ASTRONOMICAL AND ASTROPHYSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Wm. Gaertner & Co.: Chicago, nd (1920s?). Paperback. Illus., 9.5 x 6.5", stapled wraps, 46pp, covers soiled and spotted (a couple of which have migrated into the text) else a decent copy. More
Wm. Gaertner & Co.: Chicago, nd (1920s?). Paperback. Illus., 9.5 x 6.5", stapled wraps, 46pp, covers soiled and spotted (a couple of which have migrated into the text) else a decent copy. More
Utica, May 3, 1832. 3+ pp, 9.5x8", v.g. Dr. Cockey gives detailed accounts of some of his most important cases, including treating the young daughter of Mr. Wackter: …"sick of an incipient bilous fever and hysteria combined, I immediately bled and purged her freely, on Saturday she was so much..... More
np (Pontiac, MI), 1938. 11 x 8.5, black buckram with paper label removed from spine, approx 150 leaves with typing on rectos only, covers a bit worn, couple of inkstamps from sanatorium on endpapers, library pocket inside front cover, eps toned, some finger soiling and toning to pp. Carbon copies..... More
np (Pontiac, MI), 1939. 11 x 8.5, black buckram with paper label, approx 58 leaves with typing on rectos only, covers worn, couple of inkstamps from sanatorium on endpapers, eps toned else a nice copy. Carbon copies of typed autopsy reports of 15 sanatorium patients who died in 1939; each..... More
np (Pontiac, MI), 1940. 11 x 8.5, black buckram with paper label removed from spine, 54 leaves with typing on rectos only, covers a bit worn, couple of inkstamps from sanatorium on endpapers, library pocket inside front cover, eps toned, else a nice copy. Carbon copies of typed autopsy reports..... More
The Avicultural Society: np (Hertford), 1925, 1931, 1931. Hardcover. 119 plates of which 30 are color, 9 x 5.5", blindstamped red cloth, black spine lettering, 1-326pp + index, 327-551pp + index; 552-778pp + index. Covers fair at best (very well worn, spine on Vol. I almost detached, dampstaining to Vol..... More
Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co.: Lowell, 1885. Paperback. Illus., 7.5 x 5", pict stapled yellow wraps with string at top, unpaginated. Covers have tears, soiling, pencil numbers, contents have edge tears else good to very good condition. Booklet lists Dr. Ayer's medications and what they can heal. Examples: Cherry Pectoral-..... More
Bagg & Harman: Detroit. 1845. 7.25 x 4.5, black cloth, 312 pp, covers heavily worn and spotted, old ink name on front ep, pp heavily foxed, bottom edges of text chewed w/loss of paper at front, hinges loose, etc. But, still a readable, usable book in one piece. Bagg, a...... More
Proprietor of Beecham's Pills: NY, nd (c. 1902). Paperback. 5.5 x 4.25", pict stapled wraps, 16pp, covers worn and soiled, edges worn, pp toned with edge-chipping/tears to bottom edge of last two leaves. "A dose taken when the ailments arise will quickly remove the cause of the trouble, and good..... More
Ginn & Co: Boston, 1894. Illustr, 9 x 6.25, blue cloth, 242 pp, heavily worn copy, hinges loose, ex-lib with usual markings, title page chipping and taped. SWAF. More
np (South Africa), nd (1960). Folding map, 11 x 8.5, stapled wraps, 24 pp, covers heavily soiled and worn, creased, spine splitting, contents good. Includes proxy-form postcard and typed letter signed regarding report. Report of a South African gold and uranium mine -- more than 1.5 million tons of gold..... More
Brandreth Pills: np, nd (1896). Color illustr, 6.75 x 4.75, color pict wraps, (20) pp, covers darkened and rubbed, spine abraded and torn at bottom half, edges with minor tiny tears and creases, pp toned. Advertising giveaway; with "WG Neubauer, PhC, Carthage Landing NY" printed on back cover. More
np (San Francisco?), nd (1950s-60s?). Five typewritten pages, 8.5 x 11", author unknown. Toning, soiling, fold creases else good condition. These are observations written by a doctor who has practiced medicine for almost thirty years. First, dentists should persuade patients to not use toothpicks because he witnessed a surgery where..... More
Leavitt & Allen: NY, 1855. Hardcover. Illus., 9.25 x 6", gilt-dec brown cloth, 290pp;298pp, covers well worn, extremities bumped and chipped, top of spine torn, rear outer hinge torn at ends, illus. browned, a stained and foxed copy. Still usable, though. More
George Wahr: Ann Arbor, MI, 1932. Hardcover. 8.5 x 5.5", gilt-lettered red cloth, 243pp, extremities lightly worn, spine ends bumped, endpapers toned, in the original(?) glassine cover and plain brown paper dustjacket. FIRST EDITION. SCARCE. More
Government Printing Office: Washington, D.C., 1906. 30 color plates, folding map; other illus., 11 x 7.75", half leather, cloth, 488pp with index. Covers a bit rubbed, extremities bumped and fraying, spine a bit abraded, spine cocked, covers a little soiled, hinges loose, pp with some finger soiling else a nice..... More
Milwaukee, WI 1928-1932. 10.5 x 7", cloth, 260pp, illus, ex-lib, moderate library markings, bound in blue binder's cloth, vg. First edition. More
GPO:Washington, DC 1916. 11 x 8", cloth, 457pp, well illustrated, maps, index, ex-lib, moderate markings, original cloth, rear hinge cracked, lower fore-corners bumped else solid copy. First edition. More
Greenfield, nd (c 1900). Mount is 7.5, green with gilt lettering, reverse is tan, photo is 5.5 x 4, photo has scratches, light spotting, front lower corner rubbed, mount is worn, creased, chipped, spotted, stained, back has several abrasions. Photo shows a young, slim woman with dark, curly hair pinned..... More
np, 1894. Photo is oblong 7 x 9, mount is 8 x 10, no school name listed. Light creasing and soiling, rubbing, small vertical tear at top center, edges worn and chipped esp. corners, reverse toned and soiled else good. Students are sitting on wooden benches, 5-6 rows deep, most..... More
9 x 6", pp189-224, articles on William Smellie by Frank G. S. Christie and Early Surgeons of the North West Mounted Police by Dr. J. B. Ritchie, tls of Christie laid in, vg. More
Singer Gravel Paper Co.: NY, 1881. Hardcover. Nine chromolithographs, 6.5 x 4.75", green cloth backed pict boards, 64pp, covers a bit worn and darkened, extremities bumped and worn, inner hinges tender, some finger soiling but still a good copy of the Third Edition. More
Sarony, 680 Broadway, NY, nd (1866-1871). Paperback. 4 x 2.5". Light wear, scattered spotting, his name in pencil on reverse else very good condition. Fields was part of a group of investors that formed the American Telegraph Company in 1855, two years later after acquiring backing from both the American..... More
The J.I. Case Threshing Machine Co.: Racine, WI, 1917. Hardcover. Illus., rebound in 12 x 9" gilt-lettered black cloth, 101pp, cloth covers worn and stained, spine ends bumped, small hole near top of spine, contents damped at gutters, but still relatively bright with original pict wraps bound in. SWAF. More
Toledo, OH, 1924. Paperback. One page, 8 x 5", printed and handwritten, paper toned, some staining at edges, folds, edge tears, creases, but still an interesting little survivor. On July 18, 1924 a doctor in Toledo, Ohio gave a primary inoculation of the bovine virus to a seven year old..... More