A Treatise on the Management of Pregnant and Lying-in-Women ... - BOUND WITH - An Appendix ... of Mr. White's Treatise ....
by White, Charles
London: Edward & Charles Dilly, 1773-'77. First Edition.. Full contemporary calf.. Very good; the front joint is strained.. 8vo, xx, [1] - 353, [1 - errata]; [2], [1] - 88 pp. + 2 copper engraved plates. A classic of the obstetrics literature. The book is filled with practical suggestions originating with the author. White made substantial headway towards the prevention of puerperal fever by insisting on the absolute cleanliness and isolation of infected patients. The book was translated... Read More
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The Law of Personal Injuries in Mines ....
by White, E J
St. Louis: F H Thomas Law Book Co., 1905. First Edition.. Original publisher's sheep.. Very good; some chafing to the binding; small spot on the title page.. 8vo, xxiii, [1], [1] - 701 pp. White's book addresses the legal issues of all kinds of mining accidents, negligence cases, third party causes, and contributory negligence of the miner.
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The Meaning of Disease
by White, W A
Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, 1926. First Edition.. orig. publisher's cloth.. A very good copy.. 8vo. White's entry in to medical philosophy. See G - M for the author's neurological studies.
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Trial of the Case of the Commonwealth versus David Lee Child, for publishing ... a libel of the Honorable John Keyes ....
by Whitman, John W (reporter) - LAW - PRESS - PUBLISHING
Boston: Dutton & Wentworth, 1829. First Edition.. Disbound.. Very good; light spotting to the title page.. 8vo, 119, [1] pp. Child - printer and abolitionist - accused Keyes - a State Senator - of corruption in the award of printing contracts for the printing of official documents of the state of Massachusetts. He was charged with criminal libel. The jury found Child guilty despite his counsel's eloquent defense of freedom of the press: public officials may not "entrench... Read More
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Physiological Essays
by Whytt, R - CAPILLARY BLOOD FLOW
Edinburgh: Hamilton, Balfour and Neill, 1755. First Edition.. Original publisher's grey paste paper bds. .. Good; boards present but detached; two leaves with clean tears and very old repairs (no loss - not offensive).. 8vo, viii, [1] - 223 pp. A most interesting Whytt title in which he addresses two key issues: the first essay deals with the circulation of the blood in the capillaries; the second is his commentary on Haller's theories of nerve irritation. Whytt's essay... Read More
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The Fourier Integral and Certain of its Applications
by Wiener, N
Cambridge: Univ. Press, 1933. First Edition.. Original publisher's cloth.. A very good copy.. 8vo. An important series of lectures given at a time of Wiener's deep involvement with the subject. Wiener's work in this area was the foundation for his later breakthrough in communication theory. See DSB for Wiener's entry and this work.
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Die Geburt des Menschen, in physiologisch-diätetischer und pathologisch-therapeutischer Beziehung, grösstentheils nach eignen Beobachtungen und Versuchen dargestellt, 2 vols.
by Wigand, Justus Heinrich [ed. Franz Naegele] - CHILDBIRTH
Berlin: Friedrich Nicolai, 1820. First Edition. Contemporary marbled paper over paste paper boards.. Good; bindings are worn with abraded spines; some spotting and minor tide mark on a few pages in vol 1. A small 19th century gum label of ownership is on each title page: Dr. med. d'Outrepont in Wurzburg.. 8vo, I - lxiii, [1 - errata], [2], [3] - 308, [2 - printer's slug]; II - xl, [4], 5 - 578, [2 - errata] pp. +... Read More
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Bruch des Schlusselbeines und uber die verschiedenen Methoden denselben zu heilen
by Wilhelm, P - ORTHOPEDICS
Wurzburg: C W Becker, 1822. First Edition.. contemp. paste paper bds.. A very good copy; small old inst. stamp on title page.. 8vo. There are two large fldg. lithographic plates. An interesting specialized treatise on the treatment of breaks to the collar bone. Wilhelm was an important surgeon who held a chair in surgery at Munich. He died young. The text discusses various kinds of breaks and the approaches to treatment. Hirsch V, 937-'38.
