The Language of Life: An Introduction to the Science of Genetics

By: Beadle, George & Muriel

Price: $250.00

Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc.: 1966

Edition: First American Edition

Inscription: Signed by author

Seller ID: 2263983

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Signed by both authors without attribution on half-title page ('Sincerely, George Beadle, Muriel Beadle'). Faint abrasion on front board. 1966 Full-Leather. x, [4], 242, [4] pp. 8vo. Finely rebound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full beige morocco with gilt titles, rules, and decorations, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. The collector who had these rebound included his/her monogram on the corner of the front board: O.C.S. A description of the science of genetics by George Beadle and his wife Muriel. George Beadle won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work with Edw... View more info

Chronicle of Flight: A Year-By-Year History of Aviation

By: Boyne, Walter J.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Publications International, Ltd. / The Easton Press: 2003

Seller ID: 2277127

ISBN: 0785372466

Condition: Near Fine

Rebound by Easton Press in burgundy leather with photographic picture plate mounted on front board, gilt titles, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Blank publisher bookplate laid in. 2003 Full-Leather. 512 pp. A thorough history of flight from the earliest concepts to the present day, illustrated with color and black-and-white photographs. View more info

Wave Propagation in Periodic Structures: Electric Filters and Crystal Lattices (Dover Books on Engineering and Engineering Physics)

By: Brillouin, Leon

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Dover Publications, Inc.: 1953

Edition: Second Edition

Seller ID: 2266485

Condition: Good

Second edition. Large closed tear on rear wrapper, wrappers lightly toned, ink name and details of previous owner on half-title page (he was a member of the physics department at the University of Illinois). 1953 Trade Paperback. xii, 255, [21] pp. Classic treatment of wave propagation covers a broad variety of problems with a common mathematical background, from solid state physics to propagation along electric lines, X-rays, rest rays, certain optical reflections, electrical engineering, and wave mechanics of the spinning electron. View more info

This New Ocean: The Story of the First Space Age

By: Burrows, William E.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Random House: 1998

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2280081

ISBN: 0679445218

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. An exceptional copy. 1998 Hard Cover. It was all part of man's greatest adventure--landing men on the Moon and sending a rover to Mars, finally seeing the edge of the universe and the birth of stars, and launching planetary explorers across the solar system to Neptune and beyond. View more info

History and Bibliography of Anatomic Illustration in its Relation to Anatomic Science and the Graphic Arts, with a Biographical Sketch of the Translator and Two Additional Sections

By: Choulant, [Johann] Ludwig; Frank, Mortimer; Garrison, Fielding H.; Streeter, Edward C.

Price: $125.00

Publisher: The University of Chicago Press: 1920

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2161371

Condition: Very Good

First English translation. Former library copy, usual marks. Front hinge loosening. 1920 Hard Cover. xxvii, 435 pp. 8vo. Reproductions of numerous historical anatomical illustrations from various sources throughout text. Garrison-Morton 440: 'In this classic work Choulant traced the evolution of anatomical illustration from the early schematic plates up to his own time, including a valuable bibliography... An English translation by Mortimer Frank appeared in 1920 (Chicago, University Press), enriched by a chapter on anatomical illustration since Choulant, written by F. H. Garrison.' View more info

Comstock's Common School Philosophy

By: Comstock, J.L.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Reed and Barber: 1839

Seller ID: 2260338

Condition: Fair

Spine repaired, loss from head and foot, edges rubbed, lightly foxed throughout. 1839 Full-Leather. 258 pp. A look at how the world saw the science of physics in the early 1800s. View more info

Nostrums and Quackery: Articles on the Nostrum Evil and Quackery Reprinted from The Journal of the American Medical Association

By: Cramp, Arthur J.

