Anleitung zum Ausstopfen und Aufbewahren der Vögel und Säugethiere
by Pistorius, Georg [pseudonym for Georg Bekker] - TAXIDERMY - PRESERVATION
Darmstadt: Heyerischen Buchhandlung, 1799. First Edition.. Original paper wrappers.. Very good; some toning, dustiness, and spotting on the front wrapper; untrimmed.. 8vo, xxxii, [1] - 174, [2] pp. A manual for the preservation and presentation of specimens of birds and mammals. In the preface the author reviews two previous publications and earlier works (as far back as 1590) mentioning the craft (or "art" as the author declares). There is no mention of Turgot. The author (noted as Bekker... Read More
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Keuffel & Esser Polar Planimeter - OFFERED WITH - James Robertson & Sons, Improved Willis Planimeter
by INSTRUMENTS - PLANIMETERS
ca1920 / ca1905. Original manufacturer's fitted boxes.. Near Fine.. Two Planimeters in their original velvet and satin lined boxes. The Willis instrument retains its original 8 pp. instructional pamphlet. Planimeters are designed to find the area of a figure (profiles, plans, sections, indicator diagrams) drawn to any scale on a plane surface by simple mechanical operation. The area is computed by tracing the outline of figure (the maximum was a figure of 22 inches in diameter for this... Read More
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Leitfaden für die Behandlung der auf dem Schiffe vorkommenden Krankheiten ....
by Plate, E F - NAVAL MEDICINE
Bremen: F C Dubbers, 1847. First Edition.. Contemporary marbled boards.. Very good.. 8vo, viii, [1] - 126 pp. A succinct and rare manual for ship-board medical treatment written by a 'practical' physician that is accompanied by a supplement or appendix listing the medicines contained in the medical kit and finally a brief section on herbs and their use in cooking. Indicating the prevalence of ailments aboard ship the text is divided into sections dealing with fever, inflammation, nervous... Read More
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Gefühle des Herzens dem Königl. Preuss. Kriegsrath ... Friedrich Moritz Helmbrecht
by B* et B* - POETRY
Berlin: Wilhelm Dieter, 1791. As issued.. Good; small damp stain in lower corner at the fold; some marginal darkening; small spot of wear toward upper margin of first page.. 4to, [4] pp. Printed on silk overlaying flexible card stock; three wood engraved vignette decorations. A 4 page commemorative poem for the birthday celebration of F M Helmbrecht (1744-1797). The "B & B" authors may well be Johann Daniel Brandt and Georg Karl Brandt.
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Berechnung und Konstruktion der Wichtigsten Last - Hebemaschinen
by Pohlhausen, A - ENGINEERING - CRANES
Mittweida: R Schulze, 1894. First Edition.. Contemporary three-quarter leather.. A good copy; some rubbing to the binding; one fldg. plate with gutter tape repair and burn into a small part of the image.. 4to. There are 150 numbered plates (some in partial color). A comprehensive analysis and guide to the theory and construction of all kinds of heavy lifting machines and cranes. This goes from the common screw jack to the heavy lift capacity of shipyard gantry cranes.... Read More
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Das chemische Atom und die Molekul
by Poleck, T
Breslau: Maruschke & Berendt, 1888. First Edition.. Original printed wrappers.. A very good copy.. 8vo. A review of atomic theory to date.
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Inaugural Address of Governor Pollock of Pennsylvania ... January 1855
by Pollock, James
[Harrisburg]: A Boyd Hamilton, State Printer, 1855. First Edition. As issued.. Very good; some old folds and a bit of unequal toning/oxidation.. Broadside, meas appx. 610 x 460 mm. Printed in three columns within a decorative border. Pollock was a graduate of Princeton (1831), former congressman, and lawyer. While in the House he served as chairman of the special committee to consider building a railroad to the Pacific Ocean. The report was the first official support for... Read More
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Beobachtungen über die Natur und die Behandlungsart der Rachitis oder der Krümmungen des Rückgrades.
by Portal, Antoine - SPINE
Weiszenfels und Leipzig: F Severin, 1798. First German edition.. Original 18th century paper wrappers.. Very good; spine abraded; occasional light spotting.. 8vo, xvi, [2], [3] - 232 pp. A translation from the original French by a German physician resident and practicing in Paris. The anonymous translator has added notes and an index to the book. OCLC cites 2 Am. locations.
