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Adams, Elizabeth Laura. DARK SYMPHONY
NY 19428 first edition. Sheed & Ward. Hardcover octavo. red cloth. 194p. VG in Good dj. some wear on dj; price not clipped. no owner marks. (a104718)
$24.00Sahgal, Nayantara. A TIME TO BE HAPPY
NY 1958 first edition. Knopf. Hardcover octavo. Blue cloth. 277p. VG. in VG dj. no owner marks. (a104717)
$35.00Anon. A PURGE FOR PRURIENCE, YOU FELT GOOD OR GROWING PAINS
New York 1967 Words Unlimited. Author is described on title page only as "The Author of The Maze of Love, Chabela Brought Flowers, Authentic Dreams, The Syberities, The Tender Branch (and 5 more titles.)" Original typescript and a few handwritten pages of an erotic novel. 4to., 100 leaves (rectos only) Good plus. (a78622)
$75.00Ferreira de Figueiredo Leitao, Francisco. A MORPHINOMANIA
Porto 1897 first edtion. Typographia Occidental. Dissentacao Inaugural. octavo wraps. 50p. In Portuguese. Good. no owner marks. Excessive use of morphine. Scarce. (a104719)
$100.00Chukovskaya, Lydia. GOING UNDER
NY 1972 first edition. Quadrangle. Hardcover sm octavo. Translated from Russian by Peter M. Weston. 144p. Highly recommended by Solzhenitsyn ("In the world of Soviet literature Lydia Chukovskaya has always been one of those insistent intellects who...fought her way through to the complete truth"-qtd on dj.) Near Fine in Near Fine dj. Very hard-to-find title. no owner marks. (a104710)
$95.00Krafft, M. Johann Melchior . EMENDANDA & CORRIGENDA QUAEDAM IN HISTORIA VERSIONIS GERMANICAE BIBLIORUM D. MART. LUTH.
Slesvici 1705 first edition. Johannem Holweinium. octavo wraps. 52p. Text lightly evenly toned throughout. Lacks original cover - now rebound in later plain paper cover. Text complete. Binding secure. No owner marks. VG. Krafft lived 1673-1751. (a104707)
$75.00Posselt, August. KURTZ UND EILFERTIGE NACHRICHT VON DENEN IN HANDEN HABENBDEN BIBLISCHEN EXEMPLARIEN DES SEEL. VATERS D. LUTHERI...(etc)
1705 first edition. Hartmann. 52p. Octavo. Original cover gone; now in later plain wraps. Lightly and evenly toned throughout. no owner marks. VG (a104706)
$45.00Krafft, M. Johann Melchior . PRODROMUS CONTINUATUS HISTORIAE VERSIONIS BIBLIORUM GERMANICAE
Hamburg 1716 first edition. Henis. octavo wraps. 118p. Tailpiece decoration. Text lightly evenly toned throughout. Lacks original cover - now rebound in later plain paper cover. Text complete. Binding secure. No owner marks. VG. Krafft lived 1673-1751. (a104705)
$75.00Buechel, Rev. Eugene SJ edited by Rev. Paul Manhart SJ. A DICTIONARY OF THE TETON DAKOTA SIOUX LANGUAGE LAKOTA - ENGLISH; ENGLISH - LAKOTA WITH CONSIDERATIONS GIVEN TO YANKTON AND SANTEE
Vermillion 1970 1st Institute of Indian Studies, University of South Dakota. Hardcover. 4to., 852pp., cloth. Fine, no DJ. (a71305)
$29.00Underwood, Tim and Chuck Miller (eds) . FEAR ITSELF - THE HORROR FICTION OF STEPHEN KING
San Francisco 1982 first editon. Underwood-Miller. Hardcover tall octcavo. Foreword by Stephen King.255p. Fine in Near Fine dj. (edges of dj slightly curled.) (a104708)
$24.00O'Boyle, Basil. BALLADS OF A BUILDER
Boston 1945 first edition. Humphries. Hardcover thin octavo. Red cloth. 77p. Poetry. VG no dj. no owner marks. (a104711)
$29.00Bushnell, Nelson S. A WALK AFTER JOHN KEATS
NY 1936 first edition. Farrar & Rinehart. Hardcover octavo. 318p. Illustrated. Large foldout map on rear end paper. Green cloth. VG++ end papers toned; no owner marks. no wear. Good dj, dj spine a bit toned; spine ends worn down; no tears, no chips but overall moderate wear. price not clipped. Very hard-to-find in dj. Author retraces travels of Keats and his friend, Charles Armitage Brown. (a104712)
$55.00Stone, Chester Tilton. BLOOD PRESSURE HIGH AND LOW - SECOND EDITION
