Sir Robert Peel's Address to the Electors of the Borough of Tamworth
by Peel, Sir Robert - FOUNDING DOCUMENT OF BRITISH CONSERVATIVE PARTY
No place., No date [Dec. 1834].. As Issued.. Very good; old horizontal fold; some modest discoloration along the backstrip. . 4to, [4] pp. A folded sheet producing a bi-folium; page meas. appx. 278 x 220 mm.; unwatermarked paper. Printed as two columns per page. The text is pp. 1 - 2; pages 3 - 4 are an integral blank leaf. The original electioneering pamphlet articulating Peel's political philosophy, now known as the "Tamworth Manifesto", issued prior... Read More
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Journal de Micrographie ...., vols. 1 - 9 [4 & 8 absent]
by Pelletan, J[ules] (editor)
Paris: Bureaux du Journal, 1877 - 1885. First Edition.. Contemporary half leather and marbled paper.. Very good; some modest chafing; occasional marginal notes.. 8vo, I - [4], 368 pp., 3 plates; II - [3] - 524, [12] pp.,5 plates; III - [4], [3] - 548, [2] pp., 11 plates; V - [3] - 516 pp., 22* plates; VI - [4], [3] - 646 pp., 17* plates (including a mounted, full-page, albumen print of Pelletan's 'Continental' microscope - a... Read More
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Praxis Geometriae .... - WITH - Zugabe Zur Praxi-Geometriae ....
by Penther, J F
Augsburg: J M Probst, Kunst-Haendler ...., 1761. Sixth Edition. Enlarged.. orig. paste paper bds.. A good copy, some toning and occ. spotting; bds. loose; backstrip abraded; inst. blind stamp on title.. sm. folio. There is an allegorical frontis. and 39 plates. A very good large copy. Penther's influential book is here extended and enlarged incorporating new sections on projective geometry. A striking vignette has been added to the title of the Zugabe that features a case of surveying... Read More
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Essays Medical and Experimental
by Percival, T
London: J Johnson, 1772. Second Enlarged Edition.. orig. publisher's bds... A very good copy; inst. perf. stamp on title; release stamp on dedication.. 8vo. Percival was a physician and upon election, the youngest member of the Royal Society. The essays offered here deal with milk, a new topical application for the relief of pain from fever blister, philosophy of medicine, experiments with various kinds of astringents. The appendix, new to this edition, contains an original pediatrics tract on... Read More
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Uma Viagem a Serra da Louzãa no mez de Julho de 1838
by Pereira Forjaz de Sampaio, A - PAPER MANUFACTURE
Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade, 1838. First Edition.. Modern linen.. Very good.. Large 4to, [8], [11] - 43 pp. + 2 full page lithographic views. A rare travel account; chapter three is a description of a local paper mill. Absent from Palau; OCLC cites 2 loc's.
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Lectures on Polarized Light Delivered Before the Pharmaceutical Society ....
by [Pereira, J]
London: Longman, Brown ..., 1843. First Edition.. Original publisher's cloth.. A good copy; some spotting to the cloth and light wear at the head.. 8vo. An informative book on the nature, production, and use of polarized light in scientific inquires. See G - M #1856 for the author's pharmacy book.
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Lectures on Polarized Light ....
by [Pereira, J]
London: Longman, Brown, Green ...., 1843. First Edition.. Original publisher's cloth.. Very good.. 8vo. There are text illus. throughout. (i-v)vi - viii, (1)2 - 110 pp.; 30 pp. publisher's cat. at end. These lectures were offered as a part of the now famous series that the author gave on pharmacy at the Pharmaceutical Society. The purpose of offering this series was to enhance the analytical skills of those who attended. Pereira was at great pains to justify the... Read More
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Medicina domestica, o sea, arte de conservar la salud ....
by Perez, J G de J
Buenos Ayres: Imprenta la Revista, [1854]. First Edition. Original publisher's printed violet glazed paper wrappers.. Very good; wrappers rumpled and worn around the edges; rebacked at some time.. 8vo, [4], iv, 320 pp. The book contains chapters on the history of medicine, cause of disease, specific diseases (this almost two thirds of the text), drowning, asphyxiation, strangulation, and a final large section on obstetrics. Note: the wrapper title reads: Nueva Medicina ....; NLM copy apparently lacks the title... Read More
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Spinning Tops. The Operatives' Lecture of the British Association Meeting at Leeds ....
by Perry, J
London: SPCK, 1890. First Edition.. Original publisher's decorated cloth.. Very good.. 12mo, [8], [9] - 155, [1], [4 - adverts] pp. The text is illustrated throughout. A superb explanation of the physics and physical phenomena associated with spinning tops. Some of the demonstrations include paired spinning tops and are rather complex. It was intended to alert an interested public to the scientific principles underlying the motion of tops.
