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Hardcover. Near Fine. A facsimile, twice-removed from the original 1665 edition, as it was reprinted in 1851. This is a facsimile of the 1851 edition, likely produced in the 1910-20s. Hardcover 12mo, 55 pp. Near fine with gentle age toning and shellfwear. Note that the apparent marginalia is from the copy used for the facsimile and is part of the printing of this edition--which is otherwise unmarked.

... including Diagnosis of European Spongillidae by Prof. Franz Vejdovsky
Hardcover 8vo, in brown buckram with gilt leather spine label. iv, [157]-279pp+ 7 plates labeled Plate V-XII ("inclusive"), 1887. Bound with 5 offprints extracted from "The Microscope" originally collected in seafoam green wrappers titled "Fresh Water Sponges" and containing: (1.) –What They Are Not. (2.) What They Are [June 1890, with plate] (3.) What They Are [July 1890, with plate] (4.) How to Find and Gather Them [Sept 1890] (5.) The Determination of Species [with diagram].
Appears to be signed twice, with "from Edward Potts" annotated in Potts' hand beneath the ownership signature of Mr. S. R. [Sherwood Raymond] Roberts on the front blank of the monograph and the first page of the offprints pamphlet. Roberts was a colleague of Potts' and prominent member of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, known for his work in conchology and collection of Cypraeidae that rivaled Potts' collection of fresh water sponges… Read More

Hardcover 4to, 371pp. Near Fine with a faint gray stray ink mark on the top corner of the title page, but otherwise almost like new with clean and unmarked contents.

London: The New Sydenham Society, 1879. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover 8vo, 441pp. Brown embossed cloth with gilt stamping on cover and spine. Generally very good with some fraying or splitting at the spine ends, plus two old label stickers on the spine. Previous owner signature to the title page, else unmarked. A decent medical primer with comprehensive index of symptoms and diagnostic methods of rusty sputum, coarse bubbling, indeterminate rhythms, murmers, and all manners of depression.

First edition, 1919. Hardcover cloth 8vo, 512pp + publisher's 16pp catalog. With a plentiful variety of gross and/or charming graphics in black & white. Overall Very Good—the lower edge of the rear panel likely had some previous water exposure, but the evidence is fairly well camouflaged, with a watermark remaining on the lower corner and edge of the textblock. Previous owner's blindstamp on title page; contents otherwise clean and unmarked. Excerpt: "This book contains the information which the average health officer must have in order to discharge his duties. It tells the health officer what to do, how to do it, and why he should do it. It describes the various activities in which a health officer engages; his relation to boards of health, physicians, social agencies, and the public; his qualifications and methods of work; the various diseases and unsanitary conditions with which he deals; and the scientific principles on which the specialty of preventive medicine is founded. It is the result of… Read More

St Louis, Mo Chemical Building: Printed by Nixon-Jones Printing Co, 1914. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover 12mo, 408pp. With several faded stamps through the front matter marking the book the property of chiropractor Dr Stanley Willliams of San Diego, CA ("Nervous and Mental Cases a Specialty") Diamond sticker for the Ulmer Physician Supplies Co of Chicago on the rear pastedown. Very Good with some rubbing to the tips and discoloration to the boards; evenly age-toned internally Rear hinge reinforced with Japanese paper; binding sound.

New York: Pharmaceutical Record Co., 1888. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. Hardcover cloth 8vo, 88pp + ads. Slim referance volume. Subtly blind embossed boards with gilt titling on spine; overall Very Good+ with minimal shelfwear and sunned spine. To note: the word "Reagents" is used in place of "Reactions" in other editions of the book, as well as in the only matching OCLC entry, which locates 3 copies of this particular edition. Contents feature bold typography and a few advertisement engravings. A very nice copy.

Delhi: Government Manager of Publications, 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Rare 1934 treatise featuring 11 monochrome plates and numerous in-text diagrams and illustrations. Small quarto (10 x 7.5 inches), 113pp. Green cloth with gilt-stamped cover and spine, Very Good with slight dent to the middle of the foredge (boards only). Mottling to boards and evidence of some water exposure to the foot of the spine, but discoloration appears minimal. Information on the mechanisms of wood seasoning, with annotated index of each species. A pioneering expert in his field, Kapur studied at University of Gothenberg, Germany and was an Associate Member of he Institution of Chemical Engineers. His research led to the development of wood products and substitutes used in manufacturing (especially rifles and furniture) in both public and private sectors. This manual remains the foundation of the Indian Standard Classification of Indian timbers based on refractoriness to seasoning still in use. With… Read More

London: Wertheimer, Lea & Co., 1880. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London: Wertheimer, Lea & Co., 1880. First edition. Very Good. Hardcover cloth 8vo, 376pp. Folding map frontis. Errata tipped-in. Generally VG+ but for some rubbing/fraying at the spine and chipping at the spine ends. A technical and speculative survey of the Earth's geologic state: "Mere space, vacuum, has no temperature... It is matter in space which imparts to matter the motion constituting temperature; be that matter atoms or stellar masses or a thermometer wandering through the infinite." (p.177)

Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins Co., 1933. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover cloth 8vo, 149pp+. Very good with sunning to the cloth. Previous owner's signature on the front flyleaf; else clean and unmarked.

London: Methuen, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. With 32 illustrations. Hardcover 12mo, 130pp. Previous owner's signature on the front flyleaf and sunning to spine; else Near Fine.

First Edition, with full number line. Hardcover 8vo, 272pp. Near Fine in VG+ dust jacket with minor shelfwear. Contents clean and unmarked.

Second printing, 1991. VG hardcover with some pen marking to first 1/3 of text. In VG dust jacket with light shelfwear/rubbing.