Ny 1925 second edition. Allen Ross. Hardcovder . 12mo. 90p. Near Fine in fair dj. (a104713)
$35.00Stekel, Dr. Wilhelm. IMPOTENCE IN THE MALE - THE PSYCHIC DISORDERS OF THE SEXUAL FUNCTION IN THE MALE - VOL 1
NY 1939 Liveright. Hardcover octavo. Authorized English version byt Oswarld H Boltz. 329p. Near Fine. no owner marks. in Good, soiled and worn, dj. (a104714)
$25.00Nunberg, Herman and Ernst Federn (eds). MINUTES OF THE VIENNA PSYCHOANALYTICAL SOCIETY - VOLUME II: 1968-1910
NY 1967 first edition. International Universities Press. Hardcover large octavo. 582p. Very Near Fine in VG, toned, dj no owner marks. (a104715)
$25.00Usherwood, R D. DRAWING FOR RADIO TIMES
London 1961 first edition. Bodley Head. Hardcover thin octavo. 127p. Fully illustrated with line drawings on almost every page. The artists and samples of their work who have illustrated for Britains popular weekly "Radio Times". Fine in near Fine dj (price is clipped on dj. ) (a104716)
$23.00Bell, E. T.. BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF HANS FREDERICK BLICHFELDT 1873-1945
Washington 1950 National Academy of Sciences. Octavo, pp.181-189, photo illustration of Bell, later wraps. Near Fine. (a74238)
$29.00Arliss, George. UP THE YEARS FROM BLOOMSBURY , AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY (SIGNED by Arliss)
Boston 1927 first edition. Little Brown. Hardcover octavo. **Signed by Arliss. 321p. Photo illus. Owner bookplate (Arthur Leonard Ross). Good, binding nice and secure; text clean, hinges not cracked ; old water stain along tip spine end and slightly onto inner upper corner of most text pages (very light and not near text itself- just upper corner inch or so .) No dj. (a104690)
$33.00Perkins, Silas H. ON SHORE BALLADS (SIGNED by Perkins)
Portland, Maine. 1937 first edition. Falmouth Book House. 92p. Hardcover thin octavo. Poetry. **Signed presentation copy from Perkins. Good. spine label mostly chipped away, uneven fading of cover cloth; no dj. (a104691)
$33.00Novomirskii (pseud); Karelin, Apollon Andrevich . IZ PROGRAMMY SINKIKAL NAGO ANARKHIZMA (bound with) NOVOE KRATKOE IZLOZHENI POLITICHESKOOI EKONOMII
1907 (no place , no publisher given) and 1917 (New York). Two works bound as one. Octavo hardcover. 192p and 157p. Entirely in Russian. Good, stamp of Union of Russian Wroks , Balitmore, MD. Original clothcovered boards with later paper backstrip. Two books bound as one. (a104692)
$35.00Branch, Kip. GNAWING AT MY SOUL
NY 1981 Marek. first edition. octavo., 204pp., hardcover. Fine in Fine DJ. (a13788)
$24.00Campbell, R. Wright. FAT TUESDAY - A NOVEL OF STORYVILLE
New Haven and New york 1983 first editoin. Tichnor & Fields. Hardcover octavo. 372p. Fine in very Near Fine dj (only slightest rubbing on dj.) (a104689)
$29.00Castaneda, Carlos. THE TEACHINGS OF DON JUAN: A YAQUI WAY OF KNOWLEDGE
Berkeley and LA 1973 Simon Schuster. Hardcover octavo. 288p. Fine in very Near Fine dj just inner tip of dj creased-very minor) (a104688)
$54.00Acker, Kathy. IN MEMORIAM TO IDENTITY
NY 1990 first edition Grove. Hardcover octavo 265p. Fine in Near Fine dj. (just slight rubbing on dj.) no owner marks. (a104687)
$25.00Cannon, Enid S.. GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES A HISTORY OF PERENJORI WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Nedlands 1983 1st University of Western Australia Press. ISBN 0 9592847 0 2. Hardcover. Octavo, 230pp., cloth. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ, lightly rubbed. (a104686)
$29.00Moinot, Pierre. THE ROYAL HUNT
NY 1955 First edition (stated) Knopf. Translated from French by Ralph Manheim. Fiction about hunters. Hardcover. Octavo, 247pp., cloth. VG, light wear on corners, in Good DJ, some rubbing and edge wear. no owner marks. (a46237)
