London: 1846. Whole issue. (230 x 290 mm). Original printed wrappers. Uncut & unopened. Very good +/-. Beck showed that in man the thoracis sympathetic chain receives communications from the last cervical, thoracic, and upper 1 or 2 lumbar ganglia. (garrison-morton.com, Entry # 1319). More
London: 1876. 1st edition. Precursor of Fleming's work on Penicillin Tyndall, John (1820-93). The optical deportment of the atmosphere in relation to the phenomena of putrefaction and infection. Offprint from Phil. Trans. 166 (1876). [2] [27]-74pp. Text illustrations. 4to. London: Trubner & Co., 1876-77. 295 x 235 mm. Original printed..... More
Padua: Meiettos fratres, 1573. Varolio, Costanzo (1543-75). De nervis opticis nonnulisque aliis praeter communem opinionem in humano capite observatis. [8], 32ff. Text woodcuts. Padua: apud Paulum & Antonium Meiettos fratres, 1573. 144 x 91 mm. Later vellum; boxed. Woodcuts on ff. 17 and 19 shaved, but very good. Extraordinarily Rare..... More
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
1934. Fermi, Enrico (1901-54). Radioactivity induced by neutron bombardment. In Nature 133 (1934): 757. Whole number. [cliii] – clvi, 737-754, viii, 755-772, clvii-clx pp. 268 x 192 mm. Original printed self-wrappers, small chip in front wrapper, light soiling, but very good, and very scarce in this form. Oval stamp on..... More
1913. Dawson, Charles (1864 — 1916) & Arthur Smith Woodward (1864 — 1944). On the discovery of a palaeolithic skull and mandible in a flint-bearing gravel overlying the Wealden (Hastings Beds) at Piltdown, Fletching (Sussex) . . . With an appendix by Prof. Grafton Elliot Smith, M.A., M.D., F.R.S. Offprint..... More
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Tehran: 1856/57. Polak, Jakopb Edouard (1818-91). Kitab-i jarrahi wa yak risalah dar kahhali [in Persian; English translation: Book on surgery with a treatise on ophthalmology]. Lithographed text. 6, [2], 297, 5-7, 96, 4, 177, [27]pp. Text illustrations. Tehran, 1856/57 [AH 1273]. 208 x 145 mm. 19th-century morocco, some light wear..... More
Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers. Chambers, Robert (1802-71). Ancient sea-margins, as memorials of changes in the relative level of sea and land. vi, 337, [1]pp. Frontispiece, folding map; text illustrations. Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers; London: W. S. Orr & Co., 1848. 230 x 140 mm. Original blindstamped cloth, skillfully..... More
Detroit: 1947. Clay, W. L. Results of V-2 rocket tests. Offset Mimeograph???? typescript. 13, [3]pp. 2 plates. N.p., 1947. 281 x 217 mm. Unbound; stapled. Light creasing, one or two tiny rust-stains, but very good. Preprint First Edition, and very rare, with no copies of this edition cited in OCLC..... More
1947. Malina, Frank (1912-81) and Martin Summerfield (1916-96). The problem of escape from the Earth by rocket. Offprint from Journal of the Aeronautical Sciences 14 (1947). 471-480pp. Text diagrams. 287 x 210 mm. Original printed wrappers, unobtrusive stain on front wrapper. Very good. From the library of aeronautics and aerospace..... More
Leipzig: Hachmeister & Thal, 1928. Ley, Willy (1906-1969). Die Möglichkeit der Weltraumfahrt. viii, 344pp. 2 plates, text illustrations. Leipzig: Hachmeister & Thal, 1928. Original pictorial soft covers, minor chipping, small splits at spine, light soiling. Fore-edge of second plate a bit frayed, but very good. First Edition of this pioneering..... More
Munich & Berlin: R. Oldenbourg, 1928. Valier, Max (1895-1930). Raketenfahrt. viii, 252pp. Text illustrations. Munich & Berlin: R. Oldenbourg, 1928. 216 x 137 mm. Text illustrations. Original pictorial soft covers, slightly worn. Very good. Inscribed by Valier on the title: “Frl. Dr. Gertie Guckenheimer in Hochschatzung und Freundschaft zugeeignet. Mit..... More
