Grundzuge Einer Theorie der Phylogenetischen Systematik
by Hennig, Willi
Berlin: Deutscher Zentralverlag, 1950. First edition. RARE FIRST EDITION OF THE BOOK THAT ESTABLISHED EVOLUTIONARY SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGIC CLASSIFICATION. 23.5 X 15 cm hardcover: original paper cover on front cover, rebound in cloth boards, binder's label inside back cover, new endpapers, bookplate of Robert L Chevalier MD to front paste-down, [i-viii], 370 pp, 58 figures in text. Near fine in custom archival mylar cover. The rare first edition of this landmark work in the development of cladistic systematics. WILLI HENNIG (1913 1976)... Read More
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Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy
by Herschel, John Frederick William
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green and John Taylor, 1831. First edition (later printing--1st 1830). 1831 EARLY PRINTING OF HERSCHEL'S LANDMARK GUIDE TO SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION THAT STRONGLY INFLUENCED DARWIN IN CRAFTING THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES. 11x18 cm red cloth boards, paper spine label, armorial bookplate of Jas. R. Holcome, Jes. Coll. Oxford, laid-in list of Dr. Lardner's Cabinet Library , Vol 1, and Advertisement future volumes; 12 pp publisher's advertisements, vii, 372 pp, [1], 12 pp publisher's advertisements dated... Read More
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Imagination and idealism in the Medical Sciences
by Herter, Christian A.
Chicago: American Medical Association, 1910. First edition. 1910 LECTURE BY PIONEERING AMERICAN PHYSICIAN SCIENTIST TO COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL STUDENTS INSCRIBED TO NOTED ARTIST WHO WOULD LATER MARRY HIS DAUGHTER. 7 3/4 inches tall hardcover, blue cloth binding, gilt title to cover, inscribed on front free endpaper to Sergeant Kendall from C. A. Herter, Jan 27, 1910. 40 pp. Light wear to spine ends and cover corners, light foxing to endpapers, very good in custom archival mylar cover. The text... Read More
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Imprinting. Early Experience and the Developmental Psychobiology of Attachment. Foreword by Konrad Lorenz
by Hess, Eckhard H.
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1973. First printing. Review copy. COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOBIOLOGY OF ATTACHMENT BY LEADING U OF CHICAGO PSYCHOLOGIST--REVIEW COPY OF SIR PATRICK BATESON, CAMBRIDGE ETHOLOGIST. 9 1/4 inches tall hardcover, gray cloth binding, gilt title to cover and spine, signed on front free endpaper, "Patrick Bateson/ Mar. 1973." xv, 472 pp, illustrations, scattered pencil notations, laid in notes. LAID IN review request from Science journal. Very good with small stain corner of bottom... Read More
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Coloured Illustrations of the Eggs of British Birds
by Hewitson, William C.
London: van Voorst, 1846. First edition. 1846 HANDSOMLY BOUND VOLUMES CONTAINING 138 HAND COLORED LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES OF BIRDS' EGGS BY BRITISH NATURALIST--COPY OF H F WALTER WHO OWNED "THE BEST PRIVATE COLLECTION IN ENGLAND". Two hardcover volumes 8 1/2 inches tall, full leather binding, blindstamped ruled margins to covers, spines with raised bands, gilt leather title labels, all edges gilt, Vol. I, armorial bookplate of Henry Fraser Walter to front paste-down, xvi, 223 pp, 62 hand colored lithographed plates (including... Read More
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THE HOPKINS - OSLER INFLUENCE. Monographic Medicine
by Hewlett, Albion Walter, Barker, Lewellys Franklin, Fussell, Milton Howard and Elsner, Henry L.
