Catalog der Bibliothek der Astronomischen Gesellschaft.
by [Astronomischen Gesellschaft] BRUHNS, Carl Christian (1830-1881) (ed.).
Leipzig:: Wilhelm Engelmann, 1880., 1880. 8vo. vii, 75 pp. Printed wrappers; extremities clumsily repaired, front cover remnant preserved (interior pages intact and in good shape). Poor. Alphabetized by author with title, approximate heights, date and place of publication. Serials cataloged separately.
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General-Register der Bande XXI bis XXXX der Astronomischen Nachrichten.
by [Astronomischen Nachrichten] JAHN, Gustav Adolph (1804-1857) (ed.).
Hamburg:: Perther- Besser & Mauke, 1856., 1856. 4to. (iv), 313, [1] pp. Indexes. Original printed wrappers; disbound, spine mostly missing. Substantially unopened. Very good (accept for binding). Gustav Adolph Jahn, a private scholar in Leipzig, knew the most outstanding German astronomers of the first half of the 19th century personally or corresponded with them. He saw his main duty in the popularization of astronomical and meteorological knowledge among all classes of people. He chaired the "Astronomische Gesellschaft zu... Read More
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![Literarisches Beiblatt zu den Astronomischen Nachrichten. Four volumes. [Erster Jahrgang. Juli 1912 bis Juni 1913; Zweiter Jahrgang. Juli 1913 bis Juni 1914; Dritter Jahrgang. Juli 1914 bis Ende 1915; Vierter Jahrgang. 1916].](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/359/646/1418646359.0.l.jpg)
Literarisches Beiblatt zu den Astronomischen Nachrichten. Four volumes. [Erster Jahrgang. Juli 1912 bis Juni 1913; Zweiter Jahrgang. Juli 1913 bis Juni 1914; Dritter Jahrgang. Juli 1914 bis Ende 1915; Vierter Jahrgang. 1916].
by [Astronomischen Nachrichten] KOBOLD, Hermann Albert (1858-1942) (ed.).
Kiel:: Astronomischen Nachrichten, 1913-1920., 1913. 4to. x, 176; xii, 192; xii, 156; x, 128 columns. Half dark brown morocco with marbled paper sides, gilt-stamped spine title and ornaments with raised bands; corners worn. Former library copy with the usual markings. Very good. See: Besterman, Physical Sciences: A Bibliography of Bibliographies, Vol. 1, p. 146. Bestermann cited only the first two volumes of Kobold and seemed unaware of any other volumes. It continued to be published through 1938 and... Read More
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Die Koniglichen Observatorien fur Astrophysik, Meteorologie und Geodasie bei Potsdam. Aus Amtlichem anlass herausgegeben von den Betheiligten Directoren.
by [Astronomy; Berlin, Koniglichen Observatorien]
Berlin:: Mayer & Muller, 1890., 1890. Tall 8vo. 158, [1] pp. 10 plates. Original black cloth-backed printed boards. Penciled ownership name. Near fine. First printing (not a reprint!). Contents: Das Konigliche astrophysikalische Observatorium bei Potsdam [von J.S. i.e. Julius Scheiner (1858-1913)]--Das Konigliche meteorologische Institut in Berlin und dessen Observatorium bei Potsdam [Johann Friedrich Wilhelm von Bezold (1837-1907)]--Das Konigliche geodatische Institut [von Friedrich Robert Helmert (1843-1917)].
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Report of the Observatory Department for the year 1907 . . ..
by [Astronomy] National Physical Laboratory.
Teddington:: Parrott & Ashfield, 1908., 1908. 261 x 194 mm. 8vo. 45 pp. Tables. Printed wrappers. Ex library spine label. Very good.
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Astronomical Photographs. Second Catalogue of Lantern Slides, Transparencies, and Prints from Negatives Made at the Yerkes Observatory. April 1911. Superseding Previous Catalogues and Appendices.
by [Astrophotography] Yerkes Observatory.
Chicago:: University of Chicago Press, 1911., 1911. 8vo. 19 pp. Printed wrappers. Very good.