$24.00Wolff, Maritta. THE BIG NICKELODEON
NY 1956 first edition. Random House. Hardcover thick octavo. 373p. Near Fine in VG dj by George Salter.(Just light wear on dj. Price clipped on dj. no tears, no chips on dj. )no owner marks. (a104693)
$29.00Garrigue, Jean. THE ANIMAL HOTEL
NY 1966 first edition. Eakins. Hardcover thin tall octavo. 94p. Stinehour Press. Near Fine, no owner marks. in Good plus dj , dj no tears, no chips but slight small scratch marks on front cover. (a104694)
$22.00Ryder, Arthur William. RELATIVES , BEING FURTHER VERSES TRANSLATED FROM THE SANSKRIT
San Francisco 1919 first editoin. A M Robertson. 12mo Hardcover (pink printed paper on cardboard boards) 104p. very light old moisture stains on some margins, not near text and very pale. Front inner hinge reinforced. Quite Scarce in the original first edition. Good . no owner marks. Text clean. Only light wear. (a104700)
$39.00Langmuir, Irving; Lewi Tonks and Irving Langmuir. THE INTERACTION OF ELECTRON AND POSITIVE ION SPACE CHARGES IN CATHODE SHEATHS; NOTE ON OSCILLATIONS IN IONIZED GASES - two articles in one complete issue of THE PHYSICAL REVIEW, June 1929
Lancaster PA . 1929 first edition. American Physical Society. Issue for June 1929, vol 33, no. 6 Green wraps. sm4to . Issue paginated 871-1128. Langmuir articles on pp. 954-989 and p990. Other articles in issue as well. Lagmuir was awarded the Nobel in Chemistry in 1932. VG no owner marks; light wear. (a104703)
$95.00Schutz, Susan Polis. LOVE LIVE & SHARE (signed by Schutz)
Boulder, Co 1980 first edition. Blue Mountain Press. Hardcover. Near Fine in VG plus dj. **Signed presentation copy from Schutz. (a104702)
$29.00Arens, Egmont. SELECTED POEMS
New York City 1966 first edition. Mathilde Arens. octavo wraps. Copy #107 of 305. **Signed presentation copy from Mathilde. VG++ just slight cover wear; no tears, no stains, no chips. (a104701)
$75.00Konrad, George. THE LOSER
NY 1982 first edition. Harcourt Brace. Hardcover octavo. translated from Hungarian by Ivan Sanders. 315p. Fine in Near Fine dj (crease on dj inner flap; price not clipped.) no owner marks. (a104699)
$35.00Armstrong, Martin. SAINT CHRISTOPHER'S DAY
London. 1928 first edition. Gollancz. Hardcover sm octavo. Blue cloth. 287p. VG in Good dj. dj not torn or chipped but spine is quite toned. (a104698)
$28.00Grogan, Emmett. RINGOLEVIO, A LIFE PLAYED FOR KEEPS
London 1972 first England edition. Heinemann. Hardcover sm4to. 498p. Photo illustrated. An autobiography of a man of the American underground and rebel culture of the sixties. VG++ no owner marks. in Good dj , light curling of dj edges, light wear. no tears, no chips on dj, price not clipped. (a104697)
$35.00Nutter, Medora Addison. MOUNTAIN CREED
NY 1950 first edition. Morrow. Hardcover thin octavo. 47p. Poetry. Fine in Fine dj. (a104696)
$24.00Dos Passos, John. DER 42. BREITENGRAD, ROMAN
1930 Fischer. Hardcover octavo. Text in German. 454p. Good plus, text clean; binding secure; cover cloth foxed. Fairly Good dj, dj rubbed, no major faults, no chips, no tears, spine ends worn down, worn at fold lines. no owner marks. (a104695)
$29.00Billingham, R. E., L. Brent. QUANTITATIVE STUDIES ON TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION IMMUNITY III. ACTIVELY ACQUIRED TOLERANCE
London 1956. Offprint from the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. 4to., pp. 357-414, color photo illustrations, original printed wraps. Near Fine. (a57491)
$35.00Silberman, Bernard S.. JAPAN AND KOREA - A CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
Tucson 1962 1st University of Arizona. Annotated bibliography. 4to., 120pp., original sea green wraps. Good, light wear. (a59101)