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Press of American Medical Association: 1911

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2290433

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Ink name and address on front endpaper. 1911 Hard Cover. 509, [5] pp. 8vo. Illustrations of newspaper articles, medicine bottles, advertisements, etc. related to medical quackery. These two volumes were released by the American Medical Association in the interest of the public health, due to the rampant abuses of snake oil salesmen. Hoolihan 86: By 1906, the year the Pure Food and Drugs Act was passed by Congress, the Journal of the American Medical Association increasingly (if belatedly) gave attention to discussion of fraudulent practices in the manufacture and advertising of ... View more info

Nostrums and Quackery, in Three Volumes: : Articles on the Nostrum Evil, Quackery and Allied Matters Affecting the Public Health; Reprinted, with or without Modifications, from The Journal of the American Medical Association, Volumes 1 & 2 [I & II]; Nostrums and Quackery and Pseudo-Medicine (Volume III [3])

By: Cramp, Arthur J.; Simmons, George H.

Price: $175.00

Publisher: American Medical Association: 1921

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2290432

Condition: Very Good

Second edition of volume 1, first editions of volumes 1 & 2. Ink name on front endpaper of first volume, front hinge of second volume just beginning to weaken, pencil name on front endpaper of volume 3 (Edward Atwater, upon whose collection the Hoolihan reference cited herein is based). 1921 Hard Cover. Complete in three volumes. 8vo. Illustrations of newspaper articles, medicine bottles, advertisements, etc. related to medical quackery. These volumes were released by the American Medical Association in the interest of the public health, due to the rampant abuses of snake oil salesmen. Hooliha... View more info

The Atom

By: Crehore, Albert C.

Price: $125.00

Publisher: D. Van Nostrand Company, New York: 1920

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 1539081

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Spine faded, cover edges slightly faded. 1920 Hard Cover. xvi, 161 pp. 7 1/4 x 5. 8vo. Original blue cloth, gilt emblem in center of front cover mirrored in blind stamp on corners and center of back cover, gilt titles. An early study of the atom as it relates to electromagnetic and gravitational theory, and the structure of matter. Crehore published a number of scientific works relating to atomic physics, the force of gravitation, matter, and energy. Crehore explains in his preface that the exposition of the theory in this book led to new theoretical values for Rydberg's constan... View more info

The Origin of Species [By Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life] (The 100 Greatest Books of All Time)

By: Darwin, Charles

Price: $65.00

Publisher: The Franklin Library: 1975

Seller ID: 2286239

Condition: Near Fine

1975 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. xviii, 507, [3] pp. 8vo. Brown full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Darwin's landmark work on evolution and natural selection, with illustrations from line drawings by Juan Carlos Barberis. View more info

Medicine and Its Technology: An Introduction to the History of Medical Instrumentation (Contributions in Medical History, Number 7)

By: Davis, Audrey B.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Greenwood Press: 1981

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2008830

Condition: Fine

First edition. 1981 Large Hardcover. xiv, 285 pp. Garrison-Morton 2682.55 A rare and useful book of wide interest in a field too often dominated by esoterica. It combines the techniques of traditional, perceptive social, and intellectual history with an analytic approach to the material culture of the medical field... An extensive bibliographic essay on the literary sources pertaining to medical instruments and an equally perceptive essay on collections of medical instruments enhance the value of this work. - Choice View more info

Out of My Later Years

By: Einstein, Albert

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Philosophical Library: 1950

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2275970

Condition: Good

First edition. Boards a bit soiled. 1950 Hard Cover. 282 pp. 8vo. Writings from Albert Einstein on a variety of scientific and personal topics. View more info

An Introduction to Pollen Analysis (A New Series of Plant Science Books Volume XII [12])

By: Erdtman, G. [Gunnar]; Wodehouse, Roger P.; Verdoorn, Frans

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Chronica Botanica Company: 1943

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2266467

Condition: Near Fine

First American edition. A couple minor smudges on rear board, pages lightly toned, ink name on half-title page and title page. 1943 Hard Cover. xv, [1], 239, [1] pp. The first English translation of the work that took what was previously a subject of research in just a few countires and made it an internationally recognized field, and revolutionized Quaternary vegetation and climate change research. Illustrations, diagrams, and charts throughout. Oddly, the verso of the final leaf bears an illustration of a tree playing a flute. View more info

