The Growth of Neurosurgery // The American Journal of Surgery, Vol. LXXV, No. 1, January 1948
by Browder, Jefferson [ed]
New York: American Journal of Surgery, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. Entire issue bound. Notable for its opening editorial 'The Growth of Neurosurgery'. This copy bound in cloth with the editorial title lettered at spine. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Blue cloth boards, gilt lettering, original wraps bound in. 268pp. Illus. (b/w plates).
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The Little Friend
by Brown, Abbie Farwell
Boston, MA: Houghton, 1960. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good DJ.. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Owner emboss, else tight, bright and unmarred. Glassine DJ shows very minor edgewear. Brown paper boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, printed on pale pink paper. Small 8vo. 29pp. Illus. (b/w plates).
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The Déjà Vu Experience (Essays in Cognitive Psychology)
by Brown, Alan S.
New York: Psychology Press, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First Edition. Hardcover. 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 broader audience. In doing so, he... Read More
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The Cabells and Their Kin, A Memorial Volume of History, Biography and Genealogy
by Brown, Alexander
Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First Edition. Hardcover. The "Cabell Window" (1517) is reproduces against black across two pages at the front (including original tissue guard). Arguably the most important history/geneology of the family. Richly illustrated and engagingly written. This copy with a cutsom-made overlapped cloth protective sleeve, designed not only to... Read More
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The Da Vinci Code: Special Illustrated Edition
by Brown, Dan
New York: Doubleday, 2004. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Dustjacket. First Printing. Hardcover. Tight, bright, and unmarred. DJ bright and clean. Red textured paper board, gilt lettering, frontispiece. Small 4to. 467pp. Illus. (color and b/w plates).
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Sonnets From The Portuguese
by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
London: George G. Harrap, np. Reprint. Hardcover. Good+ (Fine textblock). No DJ as Issued. Reprint. Hardcover. Repairable damage to hinge notwithstanding, a lovely fine binding by Rivière. A wonderful volume in hand. Minor shelf wear, front hinge shows partial split at head, spine lightly toned, else tight, bright and unmarred. Red leather boards, five raised bands, gilt lettering,... Read More
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Poems of Childhood
by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
New York: James Miller, 1867. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. No DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrations by Hennessy and Thwaites. A very handsome copy of this very scarce Browning volume. Very minor shelf wear, one corner gently bumped, touch of fraying at head, joint cracked at 36pp, shadow of transfer at plates (onto tissue guards), else tight, bright... Read More
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Kateri Tekakwitha (Mohawk Maid)
by Brown, Evelyn M.
San Francisco, CA: Ignatius Press, 1958. First American Edition, Second Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine in Wraps. First American Edition, Second Edition. Original Wraps. Kateri Tekakwitha, given the name Tekakwitha, baptized as Catherine, and informally known as Lily of the Mohawks, is a Catholic saint and virgin who was a Mohawk. Near fine. Color pictorial wrappers. Sticker on... Read More
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ETAOIN SHRDLU
by Brown, Frederic
Portland, ME: Ivy Derderian/Wolfe Editions, 2009. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Fine in Wraps. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. The first solo project from Ivy Derderian, working at Wolfe Editions. Printed in Linotype Bonodi Book, created on an Intertype (the Linotype's successor). From the prospectus: “Frederic Brown’s entertaining short story about a sentient Linotype, titled Etaoin Shrdlu, was originally... Read More
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The Pied Piper of Hamlin:. A Child's Story
by Browning, Robert; Dunlap, Hope (illus)
Chicago/New York: Rand, McNally, 1910. First Edition Thus (presumed). Hardcover. Good+ [Textblock Very Good+]. No DJ.. First Edition Thus (presumed). Hardcover. Noted flaws notwithstanding, a presentable copy overall. Light shelf/edge wear, tips through, light fraying at head and heel, small spilt at front joint (top), one signature loose, owner bookplate at front pastedown, small bookseller plate at ffep,... Read More
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The Pied Piper of Hamelin
by Browning, Robert; Greenaway, Kate (illus)
London: Frederick Warne and Co, 1910. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. No DJ.. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. First published by Routledge in 1888, the work was turned over to Warne approximately 15 years later. Overall, a rather handsome copy of this early Greenaway classic. Light shelf/edge wear, tips through, sunning to spine, small scribble at colophon pages,... Read More
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Pictor Ignotus Fra Lippo Lippi, Andrea del Sarto
by Browning, Robert
Berkshire: Golden Cockerel Press, 1925. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+.. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Initials by Eric Gill. [Chanticleer 26]. Light shelf/edge wear, touch of toning at the spine, presentation inscription at ffep, minor foxing at preliminaries, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Quarterbound, vellum spine, blue paper boards, gilt lettering. 4to. 39pp. Numbered limited edition, this being 206 of... Read More
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Epilepsy: Diagnosis and Management
by Browne, Thomas R.; Feldman, Robert G.