$27.00Hayes, Alfred. THE GIRL ON THE VIA FLAMINIA
NY 1949 first edition (stated) Harper. Hardcover octavo. 215p. Very near Fine in Good dj. price not clipped. Toning on dj and lkight edge wear; no tears, no chips. Book was made into the Kirk Douglas/Brigitte Bardot movie "Act of Love." (a104684)
$120.00Mujica-Lainez, Manuel. BOMARZO (in English)
translated from Spanish by Gregory Rabassa. NY 1969 first edition, first printing. Simon and Schuster. Hardcover thick large octavo. 573p.Very Near Fine (just slightest amount of faint foxing on closed page ends) in VG dj (no tears, no chips.) (a104685)
$49.00Balyeat, Ray M. M.D.. HAY-FEVER AND ASTHMA - A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK FOR HAY FEVER AND ASTHMA PATIENTS
Philadelphia 1926 first edition. F A Davis. Hardcover sm octavo 198p. 27 illus, most photo illustrations. VG plus, some uneven toning of end papers; no owner marks. in good dj (dj has some pen marks.) (a104683)
$29.00Stewart, Harry Eaton MD. DIATHERMY AND ITS APPLICATION TO PNEUMONIA (signed by author)
NY 1923 first edition. Hoeber. Hardcover small octavo. Maroon cloth. 45 Photo illus. Fifteen charts. 210p. ***Presentation copy ( to Dr. Frederick Tilney ) signed by Harry Eaton Stewart. VG cover cloth rubbed. no dj. (a104682)
$55.00Montague, J F MD. TAKING THE DOCTOR'S PULSE AND ANOTHER ESSAY
Philadelphia 1928 first edition. Lippincott. Hardcover. 12mo. blue cloth. 103p. Advice to improve both doctors and hospitals but also the practice of medicine in general. VG no dj. (a104681)
$37.00Auerbach, Siegmund. HEADACHE - ITS VARIETIES, THEIR NATURE, RECOGNITION AND TREATMENT
Oxford and London 1913 first edition. Frowde/ Hodder & Stoughton. 208p. Hardcover 12mo. Faint even toning throoghout. no owner marks. no dj. (a104680)
$45.00Ochsner, Edward H. CHRONIC FATIGUE INTOXICATION - A HERETOFORE INADEQUATELY DESCRIBED AFFECTION
NY 1923 first edition. Stechert. Hardcover sm octavo. Grey-green cloth. 143p. VG no owner marks. no dj. Hard to find the original first edition. (a104679)
$47.00(Bad Nauheim). OFFICIAL GUIDE TO BAD NAUHEIM
no date but appears to be 1925 from text. 12mo. Stiff wraps. 102p. In English. Foldout color map. Photo illustrations. Detailed information for travellers and patients for the spa. A few page tips folded down. o/s no owner marks, no owner name. VG (a104678)
$39.00Hanovia Chemical & Mrg. Co.. HAND BOOK ON QUARTZ LIGHT THERAPY FOR USERS OF THE ALPINE SUN AND KROMAYER LAMPS
Newark, NJ December 1924 first edition. Hanovia. octavo wraps. 100p. Photo illustrations. Book gives A-Z listing of diseases treatable/curable using the light therapy including asthma, Bazin's disease, dysmenorrhea, gunshot wounds, alopecia, influenza, nettle rash, X-ray burns, Vaginitis, whooping cough, many more. - PLUS - second thin pamphlet: "The Use of the Quartz Lamp in Psoriasis" by J H Swartz, MD. (1926?) Engeln Electric Company. 8p. octavo wraps. Owner name on titlepage (E C Ward of Flushing). Extensive details on how to use the lights to cure psoriasis. Two pamphlets: (a104677)
$79.00Logan, Frank A. INCENTIVE - HOW THE CONDITIONS OF REINFORCEMENT AFFECT THE PERFORMANCE OF RATS
New Haven and London. 1964 2nd ed Yale University. Hardcover. royal octavo. 288p. Near Fine in Good plus dj. no owner marks. (a104676)
$29.00Walsh, Sister Marie de Lourdes. WITH A GREAT HEART - THE STORY OF ST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER OF NEW YORK 1849-1964
New York 1965 first edition. royal 315p. octavo wraps. photo illustrations. Hard-to-Find. VG just slight cover wear; text fine and clean; binding secure; no owner marks . (a104675)
$115.00Haslam, J F C; S J Cowell. RECIENTES ADQUISICIONES EN PROFILAXIS POR HASLAM CON UN CAPITULO SObRE VITAMINAS POR COWELL
