The Selenium Cell. Its Properties and Application
by Barnard, G F
New York: Richard R Smith, [1930]. First American Edition.. original publisher's cloth and dustjacket.. Near fine; backstrip of the jacket a bit darkened.. lg. 8vo. The text is illustrated throughout. According to Shiers a 'classic'. The book contains chapters on the uses for selenium in talking films and television. There is an extensive bibliography. Exceptional in such condition and with the dustjacket. Shiers, Early Television, # 2705; Shiers, History, # 755.
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A Manual of Auscultation and Percussion
by Barth, [J B P] & Roger, H - CARDIOLOGY
Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1845. First American Edition.. Original publisher's cloth.. A near fine copy.. 8vo, (4 - adverts), viii, [13] - 160 pp. The best contemporary account of heart sounds. A classic. Bedford #480.
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Epistolarum medicinalium centuria IV .... - BOUND WITH - De insolitis partu humani ... accedunt ... Veslingi equitis de pullitie ....
by Bartholin, T - HEART - CHILD BIRTH
Hafniae: P Haubold, 1667/1664. First Edition.. Full contemporary stiff vellum.. A very good copy somewhat age browned.. 8vo, I - [8], 568, [24 - index & errata] pp.; II - [8], 248, [8], 248 pp. Two works of Bartholin bound as one. [1] This is volume 4 of Bartholin's collected medical correspondence (each collection is issued separately). The subject matter covered in the text is staggering in the range of topics (there is a subject index listing... Read More
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De Libris legendis dissertationes quas propter raritatem ac Praestantiam Publicae luci restituit ... Joh. Ger. Meuschen
by Bartholin, Thomas
Frankfurt: N Wildt, 1711. Second Edition.. New calf in contemp. style.. A very good copy; worm track touches date and penetrates five leaves (no loss).. 8vo. [48], 1 - 192 pp. Bartholin is best known for his contributions to physiology especially his discovery of the thoracic duct and lymphatic system. The book offered here is one a series of dissertations on books, manuscripts and libraries. Morhof in his Polyhistor literarius refers to Bartholin's book as an excellent... Read More
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Neuer Erfahrner Amerikanischer, Haus-und Stallarzt mit den natürlichsten, und leichtesten Mitteln wider alle Kranckheiten, und Schwachheiten der Menschen und Viehe
by Bartigas, Matthias - VETERINARY & HUMAN CURES
Friederich-Stadt, [MD]: Matthias Bartigas, 1794. First Edition. Contemporary half leather over marbled paper boards.. Very good; tide mark throughout.. 8vo, [16], [1] - 84, [2 - divisional title], [3] - 36, [4 - index] pp. The text is in two parts. The first deals with many common ailments for both animal and man. The second part is devoted to identifying the features and qualities of a horse that would allow one to select a good animal or sell... Read More
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Mother Goose of `93
by Bartlett, [Mary A] - PHOTOGRAPHY
Boston: J King Co., 1893. First Edition.. Original publisher's floral design cream color boards stamped in silver.. Very good; some minor spotting.. Oblong 4to. There are 10 large, oblong flat plate photogravure plates (205 x 258 mm) printed on translucent tissue and tipped on to heavier backing paper that make up the contents of the book. The gravures are superbly printed resulting in the utmost clarity for the images. There is some engraved text on the plates. An... Read More
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Catalogue Raisonné de Toutes les Estampes qui Forment l'oeuvre de Lucas de Leyde
by Bartsch, Adam
Vienna: J V Degen, 1798. First Edition. Later marbled paper over boards.. Very good.. 8vo, xviii, 124, [10] pp. Bartsch was the son of a court official of Prince Starhemberg of Austria. He studied academic subjects at the University in Vienna and then drawing and engraving at Viennese Academy of Arts (Kupferstecherakademie) under Jacob Schmuzer (1733-1811). From 1777-1781 he worked in the Imperial Library, cataloging books. Between 1783-4 he was sent to Paris with the print collection's registrar,... Read More
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A Revised Account of the Experiments Made With the Bashforth Chronograph to Find the Resistance of Air to the Motion of Projectiles
by Bashforth, Francis
Cambridge [UK]: Univ. Press, 1890. First Edition. Original publisher's cloth.. Good; some rubbing to the cloth.. 8vo, xii, [1] - 317, [1 - printer's slug], [2 - adverts] pp. This "revised" account is in fact a new work extending the efforts of his initial experiments on air resistance prior to 1880. Those experiments were limited to lower velocities and specific projectile shapes. The effort here is to establish a universal equation to determine resistance and hence flight characteristics... Read More
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Traité Élémentaire du Jeu des Échecs ....
