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1880. 2 x 3.75 inches, no place, no date, circa 1880. Signed in full by the physician known for his research separating the diagnosis and treatment of typhus and typhoid. Very good condition. More
1880. 2 x 3.75 inches, no place, no date, circa 1880. Signed in full by the physician known for his research separating the diagnosis and treatment of typhus and typhoid. Very good condition. More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1906. Two volumes. Illustrated abundantly in black and white and in color -- several fold out maps. xxviii, xvi, 1183 pages. Thick 8vos, green cloth with decorative gilt-stamped spines (light wear and discoloration, page edges spotted). New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1906. Internally clean and tight. A very good set. With an appendix on the flora of Liberia by Dr. Otto Stapf. More
London: Keliher, 1904. 2 vols., original red cloth, spines sunned & spotted; rear covers soiled but internally clean. London: Keliher & Co., 1904. New Edition. More
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1925. Illustrated. 343pp. small bookplate, 8vo, gilt-decorated blue cloth. Philadephia: Lippincott, (1925). Second Edition, Revised. Very good (+). More
London: John Murray, 1865. 109 pages, slim 8vo, original red cloth, spine and joints neatly repaired. London: John Murray, 1865. First Edition. Ownership signature on title, still a good copy. More
London: Humphrey Milford, 1933. 94pp. Slim 12mo, blue cloth (one white spotson front cover, previous owner's name on front inside cover, otherwise near fine). London: Humphrey Milford & Oxford University Press, 1933. More
New York: Philadelphia & London, 1928. Illustrated in black and white. 300 pages. 8vo, red cloth. New York: Philadelphia & London, (1928). A very good(+) copy-- minor wear on boards, spine lightly sunned. More
Rupell Square: 1824. 3 pages, Rupell Square, Nov. 23, 1824. The first two pages (front and back) are lightly toned and measure 7 x 4.5 inches. The third page is cropped to 5,24 x 4 inches and dry-mounted. Signed "Tho Lawrence," this letter expresses regret for being unable to meet with a couple and attempts to arrange a future rendez-vous, in part: "...I am very sorry that from early and unavoidable engagements tomorrow, I am obliged to postpone the pleasure..... More
B/w illustrations, 265pp., 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w.; small library stamp printed on front & back endpapers. New York: Harper & Row, (1968). Very good copy with good d.w. More
New York: Appleton, 1870. 5 plates + text illustrations. 8vo, blue pebbled cloth, spine stamped pictorially in gold; (some wear at top of spine, and 1 inch strip missing from the bottom). New York: Appleton, 1870. First American Edition. Save for the binding fault, a clean, tight copy of an uncommon book. More
London: John Murray, 1849. Text Illus. 2 Vols. 12mo, original blind stamped brown cloth, spines worn on both volumes with volume II lacking lower half of backstrip, cloth lightly soiled on volume II, edges of corners bumped and worn on both volumes, inner hinge strengthened on volume II, some pages lightly creased on top right corner of text in both volumes. London: John Murray, 1849. First Edition "More than half of the two volumes published in 1849 pertain to the..... More
London: Froude, 1923. Illustrated, tall 8vo, original burgundy cloth, faded and with light staining on bottom edge of front cover, private bookplate and several small ex-library stamps, partially eradicated. London: Frowde and Hodder, (1923). Very Good. One of the "sterling" books of Mackenzie, the eminent student of the clinical condition of the heart. GM 2897. More
Philadelphia: Carey Lea, 1835. Comprising a View of the Reign of James II from His Accession, to the Enterprise of the Prince of Orange. 752pp., thick 8vo, contemporary half calf with marbled boards and raised bands. Bookplate, some light foxing. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1835. Very good. First American edition. More
London: 1930. Frontis, London, (c. 1930). More