Madrid 1932 first edition thus. Morata. Hardcover. sm octavo. In Spanish. con 23 figuras which include some photo illus. 365p,. Indice (2p.) Good,. a bit of underlining from previous owner, inner hinges wear but binding secure. light wear on cover extreme tips. no dj.Recent advances in Preventative medicine. (a104674)
$29.00Hulting, J.. DASLANDS LAFVAR
Stockholm 1901 first edition. Bihang Till kongl. Svenska Veternskaps-Akademiens Handlingar. Norstedt. Octavo . Recovered in later plain wraps. 102p. A few scientific society name stamps. VG. Lichens (a104665)
$39.00Lindman, C A M. BEITRAGE ZUR PALMENFLORA SUDAMERIKAS
Stockholm 1901 first edition. Bihang Till kongl. Svenska Veternskaps-Akademiens Handlingar. Norstedt. Octavo .Recovered in later plain wraps. 42p. Mit 6 Tafeln und 10 Textfiguren. In German. A few scientific society name stamps. VG. (a104664)
$29.00Stephani, F. BEITRAGE ZUR LEBERMOOS-FLORA WESTPATAGONIENS UND DES SUDLICHEN CHILE
Stockholm 1901 first edition. Bihang Till kongl. Svenska Veternskaps-Akademiens Handlingar. Norstedt. Octavo .Recovered in later plain wraps. 69p. A few scientific society name stamps. VG. Liverworts (a104663)
$29.00Hesselman, Henrik. OM MYKORRHIZABILDNINGAR HOS ARKTISKA VAXTER
Stockholm 1901 first edition. Bihang Till kongl. Svenska Veternskaps-Akademiens Handlingar. Norstedt. Octavo .Recovered in later plain wraps. 46p. med 3 Taflor, one of which folds out. A few scientific society name stamps. VG. On symbiotic relations of fungus with host plant. (a104662)
$45.00Andersson, G och H. Hesselman. BIDRAG TILL KANNEDOMEN OM SPETSBERGEN OCH BEEREN EILANDS KARLVAXTFLORA, GRUNDADE PA IAKTTAGELSER UNDER 1898 ARS SVENSKA POLAREXPEDITION
Stockholm 1901 first edition. Bihang Till kongl. Svenska Veternskaps-Akademiens Handlingar. Norstedt. Original green printed front panel present and remounted on later wraps. octavo. 88p. med 4 Taflor. Scientific society name stamps. VG. (a104661)
$75.00Lang, Martin; Charles Samowitz and Mohan S. Jethwani. CONTROL OF WATER POLLUTION IN NEW YORK CITY
NY 1974. Offprint from the Municipal Engineers Journal, Volume 60, Fourth Quarterly Issue. Octavo, pp.115-137, stapled wraps. VG. (a40612)
$25.00Brotherus, V F. DIE LAUBMOOSE DER ERSTEN REGNELLSCHEN EXPEDITION
Stockholm 1901 first edition. Bihang Till kongl. Svenska Veternskaps-Akademiens Handlingar. Norstedt. Octavo . Recovered in later plain wraps. 65p. A few scientific society name stamps. VG. (a104666)
$35.00Lindman, C A M. EINIGE NEUE BRASILIANISCHE CYCLANTHACEEN
Stockholm 1901 first edition. Bihang Till kongl. Svenska Veternskaps-Akademiens Handlingar. Norstedt. Octavo . Recovered in later plain wraps. 11p. mit 4 Tafeln. A few scientific society name stamps. VG. (a104667)
$25.00Romell, L. HYMENOMYCETES AUSTRO-AMERICANI IN ITINERE REGNELLIANO PRIMO COLLECTI
Stockholm 1901 first edition. Bihang Till kongl. Svenska Veternskaps-Akademiens Handlingar. Norstedt. Octavo . Recovered in later plain wraps. 61p. mit 3 doublepage photo illustrated Tafeln. A few scientific society name stamps. VG. (a104673)
$45.00Cleve, Astrid. ZUM PFLANZENLEBEN IN NORDSCHWEDISCHEN HOCHGEBIRGEN
Stockholm 1901 first edition. Bihang Till kongl. Svenska Veternskaps-Akademiens Handlingar. Norstedt. Octavo . Recovered in later plain wraps. 105p. mit 5 photo illustrated Tafeln. In German. A few scientific society name stamps. VG. (a104672)
$35.00Swenander, G.. BEITRAGE ZUR FAUNA DER BAREN-INSEL - I. DIE VOGEL
Stockholm 1900 first edition. Bihang Till kongl. Svenska Veternskaps-Akademiens Handlingar. Norstedt. Octavo . Recovered in later plain wraps. 50p. mit 3 Tafeln - one has two photo illus of Bear Island coast and two are color plates of Uria bird (of the Auk family). In German. A few scientific society name stamps. VG. (a104671)