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An Account of the Origin, Symptoms, and Cure of the Influenza and Epidemic Catarrh ....
by [Porter, Henry H]
Philadelphia: Henry H Porter, 1832. First Edition. Publisher's original cloth backed boards with original orange glazed paper label on the front cover.. Good; heavily spotted throughout; contemporary signature torn from the title page; spine worn; covers loosening.. 8vo, 4 (adverts.) 80 pp. This copy with cogent annotations. Porter had a brief career as publisher in Philadelphia during the early 1830s. The book offered here was issued by the Journal of Health - another Porter project that failed in... Read More
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Studio portrait of Warren G Harding
by PRESIDENTIAL PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT
ca1920. Matted at some point.. Very good; with a crimson velvet mat and held in place with a strip of Holland linen tape along the edge of the top border (verso).. Silver halide print meas. appx 330 x 230 mm within a blind stamped border. A bold four line inscription in Harding's hand across the bottom: To the Ohio Society of Maryland with / the most cordial greetings to those who are / ever adding to the good... Read More
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Photographic portrait of American painter Carroll Sargent Tyson and children
by Man Ray - PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT
Paris, ca1925. As issued.. Very good.. Silver halide photographic print (ca1925) that meas. appx. 173 x 230 mm. Signed in the lower right: Man Ray / Paris. It is spot mounted to a sheet of heavy weight paper. The mount bears the following unidentified inscription: "To our old friend Carles / Helen & [Guy?]". Carles is Arthur Beecher Carles a Philadelphia artist who, on several occasions prior to 1930, had lengthy stays in Paris and/or at Edward Steichen's... Read More
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Blackboard Jungle
by MOVIE ADVERTISING POSTER
Los Angeles: Loews Corp., 1955. Linen backed. . Overall surface is near fine. There are NO repairs or discoloration etc.. Original "four sheet" advertising poster (3 SH #4) for the film. It meas. appx. 79 x 41+ inches. It is backed with linen cloth. It retains its full, original margins. The original film poster for the fearsome juvenile crime movie issued during the youth gang/rock'n roll hysteria in post-war America. It would be difficult to over estimate the... Read More
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Some Few General Remarks on Fractures and Dislocations
by Pott, P
London: L Hawes, W Clarke and R Collins, 1768. First Edition. Modern full calf in period style.. Very good.. 8vo, [4], 126 pp. + 2 engraved plates. The classic work. Pott proposes what has now become the universal routine of care for breaks and dislocations. The description of Pott's Fracture is given on pp. 57 - 64. G-M #4408 (citing an incorrect date); Norman # 1734; Zimmerman & Veith pp. 324 - 337.
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The Chirurgical Works of Percivall Pott ... with his last corrections ...., 2 vols.
by Pott, Percivall - SURGERY - NEUROLOGY
Philadelphia: J Webster, 1819. First American Edition.. Full contemporary calf.. A very good set with some internal spotting and browning; bdgs. with modest scrapes.. 8vo. There are 15 engraved plates. An important compilation of the author's surgical works that includes his remarks on paralysis and the spinal cord (fully illustrated). Austin #1556; see G - M for the author's entries.
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Remarks on the Disease, Commonly Called a Fistula in Ano
by Pott, Percivall
London: Hawes, Clarke & Collins, 1767. Second Edition.. Full recent calf.. A good copy; toned throughout; some light stains to the title page.. 8vo. There is one engraved plate. Probably the greatest treatise on colon-rectal surgery in English. An important book. See G - M #3424.2; Blake p. 361.
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The Chirurgical Works of Percivall Pott ... with his last corrections ...., 2 vols.
by Pott, Percivall - SURGERY - NEUROLOGY
Philadelphia: J Webster, 1819. First American Edition.. Full contemporary calf.. A very good set; rebacked; some occasional spotting and browning; some light contemporary pencil notes and underlining throughout.. 8vo, I - [6], xxvii, [4], 32 - 437, [438 - blank] pp. + 6 plates; II - [4], [1] - 433, [6 - adverts] pp. + 9 plates. A very important compilation of the author's surgical works that includes his remarks on paralysis and the spinal cord (fully illustrated).... Read More
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Duello, libro de Re ....
by Pozzo, Paride dal [Paris de Puteo] - CHIVALRY
[Venice]: [Marchio Sessa & Piero de la Serena], [1525]. Later printing.. Nineteenth century stiff Italian vellum.. Very good; a bit of spotting.. 8vo, unpaginated. A - Y8, Z6, a8(-a8 - blank). The copy of Edward Waterson (with his bold signature on the front endpaper) purchased in Rome in 1860. A later, Italian language printing (the first is in Latin, 1471) of this treatise on duels. The text appears to vary somewhat in these early vernacular printings. Each of... Read More
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The Pestalozzian School Song Book ....
