Joy Division: All the Lyrics
by [Curtis, Ian]
Rome: Sonic Book/Stampa Alternativa, 1997. Limited Edition/Reissue/Unofficial Release. Original Wraps. Fine. Limited Edition/Reissue/Unofficial Release. Original Wraps. Text in English and Italian. Includes a pristine copy of the book and CD (in original unprinted white sleeve). Track 1 from the Warsaw demo 1977. Tracks 2 to 4 from the Komakino flexi single. Track 1 recorded July '77, when... Read More
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Genie: A Psycholinguistic Study of a Modern-Day "Wild Child
by Curtiss, Susan
New York: Academic Press, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. Underlined and annotations by Oliver Sacks. Signed by Oliver Sacks. Posthumously designed book plate by a friend of Oliver’s, incorporating his long-standing love of cephalopods. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist, author, and educator. He was, in his life, celebrated... Read More
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Historical Letters on the First Charter of Massachusetts Government
by Cushing, Abel
Boston: J. N. Bang, 1839. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good [Textblock Very Good+]. First Edition. Hardcover. Ornate Harvard crest bookplate with handwritten inscription indicating "The Gift of The Author, Hon. Abel Cushing of Boston. Rec. March 30, 1844." Inscribed by the author at the second blank, "Harvard College Library from A. Cushing". Notation at copyright page repeats contents... Read More
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The Life Of Sir William Osler [Complete in Two Volumes]
by Cushing, Harvey
Oxford: At The Clarendon Press, 1926. Fourth Impression. Hardcover. Very Good. Fourth Impression. Hardcover. A very presentable set of this renowned work on the life of Osler. Light shelf/edge wear, light toning to gilt (focused at heel), ownership signature and bookplate at ffeps. Dark blue cloth boards, gilt lettering, frontispiece, tissueguard. 8vo. 685, 728pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Index.... Read More
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Experiences with the Cerebellar Astrocytomas. A Critical Review of Seventy-Six Cases
by Cushing, Harvey
Chicago, IL: Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics, 1931. First Independent Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. First Independent Printing. Hardcover. Reprinted from Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics, Vol. LII, February 1931. "Basis of second Arthur Dean Bevan Lecture of the Chicago Surgical Society on October 3, 1930, before the joint meeting of the Chicago Surgical Society, the Institute of Medicine of Chicago,... Read More
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Wisdom, Madness and Folly: The Philosophy of a Lunatic
by Custance, John
New York: Pelegrini & Cudahy, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. Annotated and underlined by Oliver Sacks. Highlighted page numbers, pp. 27-37. "Gift from James Taris (sp). 1997." 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, and... Read More
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Astrologically Speaking
by Custer, Edith; Georgia Paris and Janice Van Gelder [designer]
[np]: Self-published, 1973. First Edition. Staplebound. Very Good+ in Wraps. First Edition. Staplebound. Taken from a series of lectures by Edith 'Edie' Custer (1923-2000), astrologer and author and for over twenty years edited and published the newsletter, Mercury Hour (1974-1985). The newsletter consisted mainly of running correspondance between astrologers on a variety of topics. Because of its back... Read More
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Greyhounds of the Sea. The Story of the American Clipper Ship
by Cutler, Carl C.
New York: Halcyon House, 1930. Reprint/First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good+. No DJ.. Reprint/First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Foreword by Charles Francis Adams. Reprint of the 1930 Putnam edition in a larger format. Overall, a handsome copy. Light shelf/edge wear, touch of spotting at rear board, hint of toning to leaves, else tight and unmarred. Blue cloth boards, gilt... Read More
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Eloge de Sir Humphry Davy
by Cuvier, Georges Baron
[Paris]: Académie royale des sciences de l’Institut de France, 1832. First Edition Thus. Original Wraps. Near Fine. First Edition Thus. Original Wraps. One of the last Eloges he wrote. Scarce generally, very scarce as found here completely unsophisticated. "Davy’s widow, Jane Davy, began the biographical process just over a month after his death in Geneva on 29 May... Read More
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The Bedroom Philosophers
by D. A. F. De Sade; Wainhouse, Austryn (trans)
Paris: Olympia Press, 1953. First Edition Thus. Original Wraps. Very Good+ in Wraps. First Edition Thus. Original Wraps. First edition, second issue (with price at rear wrapper). One of the earliest Olympia imprints. New translation by Austryn Wainhouse, as 'Pieralessandro Casavini.' A very handsome copy. Minor shelf/edge wear, touch of ghosting from a paper dustwrapper a prior owner... Read More
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In Everyone There Are Four Sons
by Dagan, Nilly
Ra'anana, Israel: Even Hoshen Press, 2007. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Archival Box. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Bi-lingual edition: English and Hebrew. English translation by Susann and Ed Codish. "This is Dagan’s first book of poetry, simultaneously appearing in both Hebrew and in English. The two books are accompanied by a CD featuring readings of selected poems to... Read More
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Alaska And Its Resources
by Dall, William
Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First Edition. Hardcover. Large fold-out map at the rear, richly illustrated with numerous full page engraved plates, and dozens of in-text illustrations. The appendix includes a glossary, population statistics, statistics on the fur trade in Alaska, vocabularies of the various Indian tribes, the natural history of Alaska, and... Read More
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An Imperfect Solution
by D'Ambrosio, Joe
Phoenix, AZ: D'Ambrosio, 1997. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Complex structure (various popouts, shadowbox, etc.), silver ribbons. 53x74mm. 10pp. Numbered limited edition, this being 21 of 50.