$35.00Smitt, F A. POISSONS D'EAU DOUCE DE LA PATAGONIE RECUEILLIS PAR E. NORDENSKIOLD 1898-99
Stockholm 1901 first edition. Bihang Till kongl. Svenska Veternskaps-Akademiens Handlingar. Norstedt. Octavo . Recovered in later plain wraps. 31p. Avec 4 Planches. In French. A few scientific society name stamps. VG. (a104670)
$35.00Lonnberg, Einar. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ICHTYOLOGY OF THE CASPIAN SEA
Stockholm 1901 first edition. Bihang Till kongl. Svenska Veternskaps-Akademiens Handlingar. Norstedt. Octavo . Recovered in later plain wraps. 38p. In English. A few scientific society name stamps. VG. (a104669)
$35.00Lindman, C A M. LIST OF REGNELLIAN CYPERACEAE COLLECTED UNTIL 1894
Stockholm 1901 first edition. Bihang Till kongl. Svenska Veternskaps-Akademiens Handlingar. Norstedt. Octavo . Recovered in later plain wraps. 42p. With 8 plates. In English. A few scientific society name stamps. VG. Sedge; grass-like herb. (a104668)
$39.00Krafften, M. Johanne Melchiore ( Johann Melchior Krafft ). PRODROMUS HISTORIAE VERSIONIS GERMANICAE BIBLIORUM
Hamburg 1714 first edition. Samuel Henls. octavo wraps. 84p. Text lightly evenly toned throughout. Lacks original cover - now rebound in later plain paper cover. Text complete. Binding secure. No owner marks. VG. Krafft lived 1673-1751. (a104647)
$95.00Krafften, M. Johanne Melchiore ( Johann Melchior Krafft ). EIN ZWEYFACHES ZWEYHUNDERT-JAHRIGES JUBEL-GEDACHTNIS
Hamburg 1723 first edition. Johann Wolffgang Fichtweiler. octavo wraps. Full page engraved woodcut portrait of Hermann Tast. Titlepage in red and black. (32)621p. Register (15p.) Large foldout genealogical chart plate. Text lightly evenly toned throughout. Lacks original cover - now rebound in later plain paper cover. Text complete. Binding secure. No owner marks. VG. Krafft lived 1673-1751. (a104646)
$110.00Hull, Edward. ON A DEEP BORING FOR COAL AT SCARLE, LINCOLNSHIRE AND ITS BEARING ON THE QUESTION OF THE EASTLY LIMIT OF THE YORKSHIRE COAL-MEASURES BENEATH THE NEWER FORMATIONS
London 1877 first edition. Extracted from Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers vol XLIX. octavo. later plain wraps. pp. 160-174 with one foldout engraved plate. VG . no owner marks. (a104645)
$45.00Robinson, Henry. THE TRANSMISSION OF POWER TO DISTANCES
London 1877 first edition. Extracted from Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers vol XLIX. octavo. later plain wraps. 66p. with one large foldout engraved plate of a pumping station. With Discussion and Appendix Tables. VG . no owner marks. (a104644)
$45.00Engel, H.. DIE SUSANNA-ERZAHLUNG - BD. II
4to, red buckram cloth hardcover. no date, no publisher, no place. About 60p. In Greman. Near Fine. (a104643)
$39.00Patterson, Harold Truesdel and his Wife, of Westbury, Long Island, New York. ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN DIARY 1906 - 1912 (in two hands)
One hardcover octavo volume. Harold made ink entries on 20 pages, most full-page. Researching his name, we found that he was a graduate of Harvard University (1898-1902). From the text of the diary, he appears to have worked as an architect , he mentions he makes $12,000 a year and is married. The rest of the notebook (which has over 300 pages) contains occasional short, usually 2-line, entries in pencil, apparently by Harold's wife recording births, death, weighs of several children: Mary Merrill born Dec 22 1906 (who died 2 days later); Robert Jordan Patterson born 1908; Devid born 1910; Elizabeth born 1912. Good, cover worn; binding secure; entries easily legible. The family lived in Westbury, Long Island, New York. Short entries. Good, easily legible. Binding secure. (a104642)
