
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Poems, on Various Subjects
by Oliver [Sharp], Isabella
Carlisle [PA]: A Loudon, 1805. First Edition. Full contemporary calf.. Very good; small stain to lower fore-corner of title page; leather spine label abraded. 12mo, [2], [3] - 5, [1 - blank], [vi] - ix, [11] - 220 pp; including a 15 pp. subscriber's list. Printed on unwatermarked laid paper. The editor, Mr Loudon, allows that Ms Oliver utilized an amanuensis in composing the book. There is no declaration of a disability. Wegelin #1072; S&S #9061; Stoddard #792 (without the... Read More
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![Nonce collection of 6 illustrated surgical monographs: <br />1 - M Eulenberg: Die Pflege der Augen im gesunden und kranken Zustande ...., Berlin, Forstner, 1841, [4], [iii] - viii, [1] - 120 pp.; <br />2 - [F] M Baumgarten: Das Schielen und dessen operative Behandlung ...., Leipzig, Voss, 1841, viii, [1] - 88 pp. + folding engraved plate; <br />3 - P F von Walter: Ueber das Verhaltniss der Medicin zur Chirurgie ...., Carlsruhe, Herder, 1841, 48 pp; <br />4 - F Hartig: Beschreibung eines neuen Apparates zur Vereinigung des gespaltenen Gaumens ohne Nath ...., Braunschweig, Meyer, 1841, 45, [3 - blank] pp. + 6 litho. plates; <br />5 - G Hoering: Ueber den Sitz und die Natur des Grauen Staares ...., Heilbronn, Landherr, 1844, viii, [1] - 104 pp. + folding litho. plate; <br />6 - J G Hoffbauer: Ueber die Kopfverletzungen in Bezug auf ihre Gefahr und Todtlichkeit; und wie ihre Todtlichkeit in soro zu beurtheilen ist, Berlin, Forstner, 1842, [4], [5] - 80 pp.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/351/051/1507051351.0.l.jpg)
Nonce collection of 6 illustrated surgical monographs:
1 - M Eulenberg: Die Pflege der Augen im gesunden und kranken Zustande ...., Berlin, Forstner, 1841, [4], [iii] - viii, [1] - 120 pp.;
2 - [F] M Baumgarten: Das Schielen und dessen operative Behandlung ...., Leipzig, Voss, 1841, viii, [1] - 88 pp. + folding engraved plate;
3 - P F von Walter: Ueber das Verhaltniss der Medicin zur Chirurgie ...., Carlsruhe, Herder, 1841, 48 pp;
4 - F Hartig: Beschreibung eines neuen Apparates zur Vereinigung des gespaltenen Gaumens ohne Nath ...., Braunschweig, Meyer, 1841, 45, [3 - blank] pp. + 6 litho. plates;
5 - G Hoering: Ueber den Sitz und die Natur des Grauen Staares ...., Heilbronn, Landherr, 1844, viii, [1] - 104 pp. + folding litho. plate;
6 - J G Hoffbauer: Ueber die Kopfverletzungen in Bezug auf ihre Gefahr und Todtlichkeit; und wie ihre Todtlichkeit in soro zu beurtheilen ist, Berlin, Forstner, 1842, [4], [5] - 80 pp.
by GERMAN MEDICINE - NEUROLOGY - OPHTHALMOLOGY
1841 - 1844. First Editions.. Contemporary marbled paper over boards with a hand written label on the spine.. Very good overall; some plate numerals at the fore-edge of the Hartig have been grazed.. 8vo, The two exceptional monographs in the volume are the Hartig and Hoffbauer. Hoffbauer is best known for his early psychiatric studies. In this monograph he addresses the pathology of head wounds but also the methods and basis for judging them to be fatal. Hartig's... Read More
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Archive of manuscripts and notebooks of Peter Opie concerning the lore and language of school children
by Opie, P - MANUSCRIPT ARCHIVE
Oxford: Manuscript archive, 1947 - 1951. Unique.. Not bound. Very good throughout.. 4to. An important archive of notebooks and manuscripts of Peter Opie and his pioneering research into children's games and the verbal lore, quips, and jeers of the street games of 10 year olds throughout the United Kingdom in the years immediately following WWII. The archive is made up of: three bound notebooks that contain notes, and annotated clippings from various printed sources comprising appx. 400 pp.;... Read More
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L'Art de Fabriquer la Poterie, Facon Anglaise; contenant Les Procédés et nouvelles Découvertes ... celle d'une nouvelle substance pour la Couverte, celle des Couleurs vitrifiables ....