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Arion : A Collection of Four - Part Songs for Male Voices in Separate Vocal Parts with Piano Score ....
by Willard, J D
Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co., 1862. First Edition.. in orig. publisher's cloth.. A good copy; some overall wear to the cloth.. 8vo. A good collection of songs culled from continental sources.
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The House that Glue Built
by Williams, Clara Andrews & George Alfred Williams - AMERICAN COMMERCIAL "KLEBEALBUM"
New York: Frederick A Stokes Company, 1905. First Edition. Original printed glazed boards.. Very good; rebacked in maroon cloth; modest soiling to the covers; title page loose - perforations separated.. Oblong 4to, [17] leaves (title page and 8 are of the empty rooms of the house - unfurnished - and 8 which have numbered illustrations of furnishings, utensils, and people to be cut out and glued into the blank rooms. The 8 leaves with furnishings etc. (and... Read More
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A Treatise on Mental Derangement
by Willis, F
London: Longman, Brown ..., 1843. Second Enlarged Edition.. Original publisher's cloth.. Fine.. 8vo. Willis' book is the vehicle for this new tract undertaken by an anonymous editor. This new book contains numerous references to publications that appeared after Willis' death delivering the impression of an attempt to build on the author's name. The editor states at the outset that his concern was to argue in favor of the continued restraint of the insane in asylums thereby defending a... Read More
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A Streetcar Named Desire [the playbill]
by WIlliams, T
New York: The Playbill, 1947. First Edition.. orig. printed wrappers.. A near fine copy.. 8vo. The Playbill for the first stage production of Williams' famous play that starred Marlon Brando and Jessica Tandy.
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Hunky
by Williamson, T
New York: Coward McCann, 1929. First Edition.. Original publisher's cloth and dustjacket.. A very good copy; some wear to base of the dustjacket.. 8vo. A hobo novel. Attractive copy.
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Untersuchungen uber die Assimilation der Kohlensaure
by Willstatter, R & Stoll, A
Berlin: J Springer, 1918. First Edition.. Original publisher's three quarter leather.. A good copy; backstrip somewhat chafed and sunned.. 4to. A detailed exposition of the work behind the discovery of the role of chlorophyll in photosynthesis. DSB XIV, 411 - 412.
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Untersuchungen über Chlorophyll - Methoden und Ergebnisse
by Willstatter, R & Stoll, A - NOBEL PRIZE
Berlin: Springer, 1913. First Edition.. Original publisher's printed wrappers.. Very good, uncut; occasional spotty foxing. A handsome copy far better than one usually encounters.. 8vo, viii, [1] - 424 pp. + 11 plates. (plates 8 - 11 are on thick photographic paper) The record of Willstatter's pioneering research into the chemical nature of photosynthesis and the structure of chloropyll. It was for this work that he received the Nobel Prize. Partington IV, pp. 860 - 866; DSB XIV,... Read More
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The Distribution of the Currents of Action and of Injury Displayed by Heart Muscle and Other Excitable Tissues
by Wilson, F N & Macleod, A G & Barker, P S
Ann Arbor: Univ. of Michigan Press, 1933. First Edition.. Original publisher's cloth.. A very good x-lib. copy (blind stamp on the title; accession # on upper frt. cover).. 4to. There are illus. throughout. Wilson spent most of his career working with the electrocardiograph on arrhythmias. The book offered here is a detailed study of the current flows through a damaged heart muscle. See G -M for the author's associated title the same year; see Bedford #552.
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The Structure and Function of the Taste - Buds of the Larynx
by Wilson, J G
London: Brain ...., 1905. OFFPRINT.. orig. prtd. wrappers... A very good copy.. 8vo. There are 2 color litho. plates. A morphological study of the laryngeal buds.