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CHEMISTRY - MINERALOGY - ELECTRICITY - Eighteenth century pamphlet sammelband
by Fourcroy / Traversay / Petetin
various cities: various publishers, 1792 - 1803. Various Editions.. Full contemporary calf.. Fine; occasional spotting.. 8vo. There are 3 pamphlets in the volume. [1] Fourcroy, A F: Philosophie Chimique ...., second edition, 174 pp., Paris, Du Pont, 1792, this copy is SIGNED BY FOURCROY ON THE VERSO OF THE TITLE PAGE; [2] Traversay, A: Elemens de Mineralogie selon Methode de Daubenton, xxx, 81 pp. + errata, Paris, Bouyer, nd (ca. 1800); Petetin, J H D: Theorie du Galvanisme;... Read More
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Beziehungen der Luft zu Kleidung, Wohnung und Boden
by Pettenkofer, Max [Josef] von - PUBLIC HEALTH
Berlin: F Vieweg und Sohn, 1872. First Edition. Contemporary marbled paper over boards with the original orange printed wrappers bound in place.. Very good. . 8vo, [8], [3] - 115, [3] pp. + text illustrations. An early attempt at the germ theory of disease. The author was well known (see the numerous G-M entries) for his work in public health and hygiene (G-M #1618). In this manner he had done a lengthy inquiry into the cause of cholera... Read More
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Some Observations on the Principles Which Insure the Most Beneficial Exercise of the Medical Profession ....
by Philip, A P W - MEDICAL ETHICS
Worcester [UK]: W. Walcott, 1820. First Edition.. Disbound.. Near fine.. 8vo. A review of the problems that beset physicians, surgeons, and apothecaries in the city of Worcester, England.
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Observations on the Brumal Retreat of the Swallow ....
by Philochelidon [Forster, Thomas I M]
London: Printed by W Phillips, 1808. First Edition. Disbound.. Very good.. 8vo, [2], [3] - 27, [5] pp. "The first edition of this contribution to a very old controversy is a very rare item" - Casey-Wood, p. 346. An argument in favor of the species annual migration ("birds of passage") accompanied by a species list (after the text) and variants of names.
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Bayou Gauche
by Anon. - PHOTOGRAPHS
ca1935. Original box.. Very good.. Box of 15 Eastman dry plate glass negatives. They meas. appx. 125 x 100 mm. The negatives are all of Bayou Gauche (identified on the box). This is a remote township west of New Orleans. The negatives are of the countryside surrounding the town.
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Yellowstone ... Through the Stereoscope
by Anon. - YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK - PHOTOGRAPHS
New York: Underwood & Underwood, ca1900. Unknown issue.. Original printed box; as issued.. Near Fine.. Printed cloth slipcase with 30 stereoscopic views of the park and printed explanatory text on the verso of the mounts. An excellent early visual record of the park and its attractions. The views show the geysers, bison, dramatic scenery etc.. The pamphlet of explanatory text is NOT present.