Lectures on the History of Physiology during the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Centuries (Cambridge Natural Science Manuals)

By: Foster, M.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Cambridge at the University Press: 1901

Seller ID: 2035173

Condition: Good

Former copy of Rochester Academy of Medicine, usual marks, including bookplate on front endpaper stating 'Acquired by the Library through the Bequest of Clarence V. Costello, M.D.' First gathering loose (easily repaired), a few small spots on boards, some pages unopened. 1901 Hard Cover. 310 pp. 8vo. A three-century history of physiology, with the following chapters: Vesalius: His Forerunners and Followers; Harvey and the Circulation of the Blood. The Lacteals and Lymphatics; Borelli and the Influence of the New Physics; Malpighi and the Physiology of Glands and Tissues; Van Helmont and the Ri... View more info

Books, Banks, Buttons and Other Inventions from the Middle Ages

By: Frugoni, Chiara; McCuaig, William

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Columbia University Press: 2003

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2281337

ISBN: 0231128126

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Edges lightly rubbed. 2003 Large Hardcover. xiv, 178 pp. 11 x 8 1/4. Once regarded by historians as a period of intellectual stagnation, the Middle Ages were actually a period of extraordinary technological innovation. This entertaining romp through the inventions of the period tells the story of the first appearance of dozens of items of lasting significance. From the invention of eyeglasses (by a now-forgotten layperson who sought to keep his methods secret, the better to profit from them) to the creation of the fork (at first regarded as an instrument of diabolical perversion... View more info

Galileo Galilei: A Biography and Inquiry into His Philosophy of Science (The Library of Great Lives)

By: Geymonat, Ludovico; de Santillana, Giorgio; Drake, Stillman; Bradbury, Ray

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Harper Collins: 1994

Seller ID: 2274216

Condition: Fine

Publisher insert and bookplate laid in. 1994 Full-Leather. xviii, 260 pp. 8vo. Dark brown full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in, color frontispiece portrait of Galileo. Translated from the Italian with additional notes and an appendix by Stillman Drake, with a foreword by Professor Giorgio de Santillana, and a special foreword by Ray Bradbury. A biography of the famous astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and mathematician whose discoveries and theories paved the way for modern scientific inquiry. View more info

Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen and the Early History of the Roentgen Rays, with a Chapter [of] Personal Reminiscences of W.C. Rontgen

By: Glasser, Otto; Boveri, Margret

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Charles C Thomas: 1934

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2275123

Condition: Very Good

Former library copy, usual marks. 1934 Hard Cover. xii, 494 pp. 4to. Green cloth, black leather spine label, gilt titles. An account of the discovery of x-ray technology by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, and the early development of diagnostic radiology. Garrison-Morton 2702 (referencing 1933 British edition): The standard biography of Roentgen with a detailed history of the discovery of the Roentgen rays and the early period of roentgenology. Bibliography of 1044 items published during the first year after Roentgen's discovery. Subject and name index follow text. View more info

NASA: The Complete Illustrated History

By: Gorn, Michael; Aldrin, Buzz

Price: $500.00

Publisher: Merrell / The Easton Press: 2005

Inscription: Signed by author

Seller ID: 2274856

ISBN: 1858942543

Condition: Fine

Signed by Buzz Aldrin on front flyleaf, with certificate of authenticity and blank publisher's bookplate laid in. A couple tiny imperfections to page ridges, otherwise an excellent copy. 2005 Full-Leather. 304 pp. Original full black leather, gilt titles and decorations, photographic plate mounted on front board, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. View more info

Steam Generation Steps Ahead

By: Gould, G.B.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Fuel Engineering Company of New York / The Marchbanks Press: 1930

