Engraved Portrait by C. E. Wagstaff.
London: Charles Knight. Print: 271x189 mm. Mount: 300x211 mm. India paper proof, tipped onto a larger sheet. Print has minor foxing in the margin, and a very small tear in the right margin. More
London: Charles Knight. Print: 271x189 mm. Mount: 300x211 mm. India paper proof, tipped onto a larger sheet. Print has minor foxing in the margin, and a very small tear in the right margin. More
London: Charles Knight. Margin: 248x170 mm. Very faint crease in bottom left corner, otherwise in very good condition. More
London: J. Sewell, 1802. Plate: 165x113 mm. Margin: 224x138 mm. Some fraying along the edges, foxing. More
London: Jaques & Wright. Margin: 182x122 mm. Some soiling. More
Zwickau: Schumann. Plate: 183x121 mm. Margin: 246x190 mm. Some soiling, foxing. More
Lincolnshire: 1799. Banks, Joseph (1743-1820). Autograph letter signed to “My dear Major”; i.e. James Rennell (1742-1830). 2 – 1/2 pages. Revesby Abbey, Lincolnshire, August 25, 1799. 225 x 184 mm. Faint pencil sketch accompanied by a column of numbers on the blank verso of the second leaf; some words and..... More
Plate: 222x165 mm. Margin: 231x172 mm. Very faint soiling, very small tear in bottom margin. More
Bologna: 1813. Plate: 210x149 mm. Margin: 298x219 mm. Some fraying around the edges, foxing. More
Edinburgh: W. & A. K. Johnson, 1890. 1st edition. Barbour, Alexander Hugh Freeland (1856-1927). Spinal deformity in relation to obstetrics. Folio. [4], vi, 35pp. 39 lithographed plates. Edinburgh & London: W. & A. K. Johnston, [1883]. 367 x 282 mm. Original cloth, worn, front hinge split. Title-leaf partially detached. Library..... More
Kilbryde Castle: 1806. Barclay, John (1758-1826). Autograph letter signed to an unidentified recipient, almost certainly Astley Cooper (1768-1841). Kilbryde Castle [Scotland], August 22, 1806. 2pp. 227 x 187 mm. Minor dust-soiling, 2 or 3 small marginal tears, tiny paper flaw slightly affecting 1 word. Very good. From John Barclay, one..... More
Oxford: Blackwell Scientific, 1953. More
1948. First edition. First Comprehensive Report on the Transistor, with Shannon's Foundation of Modern Cryptography (1) Bardeen, John (1908-91) and Brattain, Walter (1902-87). Physical principles involved in transistor action. In Bell System Technical Journal 28, no. 2 (April 1949): 239-77. (2) Shockley, William (1910-89). The theory of p-n junctions in..... More
London: Roxburghe Club, 1977. More
London: J.E. Adlard, 1883. 1st edition. Barlow, Thomas (1845-1945). On cases described as "acute rickets" which are probably a combination of scurvy and rickets. . . . Offprint from Medico-Chirurgical Transactions 66 (1883). [2] 61 [1]pp. Chromolithographed plate. London: J. E. Adelard, 1883. 215 x 139 mm. Original plain wrappers..... More
London: Fisher, Son & Co., 1847. Margin: 270x188 mm. Some very faint soiling, very small tear in left margin. More
London: J. Jones, 1789. Plate: 207x140 mm. Margin: 230x158 mm. Light foxing around the edges, some soiling. More
The Hague: Adrian Vlacq, 1666. Bartholin, Thomas (1616-80). Anatomia, ex Caspari Bartholini parentis institutionibus . . . reformata. . . . 8vo. [16], 594 [14]pp. 8 fold. engraved plates and numerous engraved text illustrations, including a portrait of Bartholin. The Hague: Adrian Vlacq, 1666. 208 x 117 mm. 19th century..... More
Plate: 152x102 mm. Margin: 200x129 mm. Some faint spoiling, and faint offsetting. More
Margin: 154x103 mm.Sides trimmed, two tears and fraying in right margin. More
Margin: 75x44 mm. All sides trimmed. More
1827. First Successful Artificial Joint Barton, John Rhea (1794-1871). On the treatment of anchylosis, by the formation of artificial joints. In North American Medical and Surgical Journal 3 (1827): 279-292; plate. Whole volume, 8vo. vii, [1], [v]-vi, 432pp. 2 plates. 210 x 133 mm. 19th century half calf, marbled boards..... More
Philadelphia: M. Carey & Son, 1817. Barton, William P. C. (1786-1856). Vegetable materia medica of the United States; or medical botany: Containing a botanical, general, and medical history, of medicinal plants indigenous to the United States. 2 vols. 273, [3]; xvi, 9-243pp. 50 hand-colored engraved plates after drawings by the..... More
Plate: 171x102 mm. Margins: 230x141 mm. Foxing, remnants of mounting on reverse of print, small hole in top right margin. More
1876-1881. Basch, Samuel S. von (1837-1905). (1) Ueber die Messung des Blutdrucks am Menschen. Offprint from Zeitschr. f. klin. Med. 2 (1881). 18pp. Text illustrations. (2) Die volumetrische Bestimmung des Blutdrucks am Menschen. Offprint from Med. Jahrb¸cher (1876). 30pp. 3 folding plates. Vienna: Carl Ueberreuter, 1876. (3) Ueber den Einfluss..... More