The medicinal and poisonous plants of Southern Africa: being an account of their medicinal and other uses, chemical composition, pharmacological effects and toxicology in man and animal by Watt, John Mitchell and Maria Gerdina Breyer-Brandwijk - 1962

Philadelphia: Haswell & Johnson, 1842. First American Edition . Half Leather - Hardbound. Fair. 8vo. First American Edition of "A Treatise on the Diseases of the Heart...", published in 1842; 572 pages, plus 22 illustrations on nine plates (one folding), followed by two pages of ads; Bound with Volume I of "The American Medical Intelligencer, New Series"; Half leather covers are well worn and spine covers are missing; Both covers are almost detached; Book plate on front paste down; End pages are darkened; Just a very little scattered light foxing; Text is tight and overall very clean and intact; This would be a great binding copy of this rare first American edition.

Coethen,: F.A. Estockel,, 1860.. [viii], xcvi, 656, 235 (Repertorium & index), [iii] pp. Small 8vo. (11.5 x 17.5 cm.). Contemporary green cloth, spine with gilt rullers and gilt lettered. The very rare first edition. Lutze was a controversial figure in Homeopathy with an enormous influence among the layman. This very contraversional book is a fundament in the history of Homeopathy. --(Partly some light stains and/or foxing, but a very good copy).

Franklin Design Bureau, 2011. Paperback. Used- Fine condition. Book is clean and tight. Book shows light shelf wear. Light bumping on the top and bottom of the spine. No markings on the inside of the book. Photos are of the book we have here at Barbed Wire Books."It is one of the few works that attempts fully to explain Colorado's water history. It is unusually well-written, with vivid descriptions of people, processes, events, and landscape features." Mark Fiege

Philadelphia:: Thomas Dobson, 1802., 1802. Two volumes in one (complete). 12mo [in 6s]. xvi, 404, 105-108 pp. Index. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, leather gilt-stamped spine label; label chipped, covers rubbed. Very good copy. Early American edition, the first printed in Boston, preceded by American edition printed in Philadelphia (1793). / ?Underwood laid the foundations for modern paediatrics. His work was superior to anything that had previously appeared and remained the most important book on the subject for sixty years. . . ? - G&M. First printed in London 1784, Underwood's book achieved as many as ten editions through 1846, two editors following in Underwood's footsteps. Ruhrah offers, ?Apart from Rosen von Rosenstein, . . . Underwood's was the first treatise on children's diseases anything like our modern textbooks in style and quality.? - Ruhrah, Pediatrics of the Past, p. 450. REFERENCES: Austin 1943; Garrison and Morton 6326, 2734.4 'first discussion, in a treatise on… Read More

Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1857. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 44 chromolithograph illustrations with text beneath, printed rectos only, with title page, and bound in the orignal printed plum colored wraps, measuring 7.5 x 10.5' Some loss to spine and and bottom front cover, and fading along the edges, else a Very Good complete copy. // A work by this author, with this title, place of publication and publisher was published in 1857. Cf. English catalogue of Books. However that work has the following collation: xii, 208 p., [44] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 16 cm. Cf. NUC pre-56. The exact relationship between the two publications cannot be determined.

Paris: Charpentier, 1852. Hardcover. See Description. Fifth Edition. 12mo. pp. [4], XXXII, 382. With a fine frontispiece engraving portraying a marble statue of the author. Bound in quarter red morocco with gilt spine and marbled boards. Mild rubbing; generally a fine copy. Pages are clean. Includes the notes of Dr. Cerise (first printed in the 1844 edition). F-X Bichat (1771-1802) Famous french physician and anatomist. Garrison's History of Medicine refers to him as the creator of descriptive anatomy. His book Recherches physiologiques sur la vie et la mort was first published in 1800. According to Garrison and Morton: "When Volta questioned the validity of experiments claiming to show responsiveness of an ex vivo heart, devoid of blood flow and nervous connections, Bichat obtained permission to experiment upon the freshly killed bodies of those guillotined during the French Revolution. His trials on both laboratory animals and human cadavers led him to conclude that cardiac excitation by… Read More

Good half leather bound with hard grain morocco at fore corners and spine over brown pseudo-marbled paper over boards; five raised bands with gilt dot and chain pattern; gilt titles. Clean covers and spine; rubbed at fore corners, boards just exposed on rear cover at fore corners; 1.5 x .5 inch leather chip missing at spine tail; cracked at cover/spine joints, end papers intact; covers weakened at hinge but all reamins tightly bound; clean interior; slight age darkening. 194 text pp; xxii b/w plates; VII color plates. Color plate IV is loose and laid in; all others intact in Very Good condition. Cf, OCLC #11046074. 8vo.

Buffalo N.Y.: Corps of Engineers , Dept of the Army. Very Good. 1969. First Edition. Soft Cover. 8 soft cover volumes plus envelope with 5 folded maps, published June 1969. Accompanied by a letter from the Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army. Volume 1. Summary Report. Volume 2. Appendix A, B, C; History, Plan Formation, Project Designs and Cost Estimate. Volume 3. Appendix D; Economic Base Study. Volume 4. E, F; Hydrology, Flood Control. Volume 5. Appendix G, H; State Water Laws, Water Quality & Water Supply. Volume 6. Appendix J, K; Agriculture Studies, Sedimentation. Volume 7. L, M, N; Hydroelectric Power, Outdoor Recreation, Fish and wild life. Volume 8. New York State Supplement. Item 9, an envelope containing 5 folded maps. Illustrated with tables, charts, photographs and maps. Binding clips are some what rusty. Science; Maps, Photographs, charts and tables; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Unpaginated pages .

Privately Printed, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. 1931 University of Wyoming doctoral thesis submitted by Joseph Conrad Twinem pertaining to the genesis of the geological development of the lithosphere of southeastern Wyoming. Includes discussions of dozens of formations and numerous skillfully executed watercolors of cross-sections of formations, etc. Of special interest are four large watercolors, two of them 3-panel fold outs, of Wyoming landscapes, and one of the Rock Creek oil fields. Also includes 36 2 3/4" x 4 1/2" original, unique photos inserted in corner mounts - views of Wyoming camp facilities, canyons, mountains, striking geological features, Independence Rock, gold mining operations, the Pathfinder Dam, Parco, Wyoming (street view), oil distillers, a Snow Range sericite mine and much more. No exaggeration; this thesis is a work of art and unique. Notably, Twinem was the former Maine State Geologist, also an accomplished petroleum engineer and geologist. Bound in burgundy cloth… Read More

Shanghai: The National Review Office, 1911. Hardcover. Good. Shanghai: The National Review Office, 1911. First edition. Good. Rare. Original olive green boards with a few very minor marks, interior with some minor foxing to endpapers and foredge, otherwise clean and with sound binding, owner's signature to page iii.