by Pratt, G M
Boston: George Reed, 1856. Later Prtg.. Original calf backed printed blue paper over paste paper boards.. Good; some wear to the front cover that is wanting a portion of the printed surface; rear endpaper excised.. Oblong 8vo, 224 pp. (rear cover is a printed advertisement for Reed's other music books). Pratt was a music teacher in Mass.. The book offered here is a device for teaching music; the first 100 pages of text are devoted to the reading... Read More
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Hydrokonion, or Catarrh and its Complications; Comprising the Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment of Medical Hydrokonia
by Pratt, S C
Boston: Published by the Author, 1865. First Edition.. Original publisher's cloth.. Near fine.. 8vo. There is a frontis.. Pratt presents his own theories (discordant influences upon the body) of disease and cure. He does severely criticize the patent medicine companies for the 'cures' they offer and the damage that is done to individuals who use the harsh medicines advertised to the public. Atwater #2877.
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Physiology testing apparatus - instrument catalogs
by GERMAN INSTRUMENTS OF PRECISION
Various places: Various publishers, ca 1890. First Editions.. Original printed wrappers.. There is some occ. chipping and separation of wrappers; otherwise very good.. 8vo. All are illustrated. A superb group of late 19th century trade catalogs for German manufacturers of precision instruments for medical laboratories. In the instance of Petzold the firm was also known for its astronomical instruments. They are as follows: 1] W Petzhold - Instrumente und Apparate Physiologische Experimente und Vivisectionen, Leipzig, 1888, 8vo., 20... Read More
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Les Presidents des Etats-Unis
by Anon. - AMERICAN PRESIDENTS
[Paris?], [1829]. As issued.. Near fine; excellent color; old folds.. Folio, roller print on cotton in blue ink, meas. appx. 630 x 660 mm. This is similar to a print created by the lithographer Antoine Maurin in Paris by Pierre Langlume between 1825-1829. The image depicts the first six Presidents of the United States: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe and John Quincy Adams [see the Maurin version in the collection of the Library of Congress]. The eagle with the banner... Read More
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[Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene]
by Anon. - MISSION PRESS
Madras: Printed and Published at the American Mission Press, For the American Missions in Ceylon and South India, 1857. Unknown.. Original blind stamped, horizontally ribbed, pale pink cloth.. Fine; trifle sunned.. 12mo, 206 [4] pp. The text is illustrated throughout. There is one leaf [2 pp.] of errata loosely inserted that is included in the page count. The text is in Sinhalese throughout. The Preface is signed in type S.F.G.; being S F Green who identifies himself through... Read More
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The Equatorie of the Planetis
by Price, Derek J
Cambridge: Univ. Press, 1955. First Edition.. orig. publisher's cloth.. A fine bright copy.. lg. 8vo. There are numerous plates and text illus. throughout. The Equatorie is a 14th century manuscript in the Library of Peterhouse Cmabridge. The text describes the construction and working of a large device for calculating planetary positions. It may have been composed in 1392 as a supplement to Chaucer's Astrolabe. The book offered here is a complete facsimile of the text interleaved with a... Read More
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Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air ...., 3 vols.
by Priestley, J
Birmingham: T Pearson, 1790. First Collected.. Full contemporary tan calf with green labels.. A very good copy; spines scuffed; some spotting throughout and to plates; wear at head of spine.. 8vo. There are nine engraved folding plates. These are all six volumes of text revised and amended of Priestley's experiments with gases and the account of the discovery of oxygen.The original three volumes of 1774 followed by another three volumes in 1784 are printed here, supplemented by the... Read More
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Hartley's Theory of the Human Mind, on the Principle of the Association of Ideas; with essays relating to the subject of it
by Priestley, J
London: J Johnson, 1775. First Edition.. recent half leather and marbled bds... A very good copy.. 8vo. Hartley was a medical practitioner who formulated a theory relating mental processes to physiological concomitants. The theory of vibrations and their association are the basis for higher intellectual processes. Along with Hume and Berkeley Hartley's book formed the speculative base for the philosophy and psychology of mind in the 18th century. Hartley's original thought on the association of ideas introduced an... Read More
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