Boston/Toronto: Little Brown & Co, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscription on fep (presentation) by author (Robert Feldman). Signed. Formerly owned by Oliver Sacks. Posthumously designed book plate by a friend of Oliver’s, incorporating his longstanding love of cephalopods. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist, author,... Read More
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The Works of the Learned Sr Thomas Brown. Containing I. Enquiries into vulgar and common errors. II. Religio medici: With annotations and observations upon it. III. Hydriotaphia; or, Urn-Burial: Together with The Garden of Cyrus. IV. Certain miscellany tracts
by Browne, Thomas; Oliver Sacks, former owner
London: Tho. Basset, Ric.Chiswell, Tho. Sawbridge, Charles Mearn, and Charles Brome, 1686. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. First Edition. Hardcover. Formerly owned by Oliver Sacks. Bookplate of Thoroton family, Deus scutum et cornu salutis, Dr Robert Thoroton (4 October 1623 – c. 21 November 1678) was an English antiquary, mainly remembered for his county history, The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire... Read More
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Hydriotaphia. Urne-Buriall, or A Discourse of the Sepulchrall Urnes Lately Found in Norfolk. Together with The Garden of Cyrus, or the Quincunciall, Lozenge, or Net-work Plantations of the Ancients, Artificially, Naturally, Mystically Considered
by Browne, Thomas
London: Percy Lund Humphries and Company Limited, 1927. Facsimile Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Facsimile Limited Edition. Hardcover. ir Thomas Browne (19 October 1605 - 19 October 1682) was an English polymath and author of varied works which reveal his wide learning in diverse fields including science and medicine, religion and the esoteric. His writings display a deep... Read More
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Curves by Bruce
by Bruce, George R.
Van Nuys, CA: Curves by Bruce, 1963. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good+. First Edition. Original Wraps. Health and beauty advocate George R. Bruce's magazine on women's ideal beauty and body standards. Very contemporary to body image of the 1960s, this genre of magazine idealized what a "normal" woman should aspire to be. The magazine features young, attractive... Read More
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The Dissector's Manual
by Bruce-Clarke, William; Charles Barrett Lockwood
Philadelphia, PA: Henry C. Lea's & Son, 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. First Edition. Hardcover. William Bruce Clarke was educated at Brighton and Windlesham. He entered Harrow, where Henry Montague Butler was head master, in September, 1864, being in "Small Houses and Mr Middlemist's". He left at midsummer, 1869, and matriculated from Pembroke College, Oxford, on Oct... Read More
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Oliver Sacks Collection of Jerome B. Bruner works [5 volumes]
by Bruner, Jerome B.
Hardcover // Original wrappers. Very Good+. Hardcover // Original wrappers. Works include: Learning about Learning, edited by Bruner, a conference report, 1966. Wrapp.ers. On Knowing: Essays for the Left Hand, Harvard, 1963. HC with dj. The Relevance of Education, Norton, 1971. HC with dj. Making Stories, Farrar, 2002. HC with dj. Studies in Cognitive Growth: A Collaboration at... Read More
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The Story of the Fountain
by Bryant, William Cullen
New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1872. First Edition Thus. First Edition Thus. Illustrated with 42 exceptional wood engravings. Overall, a very presentable copy of this minor classic. Moderate shelf/edge wear, (fraying at head and heel, tips through), light sporadic foxing througout, two tissue guards free (but present), else tight, bright and unmarred. Green beveled cloth boards, gilt lettering... Read More
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A Burlesque Translation of Homer (Two Volumes) Homer Travestie: The Fourth Edition Improved [Fine Binding]
by Brydges, Thomas
London: G. G. and J. Robinson. Printed by S. Hamilton, 1797. Fourth Edition/First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Fourth Edition/First Thus. Hardcover. Signed Zaehnsdorf binding. Bookplates of Framroze Edulji Dinshaw [died 1936], noted Indian real estate figure, and Philip Pleydell-Bouverie (1788 – 27 May 1872). The second shows "Philip" crossed out and Henry H. added (Henry Hales Pleydell-Bouverie, 1848-1925).... Read More
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Oliver Sacks collection of Martin Buber works [3 volumes]
by Buber, Martin
Original Wraps/Hardcover. Very Good+. Original Wraps/Hardcover. Titles include: Kingship of God, with original dj, Third, newly enlarged edition, 1967. Kingship of God, wrappers, Third, newly enlarged edition in paperback, 1973. The Tales of Rabbi Nachman, the last Jewish mystic, Avon, Discus ed., 1970. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist, author, and educator. He... Read More
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The Story of David Gray
by Buchanan, Robert
Portland, ME: Thomas Mosher, 1900. Limited Edition/Rebound. Hardcover. Very Good [Textblock Near Fine]. No DJ as Issued.. Limited Edition/Rebound. Hardcover. From the library of and bound by noted American poet and author (and hobby bookbinder) Lewis Turco. Overall, a handsome copy. Light soiling to boards, rebound, light toning at text block edges, else tight, bright and unmarred. Cream... Read More
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Game Bag: Tales of Shooting and Fishing
by Buckingham, Nash
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1945. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. No DJ, as Issued. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Minor shelf/edge wear, even toning at spine, owner plate at front pastedown, light foxing a plate pages (typical of issue), else tight, bright, and unmarred. Quarterbound, buckram spine, green ink spine label, gilt lettering and decorative elements. 8vo. 187pp. Illus.... Read More
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De Shootinest Gent'man
by Buckingham, Nash; Ball, Robert (illus); Annabel, Russell (intro)
New York: Scribner's, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-. First Edition. Hardcover. Overall, a handsome copy of this rather scarce volume. Minor shelf/edge wear, owner bookplate at frontpastedown, hinges split (but tight), minor loss at head, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Quarterbound, red leather spine and tips, gilt lettering and decorative elements, frontispiece. 8vo. 24pp. Illus. (b/w plates).... Read More
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Blood Lines. Tales of Shooting & Fishing
by Buckingham, Nash
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1938. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. No Dustjacket as Issued. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Overall, a handsome copy. (Siegel 128). Minor shelf/edge wear, spine sunned, gilt toned, ownership plate at front paste-down, light even toning at textblock edge, else tight and clean. Red pebbled cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, color paper onlay... Read More
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