Hartford, CT: J.R. Burr and Hyde, 1871. xvi.665pgs. Good condition brown cloth hardcover. Case narratives of Civil War era New York police detective. Gilt decoration to front and spine, spine faded, edges and corners rubbed and frayed, with a one inch closed tear to upper left corner of front cover. Binding weakened but holding under front endpaper, sewn signatures remain sound. Light sporadic foxing to endpapers and margins, owner name in neat fountain pen on front endpaper. Extensive biographical notes of and about Officer McWatters are followed by narratives of case studies based on his experiences as a New York City police detective. Various historical events and commentary on the social climate of this era are interspersed throughout the book. Frontis portrait with an additional 29 woodcut illustrations throughout text. Illustrator unattributed. Contents: Publisher's Introduction, Biographical Notes, The Gambler's Wax Finger, Lottery Ticket No. 1710, Payne and the Counterfeiters, The Geneological Swindlers, Hattie Newberry the Vermont Beauty, About Bogus Lotteries, The Borrowed Diamond Ring, The Mystery at 89- Street New York, A Sorceress' Trick; How She Was Caught, Dishonest Clerk and Fatal Slip of Paper, The Thousand Dollar Lesson, The Wolf in Sheeps Clothing, A Forced Marriage Scheme Defeated, The Marked Bills, The Cool-Blooded Gold Robber, $1,2500,000 or the Private Mark, William Roberts and His Forgeries, Old Mr. Alvord's Last Will, The Confidential Clerk, The Peculiar Advertisements, Col. Novena Prince of Confidence Men, Circumstantial Evidence, The Counterfeit Money System, The Detective System. Book# 2588.. First Edition. Cloth Hardcover. Good. 8vo, 8.5 x 5.25 Inches.
Birmingham, Alabama: The Claasics of Medicine Library, Gryphon Editions, 1986. 4to. 107 pgs. Very Fine condition black leather hardcover with gilt decoration and embossment to covers and spine with die-stamped 22k gold. All edges of textblock gilt. Gold marker ribbon bound into headband, marbled endpapers. Pristine condition of the privately printed English language edition translated from the German by Rosemarie Werba. [from the Austrian Edition, Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1972). Included is a 23pg booklet of notes from the editors. Table of Contents: Introduction, Metaphysical Healing Theories, The Postulate of the Four Humours, The Tacuinum sanitatis, Magical and Empirical Drugs, Medicina antiqua, The Weiner Dioskurides, The Pursuance of Harmony, Bibliographical References, Facsimile Plates:Tacuinum sanitatis (Plates 1-15), Medicina Antiqua (Plates 16-24), Wiener Dioskurides (Plates 25-30). NB: the overall dimensions of this book will not accomodate flat rate envelope. ISBN 3201010774 Book# 2587.. First Edition Thus. Full-Leather. Very Fine. Illus. by Richard J. Wolfe, Daniel B. Bianchi. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1961. Three books covering both English and European Church history: A History of the Early Church to A.D. 500, Very Good hardcover in Very Good price-clipped jacket, includes comparative tables and three fold out maps in excellent condition, ix.300pgs, 1963; A History of the Medieval Chuch 590-1500, Good to Very Good hardcover with scattered underlining and notations, owner name on front end paper in Fair to Good dust jacket, price intact but missing a fragment from lower spine, two maps within text. viii.284pgs,1962; A History of the Modern Church From 1500 to the Present Day, Good to Very Good hardcover in Good dustjacket with fragment of paper at lower spine detached but preserved by archival cover. A few underlined sentences and marginalia, with two maps within text. x.323pgs, 1961. Three books #2584.. Later Printing. Cloth Hardcover. Very Good/Fair to Very Good. 7.5" High.