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A History of Mountains, Geographical and Mineralogical ...., 3 vols.
by Wilson, Joseph - MOUNTAINS
London: Nicol ... White ... Faulders ... and Asperne, 1807-1810. First Edition.. Contemporary three-quarter leather & marbled boards.. Good; spotty foxing to the preliminary leaves of volumes 1 & 3 and parts of volume 3; moderate wear to the head of the spines.. Royal 4to; I - lvi, 368, 176 pp.; II - [4], 735 pp. + plate; III - [4], 906, [38 - index] + plate. An extraordinary survey of the world's mountain ranges across all continents.... Read More
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Logarithmotechnia or The Construction and Use of the Logarithmeticall Tables .... - BOUND WITH - A Logarithmeticall Table ....
by [ Wingate, E ]
London: Miles Flesher, 1648. Third [ Second ] English Ed.. Full contemporary calf.. A very good copy; rebacked at some time in the 20th century; good margins throughout.. 12mo. There are text illus.. [ 8 ], 135, [ 1 ], [ 156 ], [ 38 ] pp.. Wingate's early and rare tract on logarithms bound with his table and a supplement by Cuslon for navigational observations to determine distance in latitude from port of departure. The tract is... Read More
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Southern genre scene of African-American woman doing laundry
by Wing, E B - WATERCOLOR
ca1930. Not framed.. Good; colors a bit faded (?); small waterstain at the edge of one vertical margin.. Original watercolor mounted to board meas. appx. 280 x 380 mm. A southern genre scene in watercolor by E B Wing. Signed in the lower right. See C G Woodson, "The Negro Washerwoman, a Vanishing Figure" in Journal of Negro History, 15, #3, 1930.
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Lettsomian Lectures on Insanity
by Winslow, F
London: J Churchill, 1854. First Edition.. orig. publisher's cloth.. A very good copy with some rubbing to the cloth.. 8vo. Winslow gave these lectures before the London and Westminster Medical Societies. They deal with the treatment of insanity, problems of evidence in legal cases involving the insane, and a review of number of cases with Winslow's expert commentary on the record. A very interesting review. See Hunter McAlpine.
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On Obscure Diseases of the Brain, and Disorders of the Mind: their incipient symptoms, pathology, diagnosis, treatment, and prophylaxis
by Winslow, Forbes
London: J Churchill, 1860. First Edition.. orig. publisher's cloth.. A fine copy.. 8vo. Winslow's best and most important book. The work was originally intended to serve as an introduction to a projected 2 vol. set that never appeared. Winslow surveys the symptomatology of early cerebral and mental disease based on his wide ranging experience and the literature of the day. The book offers detailed accounts of topics hardly mentioned by others, e.g., a chapter devoted to the confessions... Read More
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George Simon Winters wohlerfahrner Pferde-Arzt ... nebst einigen, höchst seltenen für junge Fohlen vielfach bewahrt gefundenen Arznei-Mitteln ....
by Winter, George Simon
Northampton County: Kleckner, Rolf und Williams, 1841. Second Printing.. Full contemporary leather with a mounted label.. Good; binding somewhat "skinned" on the front board; joints wearing.. 12mo, 839, [1 - blank] pp. + 38 inserted woodblock plates. A massive compendium, in three parts, devoted to the horse, its ailments, and cures. The text, according to the title, appears to contain remedies that have been added by Winter. There is a question as to the number of plates. Tucher... Read More
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A Stereotaxic Brain Atlas for Macaca Nemestrina
by Winters, W D & Kado, R T & Adey, W R
Berkeley: Regents of the Univ. of California, 1969. First Edition.. Original publisher's cloth with the printed dustjacket.. Fine.. Folio, [8], 93 pp. Publication of plates and coordinates for brain mapping this species of Macaca monkey. The animal is important for research purposes for a number of reasons including its manual dexterity.
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The Crisis in Industry
by Wolfe, Thomas - AUTHOR'S FIRST PUBLICATION
Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina, 1919. First Edition.. Original grey printed wrappers - as issued.. Near Fine. Oversewn and bound with a group of three other pamphlets in plain library cloth; NO accessioning.. 8vo, [4], [5] - 14, [2 - blank] pp. The author's first publication. One of 200 copies. Wolfe's undergraduate thesis for which he received the Worth Prize. Preston #1; Bradley Martin Library, Part VI, Highly Important American Literature, #2277 (illustrated).
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