1852. HUC, M. RECOLLECTIONS OF A JOURNEY THROUGH TARTARY, THIBET, AND CHINA, DURING THE YEARS 1844, 1845, AND 1846. (Appleton's Popular Library). New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1852. Later printing, complete in two volumes. 12mo. red cloth; vol.1: 245pp. + ads, vol.2: 248pp. + ads. Spine-pieces missing. Otherwise good. .

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Book number: 40366

Catalogue: Japan and East Asia

Boston Herald and Its History

1878. BOSTON HERALD AND ITS HISTORY. 1846-1878. Boston, 1878. 8vo. 93pp. 6 plates. Brown cloth, stamped in gilt and black to front and blindstamped to rear. Moderate wear to extremities. Corners lightly bumped. Interior of front hinge starting to crack but still tight. Bookstore sticker to front pastedown, stamp to verso of frontis. Contains six heliotype plates of the interior of the New Herald building on Washington St. Scarce. .

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Catalogue: Photography

Codex Pharmacopee Francaise

1837. CODEX PHARMACOPEE FRANCAISE Redigee par Ordre du Gouvernement par une Commission Composee de Mm. les Professeurs de la Faculte de Medecine, et de l'Ecole Speciale de Pharmacie de Paris. Paris: Bechet Jeune, Libraire de la Faculte de Medecine de Paris, 1837. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 535 pp. + [4] ff. illustrated ads for glass and porcelain lab vessels. This pharmacopeia replaced the Codex of 1818. The "Commission de redaction" was headed by Orfila and included Andral, Caventou, Pelletier, and Soubeiran (all cited in Garrison-Morton). Ex-library, stamps on pastedown, title page and following leaf, and a small label on the copyright page. Half leather and marbled boards, rubbed. Dampstain to lower corner of last third of text leaves; else internally very good. Despite these defects, the book appears rather pleasing. .

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Catalogue: Medicine and Science

INDEPENDENT 1924-1925

Independent 1924-1925

1924. (INDEPENDENT 1924-1925). THE INDEPENDENT 1924-1925. We offer a lot consisting of about 180 typewritten sheets with many additions in holograph, part of the type-setter's copy for various issues of THE INDEPENDENT from Sept. 1924 through Jan. 1925. In several cases the manuscripts differ slightly from the printed versions. The lot comprises: about 80 pages of book reviews (titles reviewed range from Huxley's LITTLE MEXICAN to Babbitt's DEMOCRACY AND LEADERSHIP); 50 pages of feature articles (analyses of the 1924 Presidential Campaign, "Distinguished Realities--What Modern Novelists are Seeking," etc..); 40 pages of editorials, notes on contributors, letters to the editor; and about ten pages of tables of contents, advertising for the subsequent issues, etc.. A large part of the material is for the issue of Sept. 27, 1924, a "Special Fall Book Number." THE INDEPENDENT was a journal published in Boston weekly or fortnightly from 1848 to 1928. Dealing particularly with politics and economics, it was also concerned with cultural and environmental issues. Its advertising stresses the paper's "middle ground", unprejudiced standpoint. The lot is in good condition, with only the wear to be expected from the nature of the material. .

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Ladies Dispensatory

1740. THE LADIES DISPENSATORY: or, Every Woman her own Physician. Treating of the Natures, Causes, and various Symptoms of all the Diseases, Infirmities, and Disorders, natural or contracted, that most particularly affect the Fair Sex, in all their different Situations of Life, as Maids, Married Women, and Widows. London: James Hodges, 1740. Second edition. (The first edition appears to be printed without a date; but Wellcome notes a listing for the title in London Magazine for February 1739.) 12mo. xvi, 324, [8] pp. Contemporary full calf, rubbed, with small loss and 3/4 inch cracks at head of spine. Some foxing and soil. Slight worming to corner margin of pp. 180-215. Overall, a solid and appealing copy of a scarce title. An amazing variety of dreadful female conditions were thought to be due to hysteria, and treated with elaborate recipes. (Wellcome III, p. 428). .

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Book number: 87028

Catalogue: Medicine and Science

Keywords: Women

Lectures D'Un Pere a Son Fils

1828. LECTURES D'UN PERE A SON FILS ou Choix de Lectures Instructives, destine a l'education des jeunes gens. Par un Professeur de l'Universite. Paris, a la Libraire de la Jeunesse, chez Eugene Balland, 1828. 8vo. 262pp. Edifying readings on history, religion, morality, natural history, etc. by a "University Professor" to his son. With fine engraved title (dated 1827) and frontispiece, the latter crudely hand-colored, probably by a juvenile owner. Four pages of ads list the titles in the series "Libraire de la Jeunesse." Contemporary tree-calf, worn at extremities, with half-inch loss to foot of spine. Lightly foxed throughout. (3 copies in OCLC). .