Chicago: American School of Correspondence, 1909. 150 pgs. Good condition red cloth hardcover. General exterior wear and smudging and spotting, with edge rubbing and a few chips to cloth on back board. Internally Very Good, clean and unmarked. Probably an Ex-Lib of some sort as there is remnant of bookplate torn from front fixed endpaper. No other marks or stamps. A turn of the last century solid informational reference on a now mostly lost art. Illustrated throughout with detailed drawings and tables for properties, conversions and alloy mixtures. Book#2576.. No Additional or Previous Printings. Cloth Hardcover. Good. 8vo, 9.25 by 6.5 Inches. Ex-Library.
Alaska: Mystic Productions, 2016. 276pgs, Fine softcover, as new from publisher. Sections: What is Transgender? I. Journeys: 1. Sex, Gender and Orientation, 2. Diversity of Transgender Journeys, 3.Time Periods of Transition; II. Health: 4. Social Health, 5. Medical Health, 6. Sexual Health, 7. Mental Health; III. World at Large: 8. Transgender and the Law, 9. Challenges and Communities, 10. Being a Trans Ally; The Journey Ahead, Citations, Acknowledgements, Glossary, Further Resources, About the Author. ISBN 9781942733812. Book# 2580.. First Edition, First Printing. Soft Cover. Fine. 9 Inches x 6 Inches.
Timber Press: Timber Press, Incorporated (Dioscorides Press), 2003. Fine condition 2 Volume Hardcover boxed set with CD-Rom and also includes the complementary softcover "Flora's Plant Names". All are in as new condition, and unused. Lavishly illustrated throughout with striking color photography. Page edges have alphabetized tabs for quick searching. The companion volume "Flora's Names" encompasses 20,000 entries indexed by both first and second common. Scientific names are included with the common names. Please note: this large package will weigh over 15 lbs and extra postage will be required. ISBNs 9780881925388, 9780881925388, 0881926051. Book#2570.. First Edition. Hard Cover in Slipcase. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Oregon: Timber Press, 2000. 8vo. 327 pgs. Fine hardcover in fine dust jacket. First Edition. The title says it all. A brilliant, clear feast of blues. Color photographs throughout. A preface is followed by "Is That really A Blue Flower?" which features color wheels and charts, descriptions of the Munston color system and it's attributes of hue, value and chroma. Following sections: What Is in a Name?, Family Relationships, Technical Aspects of Blue as a Flower Color, Use of Blue Flowers in the Garden, Blue Is for Flowers, Descriptions A_Z, Plants for Various Uses in the Landscape, Glossary, Bibliography and Index. ISBN 0881924873. #2572.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Portland, OR, U.S.A.: Timber Press, 2005. 301pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket. Illustrated with a section of color plates and interspersed with blackand white drawings by Haruto M. Fukuda. Informative and botanically detailed while remaining refreshingly engrossing and very readable. Following a Foreword by Oliver Sachs, there are 33 chapters divided into six main sections: The Life Cycle of Ferns, Classification of Ferns, Fern Fossils, Adaptations by Ferns, Fern Geography, Ferns and People. A glossary, References and index follow. 0881926671. Book# 2574.. Revised Edition with Corrections.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Haruto M. Fukuda, Robbin C. Moran. 8vo, 9.25 by 6.0 Inches.
Taschen, 2002. 864pgs. Fine/As New condition hardcover in original shrinkwrap, enclosed in accompanying wooden box with sliding front panel and original outer cardboard box. A selective compilation of "The American Woods" 1888-1913 which was originally published with actual specimens on cardboard stock.. This edition is illustrated by strikingly detailed photos of the original wood specimen veneers, as well as lithographs by Charles Sprague. The wood of each of 350 species of American trees, some now extinct, is presented in three views: transverse cross-section, radial quarters-awn and tangential flat-sawn. Text in German, English and French describes the geographical distribution of the tree species as well as physical properties such as grain and color of the wood. Please note: this large package will weigh over 7 lbs and extra postage will be required. ISBN 3822817422. Book# 2571.. First Thus. Hardcover in Wooden Box. As New. Illus. by Charles Sprague. 9.5x6.5 Inches.
