The life of William Blake.
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1927. Lg. 8vo. 24 colortype illustr., printed at the Chiswick Press. Quarter-white parchment with marbled boards. Limited to 1480 copies. More
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1927. Lg. 8vo. 24 colortype illustr., printed at the Chiswick Press. Quarter-white parchment with marbled boards. Limited to 1480 copies. More
A collection of original offprints in the fields of genetics, heredity, and evolution. From the library of Alfred Henry Sturtevant (1891-1970), renowned American geneticist. All items, unless stated, bear Sturtevant's signature and/or stamp, and many are presentation copies. Included are works by Bateson, Boveri, Calvin Bridges, Julian Huxley, Jacques Loeb..... More
Boston: Manning & Loring, 1796. 8vo. 264 pp. Later edition. Contemporary calf, rebacked, spine label; interior generally browned because of paper stock. Signature of John J. Smith dated October 29, 1803 on the fly-leaf, remnants of a bookplate on the paste-down as well as a bookseller label (Leary of Philadelphia)..... More
[n.p.]: Printed for Private Distribution, 1903. Folio. [18] pp. FIRST EDITION. Prospectus laid-in. Original printed wrappers, 32 loose caricatures housed in publisher's quarter-cloth portfolio with paper cover label and cloth ties, portfolio soiled and chipped and lacking some ties; prospectus soiled and chipped. Text unopened. Caricatures all in nice shape..... More
Philadelphia: Carr & Smith, 1801. 4to. [vi], 53, [1] pp. FIRST EDITION. With 1 plate (trimmed) depicting a steam cabinet. Disbound. First edition describing the physical effects that bathing has on the body. He discusses warm, hot or tepid baths as therapeutics in the treatment of diseases as diverse as..... More
Philadelphia: Bradford and Inskeep; Samuel Augustus Mitchell, I: 1808; 1810; II: 1825; 1828; 1828. Vols. I and II of nine volumes. Folio (350 x 265 mm); Vols. I, II, and III of four volumes. Folio (375 x 290 mm). iv (ie., vi), 158; v-xii, 13-167, [1] pp. Each volume with..... More
New York and Auburn: Miller, Orton and Mulligan, 1855. 8vo. x, 329, [8] pp. FIRST EDITION. Full-page steel engraved portrait. Contemporary embossed publisher’s cloth, gilt spine title. A little foxing. More
Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1854. 8vo. xvi, 328 pp., plus 8 page publisher’s catalogue. SECOND EDITION. Publisher’s cloth decorated in blind, title in gilt on spine, stain to back lower corner, otherwise an excellent copy. Second edition, first printed the prior year. Combination of history and practical observations at..... More