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Book number: 77421

Pharmacopeia Nosocomii Regii Edinburgensis

1795. PHARMACOPEIA NOSOCOMII REGII EDINBURGENSIS [The Medications used in the Royal Edinburgh Infirmary]. Edinburgh, 1795. 12mo. vi,63pp. This pharmacopeia is divided into three parts: a list of "simples" (single substances, mostly herbs), a list of mixed medications with recipes, and dosage ("posologia") instructions. The introduction gives weights, and cautions the practitioner against dispensing without careful measurement. The Royal Infirmary was founded in 1729, and is the oldest "voluntary (private non-profit) hospital" in Scotland. Tree-calf; front board and blank pulling loose, almost detached. Extremities worn; library stamps on endpaper and verso of title. .

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Book number: 87013

Catalogue: Medicine and Science

Pharmacopoea Hispana

1794. PHARMACOPOEA HISPANA. Madrid, Typographia Ibarriana, 1794. First edition. Engraved title. xiv, 212, [22],16 pp. 8vo. full leather that is rubbed and edgeworn, with small losses at spine ends, and shaken. Beautifully printed on fine paper. Internally fine except for library markings, which are limited to the front pastedown and title page. Contemporary ink signature, of Manuel Gorgullo, at the end of errata. (Wellcome IV, p. 370). .

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Book number: 87000

Catalogue: Medicine and Science

Valuable Secrets Concerning Arts and Trades

1795. VALUABLE SECRETS CONCERNING ARTS AND TRADES or, Approved Directions from the Best Artists, for the Various Methods of engraving on Brass, Copper or Steel, of the Composition of Metals and Varnishes.. etc. etc. Norwitch, Thomas Hubbard, 1795. Octavo. xxii,240pp. First American Edition. Ex-lib stamp on front pastedown and title page. Everything from engraving and painting to lost-wax casting of bronze to making jams and whipped cream. Leather, quite worn. Front board and endpaper detached. .

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Book number: 87004

(DEUTSCH, BABETTE, ET AL...)

Varied Harvests

1953. (DEUTSCH, Babette, et al). VARIED HARVESTS. A Miscellany of Writings by Barnard College Women. Edited by Amy Loveman, Frederica Barach and Marjorie M. Mayer. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, (1953). Contributor Helen Puner's copy, with ink ownerhsip and material from author laid in. First edition. 8vo. blue cloth. Slight soiling at boards. Else, near fine, in worn, price-clipped dust jacket. With contributions from Babette Deutsch, Margeret Mead, Helen Gahagan Douglas and Winnifred Welles, among others. .

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Book number: 42060

LEE, PAUL A. AND RALPH METZNER, EDS

Psychedelic Review

1963. LEE, Paul A. and Ralph Metzner, eds. THE PSYCHEDELIC REVIEW. Volume 1, No. 2, Fall 1963. Cambridge, MA: The Psychedelic Review, 1963. Wrappers. Slight soil to wraps, else fine. .

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Book number: 81357

ABAA

Rare Books First Editions Autographs & Manuscripts

1963. ABAA. RARE BOOKS FIRST EDITIONS AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS, 9th Cooperative Catalogue of Members of the Middle Atlantic Chapter of the Antiquarian Bookseller's Ass'n of America. NP, ND [1963]. 8vo. wrappers. Ink to front wrapper; wrappers lightly stained, sunned and soiled. Interesting early ABAA piece, in about very good condition. .

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Book number: 73522

ABBE, ELFRIEDE

Aesop's Fables

1950. ABBE, Elfriede, illus. AESOP'S FABLES. Retold, illustrated with woodcuts, and printed by Elfriede Abbe. Ithaca N.Y.: [n.p.], 1950. One of 500 numbered copies. Inscribed presentation from the author. Small folio, illustrated paper covered boards. A very good copy that shows some soiling and a few small spots of dampstaining at the boards and slight sunning at the spine. Offsetting at endpapers. .

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Book number: 48721

ABBOT, ABIEL

Genealogical Register of the Descendants of George Abbot of Andover

1842. ABBOT, Rev. Abiel and Rev. Ephraim ABBOT. A GENEALOGICAL REGISTER OF THE DESCENDANTS OF GEORGE ABBOT, OF ANDOVER, GEORGE ABBOT, OF ROWLEY, THOMAS ABBOT, OF ANDOVER, ARTHUR ABBOT, OF IPSWICH, ROBERT ABBOT, OF BRANFORD, CT. - AND GEORGE ABBOT, OF NORWALK, CT. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1842. xx + 197 pp. 8vo. brown ribbed cloth with printed paper spine label. Spine slightly worn at heel and crown, and light rubbing to cloth. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown, and ink gift inscription to front flyleaf. Very good, interior clean and tight. .