Munich & Berlin: R. Oldenbourg, 1928. Valier, Max (1895-1930). Raketenfahrt. viii, 252pp. Text illustrations. Munich & Berlin: R. Oldenbourg, 1928. 216 x 137 mm. Text illustrations. Original cloth, hinges just starting to crack; dust-jacket (a few chips and tears). Inscribed by Valier on the title: “Herrn Keller zum Erinnerung an..... More
London: For the author by R. & J. E. Taylor, 1848. Owen, Richard (1804-92). On the archetype and homologies of the vertebrate skeleton. 8vo. viii, 203pp. 6 plates (2 folding); 3 folding tables. London: for the author by Richard & John E. Taylor, 1848. 222 x 142 mm. (unopened). Original..... 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
1966-1981. Feynman, Richard (1918-88) (1) The development of the space-time view of quantum electrodynamics. Offprint from Physics Today 19 (1966). [11]pp. Light creasing. (2) Typed letter to Eliane Jobredeaux on California Institute of Technology letterhead, signed “R. P. Feynman” in a secretarial hand, with envelope. 1 sheet. Pasadena, CA, 12..... More
1821-1866. Topographies Médicales. Collection of 45 medical theses on medical topography; contact us for complete listing. 3 volumes. 1803-66. 19th-century quarter morocco, marbled boards, slight edgewear. Minor foxing and toning but very good. Manuscript tables of contents in a 19th-century hand in each volume. Interesting and unusual collection of medical..... More
Paris: 1901. Marey, Étienne-Jules (1830-1904). Autograph letter signed to an unidentified correspondent. Bifolium. 2pp. N.p., 10 July 1901. 170 x 114 mm. A few small spots but very good. Marey was a pioneer in cinematography, inventing devices to record movement over time that permanently altered our ways of visualizing time..... More
Canstadt: 1806. Percy, Pierre François (1754-1825). (1) Autograph letter signed to “Monsieur l’Intendant général” [Claude Louis Petiet]. Bifolium. 1 page. Canstadt, 7 September 1806. 231 x 193 mm. Small portion torn from upper margin of integral blank, but fine otherwise. Docketed. (2) Engraved portrait of Percy by an unidentified artist..... More
Berlin: Louis Quien, 1808. Gilbert, Nicolas Pierre (1751-1814). Tableau historique des maladies internes de mauvais caractère qui ont affligé la Grande Armée dans la campagne de Prusse et de Pologne et notamment de celles qui ont été observés dans les hôpitaux militaires . . . viii, 134pp. Berlin: Louis Quien..... More
New York: Harper & Bros. 1935. Carrel, Alexis (1873-1944). Man, the unknown. xv, [3], 346pp. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1935. 218 x 147 mm. Original cloth stamped in gilt and blind, inner front hinge cracked, slight edgewear. Very good. Presentation Copy, inscribed by Carrel on the half-title..... More
New York: 1935. Carrel, Alexis (1873-1944). Typed letter signed to Carol Bird. 1 page. Rockefeller Institute, New York, 23 September 1935. 277 x 214 mm. Slight spotting but very good. Carrel’s letter touches on a less creditable side of his character: As the Nazis were rising to power in the..... More
New York: 1914. Carrel, Alexis (1873-1944). Typed letter signed to Samuel Harden Church (1858-1943). 1 page. Rockefeller Institute, New York, 23 March 1914. 279 x 216 mm. Fine. From Alexis Carrel, the first to succeed at cultivating warm-blooded animal cells in vitro, and the first to successfully transplant blood vessels..... More
London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1882. Owen, Richard (1804-98). Experimental physiology: Its benefits to mankind with an address on unveiling the statue of William Harvey at Folkestone, 6th August 1881. vi, [2], 216pp. London: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1882. 188 x 122 mm. Original cloth, light wear at extremities and..... More
Paris: Lahure, 1930. Esnault-Pelterie, Robert (1881-1957). L’Astronautique. [4], 248pp. Errata slip bound before p. 7. Frontispiece portrait signed by the author (found only in copies printed on thick paper), 9 folding plates. Paris: A. Lahure, 1930. 246 x 162 mm. (thick paper). Quarter morocco, marbled boards (slight edgewear), original printed..... More