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The Little Sand Crab
by D'Ambrosio, Joseph
Sherman Oaks, CA, 1981. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Signed by D'Ambrosio. Levitan bookplate. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Red cloth boards, center of upper cover cut out to display gilt sun design and endpapers, marbled endpapers, black slipcase. 73x60mm. 36pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Numbered limited edition, this being 14 of 75.
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Benign Tumors in the Third Ventricle of the Brain: Diagnosis and Treatment
by Dandy, Walter E.
Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor shelf/edge wear, ownership signature at ffep, ownership bookplate at front pastedown, gilt toned, top corner gently bumped, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Red cloth boards. 8vo. 171pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Will illustrations and large fold-outs.
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Recollections of a Rebel Surgeon (and other Scetches) or In the Doctor's Sappy Days
by Daniel, FE
Austin, TX: Van Boeckmann, Schutze & Co, 1899. First Edition/Rebound. Hardcover. Very Good [Textblock Fine]. No DJ.. First Edition/Rebound. Hardcover. Appears to be mid-20th century rebinding, conserving spine and front of original cloth. "Composed in the man of recorded conversations long after the war with an army doctor, the text is rambling, flippant and strong suspect" (renowned book... Read More
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Giovanni Episcapo
by D'Annunzio, G.
Milano: A. Barion, 1919. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Fine. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Tan printed paper wraps, title in red. 75x51mm. 216pp.
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The Comedy of Dante Alighieri - 3 Paradise [Il Paradiso]
by Dante, Alighieri; Dorothy Sayers and Barbara Reynolds, [trans]
Middlesex, UK: Penguin Books, 1969. Reprint. Original Wraps. Very Good+ in Wraps. Reprint. Original Wraps. Underlining and annotations by Oliver Sacks. Dr. Sacks often made comments in the margins or had conversations with the author in the text. 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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[The Origins of Linear Programming] Maximization of a Linear Function of Variables Subject to Linear Inequalities [together with] Linear Programming [together with] An Introduction to Linear Programming
by Dantzig, George
Washington DC/New York: US Dept of Commerce; John Wiley & Sons, 1951. First Edition(s). Hardcover and Original Wraps. Very Good. First Edition(s). Hardcover and Original Wraps. • Dantzig, George, “Maximization of a Linear Function of Variables Subject to Linear Inequalities.” In Koopmans, Tjalling C., ed., Activity Analysis of Production and Allocation: Proceedings of a Conference. New York: John... Read More
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Per la Storia dell' "Aurum potabile" - [Splendor Solis]
by Darmstaedter, Ernst
Rome: ASEQ, 2009. Reprint. Original Wraps. Near Fine in Wraps. Reprint. Original Wraps. Ernst Darmstaedter was born in Mannheim on January 13th, 1877. He was a chemist and chemistry historian. From the personal library collection of Brian Cotnoir, alchemist, artist and award-winning filmmaker. Author of Practical Alchemy: Guide to the Great Work, The Emerald Tablet, a series of... Read More
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On the Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs: also Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands and Parts of South America visited during the Voyage of HMS Beagle
by Darwin, Charles, G.T. Bettany, editor
London: Ward, Lock, and Co, 1890. Later Edition. Hardcover. Good+. Later Edition. Hardcover. Previously owned by Oliver Sacks. The original editions app.eared in 1842, 1844 and 1846 respectively. Minerva Library No. 18. Presents all three parts of the first edition of Darwin's geological results of the Beagle voyage, with a critical introduction to each work by Prof. John... Read More
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The Movement and Habits
by Darwin, Charles; Oliver Sacks, former owner
New York: D. App.leton and Company, 1897. Second Edition, revised. Hardcover. Very Good+. Second Edition, revised. Hardcover. Previously owned by Oliver Sacks. On the Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants is a book by Charles Darwin first printed in book form in 1875 by John Murray. Originally, the text app.eared as an essay in the 9th volume of... Read More
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The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. With photographic and other illustrations
by Darwin, Charles
London: John Murray, 1872. First Edition, later state. Hardcover. Good+. First Edition, later state. Hardcover. Previously owned by Oliver Sacks. This is the first edition of Darwin's well-known work on animal behavior and communication theory. Darwin studied the movement of facial muscles and how they express emotion in man and animals. The heliotype photo plates are works of... Read More
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Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands and Parts of South America visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. 'Beagle'
by Darwin, Charles
London: Smith, Elder, & Co, 1876. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good+. Second Edition. Hardcover. Previously owned by Oliver Sacks. This second edition combines Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands with Geological Observations on South America. Notes from Eric Korn, Oliver's friend and bookseller. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist, author, and educator. He was, in... Read More
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Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the World, under the Command of Capt. FitzRoy, R.N.
by Darwin, Charles; Oliver Sacks, former owner
London: John Murray, 1897. Later Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Later Edition. Hardcover. Previously owned by Oliver Sacks. This volume contains, "in the form of a Journal, a history of our voyage, and a sketch of those observations in Natural History and Geology...I have in this edition largely condensed and corrected some parts, and have added a little to... Read More
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