Science, Medicine & Technology
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London: John Limbird, 1831. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. pp iv, 312, indexed. illustrated with tissued frontis of Liverpool Station and 18 other engravings related to science and technology, including a locomotive, botanic microscope, and bread making machine. Contemporary blue cloth with paper spine label. Spine lean, light general shelfwear... (Item #15213)
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Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 1968. Soft cover. Very Good. 470 pp, with numerous photographs, charts, and diagrams (several folding). Minor cover wear. Tight binding, unmarked text. Presents the science data derived from the lunar soft-landing missions and the scientific analyses conducted by the Surveyor Scientific... (Item #11554)
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Birmingham, AL: Classics of Medicine Library, 1987. Hardcover. Near Fine. Facsimile reprint of the 1848 edition, translated from the Arabic by William Alexander Greenhill. Bound in full brown leather with marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, gilt design on spine and front, ribbon bookmark. A very near fine copy, with mild... (Item #12781)
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Boston: Timothy Dedlington, 1829. Hardcover. Very good. First American edition, "from the last London edition, with notes." 8vo, pp [viii] [5]-559. Contemporary full calf with red spine label. A very good copy with some scuffing to boards.Binding sound, hinges secure, text clean. Contemporary (1831 and 1833) signatures of Josphy W.... (Item #18327)
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Arthur H. Thomas Company, 1921. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9" - 12" tall. Illustrated trade catalogue, 8 x 11.5 inches. 619 pp devoted to laboratory apparatus, followed by index and price list (71 pp), followed by 104 pp devoted to reagents (for analysis, bacteriology, microscopy and metallurgy), followed... (Item #12402)
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Mexico: Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia, 1979. Soft Cover. Very good. 160 pp. Covers lightly rubbed. Binding tight, text clean. Spanish language. (Item #13781)
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Cornwall: D. Bradford Barton, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. 285 pp + foldouts, with illustrations, appendices, index. Light soiling and spotting to edges of text block; contents clean and sound. Dust jacket shows light shelf wear and soiling, some nibbling at edges and folds. A.... (Item #1207)
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London: J. and A. Churchill, 1878. Hardcover. Very good. Fourth edition, "much enlarged." xxxi, 539 pp + author's catalogue; indexed. Extensively illustrated with wood engravings. Boards and corners rubbed, light foxing to title page and first few leaves; binding sound and text clean. Includes chapters on examining tissues, preserving specimens... (Item #2703)
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Brooklyn, NY: Chemical Publishing Co. 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 307 pp, indexed, bound in red cloth. Boards rubbed at the extremities. Binding sound, text clean. An impressive compendium of recipes for household products, food and beverage products, cosmetics, and medicinal and veterinary preparations. (Item #13631)
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Philadelphia: Solomon W. Conrad (Joseph Rakestraw, Printer), 1818. Hardcover. Very good. Fourth edition. 3.5" x 5.5", pp. vii, 160, (2) publisher's ads. Two folding plates (one the frontispiece, both astronomical) and 8 additional plates. Contemporary full calf with black spine label. Early ownership markings "Cara J. Carter, Boston, Mass" on... (Item #15216)
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Washington: Government Printing Office, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 9" x 11", 98 pp + 38 leaves of plates, with an additional 26 figures in the text. Original black cloth, signficantly soiled and rubbed. First page of introduction detached (but present), rest of first gathering loosening, dampstain to last 30... (Item #18681)
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Copenhagen: Rhodos, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. fine in a very good dust jacket. Two volume set, pp 331, 252; extensively illustrated. Both volumes in fine condition. Dust jackets show minor shelfwear. With original cardboard slipcase, which is fairly worn. Brunes expounds on his theory that there was an "occult geometric... (Item #19061)
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London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 1926. Hardcover. Near fine. Two volumes, pp xv, 207; 235, with bibliography and index, 2 small maps on one page. 5.5 x 8 inches, in original green cloth. No dust jackets. Minimal rubbing to extremities, slight foxing to first few pages of Volume... (Item #15954)
