Die Leitung des Kriegsspieles und die Grenzen seiner Mittel dargestellt an zusammenhängenden Beispielen
by Ritter von Bilimek - Waissolm, Hugo - GAME THEORY
Vienna: Militär - Wissenschaftlichen Vereines, 1883. First Edition.. 19th century marbled boards and linen backstrip.. Good; two institutional stamps of the Officiers Bibliothek of the Bosn.- Herceg. Infant. Bat. #4 on the title page and a text page; some age toning; wear to the linen backstrip.. 8vo, [4], 130 pp + 11 charts (some with outline color) and maps with a printed pocket holder at the rear. The author was a colonel on the Austro Hungarian general staff... Read More
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Medicinisch-Chirurgisches Handbuch, oder practische Anweisung für diejenigen, die in Ermangelung eines Arztes ihr eigener, oder anderer Arzte, sein müssen
by Ritter, J[ohann] F W - FIRST AID
Altona: Friedrich Bechtold, 1798. First Edition?. Original full calf.. Good; joints cracked; some wear to the binding; some spotting.. 8vo, 348 pp. (pp. 225 - 228 omitted in pagination, no text missing). Interesting guide to medical care for all kinds of illness, wounds, and emergencies. It is intended for use in the absence of a trained physician. There is a 13 page materia-medica supplementing the text that is based on readily available ingredients. Blake p. 383 - citing... Read More
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A Catalogue of the Medical Library of the Philadelphia Alms-House ...
by Rivinus, E F
Philadelphia: [Alms House Board of Managers], 1831. Second, Enlarged Edition. . Original paste paper boards.. Fair; backstrip reinforced with cloth tape; first four leaves neatly reinforced in the gutter with some kind of gum adhesive tape.. 8vo, 174 pages The Phila. Alms House housed an extensive and important medical library. The catalog is a guide to its holdings. There is a section of the catalog devoted exclusively to the dissertations housed in the collection. This edition superseded the... Read More
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A Treatise of Such Mathematical Instruments, As Are Usually Put Into a Portable Case: ... Designed for the Benefit of Engineers, Architects, Surveyors ....
by Robertson, J[ohn] - MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS
London: T Heath, Mathematical Instrument-maker ...., 1747. First Edition.. Full contemporary half leather.. Very good; binding rubbed; some rumpling to the extreme fore-edge of the folded plates.. 8vo, xxiii, [1 - errata], [1] - 107, [1 - blank] pp. + 6 plates and a folding frontispiece illustrating the contents of the case of instruments. An early book explaining the use of the cased instruments. The author also provides a notable, if truncated, history of mathematical instruments of all... Read More
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The Late Growth and Senescence ...., 5 articles
by Robertson, T B - NEUROLOGY
Unk.: Journal of Biological Chem., 1919. First Edition. OFFPRINT.. Original printed wrappers.. A very good copy.. 8vo. There are charts and table throughout. Five articles of 1919 issued as one offprint by the Journal of Biological Chem.. These reports are the orig.research for Robertson's book that appeared in 1923 (cited in G - M as #138).
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Eastern Carpets. Twelve Early Examples ... Second Series
by Robinson, V
London: B Quaritch, 1893. First Edition.. Original publisher's white cloth.. A very good copy with some dust soiling to the covers and light offsetting; untrimmed.. Large folio, [28] pp. + 12 inserted color plates on 11 sheets. All printed on a thick laid watercolor paper. A handsomely produced book with color illustrations of the rare rugs being discussed.
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Essays on Clinical Medicine ....
by Robinson, Beverley
Philadelphia: B Robinson, 1903. First Edition.. Original publisher's cloth.. Very good.. 8vo, [6], [9] - 171 pp. + inserted presentation slip preceding the titlepage. A group of essays on cardiac problems by Robinson that were self published. The essays originally appeared in the "American Journal of Medical Sciences".
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New Principles of Gunnery: containing the determination of the force of gunpowder, and ... resisting power of air to swift and slow motion
by Robins, B - PHYSICS
London: J Nourse, 1742. First Edition.. Full contemp. calf.. Very good; front endpaper excised; one leaf loose; some light toning.. 8vo. There is one fldg. plate and text illus. . The book that founded a new science.Contemporaries felt Robins was, '... in gunnery what immortal Newton was in philosophy ....' This obscure British mathematician and engineer invented new instruments, undertook original field trials and experiments with high velocity projectiles and made the first observations on the sound barrier.... Read More
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A Treatise on Surveying and Navigation; Uniting the Theoretical, the Practical, and the Educational Features of These Subjects
by Robinson, H N
Cincinnati: Jacob Ernst, 1852. First Edition. Full contemporary sheep; mounted label on spine.. Good; endpapers excised; some spotting throughout; some chafing.. 8vo, viii, [9] - 230, [1 - blank], [1] - 100 [tables] pp. A provincial text offering a sound introduction to the complexities of surveying, navigation and celestial astronomy. Appended to the text is table of logarithms.
