The Physiological Basis of Medical Practice:. A University of Toronto Text in Applied Physiology
by Best, Charles Herbert; Taylor, Norman Burke
Baltimore, MD: William Wood and Company, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. No DJ as Issued. First Edition. Hardcover. Light shelf/edge wear, touch of toning to textblock edges, two moisture spots at top of textblock, owner signature at front pastedown, else tight, bright and unmarred. Black cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, in blind decorative elemetns, frontispiece.... Read More
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Church Poems [Design Binding]
by Betjeman, John; Piper, John [illus.]; Brockman, Stuart [binder]
London: John Murray Ltd, 1981. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Drop-Spine Archival Box. Limited Edition. Hardcover. "Design depicts church arches and windows with the black curves and spires and church roof structure with the black ink lines. The colours used and onlays reference stained glass windows." [artist statement]. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Full transparent vellum over watercolour;... Read More
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New York Rocker [24 issues]
by Betrock, Alan, editor
New York: New York Rocker, 1980. First Edition (First Printings). Original Wraps. Very Good+. First Edition (First Printings). Original Wraps. From the Collection of Jenny Lens. February, March May, September, December, 1976 March (6), May-June (5), July-August, September/October (2), November-December (2), 1977, New Year Issue, July/Aug, 1978, Apr/May, 1979, September 1980 (24 issues). Toning, chipping to edges, smudging,... Read More
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A Home for the Heart
by Bettelheim, Bruno
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Good Dustjacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Autograph on fep. "Oliver Sacks May 1974" Formerly owned by Oliver Sacks. Mounted bookplate. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist, author, and educator. He was, in his life, celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the... Read More
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The Life of John Marshall [Complete in Four Volumes]
by Beveridge, Albert J.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. No DJ.. First Edition. Hardcover. Cornerstone work on Marshal and eminently readable. Vol. I [1916]: Frontiersman, Soldier, Lawmaker, 1755-1788. Vol. II [1916]: Politician, Diplomatist, Statesman, 1789-1801. Vol. III [1919]: Conflict and Construction, 1800-1815. Vol. IV [1919]: The Building of the Nation, 1815-1835. Minor shelf/edge... Read More
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Gunnerman
by Bigelow, Horatio
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1939. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Foreword by Colonel Harold P. Sheldon. Minor shelf/edge wear, light toning at spine, gilt toned, ownership plate at front pastedown, endpages evenly toned (typical of the issue), else tight, bright, and unmarred. Red pebbled cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, frontispiece. 8vo. 246pp.... Read More
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An International System of Electro-Therapeutics:. for Students, General Practitioners and Specialists
by Bigelow, Horatio R.
Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Co, 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. No DJ, as Issued. First Edition. Hardcover. A very handsome copy of this rather scarce volume. Very minimal shelf wear, small nick in spine, minor wear at head and heel, owner blind stamp and notation on ffep, hint of toning at text block edges, else tight,... Read More
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Hardtack and Coffee or An Unwritten Story of Army Life
by Billings, John D.
Boston: Hard Tack Publishing Co, 1901. Early Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine. No DJ.. Early Reprint. Hardcover. "The best source on the army life and feeling of a Federal soldier; this delightfully written and humorously illustrated (C.W. Reed) work has rightfully become a classic." (Nevins, Vo 1, 59p). A very handsome copy, one of the brightest we've seen. Very... Read More
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Useful Knowledge: Or a Familiar Account of the Various Productions of Nature, Mineral, Vegetable, and Animal [Three volumes]
by Bingley, Rev. William; Oliver Sacks, former owner
London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy; and Darton, Harvey, and Co., 1818. Second Edition, with considerable alterations and additions. Hardcover. Very Good+. Second Edition, with considerable alterations and additions. Hardcover. Previously owned by Oliver Sacks. Lovely set, tender care. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist, author, and educator. He was, in his life, celebrated for... Read More
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Landschaftsaquarelle Englischer Meister: Turner und seine Zeitgenossen
by Binyon, Laurence
Laupen/Bern: Iris Verlag, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ.. First Edition. Hardcover. Stiff cardstock boards with bound-on DJ. A handsome copy of this significant exhibition catalogue. Minor toning to cream boards, discrete ownership signature at ffep, else tight, bright, and unmarred. White DJ with color pictorial onlay, black and red ink lettering. 4to. 10pp... Read More
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Systeme Extra-Pyramidal et Neuroleptiques Extrapyramidal System and Neuroleptics Symposium papers [volume 20, no.2]
by Revue Canadienne de Biologie
Montreal, Canada: Revue Canadienne de Biologie, 1961. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good in Wraps. First Edition. Original Wraps. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist, author, and educator. He was, in his life, celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a... Read More
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Francisci Henr. Birnstiel Med. Doct. Civitatis Bruchsaliensis ... De Dysenteria Liber : Sistens Praeter Completam Dysenteriarum In Annis 1778. 1779. Et 1780. Epidemicarum Historiam Hujus Morbi Singularem Naturam, Causam Et Hippocraticam Medendi Methodum ; Unacum Perbrevi Morborum Intercurrentium Recensione
by Birnstiel, Franz Heinrich
Mannhemii: Schwan, et Goetz, 1786. [First edition]. Full Calf. Very Good+. [First edition]. Full Calf. J.C.G. Reuss bookplate, Professor J. C. G. Reuss, a German physician and author. Translation to English: The Book of Dysentery: Containing a Complete Epidemic History of Dysentery in the Years 1778. 1779. and 1780. The Singular Nature, Cause, and Hippocratic Method of Remedies;... Read More
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A Rogue's Memoirs
by Birrell, Augustine