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1916. First edition. IN THE STEPS OF OSLER: EARLY 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN MEDICINE FOR THE PRACTITIONER--FOCUS ON FUNCTION RATHER THAN ANATOMY. Seven 9 1/2 inches tall hardcover volumes, green cloth binding, gilt title to spines. Vol. I, Functional Pathology of Internal Diseases by Albion Walter Hewlett, i-xxviii, 686 pp; Vols. II, III and IV authored by Lewellys F. Barker: Vol. II, The Clinical Diagnosis of Internal Diseases, i-xxxvii, 978 pp; Vol. III, The Blood, Digestive... Read More
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A revision of the genera of the Alcyonaria stolonifera, with a descripton of one new genus and several new species, in Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, XIII (Part 9), 325-347
by Hickson, Sydney John
London: Zoological Society of London, 1894. First edition. 1894 - STRIKING COLOR LITHOGRAPHED PLATES OF CORALS. 25x32 cm offprint in printed paper wraps, pp. (325-) 347, unopened, 6 fine lithographed plates (5 colored) and text-figures. Light soiling to wrappers; short tears to page edges, wear to spine; some corner creases, very good minus. SYDNEY JOHN HICKSON (1859 - 1940), FRS, was a British zoologist known for his groundbreaking research in evolution, embryology, genetics, and systematics. The Manchester Museum has many specimens of... Read More
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SIGNED. The Principles and Practice of Urology
by Hinman, Frank
Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Co., 1935. First edition. LANDMARK MONOGRAPH ON UROLOGY BY PIONEER INVESTIGATOR AND CLINICIAN AT UCSF--SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. 9 3/4 inches tall, 2 inches thick hardcover, blue cloth binding, gilt title to spine, inscribed front free endpaper, "To my esteemed friend/ Dr Thomas A. Storey/ Frank Hinman." 1111 pp, 513 illustrations, 48 tables. Corners bumped, endpapers browned, binding tight, pages crisp and unmarked, very good+ in custom archival mylar cover. FRANK HINMAN SR. (1880-1961) received his A.B. degree at... Read More
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NOBEL SIGNED. Old Wine, New Flasks. Reflections on Science and Jewish Tradition
by Hoffmann, Roald and Leibowitz Schmidt, Shira
New York: W.H. Freeman and Co., 1997. First printing (stated). AN ILLUSTRATED EXPLORATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCIENCE AND RELIGION BY WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY--SIGNED BY HIM. 18.5x24 cm hardcover, beige paper-covered boards, tan cloth spine with gilt title, signed by author in red on title page. i-xii, 362 pp, illustrations. Fine in fine dust jacket in protective mylar sleeve. FROM THE JACKET FLAP: "Old Wine, New Flasks is a unique and provocative look at how science and... Read More
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The Origin of Life and Process of Reproduction in Plants and Animals with the Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Generative System, Male and Female, and the Causes, Prevention and Cure of the Diseases to which it is Liable. A Plain, Practical Treatise, for Popular Use, Illustrated by Engravings and Colored Plates
by Hollick, Frederick
New York: The American New Company, 1878. New edition with additions. 1878 MASSIVE CONTROVERSIAL SEX EDUCATION BOOK BY AMERICAN PHYSICIAN CHARGED WITH OBSCENITY IN PHILADELPHIA--EDITION WITH COLOR LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES. 18x25x6 cm hardcover, string-bound booklet with printed paper covered boards, xxxviii, [2], 15-932 pp, 44 plates, 200 wood engravings, some sepia, some color, light soiling to covers and edges, hinges starting, binding tight, text clean and unmarked, very good minus. FREDERICK HOLLICK (1818-1900) was a 19th-century American physician, sex educator, and author. His... Read More
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Atlas of the Viscera, In Situ, of the Dairy Cow
by Hopkins, Grant Sherman
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1919. First printing. SCARCE ANATOMICAL ATLAS OF THE DAIRY COW. 11 1/2 inches tall hardcover, gray paper covered boards, printed paper title label to cover, signature top of half title of "Willie Timmerman, Plessersville 1/1/35," 23 pp, 10 color plates with facing descriptive text. Corners bumped, tip 1/2 inch of bottom corner of one leaf lacking, not affecting text, otherwise unmarked and very good in custom archival mylar cover. GRANT SHERMAN HOPKINS (1865 — 1952) received his... Read More
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Sea-Side Walks of a Naturalist with His Children. Illustrated with eight coloured plates and numerous wood engravings
by Houghton, W.
London: Groombridge and Sons, 1870. First edition. 1870 LITTLE CHILDREN'S BOOK WITH FINE COLOR PLATES, COPY OF AMERICAN STEEL AND SHIPPING MAGNATE. 7 inches tall hardcover, 3/4 blue calf and cloth binding, spine with raised bands, gilt title and compartments, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, decorative armorial bookplate of James Augustine Farrell to front paste-down, i-vi, 154 pp, 8 chromolithographic plates, wood engravings throughout text. Wear to spine edges and corners, text and plates unmarked, clean and bright, very good in... Read More
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FINE PLATES. An Introduction to Bird Behaviour
by Howard, H.E.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1929. First edition. SUMPTUOUS MONOGRAPH ON BIRD BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE TO TERRITORY--BEAUTIFUL PLATES. 12 1/2 inches tall hardcover, publisher's green cloth binding, gilt title to cover and spine, xii, 136 pp, frontis and 10 lithographic plates on heavy stock with tissue guards by George E. Lodge, and 2 full page plans of territorial areas. Near fine in very good minus faded jacket with chipped edges in protective mylar cover. HENRY ELIOT HOWARD (1873 – 26 December... Read More
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TWO MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY. Archive of 6 autograph letters and a post card signed by Mr. or Mrs. George Bond Howes to the Reverend Thomas and Mrs. Stebbing,
by Howes, George Bond
1895-1905. 1895-1905 ARCHIVE OF CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN TWO PROMINENT ENGLISH ZOOLOGISTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. Six letters and a postcard: 1) 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 inch postcard dated 9/4/95 to Rev. Stebbing from Mrs GB Howes regarding signature of a certificate; 2) 4 1/2 x 7 1/4 inch folded letter dated 19/V/97 from GB Howes to Rev. Stebbing accepting an invitation to his home; 3) 4 1/2 x 7 inch folded letter dated 26/V/97 from GF Howes to Mrs. Stebbing thanking her... Read More
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The Rotifera; or Wheel-Animalcules, both British and Foreign in Two Volumes with Supplement
by Hudson, C. T. and Gosse, P.H.
