Journal de Voyage dans les fonderies d'Alsace et de Belgique
by Vincens, Ernest
Unknown: Unique manuscript., 1883. Original half cloth over flexible paper card wrappers.. Very good; the binding is somewhat worn and chipped; one folding illus. is separated at the folds (no loss).. Folio (395 x 250 mm) notebook, appx. 154 pages. With a number of mounted illustrations (some folding, colored) and printed additions. An impressive report on the work of foundries in Alsace, Diedrich and Niederbroun, and Cockerill in Belgium. The author appears to have been an engineer (parts... Read More
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Innere Sekretion und Drusen ohne ausführungsgang, 2 parts
by Vincent, Swale
Wiesbaden: Ergebnisse der Physiologie, 1910, 1911. OFFPRINTS.. Original printed wrappers.. Very good; some dustiness.. 8vo, I - [451] - 586 pp.; II - [2], 219 - 327 pp. Vincent was an international leader in endocrinology and the study of the suprarenal capsules prior to WWI.
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Rights in Conflict
by Nat'l. Comm. ... Violence
Washington: GPO (?), 1968. Original Report Issue.. Original linen backed prtd. wrappers.. A very good copy; some wear to spine; covers stamped with warning notice of premature release.. 4to. There are numerous photographs of the Chicago demonstration. The original report of 233 pages and appendix. This was issued by the Walker Committee on the August 1968 " riots " in the streets of Chicago during the Democrat's nominating convention. An action that defined the era for those who... Read More
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Catalogue des Livres composant la Bibliotheque Poetique de M. Viollet Le Duc ... Chansons Fabliaux, contes en Vers et en Prose ....
by Viollet le Duc, [ E L N ] - BOOK CATALOG
Paris: J Flot, 1847. First Edition.. Original printed wrappers.. Good with some overall wear; backstrip partially abraded.. 8vo; xii, 252 pp. The first supplement to the main catalogue. Viollet le Duc's collection was devoted to verse from the 16th through the 18th century. The catalog is annotated with informative entries for nearly all of the books cited. Brunet V, 1262.
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On Infantry Camp Duty, Field Fortification, and Coast Defence
by [von Buckholtz, Louis] - FIELD & COASTAL FORTIFICATION
Washington DC: Selmar Siebert, 1860. First Edition. Original publisher's flexible pebble grain black cloth.. Very good; some abrasion to the spine.. 12mo, [6], [7] - 72 pp. + 3 plates (one folding). Unsigned. One of a number of manuals published for the Union Army to assist the transition of civilians to military life and responsibilities. It explains essential field craft and survival skills to an ignorant field force thereby increasing their effectiveness. Printed early in the conflict few... Read More
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The Campaign of 1812 in Russia
by von Clausewitz, Carl
London: J Murray, 1843. First English Language Edition. Contemporary paneled calf; gilt compartments. Prize binding.. Near fine; small tear at the margin of the folding map.. 8vo, xxxiv, [2], [1] - 260 pp. + large folding map. The book offered here is volume seven of the von Clausewitz's collected papers; his early death allowed for the fact that all of his written work, except a brief essay, were issued posthumously. The Russian Campaign was partially written in 1814... Read More
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Versuch über die Anwendung der Minen im Belagerungs Kriege oder Militairischer theil der Minirkunst ...., 2 vols.
by von der Lahr, Gen. Leut. - EARLY LITHOGRAPHY
Berlin: Lithogr. Institut d. Berliner Kriegsministeriums , [1817]. Second Expanded Edition.. Contemporary paste paper boards.. Fine.. 4to, I - [20], 337, [1 - blank], [4 - index] + 16 sheets of folding plates on page stubs; II - [3], [1 - blank], 3 - 352, [4 - index] + 8 sheets of folding plates on page stubs. In volume I pls. #4 & 5 and #8 & 9 are on two sheets with all plates consecutively numbered to 18 but... Read More
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Militär Arbeit zum Nuzen [sic] eines hochlöblichen deutschen Infanterie Regiments von der Mark in k. franzöischen Diensten / Instruktions Plan und Manoeuvres nebst Grundzügen derselben
by von Freiherrn von Haack, Ober. Lieutnant
Strasbourg, 1787. Full contemporary calf.. Near fine; a ruled ink border on several pages is partially split because of ink acidity eating into the paper.. 8vo, 194 pp. In a neat, legible German Gothic script. A detailed set of instructions for a German division under French command. Orders for maneuvers (field and under fire) down to the platoon level are present.