$150.00Broomhall, Marshall. ISLAM IN CHINA, A NEGLECTED PROBLEM
London 1910 first edition. Morgan & Scott. Hardcover sm 4to. Green cloth with gilt lettering. 332p. Foldout color maps. 2 pages of ads at end. Photo illustrations on glossy stock in the text. Owner signed and inscribed on front end paper dated 1911. VG+ no dj. Hinges not cracked in or out; no dj. (a104641)
$150.00Matsson, L P Reinhold. BOTANISKA RESEANTECKNINGAR FRAN GOTLAND, OLAND OCH SMALAND 1893 OCH 1894
Stockholm 1895 first edition. Bihang till K . Svenska vet-akad. Handlingar. band 21, Afd IV, No. 8. extracted and rebound in later wraps. octavo. 68p. VG. no owner marks. (a104640)
$29.00Hellbom, P J. LICHENAEA NEO-ZEELANDICA SEU LICHENES NOVAE ZEELANDIAE
Stockholm 1896 First edition. Bihang till K . Svenska vet-akad. Handlingar. band 21, afd. III, No. 13. Original green printed cover remounted pextracted and rebound in later wraps. octavo. 150p. VG No owner marks. (a104639)
$49.00Lindstrom, G. BESCHREIBUNG EINIGER OBERSILURISCHER KORALLEN AUS DER INSEL GOTRLAND
Stockholm 1896 first edition. Bihang till K . Svenska vet-akad. Handlingar. band 21, Afd IV, No. 7. extracted and rebound in later wraps. octavo. 49p. plus 8 illustrated plates on heavy stock. VG. a few light old library stamps . (a104638)
$35.00Sabine, Colonel. REPORTS ON THE KEW MAGNETOGRAPHS 1851
London 1851 first edition. Extracted from the Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. pp. 325-370 with 5 engraved plates, some foldout. Good . clean; no owner marks. (a104637)
$35.00Mallet, Robert. SECOND REPORT ON THE FACTS OF EARTHQUAKE PHAENOMENA ( PHENOMENA) 1852
London 1851 first edition. Extracted from the Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. pp. 272-320. Good . clean; no owner marks. (a104636)
$29.00Krafften, M. Johanne Melchiore ( Johann Melchior Krafft ). DAS ANDERE HUNDERT JAHRIGE ZUBEL-JAHR DER EVANGELICSCHEN KIRCHEN
Hamburg 1714 first edition. Samuel Henls. octavo wraps. 160p. Text lightly evenly toned throughout. Lacks original cover - now rebound in later plain paper cover. Text complete. Binding secure. No owner marks. VG. Krafft lived 1673-1751. (a104648)
$95.00Krafften, M. Johanne Melchiore ( Johann Melchior Krafft ) ( M J M K ). PRODROMI CONTINUATI ZWENFACHER ANHANG WIDER DIE UNRICHTIGE CENSUR DERER ANSCHULDIGEN NACHRICHTEN
Hamburg 1716 first edition. Samuel Henls. octavo wraps. 52p. Text lightly evenly toned throughout. Lacks original cover - now rebound in later plain paper cover. Text complete. Binding secure. No owner marks. VG. Krafft lived 1673-1751. (a104648x)
$75.00Krafft, M. Johann Melchior . HISTORISCHE NACHRICHT ...VERDEUTSCHTEN BIBEL DOCT. MARTINI LUTHERI
Altona 1735 first edition Sigismund Ulrici. octavo wraps. 85p. Tailpiece decoration. Text lightly evenly toned throughout. Lacks original cover - now rebound in later plain paper cover. Text complete. Binding secure. No owner marks. VG. Krafft lived 1673-1751. (a104649)
$95.00Blood, Bagot William. A SKELETON PONTOON BRIDGE
London 1878. Octavo, pp. 249-250 plus 1 illusstrated engraved foldout plate of the bridge. Removed from the Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Vol. LIV and rebound in later wraps. VG . no owner marks. Bridge over the Jumna in road between Mussourie and Simla in the Himalayas. (a104659)
$22.00Corning, Wlliam C. and Martin Balaban (editors). THE MIND: BIOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO ITS FUNCTIONS
NY 1968. first edition. Interscience. Hardcover octavo., 321pp., index, blue cloth. VG+, light soiling, no DJ. (a104658)
$35.00Harrison, Thomas Elliot. ON THE TYNE DOCKS AT SOUTH SHIELDS; AND THE MODE ADOPTED FOR SHIPPING COALS
