Sexualität und Schuldgefühl
by Rank, O
Leipzig: IPV, 1926. First Edition.. Original printed wrappers.. Very good.. 8vo, 160, [6 - adverts] pp. An anthology of 6 articles published in different journals. Grinstein # 26494.
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Psychoanalytische Beiträge zur Mythenforschung. Gesammlte Studien aus de Jahren 1912 bis 1914. ....
by Rank, O
Leipzig: IPV, 1919. First Edition.. Original printed wrappers.. A very good copy with some wear at the base of the spine.. 8vo, viii, [1] - 420 pp. An anthology of 13 articles and an important introduction by the author defending the establishment of the IPV. Among the articles the two most important are his essay of the 'doppelgänger' and nakedness. Grinstein #26486.
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On the Medullated Nerve Fibers Crossing the Site of Lesions in the Brain of the White Rat
by Ranson, S[tephen] Walter - NEUROLOGY
Chicago: Journal of Comparative Neurology, 1903. OFFPRINT. Original publisher's printed paper wrappers.. Very good.. 8vo, [1], 186 - 207,[1 - blank] pp. + folding plate An early paper written 2 yrs. prior to receiving his Ph.D and medical degree. He was to become Professor of Neurology and Director of the Institute of Neurology at Northwestern University. He became the acknowledged leader in research on the physiology of the hypothalamus. See Nat'l. Academy of Sciences, F R Sabin... Read More
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Die alte Egyptische Zeitrechung
by Rask, R - EGYPTOLOGY - CHRONOLOGY
Altona: Karl Aue., 1830. First German Edition.. Disbound.. A good copy.. 12mo. A history and exegesis of Egyptian dynasties and determination of chronology. An early work.
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De la Pologne sur les bords de la Vistule et dans l'emigration
by Raspail, F-V
Paris: Chez l'editeur, 1839. First Edition.. contemp. half leather.. A good copy; some scuffing to the backstrip.. 8vo. [4], (1)2-173, [3] pp. Raspail was trained as a physician and was able to practice for some time when he was not in jail or running from the authorities for illicit revolutionary political activities. The book offered here is his account of Poland and the emigres to France from 1789 to the then recently concluded troubles of 1830. An... Read More
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German album amicorum of 154 pp. with 30 pp. of entries including 2 full page gouaches, 1825-1830 at Konigsberg and Medenau
by [Rast, J J]
[Konigsberg]: Not published, 1825 - 1830. Unique.. Full contemporary gilt stamped leather.. A very good copy; front hinge broken; a number of leaves loose in casing.. Oblong 8vo. There are two full page watercolor landscape and allegorical renderings. A charming friendship album containing two exceptional watercolor renderings. The first may well depict a part of Konisgsberg showing people enjoying a moonlit evening at a lake; the second is an allegorical rendering by Johann Julius Rast (1806 - 1842)... Read More
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Untersuchungen über die Spina bifida
by Recklinghausen, F v - SPINAL CORD
Berlin: Georg Reimer, 1886. First Edition.. Original publisher's grey paper wrappers.. Near fine; some splits in paper wrapper on the spine; unopened.. 8vo, [2], [1] - 170 pp. + 2 folding plates on heavy stock The author has several entries in G-M all dealing with neuropathology. He was a student of Virchow.
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Die Kaninchen und Seidenhaasenzucht .... BOUND WITH .... Dungun durch Knochenmehl ....
by Redares, M / Geisler, B G - AGRICULTURE
Weimar: B F Voight, 1841. First / Second Edition.. contemp. paste paper bds... Both good copies; feint inst. stamp on each title; overall toning and spotting.. 12mo. There are two plates on one sheet. The first tract is devoted to a get-rich-quick scheme of raising rabbits. The second pamphlet is devoted to extolling the use of bone-meal as a fertilizer in gardens.
