Biography/Autobiography from Kuenzig Books

New York: The Gordian Press, 1966. Cloth. Fine. xxviii, 306 pages. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth with black and gilt spine titling. A new copy noting some excess glue on the rear board from the manufacturing process This is Volume I ONLY. Cloth. This edition reprints the original 1948 Harvard University Press edition, with additions. "The supplement of the… Read more about this item

Providence: George H. Whitney, 1857. Cloth. Good. 348 pages. 8vo. Publisher's brown cloth with blindstamped decorations. Spine titles in gilt. Corners worn, head/tail of spine frayed, front joint starting at top. Book ticket of Jacob Babbitt, Jr. Bristol R. I. on front pastedown. Endpapers browned. Paper browned throughout, one signature proud. Cloth. Previous owner Jacob Babbitt, Jr.'s father… Read more about this item

New York: The Gordian Press, 1966. Cloth. Fine. [10], [309]-731, [1] pages. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth with black and gilt spine titling. A new copy noting a bump to the bottom board edge. This is Volume II ONLY. Cloth. This edition reprints the original 1948 Harvard University Press edition, with additions. "The supplement of the 1966 edition included… Read more about this item

New York, N.Y.: Haskell House Publishers Ltd, 1970. Later printing. Cloth. Near Fine. Later printing. viii, 455 pages. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth. A new copy noting a bit of fading to the spine panel lettering and a touch of red to the upper page edge corners. Cloth. Reprints the original publication from 1903. New old stock from the… Read more about this item

New York, N.Y.: Haskell House Publishers Ltd, 1973. Later printing. Cloth. Near Fine. Later printing. 327,[3] pages. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth. A fine copy noting light corner bumping. Cloth. Reprints the J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 1925 edition which was originally issued in 1500 copies. This reprint is new old stock from the publisher.

Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Printing & Publishing Co / The Imperial Press, 1902. Cloth. Good. 251, [11-ads] pages. 8vo (6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches). Tan cloth printed in black. Apparently inscribed by author and daguerreian James F. Ryder on the front flyleaf: "Percival Calverts(?) I am Very Truly Yours" in dark ink. There are some discrepancies between… Read more about this item

Geneve, Paris, Bruxelles: L Held, L. Hachette et Cie, A. Lacroix van Mennen et Cie, 1860. Authorized French edition. Boards. Near Fine. Authorized French edition. XVI, 285 pages. 8vo (5 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches) Frontispiece is steel engraving of Humboldt. 1/4 leather over marbled boards w/gilt spine titles. Light overall wear to the binding. Uniformly tanned paper… Read more about this item

Boston, Massachusetts: Printed for the author, 1835. Wraps. Good. 52 pages. 8vo. Lacks original wrappers, later string tie at spine. Covers soiled, clean internally. Some pages with turned corners, occasional spotting. Wraps.

Austin, TX: Zeiss Historica Society, 2015. First Edition. Wraps. Near Fine. First Edition. 24 pages. 8 1/4 x 11 inches. Stapled pictorial wrappers. Minor wear to the extremities. A nice clean copy. Wraps. The Zeiss Historica Society was founded by Thomas Schreiner, Charles Barringer, Jr. and (as noted in some of the society's journals) Lawrence J. Gubas. Subcribed… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Haskell House Publishers Ltd, 1972. Later printing. Cloth. Near Fine. Later printing. xvi, 426 pages. Publisher's lime green cloth with (sloppy) black title stamping on spine panel. Minor soiling, an apparently unread copy. Cloth. A reprint of the original published in Toronto by A. H. Hovey in 1871. Difficult to find in the original edition,… Read more about this item

[ no place [: [ no publisher ], [ no date ]. Very Good. 2 items. One 8 x 10 copy photograph on later Kodak paper of William Osler (the same image is shown on the William Osler Medal page on the histmed site). Small marginal edge tear. The second is an image (5 3/4 x 9 1/8… Read more about this item

Oslo: J W. Cappelens Forlag, 1949. First Edition. Boards. Good/Good. First Edition. 182, [1] pages. 5 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. Thick pressboard covers with embossed title and author name. Original printed dust jacket. Dj is worn, browned at spine, and with soiling. Text in Norwegian (?). Untrimmed. Boards. The first edition of a biography that describes the… Read more about this item

Hartford, Conn: Privately Published, 1874. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. First Edition. 120 pages. 5 1/2 x 7 1/2. Publisher's brown cloth with embossed/gilt decorations. Frontispiece is a mounted photograph of Capron. Corners bent, offsetting of the portrait to the title page. Otherwise a bright clean copy with just a few blemishes to the front cover when viewed… Read more about this item

Austin, TX: Zeiss Historica Society, 2010. First Edition. Wraps. Near Fine. First Edition. 24 pages. 8 1/4 x 11 inches. Stapled pictorial wrappers. Minor wear to the extremities. A nice clean copy. Wraps. The Zeiss Historica Society was founded by Thomas Schreiner, Charles Barringer, Jr. and (as noted in some of the society's journals) Lawrence J. Gubas. Subcribed… Read more about this item

[ no place ]: Privately Printed (John Wilson & Son), 1894. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. First Edition. [4], 104, [1] pages. 8vo. Publisher's cloth gilt. A bright clean copy, noting some spotting to the top page edges. Cloth.

New York: G. W. Dillingham, Publisher, 1890. First Edition. Boards. Good. First Edition. viii, [9]-399 pages. 4to. 8 x 9 1/4 inches. Three quarter leather over marbled boards. Page edges and endpapers also marbled. Leather binding rubbed at the extremities, and drying. Front joint started lower few inches. Still a readable copy as long as care is taken… Read more about this item

Cambridge: At the University Press, 1916. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. First Edition. lv, 81 pages. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. Large 8vo. Lower corners bumped. Occasional pencilled notes internally. Stamp of astronomer T.J.J. See on title page. 1 leaf with titles available from Cambridge University Press laid in. Cloth. Sir George Howard Darwin KCB FRS… Read more about this item

Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1898. Later printing. Vellum. Very Good. Later printing. vii, [1], [1]-341 pages. Small 8vo. Small bookseller (?) ticket "C Glingler Via Mercede Roma" on rear pastedown. This copy extra illustrated with 29 albumen photographs on plates inserted throughout the text, usually one image per leaf, occasionally one on each page.… Read more about this item

London: The Royal Society, 1927. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. First Edition. ix, 247 pages. 8vo. Publisher's maroon cloth. Sydney Ross name plate on front pastedown. Lightly faded cloth, corners bumped. A sound copy. Cloth. Recounts much of Pickering's work in Chemistry and Physics as well as the effect of external conditions on the growth of fruit trees.… Read more about this item

[ no place ]: Self-published. Boards. Good. [2], 21, [3-last blank] pages (plus frontis and 5 blank leaves in rear). Tree calf with decorative borders. Spine panel coming loose at front joint (hinge holding). Overall wear to extremities of the binding. Bright and clean internally, noting 'withdrawn' stamp on front flyleaf (no other markings). Boards. Wickham was an… Read more about this item