San Francisco: Bench and Bar Publishing Company, 1912. Thick 8vo. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. Full maroon calf, gilt lettering to top cover and spine. First edition in book form. More about History of the bench and bar of California
Albany, NY: Louis N. Beaudry, 1889. 4to. [iv], 19 pp. FIRST EDITION. With frontispiece portrait of the author. Brown publisher's cloth, spine lightly rubbed, with a stain to back cover; some age-toning to interior, otherwise very good. Presentation inscription from the editor to his pastor; from the library of Ralph... More about The Libby Chronicle. Devoted to Facts and Fun. A True Copy of the Libby Chronicle as Written by...
Cincinnati: J.P. Patterson, 1833. 8vo. 155 pp. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary paper over boards, worn and stained, remnant of original spine label; interior foxed and stained. Pencil inscription on pastedown dated January 12, 1861, another ownership inscription of J.S. Whitney dated 1835 on the fly-leaf. Rare first edition. Black Hawk led... More about Life of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak or Black Hawk, … with an account of the cause and the general...
Cambridge: University Press, 1879. 8vo. lxvi, 454, plus 27-page publisher's advertisements. FIRST EDITION. With 3 full-page plates of Cavendish's manuscript facsimiles, 8 other facsimilies of figures from Cavendish, numerous text diagrams. Original maroon cloth, head and tail of spine rubbed, otherwise a fine, uncut copy with the bookplate of B.... More about The electrical researches of the honourable Henry Cavendish
Woodstock: The Elm Tree Press, 1922; 1926. 8vo. vii, [i], 55; 39 pp. Linen-backed boards. Dana’s morocco armorial bookplate to top board, inscription to fly-leaf, “Compliments, Chas L. Dana.” Bookplate of Library of the Medical Society of the County of Kings, small date stamp, “Nov. 25, 1927" to top corner... More about Fragments from Parnassus being parts or the whole of great and good poems: Edited by Charles L....
Woodstock: The Elm Tree Press, [1918]. 8vo. ix, 35 pp. FIRST EDITION. With 1 black and white photograph tipped onto verso of page 31. Cloth-backed boards, paper label. Library date stamp “Nov 22, 1927” on title, with bookplate of The Library of the Medical Society of the County of Kings... More about Poems and songs of patriotism and war
London: John Churchill, 1858. 8vo. viii, 330, [1] pp. FIRST EDITION. Brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine; scattered annotations and underlining in pencil. From the library of Arnold Thackray with his bookplate on the paste-down and the ownership signature of J. Paul de Castro on the half title. A.... More about Fragmentary remains, literary and scientific, of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart., late president of the...
Munich: Albert Langen, 1925. Folio. 27 pp. With 29 text illustrations and 80 lithographs. Tan linen, covers quite faded, spine worn and portion torn (but present); text and plates very good. First trade edition (after a special edition of 200 numbered copies. Paul Gavarni (1804-1866) was the nom de plume... More about Gavarni Lithographien
Boston: The Boston Book Company, 1889; 1890; 1891. Three volumes. 4to. viii, 552; vii, 564; vii, 588 pp. FIRST EDITION. Hundreds of photographic portraits and illustrations throughout. Half green morocco over marbled boards; a couple of exterior bumps, still a fine set. First edition of the lawyers repository of knowledge... More about The green bag. A useless but entertaining magazine for lawyers
University of California: The Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1980. 4to. Original stiff black printed wrappers. More about Nine classic California photographers
London: Knight and Lacey, 1824-1825. 8vo. viii, 368, 385-448, 8; [viii], 480 pp., including index in each volume. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. Lacking only the week of Saturday, August 21, 1824 (No. XXIV). Numerous text illustrations and tables. Contemporary half-calf and marbled boards; an excellent copy from the libraries of... More about The Chemist
London: [John Martyn], Moses Pitt, and Richard Chiswell, 1679-82. Seven parts (all published). 4to. 44; [ii], 48, [2]; 43-210 pp. (continuous pagination, last 5 parts). FIRST EDITION. With 7 engraved plates (6 folding). Bound together in contemporary marbled boards, rebacked; some top margins trimmed closely with occasional loss of page... More about THE COMPLETE SEVEN PARTS - Philosophical collections, containing an account of the physical;...
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1860. Two volumes. 8vo. [ii], vi, [ii], 384; vii, [i], 375, [1] pp. Volume I with engraved frontispiece. Original red publisher’s cloth, covers decorated in blind, light wear to corners and edges; some very light spotting to preliminaries of Volume 1, otherwise a.... More about The poetical works of David Macbeth Moir. Edited by Thomas Aird, with a memoir of the author
San Francisco, Los Angeles: California Historical Society, 1964. 8vo. Blue cloth, gilt star design to covers, gilt lettering to spine. In slip-case. Deluxe edition, one of 325 copies, signed. More about California diary of Faxon Dean Atherton. 1836-1839
Montreal: Privately issued, 1927. 8vo. [6], xl, 634 pp. FIRST EDITION, SECOND IMPRESSION. With frontispiece and 36 photographic plates.Blue cloth. International Association of Medical Museums, Bulletin No. IX. Sirwilliam Osler Memorial Number. Second impression. Limited to 3,000 numbered copies. More about Appreciations and reminiscences
San Marino: The Huntington Library, 1954. 8vo. Cloth-backed illustrated boards. More about California gold rush voyages, 1848-1849. Three original narratives
[n.p.]: [n.p.], [1939]. 8vo. [vi], 330 pp. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. With frontispiece and 1 plate. Full maroon pebbled cloth, gilt crest to upper cover, with marbled end-papers. First and only edition of this collection of letters which provide a glimpse into the everyday life of a medical doctor, as... More about The doctor’s letters, being the letters of Wilfred Havland Sage, M.D. written, for the most...
London: Stanhope Press, 1807. Three volumes in one. 12mo. iv], 53, [1]; 94; 65 pp. FIRST EDITIONS. Volumes I and II with engraved frontispiece. Full tree-calf, black spine labels; marbled edges and endpapers, spines lightly worn, interior fine. With unidentified French bookplate to front paste-down.(bound with) BRUCE, Michael; PARK, Thomas... More about The poetical works of Tobias Smollett, M.D. Collated with the best editions: by Thomas Park, Esq....
London: Printed for Thomas Tegg; R. Griffin and Co., Glasgow; Westley and Tyrrell, Dublin; and M. Baudry, Paris, 1826. 8vo. iv, 330, [2] pp. FIRST EDITION. With frontispiece entitled “The dwarf and the peacock.” Modern quarter calf over marbled boards, new endpapers; very minor browning, overall an excellent copy of... More about Eccentric biography; or lives of extraordinary characters; whether remarkable for their splendid...
Philadelphia: Franklin Institute, 1872. 4to. 433, vii pp. FIRST EDITION. Illustrated with plates (many folding), text illustrations, drawings, graphics, photographs, and full page color illustrations. Half calf over cloth boards. First edition of this fascinating journal describing and illustrating some of the latest inventions and innovations in science and mechanics... More about The Journal of the Franklin Institute, Third Series, Volume LXIII, January - June, 1872, Nos. I - V
Chicago: [Ralph Fletcher], [1917]. 8vo. viii, [ii], 332 pp. FIRST EDITION. Title in red and black. With 4 plates. Original green publisher’s cloth. An uncut and for the most part unopened copy. First edition. Contains Williams’ poems Love song, Naked, Marriage, Apology, Summer song, and The old worshipper, as well... More about Poetry. A magazine of verse. Volume IX, October-March, 1916-17
