The Wages of Sin; Sex and Disease, Past and Present.
by ALLEN, Peter Lewis.
Chicago:: University of Chicago Press, 2000., 2000. 8vo. xxiii, [1], 202 pp. Figs., index. Quarter black cloth over boards, dust jacket. Some scholarly pencil marginalia. Very good. ISBN: 0226014606
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"On the Comparative Absorption of y and X Rays."
by ALLEN, S. J., & E. J. LORENTZ.
In: The Physical Review, vol. I, Series II, nos. 1-6. Lancaster:: The Physical Review, 1913., 1913. 8vo. (Article): 35-49 pp. Figs. (Whole volume): v, 492 pp. Articles, figs., photos; early pencil marks. Early green cloth, gilt spine; spine ends frayed, inner hinge cracked, ex-library pocket & rubber stamps (title & edges). Early ms. on front paste-down. Good.
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The Lively Oracles given to us. Or, the Christians Birth-right and Duty, in the custody and use of the Holy Scripture. The third edition. By the author of the Whole Duty of Man, &c.
by ALLESTREE, Richard (1619-1681).
Oxford:: At the Theater in Oxford, 1679., 1679. Small 4to. [xiv], [226], [2], [20] pp. Engraved frontispiece showing an angel with a holy man being given the oracle. Original speckled calf, raised bands; rebacked, gilt-stamped brown cloth spine label. PROVENANCE: Katharine Phillips, her book, 1682, with her initials added to the title-page. Very good. First printed in 1678. Richard Allestree was an English Royalist churchman and provost of Eton College from 1665. CONTENTS: Section I. The Several Methods... Read More
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Leonard and Soule Experiments in Psychical Research. Also Experiments with Sanders, Brittain, Peters and Dowden.
by ALLISON, Lydia W. (Winterhalter) (1880-1959).
Boston:: Boston Society for Psychic Research, 1929., 1929. 8vo. 399, [1] pp. Index. Burgundy blind- and gilt-stamped cloth. Very good. Allison investigated spiritualist mediums such as Gladys Osborne Leonard and Minnie M. Soule. She authored Leonard and Soule Experiments (1929). Gardner Murphy commented that "Her combination of unfailing enthusiasm for the highest quality research and solid skepticism regarding unsound methods made her a precious collaborator." – "Allison. .. (1880-1959)". - Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology.
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An Inquiry into the Difficulties Encountered in the Reduction of Dislocation of the Hip.
by ALLIS, Oscar Huntington (1836-1921).
Philadelphia:: Dornan, 1896., 1896. 8vo. xv, 171 pp. 159 figs. Original dark green gilt- and blind-stamped pebbled cloth. SIGNED PRESENTATION FROM THE AUTHOR to Dr. Harry M. Sherman, San Francisco; small "Stanford Med. Lib." rubberstamp on title. Near fine. Cordasco 90-0110.
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A Monograph of the Gymnoblastic or Tubularian Hydroids. In two parts: I. The hydroida in general. II. The Genera and species of the Gymnoblastea.
by ALLMAN, George James (1812-1898).
London:: Robert Hardwicke for The Ray Society, 1871-2., 1871. Two parts in one. Folio. xxiv, 233; 234-450 pp. 23 color-tinted plates, 84 woodcuts, index. Modern salmon cloth, dark morocco spine label. Ex-library bookplate. Fine. The beautiful plates were all drawn by the author from the living animal. George James Allman FRS FRSE was an Irish ecologist, botanist and zoologist who served as Emeritus Professor of Natural History at Edinburgh University in Scotland. George James Allman (1812-1898), acclaimed for... Read More
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Canine renal transplantation. Studies on the intrarenal vascular pattern, renal function and humoral antibodies.
by ALMGARD, Lars Erik (-2019).
Stockholm:: Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology, Supplementum 3, 1968., 1968. 242 x 174 mm. 8vo. 31; (295)-308; (32)-44; (161)-169; (1)-6; 14 pp. In all, this volume contains 6 articles by Lars Almgard and his co-authors on the subject of renal transplantation in dogs. Illus., tables. Printed wrappers. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on top cover. Very good. Almgard was a pioneer in Swedish urology and a role model for his staff and colleagues.