London: Pickering, 1887. Edited, Annotated, and Illustrated in Facsimile by John Ashton. 289 pages with untrimmed edges. 4to, Original pale blue boards (rubbed and somewhat discolored) with vellum spine. London: Pickering, 1887. Limited edition. Endpapers a bit foxed otherwise a beautiful pristine copy. Number 28 of 100 copies printed in Large Paper. Based on a reprint of the unique Pynson edition, the oldest English printed version extant, in the Grenville Library of the British Museum. "...Grenville and Dibdin believe [the..... More
Birmingham: Classics of Medicine, 1984. 2 color plates, 88 black & white text illustrations. xvi + 607 pages, 12mo, full leather, decoratively gilt, a.e.g. Birmingham: The Classics of Medicine Library, (1984). A fine copy. "Manson has been called the 'father of modern tropical medicine.' He had vast experience of disease in the Tropics and himself made many valuable contributions to the knowledge of this subject." GM 2266. Facsimiles of the London, 1898 edition. More
Oxford: Clarendon, 1935. ix + 231pp., 8vo, red cloth; lightly chipped at head of spine. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1935. A very good copy. More
London: Folio Society, 1969. Ed. by Gordon Donaldson. Illustrated in color. Tall thin 8vo, green gilt-stamped green cloth; spine faded and with one light stain on front cover. London: Folio Society, 1969. Internally clean, a very good(-) copy, lacking the slipcase. More
London: John Camden Hotten, 1874. Illustrated half title in first volume & frontispiece portrait in second. 2 volumes. Small 8vo, rebound in brown cloth with black leather spine labels. London: John Camden Hotten, [1874]. New Edition. Near Fine. The three collections of poems are faithfully reprinted with the memoirs of Mennis and Smith. A facsimile reprint of Thomas Park's edition of 1817. More
London: Metheun, 1899. Frontispiece portrait, 319 illustrations including 9 photogravures, 2 vols., original blue gilt-decorated cloth, t.e.g.; (cover on vol. II a bit buckled, some foxing throughout). London: Methuen, 1899. Very good., More
London: Macmillan, 1927. 337 pages. 8vo, dark blue cloth with gilt lettered spine, brown printed dust wrapper (largely intact but rubbed at extremities and with some chipping). London: Macmillan, 1927. First edition. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. Signed by the author on the front endpaper. Scarce. First edition of the famous industrialist's speeches and philosophy of the revolutionary economic and political changes of his time. The son of a leading industrialist, Alfred Moritz Mond would eventually..... More
Norwalk: Scott-thaw, 1903. Beautiful mezzotint frontispiece portrait of More from that of Hans Holbein. Small folio, rebound as the original with the original labels, two-toned brown and tan cloth, paper spine and cover labels. xii, 265+(1) pages.Translated from the Latin by Ralph Robynson. Also includes a collection of More's letters with letters from More to his daughter Margaret Roper while imprisoned in the Tower of London with "certain other letters." Rubricated text. New York: Privately printed for the Scott-Thaw Company..... More
Cheslin: 1840. Fine content A.L.S. 8vo. 3 pages, Cheslin, September 21st 1840, written just as his last volume of The History of the Peninsula War was released to the public, giving his recollections of two fellow officers who were killed in the Battle of Nivelle, written in a very difficult to read hand, in part: "...I thank you for the kind information as to the satisfaction of Colonel Lloyd... I was deeply affected by his death... for we had been..... More
London: Chapman Hall, 1851. Illustrated sepia frontispiece with tissue-guard, 12 tinted plates depicting perspective views, 3 maps of which 2 are folding. 415 pages, slight age toning. Handsomely rebound in full brown blind stamped calf, red leather spine label, marbled page edges. First edition. William Napier was the brother of Charles Napier, who had conquered and administered Sindh and been a leading figure in British India. More
1880. 3 pages, each fold-out spread measuring 7 x 8.75 inches, no place, no date, circa 1880. Written to a Mrs. Jamison, with sincere apologies for a miscommunication, in large part: "I am afraid between Leharf and myself you were treated very uncourteously last week in regard to the Salisbury Meeting. But I must say in my own defense that I did not understand from his note that he had deputed me to answer it, and, not having any information..... More
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