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BETWEEN STRANGERS
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Harper & Row, 1989. 288pp "Surrogate mothers, expectant fathers, & brave new babies.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Frayed. more information
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SCIENCE RECORD OF 1872, THE
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NY Munn 1872. First edition. Spots on front cover. Edges of cover are worn, with board exposed. Top of backstrip torn. Front hinge reinforced with clear tape. Otherwise, interior is very good: clean and tight. 'A Compendium of Scientific Progress and Discovery during the Past Year. With Illustrations.' From the office of the 'Scientific American.' 400pp. (loc x131). Hard Cover. more information
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UNSEEN LIFE OF NEW YORK
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Duell, Sloan, 1953. 165pp Illus "As a naturalist sees it.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Tattered DJ. Illus. by Carlisle, Donald T.. more information
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JUNGLE DAYS
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Putnam, 1925. Second Printing. 201pp. Illus. Interior very good. 1928 newspaper article tipped onto the first blank page following the pictorial end paper. Some cover wear. (loc 909). Hard Cover. more information
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NATURALIST'S LIFE OF NEW YORK, A
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London: Bodley Head, 1954. 165pp Illus. First English Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Frayed. Illus. by Carlisle, Donald T.. more information
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PSYCHOLOGY OF GAMBLING, THE
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Hill & Wang, 1957. 244pp Cover has faded. The author stated that the purpose of this book is to show that the gambler has an unconscious wish to lose, and therefore always loses in the long run. (loc 269/1). Later Printing. Hard Cover. Good with Some Cover Wear/No Jacket. more information
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LAST CANNIBALS, THE
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Morrow, 1957. 192pp. Illus. Translated from the Danish by Estrid Bannister. (loc 896/1). First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Frayed DJ. more information
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ANTHROPOLOGY AND MODERN LIFE
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Norton, 1928. 246pp. Good; covers worn around edges. Cloth is torn where rear cover meets backstrip. Former owner signature on front end paper. (loc 514). Hard Cover. more information
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MIND OF PRIMITIVE MAN, THE
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Macmillan, 1921. Later printing. Good. 294pp. 'A Course of Lectures Delivered Before the Lowell Institute, Boston, Mass., and the Nat'l Univ.of Mexico, 1910-1911'. Former owners names on paste down and front end paper. (loc 514/1). Hard Cover. more information
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LIVES OF MEN OF LETTERS AND SCIENCE WHO FLOURISHED IN THE TIME OF GEORGE III
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Phila. PA Carey & Hart 1845. First American Edition. 295pp. Includes essays on Watt, Priestley and Davy by an important English scholar, lawyer and politician. Good, tight, but foxed. Former owner signature on front end paper. Cover is quite worn, board exposed on corners. Cloth covering spine is chipped. (loc x123). Hard Cover. more information
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WITH THEIR ISLANDS AROUND THEM
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Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1974. "A narrative of Micronesia, and of two men responsible for conserving its ecosystem." 216pp. Illus. The following is stamped on the front end paper: 'Do Not Remove - Friends of the Zoo.' (loc 517/1). First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good, Frayed DJ. more information
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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, THE
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Abrams, 1987. 484pp Illus "100 years of adventure and discovery.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Frayed. more information
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VIAGGIO
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Syracuse Univ. Press, 1983. 487pp. Travels in the United States of North America 1785-87. Tr:Ital:and Ed: Antonio Pace. Includes natural history commentary and Luigi Castiglioni's botanical observation edited by Jos. and Nesta Ewan. (loc 1017,922/4). First Edition. Hard Cover. Like New/Like New. more information
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TESLA: MAN OUT OF TIME
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Dorset Press, 1989. 320pp. (loc 926/1). Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. more information
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EINSTEIN: THE LIFE AND TIMES
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N.Y. World 1971. First Printing. Very good. D/j is frayed. 718pp. Illus. (loc 1011/1). Hard Cover. more information
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REASON AND NATURE
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N.Y. Harcourt 1931. Second Printing. 470pp. Good; backstrip rubbed, top edge frayed, title faded. 'An Essay on the Meaning of Scientific Method.' (loc 794). Hard Cover. more information
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SILENT WORLD, THE
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Harper & Brothers, 1953. 266pp Illus "A story of undersea discovery and adventure...". Later Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Worn. more information
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RITALIN NATION