London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1912. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good+ [Textblock Fine] in Good Slipcase.. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Stunning textblock. Elegant design and lovely engravings. Overall, a handsome copy. Light toning to boards, spine lightly toned, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Slipcase shows moderate wear, top edge missing, bottom edge split, light shelf/edge wear, light toning... Read More
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1400 Days:. The Civil War Day by Day
by Bishop, Chris; Drury, Ian; Gibbons, Tony
New York: Gallery Books, 1990. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ. First American Edition. Hardcover. A day by day chronology of of the civil war. A very engaging, if superficial exploration of the war. A very handsome copy. Very minor shelf wear, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows light shelf wear, else bright... Read More
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12 O'Clock News [Artist Book]
by Bishop, Elizabeth (text); Rothchild, Judith (art)
Octon, France: Verdigris, 2006. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Archival Box. Limited Edition. Hardcover. "The date of publication, according to the artist and printer, was Feb. 5, 2006, which was the third anniversary of Colin Powell's speech to the UN Security Council. Parts of that speech are printed in black on the blood red recto of the... Read More
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The Undertaker's Garland
by Bishop, John Pease; Wilson, Jr., Edmund; Artzybasheff, Boris (illus)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. No DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. Edmund Wilson's first book and Bishop's second. A collection of prose and poetry about death. Overall, a nice copy of this rather uncommon volume. Stunning illustrations. Light/moderate shelf wear (three corners through), spot of white paint at heel, spine label faded/toned (text... Read More
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Rock and Pop Timeline: How Music Changed the World Through Four Decades
by Black, Johnny
San Diego, CA: Thunder Bay Press, 2003. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good (Unprice-Clipped) DJ. First US Edition. Hardcover. From the Collection of Jenny Lens. Light bumping and shelfwear to DJ, scuffing, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Large 8vo. 320pp. Illus. (b/w, color, index). Glossy color paper boards.
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Exquisite House [Artist Book]
by Black, Leda
Ithaca, NY: Physical Language Laboratory Seven, 1998. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine in Wraps. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. "Leda Black, originally from New Mexico, moved to the DC area from Upstate New York in 2010. She studied philosophy as an undergraduate and was trained in the book arts in graduate school. She operated a letterpress printing and... Read More
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Shrew: Neither Victim nor Assassin
by Blackmore, Lynn; Jill Sutcliffe, et al.
Manchester, UK: Women and Nonviolence Study Group, 1978. First Edition. Staplebound. Near Fine in Wraps. First Edition. Staplebound. Jill Sutcliffe was a member of a study group on feminism and nonviolence which put together this issue of Shrew. In her article she looks at the links between feminist practice and a non-nuclear future. "The Feminism and Nonviolence Study... Read More
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Miss: Souvenirs of a Special Kind of Boarding School by a "Lady of Quality
by Blackeyes, Sadie [Dumarchey, Pierre (pseudonym)]
Paris: Librairie Drouint and New-Editions, 1920. First English Language Edition. Original Wraps. Good in Wraps. First English Language Edition. Original Wraps. Miss is a famed French spanking novel by Sadie Blackeyes, a pseudonym of Pierre Dumarchey, published in 1912 by Collection des Orties Blanches and illustrated with six illustrations by Louis Malteste. It is the first part of... Read More
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Commentaries on The Laws of England. With the last corrections of the author; and with notes and additions by Edward Christian. [Blackstone's Commentaries]
by Blackstone, Sir William
Portland, ME: Printed and Published by Thomas B. Wait, 1807. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good [Textblock Very Good+]. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fifth US edition, first to be printed in the [then] District of Maine. An important early Maine and law imprint. In original [presumed] bindings. Overall, a very handsome set. Light shelf/edge wear, ownership signatures at... Read More
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Images for Blairs Grave
by Blake, William; [Blake Trust]
London: William Blake Trust, 2009. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Slipcase and Fine Portfolio. Limited Edition. Hardcover. "Bound in gilt-lettered quarter deep scarlet calf over black moiré silk covered boards, deep scarlet leather label blocked in gilt to the centre of the upper board; 96pp., illustrated throughout with colour and b/w reproductions of Blake's drawings and watercolours.... Read More
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Prose and Prophecy
by Blake, William
Franklin, NH: The Hillside Press, 1964. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Printed cloth boards, frontispiece. 56x49mm. 52pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Numbered limited edition, this being 125 of 375.
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The Theosophical Glossary
by Blavatsky, H.P. (Helena)
Los Angeles, CA: Theosophy Company [Theosophical Publishing Society], 1990. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine. Reprint. Hardcover. This volume "purposes to give information on the principal Sanskrit, Pahlavi, Tibetan, Pâli, Chaldean, Persian, Scandinavian, Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Kabalistic and Gnostic words, and Occult terms generally used in Theosophical literature." "A photographic reproduction Of the Original edition, as First Issued at London,... Read More
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Memoires du Chancelier Prince de Bulow: Complete in Four Volumes
by Bloch, Henri; Roques, Paul (ed)
Paris: Librairie Plon, 1931. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good in Wraps.. First Edition. Original Wraps. Text in French. From the library of Susan Mary Alsop. Born Susan Mary Jay in Rome in 1918, she was the daughter of Peter Augustus Jay (and Susan Alexander McCook) and granddaughter of Augustus Jay (and Emily Astor Kane), both statesmen, legates... Read More
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