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A Course of Fifteen Lectures on Medical Botany ... Delivered in Cincinnati Ohio ....
by Robinson, S
Columbus: Jarvis Pike & Co., 1835. First Printing in Columbus.. Full contemporary leather.. Very good.. 12mo, 205, [1 - blank], [2 - contents & references] pp. Robinson was the leading proponent of the Thomsonian system in the mid-west. There is no evidence that Robinson actually practiced medicine. Between 1828 and 1831 he listed himself in the the Cincinnati Directory as a lecturer in philosophy and history. But in 1829 he announced a series of lectures on... Read More
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A Catalogue of American Minerals ... in the United States and British Provinces ... Containing Localities and Tabular View
by Robinson, S
Boston: Cummings, Hilliard, & Co., 1825. First Edition.. Original paper backed paste-paper boards and label.. A good copy; endpapers with tide marks that do NOT enter text; unopened; some splitting of paper along joints.. 8vo, vi, [2 index & errata], [1] 316 pp This is generally accepted to be the first American catalogue of minerals for the United States that includes all the lands up to the Mississippi and some of Canada.The book was compiled from... Read More
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Outlines of Mechanical Philosophy, Containing the Heads of a Course of Lectures
by Robison, J
Edinburgh: W Creech, 1781. First Edtion.. Contemporary half leather.. Fair; binding broken; some staining and tide marks.. 8vo, [4], [1] - 128 pp. + 10 engraved plates. The original publication of the lecture outlines of Robison's notable series on the physical sciences. Robison succeeded Black to the lectureship in chemistry at Glasgow and eventually was prof. of natural philosophy at Edinburgh. The book offered here is his lecture outline for the the course he gave.They contain an extensive... Read More
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Pillen zur Erschütterung des Zwerchfells gegen üble Laune und Langeweile aus der Reiseapotheke des Herrn Rochus Pumpernickel. Drittes Hundert - BOUND WITH - Pillen ... Viertes Hundert
by Rochus Pumpernickel" (pseudonym) [Stegmayer, Mattheaus] - HUMOR
Pest: K A Hartleben, 1811. First Edition.. Original publisher's paper backed blue paste paper boards.. Very good; some spotty foxing and toning throughout.. 8vo, III - 79, [1 - blank] pp. + hand-colored engraved frontispiece; IV - 77, [3] pp. + hand-colored engraved frontispiece. An anthology of 100 humorous stories and anecdotes in each volume. The author was a stage actor in Hungary and Austria and beginning in 1800 resident in the Burg Theater in Vienna. The book... Read More
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The Medical and Surgical Uses of Electricity
by Rockwell, A - ELECTRICITY
New York: William Wood and Co., 1896. Second Revised Edition.. Original publisher's cloth.. A very good copy.. 8vo. Illustrations throughout the text. One of the premiere books of the 19th century on the use of electricity for medical purposes. It is comprehensive in its coverage of the field. This edition contains a chapter on x-rays. Rockwell was also the inventor of the electric chair. Bakken p. 290; See G - M # 1996.4.
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Bows for Musical Instruments of the Violin Family
by Roda, Joseph
Chicago: William Lewis and Son, 1959. First Edition. Publisher's half-leather with the original glassine wrapper.. As new.. Large 4to, 335 pp. + 47 full page plates (each with multiple figures). A biographical and technical handbook of bow makers. The illustrations are generous and appropriate to the use of the text as a reference work. There is a subscriber's list for the book which seems to contradict the publisher's statement that 3000 copies were printed. This is copy #116.
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[78 rpm vinyl record] Yodeling Cowboy
by Rodgers, Jimmie - SIGNED
Camden [NJ]: Victor Recording Co., 1933. First Edition.. Framed. A fine copy of the record.. The father of country music signed this copy of the Yodeling Cowboy (flip side is Blue Yodel # 9 with none other than Louis Armstrong). The record bears the shop label of Moeller's Radio Shop / Bastrop, LA.. Rodgers died the following year in 1933. The foundation record of American country music.
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Eine neue Art von Strahlen
by Roentgen [Rontgen], W K - X-RAY
Wurzburg: Verh. d. Phy. - Med. Gesell. Wurz., 1896. Third Edition.. orig. publisher's tan printed wrappers.. A very good copy with a small snag on the fore edge of upper wrapper.. 8vo. The third offprint edition issued within weeks of the original and in response to overwhelming demand for the information about Rontgen's discovery. Klickstein # 5; see Horblit # 90 & G - M # 2683 citing the first.
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The Correction of Sextants for Errors of Eccentricity and Graduation
by Rogers, J
Washington: Smithsonian Inst., 1890. First Edition.. Original printed wrappers.. A good copy with some staining to the rear wrapper.. 8vo. There are some text illus. The US Navy used a device designed and constructed by Rogers to "prove" its navigational instruments. In the paper offered here Rogers presents the theory behind his device.