Portland, OR, U.S.A.: Timber Press, Incorporated (Dioscorides Press), 1994. 4to. 421 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket, clean, crisp, unmarked. Illustrations by Marion Sheehan are botanically exact and beautifully rendered. Distribution maps of epiphytic and terrestrial orchids on front and rear endpapers. By the authors of "Orchid Genera Illustrated", this book has been expanded to include almost 100 new genera. For each genus, flowers are depicted in several views to illustrate the difference between the column and pollinia, and other major characteristics by which the genera are separated. Also included are complete descriptions, lists of the more popular species, flowering season, habitat and geographic locale. Species lists have been updated to reflect the latest taxonomic changes and terminology. Please note: Large oversized book. Extra postage may be required. ISBN 0881922889. #2573.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Marion Sheehan. 4to - 9¾ Inches.
New York: HarperPrism, 1998. xi.371 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket. Pristine condition. Writer and clinical psychologist Katherine Ramsland goes underground to personally investigate the vampire culture as it exists in the world today. Author has also penned biographies of Anne Rice and Dean Koontz, consulted for the television show CSI and co-authored with Anne Rice. Her works include Prism of the Night, The Vampire Companion, The Witche's Compnion, The Roquelaure Reader, The Anne Rice Reader. ISBN 0061050628. Book# 2564.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo.
New York: Berkeley Boulevard, 2002. xxiii.276 pgs. Fine condition softcover trade paperback. Author and forensic psychologist investigates the myths and realities of vampires and vampirism via interviews with scientists, creative artists and actual modern day blood drinkers. ISBN 0425186164. Book# 2665. Contents: Introduction. What is the Science of Vampires?; 1. Dracula's Shadow; 2. Shapeshifter; 3. Creating a Vampire; 4. Vampire Personality Disorder; 5. Night Stalkers: Forensic Vampirology; 6. Body Count; &. The Celestine Vampire; 8.Demonic Shamans and the Science of Evil; 9. Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Vampire Sex but Were Afraid to Ask; 10. Seven Secrets of Highly Sucksessful Vampires. Biography. Index. ISBN 0425186164. Book# 2565.. First Paperback Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. 9 Inches x 6 Inches.
New York: Maynard, Merrill, & Co., 1894. vi.327 pgs. Good to very good condition decorated red cloth hardcover., light wear to cloth at edges and corners with fraying to spine ends and bottom left edge of spine bordering front cover. Binding sound. Previous owner name in neat script of front endpaper, a spot of foxing to edge of frontis plate, else clean and unmarked. Illustrated throughout with black and white drawings, tables and several colored plates. Chapters: The Framework of the Body, The Muscles, The Integument or Skin, The Chemistry of Food, The Use of the Microscope in the Sudy of Physiology. Appendix: Poisons and Their Antidotes, Drowning, Care of the Sick Room, Disinfection, Emergencies, Home and Health, On Going into the Country, Experiments, Exercises for Home Gymnastics, Glossary. Book #2561. New Edition. Cloth Hardcover. Good to Very Good. Small 8vo. 7.5 Inches Tall.
New York and Chicago: Potter, Ainsworth and Co., 1874. viii.405 pgs.+ 2 world maps. Good to Very Good condition original cloth hardcover. Overall wear and rubbing to edges and corners. Light foxin and penciled notes on front endpapers. Endpaper wear to rear hinge, binding sound. Colored frontis plate with intact protective tissue. Illustrated throughout with black and white drawings and figured, two bicolored world maps in rear showing variation and distribution of atmospheric pressure [circa 1874 climate]. Natural philosopy in this era was inclusive of several disciplines of the physical sciences, hence sections on mechanics, sound, light, heat, electricity. Contents: I. Mechanics: Pressure, Motion, Machines and Sources of Mechanical Power; II. Sound: Nature and Propagation of Sound, Musical Instruments; III. Light: Nature and Propagation of Light, Optical Instruments; IV. Heat: Nature and Propagation of Heat, Effects of heat on Bodies, Thermal Instruments; V.Electricity: MAgnetism, Nature and Sources of Electricity, Electrical Machines and Applications of Electricity; Appendix: Physics of the Atmosphere, Sources and Conversion of Energy, Notes, Questions for Review and Examination; Index. Book #2560.. No Additional or Previous Printings. Cloth Hardcover. Good to Very Good. Small 8vo. 7.75 Inches Tall.
