Loose change: three women of the sixties.
New York: Doubleday and Co., Inc., 1977. 8vo. [xvi], 367 pp. FIRST EDITION. Original black cloth-backed paper boards, dust jacket in pristine condition, protective mylar cover. An excellent copy. More
New York: Doubleday and Co., Inc., 1977. 8vo. [xvi], 367 pp. FIRST EDITION. Original black cloth-backed paper boards, dust jacket in pristine condition, protective mylar cover. An excellent copy. More
London: John Murray, 1921. Large 8vo. xix, [i], 447, [1] pp. FIRST EDITION. Frontispiece and numerous illustrations. Original publisher’s cloth, the school crest in gilt on front cover, a bit worn; first few leaves with minor browning, otherwise a fine copy. More
Newark: Physicians Drug News Co., 1914. 8vo. 62 pp. FIRST EDITION. Black pebbled cloth; a fine uncut copy from the library of Samuel X. Radbill, with his bookplate. First edition of this collection of poems by and about doctors. Davis (1868-1932) was an Oklahoma physician, whose other works include Davis’..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1894. 8vo. x, 228 pp. FIRST EDITION. With numerous text illustrations, many full-page. Publisher’s red patterned cloth, title in gilt, silver British Royal coat of arms on front board; small water stain to bottom right corner of text. First edition. The author provides a typically..... More
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
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1839. 8vo. [iv], 475, [1] plus 4 pages advertisements. FIRST EDITION. With portrait and advertisements. Original cloth decorated in blind, small crack in upper front joint, still a fine copy with a letter written on blank verso of front free endpaper and ending on the..... More
London: John Murray, 1827. 4to. x, [1]; 15, [1]; 17, [1]; 21, [1]; 21, [1]; 19, [1]; 19, [1], 30 pp. FIRST EDITION. Original blue wrappers, rebacked; uncut. First edition. This is a valuable work for the history of science of the period. It includes Davy's lectures from 1820-26 during..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1949]. 8vo. [v], 470 pp., including bibliographic note and index. FIRST EDITION. Grey cloth with dust-jacket, very slightly chipped at head and foot of spine; a very good uncut copy. First edition, written in collaboration of his wife, Rhea. “This book is the story..... More
London: Harcourt, Brace, and Company, [1932]. 8vo. viii, [iv], 363 pp. FIRST EDITION. With 14 plates. Yellow cloth, end-papers lightly spotted; uncut. First edition. A biographical account of several doctors and their efforts to save lives. Chapter titles include Banting: who found insulin; Minot: against death; Evans: death in milk;..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., [1962]. 8vo. [x], 246 pp., including half-title. FIRST EDITION. Tan cloth; though without a dust-jacket, an excellent, uncut copy. First edition. A memoir written after the death of his second wife, Rhea, for whom De Kruif abandoned his first wife and two children..... More
Philadelphia: Blanchard &L Lea, 1851. 4to. [ii], [xi]-xxxii, 33-695, 32, 16 pp., including 2 publisher’s catalogues, both dated July, 1851. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Text complete despite pagination; lacking original blanks. With numerous text illustrations. Original publisher’s blind-stamped cloth, rebacked; minor browning and spotting throughout, especially to the publisher’s catalogues. First..... More
London: Longmans, Green, 1872. 8vo. [v], vi-vii, [i], 511, [1] pp., plus 24 pages of publisher’s advertisements dated March, 1872. FIRST EDITION. Original blue cloth, rebacked with original spine laid down. An excellent copy with the ownership signature dated Oct. 7, 1872 on the paste-down. First edition. De Morgan (1806-71)..... More
London: Taylor & Walton, 1847. 8vo. [iii], xxviii, 124 pp. FIRST EDITION. Publisher’s original blind-stamped cloth, title in gilt on spine, edges and corners a bit worn; first signature loose, otherwise a fine copy. First edition of one of the earliest, if not the first significant scientific bibliography. The author..... More
London: Longmans, Green, 1882. 8vo. [ii], x, 422 pp., plus 2 pages publisher’s catalogue of biographical works followed by a 24-page publisher’s catalog. FIRST EDITION. Frontispiece portrait. Original publisher’s cloth, a bit worn, edges and corners chipped, spine sunned; interior good. First edition of this very personal biography of De..... More
Chicago: The Open Court Publishing Co., 1910. 8vo. [xiv], 270 pp. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. An excellent copy in original red cloth. More
Paris: Exposition coloniale Internationale, 1931. Four volumes. 4to. [lvi], 279, xlvi; 336, lxi; 348, lxxiii; 296, lxvi pp., including half-titles in each volume. FIRST EDITION. Complete with index, addenda, errata, and 67 color plates by Gr nvold. Original half burgundy calf over marbled boards, gilt lettering on spine; browning and..... More
Paris: Flammarion, 1909. 8vo. [iv], 371, 8 pp. (publisher's catalogue). FIRST EDITION. Original printed wrappers, uncut. Needs re-sewing. Ownership signature on the half-title. First edition of the comprehensive overview of evolution. The authors first discuss earlier notions in the development of the theory, citing Lamarck, Erasmus Darwin, Saint-Hilaire, and others..... More
Paris: P. Didot L’aine, 1801. 8vo. xxxi, [i], 166 pp., including half-title. With the finely engraved frontispiece by Choffard after Monciau. Contemporary calf; a fine wide-margined copy from the library of (Lord)? Minto with his bookplate and the label of Jerry Stannard. A new edition, considerably augmented from the original..... More
Paris, chez les principaux Libraires, 1802. 8vo. [ii], xviii, [ii], 215 pp. ONLY EDITION. Later gilt morocco-backed marbled boards (a little wear to crown and tail of the spine), edges sprinkled blue. Includes authorship leaf with manuscript signature. Internally fresh, a fine copy of an obscure work. VITALISM - THE..... More
London: The Author. By W. Bulmer & Co., Shakespeare Press, 1817. Three volumes. Imperial 8vo. [iv], vi, ccxxv, 410, [2]; [iv]. 536, [2]; [iv], 544, [3] pp. FIRST EDITION. Complete with errata, colophon, and half-titles. With 40 plates, including the oft missing "Presentation in the Temple" in Volume I, portraits..... More
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1809. 8vo. [iv] 87, [1] pp. FIRST EDITION. Title in black with red. Half calf over linen; preliminary and last leaves foxed, interior and text in generally excellent condition. First edition of this popular book which passed through many later editions. This work was..... More
London: Harding, Triphook, Lepard, J. Major, 1824. 8vo. [iv], li, 912 pp. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary half-calf over marbled boards, spine elaborately gilt; preliminary and last blanks are foxed, interior and text in excellent condition. First edition. Dibdin's descriptive catalogue of his ideal library was published in an edition of two..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1844. 8vo. [ii], xiv, [2], 624 pp. FIRST EDITION. With 40 illustrations by Phiz, including the frontispiece and engraved title containing 100£ on signpost; with the 14-line errata page. Contemporary half-calf over marbled boards, marbled endpapers; some of the plates are browned along the edges, the..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1870. 6 parts. 8vo. vii, [i], 190 pp. FIRST EDITION. Title and contents at back of Volume VI. Complete with all publisher’s advertisements. With 12 illustrations and portrait after S.L. Fields. Includes “Price Eighteenpence” slip pasted over the one shilling price on the front wrapper of..... More