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Appx. 145 color photographs of Alaska, Yukon, and British Columbia
by Anon. [Floyd Sheelor?] - ALASKA / YUKON COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS
Not published, 1920s. Very good overall; one slide is cracked; the edge taping is beginning to peal on some of the slides; dustiness. Based on appearance there does not seem to be much overall wear simply normal aging. Wooden case is worn.. Each photograph is a gelatin backed color positive encased within two pieces of glass; edges are sealed. They measure appx. 83 x 100 mm. All contained in a wooden case. None of the slides has any identification. An... Read More
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Albumen photograph of the iron light house constructed on Ship Island Shoal opposite the Mississippi Gulf Coast in 1857
by J P Morris Co. - IRON LIGHT HOUSE - PHOTOGRAPH
As issued.. Good; image with some fading but otherwise clean.. Mounted albumen print meas. appx. 258 x 188 mm. The mount bearing the neatly hand written legend: Iron Light House for Ship Island Shoals, Gulf of Mexico, constructed by J P Morris Co. Port / Richmond Iron Works Philadelphia --- William B Franklin L.H. Engineer --- 1857 A commemorative record (unique?) of an iron light house appx. 8 stories tall. There is nothing that remains on the island... Read More
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CDV travel album
by Anon. - MIDDLE EAST PHOTOGRAPHY
Summer 1876. Original embossed calf with brass clasp.. Very good; front cover is detached; spine somewhat abraded; clasp wanting.. Oblong 4to commercial album for cdvs. Two to a page containing a total of 82 images. All are identified on the mount and some are dated. There are 18 that are American; 52 of Egypt and Turkey; 12 of Europe. A travel album. The american scenes are of the Adirondack, Maine, and Vermont and are dated 1870 through 1872.... Read More
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Dissertatio Medica Ianuguralis de Apoplexia ....
by Physick, Philip Syng
Edinburgh: Balfour & Smellie, 1792. First Edition.. Contemporary half leather.. Good with wear to the binding; substantial loss to the blank margin of the fore-edge of the last three leaves (see photo) of the Physick (appears to be a rodent damage) just touching one or two letters; front cover coming loose.. 8vo. Syng Physick's rare medical dissertation - with a presentation on the verso of the dedication leaf: "Wm. Berkley with best compliments from his countryman / The... Read More
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The Watch; its Construction, its Merits and Defects ... to which is added a short essay on clocks ....
by Piaget, H F
New York: For the Author, 1860. First Edition.. Original publisher's cloth.. A very good copy; foxed.. 12mo. There are woodcut illus. of watch workings in the text. An interesting tract on the care of watches and what makes them accurate time pieces. Bromley #702.
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The Construction of the Bartlett Dam
by Pickett, Benjamin Lindley
Urbana, IL: Not Published, 1939. Contemporary linen cloth.. Very good.. 4to, [12], 205 pp. + numerous mounted original photographs, plans, charts, and maps. The Bartlett Dam was a multiple arch, reinforced concrete dam erected on the Verde River 36 miles northeast of Phoenix between 1936-1939. It was the highest dam of its type in existence. It was built by the Dept. of the Interior for the Salt River Water Users Association to store flood water of the Verde... Read More
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A Discourse Read Before the Essex Agricultural Society ... suggesting some improvements in the agriculture of the county
by Pickering, Timothy
Salem: J D Cushing, 1820. First Edition.. Original blue wrappers.. Fine.. 8vo. Pickering had a long a active political career. He participated in the Revolution and held numerous apppointed and elected offices. The pamphlet offered here was written after his retirement. It deals with new methods of ploughing, manuring, and planting of orchards and various crops that he was recommending to his audience. Tucher #1836; see DAB for an extensive biography.
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The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English: or, medicine simplified ....
by Pierce, R V
Buffalo: World Dispensary Printing, 1895. '45th Edition'. orig. printed cloth.. A bright, very good copy internally; frt. hinge. strained; rear hinge broken.. 8vo. The text is illus. throughout. 'Doctor' Pierce could cure almost everything. He has the testimonials to prove it. A delightful and frightening book to read. It is not often encountered in such nice condition.
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Les Aventures de Joseph Pignata Echappe des Prisons de l'Inquisition de Rome
by Pignata, J
Cologne: Piere Marteau, 1725. First Edition.. contemp. three quarter vellum over bds... A good copy; somewhat browned.. 8vo. The true first of one of the popular first person prison narratives of the 18th century. Pignata was arrested and held for trial. He spent two years in confinement before coming to trial and then was condemned to life in prison. He was an artist and musician; two skills that helped obtain the tools of his escape. Together with another... Read More
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Yosemite Valley
by [Pillsbury, Arthur C] - YOSEMITE PHOTOGRAPH
[Yosemite / San Francisco]: [Pillsbury Studio], ca 1910. As issued.. Very good.. Original silver gelatin photograph meas appx. 245 x 330 mm. Yosemite Valley, overcast on a threatening day. A beautiful photograph and very good vintage print that has been attributed to Pillsbury.
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