Eugenics Record Office Bulletin No. 7. The Family-History Book, with sixteen figures in text and six plates
by Davenport, Charles B.
Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Eugenics Record Office, 1912. First edition. FIRST EDITION ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO DATA COLLECTION OF UNDESIRABLE "GENETIC" TRAITS OF AMERICANS. 15 x 23 cm gray paper printed covers, 101 pp. Light soiling of covers, cover corners chipped, embossed library stamp and "withdrawn" handstamp to title page, binding tight, text unmarked. Very good minus in custom archival mylar cover. CONTENTS: I. The Record of Family Traits II. Genealogical Records III. Data Furnished by Biographies IV. The Record of Special Traits... Read More
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Practicing Medicine, a signed medical cartoon print
by DeAmicis, John
1987. SIGNED & FRAMED ORIGINAL CARTOON PRINT OF DR. B. CAREFUL SURROUNDED BY MALPRACTICE WORRIES, BY CARTOONIST TO THE STARS. Framed original hand-colored print, number 49 of 150 copies, signed by the artist, John DeAmicis. Image size 7x8 inches, matted size 11x14 inches, signed in pencil by the artist, fine in fine black metal frame with black matte and glass. John DeAmicis's drawings and illustrations have been compared to Charles Bragg and Daumier. He depicts his unusual interpretations of... Read More
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Fishes, Living and Fossil: An Outline of Their Forms and Probable Relationships
by Dean, Bashford
New York and London: Macmillan and Co., 1895. First edition. 1895 SCARCE EARLY ILLUSTRATED MONOGRAPH ON EVOLUTION OF FISHES. 9 inches tall hardcover, blue cloth binding, gilt publisher's emblem to front cover, gilt title to spine, institutional library bookplate to front paste-down, bookplates of Frank J. Kleinhampl and Robert L Chevalier to front free endpaper, xiv, 300 pp., frontispiece, 345 text figures. Wear to cover corners top 1/2 inch of spine perished, front hinge cracked, binding tight, pages unmarked. Good+ copy... Read More
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FIRST POPULAR BOOK ON "T". The Male Hormone
by de Kruif, Paul
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1945. First edition (stated). "ONE OF THE MOST TALKED-ABOUT BOOKS OF 1945" SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. First edition, 8 inches tall hardcover, blue cloth binding, inscribed on front free endpaper, "For Dave with love from Paul--This memoire to a great man, Herman. Paul de Kruif, May 5, '45". [10], 243 pp. Light rubbing to covers, light page browning, binding tight, pages unmarked, very good in very good-minus jacket with small edge tears and browning, in... Read More
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A Man Against Insanity
by De Kruif, Paul
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1957. First edition. DE KRUIF'S STORY OF THE TRANSITION FROM LOBOTOMY TO DRUG THERAPY FOR MENTAL ILLNESS--SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. 8 1/4 inches tall hardcover, green cloth bindint, gilt title to cover and spine, ink signature of author, dated 4/3/57 on title page, [i-vii], 246 pp, near fine in very good dust jacket with edge wear, in archival mylar sleeve. PAUL DE KRUIF (1890 - 1971) was an American microbiologist and writer. Publishing as Paul de... Read More
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A Hand-Book of Post-Mortem Examinations and of Morbid Anatomy
by Delafield, Francis
New York: William Wood & Co., 1872. First edition. 1872 PRACTICING PHYSICIANS' MANUAL FOR PERFORMING AUTOPSIES. 14 x 23.5 cm hardcover, red cloth binding, gilt title to spine, ink signature of "John A. Douglass/ Nov. 8, 1877" to front free endpaper, and top of title page, [i-iii], 376 pp. Wear to corners, spine faded, spine ends frayed, light browning to page edges, scattered marginal notations. Very good in custom archival mylar cover. This was Delafield's first important book, and was later... Read More
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Studies in Pathological Anatomy
by Delafield, Francis
New York: William Wood & Co., 1882, 1891. First editions. MAGNIFICENT ATLAS OF MICROSCOPIC PATHOLOGY: ENGRAVINGS, LITHOGRAPHS, COLLOTYPES, PHOTOGRAVURES. Two hardcover volumes, 3/4 leather binding, brown cloth-covered boards, spines with raised bands, gilt title, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, ink signature and handstamp of Henry Guze, handstamp of Vivian Severman Guze, to front free endpaper. Vol. I, i-iv, 126 pp, [1], 93 plates (including 11 mounted collotype photographs); Vol. II, 90 pp, 133 plates (including 13 mounted photographs). Covers are worn,... Read More