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1889. Second edition (expanded). SCARCE LANDMARK ATLAS OF MICROSCOPIC ROTIFERA WITH COLOR PLATES OF "EXTREME MINUTENESS, ACCURACY, AND BEAUTY" Two hardcover volumes11 1/4 inches tall, brown cloth binding, covers with blindstamped rulings and beveled edges, gilt title to covers and spines, bookplate of Andrew C. Campbell to front paste-down, Vol. I, i-vi, 128 pp, line drawing plates A, B; double-page chromolithographic plates with facing descriptive text, I-XV; Vol. II, [i-vi], 144 pp, double-page chromolithographic plates XVI-XXX; Supplement... Read More
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Memoire sur une nouvelle espece de gymnote de la Riviere de la Madeleine BOUND TOGETHER WITH Observations sur l'anguille electrique (Gymnotus electricus, Lin.) du Nouveau Continent, EXTRACT FROM Voyage aux Regions Equinoxiales du Nouveau Continent, fait en 1799-1804, etc
by Humboldt, Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von
[Paris], 1806. First edition. FIRST EDITION--HUMBOLDT'S FAMOUS DESCRIPTION OF "HORSE FISHING" ELECTRIC EELS AT RASTRO DE ABAXO, BOUND WITH ENGRAVING DEMONSTRATING THE ELECTRIC ORGAN. 25x33 cm folio extract in gray paper wraps, ink inscribed title and small handstamp "Library or R. Harry, Jr." to cover. Memoire sur une Nouvelle Espece de Gymnote de la Riviere de la Madeleine by M. de Humboldt pp. (46-) 48, BOUND WITH Observations sur L'Anguille Electrique (Gymnotus electricus, Lin.) du Nouveau Continent, pp. (49-) 92... Read More
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Six Addresses to Graduating Classes of the Albany Academy 1905-1910
by Hun, Henry
1910. REMARKS OF A MEDICAL EDUCATOR TO GRADUATING BOYS AT A FAMOUS PREP SCHOOL OVER 100 YEARS AGO. 11 x 16 cm booklet, purple velvet flexible covers, gilt title to cover, purple endpapers, [2], 1-11, 1-11, 1-10, 1-8, 1-12, 1-7. Near fine in protective polyethylene cover. ALBANY ACADEMY is an independent college preparatory day school in Albany, New York. It enrolls students from Prekindergaten (age 4) to Grade 12. It was established in 1813 by a charter signed by Mayor... Read More
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Experiments in Genetics
by Hurst, Charles Chamberlain
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1925. First edition. SELECTED PAPERS REPORTING 30 YEARS OF EXPERIMENTS IN GENETICS (1894-1914), SPANNING THE PERIOD OF MERGING MEDELISM WITH DARWINISM. 18x26.5x5 cm hardcover, blue cloth binding, gilt title to spine, i-xxiv, 578 pp, 175 figures (many fold-out). Near fine in very good jacket with small tears top edge and soiled back cover. FROM THE PREFACE: "After thirty years it may serve a useful purpose to collect into one volume the more important papers reporting the results... Read More
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The Ureterovesical Junction. The Theory of Extravesicalization of the Intaravesical Ureter
by Hutch, John A.
Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1958. First edition. LANDMARK MONOGRAPH ON DISORDERS OF THE URETEROVESICAL JUNCTION--SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. 9 1/4 inches tall hardcover, green cloth binding, inscribed on front free endpaper, "9-9-58/ Dear Cf (?), Hope you enjoy the book. No G.P. should practice [without] it", [14], 178 pp, 96 black & white figures. Near fine in very good jacket in mylar sleeve. LAID IN: two 2 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 inch transparencies, Voiding cystourethrogram showing... Read More
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The Individual in the Animal Kingdom
by Huxley, Julian S.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1912. First edition. INTRODUCTION OF THE "ARMS RACE" METAPHOR FOR COEVOLUTIONARY ADVANCES--BY A FOUNDER OF THE MODERN SYNTHESIS. 12x17 cm hardcover, red cloth binding, illustrated title to cover, frontis figure of Volvox, i-ix, [3], 167 pp, 4 pp publisher's book list. Spine faded, binding tight, text clean and unmarked, very good in custom archival mylar cover. Cited in Reiss & Ruse The New Biology (2023): "The inevitability of biological progress became the leitmotif of all of Huxley's... Read More
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Evolution in Action
by Huxley, Julian
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1953. First edition. SIGNED BY HUXLEY, AN ANALYSIS OF EVOLUTION BASED ON LECTURES AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY IN 1950.-51. 13 x 20 cm hardcover, blue paper-covered boards, blue cloth spine, ink signature of author on title page, i-x, 182 pp, 9 photographic illustrations. SIR JULIAN HUXLEY (1887 – 1975) was a British evolutionary biologist, eugenicist, and internationalist. He was a proponent of natural selection, and a leading figure in the mid-twentieth century Modern Synthesis. He was secretary of... Read More
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The Courtship Habits of the Great Crested Grebe, with and Addition to the Theory of Sexual Selection and a Foreword by Desmond Morris
by Huxley, Julian and Morris, Desmond
London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. First edition thus. HUXLEY'S GROUNDBREAKING STUDY OF EVOLVED RITUALIZED BEHAVIOR IN SEXUAL SELECTION. 10.5x18.5 cm hardcover, black cloth binding, gilt title to spine, 97 pp, [2], 2 plates. Near fine in near fine dust jacket in protective mylar sleeve. LAID IN: Retrospective review of the book in Nature 25 Sept 2014, pages 484-5. " JULIAN HUXLEY (1887–1975) was an architect of the mid-twentieth-century evolutionary synthesis that merged Darwin's ideas on natural selection with population genetics. Decades before that,... Read More
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The Humanist Frame
by Huxley, Julian, Brain, R., Waddington, C.H., Bronowski, J., Williams, F., Ginsberg, M., Blackham, H.J., Erikson, E.H., Huxley, F., Hunt, M.M., Holford, W., Tippett, M., Spender, S., Reiser, O.L., Meredith, P., Elvin, H.L., Young, M., Marris, R., Sen, S.,
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1961. First edition, stated. HUMANISM AND EVOLUTION--SIGNED FIRST EDITION COLLECTION OF ESSAYS BY 20TH CENTURY LUMINARIES ASSEMBLED BY JULIAN HUXLEY. 9 1/2 inches tall hardcover, black cloth binding with publisher's gilt logo to cover, gilt title to spine, decorative endpapers, signed on title page, "Julian Huxley/ Cleveland/ May 10, 1962", 432 pp. Faint water stain bottom edge of endpapers, otherwise very good, no dust jacket, in archival mylar cover. FROM PREFACE: "This book... Read More
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SIGNED. Democracy Marches
by Huxley, Julian
London: Chatto & Windus, 1941. First edition. SIR JULIAN HUXLEY'S THOUGHTS ON THE RESPONSE OF DEMOCRACIES TO THE THREATS OF WAR IN THIS CASE, BRITAIN AND WWII--SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Slim hardcover 7 1/2 inches tall, blue cloth binding, inscribed front free endpaper, "Mary Welsh/ from Julian Huxley/ Aug 1941," 126 pp. Light browning to cover edges, very good in custom archival mylar cover. CONTENTS: I. THE UNIFYING EFFECT OF WAR; II. THE .BRITISH BRAND OF DEMOCRACY; III. THE BRITISH... Read More
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The Oceanic Hydrozoa: A Description of the Calycophoridae and Physophoridae Observed During the Voyage of HMS Rattlesnake in the Years 1846-1850
by Huxley, T.H.
London: Ray Society, 1859. First edition. FINE FOLIO ENGRAVINGS OF TH HUXLEY'S DISCOVERIES DURING THE VOYAGE OF THE HMS RATTLESNAKE. 25x32 cm folio hardcover, tan cloth binding, cancelled library bookplate to front paste-down, i-x, 143 pp, 12 engraved plates by J Basire after Huxley's drawings, each with an explanatory letterpress leaf. THOMAS H. HUXLEY (1825-1895), "Charles Darwin's champion, was ship's surgeon on the voyage of the 'Rattlesriake' to the Torres Straits off Australia, however the natural history work he conducted on his... Read More
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