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Scientific Discourse in Sociohistorical Context: The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1675-1975.
by ATKINSON, Dwight.
Mahwah, N.J. and London:: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1999., 1999. First printing. Series: Rhetoric, Knowledge, and Society. 8vo. xxxi, 208 pp. Figs., indexes. Pictorial boards [hardcover]. Burndy bookplate. SCARCE IN HARDCOVER FORMAT. Fine. ISBN: 080582085X "Dwight Atkinson, in his book Scientific Discourse in Sociohistorical Context, undertakes an extremely ambitious project: an attempt to integrate quantitative/linguistic, rhetorical, and historical analyses of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1675-1975 into a single, coherent account. By all criteria, Atkinson has... Read More
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Abscess of the Brain: Its Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment.
by ATKINSON, E. Miles.
London:: Medical Publications, 1934., 1934. 8vo. x, 289 pp. Fold-out table, 45 figs. bibliog., index. Black cloth, gilt-stamped cover and spine titles, dust jacket. Fine.
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Memorial Service for Joseph Charles Aub, Harvard Memorial Church February 8, 1974.
by [AUB, Joseph Charles] (1890-1973).
Cambridge:: 1974, 1974. 8vo. [28] pp. Portrait. Original printed wrappers. Fine copy. Rare. Joseph Charles Aub was a respected American endocrinologist and professor then chair of medicine at Harvard University. Includes memorial addresses by John E. Mack (1929-2004), Rita M. Kelley, Walter T. St. Goar (1920-2004), and Paul C. Zamecnik (1912-2009) –an American scientist who played a central role in the early history of molecular biology. He was a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and a... Read More
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John Aubrey, F.R.S., John Lydall and Science at Commonwealth Oxford.
by [AUBREY] Robert G. FRANK, Jr.
Offprint: London,: 1973., 1973. From: Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London, vol. 27, no. 2, Feb. 1973. 8vo. pp. 193-217. 2 illus. Printed wrappers. Very good. John Aubrey FRS, (1626-1697) was an English antiquary, natural philosopher, pioneer archaeologist, folklorist and writer.
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Etude sur l'Obstetrique en Occident Pendant le Moyen Age et la Renaissance.
by AUDUREAU, Cl.
Dijon:: Darantiere, 1892., 1892. Tall 8vo. xii, 194 pp. Illus.; occasional light foxing, pages browned. Later quarter maroon calf, marbled boards. Very good. RARE. Illustrated with woodcuts from early works on obstetrics, showing in particular monsters & gynecological instruments.
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"Spontaneous Mutations in Dry Spores of Neurospora Crassa." Offprint from: Zeitschrift fur Vererbungslehre, 90.
by AUERBACH, Charlotte (1899-1994).
No place:: Zeitschrift fur Vererbungslehre, 1959., 1959. 8vo. 335-346 pp. 2 figs. Self-wraps. Ownership rubber stamp of Norman Horowitz, California Institute of Technology. Fine. Auerbach was associated with the Institute of Animal Genetics, Edinburgh. She was the grandchild of the famous neuro-anatomist Leopold Auerbach (1828-1897) Auerbach was a German geneticist who became well known when she, A. J. Clark, & J. M. Robson discovered that mustard gas could cause mutations in fruit flies. Because of this and later... Read More
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Das Zeisswerk und die Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung in Jena, ihre wissenschaftliche, technische und soziale Entwicklung und Bedeutung . . . Vierte umgearbeitete und vermehrte Auflage, mit 149 Abbildungen im Text und einem Bildnis von Abbe.
by AUERBACH, Felix (1856-1933).
Jena:: Gustav Fisher, 1914., 1914. 8vo. VI, 200 pp. Frontispiece portrait, 149 figures, 1 folding plate of the Zeiss factory; frontispiece spotted. Title-page inscription "Probst". Original full black gilt-stamped cloth; inner joint cracked at title, spine and extremities faded. Very good. Fourth edition. "In 1889, Auerbach took over the professorship of theoretical physics at the University of Jena which had been established by Ernst Abbe. As a Jew he was initially refused a full professorship; it was not... Read More
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Saint Augustine Against the Academics. Translated and edited by John O'Meara.
by SAINT AUGUSTINE.
