Essai Analytique sur les Facultes de L'Ame
by Bonnet, Charles
Copenhagen: Freres Cl. & Ant. Philibert, 1760. First Edition.. Full contemporary calf.. A fine copy.. 4to. A vignette title. [8], (i)ii - xxxii, (1)2 - 552, [2] pp. A late work of the great Swiss naturalist whose entomological investigations were major contributions to concepts of parthenogenesis and regeneration. He became blind and was forced to abandon microscopy (and his naturalist studies) for botany and then philosophy and psychology. In this book Bonnet develops his views on the physiological... Read More
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Recipes and Cures
by Anon. - HOUSEHOLD BOOK
UK: Unique, ca1830. Full contemporary parchment over boards.. Very good; somewhat shaken; spine cracked and abraded.. Small 4to notebook,110 pp. bound dos-a-dos. Written in English, in a clear hand on laid paper (no watermark). An appealing record of recipes. This notebook also contains several cures for common ailments. What is exceptional is that each recorded recipe names the source.
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![[Manuscript] Design & order record, 1865 - 1908 for Boon & Son, coachbuilders of East Sussex, UK](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/316/697/1471697316.0.l.jpg)
[Manuscript] Design & order record, 1865 - 1908 for Boon & Son, coachbuilders of East Sussex, UK
by Boon & Son - COACHBUILDER'S ILLUSTRATED ORDER BOOK
Worthing, East Sussex, UK. Original sheep backed plain boards.. Good; the binding showing signs of shop use and wear; contents clear; text block broken; hinges cracked; occasional rumpling to extremities of a few pages.. Small folio notebook; 207 pp. (recto and verso) with a 5 page alphabetical index. Heavily illustrated with detailed notes on design, structure, and materials. A superb and apparently complete record of orders for this firm of specialty coachbuilders (still in existence as J... Read More
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L'esperance [Book-mark made up of Australian [New Zealand?] gold nugget beads]
by Anon. - BOOK-MARK
ca1875. As found.. Very good.. A Berlin Work book-mark made up by applying a matrix (90 x 25 mm) for the gold to a strip of white silk (430 x 25 mm). The name, "L'esperance" is spelled out with small, solid gold beads, pierced and threaded together. The weight is appx. 0.1 Troy oz. L'esperance is a solid rock out-cropping in the South Pacific constituting the southern most of the Kermadec Islands north of New Zealand. One can only imagine... Read More
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Cooking & house recipe manuscript
by James Keiller - Dundee (engraved bookplate)
UK: Unique, ca1820. Full contemporary gilt stamped parchment.. Very good; shaken; spine with some abrasion.. Small 4to, appx. 140 pp. in several hands; with insertions well after 1820. Laid paper; watermarked. A excellent record of recipes for cooking and food preparation accompanied by simple cures (tooth aches etc.) and what appear to be unique household directives (e.g., how to clean engravings).
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Patent Cider Mill
by Booth, N
New Haven: [N Booth ?], 1837. First Edition.. As issued.. A very good copy with some browning a the margins.. Broadside. A woodblock illus . of the apparatus driven by a horse is the illustration. A broadside advertisement for Booth's new horse driven cider mill. The device is illustrated with a woodcut illustration meas. appx. 4 x 5 inches that shows the horse at work driving the machine. Below the illustration is an explanation of the design, construction,... Read More
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Dynamik der Krystallgitter
by Born, M - CRYSTALLOGRAPHY
Berlin: B G Teubner, 1915. First Edition.. Original printed publisher's cloth.. Very good with some unequal fading to the cloth; wrinkle in the last leaf.. 8vo, vii, [1 - blank], [2 - errata], [1] - 122 + folding color plate. Some text illustrations. An important book that laid the foundation for modern solid state physics and Born's pioneering efforts in quantum mechanics. The work on crystal lattices (offered here) was to be a short journal article but Born's... Read More
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Hypothesis Soni Perraultiana, 2 parts
by Bose, George Mathias
Leipzig: Breitkopf, 1734 & 1735. First Edition. Disbound. Very good; some overall toning and dustiness.. 4to, I - [8], [1] - 54, [2 - errata] pp.; II - [8], [1] - 49, [1 - errata] pp. A lecturer in mathematics and physics he is best known for his early work on electricity. The subject offered here is his inquiry into sound and acoustics and critique of Perrault. There is an interesting section on the elasticity of air... Read More
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A Manual of Diseases of the Throat and Nose
by Bosworth, F H
New York: William Wood, 1881. First Edition.. Original publisher's cloth.. A good copy with wear to the cloth; frt. hinge strained.. 8vo. There are numerous text illus. . Bosworth was a pioneer in American rhinology. The book offered here is the basis for his later two volume treatise. It deals with the causes, pathology, and classification of inflammatory affections of the head, neck, and throat. An important and uncommon book. See G - M #3298.
