1869. Darwin, Charles (1809-82). Portrait photograph of Darwin at age 59, by Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-79). [1869]. Albumen print. 340 x 250 mm. Archivally framed. Excellent unfaded condition. One of two portraits of Darwin taken by the noted Victorian photographer Julia Margaret Cameron in 1869, when Darwin and his family..... More
1913. London: Proceedings of the Royal Society, 88, pp. 428-438. 1913. First Serial Printing. Using the "bragg relation" published a few months earlier, the Braggs constructed the first x-ray spectrometer. "The 'Bragg relation' opened up two main paths of research: x-rays could be used as an aid in the study..... More
1820. 202 x 157 mm. Light dust-soiling, faint marginal crease. Good+. More
1921. Whole volume. [4], 497, viii pp. Text illustrations. 250 x 170 mm. Quarter morocco, marbled boards, spine a bit rubbed, light edgewear. Very good. "Laboratory demonstration of the antispasmodic action of theophylline on bronchial smooth muscle" (Garrison-Morton.com). More
London: T. Cadel [etc.], 1769. [4], iii, iv, iii, [1], 207pp. 204 x 121 mm. Recent half calf, boards, spine a bit faded, occasional foxing. Very good. "Includes Millar’s original description of laryngismus stridulus ('Millar’s asthma')" (Garrison-Morton.com). More
London: G. C. J. and J. Robinson, 1793. xii, 227pp. 210 x 131 mm. 19th-century sheep, rubbed, worn, front cover detached (needs rebinding). Ownership/library stamps on title. Good. More
Berlin: August Hirschwald, 1904. xii, 776pp. Text illustrations. 235 x 160 mm. Half morocco, cloth boards, light wear and rubbing, minor toning. Very good. "Reprints Ehrlich’s writings on immunology to date, as well as three papers by Kyes" (Garrison-Morton.com). More
London: Longman, Rees, Orme Brown, Green & Longman, 1835. vii, 380pp. 6 hand-colored plates. 220 x 141 mm. Original boards, rebacked preserving original spine, light wear and spotting, minor toning. Ownership stamp. Very good. More
London: G. C. J. and J. Robinson, 1793. xii, 227pp. 215 x 133 mm. Half calf, marbled boards ca. 1793, front hinge split (inner hinge reinforced with cloth tape), light wear. Good+. More
Giessen: J. Rickersche Buchhandlung, 1862. xvi, 284pp. Folding table. 214 x 132 mm. Original printed boards, spine chipped with some loss, light wear and soiling, minor foxing. Good copy. More
Springfield, IL: Charles C Thomas, 1940. xxii, [6], 540, [2]pp. 13 plates, folding table; text illustrations. 230 x 153 mm. Original cloth, slight wear, spine dulled. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Very good. More
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
Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins Co., 1924. 399, [5]pp. 229 x 152 mm. Original cloth, slight edgewear. Very good. More
London: J. Callow, 1808. x, 133pp. 163 x 103 mm. Recent quarter calf, marbled boards. Very good. "Badham distinguished acute and chronic bronchitis from pneumonia and pleurisy, with which it had previously been confused. He gave the disease its present name" (Garrison-Morton.com). More
Chicago: Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1917. [499]-854pp. 246 x 175 mm. Library buckram, front hinge cracked. Good+. "Reprinted from the Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 20, nos. 5 and 6, May and June, 1917, pp. 499-854." More
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1819. Whole volume. xxiii, vii, 435pp. 6 plates. 211 x 131 mm. Recent quarter calf, marbled boards. Very good. "Bostock’s classical description of the 'catarrhus aestivus,' hay fever, is also referred to as 'Bostock’s catarrh.' It begins the modern era in the clinical..... More
London: Richard Wilkins, 1698. [40], 247pp. (pp. 241-247 misbound at the front of the volume). 160 x 100 mm. Old calf gilt, front hinge cracked, light wear.Light toning, a few pencil marks in the margins. Very good. "Floyer provided the first clear descriptions of cases of bronchial asthma. Floyer himself..... More
1917-36. 241 x 162 mm. Library buckram. Typewritten table of contents pasted in. Very good. More
1917-36. 235 x 162 mm. Library buckram, some wear. Good+. More
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1828. Whole volume. xxiii, [3], 463pp. 5 plates. 227 x 144 mm. Original boards, rebacked in cloth. Library stamp and bookplate. Very good. More
Philadelphia: J. & A. Y. Humphreys, 1811. 260pp. 208 x 132 mm. 19th-century sheep, front hinge cracked, light wear, small worm-holes on back cover. Good+. From the fourth London edition. "Bree 'embodied the numerous experiments in his own case, gave a more full and complete view of asthma and dyspnœa..... More
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1828. Whole volume. xxiii, [3], 463pp. 5 plates. 213 x 130 mm. Recent quarter calf, marbled boards. Very good. "On the history and aetiology of hay fever" (Garrison-Morton.com). More
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1831. Whole volume. [2], 416pp. 212 x 135 mm. Modern cloth. Very good. "Elliotson was the first to ascertain that pollen was the cause of hay fever" (Garrison-Morton.com). More
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1895. 66, [6, adverts.]pp. 168 x 125 mm. Original cloth, slight wear to spine. Fine. "A commonsense work written for parents and caretakers of children rather than for physicians. This brief book achieved a popular success unrivalled by any previous American medical publication. It..... More
Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1956. 98, [2]pp. 199 x 130 mm. Oroginal printed wrappers, some chips and tears to spine. Gift inscription on the front wrapper. Very good. More