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ABBOTT, JOHN S. C.

Confidential Correspondence of the Emperor Napoleon and the Empress

1857. ABBOTT, John S. C. CONFIDENTIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON AND THE EMPRESS JOSEPHINE: Including letters from the time of their marriage until the death of Josephine, and also several private letters from the emperor to his brother Joseph, and other important personages. With numerous illustrative notes and anecdotes. New York: Published by Mason Brothers, 1857. First edition. viii,[9]-404 + [4] adv. pp. 12mo. publisher's red cloth, gilt-stamped title to spine and blind-stamped pattern on sides, yellow endpapers. Binding is slightly askew and has darkened a little on spine, with a couple of small worn spots on upper board. Text leaves show mostly light foxing throughout and one signature is partially sprung. Nonetheless, it is a sound, good-plus copy. .

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ABBOTT, JACOB

Cousin Lucy on the Sea-Shore

1842. [ABBOTT, Jacob]. COUSIN LUCY ON THE SEA-SHORE. Boston: B.B. Mussey, 1842. First edition. Slightly over-opened, with a little foxing and some spotting to the cloth. Overall, a very good and attractive copy. Ill.: FE.

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Catalogue: Children

ABBOTT, JACOB

Harper's Story Books

1857. ABBOTT, Jacob. HARPER'S STORY BOOKS. A Series of Narratives, Dia-logues, Biographies and Tales for the Instruction and Entertainment of the Young. Embellished with Numerous and Beautiful Engravings. Volume 10. New York: Harper and Brothers, (1857). First edition. There is a bookplate on the front pastedown and a name stamped on the flyleaf, as well as an ink number. This is a near fine copy in decorated boards. Ill.: FE.

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Book number: 81382

Catalogue: Children

ABBOTT, JOHN S. C.

History of Hernando Cortez

1855. ABBOTT, John S. C. HISTORY OF HERNANDO CORTEZ. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1855. First edition. Inscribed presentation copy to "Mr. Chase from his friend the Author March 6, 1856." Illustrated with full-color title page and engravings. 12mo. red cloth, gilt. Moderate rubbing and edgewear; shallow loss to spine extremities. Clean within. Good plus. [Sabin 37]. .

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ABERNETHY, JOHN

Surgical Observations

1811. ABERNETHY, John. SURGICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL ORIGIN AND TREATMENT OF LOCAL DISEASES; AND ON ANEURISMS. ON DISEASES RESEMBLING SYPHILIS; AND ON DISEASES OF THE URETHRA. Philadelphia: Printed for Thomas Dobson; Fry and Kammerer, Printer, 1811. Offered with: SURGICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE INJURIES OF THE HEAD; AND ON MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS. Philadelphia: Printed for Thomas Dobson; Fry and Kammerer, Printer, 1811. First American edition of each, originally published at London in 1809 and 1810 respectively. Two octavo volumes. Uniformly bound in contemporary full calf, with a red morocco label and gilt number at spines. Text leaves of Vol. 1 are age-browned, with some foxing and a few dog-eared corners; the half-title and title-page each have a small puncture. Vol. 2 has an "Explanation of the Plate" at p. 105; however, there is no plate (nor any sign of one). Otherwise, it is quite clean with negligible scattered foxing. The bindings are moderately soiled, stained and rubbed overall. Vol. 1 has bit of worming at heel, the upper joint is just starting, and a quarter-size patch of leather is missing from the upper board. It is unusual to see both volumes together. Very good overall. (Shaw & Shoemaker 22138). Garrison & Morton, nos. 2928 and 5584, regarding the London Lonngman edition of 1809: A pupil of John Hunter, Abernethy (1764-1831) became a leading surgeon in London. He was most industrious and it is said that not even on his wedding day did he fail to give his usual daily lecture at St. Bartholomew's Hospital. D'Arcy Power found his book Surgical Observations on the Constitutional Origin and Treatment of Local Diseases; and on Aneurisms to be epoch-making; it contains a record of the first successful ligation of of the external iliac artery for aneurysm, an operation carried out by Abernathy in 1796. .

