Ices and How to Make Them ... on Cream, Water, and Fancy Dessert Ices ....
by Senn, Charles Herman
London: Food and Cookery Publishing Agency, 1903. Second, revised and enlarged, edition.. Original publisher's stamped blue cloth.. Very good; binding slightly faded.. 8vo, [4], [5] - 93, [3 - adverts] pp. + numerous text illustrations. Wonderful assortment of ices, ice creams, and sorbets accompanied by illustrations of the necessary equipment. A good précis to the history of the subject is in Willan, pp. 174-'5.
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Crochet sample notebook
by Anon. - SEWING
[Michigan ?]: Unique., ca 1920. Unique.. Original cloth backed boards. .. Very good with some wear to the covers of the album.. Large 4to album. 6 pp. of stiff cloth (most likely cloth covered card stock) with many kinds of samples mounted recto/verso. There are some additonal samples laid into the album. A 'seamstress' sample book of various types of crochet work utilizing a variety of colors and threads. There is no text or identification. The album was... Read More
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Diploma of Joseph Ellis, Augusta Maine, April 23 1849
by Pennsylvania Hospital by SAMUEL SEYMOUR
[Philadelphia], 1849. As issued.. Very good; wrinkling and inoffensive spotting; signatures yellowed and somewhat faded; a deep, crisp impression of the engraving. . A sheet of thick vellum meas. appx. 520 x 450 mm. Decorated with a large black & white engraving of the hospital building by Samuel Seymour [identified in type lower right]. The illustration meas. appx. 250 x 410 mm. Signed by William Malin, John Lewis and two others. An attractive diploma, enhanced by Seymour's large,... Read More
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Life : Its Nature, Origin and Maintenance
by Sharpey - Schafer, E A
London: Longmas, Green Co., 1912. First Edition.. orig. prtd. wrappers.. A very good copy.. 8vo. 36 pp. Sharpey - Schafer's Presidential Addresss to the British Assoc. for the Adv. of Science in 1912. It is an exposition of the trend of modern bio-chemistry in explaining the nature and origin of living things, especially higher life forms. See the author's entries in G - M.
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Experiments on the Paths Taken by Volitional Impulses Passing from the Cerebral Cortex to the Cord ....
by Sharpey - Schafer, E A
London: Qrtrly. Jour. of Exp. Phys., 1910. First Edition. Offprint.. orig. prtd. wrappers.. A fine copy.. 8vo. Schafer did extensive work on the motor cortex in the late 19th century. See G - M # 1419 ; see Finger, pp. 203.
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Rudiments of a Vocabulary of Egyptian Hieroglyphics
by Sharpe, S
London: E Moxon, 1837. First Edition.. orig. publisher's cloth backed bds. .. A good copy; front bd. detached; rear endpaper torn out.. 4to. There are 16 leaves of litho. plates. The biographer in the DNB remarks that the author had a natural gift - coupled to extreme patience - for the divination of texts. This no doubt was an asset when he undertook his translation of the Bible (from the Greek). The work offered here is based on... Read More
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Report of a General Plan for the Promotion of Public and Personal Health ... Resolve of the Legislature of Massachusetts....
by [Shattuck, L] - PUBLIC HEALTH
Boston: Dutton & Wentworth, 1850. First Edition.. Full contemporary calf.. Good copy; binding broken.. 8vo. Two maps and five plates. An important book. It was the first general plan for the promotion of public health presented to a governmental body in America. It is comprehensvie in that it covers all facets of medicine from licensing, oversight, to the design and supply of public hospitals. G - M # 1609.
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Cutter Brand
by MILLINER'S TRADE SPECIMAN SHEET
Philadelphia: Bowen Dungen Co., ca 1910. Edition unknown.. as issued.. A very good copy; cloth speciman torn.. sheet. There is a mtd. sample of cloth. An unusual speciman sheet for the millinery trade. The material was intended for use as bows, sashes or trimming.
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Hellas A Lyrical Drama
by Shelley, Percy Bysshe
London: Charles and James Ollier, 1822. First Edition. Original stiff grey wrappers and paper label.. Good; some soiling to the wrappers; amateurish paper re-back; 4 pages carelessly opened; chipping to the lower edge of the fore-corner of the last 3 leaves; dustiness at the extreme edges.. 8vo, xi, [1 - blank], [2 - fly title], [3] - 60 pp. Shelley's last published poem; written in 1821 while resident in Pisa, months before his death. It's theme is the... Read More
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A History of the Late Revolution in Sweden ....
by Sheridan, Charles F
London: E and C Dilly, 1778. First Edition.. Full contemporary calf.. Very good; joints chafed.. 8vo, [4], 348 pp.. The signature of Amelia Cobden on the title page. Sheridan was secretary to the British envoy for three years. He was an eye witness to the narrative of events presented in this book. DNB XVIII, 75; Brunet VI, 1560.
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Postural Activity of Muscle and Nerve
by Sherrington, C S - NEUROLOGY
London: John Bale, 1915. Offprint.. Original printed wrappers.. A very good copy; some dustiness and trifle discoloration to the wrapper; some wear to the base of the spine.. 8vo, 44 pp. An extension of his earlier work on reflex action which had profound influence (G - M) on modern physiology. In the paper offered here he is most interested in the resting state of the muscle and the measurement and definition of reflex muscle tonicity. See G... Read More
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An Account of the Equatorial Instrument
by Shuckburgh, G A - RAMSDEN - INSTRUMENT - ASTRONOMY
London: Phil. Trans., [1793]. OFFPRINT.. Original blue paper wrappers.. Very good; some occasional spotting; front upper fore corner of wrapper reinforced; backstrip worn; wrappers chipped at the extremities; ownership stamp on the title.. 4to, [2], [3] - 64 pp + 3 folding tables and 6 large folding plates. The original offprint illustrating and explaining the design of the great Ramsden equatorial. The instrument and work described herein was the culmination of a life's work and experience. Commencing with... Read More
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Iconographie Ophthalmologique ou Description avec Figures Coloriées des Maladies de l ' Organe de la Vue, 2 vols.
by Sichel, J
Paris: J B Bailliere, 1852 - 59. First Edition.. Contemporary half leather and marbled boards.. A near fine copy; some light rubbing the joints.. 4to, I - xix, [3], [3] - 823 pp.; II - [4], 80 pp. + 80 colored copper plate engravings. An association copy being the J D Jackson copy with his signed presentation dated 1874 on the front free endpaper of both volumes and each volume stamped with his name at the base... Read More
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Beitrage zur Parthenogenesis der Anthropoden
by Siebold, C T E v.