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FINE PLATES. Fables de la Fontaine, avec les Commentaires de Coste
by de la Fontaine, Jean
Paris: Billois, 1810. Nouvelle Edition. 1810 TWO SMALL VOLUMES OF FABLES OF LA FONTAINE - TOTAL 500 PAGES, 25 ENGRAVED PLATES, SIGNED, DATED 1818 BY ADMIRAL ARCHIBALD DUFF WITH HIS ARMORIAL BOOKPLATES. Two 8.5x14 cm volumes full calf bindings, gilt red and black leather labels to spine, marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Admiral Duff 1858 to front paste-down of each volume. Vol. I, ink signature of "Arch Duff/ Oct 1818" verso frontispiece portrait of la Fontaine; Vol. II, signature "Arch Duff/... Read More
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COLORFUL LICE. Monographia Anoplurorum Britanniae, or an Essay on the British Species of Parasitic Insects belonging to the Order Anoplura of Leach
by Denny, Henry
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1842. First edition. STRIKING COLOR PLATES OF LICE BY A COLLEAGUE OF DARWIN--COPY OF BRITISH EARL WITH A COLORFUL HISTORY. 14x23 cm hardcover, brown cloth binding, blindstamped decorative covers, gilt title to spine, armorial bookplate of William Charles de Meuron Wentworth-Fitzwilliam to front paste-down, bookplate of Robert L. Chevalier MD to front free endpaper, i-xxiv, [4], 262 pp, [2], [10], 26 hand-colored engraved plates containing over 100 figures. HENRY DENNY (1803 – 1871) was an English entomologist, known... Read More
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The Biology of the Internal Secretions
by Dercum, Francis X.
Philadelphia and London: W.B. Saunders Co., 1924. First edition. EARLY TREATISE ON NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY BY NOTED AMERICAN PHYSICIAN. 8 inches tall hardcover, green cloth binding, gilt title to spine, 241 pp, Very good in custom archival mylar cover. FRANCIS XAVIER DERCUM (1856-1931) was a noted American neurologist who in 1888 described 'Dercum's disease', which produces painful deposits of fat under the skin (Adiposis dolorosa). Biology of the Internal Secretions is one of his major works.
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Treatise on the Physical and Medical Treatment of Children
by Dewees, William Potts
Philadelphia: H.C. Carey and L. Lea, 1825. First edition. SCARCE FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST AMERICAN TEXTBOOK ON PEDIATRICS THAT WENT THROUGH 11 EDITIONS. 8 1/2 inches tall hardcover, full leather binding, rebacked with new leather spine, red leather label with gilt title, contemporary ink signatures of previous owners to front free endpaper and top of title page, i-xiv, 496 pp. Cover corners repaired, browning to pages, scattered ink spots, binding tight. Very good minus copy of this scarce first edition. GARRISON-MORTON... Read More
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SIGNED. Anatomical Eponyms. Being a Biographical Dictionary of Those Anatomists Whose Names Have Become Incorporated Into Anatomical Nomenclature, With Definitions of the Structures to Which Their Names HAve Been Attached and References to the Works in Which They are Described
by Dobson, Jessie
Edinburgh and London: E. & S. Livingstone Ltd., 1962. Second edition. UNIQUE DICTIONARY OF ANATOMICAL EPONYMS BY CURATOR OF THE HUNTERIAN MUSEUM IN LONDON--COPY OF AN ACADEMIC SURGEON WITH TLS FROM THE AUTHOR WITH POCKET CONTAINING IMAGES OF KIDNEY CASTS FROM THE MUSEUM. 9 inches tall hardcover, brown cloth boards, spine gilt, bookplate of NSR Maluf front paste-down; signed and dated November 4th, 1964 by author on title page; frontis portrait of Vesalius, 235 pp; very good in jacket lightly... Read More
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The Biological Basis of Human Freedom
by Dobzhansky, Theodosius
PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS OF HUMAN EVOLUTION BY LEADING 20TH CENTURY RUSSIAN-AMERICAN EVOLUTIONIST, INSCRIBED TO OXFORD PROFESSOR. New York: Columbia University Press, 1960. First paperback edition. 13 X 20 cm volume, color printed paper covers, inscribed on half-title page, "To Prof & Mrs G C Varley with warmest regards from the author, Oxford, Sept 20 '61". i-vi, [1], 139 pp. Light browning to page edges, otherwise very good+ in custom archival mylar cover. THEODOSIUS DOBZHANSKY (1900 - 1975) was a Russian-born American geneticist... Read More
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Praxis Medica Remberti Dodonaei Mechliniensis
by Dodoens, Rembert and Egbertsz, Sebastiaen