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Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics
by von Neumann, J
Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press, 1955. First English Edition.. Original printed blue wrapper.. A good copy with slight wear and modest discoloration to the spine.. 8vo. The first translation from the German edition by Robert Beyer. It is a reproduced typescript. von Neumann proof read and ammended the text for this printing. It is volume 2 of the Princeton series Investigations in Physics.
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Die Erregung, Hemmung und Narkose
by Vvedenskii [Wedensky], E N - NEUROLOGY
Bonn: M Hager, 1904. First German Ed. Offprint.. orig. prtd. wrappers.. Very Good.. 8vo, 152 pp. There are text illus. throughout. This is a report of Wedensky's extended researches into the physiology of peripheral nerves. It was originally published in Russian in 1901 and then presented at the 5th congress of physiology in Turin and published in the Archiv. fur die ges. Physiologie (this offprint). Wedensky examines three distinct action states of the nerve and re-defines the... Read More
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![Three offprints: 1] Du rythme musculaire ...., 1891, 14 pp.; 2] Des relations entre les processus rythmiques ...., 1892, 10 pp.; 3] Die fundamentalen Eigenschaften des Nerven unter Einwirkung einiger Gifte, 1900, 134 - 191, with a presentation from the author on the front wrapper.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/374/290/1723290374.0.l.jpg)
Three offprints: 1] Du rythme musculaire ...., 1891, 14 pp.; 2] Des relations entre les processus rythmiques ...., 1892, 10 pp.; 3] Die fundamentalen Eigenschaften des Nerven unter Einwirkung einiger Gifte, 1900, 134 - 191, with a presentation from the author on the front wrapper.
by Vvedenskii [Wedenski], N - NEUROLOGY
OFFPRINTS.. Publisher's paper wrappers.. Very good; bit dusty; the 1892 with some damage to the rear wrapper and loss of part of the adverts.. 8vo
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Über die Beziehungen Zwischen Reizung und Erregung im Tetanus
by Vvedenskii [Wedenski], N - NEUROLOGY
St. Petersburg: Kaiser. Akademie der Wissen., 1886. OFFPRINT. Original grey paper printed wrappers.. Very good; unopened; somewhat darkened & dusty; paper spine split.. 8vo, [4], [1] - 336, [337] - 348 pp. + 13 folding plates. The final 11 pages are a German language summary of the original Russian text. The front wrapper bears a bold presentation from the author dated at St. Petersburg, 1903. Wedensky examines three distinct action states of the nerve and re-defines the general theory of... Read More
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Organization and Tactics
by Wagner, A L - MILITARY
New York: R Westermann and Co., 1895. First Edition.. Original publisher's cloth.. A very good copy; frt. hinge strained; some darkening to the spine.. 8vo. Wagner's book is just what the title states. It is a treatise devoted to the science of warfare. It provides historical summaries of the development of the infantry, artillery, cavalry and takes into account developments in munitions. Theoretical considerations of strategy and tactics are considered against the background of actual combat using 19th... Read More
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Das Kunstwerk der Zukunft
by Wagner, R - ART THEORY
Leipzig: Otto Wigand, 1850. First Edition.. Original printed wrappers bound in place in later three quarter leather binding. Very good; small repaired tear in front wrapper (inoffensive); some light dustiness.. 8vo, x, 234 pp.. Wagner's work of art theory that is the basis for all of his later music and architectural ideas ( used in the construction of his theatre at Bayreuth). This copy has the original printed wrappers bound in place in a handsome, somewhat later, three-quarter... Read More
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A Guide to the Scientific Examination of Soils: ...Mechanical, and Chemical and Physical Investigation
by Wahnschaffe, F - SOIL
Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird & Co., 1892. First English Edition.. Original publisher's cloth.. A very good copy.. 8vo. There are text illus. . An early treatise on the examination soil to determine its mechanical and chemical properties.
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Atlas of Experimental Immunobiology and Immunopathology
by Waksman, B H
New Haven: Yale Univ. Press, 1970. First Edition.. Original publisher's cloth.. Very good.. Folio. The atlas is illustrated throughout. A superb atlas intended as a reference work to illustrate the morphologic aspects of many immunologic phenomena. See G - M for the author's entries.
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Investigation of Formulae for Finding Logarithms of Trigonometrical Quantities from one Another ....
by Wallace, W
Edinburgh: P Neill, 1823. OFFPRINT.. Disbound.. A very good copy.. 4to. Wallace was Leslie's successor to the chair of mathematics at Edinburgh. He was also responsible for the erection of the observatory at Calton Hill as well as the invention of two 'calculating' devices, the eidograph and chorograph. See DNB.