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Book number: 72370

Catalogue: Medicine and Science

ABOUT, EDMOND

Mariages de Paris

1887. ABOUT, Edmond, 1826-1885. LES MARIAGES DE PARIS. (STIKEMAN binding). Paris: A. Lahure pour Les Amis des Livres, 1887. 8vo. [vi]565. With frontispiece and 52 plates in two states, and numerous vignettes in the text, all drawn by Piguet and engraved on wood by Huyot. Number 6 of 100 copies for subscribers on china paper, out of an edition of 115. This one was for Monsieur Henri Beraldi, well-known bibliophile, publisher, president of the Societe des Amis des Livres. and author of books on French printmakers of the 19th century, with his name printed under the number. Six stories by a witty commentator on the mores of his time. (Carteret 1946: IV, p.41.) Dark blue crushed morocco with gilt lettering and five raised bands to spine. Dentelles intricately gilt, with the label "Stikeman & Co." Marbled end papers; original printed wrappers bound-in. T.e.g. Lovely condition, but for slight wear to the surface of the lower board, and barely visible split to paper of inner front hinge. .

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Book number: 88845

ABRAMS, BARNEY

Technique of Fashion Layout

1949. ABRAMS, Barney. THE TECHNIQUE OF FASHION LAYOUT. New York: Harper & Brothers, (1949). Review copy. HC w/dj. Very good plus in a moderately soiled and edgeworn dust jacket. .

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Book number: 69838

PHILLIPS ACADEMY

Phillips Academy Pot Pourri 1923-1924

1924. [ANDOVER, MASS. - PHILLIPS ACADEMY] PHILLIPS ACADEMY POT POURRI 1923-1924. 188 + [18] pp. + advertisements. 4to. black cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Corners gently bumped, minor shelfwear. Owner's pencil signature on front flyleaf, else a clean copy, bright internally. Some of the advertisements are illustrated; the seniors and "middlers" are each represented with a thumbnail portrait (halftone photo reproductions). There are also photographs of the sports teams, societies (houses only) and clubs. Near fine overall. .

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Book number: 81211

PHILLIPS ACADEMY

Phillips Academy Pot Pourri 1923

1923. [ANDOVER, MASS. - PHILLIPS ACADEMY] PHILLIPS ACADEMY POT POURRI 1923. 178 + [18] pp. + advertisements. 4to. black pebbled cloth stamped in (faded) gilt and blind. Corners gently bumped. Owners ink signature on front flyleaf, else a clean copy, bright internally. Some of the advertisements are illustrated; the seniors and "middlers" are each represented with a thumbnail portrait (halftone photo reproductions). There are also photographs of the sports teams, societies (houses only) and clubs. Near fine overall. .

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Book number: 81210

BRITISH ACADEMY

Proceedings of the British Academy: Index to Volumes I-XX (1901-1934)

1937. BRITISH ACADEMY. PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY: Index to Volumes I-XX (1901-1934). London: Humphrey Milford, [c. 1937]. 8vo. maroon cloth. Ex-library. Soil to cloth, but internally, clean and bright. Very good. .

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Book number: 66242

ACCUM, FREDERICK

Practical Essay on the Analysis of Minerals

1809. BY AND EARLY PROPONENT OF FOOD SAFETY AND CONSUMER AWARENESS ACCUM, Frederick. A PRACTICAL ESSAY ON THE ANALYSIS OF MINERALS, exemplifying the best methods of analysing ores, earths, stones, inflammable fossils, and mineral substances in general. Philadelphia: Published by Kimber & Conrad.. and Benjamin & Thomas Kite.. 1809. Brown & Merritt, printers. First American, from the first London edition of 1804. A frontispiece and one other copperplate, both engraved by Tanner, of apparatus. Pp. xxiv, [25]-236. 12mo. contemporary paper boards with a paper spine, and a paper spine label. Ex library, but with minimal markings: a perforated stamp to the title leaf and the first leaf of text and a couple of ink stamps in margins. The binding shows general wear all over, with the lower board foxed. The boards are firmly attached despite superficial cracks along joints. Text is nicely printed and clean for the most part, with foxing to endpapers and fly leaves. Accum (1769-1838), a German-born and educated chemist, emigrated to London in 1793 to serve an apprenticeship and to continue his scientific studies, where he stayed and worked for most of his professional career. Although he never made any significant contributions to pure chemistry, his contributions to technical and industrial chemistry were important: he did much to promote the introduction of gas lighting, and to alert the public to the dangers of food adulteration and the dubious methods and fraudulent claims of some merchants. Like Humphry Davy and other contemporaries, Accum became a popular lecturer and author of books to accompany his courses in practical chemistry, pharmacy, and mineralogy, such as this PRACTICAL ESSAY ON THE ANALYSIS OF MINERALS. (Shaw & Shoemaker 16788; Oxford DNB). .

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Book number: 89046

Catalogue: Medicine and Science