Asthma: Its pathology and treatment.
London: J. & A. Churchill, 1878. viii, [2], 264pp., plus 24-page publisher's catalogue. 223 x 142 mm. Original cloth, inner front hinge cracked, light wear. Good+. More
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On bronchial asthma: Its pathology and treatment. Second edition.
London: J. & A. Churchill, 1889. vii, 220pp. 7 plates. 231 x 149 mm. Original cloth, light edgewear. Very good. More
Electronic machinery for handling information, and its uses in insurance. Offprint
1947. Berkeley, Edmund C. (1909-88). Electronic machinery for handling information, and its uses in insurance. Offprint from Transactions of the Actuarial Society of America 48 (1947). 36-52pp. 228 x 153 mm. Original printed wrappers, a few tiny spots, almost invisible staple-holes in front wrapper. Very good copy. Former owner’s name-stamp..... More
Siris: a chain of philosophical reflexions and inquiries concerning the virtues of tar water.
Dublin & London: W. Innys and C. Hitch, 1744. 8vo. 174, [2]pp. 18th cent. calf, rebacked, corners worn, endpapers renewed. Light toning. Bridgewater Library bookplate. New edition. More
Engraved Portrait by T. Holloway. European Magazine.
London: I. Sewell, 1788. Plate: 175x120 mm. Margin: 212x145 mm. Some foxing in the margins. More
X-ray photographs of crystallline pepsin. In Nature 133.
1934. Bernal, John Desmond (1901-71) and Dorothy Crowfoot (1910-94). X-ray photographs of crystalline pepsin. In Nature 133 (1934): 794-795. Whole number. [clxi] - clxiv, 773-790, xvi, 791-808, clxv - clxviii pp. 267 x 191 mm. Original printed self-wrappers, spine a little worn and chipped, small oval library stamp on the..... More
(1) Sur le mécanisme physiologique de la formation du sucre dans le foie. (2) Remarques sur la formation de la matière glycogène du foie. In Comptes rendus de l'Académie des Sciences 44 (1857)
1857. First edition. Bernard, Claude (1813-78). (1) Sur le mécanisme physiologique de la formation du sucre dans le foie. In Comptes rendus de l'Académie des Sciences 44 (1857): 578-586. (2) Remarques sur la formation de la matière glycogène du foie. In ibid.: 1325-1331. Whole volume. xii, 1418pp. 283 x 226..... More
Autograph Letter Signed to M. Cap re publication of articles.
Paris: 1850. Bernard, Claude (1813-73). A.L.s. to M. Cap, dated 25 fevrier 1850. 1-1/2pp. plus integral address leaf. 212 x 136 mm. Creased where previously folded, minor foxing & soiling, but very good. Regarding the submission of an article to an unnamed journal, presumably edited by M. Cap: "I have..... More
Collection on contagious diseases bound for Bernard with his autograph index. Some inscribed.
Paris: 1861. [Bernard, Claude (1813-78)] (1) Halmagrand [Charles N. G.] (b. 1803). De l'administration de la quinite dans les fièvres d'accès, comme succédané du sulfate de quinine. 165 [1]pp. Paris: Baillière, 1868. (2) Drouet, Arsène. Du collodion riciné appliqué en badigeon sur toute la surface du ventre considéré comme agent..... More
De l'influence de deux ordres de nerfs qui déterminent les variations de couleur de sang veineux dans les organes glandulaires. Offprint
1858. Bernard, Claude (1813-78). De l’influence de deux ordres de nerfs qui déterminent les variations de couleur de sang veineux dans les organes glandulaires. Offprint from Comptes rendus des séances de l’Académie des Sciences 47 (1858). 8pp. 281 x 229 mm. (uncut). Original plain wrappers, creased horizontally, tiny chips in..... More
Discours de reception de Claude Bernard. Reponse de M. Patin
Paris: Didier & Cie. 1869. 53pp. plus 30pp. publisher's adverts. Original printed wrappers, spine chipped and splitting. Very good. More
Fr. Magendie. Lecon d'ouverture du cours de medecine du College de France. Inscribed presentation copy.
Bailliere, 1856. Bernard, Claude (1813-73). Fr [ancois] Magendie. Leçon d'ouverture du cours de médecine du Collège de France. . . . 8vo. [4] 36pp. Paris: Baillière, 1856. 222 x 143 mm. Original printed wrappers. Light marginal dampstaining, but very good. Bernard's autograph presentation inscription on the front wrapper: "Monsieur le..... More
Lecons sur le diabete.