Amsterdam: Henrici Laurentij, 1616. First posthumous edition edited and annotated by Sebastiaen Egbertsz. MEDICAL TREATISE BY DUTCH PHYSICIAN TO EMPERORS--EDITED & ANNOTATED BY ANATOMIST PAINTED BY EMINENT DUTCH MASTERS. 16 x 10 x 4 cm hardcover, vellum binding, ink manuscript title to spine, red stained page edges, [1], [6], 618 pp, [6], [1 blank]. Ink inscription bottom of Preface, "NB. Scholier marginabus inscriptus Sunt D. Sebastiani Egberti, consule et Medico Amstelredamensi. Ibid Diction. historique de la Medec. Subtitule Dodoens." [NB. A... Read More
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1878 BRILLIANT AMERICAN PHYSICIAN. Scientific Memoirs: Being Experimental Contributions to a Knowledge of Radiant Energy
by Draper, John William
New York: Harper & Bros., 1878. First edition. 1878 COMPILATION OF SCIENTIFIC INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES BY BRILLIANT PHYSICIAN SCIENTIST AND PHOTOGRAPHER--SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY. 14.5x23 cm hardcover, brown cloth binding, spine gilt, bookplate of Robert L. Chevalier MD to front paste-down, Inscribed and signed on front free endpaper by son of the author, Daniel Draper to Daniel's niece, Carlotta Maury: "To Carlotta with love from Draper, Oct 1916". Portrait frontis of J. W. Draper with tissue guard, i-xxii, 473 pp, 100 wood... Read More
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The Problem of Individuality: A Course of Four Lectures Delivered Before the University of London in October 1913
by Driesch, Hans
London: Macmillan & Co., 1914. First edition. DRIESCH'S ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT OF HIS THEORY OF VITALISM--COPY OF EVOLUTIONIST WHO PROPOSED THE RED QUEEN HYPOTHESIS. 22x13.5 cm hardcover, red cloth binding, gilt title to spine, handstamp of Leigh van Valen to front paste-down, in signature of J. Y. Simpson to front free endpaper, i-ix, 84 pp, [4]. Light wear to corners, fading to spine and cover borders, mottling to endpapers, marginal pencil notations (presumably by van Valen). Very good minus in custom... Read More
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SIGNED. Beast or Angel? Choices that make us human
by Dubos, Rene
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1974. First printing. 1974 NOTED BIOLOGIST'S STUDY OF HUMAN NATURE AND OUR CAPACITY TO SHAPE OUR FUTURE--SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 15.5x24 cm hardcover, green cloth binding, gilt decoration to cover, gilt title to spine, inscribed and signed on front free endpaper, "With warmest wishes/ Rene Dubos." i-xiii, 226 pp, light fading top cover edges, top corner pages bumped, light wear to jacket cover, crease front jacket flap, very good in very good jacket. RENE JULES DUBOS (1901 –... Read More
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1835 AMERICAN ENVIRONMENT & PUBLIC HEALTH. On the Influence of Atmosphere and Locality; Change of Air and Climate; Seasons; Food; Clothing; Bathing; Exercise; Sleep; Corporeal, and Intellectual Pursuits, &c, &c. on Human Health; constituting Elements of Hygiene
by Dunglison, Robley
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1835. First edition. SCARCE FIRST EDITION EARLY AMERICAN MANUAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH BY ROBLEY DUNGLISON, PHYSICIAN TO THOMAS JEFFERSON. 8 1/2 inches tall hardcover, full leather binding, spine with black leather label, gilt title, front paste-down with residue from removal of bookplate, i-xi, 514 pp. Wear to covers, light foxing to preliminary and end pages, binding tight, unmarked, very good in custom archival mylar cover. ROBLEY DUNGLISON (1798 - 1869) was an English physician who moved to... Read More
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Iconographie et Histoire Naturelle des Chenilles pour servir de complement a l'Histoire Naturelle des Lepidopteres ou Papillons de France
by Duponchel, Philogene Auguste Joseph
Paris: Bailliere, 1849. First edition. 92 VERY FINE HAND-COLORED ENGRAVED PLATES OF LARVAE OF FRENCH BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS ON THEIR FOOD PLANTS. Two hardcover volumes 8 1/2 inches tall, brown cloth spines with marbled paper covered boards, gilt title to spines, bookplate of Robert L Chevalier MD to front paste-downs, Vol. I, 244 pp, 36 hand colored plates; Vol. II, non-paginated, 56 hand colored plates. Corners worn, binding tender but secure, plates bright with occasional browning. Very good in custom archival... Read More
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Frozen Sections of a Child. Fifteen Drewings from Nature
by Dwight, Thomas and Quincy, H.P.