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London: E. & F.N. Spon, 1868. Hardcover. Very good. Second edition. pp.vii, 304, 16 (ads), illustrated with 99 figures in the text. Publisher's green cloth with beveled edges, gilt stamping on front board and spine. Lower corners rubbed through, mild rubbing to spine ends, title page somewhat browned. All else... (Item #15207)
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Edinburgh and London: W. M'William and P. Brown; Ogles, Duncan and Cochran; T. Underwood, 1816. Hardcover. Very good_. 4.5 x 7.75 inches, in original paper-covered boards with mounted paper label. Some staining to front board and endpapers, paper over front hinge cracked, about one-third of spine covering lost. Text and... (Item #15155)
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Choulant, Ludwig; Garrison, Fielding;Frank, Mortimer; Streeter, Edward; Singer, Charles
New York: Hafner Publishing, 1962. Hardcover. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Reprint of the revised edition of 1945, translated by Mortimer Frank, with additional essays by the other listed authors and a bibliography of Mortimer Frank by J. Christian Bay. 435 pp, indexed and illustated. Bound in green... (Item #13981)
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Goose and Sons, 1974. Hardcover. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Revised edition (first published 1960). 390 pp, indexed, illustrated with more than 500 photos and line drawings. 8.5 x 11 inches. Very mild spine slant, else a fine copy. Dust jacket is lightly rubbed and has a.... (Item #14040)
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Washington, D.C. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 1969. Soft cover. Very Good. NASA Technical Note (TN) D-5231. 18 pp, stapled wrappers. Original address label from mailing (to Wright Patterson Air Force Base Aerospace Research Laboratories) on back cover; initials on front cover. Otherwise unmarked, with minimal wear. (Item #11465)
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Edinburgh and London: Oliver and Boyd, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good in a Good dust jacket. Seventh edition. 159 pp, with 30 figures. Lacking rear free endpaper; otherwise a very good copy, with no markings and minimal wear. Dust jacket has some creasing and short tears. (Item #11713)
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New York: The MacMillan Company, 1934. Hardcover. Good. 427 pp, with illustrations, bibliography, index of names, index of subjects, foldout of hypertension case studies. Diseases included: neurocirculatory asthenia, hyperthyroidism, peptic ulcer, epilepsy, diabetes, kinetic diseases, psychoneurosis, and hypertension. Discusses presentation and treatment and includes case histories. Boards generally worn; contents... (Item #147)
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London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a very good dust jacket. 378 pp, with index, bibliography, maps (2 folding, 1 double-page), illustrations. Errata slip laid in. A fine, as-new copy in original black cloth stamped in gilt. Dust jacket has some uneven age-toning and a.... (Item #14397)
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Washington, D.C. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 1969. Soft cover. Very Good. NASA Technical Note (TN) D-5271. 36 pp, stapled wrappers. Original address label from mailing (to Wright Patterson Air Force Base Aerospace Research Laboratories) on back cover; initials on front cover. Otherwise unmarked, with minimal wear. (Item #11466)
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New York: McGraw-Hill, 1950. Hardcover. Near fine. Fifth impression (as indicated by "v" on copyright page). 451 pp, in original blue cloth boards. Corners lightly bumped, minor soiling to fore edge. Binding tight, text unmarked. No dust jacket. An early discussion of the mechanical devices and electrical circuits that can... (Item #15951)
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Beverly Hills, CA: Glencoe Press, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 342 pp, indexed and illustrated. "Station 1" written on front board, front hinge wobbly. Binding otherwise sound, text unmarked. No dust jacket. (Item #14208)
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Halifax: Milner and Company, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 127 pp, illustrated, in publisher's red cloth. Light edgewear, some puckering of cloth near the spine. Previous owner's signature on front free endpaper and (presumably also the owner's) fingerprints on front and rear pastedowns. Henry Faulds (1843-1930), a Scottish physician... (Item #18638)
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