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In armis ars. [Catalogue no. 4. By Ian D. D. Eaves et al; edited by Peter Scott-Edeson, John Wallace]
by Finer (Peter), firm
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Shipston-on-Stour (Warks): Peter Finer, 1999 ¶ A typically lavish catalogue prepared by the leading dealers in the field; presenting forty-four exceptional helmets, swords, shields, maces, armors, pistols, daggers, guns, axes, walking-staffs, rapiers, rifles, cannon, etc, -- and even an iron prosthetic hand --, chiefly Continental, chiefly ca 1450 - ca 1800. ||| Collation: In 8s (298 x 209 mm): Seventy-eight leaves, paginated [1-156] (ie, not… Read more about this item Item Price
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Autograph Inscription signed
by (Nobel Prizes. Peace. 1985.) Lown, Bernard, MD, b. 1921
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1985 ¶ AUTOGRAPH INSCRIPTION SIGNED. Himself a distinguished cardiologist, Bernard Lown (Harvard) accepted the prize on behalf of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (Boston), which he and Evgenii Chazov had founded just five years before. ¶ Collation: One leaf (76 x 127 mm). Autograph Inscription "To Judy" signed and dated "Bernard Lown MD October 1985", written in… Read more about this item Item Price
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Missel de l'amour sentimental; précéde d'un discours préliminarie suivi d'un lexique. Par M. George Barral. Deuxième édition elzévirienne
by Barral, Georges, 1842-1913
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Paris: C. Marpon & E. Flammarion (26, rue Racine) [et] Bibliothèque Physiologique (38, boulevard St-Germain), 1884 (colophon 1883) ¶ Twelve essays on marriage -- (1) La recherche de l'amour sentimental, (2) Le choix de l'époux, (3) La coquetterie morale, (4) La coquetterie physique. (5) Le verbe d'amour conjugal, (6) La maison sans enfants, (7) Les garçons, (8) Les filles, (9) Les amis du mari, (10) Les amies de la femme, (11) Le mari et… Read more about this item Item Price
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Autograph Inscription signed
by (Nobel Prizes. Physiology or Medicine. 1977.) Schally, Andrew Victor, b. 1926
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1992 ¶ AUTOGRAPH INSCRIPTION SIGNED. Schally (New Orleans) shared the prize with Roger Guillemin of San Diego "for their discoveries concerning the peptide hormone production of the brain", and with Rosalyn Yalow of New York. ¶ Collation: One leaf (76 x 127 mm). Autograph Inscription "To Nancy with compliments" signed "Andrew V Schally", written in blue ball-pen ink on machine-made white… Read more about this item Item Price
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The medical library of Dr Meyer Friedman
by Friedman, Meyer, MD, 1910-2001
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- 2001
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New York, 2001 ¶ Only edition of this landmark catalogue: "[In] a charged salesroom, the Medical Library of Dr. Meyer Friedman brought an outstanding $5.8 million, double its high estimate of $2.9 million. The combination of provenance, quality and rarity resulted in frenzied bidding on numerous occasions, driving many prices to multiples of their high estimates. The… Read more about this item Item Price
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Bréviaire de l'amour expérimental: Méditations sur le mariage selon la physiologie du genre humain. Par feu le Dr Jules Guyot . . . . Publié avec un discours préliminaire, une notice biographique et un lex
by Guyot, Jules, 1807-1872
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- 1882
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Paris: Marpon et Flammarion (26, rue Racine) [et] Librairie Physiologique (38, boulevard St.-Germain), 1882 . . . et Ch. Dufaure de la Prade. Édition elzévirienne. Deuxième mille. ¶ Twelve "méditations" -- (1) La mariage selon la physiologie expérimentale, (2) La manière d'habiter et de faire génération, (3) L'appareil générateur du genre humain, (4) Le spasme génésique chez l'homme et chez la femme, (5) Le théologie et la fonction génésiaque,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Continental books and manuscripts
by Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616.) Sotheby's (London, 2000.12.07)
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London &c, 2000 ¶ Only edition; including a three-page description of the Charles de Valois (duc d'Angouêlme) copy of Don Quixote 1605, £223,250 ($321,976). (Sale no. L00210, 7 December 2000.) ||| Collation: 270 x 212 mm: Pp [1-10] 11-136. Illustration: Numerous color and monochrome facsimiles and illustrations. Binding: Pictorial wrappers. Condition: Fine. .… Read more about this item Item Price
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Autograph Inscription signed
by (Nobel Prizes. Physiology or Medicine. 1989.) Bishop, J. Michael, b. 1936
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¶ AUTOGRAPH INSCRIPTION SIGNED. Bishop and Varmus, both of the University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, shared the prize "for their discovery of the cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes". ¶ Collation: One leaf (76 x 127 mm). Autograph Inscription "To John" signed "J M Bishop", written in black ink (two pens) on machine-made blue wove cardstock. ¶ Provenance: J.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Signature
by (Nobel Prizes. Physiology or medicine. 1985.) Goldstein, Joseph Leonard, b. 1940
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- 1986
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1986 ¶ Goldstein, of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas, shared the prize with his longtime collaborator Michael S. Brown ""for their discoveries concerning the regulation of cholesterol metabolism". ¶ Collation: One leaf (76 x 127 mm). Signature "Joseph L Goldstein" written in black ink on machine-made white wove cardstock. ¶ Provenance: J. Stahl, of Lees Summit near… Read more about this item Item Price
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Autograph Inscription signed
by (Nobel Prizes. Physiology or Medicine. 1977.) Guillemin, Roger Charles Louis., b. 1924
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- 1989
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1989 ¶ AUTOGRAPH INSCRIPTION SIGNED. Guillemin (Salk Institute, San Diego) shared the prize with Andrew V. Schally of New Orleans "for their discoveries concerning the peptide hormone production of the brain", and with Rosalyn Yalow of New York. ¶ Collation: One leaf (76 x 127 mm). Autograph Inscription "for Steve" signed "Roger Guillemin", written in black ink on machine-made white wove cardstock… Read more about this item Item Price
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