New York:: Newman Press, (1978)., 1978. Series: Ancient Christian Writers: The Works of the Fathers in Translation, 12. 8vo. vi, 213 pp. Index. Quarter navy blue cloth over gilt-stamped blue cloth. Ownership signature. Fine. ISBN: 0809102528
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Saint Augustine The Problem of Free Choice. Translated and annotated by Dom Mark Pontifax.
by SAINT AUGUSTINE.
New York:: Newman Press, [1978]., 1978. Series: Ancient Christian Writers: The Works of the Fathers in Translation, 22. 8vo. vi, 291 pp. Index. Quarter navy blue cloth over gilt-stamped blue cloth. Ownership signature. Very good. ISBN: 0809102595
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![(3 offprints). Includes: AULUCK, & D. S. KOTHARI. "Effect of electromagnetic radiation on the Lamb shift." Offprint from: Proceedings of the Royal Society, London], A, vol. 214, p. 137, 1952.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/026/339/251339026.0.l.jpg)
(3 offprints). Includes: AULUCK, & D. S. KOTHARI. "Effect of electromagnetic radiation on the Lamb shift." Offprint from: Proceedings of the Royal Society, London], A, vol. 214, p. 137, 1952.
by AULUCK, F. C.
London:: Royal Society, 1952., 1952. 8vo. pp. 137-142. Self-wraps; wrinkled. PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR, SIGNED. Very good. Auluck and Kothari were associated with the University of Delhi. WITH: AULUCK, & D. S. KOTHARI. "Statistical Mechanics and the Partitions of Numbers." Offprint from: Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, vol. 42, pt. 3, (1946). 8vo. pp. 272-277. Self-wraps; creased. Very good. WITH: AULUCK, & D. S. KOTHARI. "Partitions into Powers of Integers." Offprint from Proceedings of the Royal... Read More
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Sheny-ta. Medecine Egyptienne en Crete Minoenne a l'epoque paleopalatiale.
by AUSSANT, Pierre Edouard.
Paris:: Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, 1969., 1969. 270 x 210 mm. 4to. 19, N4, B13, C1 pp. 1 map, 6 figs., 26 plates, bibliog. Pictorial wrappers. Ownership rubber stamp on title. Very good.
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Group of 3 offprints. Includes: AUSTIN. "The Killing Substance, Paramecin: Activity of Single Particles." Offprint from: American Naturalist, vol. LXXXII, [ca. 1947.
by AUSTIN, Mary L.
No place:: American Naturalist, 1947., 1947. 8vo. 51-59 pp. Self wraps. Ownership rubber stamp of Norman Horowitz, California Institute of Technology. Fine. WITH: AUSTIN: "Sensitivity to Paramecin in Paramecum Aurelia in Relation to Stock, Serotype, and Mating Type." Offprint from: Physiological Zoology, vol. XXIV, no. 3, 1951. 8vo. 196-204 pp. Self wraps. Ownership rubber stamp of Norman Horowitz. Fine. WITH: AUSTIN: "The Killing Action and Rate of Production of Single Particles of Paramecin 51." Offprint from: Physiological Zoology,... Read More
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Memento, ou, tableau general et resume des formules servant a la resolution des problemes de physique.
by AUVRAY, N.-H.
Paris:: Mallet-Bachelier, 1862., 1862. 213 x 136 mm. 8vo. 13, [3 blank] pp. Printed wrappers; covers loose, ms. notations on top cover. Very good.
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English midwives; their history and prospects. . . Reprint of the 1872 edition with an introduction (including a select bibliography of midwifery) and biographical sketch of the author with a list of his writings and portrait by John L. Thornton.
by AVELING, James Hobson (1828-1892)
London:: Hugh K. Elliott, 1967., 1967. 190 x 127 mm. Small 8vo. xxxi, [vii], 186 pp. Frontis., index to midwives. Black-stamped brown cloth. Ownership rubber stamp on title. Fine. Garrison and Morton 6282.