U.S.A.: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1929. xxii.405pgs. Good to Very Good condition black cloth hardcover. Corners rubbed, rear hinge loose but holding well, general wear to covers. Light foxing to enpapers, frontis and title page. Generously illustrated throughout with black and white drawings, woodcuts, portaits. Parts and Chapters: The Conquest of Death at Birth: Childbirth and Civilization, Sairey Gamps and the Midmen, The Compassion of Peter Chamberlen, "A Gentleman with Clean Hands May Carry the Disease"; The Story of Anaesthesia: "In Sorrow Thou Shalt Bring Forth Children"; The Progress of Surgery: Making an Anatomy, The Greatest Surgeon; The Passing of Plague and Pestilence: The Black Death, Pestilence and Personal Loberty, Pestilence and Moralists, The Medical Thread in the Moral Snarl; The Healing Art: The Halt, The Lame and the Blind, White Magic and Black, A Drug on the Market, The Turning Point, Toward a Better Civilization; Medicine Through the Ages: Civilization and Medicine. Index. Book #2558.. No Additional or Previous Printings. Cloth Hardcover. Good to Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Rowlandson, Gillray, Hogarth, Holbein. Small 4to..
Philadelphia and London: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906. Good to Very Good condition red cloth hardcovers, 3 vol. set of vi.871pgs. Not dated, circa early twentieth century (1906 in author's conclusion Vol. III.). Illustrated throughout in black and white as well as multicolored ink drawings, incredibly detailed, rendered from dissections and formalin preserved organs. This type of medical illustration can now be considered a lost art. Bindings sound, text and illustrations clean and unmarked, some rubbing to edges and corners of cloth with an ink spot and faded tape marks at corners to cloth and endpapers. Front enpapers are gift inscribed to and from with date. This second English Edition is translated by Lewellys F. Barker from the Fourth German Edition. Vol. I : Bones, Joints, Ligaments. Vol. II : Regions, Muscles, Fascia, Heart, Blood-Vessels. Vol. III : Viscera, Brain, Nerves, Sense-Organs. **Please note this set weighs over 7 lbs. Extra postage fees will apply. #2555.. Second English Edition. Cloth Hardcover. Good to Very Good. Illus. by B. Heroux, H. Unger, Albert Fiebiger. Small 4to., 7.25 in. x 10 in.
Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea's Son & Co., 1880. xii. 310pgs+adv. Very Good cloth hardcover, dark green with gilt lettering to spine. Binding tight, owner name and bookplate on front endpaper, clean and unmarked but for a few scattered checkmarks and an underlined formula in the rear appendix section. Based in part on "Bowman's Medical Chemistry". Black and white illustrations throughout. Contents include: Preface. Introduction.Manipulation: solution, extraction,extracion, filtration, dialysis, evaporation, dessication, incineration; I. Organic Proximate Principles Taking Part in the Animay Economy: [various preparations, detection and analyses of] fatty acids, lactic acid, oxalic acid, succinic acid, benzoic acid, glucose, cholesterol, urea, hippuric and uric acids, xanthine and hypoxanthine, carnine, oxalic acid, creatin and creatiniin, leucine, tyrosine, neurine or choline, glycocholic acid, taurocholic acid, lecithine, cystine, albuminoid bodies and substances resembling them, animal pigments; II. Analysis of Secretions, Excretions, etc.: urine, urinary sediments, urinary calculi, blood, serous liquids, pus, extracts of the muscular tissues, juices of glandular organs, bone, teeth and bony structures, saliva, gastric juice, bile, milk, spermatic fluid, excrements, analysis of the ash of animal substances; III. On the Detection of Poisons: Precautions to be taken in chemico-legal investigations, arsenic, antimony, tin, mercury, lead, copper, zinc, detection of acids, hydrocyanic acid, phosphorous, alkaloids -(onine, nicotine, morphine), detection of alcohol in organic mixtures, chemical examination for the detection of a poison the nature of which is unknown (volatile poisons, alkaloids, metallic poisons); Appendix: volumetric analysis, preparation of normal solutions, estimations of carbonic acid gas, ammonia, combined acid in neutral salt, standard solutions, weights and measures. AT the end of the contents are catalogs of medicine and chemistry by the publisher. #2554. . No Additional or Previous Printings. Cloth Hardcover. Very Good. Small 8vo. 7.75 Inches Tall.