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An Essay on the Torpidity of Animals
by Reeve, H - PHYSIOLOGY
London: Longman, Hurst ...., 1809. First Edition.. full contemp. calf.. A good copy; binding somewhat worn; jts. cracked but holding.. 8vo. Reeve was dead by age 34 and this is his only published book on a medical topic. He was a friend of Davy and Coleridge and together with Dr. Thomas Bateman founded the Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal. The book offered here is a study of the phenomena of hibernation and the accompanying physiological changes. Reeve addresses... Read More
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Über die contractile Substanz (Sarcode, Protoplasma) und ihre Bewegungs-erscheinungen ....
by Reichert, C B
Berlin: Königl. Akademie der Wissen., 1867. OFFPRINT.. Original printed wrappers.. Fine, unopened.. 4to, [2], paginated 152 - 193 + 7 plates. C. B. Reichert (1811-83) was a student of von v. Baer, v. Graefe, Rust, Dieffenbach, Gurlt, and Joh. Müller; he taught at Dorpat und Breslau. After 1858 he followed Müller as Prof. of Anatomy. Hirsch IV, 752, ADB XXVII, 697; Rotschuh, History of Physiology.
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Uber ein selbstandiges Darmnervensystem
by Remak, R - NEUROLOGY
Berlin: G Reimer, 1847. First Edition.. Original cloth backed printed grey boards.. Near fine with some minor spotting.. Folio. There are 2 litho. plates. Remak was a professor of neurology and Posen. He was responsible for numerous important discoveries with regrad to the nervous system. The monograph offered here introduces what is known as Remak's ganglion in the diaphragm and nerves of the stomach. DSB XI, 367-370; Garr. McHenry, 159-160.
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Über ein selbständiges Darmnervensystem
by Remak, Robert - NEUROLOGY
Berlin: G Reimer, 1847. First Edition. Original publisher's cloth backed, printed, grey paper boards.. Very good; some spotting throughout.. Folio, [6], 37, [1] pp. + 2 lithographic plates; errata affixed to rear pastedown. In this work Remak first described the autonomic ganglia in the nerves of the stomach (Remak's ganglia). "Among early neurocytologists, Remak was foremost. Most of his publications were epoch making (Haymaker & Schiller, Founders of Neurology, p. 66)." Norman #1822.
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Memoire sur la Laminage du Plomb
by Remond de Saint-Albine, P - TECHNOLOGY
Paris: J Guerin, 1746. Third Enlarged Edition. First Illustrated.. Full contemporary calf.. Very good with modest wear to the binding.. 8vo, xii, [1] - 78, [2 - privilege] pp. + 3 engraved folding plates of machinery; title vignette. An effort on behalf of the author to overcome the resistance of craft guilds to the introduction of rolled lead sheeting for roofing and gutters. Rolled lead had been in use in the UK since 1670. But the first mill... Read More
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Letter from the Secretary of War ... An Estimate of all the Posts and Stations for Which Garrisons will be Expedient ....
by USA: House of Representatives
Washington DC: House of Rep., 1801. First Edition.. stitched as issued.. A very good, untrimmed copy; some scattered spotting.. 8vo. A summation of the distribution of the American Army across the new nation.
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Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening. Including Some Remarks on Grecian and Gothic Architecture, Collected from Various Manuscripts ....
by Repton, Humphry
London: T Bensley for John Taylor, 1805. [Second Edition.]. Contemporary three-quarter leather over paper boards. Later cloth slipcase.. Very good; binding rubbed; partially unopened, untrimmed; three leaves with some rumpling to the fore-edge - one with the fore-edge slightly cut-down (to eliminate wrinkling?). This copy is clean throughout with excellent color and modest offsetting. The color overlays are in excellent condition. Printed on thick paper.. Large generous 4to; 16, [1] - 222, [2 - index & list of... Read More
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Carolus Divina Clementia Romanorum ....
by Conde de Palma - WORK RESTRICTIONS
[Catania], 1724. First Edition. As issued.. Very good; last page blank but docketed in a contemporary hand; modest tide mark.. Folio, 4 pp. Sheet size is appx. 315 x 215 mm. Language is Latin and Italian. An employment prohibition for physicians not trained at the Univ. of Catania. The proclamation prohibits medical and professional practice by those who have come to the city but not attended its university. The basis was that ascertaining professional proficiency could not be... Read More
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Printed American passport of 1847
by Rex, George
Washington DC: Federal Government, 1847. As issued.. Very good; two small mounting stains to last page.. Folio, 4 pp. measuring appx. 402 x 270 mm. Page 1 printed with holograph additions by the acting Secretary of State W S Derrick. Additional neatly stamped and signed endorsements on verso of page 1 from French officials dated Sept. - October 1847. Integral pages 3 - 4 are blank. A handsome engraved and printed American passport for Mr Rex's travels through... Read More
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Die Geometrie der Lage, 2 parts in one volume
by Reye, Theodor - GEOMETRY
Hannover: Carl Rumpler, 1866-1868. First Edition. Contemporary half-leather.. Good; backstrip worn away; some spotting.. 8vo, I - xii, [2], [1] - 146 pp. + 5 folding plates; II - [2], [iii] - xiv, [1] - 268, [2 - errata] pp. + 1 folding plate. One of the leading geometers of the period coming to the field through an early interest in analytical mechanics. DSB XI, 299-300.