Seller ID: 2289753

Condition: Very Good

Boards lightly soiled, a few pencil marks on front endpaper and margin of a few pages. 1930 Hard Cover. 102 pp. CONTENTS: Advancing Standards in Steam Generation; RELATION OF PLANT DESIGN AND OPERATION TO THE COAL MARKET: Predicting Clinker Trouble; Equipment and Operation Limit Coal Buying; Necessity of Knowing One's Exact Requirements; Elastic Methods and Standards; IMPORTANCE OF SEPARATELY APPRAISING PLANT PERFORMANCE AND COAL VALUES: Conflicting Methods of Coal Valuation; Plant Performance -- the Concealed Influence; Heat Balance Reveals the Truth; COAL CHARACTERISTICS WHICH MAY MODIFY PLA... View more info

History of Western Science, 1543-2001

By: Gribbin, John

Price: $50.00

Publisher: The Folio Society: 2006

Edition: 4th Printing

Seller ID: 2274205

Condition: Near Fine

2008 4th printing. 2006 Hard Cover. xxix, [1], 706 pp. Navy blue leather spine over pictorial cloth boards, gilt titles, top edge gilt, color frontispiece. A four hundred fifty year of scientific discoveries and theories in Western civilization, illustrated with color plates and reproductions of historical engravings. View more info

The Influence of Pasteur on Medical Science: An Address Delivered before the Medical School of Johns Hopkins University

By: Herter, Christian Archibald

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Company / The Gilliss Press: 1904

Seller ID: 2072415

Condition: Very Good

Author's calling card and ink name & address of previous owner on front endpaper. Edges lightly rubbed. 1904 Hard Cover. 77 pp. A brief history of Louis Pasteur's contributions to medical science, the most obvious of which is of course pasteurization, but which also related to vaccination and microbial fermentation, and the prevention and curing of various diseases. Pasteur is now considered among the founders of the science of bacteriology. View more info

A History of Industrial Power in the United States, 1780-1930, in Three Volumes: Waterpower in the Century of the Steam Engine [Water Power]; Steam Power; The Transmission of Power

By: Hunter, Louis C.; Bryant, Lynwood

Price: $600.00

Publisher: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation / Hagley Museum and Library / The University Press of Virginia / The MIT Press: 1979

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2164094

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Minimal wear to corners of vol. 1 jacket, front panel of vol. 3 jacket faintly toned.Near Fine. 1979 Hard Cover. xxiv, 606; xxii, 732; xxv, 596 pp. 8vo. An immense and authoritative account of industrial power in the United States, begun by Hunter (who wrote the first two volumes himself) in 1979, and completed from Hunter's notes by Lynwood Bryant in 1991. Due to the stretch between dates of publication, complete sets are uncommon. View more info

Einstein: His Life and Universe

By: Isaacson, Walter

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Simon & Schuster: 2007

Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)

Seller ID: 2271011

ISBN: 0743264738

Condition: Near Fine

Book club edition. 2007 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xxii, 675, [7] pp. 8vo. By the author of the acclaimed bestsellers Benjamin Franklin and Steve Jobs, this is the definitive biography of Albert Einstein. How did his mind work? What made him a genius? Isaacson’s biography shows how his scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his personality. His fascinating story is a testament to the connection between creativity and freedom. Based on newly released personal letters of Einstein, this book explores how an imaginative, impertinent patent ... View more info

Einstein: His Life and Universe

By: Isaacson, Walter

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Simon & Schuster: 2008

Edition: 1st Printing

Seller ID: 2275638

ISBN: 0743264746

Condition: Very Good

1st printing. Lightly rubbed. 2008 Trade Paperback. We have more books available by this author!. xxii, 675 pp. By the author of the acclaimed bestseller Benjamin Franklin, this is the first full biography of Albert Einstein since all of his papers have become available. How did his mind work? What made him a genius? Isaacson's biography shows how his scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his personality. His fascinating story is a testament to the connection between creativity and freedom. Based on newly released personal letters of Einstein, this book explores how an im... View more info

Einstein: His Life and Universe

By: Isaacson, Walter

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Simon & Schuster: 2007

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2279790

ISBN: 0743264738

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. 2007 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xxii, 675, [7] pp. 8vo. By the author of the acclaimed bestsellers Benjamin Franklin and Steve Jobs, this is the definitive biography of Albert Einstein. How did his mind work? What made him a genius? Isaacson’s biography shows how his scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his personality. His fascinating story is a testament to the connection between creativity and freedom. Based on newly released personal letters of Einstein, this book explores how an imaginative, impertinent patent cler... View more info

An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae, a Disease Discovered in Some of the Western Counties of England, Particularly Gloucestershire, and Known by the Name of the Cow Pox.