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A series of 15 offprints from the author. 1] Clinical and Experimental Studies on Adrenal Insufficiency ...., 37 pp., 1930; 2] Diagnosis and Treatment of Addison's Disease, 1931, 22 pp.; 3] Nervous System Mechanism for Epinephrine Secretion, [6] pp., 1946; 4] Experimental Production of Chronic and Sub-Acute Adrenal Insufficiency ...., [4] pp., 1932; 5] An Apparatus for Constant Intravascular Injection of Liquids, [4] pp.,, 1940; 6] Insulin Hypoglycemia and Epinephrine Output ...., [4] pp., 1940; 7] Experimental Pathology and Physiology of the Adrenal Cortex, 18 pp., 1945; 8] Contributions to Animal Experimentation ...., 10 pp., 1932; 9] Standardization of Adrenal Cortex Extract, 6 pp., 1943; 10] Vitamin C and Insulin Action, 4 pp., 1944; 11] The Role of Adrenals in Health and Disease, 6 pp., 1942; 12] Diagnosis of Addison's Disease ...., [36] - 42 pp., 1942; 13] Adrenal Cortex Therapy, 3 pp.; 14] Adrenal Function and Blood Electrolytes, 163 - 16 9pp., 1950; 15] Studies in Gastric Secretion ...., 623 - 627 pp.
by Rogoff, Julius M - ADRENAL GLAND
OFFPRINTS.. Original printed wrappers.. Fine.. 4to and 8vo. The author is known for his work and development of the first treatment for Addison's Disease.
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Plantas Medicinales Aromaticas o Venenosas de Cuba, 2 vols.
by Roig y Mesa, Juan T - BOTANIC MEDICINE
Havana: Min. de Agricultura, 1945. First Edition.. Original printed paper wrappers.. Good with some wear to the wrappers; modest tide mark to the prelims of volume 2.. Large 8vo, I - 448 pp.; II - [2], 449 - 872 pp. Text illustrations in both volumes.. An important catalog of the medicinal plants of Cuba. Each plant is described, its habitat listed, its use, and references to it in the literature.
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Scientific Papers and Addresses, 2 vols.
by Rolleston, George
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1884. First Edition. Original publisher's brick colored cloth with the 19th century version of the Oxford press mark at the base of the spine.. Very good.. 8vo, I - lxxvi, [2], [3] - 498 pp. + frontispiece & 3 lithographic plates; II - [6], [501] - 947pp. + 1 lithographic plate. Text illustrations throughout. The author was Linacre professor of anatomy at Oxford from 1860 until his death in 1881. He also received a medical... Read More
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Melopela Sacra or a Collection of Psalms and Hymns by Mr. Addison and Sr John Denham & c. Set to Musick ...., 2 vols. bound as one
by Roner, A[ndrew]
London: W Smith Music Printer, [1721]. First Edition.. Contemporary three-quarter leather over ornate green color patterned paper over boards with a morocco label on the front cover.. Good; binding is worn; joints cracked; internally toned with one leaf (p. xi) with an old repaired tear (no loss).. Folio, I - engraved title, xi, [3], 46 pp. (p.44 mis-numbered 36) + frontispiece; II - [5], 52, [1 - blank] pp.. Most of the contents is engraved music with letterpress.... Read More
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An Essay on Translated Verse
by Roscommon, Wentworth Dillon, fourth earl
London: Jacob Tonson, 1684. First Edition.. 19th century cloth backed marbled boards.. Good with some age toning; front cover separated; wide margins.. 4to, [14], 24 pp. A1v mis-signed; page [7] mis-paginated. This is Roscommon's slim but important contribution to the restoration debate on the nature of poetry. It is in this essay that he first introduces the notion of poetic diction. The Essay is in verse. John Dryden contributed the introductory poem. Johnson noted that Roscommon, " ...... Read More
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Freundschaftliche Rathschläge zur Verlängerung des Lebens
by Rosenberg, C A - DIET - HEALTH
Breslau: J E Meyer, 1781. First Edition.. Contemporary paste paper boards.. Good; front endpaper excised; label abraded.. 8vo, [20], [3] - 380, [2 - errata] pp. Rosenberg presents a complete regimen of diet, exercise, counsel on temperament etc.. The book is most interesting for its dietary section and recommendations. Absent from Blake.
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Traite des maladies des Enfans ....
by Rosen von Rosenstein, N
Paris: P G Cavelier, 1778. First French Edition.. Full contemporary calf.. Very good; front hinge strained; slight wear at the head of the spine.. 8vo, xii, [1] - 582, [2 - privilege] pp. One of the great works and a foundation book of paediatrics. The book is based on Rosenstein's own research and observations. The commentary is informative throughout, e.g., his remarks on whooping cough that came very close to the modern idea of bacterial infection. G -... Read More
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