New York: William Wood & Co., 1881. First edition. SCARCE ATLAS OF EARLY SECTIONAL ANATOMY BY HARVARD ANATOMIST USING TISSUE FROZEN BY "NATURAL COLD". 11 inches tall hardcover, black cloth binding, gilt title to cover and spine, bookplates of Michael F. Fallon and Noble Suyham Rustum Maluf to front paste-down, small handstamp of Dr. M. F. Fallon, Worcester, Mass., to front free endpaper and title page, handstamp "Fallon Clinic Library" bottom of page 7. 66 pp, 15 plates. Light wear to... Read More
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NOBEL SIGNED. Neural Darwinism: The Theory of Neuronal Group Selection
by Edelman, Gerald M.
New York: Basic Books, 1987. First edition, first printing. FIRST PRINTING OF PIONEERING APPLICATION OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY TO NEUROLOGY, INSCRIBED FROM ONE NOBEL LAUREATE TO ANOTHER. 9 1/2 inches tall hardcover, publisher's blue cloth binding, gilt title to spine, inscribed front free endpaper, "For Marshall Nirenberg/ My warm regards/ and admiration/ Gerry", i-xxii, 371 pp, many figures in text, folding color plate. Near fine in near fine jacket in protective mylar sleeve. GERALD M. EDELMAN (1929 – 2014) was an American biologist... Read More
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Scientific Papers from the Department of Physical Chemistry, Harvard Medical School, 1925-1955
by Edsall, John T., Cohn, Edwin J., Bailey, Orville T., Ferry, John D., Greenstein, Jessie P., Gurd, Frank R. N. , Hughes, Walter L., Jr., Ingraham, Franc D., Janeway, Charles A., Low, Barbara W., Morrison, Peter R., Oncley, John L., Scatchard, George, Surge
1925-1955. First editions. 1925-1955 UNIQUE ARCHIVE OF 450 OFFPRINTS FROM LEGENDARY HARVARD PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LAB CONTAINING MANY LANDMARK PAPERS. This archive of research conducted and published by the faculty of Harvard Medical School's physical chemists between 1925 and 1955 is from the library of John T. Edsall. Along with his colleague Edwin J. Cohn, both leaders of the research laboratory during this period, he authored many of the papers, with his signature on a number of the individual offprints as well... Read More
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2 NOBELISTS TRY TO BRING BIOLOGY & PHYSICS TOGETHER. Selforganization of Matter and the Evolution of Biological Macromolecules
by Eigen, Manfred
This item is currently on reserve; please contact dealer for more details.Gottingen: Max Planck Institut fur biophysickaische Chemie, 1971. First edition - preprint of paper submitted to Die Naturwissenshaften. 1971 RARE PREPRINT OF A PAPER STIMULATED DURING BREAKFAST BETWEEN THE AUTHOR, NOBELIST MANFRED EIGEN, AND NOBELIST FRANCIS CRICK (SIGNED BY BOTH), WITH THE GOAL OF BRINGING BIOLOGY AND PHYSICS TOGETHER. 15x21 cm red paper covers, inscribed and signed top of cover, "With best wishes! Manfred" and with signature of Francis... Read More
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SIGNED BY ANOTHER NOBELIST. The Meaning of Relativity
by Einstein, Albert
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1945. Second edition, first printing. 1945 LANDMARK SUMMARY OF NOBELIST ALBERT EINSTEIN'S THEORIES THAT ESTABLISHED MODERN PHYSICS--COPY OF NOBELIST CARLETON GAJDUSEK WHO DISCOVERED KURU, THE FIRST PRION DISEASE. 8 inches tall hardcover, gray cloth binding, gilt title to spine, decorative bookplate of D. Carleton Gajdusek to front paste-down, signature of D. Carleton Gajdusek to front free endpaper, [vi], 135 pp, near fine in very good+ unclipped jacket with faint splash mark to cover, light wear to... Read More
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Principles and Practice of Medicine
by Elliotson, John
Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1844. First American from second London edition, greatly enlarged and improved. 1844 COMPREHENSIVE MID 19TH CENTURY MEDICAL TEXT BY HONORED ENGLISH PHYSICIAN LATER DISGRACED FOR FRAUDULENT PRACTICE. 9 1/2 inches tall hardcover, blue cloth binding, gilt black leather title label to spine, xvi, 1046 pp, publisher's adverts. Binding fine, new endpapers, browning to edges of first and last pages from exposure to original leather binding, bookplate of Dr. John A. Murphy, March 1900 to front endpaper,... Read More
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