Leipzig: W Engelmann, 1871. First Edition.. Contemporary half cloth.. A good copy with some spotting throughout.. 8vo. There are text illus. and two large tinted fldg. plates. A lengthy discourse on a topic of special interest to v. Siebold and to which he made his most lasting scientific contributions. DSB XII, 421.
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Outline of a Course of Geological Lectures, Given in Yale College
by [Silliman, B]
New Haven: H Howe, 1829. First Edition.. Original paste paper boards. . Very good internally; later paper backstrip glued to boards; front board loose; personal blind stamp of ownership to a blank portion of the title.. 8vo, [2], [3] - 128 pp. A book of some importance if only because its author was a central figure in early American science. Silliman taught at Yale and established that institution as a training center for studies in chemistry, geology, and... Read More
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Ueber die Operation der Blasen - Scheidenfisteln durch blutige Naht und Bemerkungen uber die Heilung der Fisteln, Spalten und Defecte ....
by Simon, G - SURGERY - WOMEN
Rostock: Stiller Hod Buchhandlung, 1862. First Edition.. original printed wrappers.. Good copy; disbound from a larger volume; backstrip abraded.. sm. 4to. Thirteen dramatic black and white lithographic plates and text illustrations. An important surgeon who wrote this landmark book establishing the technique, and designing the instruments for this gynaecological operation. See Ricci and G-M for numerous citations.
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Historical View of the Literature of the South of Europe, 4 vols.
by Simonde de Sismondi, J C L
London: Henry Colburn, 1823. First English Edition.. Original publisher's paste paper boards & paper labels; some abrasion to the spine of volume 1.. Very good.. 8vo. The noted historian and political economist's survey of the literature and verse of Italy and Spain through the late sixteenth century. See the new Palgrave for an entry for the author.
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Animal Chemistry with Reference to the Physiology and Pathology of Man, 2 vols.
by Simon, J F
London: Sydenham Society, 1845. First English Edition.. Original publisher's cloth.. Very good.. 8vo, There are three litho. plates. The most prominent work on the chemistry of physiology of the day; most of vol. I is given over to the study of blood chemistry. Hirsch V, 277.
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Report of the Gun Foundry Board ....
by [Simpson, E] - MILITARY
Washington: GPO, 1884. First Edition.. orig. prtd. wrappers.. A very good copy; one plan with a separation along a fold; two small bdg. holes punched in gutter.. 8vo. There are 5 lg. fldg. plans & elevations. An interesting architectural pamphlet on the technique and requirement for the construction of an armaments factory.
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Observations on the Scarlatina Anginosa ....
by Sims, James (ed.T Bulfinch)
Boston: Munroe & Francis, 1803. Second Edition.. Disbound.. Very good.. 8vo. A very popular medical work of the period because of the purported remedy for the ailment. Austin #1750.
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The Mathematical Theory of Investment
by Skinner, E B
Boston: Ginn and Company, 1913. First Edition.. orig. publisher's cloth.. A very good copy.. 8vo. An early work on the application of advanced mathematics to financial problems. The third section of the book is given over to probablity applied to insurance and annuities. The second section addresses problems of bond valuation, building and loan associations, and issues of depreciation.
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An Account of a Most Efficacious Medicine for Soreness, Weakness and Several Other Distempers of the Eyes
by Sloane, H
London: D Browne, 1745. First Edition.. Disbound.. Good.. 8vo. The cure offered by Sloane was long known to the Arabs and constituted little more than a home remedy. It did offer some relief. This copy has the half title listing the price. This may be an issue point. See DNB; Becker #342.
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The Standard Electrical Dictionary
by Sloane, T O'Connor
New York: N W Henley & Co., 1892. First Edition.. orig. publisher's cloth.. A very good copy.. 8vo. There are text illus.. A concise but thorough dictionary of terms and explanation of technical issues for electricity. Telegraphy etc. is addressed as well. There is an extensive index and the entries are cross referenced with notes. A very useful book.
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A Convenient Case for Butterflies and Moths - OFFERED WITH - ... Washing, Staining and Dehydrating Small Specimens
by Slonaker, J R
Rochester [NY]: Journal of Applied Microscopy ...., [1930?]. OFFPRINTS.. Original printed wrappers.. Very good; somewhat dusty.. 8vo. There are text illus.. The practical aspects of natural history collections.
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A Treatise on Ploughs and Wheel Carriages -BOUND WITH- An Essay on the Mechanical Principles of the Plough
by Small, J / Barron, W - AGRICULTURE - MACHINES
Edinburgh: Prtd. for the Author/J Balfour, 1784/'74. First Edition.. full contemp. calf. A very good copy; joint strengthened; tear in large plate repaired (no loss).. 8vo. There are 5 copper eng. plates. Small describes himself as a 'plough and cart wright'. The treatise he has written is a manual on the construction and design of ploughs and farm carts. The book is of a practical nature but takes into account scientific and physical principles that would limit the... Read More
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