by Oppenheim, [M?] & Bouillon-Lagrange, E J B - POTTERY - FAIENCE
Paris: Librairie de A G Debray, 1807. First Edition. Original publisher's blue paper wrappers with waste backing.. Very good; untrimmed.. 8vo, iv, [5] - 298 pp. + 2 folding plates and a printed paper spine label bound in. A guide to the new techniques and chemistry of new color glazes (by Bouillon-Lagrange) for French manufacturers. English faience, a product that mimicked the best porcelain on the market benefitted mightily from the late eighteenth century color glaze experiments... Read More
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Rapport fait au tribunal de primiere instance du department de la Seine ....
by Orfila, M & Parent and Duchalet, A - PUBLIC HEALTH
Paris: Annales d' Hygiene Publique, 1835. Offprint.. Original plain wrappers.. Very good.. 8vo. Orfila, known for his work on poisons, and Parent Duchalet his work on publich health co-authored this report on the effect of continuous storage of rotting crops (notably potatoes). There is a considerable information on the industrial workings and little known cases and disputes involving public health issues. Given medical theory at the time this study was of considerable importance in assessing the threat of... Read More
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[ADVERTISING CIRCULAR] Dr. J P Mann ....
by ORTHOPEDICS
New York: J P Mann, ca. 1870. First Edition?. As issued.. A good copy with some minor marginal chipping and slight loss of text.. Folio. The circular contains 2 pp. of illus.. A 4 pp. circular touting the orthopedic cures of Dr. Mann. He claimed to, ' ... cure deformed limbs, curved spines, hip disease, white swellings, and club feet, without cutting cords or any surgical operation .... ' The inner two pages of the circular are appx.... Read More
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Miscellaneous Poems on Moral and Religious Subjects
by Osander - pseud. [Allen, Benjamin]
Hudson: William E Norman, 1811. First Edition. Publisher's original printed blue paste paper boards. . Good; overall toning; spine abraded; rubbed.. 12mo, 180 pp. From p. 4: "[The author's] design is to acquire from this publication, such pecuniary assistance as will enable him to prosecute his studies ...." There was a second printing in 1812. Stoddard #936; Wegelin #836; S & S #22174; Sabin #57739.
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Cancer of the Stomach. A Clinical Study
by Osler, William & Thomas McCrae
Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son & Co. , 1900. First Edition. Original publisher's dark blue-green cloth.. Fine.. with MB. 8vo, [5]. vii - ix, [x - blank], [1] - 157, [158 - blank], 40 (inserted adverts) pp. with text illustrations. The front pastedown has a printed notice affixed: "With the compliments of the author". The John Samuel Fulton copy with his bookplate. He was a lecturer and physician at the Univ. of MD. Golden/Roland #727.
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Johns Hopkins Hospital - Medical Clinic: Lectures on the Diagnosis of Abdominal Tumors ... Reprinted from the New York Medical Journal, 1894.
by Osler, William
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1894. First Edition.. Original publisher's printed paper wrappers. Modern slipcase. Good; some slight chipping to the paper wrappers; overall toning.. 8vo, [vi], [1] - 165, [166 - blank] pp. with text illustrations. Golden/Roland #643 apparently missing this earliest issue of the lectures Osler gave at Hopkins. They point out that the printing they cite has 196 pp. stating that the lectures were "expanded". They also point out that since the lectures were based on... Read More
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Internal Secretions from a Physiological and Therapeutical Standpoint
by Ott, I
Easton [ PA ]: E D Vogel, 1910. First Edition.. Original printed wrappers.. A very good copy.. 8vo. There are 12 plates and large foldout charts. A private printing of three of the author's lectures (probably undertaken at his own expense - there is a typed errata inserted) to satisfy continued requests for copies of the lectures. The second lecture is devoted to the pituitary gland. See G - M for the author's neurological work.