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Traité ... du Pied du Cheval ... la Structure, des Fonctions et des Maladies de cet Organe, 2 vols.
by Bouley, H - HORSE
Paris: Labe, 1851. First Edition.. Contemporary three-quarter leather.. Good; foxing; bindings worn with chipped spines.. 8vo, xix, [1], [1] - 320 pp. + an atlas of 34 lithographic plates; each plate with an explanatory page of text. The author was prof. of surgery at the national vet. college at Alfort and sec' ty. of the French national association. The book offered here is detailed and important study of the horse's hoof. Excellent plates illustrate nerves, blood flow etc.... Read More
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Cytology and Cell Physiology
by Bourne, G (ed.)
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1942. First Edition.. original cloth and dj.. A fine copy.. 8vo. Plates and text illus. An early book on a modern subject containing Baker's paper on microscopy and technique. See G-M for Baker entry on cytological technique.
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Lecons Cliniques sur les Maladies Chroniques de L'Appareil Locomoteur ... 1855 - 1857
by Bouvier, S-H V - ORTHOPEDICS
Paris: J B Bailliere, 1858. First Edition.. Contemporary three-quarter leather.. Good; joints chafed; backstrip leather somewhat worn & cracked in one or two places; foxing.. 8vo, vii, [1 - errata], [1] - 531, [1 - blank] pp. Orthopedics was established as an independent specialty in France around 1850. Bouvier was the first official practitioner in this specialty. The book offered here is the publication of his lectures between 1855 and 1857. Le Vay, pp. 251-253.
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Life Imprisonment vs. the Death Penalty
by Bowers, Duke C.
[Nashville]: Duke Bowers, [1913?]. First (only) Edition.. Stapled - as issued - with original (?) paper overlay along the spine.. Good; some dust soiling and occasional pencil marks; some abrasions touching the edge of the illustration on the rear wrapper.. 4to, [1] - 97, [1 - blank]. In the original, illustrated (rear) printed wrappers with a final page of text on the interior of the rear wrapper. Unsigned; printed on glazed paper. Bowers' argument in favor of abolishing the death... Read More
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The Young Choir. Adapted to the Use of Juvenile Singing Schools ....
by Bradbury, W & Sanders, C
New York: M H Newman, 1842. Second Edition ?. orig. publisher's leather backed bds. .. A good copy; somewhat loose in the bdg.; some spotting; signatures Q - S are misbound.. ob. 8vo. There is a vignette title. An interesting musical song book. The introduction offers instruction in the rudiments of music. The bulk of the book is devoted to songs and music. According to the endorsements most of the music for the book is original. Absent from... Read More
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Teacher's Manual. The Use of Globes
by Branom, F K
Chicago: A J Nystrom, 1925. First Edition ?. orig. printed wrappers.. A good copy; somewhat loose in the wraps; slight discoloration along the edge.. 8vo. The text is illus. . An instruction book for teachers to introduce concepts and reasons for geography or the weather. The adverts at the rear are also of interest because it is a record of the globes offered for sale by the Johnston-Nystrom Company.
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[Medal] Battle of Toulouse
by Brenet, Nicholas Guy Antoine (engraver) - WELLINGTON - NAPOLEON
[London]: Mudie, [1819]. Very good.. Circular (dia. 40 mm) medal; plain edge. The medal celebrates Wellington's victory at Toulouse on April 10, 1814, just days before Napoleon's surrender. Recto: The head of Britannia in a Corinthian helmut; reverse: Wellington beside a captured French battle flag/banner. Bramsen # 1384; Eimer, Wellington, # 38.