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Norton, 1999. 284pp. "Rapid-Fire Culture and The Transformation of Human Consciousness." (loc 925). First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. more information
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ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF SOCIETY BY THE GENERAL DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE
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NY Carlton & Lanahan ca1850.. Abridged by Rev. H.D. Gossling. 270pp. Illus with Engravings. 4x6". Basic thesis: connecting science with religion. Interior very good, tightly bound. Top and bottom of backstrip chipped; corners of cover are worn. Former owner signature, dated 1909, on front end paper. Top corner of front end paper chipped. (loc x125). Hard Cover. more information
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MEANING OF RELATIVITY, THE
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Princeton Univ. Press 1946. 135pp. Very good, slight fraying to top of backstrip and top corner of rear cover. 'The first edition of this book was published in 1922....For this second edition, Mr. Einstein has added an appendix discussing certain advances in the theory of relativity since 1921'. (loc 530). Hard Cover. more information
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CENTURY OF SCIENCE AND OTHER ESSAYS, A
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Houghton Mifflin, 1902. Volume X of 'The Miscellaneous Writings of John Fiske with Many Portraits of Illustrious Philosophers, Scientists, and Other Men of Note.' Very good. Red cloth cover with gilt lettering. 525pp. (loc x122/1). Hard Cover. more information
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THREE ESSAYS ON THE THEORY OF SEXUALITY
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London: Hogarth Press, 1962. Trans. in 1949 by James Strachey, and revised in 1962. Keystone of Freud's sexual theory in the recognition of infantile sexuality as universal and normal. The sexual aberrations and the transformations of the sexual instinct at puberty also considered. (loc 584/1). Hard Cover. Good/Good. more information
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MAN, BREAD AND DESTINY: The Story of Man and His Food
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Reynal & Hitchcock, 1937. First edition. 364pp. Good Plus. DJ is soiled and slightly frayed. (loc 870). Hard Cover. more information
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STORY OF MAN AND HIS FOOD; Man, Bread and Destiny
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NY: New Home Library, 1942. 364pp. Good Plus. Top of backstrip is frayed. No jacket. (loc 870). Hard Cover. more information
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ETERNAL EVE; The History of Gynaecology and Obstetrics
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N.Y. Doubleday 1951. First American Edition. 699pp. Illus. Harvey Graham is pen name of Isaac Harvey Flack. Very good. DJ is very good. (loc 809). Hard Cover. more information
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SICKENED
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Bantam, 2003. 244pp. "The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood." (loc 818/1). First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. more information
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GHOSTS OF CAPE SABINE
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Putnam's, 2000. 354pp. Illus. "The harrowing true story of the Greely expedition." (loc 1072/1). First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. more information
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DEVILS, DRUGS, AND DOCTORS
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Halcyon House, 1929. 405pp. Illus. "The Story of the Science of Healing from Medicine-man to Doctor." Wear to covers; some foxing. (loc 1122/1). Later Edition. Hard Cover. Good. more information
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SCIENCE OF LIFE, THE; OR SELF-PRESERATION
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New York, NY Privately Printed, 1868. " A Medical Treatise on Nervous and Physical Debility, Spermatorrhoea, Impotence and Sterility, with Practical Observations on the Treatment of Diseases of the Generative Organs." Good. Backstrip repaired, with 1/4" missing at top. 278pp. Illus. (loc 712/1). Hard Cover. more information
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GARDENING FOR PROFIT
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Orange Judd Co. 1891. 'Entirely New and Greatly Enlarged' 376pp. 'A Guide to the Successful Cultivation of the Market and Family Garden'. Illus. with Numerous New Engravings. Front end paper loose. Otherwise, interior is very good. Top of backstrip frayed. Some cover stains. (loc x131). Hard Cover. more information
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NEW GREEN WORLD
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New York, NY Hastings House, 1954. 272pp. Illus. and end paper maps. 'John Bartram and the Early Naturalists.' First volume of the American Procession Series. (loc 891). First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good, Chipped DJ. more information
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POWER BEYOND REASON
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Barricade Books, 2002. 358pp. "The Mental Collapse of Lyndon Johnson." (loc 1071/1). First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. more information
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WONDER BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE, THE
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John C. Winston, 1925. 608pp. "Over 700 illustrations." Gift inscription on front end paper. (loc 439/1). Later Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Chipped DJ. more information