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A Ministry of Health and Other Addresses
by Richardson, B W
New York: D Appleton, 1879. First American Edition.. orig. publisher's cloth.. A very good copy; old ownership stamps on the endpapers.. 8vo. A series of essays on medical statistics, alcoholism, medical education, burial etc.. See G-M for the author's other entries.
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Random Sketches or What I Saw in Europe ... with photographic illustrations ....
by Richards, F de Bourg
Philadelphia: G Collins, 1857. First Edition.. Original publisher's embossed cloth.. Good; horizontal split at the head of the backstrip; modest wear to the head and tail of the backstrip; some spotting to the frontispiece and title page; front and rear blanks torn out.. 8vo. There are four photographic salt prints illustrating the book. This copy signed by A R DuPont on the verso of the frontispiece. Among the earliest photographically illustrated travel books published in America. The author... Read More
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Über das Problem der Rotation eines festen Körpers auf welchen beliebige Kräfte wirken
by Richelot, Friedrich Julius - MECHANICS/DYNAMICS - ORBITAL MOTION
Berlin: F Dummler, 1851. First Edition.. Contemporary marbled paper over boards.. Good; some spotting; backstrip of binding abraded.. 4to, [2], [1] - 59, [1 - errata] pp. In the opening paragraphs of this paper Richelot introduces his primary subject: planetary orbital dynamics. His aim is to introduce a "new" method of analyzing such motion. The best explanation of the subject is in Truesdell, Essays in the History of Mechanics, pp. 165-180, on Euler's laws of motion.
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Étienne-Jules Marey
by Richer, Paul - MEDAL
[Paris], ca1905. As issued.. Fine.. Medal; rectangular silvered bronze plaquette (meas. 50 x 64 mm) within its original velvet and satin lined green calf-skin case. Marey depicted quarter-length bust to left with a landscape below. Verso: Marey seated at a desk in his laboratory surrounded by scientific equipment, a camera to right; beyond, in clouds, birds, horses and male athletes. Marey was a French scientist and chrono-photographer. His work was significant in the development of cardiology, physical instrumentation... Read More
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Journal of Captain Cook's Last Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, on Discovery ....
by [Rickman, John] - COOK'S LAST VOYAGE
London: E Newberry, 1781. First Edition. State B.. Full contemporary calf.. Good; recased at some point; 3-4 inch repaired tear in the map (no loss); some offsetting and spotting; rubbing and chafing to the binding; snag at head of the spine.. 8vo, [4]. xlvi, 388 [396] pp. + folding frontispiece, folding map, four plates. The first full account of Cook's last voyage by the second lieutenant aboard the Discovery. The text contains reports of many incidents of the voyage that... Read More
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Illustrations of Syphilitic Disease
by Ricord, P [ed. by P B Goddard]
Philadelphia: A Hart ...., 1852. First English Edition.. Original publisher's cloth.. Good copy; binding worn; backstrip mostly abraded; institutional perforation stamp to a blank portion of the title; some spotting but generally clean.. Large 4to, 50 hand colored lithographic plates. One of the standard 19th century works on the topic. The book also contains a history of the subject and a formulary of 'remedies'. See G-M # 2382 & # 5202.
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Proofs and Implications of Complete Sex-Transformation in Animals
by Riddle, Oscar
Berlin: Int'l. Congress for Sexual Research (trans.), 1927. OFFPRINT. Original printed paper wrapper.. Very good; some splitting to the front printed wrapper along the gutter.. 8vo, [193] - 218 pp.. The text is in English. A leader in endocrine research this is one of the author's papers receiving renewed attention. See National Academy's biographies.
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