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"Aspetti della vita delle scienze biologiche nel XVIII secolo attraverso le lettere di L. Spallanzani a Ch. Bonnet."
by ALOSI, Massimiliano.
Offprint from: Rassegna per la Storia della Universita di Modena e della cultura superiore modenese, Facicolo VII. Modena:: l'Universita degli Studi, 1977., 1977. 242 x 162 mm. 8vo. [ii], (123)-144 pp. Title-page vignette. Printed wrappers. Fine. Spallanzani & Bonnet
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Curing Catarrh Coughs and Colds.
by ALSAKER, Rasmus Larrsen (1883-1960).
New York:: The Lowrey-Marden Corporation, 1921., 1921. Small 8vo. 117, [11] pp. Ads. Blue gilt-stamped cloth; covers freckled. Some pencil marginalia pages 26, 52, 38, 80. Alsaker published many of his "miracle health books' under a pseudonym, Frank E. Morrison before opting to use his name. Although he was a medical doctor, he excoriated the medical establishment so harshly that a 1921 JAMA article (volume 77, No. 24 pp. 1909-1910) proclaimed: "the average reader might well reach the... Read More
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Original Contributions Concerning the Glandular Structures Appertaining to the Human Eye and its Appendages.
by ALT, Adolf (1851 -1920).
St. Louis:: American Journal of Ophthalmology, 1900., 1900. 8vo. [2], 23, [1] pp. 36 plates [containing 71 illus.]. Maroon blind- and gilt-stamped cloth. Very good. Alt was professor of ophthalmology, Beaumont Hospital Medical College, St. Louis.
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La Telegrafia sin Hilos en Cuba (1899-1916). Within: LLULL: Revista de la Sociedad Española de Historia de las Ciencias y de las Tecnicas. Vol. 20, Nº 38, 1997.
by ALTSHULER, Jose.
[no place]:: Sociedad Española de Historia de las Ciencias y de las Tecnicas, 1997., 1997. Article pages 443-463. Full issue: 443-853, viii pp. Illus. Original printed wrappers. Fine. ISBN 0210-8615 Paper on the making of telegraph communications between the US and Cuba circa 1899 and 1916. Other articles include: Babini on the first computers in Argentina in 1960; Cervera on European missionaries coming to the Far East in the 16th century; Bueno & Lancharro on Francisco Vera, the eminent... Read More
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The mechanics of the digestive tract.
by ALVAREZ, Walter Clement (b. 1884).
New York:: Paul B. Hoeber, 1922., 1922. 216 x 148 mm. 8vo. xii, 192 pp. 22 figs., bibliog., index. Blind-stamped red cloth, gilt spine; lightly rubbed. Bookplate and ownership rubber stamps. Very good. FIRST EDITION. "Includes (p. 111) his smooth diet for duodenal ulcer." Garrison and Morton 1035.
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William Alvord. Born January 3, 1833. Died December 21, 1904.
by [ALVORD, William (1833-1904)] HITTELL, Theodore H.
San Francisco:: California Academy of Sciences, 1905., 1905. (235 x 150 mm). 8 pp. Frontis. port. of Alvord with facsimile signature. Printed wrappers. Embossed stamps, library call number on front cover. Near fine.
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"SU4 and Strong Interactions."
by AMATI, Daniele, H. BACRY, J. NUYTS, & J. PRENTKI.
[n.p.]:: Physics Letters, vol. 11, no. 2, July 15, 1964., 1964. Offprint. Tall 8vo. pp. 190-192. Self-wraps. Very good. Amati is a distinguished Italian physicist who spent many influential years at CERN in Geneva.
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Brass Repousse Work. Book of Instructions.
by AMELIE, Madame.