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DICTIONARY OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY
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London: Washbourne, 1843. '....Comprising such terms in botany, chemistry, comparative anatomy, conchology, entomology, palaeontology, zoology and other brances of natural history, as are connected with the study of geology.' With additions to first edition. 294pp. Light brown embossed covers, gilt lettering. Spine is worn. (loc x136/1). Second Edition. Hard Cover. Good. more information
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FOLK MEDICINE
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Henry Holt, 1958. 182pp. "A Vermont doctor's guide to good health." (loc 1117/1). First Edition. Hard Cover. Good (wear to cover edges). more information
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BURIED TREASURE
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Phoenix House, 1957. 111pp Illus. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. more information
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LIFE AND WORK OF SIGMUND FREUD, THE
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N.Y. Basic Books 1957. Volume 3. 'The Last Phase 1919-1939' First edition. 537pp. Very good. DJ is tattered and chipped. (loc 178/1+1). Hard Cover. more information
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BIRTH MOTHER
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Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988. 294pp "The courageous, intimate story of America's first surrogate mother....". First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. more information
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FLU
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Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2000. 330pp Illus "The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the search for the virus that caused it." (loc 1117/1). Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. more information
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PLAGUE AND THE FIRE, THE
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McGraw Hill, 1961. 280pp "London: 1665/1666" Slight wear to extremities.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Worn. more information
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LOUIS AGASSIZ; A Life In Science
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Univ. of Chicago Press 1960. First edition. Very good, except for some spotting on fore edge of pages (seen when book is closed, no spots on pages when opened). DJj is very good. 449pp. Illus. (loc x57/1+2). Hard Cover. more information
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DR. SPOCK: AN AMERICAN LIFE
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Harcourt Brace, 1998. 520pp Illus "Benjamin Spock raised a generation of American children-and almost destroyed his family and career.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. more information
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LAST EAGLE, THE
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McGraw Hill, 1966. 149pp Illus, "with 12 line drawings." "The biography of a bald eagle from birth to maturity.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Frayed. Illus. by Peterson, Russell. more information
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ODORS; Physiology and Control
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McGraw Hill 1949. First edition. Very good. Comprehensive work on the source of odors and the way to prevent them. Tables, charts, photos, illus. 405pp. (loc 757). Hard Cover. more information
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BREAKDOWN
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Pocket Books, 1994. 289pp. Illus. "Sex, Suicide and the Harvard Psychiatrist." (loc 700/1). First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. more information
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SCIENCE AND THE CONCEPT OF RACE
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Columbia Univ. Press, 1968. First edition. Very good, except for worn backstrip. Ex-library. 177pp. (loc 979/1). Hard Cover. more information
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DOGWATCHING
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Crown, 1986. 130pp Illus "Why dogs bark and everything else you ever wanted to know.". First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. more information
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PLAGUES AND POLITICS
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Basic Books, 1989. First Edition. 223pp. Illus. "The Story of the United States Public Health Service." Foreword by Surgeon General C. Everett Koop. Very good. DJ is very good, except for some brown spots on front. (loc 1004). First Edition. Hard Cover. more information
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VISION OF EDEN, A; The Life and Work of Marianne North
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Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980. First edition. 240pp. Illus, many in color. 8x10". Preface by JPM Brenan, Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens. Foreword: Anthony Huxley. Biographical note by Brenda Moon. Important 19th Century woman botanist- illustrator. Very good. DJ was very good, unfortunately the former owner applied new scotch tape to every inch of the dj edges (probably to avoid fraying in the future). (loc 800). Hard Cover. more information
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MAN: Where, Whence, and Whither
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NY Moorhead, Bond 1868. 'Being a Glance at Man in His Natural History Relations' by a 19th Century authority on geology. First edition. 197pp. Top and bottom of backstrip frayed. Stain on front cover and on foredge of each page, otherwise good. (loc x138). Hard Cover. more information
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