by Basterot, [Barthelemy de] - MANUSCRIPT COMMENTARY ON PAUL MORPHY
Paris: Allouard et Kaeppelin, [1852]. First Edition. Contemporary half calf with marbled boards.. Very Good; some wear to the binding; frontispiece reinforced at gutter.. 8vo, [2], vi, [7] - 372 pp. + frontispiece. AN ADDITIONAL 44 pp. MANUSCRIPT WITH MOUNTED ILLUSTRATIONS OF GAMES APPENDED TO THE TEXT BY ALFRED JUMELLE. A superb association copy with an important narrative regarding chess and the social and artistic life at the Café de la Regence. The manuscript annotations and 'appendage' are... Read More
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An Examination of Certain Proceedings and Principles of the Society of Friends ....
by Bates, E
St Clairsville [ Ohio ]: Prtd. for the Author by Horton J Howard, 1837. First Edition.. Original (?) muslin covered bds... A good copy with some foxing.. 8vo, xx, [21] - 309, [3] pp. Bates' account of his conflict with the church. It is interesting to note that the printer of the book was also an author of several books on botanic medicine and had created his own system of treatment. S & S #43100; see Atwater Cat.... Read More
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Traite de la Péritonite Puerpérale
by Baudelocque, A C
Paris: Gabon, 1830. First Edition . Contemporary half leather; joints strained.. Good; browning of a few of the signatures because of paper stock.. 8vo, xxiv, 480 pp. The author was the nephew of the famous 18th century physician and taught at the children's hospital in Paris. An exhaustive treatise. Wellcome II, 115.
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On Military and Camp Hospitals, and the Health of Troops in the Field ....
by Baudens, Lucien - MILITARY HOSPITALS
New York: Bailliere Brothers, 1862. First English Edition.. Original publisher's pebble grain cloth.. Good; spine somewhat sunned; some modest spotting.. 8vo, xii, [9] - 260 pp. Baudens' medical history of the French army in the Crimean War. An invaluable first hand account of the results of modern warfare from wounds, surgery, management and including reports from naval installations and secondary camps. The author was an experienced military physician having spent a long period with French troops in Algeria where he... Read More
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An Abridgment of Mr. Heath's Translation of Baudelocque's Midwifery
by [Baudelocque] Dewees, W P (ed.)
Philadelphia: Bartram & Reynolds, 1807. First Am. Edition.. a later 19th cent. half leather.. A very good copy; some offsetting from the plates.. thick 8vo. Seven engr'd. plates of instruments and anatomy. (i-iii)iv - (v-vii)viii - xiv, (1)2 - 658 pp. This can rightfully be considered Dewees' first publication after his dissertation. Dewees has added numerous notes to the text of this translation. An important book (G-M 2655) edited by the author of the first Am. treatise on... Read More
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Chymie Experimentale et Raisonnee, 3 vols.,
by Baume, A
Paris: P F Didot, 1773. First Edition. B Issue.. full contemp. calf.. A good copy; some marginal tide marks to some pages; edges of some plates rumpled and moderately soiled; two spine labels abraded.. 8vo. There is a frontis. and total of 12 eng. fldg. plates. One of the last great general chemistry texts of the 18th century. Baume was a working chemist and pharmacist and his text provides a good deal of information on the processes of... Read More
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Chymie Experimentale et raisonnee, 3 vols.
by Baume, Antoine
Paris: P Franc. Didot, 1773. First Edition. First Issue.. full contemp. calf.. A good set with some occ. spotting.. 8vo. There are 12 copper eng. plates; frontis.; title vignettes. This is one of the latest and very best of all 18th chemistry books in France based on the phlogiston theory. The copy offered here conforms to the best (first issue) printing described by Ferguson. Ferguson I, 83 - 84.
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Traite de la Première Dentition et des Maladies Souvent très-graves ....
by Baumes, J B T - PEDIATRICS - DENTITION
Paris: Mequignon, 1806. First Edition.. Original plain pink wrappers & paper label.. Very good; untrimmed; unopened; wrappers dusty with wear; spine abrasion at the head.. 8vo, [4], lii, [2], 5 - 350 pp. + plate An interesting book on pediatric dentition. The author also adapted a scalpel for the specific dental function of assisting eruption of the first teeth by 'scoring' the gum; the instrument is depicted in the book. The general commentary is accompanied by case studies... Read More
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Mitleidiger Arzt, welcher überhaupt Alle Arme Kranke insonderheit ... Land-Leute ... Sich selbsten curiren konnen .... - BOUND WITH - Kurze Beschreibung....