By: Jenner, Edward

Price: $175.00

Publisher: R. Lier & C., Milan: 1923

Edition: Limited Edition

Seller ID: 1999545

Condition: Near Fine

Limited edition, one of 500 copies. Includes original onion skin jacket and publisher's box. Minimal wear to board corners, a few 1/2 inch chips from fragile jacket's edges, box edges rubbed with one small tear to box closure. Bookplate of Jerome Glaser M.D. on front paste-down, tipped in on front free endpaper is a card with a lengthy gift note to Dr. Glaser from a patient, dated March 28, 1938, in which they express thanks for his help, and mention that this book may be of interest because it is 'the first book in which the phenomenon of hypersensitivity was described.'Very Good. 1923 Hard C... View more info

How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World

By: Johnson, Steven

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Riverhead: 2014

Edition: 6th Printing

Seller ID: 2281897

ISBN: 1594632960

Condition: Very Good

6th printing. Lightly rubbed. 2014 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. In this illustrated history, Steven Johnson explores the history of innovation over centuries, tracing facets of modern life (refrigeration, clocks, and eyeglass lenses, to name a few) from their creation by hobbyists, amateurs, and entrepreneurs to their unintended historical consequences. Filled with surprising stories of accidental genius and brilliant mistakes—from the French publisher who invented the phonograph before Edison but forgot to include playback, to the Hollywood movie star who helped... View more info

How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World

By: Johnson, Steven

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Riverhead: 2014

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2286475

ISBN: 1594632960

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Faint edge wear. 2014 Hard Cover. In this illustrated history, Steven Johnson explores the history of innovation over centuries, tracing facets of modern life (refrigeration, clocks, and eyeglass lenses, to name a few) from their creation by hobbyists, amateurs, and entrepreneurs to their unintended historical consequences. Filled with surprising stories of accidental genius and brilliant mistakes—from the French publisher who invented the phonograph before Edison but forgot to include playback, to the Hollywood movie star who helped invent the technology behind Wi-Fi and Blue... View more info

Edison

By: Josephson, Matthew

Price: $15.00

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Book Company: 1959

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2272177

Condition: Good

First edition. Edges and jacket lightly foxed, boards lightly soiled, closed tear and minor loss to spine head and foot. 1959 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xii, [2], 511, [3] pp. Includes an index. Numerous B&W photographs. The most comprehensive and readable biography on Edison ever published. Winner of the Francis Parkman Prize for history. View more info

Medical Classics Vol. I [1], No. 3, November, 1936 [Contains: The Contagiousness of Puerperal Fever; Puerperal Fever as a Private Pestilence]

By: Kelly, Emerson Crosby; Holmes, Oliver Wendell

Price: $25.00

Publisher: The Williams & Wilkins Company: 1936

Seller ID: 2159814

Condition: Good

Boards rubbed with minimal loss from spine base, minor notations on six pages only, related pages of typed notes on puerperal fever included - one sheet tipped in on verso of front free endpaper, the other laid in. 1936 Hard Cover. 195-268 pp. 8vo. Four glossy plate pages - one a portrait of Holmes, the other three facsimiles of title pages. A medical journal featuring two essays by Oliver Wendell Holmes on puerperal fever. Includes: Biography and Bibliography (with Index) of Oliver Wendell Holmes; The Contagiousness of Puerperal Fever; Puerperal Fever as a Private Pestilence. View more info