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![Microscopic Studies of Curvature-Causing Structures in Hypospadias. [Offprint].](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/155/658/1448658155.0.l.jpg)
Microscopic Studies of Curvature-Causing Structures in Hypospadias. [Offprint].
by AVELLAN, Lars; Folke KNUTSSON.
Sweden:: SJPRS, 1980., 1980. Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Volume 14, 1980 - Issue 3. pp. 249-258. 9 figs. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, LARS AVELLAN, to George W. Kaplan, MD. Abstract: Microscopical studies were performed in a consecutive series of 20 hypospadiacs (3 crypto-hypospadias; 9 glandular; 7 penile; and 1 perineal) with curvature, 3 of whom also exhibited torsion. Specimens for the investigation were dissected free at the first operation and it was found that the... Read More
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Benedicti Averanii Florentini in Pisano Lyceo Litterarum Humaniorum Professoris Opera Latina Regiae Celsitudini Cosmi III. Magni Etruriae Ducis dicata.
by AVERANI, Benedetto (1645-1707).
Florence:: Typis Regiae Celsitudinis, Sumptibus Cajetani Tartinii & Sanctis Franchii, 1717., 1717. Three volumes. Tall 4to. [xxviii], 68, 476; [iv], 405, [3], 263, [1]; [ii], 265-310, 494 pp. Index, Vol. I engraved frontispiece by Cosmo Mogalli, after a printing by the Florentine artist Pietro Dandini (1646-1712), title-page vignette (signed Av.w.], Vols. II & III engraved title-page portrait medallion; prominent marginal water-stain especially to lower corners all vols., not affecting legibility. Original full calf, gilt-stamped spines and cover edges, 6... Read More
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Benedicti Averanii Florentini in Pisano Lyceo Litterarum Humaniorum Professoris Opera Latina Regiae Celsitudini Cosmi III. Magni Etruriae Ducis dicata. [3 volumes].
by AVERANI, Benedetto (1645-1707).
Florence:: Typis Regiae Celsitudinis, Sumptibus Cajetani Tartinii & Sanctis Franchii, 1717., 1717. 3 volumes. Tall 4to. [xxviii], 68, 476; [iv], 405, [3], 263, [1]; [ii], 265-310, 494 pp. Index, Vol. I engraved frontispiece by Cosmo Mogalli, after a printing by the Florentine artist Pietro Dandini (1646-1712), title-page vignette (signed Av.w.], Vols. II & III engraved title-page portrait medallion; prominent marginal water-stain especially to lower corners all vols., not affecting legibility. Original full calf, gilt-stamped spines and cover edges, 6... Read More
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Averrois Cordubensis: Commentarium Medium in Aristotelis de Generation et Corrutpione Libros. Adivvante Samuele Kurland. Edited by Francis Howard Fobes.
by AVERROES (1126-1198); Harry Austryn WOLFSON (1887-1974); Francis Howard FOBES (1881-1957).
Cambridge, MA:: Mediaeval Academy of America, 1956., 1956. Series: Mediaeval Academy of America, No. 61. 8vo. xliv, 216 pp. Index. Dark blue cloth, gilt-stamped spine; front cover slightly stained. Ownership signature. Very good. "Ibn Rushd, often Latinized as Averroes, was an Andalusian polymath and jurist who wrote about many subjects, including philosophy, theology, medicine, astronomy, physics, psychology, mathematics, Islamic jurisprudence and law, and linguistics". Harry A. Wolfson was the first chairman of a Judaic Studies Center in the... Read More
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An Historical Survey from its Origins to the End of World War II.
by GIBBS-SMITH. Aviation.
London:: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1970., 1970. 8vo. xvi, 315 pp. Photos, illus., foldout chart, index. Cloth, dust-jacket; jacket extremities slightly rubbed. A FINE COPY.
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