London 1859. first edition. Octavo, removed from the Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Vol. XVIII and rebound in later plain wraps. pp. 490-524 with 3 engraved plates, one in color and two which are large foldout plates; 1 woodcut . VG, no ownership marks. (a104657)
$25.00Chappe, Thomas Fletcher. ACCOUNT OF EXPERIMENTS UPON ELLIPTICAL CAST-IRON ARCHES
London 1859. first edition. Octavo, removed from the Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Vol. XVIII and rebound in later plain wraps. pp. 349-362. VG, no ownership marks. (a104656)
$25.00(chemistry, physics). ANNALES DE CHIMIE ET DE PHYSIQUE - Troisieme serie, TOME QUATRIEME
Paris 1842 first edition Fortin, Masson. In French. Hardcover. Octavo, 512p., 4 foldout Plates (3 of scientific equipment, one of crystals). Leather spine with orange and green labels. Articles include: Regnault "Note sur la dilatation du verre" (plates I and II); "Memoire sur l'induction" with Plate III by Masson and Breguet; "Recherches sur les courants l'induction dus a l'aimantation due fer par l'electricire ordinaire" by H W Dove, etc. VG some light cover wear; no owner marks; hinges not broken, binding secure; just light bit of foxing. (a104655)
$115.00. THE JOURNAL OF HEALTH - 10 individual issues September 8, 1830 to June 22, 1831
Philadelphia. 1830, 1831 first edition. Eleven issues, octavo. Removed from larger binding so are becoming unbound but they are complete. Each issue 16p. A few illustrations such as a plate showing fully dressed woman doing some calisthenics exercises. Most have some light foxing; most have contemporary few owner signed on front top margin (L V Badge ). Issues in lot: 1830 Sept 8; Sept 22. 1831 Jan 26, Feb 9, March 9, March 23, April 27, May 25, June 8, June 22. Interestisng articles as "Lord byron's Mode of Living in Italy"; "Longevity of Ecclesiastics " (ie, clergy);"National Cookery and Character" , etc. Fairly Good but quite suitable for research. (a104653)
$49.00Clapp, Frederick G. THE SITE OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH - article in one complete issue of AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY - July - September 1936
Concord, NH 1936 first edition. Rumford. 4to wraps. Shear article pp. 188-203 with numerous photo illustrations. Other articles in issue as well. VG, light cover wear. no owner marks. (a104652)
$39.00Shear, T. Leslie. CURRENT EXCAVATIONS IN THE ATHENIAN AGORA - article in one complete issue of AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY - April - June 1936
Concord, NH 1936 first edition. Rumford. 4to wraps. Shear article pp. 323-344 with photo illustrations. Other articles in issue as well. VG, light cover wear. no owner marks. (a104651)
$35.00Dow, Sterling. NEW KINDS OF EVIDENCE FOR DATING POLYEUKTOS - article in one complete issue of AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY - Jan-March 1936
Concord, NH 1936 first edition. Rumford. 4to wraps. Dow article pp. 57-70 with 2 plates. Other articles in issue as well. Good Plus, light cover wear; no owner marks. (a104650b)
$35.00Stillwell, Richard. EXCAVATIONS AT CORINTH 1934-1935 - article in one complete issue of AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY - Jan-March 1936
Concord, NH 1936 first edition. Rumford. 4to wraps. Stillwell article pp. 21-45 with 2 plates. Other articles in issue as well. Good Plus, light cover wear. no owner marks. (a104650a)
$35.00Milloss, Aurelio M.. PRESENTATION OF THE BOOK - IL SOGNO DEL COREODRAMMA SALVATORE VIGNAO, POETA MUTO - DREAM OF A CHOREODRAMA. SALVATORE VIGANO, SILENT POET
Reggio Emilia 1984. Teatro Municipale R. Valli. 12mo., 17pp., In English. wraps. VG. cover unevenly faded. no owner marks. (a104660)
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