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Geometry
by [Wallace, W] - GEOMETRY
[Edinburgh], 1816. OFFPRINT.. Original paper backed boards.. A very good copy; frt. cover detached; small inoffensive inst. stamp on frt. bd. .. 4to. There are 5 plates. Wallace was the author of this article on geometry for the Edinburgh Encylcopaedia. The complete article (retaining the pagination) and the five plates accompanying it was offprinted. Wallace inscribed this copy twice. On the front cover in Wallace's hand it states : Mr. Rigaud / Sav. Prof. Geometry / Oxford /... Read More
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A Letter on the Genius and Dispositions of the French Government, Including a View of the Taxation of the French Empire
by [Walsh, Robert]
Philadelphia: Hopkins & Earle, 1810. First Edition.. Original paste paper boards.. Very good, handsome copy; some paper covering of the spine abraded... 8vo. Walsh was the scion of a wealthy American family. He spent his life in journalism and various areas of education. As a young man he travelled in France and England for three years. He even contributed articles to the Parisian press. The book offered here was written shortly after his return and is informed by... Read More
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Three photographic construction albums of the landing quay in the Bordeaux estuary at Verdon-sur-Mer
by Anon. - SPOILS OF WAR
1930 - 1933. Commercial albums.. Fine.. Three oblong folio commercial albums. 332 identified (captions in French) black and white photographs (125 x 175 mm) with an additional 11 fold-out photographic panoramas. A detailed photographic record of the engineering construction of the Mole d'Escale du Verdon (the albums omit the art-deco finished appointments of passenger lounges). This multi-year harbor project was planned before WWI but only begun once German war reparations began to be paid to France. The reparations... Read More
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Die Kultur der Gegenwart ... Dritter Teil ... Dritte Abteilung ... Erster Band Physik ....
by Warburg, E (ed.) - EINSTEIN
Berlin: B G Teubner, 1915. First Edition.. orig. publisher's cloth.. A very good copy.. lg. 8vo. There are text illus. throughout. This volume contains two original Einstein contributions. One is on thermodynamics and the other on his then recently published theory of relativity. In addition, Lorentz, Planck, Wien, and Zeeman have articles on related topics. The articles are authoritative and technical. The anthology was issued as an individual volume of a series publication by the publisher Teubner that... Read More
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Gardening in India
by Warde, B M
[Simla, India]: [Army Press], ca1890. First Edition.. Original cloth backed printed wrappers; text block stapled.. Good; some wear to the wrappers.. Large 8vo (appx. 240 x 155 mm), [2], [1] - 9, [10 - blank], [i] - ii, 285, [286 - blank] pp. Unsigned. "The main object of this little manual is to present as far as possible ... all the information and guidance necessary for the successful and profitable cultivation of the flowers, fruit and vegetables worth... Read More
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Air Service Medical
by War Dept. - Air Service ....
Washington: GPO, 1919. First Edition.. Original publisher's cloth.. Very good. Some mottling to the cloth due to damp; title page slightly spotted.. 8vo, 446 pp. There are many inserted half-tone plates and text illustrations. One of the earliest texts devoted exclusively to the medical problems associated with flight. This book is the record of clincal tests and medical information compiled for physicians by the US Army, Division of AIr Service. This copy bears a six line pres. from... Read More
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Practical Observations on Distortions of the Spine, Chest, and Limbs; together with remarks on paralytic and other diseases ....
by Ward, William T
London: T & G Underwood, 1822. First Edition.. Original grey paste paper publisher's boards... A very good copy; some staining to rear cover; front cover present but detached.. 8vo. [6], [1], viii-xv, [1], 168 pp. Ward's book consists of general ruminations on the nature of paralysis and physical disabilities. He is a staunch opponent of mechanical means of attempting to correct these conditions.
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Comparative View of the Sensorial and Nervous Systems in Man and Animals
by Warren, J C - NEUROLOGY - EVOLUTION
Boston: J W Ingraham, 1822. First Edition.. Original publisher's printed boards. . Good; boards detached; spine abraded; some paper residue on the front and rear joint; feint tide mark to the lower portion of the plates otherwise clean throughout.. 8vo, [4], [5] - 159, [1 - blank] pp. + 8 engraved plates. Warren is best known as a surgeon. The book offered here is an early publication for the author and atypical of the sort of thing published... Read More
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