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1927. xv.665 pgs. Good to Very Good. Illustrated with 64 black and white plates including frontis of a section of the Eders papyrus, one of the oldest pharmaceutical works known. Red cloth hard cover, gilt lettering to spine and front cover, top edge of text blockmatching red. Corners and edges rubbed and frayed, binding strong and sound. Faint lettering lower spine and owner name on front endpaper, light foxing to frontis, title page and the backs of some of the illustrations. Contents: I. Ancient Pharmacy and its Earliest Side-Line -Medicine. Science in Embryo. II. Pharmacy During the Greek, Alexandrian and Roman Periods. The Kindergarten of Science. III. The Arabians Preserve the Pharmaceutic Art and Carry the Torch of Professional and Scientific Knowledge from the Sixth to the Thirteenth Centuries. IV. Medieval Pharmacy. The Origin of Universities. The Influence of the Crusades on Pharmacy. V. Medieval Pharmacy and Alchemy from the Time of Roger Bacon to the Fifteenth Century. VI. Pharmacy During the Famous Fifteenth Century. A Century of Alchemistic Frenzy. Beginning of the Renaissance. VII. The Glorious Sixteenth Century in Pharmacy. The Century of Paracelsus. Pharmacy and Science. VIII. The Century of Famoud Pharmocopoeias and Notable Characters.The Gilden Seventeenth. IX. The Progressive Eighteenth Century. Pharmacy Ascendant. The Birth of Chemistry. The Beginnings of Modern Science. X. The Recent Nineteenth Century. The Development of Pharmacy in America. XI. The Present Twentieth Century. Whose History Cannot Yet be Written. Bibliography. Chronological Table. Index. Book #2553.. No Additional Printings Indicated. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good. 8vo, 8.25 x 5.25 Inches.
New York: Columbia University Press, 1977. Shallow bump to rear upper corner. Chapters: The Turn of the Century, The Wisdom of God in the Creation, Cosmic Toryism, Natural Morality-Shaftesbury, Natural Morality-Joseph Butler, 'Nature" in Satire, David Hume, Defender of Nature Against Reason, David Hartley and Nature's Education, Holbach's Systeme de la Nature, Joseph Priestley and the Socinian Moonlight, 'Nature" in Revolution and Reaction, 'Nature' in Wordsworth. No ISBN. #2549.. Eleventh Printing. Cloth Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.
Oregon: Timber Press, 1993. 8vo. vi.139 pgs. Near Fine hardbound in Fine dust jacket. Very faint shelf rubbing to bottom edges, else fine. Illustrated throughout with water colors by Fay Anderson and line drawings by Margo Branch. Concise yet systematic study of these South African perennial irises. Contents include: preface, introduction, history, morphology, characteristics, phylogeny and evolution, geology, ecology and speciation, cultivation, Nivenia (species), Klattia (species), Wistenia (species), excluded species (Proteaceae), glossary, bibliography and index of scientific names. Author was recently awarded the prestigious Herbert Medal by the International Bulb Society for his lifetime of work in the study of the Iridaceae.The Herbert Medal, named for pioneer geneticist and plant breeder William Herbert, is the highest honor the Society can bestow. ISBN 0881922331. #1040.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. Illus. by Fay Anderson, Margo Branch. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
