1960. 6 x 4 inch black-and-white head shot of Bunche dressed in a suit and tie -- no place, no date, circa 1960. Signed in the wide bottom margin: "With best wishes, Ralph Bunche." Double-matted in gray and white and set in a black frame measuring 10.25 x 8.25 inches. Fine. American political scientist, academic, and diplomat who received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for his late 1940s mediation in Israel and was involved in the formation of the United..... More
Liverpool: Thomas, 1958. 3 plates, one in color, 17 text illustrations. 108pp. 8vo, black cloth; ex-libris plate. Liverpool: Thomas, 1958. First Edition. Near Fine. Biography of the great English physiologist who shared the 1932 Nobel Prize for his work on the nervous system. More
Berlin: August Hirschwald, 1904. xii, 776 pages. Thick 8vo, bound in simple red cloth with gilt-lettered spine. A work consisting of 38 reports published between 1899 and 1904, many of which were co-authored with Julius Morgenroth and Hans Sachs. Berlin: August Hirschwald, 1904. First edition. A near fine copy. Ehrlich would later share a Nobel prize for physiology and medicine with Elie Mechnikov in 1908 for his work on immunology. -- GM 2559; Heirs of Hippocrates 2158. More
New York: Garland, 1990. xviii + 595 pages, 8vo, cloth; bookplate inside front cover, edges spotted. New York: Garland Publishing, 1990. Large dampstain to rear free endpaper and running through the last few pages of index, otherwise text clean, covers sound, a very good(-) copy. More
New York: Norton, 2010. 742 pages. Thick 8vo, two tone boards, d.w. (light wear at head). New York: Norton, (2010). First American Edition. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
1927. Dated signature from Italian novelist and poet Luigi Pirandello. Framed with clipped image. Please inquire for more information. Luigi Pirandello was an Italian dramatist, novelist, poet, and short story writer whose greatest contributions were his plays. He was awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his bold and ingenious revival of dramatic and scenic art". Pirandello's works include novels, hundreds of short stories, and about 40 plays, some of which are written in Sicilian. Pirandello's tragic farces are..... More
Egypt: 1974. Two rare and seldom seen official holiday greeting cards (unsigned), printed by the Egyptian government for official use by President Anwar Sadat. The first, from 1974-1975, measures 5.5 x 8 inches and depicts a Muslim-stained glass image and an embossed Egyptian Heraldic Eagle Coat of Arms on the cover. Mounted inside is a separate sheet that reads (in English and Arabic), "President Anwar El Sadat extends his best wishes for Christmas & New Year." Arguably the most desirable..... More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1951. Frontis. 620pp., 8vo, cloth; ex-lib, library markings and pastedowns throughout. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, (1951). A very good (-) copy. More
New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1929. Frontis and other b/w photographs. 353 pages. 8vo, dark blue boards. New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, (1929). First edition. A very good copy--boards scuffed, sunning to spine, a touch of foxing and creasing to title page. More
1957. Handwritten Signed Letter from Albert Schweitzer to an acquaintance in the United States in 1957. Framed alongside a print of Schweitzer on a river from one of his missions in Africa. Please inquire for more information. Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer was a German and French polymath from Alsace. He was a theologian, organist, musicologist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician. As a Lutheran minister, Schweitzer challenged both the secular view of the historical Jesus as depicted by the historical-critical method..... More
New York: Plenum Trade, 1998. Illustrated with b/w photos. 277 pages. New York: Plenum Trade, (1998). A very good(+) copy--light foxing to outer edges--in a very good wrapper. More
1940. Scarce signed photograph: "G.H. Whipple", black and white, paper stock, 8" X 10", a shoulder-up image of Dr. Whipple dressed in a laboratory coat and grasping a microscope, c. late 1940's. Minor foxing at the lower right-hand corner otherwise in very good condition. American physician and pathologist who shared the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1934 with George Richards Minot and William Parry Murphy; for their discoveries concerning liver therapy in cases of anemia. More
Amsterdam: 1915. Very scarce World War I A.L.S. on his personal correspondence card, with political content, 5.25" x 4", Amsterdam, November 15th 1915, in German (translated), to radical Dutch poet and writer Nico Van Suchtelen, in full: "In reply to your message and circular letter. I must inform you that I oppose to take a seat in the 'Committee of Propaganda and to co-sign the circular letter." *We are able to locate additional correspondence between Zeeman and Van Suchtelen in..... More
Dear Argosy, the book has already arrived well in (old) Amsterdam! It's indeed a very nice piece. Many thanks & best regards to New York.
I received my philosophy text on Saturday. It is in very good condition. I appreciate - and thank you for - your prompt, courteous, professional attention to my request. Hoping to see you when I visit Argosy in the near future.