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Das Arbeitsverhältnis gemass dem heutigen Recht
by Brentano, L[ujo] - ECONOMICS
Leipzig: Duncker & Humbolt, 1877. First Edition.. Contemporary half leather.. Good; binding worn; joints split, but binding holding.. 8vo. Brentano taught political economy at Berlin and several other places. In this position he was a champion of trade unions as mechanisms to effect social change. What was presented as worker's question, i.e., the problem of overcoming political radicalism engendered by the issue of wages and compensation, in theoretical and ernest political discussions of the day was, Brentano believed,... Read More
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Dictionnaire raisonne de physique .... - BOUND WITH - Observations sur les nouvelles decouvertes Aerostatique ... les Ballons
by Brisson, M J - AERONAUTICS
Paris: Desray, 1790. First Edition.. full contemp. calf.. A very good copy; some chafing to the jts.; minor edge soiling; small paper flaw in the blank margin of one title.. 4to. There are 90 copper eng. plates of all kinds of instruments and devices. A variant made up from the sheets of the first edition with a cancel title and variant imprint. No doubt the result of unbound sheets being sold around the French trade in the late... Read More
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Call for Duryeas' Improved Corn Starch
by COOKERY BROADSIDE
Glen Cove, NY: Wm Duryea, ca1880. First Edition?. As issued.. Very good; old folds.. MB. Broadside meas. appx. 360 x 250 mm.; printed in three columns. The broadside offers corn starch made by the Glen Cove Mfg. Co. through the agency of Wm. Duryea. Aside from touting the efficacy and usefulness of the product it also provides 24 recipes for cakes, puddings, and sauces.
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The Wooden Walls of England, with Explanatory References ....
by NAVAL BROADSIDE
London: John Passmore, ca. 1830. Edition Unknown.. As issued.. Good; clean vertical tear into the upper part of the illustration (no loss); some small marginal chips; two small clean tears (no loss) into illus..; old paper reinforcement along fold; tide mark into text.. Broadside. A large color eng. of a ship across the top half of the broadside. A dramatic broadside with a large colored eng. illus. of English battle ships. The broadside identifies each part of the... Read More
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Die Juden wie sie waren, sind - und bleiben werden. Eine getreue Charakter - Schilderung, Winke und Warnungen für das Volk - OFFERED WITH - Nur keine Juden - Emancipation!
by Anon. - ANTI-SEMITIC BROADSHEETS
[Vienna], March 1848. First Editions [?]. As issued.. Very good; old folds; some modest marginal dust soiling.. Folio. They measure appx. 430 x 270 mm. and 380 x 245 mm. They are both printed recto and verso. Two lengthy, viciously anti-semitic broadsheets published during the first month of the revolutionary year 1848 within the Habsburg Empire. The first carries the imprint: Gedruckt bei Joh. N. Fridrish. The second carries the imprint: Gedruckt bei Ant. Benko [Antal Betüivel Benko]... Read More
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McRae Fine Tobacco
by COLOR LITHOGRAPH BROADSIDE
Petersburg [VA]: Watson & Mc Gill, [ca1880]. Edition Unknown.. As issued.. A very good copy; upper left hand corner with some reinforcements to verso.. Broadside. A full color "pillar" (or label?) advertising lithograph for tobacco. The broadside meas. appx. 7 x 14 inches. The lithographer was R Hoen & Co. of Richmond VA.
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Valuable and Useful Recipes, the Result of Thirty Years Experience
by Anon. - HOUSEHOLD RECIPES BROADSIDE
Skippackville, [PA]: Fast Job Press, ca1850. As issued.. Good; overall spotting; old folds; some separation along the folds with two letters affected; old nail hole at the top margin where it was once hung.. Folio broadsheet, printed recto and verso, no watermark, meas. appx. 520 x 215 mm. Rare - unlocated.
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... Knitting Machines, Winders, etc. ....
by Aiken Knitting Machine Company - BROADSIDE
New York City: Aiken Company, [ca1880]. As issued.. Very good.. Broadside measuring 420 x 260 mm. Illustrated with renderings of the machinery for sale. The company was incorporated in NYC but the factory was located in Franklin NH. The text on the broadside states that the pamphlet (not present here) provides full details for the machines. Prices, use, production sizes are, however, given on this broadside. Absent from Romaine and McKinstry.
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Bekanntmachung.
by Elections to parliament of 1848 - BROADSIDE
Hamburg: np, 1848. As issued.. Fine.. Broadside. A broadside announcing the election for representatives to the National Parliament in Frankfurt and stipulating the requirements. The Hamburg municipal goverrnment broadened the franchise from the limits set by the National Parliament (those having achieved 'citizenship' in the cities or states and, " ... Mitlgieder der israelitischen Gemeinden...."). At this point in the 19th century many German cities and towns required citizenship to vote, more often then not denoted by property... Read More
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