by Baumler, G S [ed. by G H Behr] - POPULAR MEDICINE
Strassburg: J H Heitz, 1743. Third Edition.. Contemporary parchment, covered in a grey laid paper.. Good; old ownership stamp on the title.. 8vo, I - [12], 598, [16]; II - 48 pp. A detailed manual of instruction for the cure of illnesses and disease by use of ordinary or common plant extracts or medicinal compounds. Behr, the editor for this editon of Baumler's book, has added an introduction and amended the text. The aim of the book was... Read More
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Gilbert Baur ... merkwurdige Regeln was und wie einem Kranken und Sterbenden zuzusprechen
by Baur, G - DEATH
Augsburg: M Rieger, 1811. Fifth Edition (stated).. Contemporary three-quarter leather.. A very good copy.. 8vo. A most unusual and little known book. The aim is to advise individuals on how to approach and deal with those that are sick and dying. The text is specific in how to make inquiries, dealing with incoherent replies, what to say, how to say it, providing medical assistance and comfort, simple rules to follow etc..
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ABC for Collectors of American Contemporary Art with drawings by Saul Steinberg
by Baur, John - EDITH HALPERT - DOWNTOWN GALLERY
New York, 1954. First Edition. Original printed publisher's wrappers.. Good; some marginal wear; pencil signature of the front cover.. 8vo, [24] pp., illustrated. In 1954, Edith Halpert, owner of the Downtown Gallery in NYC commissioned the curator and scholar John Baur to write this beginner's guide. The sentiments of Baur accompanied by the humorous illustrations of Steinberg expressed Halpert's no-nonsense approach and the pleasure of collecting. An exceptional artifact of a by-gone era in American art history. Those... Read More
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Statistics, Medical and Anthropological ... Derived from Records of the Examination for ... Armies ... During the Late War of the Rebellion, 2 vols.
by Baxter, J H
Washington DC: GPO, 1875. First Edition. Original publisher's cloth.. Very good; front hinge of volume ! is split (binding is tight); extreme fore-edge of 2 pp. in volume 1 have some bug damage (inconsequential).. 4to, I - [4], lxxxvii, [3], [3] - 568pp. + 11 tinted folding maps & 60 numbered charts (some folding); II - xxviii, [2], [1] - 767, [1] pp. A monumental accomplishment of medical statistical analysis that serves as a "snapshot" view of the... Read More
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Regiomontani Historia Osrhoena et Edessena ex Numis Illustrata
by Bayer, T S - ANCIENT EDESSA
St Petersburg: Typographia Academiae, 1734. First Edition. Contemporary stiff vellum with a blind stamped central medallion and borders.. Very good; spot on spine from gum label; no accessioning; front joint partially cracked; a bit dusty.. 4to, [22], [1] - 362, [10 - index] pp. + 7 engraved plates; head and tailpieces. Text is in Latin with Arab, Greek, and Syriac fonts. Founded during the Seleucid Empire the city of Edessa was the precursor to modern Urfa (Turkish: Sanliurfa)... Read More
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A Manual of General Anatomy ....
by Bayle, A L & Hollard, H (trans. by S D Gross)
Philadelphia: J Grigg, 1828. First English Edition.. full contemp. calf.. A fair copy; bdg. worn; foxed; hinges reinforced with tape.. 8vo. This is Gross' first published work. The translation was undertaken by him while still a medical student and pub'd. immediately after he received his degree.
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The Functions of Enzymes in Vital Processes
by Bayliss, W M
Bologna: Scientia, 1910. OFFPRINT. Original printed wrappers.. Good; wrappers detached.. 8vo, 18 pp. (consecutive pagination). The author has multiple entries in G-M. The paper offered here originates in his work on pancreatic secretions and the study of enzyme action. DSB I, 535 - 538.
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Nautical and Hydraulic Experiments with Numerous Scientific Miscellanies, Vol. I (all published)
by Beaufoy, Mark
London: Pvt. Press of H Beaufoy, 1834. First Edition.. contemp. three quarter leather.. A good copy; frt. joint partly split.. lg. 4to. An eng. frontis. and 16 steel eng. plates of testing apparatus and models. Beaufoy intended this work to be in three volumes but the successive volumes never appeared. The book is based on a lengthy series of precise experiments carried out between 1793-'98 at the Greenland Dock. They were conducted for the Society of Naval Architects.... Read More
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Traite Experimentale et Clinique d' Auscultation ....
by Beau, J H S
Paris: Bailliere, 1856. First Edition.. Contemporary half leather.. Good; backstrip scuffed.. 8vo. There is one plate of a physiological exp. on the heart and lung. Hirsch refers to this as an important book. It is a detailed manual of the use of auscultation in determining the characteristics of diseases of the lungs, heart, and circulatory system. Hirsch I, 402; absent from Bedford.
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