Paris: Bailliere, 1877. Bernard, Claude (1813-78). Lecons sur le diabete et la glycogenese animale. 8vo. viii, 576pp., plus 18ff. publisher's ads. Text illustrations. Paris: Bailliere, 1877. 225 x 140 mm. (uncut). Original printed wrappers, back wrapper lacking, spine and front wrapper chipped, spine split, stitching loose. Edges a bit frayed..... More
Lecons sur les effets des substances toxiques et medicamenteuses.
Paris: Bailliere, 1857. Bernard, Claude (1813-78). Leçons sur les effets des substances toxiques et médicamenteuses. vii, 488pp. Text illustrations. Paris: Baillière, 1857. 214 x 136 mm. 19th century quarter morocco, marbled boards, spine a bit faded and worn, one corner bumped. Light toning but very good. Bookplate of French chemist..... More
Memoir on the pancreas, translated by John Henderson.
London: Academic Press, 1985. First English language edition. x, 131pp. Plates. Original cloth, dust-jacket. Fine copy. Monographs of the Physiological Society no. 42. More
Memoire sur le pancreas et le role du suc pancreatique
1856. Bernard, Claude (1813-78). Mémoire sur le pancréas et sur le role du suc pancréatique dans les phénomènes digestifs . . . Extract from Supplément aux Comptes rendus de l’Académie des Sciences (Paris) 1 (1856): 379-563 [1]pp. 9 lithographed plates (4 hand-colored) on 5 sheets. 277 x 216 mm. 19th..... More
Memoire sur le pancreas. Very rare separately published edition.
Paris: Bailliere, 1856. Bernard, Claude (1813-78). Memoire sur le pancreas et sur le role du suc pancreatique dans les phenomenes digestifs. . . . 190pp. 9 lithographed plates (4 hand-colored) on 5 sheets. Paris: J.-B. Bailliere, 1856. 270 x 213 mm. Original printed stiff wrappers, cloth spine, somewhat foxed. Some..... More
Recherches experimentales sur les fonctions du nerf spinal.
1844. Bernard, Claude (1813-78). Recherches expérimentales sur les fonctions du nerf spinal. Extract from Mémoires des Savants étrangers à l’Académie des Sciences 11 (1851): 693-776. 2 plates. 270 x 206 mm. 19th century marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine label. Fine. Second edition, enlarged, of Bernard’s memoir recording his destruction experiments on..... More
La reliure en Belgique aux XIXe et XXe siecles. Catalogue.
Brussels: Bibliotheca Wittockiana, 1985. Beautifully illustrated catalogue showing the evolution of bookbinding styles in Belgium from 1800 to the present. Includes some in color. More
Hypnotisme suggestion psychotherapie.
Paris: O. Doin, 1891. Paris: Octave Doin, 1891. 8vo, (4), ii, 518pp. Modern stiff wrappers, original printed wrappers bound in, spine cracking. Light browning. First edition. Norman 214: 'In this companion volume to De la Suggestion et de ses Applications, Bernehim attempted to set forth a psychological theory of suggestion..... More
Neue Studien ueber Hypnotismus, Suggestion und Psychotherapie... Uebersetzt von Dr. Sigm. Freud
Leipzig & Vienna: Deuticke, 1892. BERNHEIM, Hippolyte (1840-1919). Neue Studien ueber Hypnotismus, Suggestion and Psychotherapie .. . Uebersetzt von Dr. Sigm. FREUD. 8vo. xii, 380pp. 245 x 165 mm. Contemporary cloth-backed boards. Ex library but a very good copy. Leipzig & Vienna: Deuticke, 1892. FIRST EDITION IN GERMAN, translated by..... More
Sport and Exercise Science: Essays in the History of Sports Medicine
University of Illinois Press, 1992. More
Insulin in blood and insulin antibodies. Offprint
New York: 1966. Berson, Solomon A. (1918-72) and Rosalyn Yalow (1921-2011). Insulin in the blood and insulin antibodies. Offprint from The American Journal of Medicine 40 (1966). 676-690pp. Text diagrams. 268 x 188 mm. Without wrappers as issued. Light toning but very good. Docketed. First Edition, Offprint Issue. Berson and..... More
Essai de statique chimique. 2v. Arms of French King on upper covers. Very fine
Paris: Firmin Didot, 1803. From a Royal Library Berthollet, Claude Louis (1748-1822). Essai de statique chimique. 2 vols., 8vo. viii, 543 [1]; viii, 555 [1, errata]pp. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1803. 197 x 125 mm. Tree sheep, gilt spines, French royal arms in gilt on front covers. Occasional scattered foxing, but..... More
Nusquam antea impressum collectorium totius fere medicine . . .
Lyon: Jacobus Myt for B. Trot, 1518. $7000. More