London:: Published by the author, n.d. [ca.1885]., 1885. Oblong. 24 pp. Figures. Original green printed wrappers; joints worn, creasing. Former ownership signature of L. M. Turvey. Good. How to do hammered brass work, explained and illustrated. This is the original printing, not the modern reprint, however it is also not dated.
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Transactions of the American Gynecological Society, Vol. 6, 1881.
by American Gynecological Society.
Philadelphia:: Henry C. Lea's Son, 1882., 1882. 222 x 160 mm. Thick 8vo. viii, 542 pp. Tables, figs., 3 plates, indexes; water-stained. Blind-stamped dark green cloth, brown leather spine label, gilt spine, t.e.g.; rubbed. Crainz rubber stamp on title. Very good. FIRST EDITION. Nineteen articles on gynecological practice and an historical article by Edward W. Jenks, "The practice of gynecology in ancient times," pages 352-404. PROVENANCE: Professor Franco Crainz (1913-2004) Obstetrics and gynecology, university professor, took his medical... Read More
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First aid and health. Prepared by . . . for the use of Bell System Employees.
by American Red Cross & American Telephone & Telegraph Co.
N.p.:: (American National Red Cross, 1927)., 1927. 201 x 138 mm. 8vo. iv, 148 pp. 78 figs. (most photographic showing first aid techniques), index. Blind- and red-stamped navy textured cloth; rubbed. Ownership signature. Very good.
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History of the American Physiological Society; The first century, 1887-1987. Edited by John R. Brobeck, Orr E. Reynolds, Toby A. Appel.
by [American Physiological Society].
Bethesda:: American Physiological Society, (1987)., 1987. 8vo. viii, 533 pp. Numerous portraits, illus., index. Blue printed wrappers. Ownership signature of Robert Sonnenschein. Very good.
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Records of the Academy, 1999.
by American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Cambridge, MA:: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1999., 1999. 254 x 179 mm. 8vo. [vi], 154 pp. Illus., lists of members. Printed wrappers. Very good.
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History of the American Association of Clinical Urologists 1968-2001.
by American Association of Clinical Urologists; Harry C. MILLER.
Washington, DC:: AACU, 2002., 2002. 8.5 inches. 36 pp. Figs. Wrappers. Very good.
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Petroleum Branch.
by American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers. Petroleum Development and Technology.
Dallas:: AIMME, 1953., 1953. Series: Transactions of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, vol. 198. 4to. xi, 344 pp. Illus. throughout. Cloth. Ownership signature. Fine. Contains numerous papers on drilling and producing equipment, drilling fluids and cement, electric logging, fluid injection, physical properties, natural gas technology, reservoir engineering, etc.
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First aid text-book. Prepared by the American Red Cross for the instruction of first aid classes.
by American Red Cross.
Philadelphia:: Blakiston, (1940)., 1940. Corrected reprint. 198 x 134 mm. Small 8vo. xi, 256 pp. 114 figs., index, Supplement No. 2 on "War gases" dated March, 1942 laid in; stain on rear cover penetrates last 20 leaves. Original printed wrappers; rubbed, head and foot of spine frayed. Very good.
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A Catalogue of the H. Winnett Orr Historical Collection and +Other Rare Books in the Library of the American College of Surgeons.
by American College of Surgeons.
Chicago:: American College of Surgeons, 1960., 1960. 260 x 193 mm. Large 8vo. xxi, 198 pp. Frontis., figs., index. Red cloth. Very good.
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The Kind Seaman and His Young Friends. [with:] Victory to Jesus Christ. A Missionary story.
by American Sunday-School Union.
Philadelphia:: American Sunday-School Union, 1847., 1847. Two works bound in one. 12mo. 35, [1]; 24 pp. Two frontispieces, title vignette; foxed. Original quarter purple cloth; remnant of a paper spine label (lacking), extremities worn. Good.
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Contents and General Index of the Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Vol. I., 1880, to Vol. XX., 1899.
by American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
New York:: Published by the Society, 1899., 1899. 8vo. 188 pp. Brown cloth, gilt-stamped spine title; spine ends chipped. Very good.
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