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The Future of the North-West ....
by Owen, Robert Dale
Philadelphia: Crissy & Markley, 1863. First Edition.. orig. prtd wrappers.. A very good copy.. 8vo. Robert Dale is the son of the famous Robert Owen founder of New Lanark and New Harmony. Robert Dale spent virtually his entire life in America moving from group to group and taking up numerous causes of social and educational reform. The pamphlet offered here stemmed from Owen's committee work at behest of the War Department; he headed a committee to examine the... Read More
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Courte Exposition d'un Systeme Social Rationnel [caption title]
by Owen, Robert
[Paris]: [Imprimerie de Marc-Aurel], [1848]. As issued.. Very good; horizontal fold; slight darkening to one panel of the first page.. Folio, six pages; printed in double columns. A presentation of the views of the English socialist reformer Robert Owen issued within the heart of the 1848 uprising that overtook all of Europe (re: Marx). It is a translation of the important Outline of the Rational System of Society, London, 1830 (for more see PMM #271). The reform of... Read More
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Heredity vs. Environment: A Study of Twins - Thesis ... Graduate School of Education, Harvard
by Page, John Caleb
[Cambridge, MA], 1928. Original card stock covers.. Good; covers worn.. The fourth typescript carbon, 444 pp. (recto only) with several mounted photographs. A carbon copy of Page's original Phd thesis.
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Atlas der pathologischen Anatomie des Augapfels ....
by Pagenstecher, H & Genth, C - EYE
Wiesbaden: C W Kreidel, 1875. First Edition.. Original printed boards, rebacked.. Good; neatly rebacked at some point in plain black library cloth; gilt stamped spine; text is spotted and foxed; plates are clean.. Small folio, viii, [112 - plate explanations; index; contents] pp. + 38 copper engraved illustrations of the eye with explanatory text to each plate and general introduction in both English and German. One the high points of ophthalmological anatomy and patholgy of eye injuries and... Read More
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A Reply to an Attack by Henry I Bowditch ... on the Principal Writings of P Ch. A Louis, M. D. ....
by [Paine, M]
Boston: Medical and Surgical Journal, 1840. First Edition. Offprint.. Disbound.. A very good copy.. 8vo. A rare instance of a public critique of medical practice and theory regarding one of the major commentators on Laennec.
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Palestra Farmaceutica, Chimico-Galenica ....
by Palacios y Bayo, Felix - PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY
Madrid: Joachin Ibarra, 1778. Later Edition.. Original limp vellum.. Good; binding worn, spine abraded and torn; some overall spotting and occasional marginal stain; front hinge just holding; unsophisticated; first 4 leaves with some rumpling along part of the fore-edge.. Folio, [12], [1] - 736 pp. + 5 plates An uncommon book - as are all printings of this title (according to the Neville catalog). When it appeared in 1706 it was the first book on the subject in... Read More
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The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy
by Paley, W
Philadelphia: T Dobson, 1794. Second American Edition.. Full contemporary calf.. A fine copy.. 8vo. A fine copy of an American edition of the standard treatise on ethics of the 18th century. Paley wrote it after leaving Cambridge and the book was adapted as a text insuring his fortune. Evans #27470; DNB XV, 101-107.
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Palmer's Pocket Scale, with Rules for its Use in Solving Arithmetical and Geometrical Problems
by Palmer, Aaron - COMPUTATION - INSTRUMENTS
Rochester: Aaron Palmer, 1845. First Edition.. Original publisher's cloth.. Very good; some finger abrasion to the surface of moving dial around the silk "pull" - there is no loss of printed surface.. 12mo, 48 pp. A movable circular slide rule (issued as an integral part of the book) is affixed to the rear pastedown. The first calculating rule of American design. A most unusual and ingenious calculating device published by Aaron Palmer who is best known for his... Read More
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