Search Results: Authors starting with D from Biomed Rare Books

Boston: Massachusetts General Hospital, 1897. First edition. FIRST EDITION COMMEMORATIVE VOLUME CELEBRATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST USE OF INHALATION ANESTHESIA WITH PAPERS BY LUMINARIES OF AMERICAN MEDICINE. 10 1/4 inches tall hardcover, original red cloth binding, beveled edges, gilt title to cover, expertly rebacked with gilt black leather label to spine, frontis engraving of Massachusetts General Hospital with tissue guard, commemoration invitation engraving, program of speakers, list of honorary committee members, plate depicting physicians surrounding patient, October 16, 1846, engraved portraits of J.C. Warren and William G. Morton. Bookplate of Dartmouth College Library donated in memory of Ernest H. Latham (with "discard" stamp) to front paste down, signature of H. P. Walcott to front flyleaf, florid signature of Ernest H. Latham across title page, scattered tiny check marks in margins, binding tight. "The Most Important Article in NEJM [New England Journal of Medicine] History.… Read More

London: John Van Voorst, 1847. First edition. 1847 MAGNIFICENT BIOLOGY OF MARINE LIFE OF SCOTLAND ILLUSTRATED WITH OVER 100 FINE HAND-COLORED ENGRAVINGS AFTER PAINTINGS BY NOTED LOCAL ARTISTS. Two 11 inches tall hardcover volumes, recent 3/4 calf, spine with raised bands and gilt leather title labels, green moire cloth covered boards, bookplate of Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow front paste-down, handstamp of Aquatic Research Institute to front free endpaper. Vol. I, xii, 270 pp, 53 colored engraved plates; Vol. II, [iv], 322 pp, [2], 56 colored engraved plates with tissue guards. Small abrasions to edges of spine and tips of corners, old faint dampstain to lower corner of pages, touching only 1 image; occasional minor foxing; marginal browning & light chipping to endpapers, titles & last 2 leaves, overall very good in custom archival mylar covers. Cole Pt. 2, p. 74; BMNH p. 417; Nissen ZBI 1031. SIR JOHN GRAHAM DALYELL (1775-1851) was a Scottish antiquary and naturalist. When an infant he fell… Read More

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1860. First edition. 1860 THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY JULY-DECEMBER 1860--CONTAINS 3 REVIEWS OF DARWIN'S ORIGIN OF SPECIES AND AN EDITORIAL PROMOTING LINCOLN'S CANDIDACY FOR PRESIDENT (BOTH MEN WERE BORN FEBRUARY 12, 1809). 9 1/2 inches tall hardcover, 3/4 black leather binding, spine with raised bands, gilt ruled compartments, and gilt title and initials of previous owner (Fr. A. Bryan). Edges marbled, marbled endpapers with armorial bookplate of Fr. A. Bryan to front paste-down, iv, 764 pp; joints starting, binding tight, light foxing to endpapers, pages crisp and unmarked, very good. Darwin first wrote to Asa Gray in 1855. A correspondence and intellectual comradeship quickly developed to the point where in July 1857 Darwin informed Gray of his as yet unpublished theory of natural selection, thereby making Gray the third person (after Joseph Hooker and Charles Lyell) to know his secret. Part of this letter to Gray was later included in the presentation to the Linnean Society in… Read More

London: John Murray, 1830. First edition. 1830 FIRST EDITION EARLY VICTORIAN BESTSELLER ON THE ROLE OF SCIENCE IN SOCIETY BY AN EMINENT BRITISH CHEMIST. 6 1/2 x 4 inches hardcover, 3/4 leather binding with marbled boards, gilt title to spine, bookplate to front paste-down, vi, [vi], 281, [i]. Corners bumped, wear to covers, bottom 3/4 inches of spine chipped, binding tight, text unmarked, very good minus in custom archival mylar cover. SIR HUMPHRY DAVY (1778 - 1829) was a Cornish chemist and inventor. Berzelius called Davy's 1806 Bakerian Lecture On Some Chemical Agencies of Electricity "one of the best memoirs which has ever enriched the theory of chemistry." He was a 1st Baronet, President of the Royal Society, and Fellow of the Geological Society. Davy's lectures gave his audience a vision of human civilization brought forward by scientific discovery. Davy's lectures also included spectacular and sometimes dangerous chemical demonstrations for his audience, a generous helping of references to… Read More

London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1954. First edition. LANDMARK ANALYSIS OF AN ARCHAEOPTERYX FOSSIL, CLARIFYING ITS LINK BETWEEN REPTILES AND BIRDS. 12 1/2 inches tall folio hardcover, brown cloth binding, blindstamped covers, gilt title to spine, bookplate of academic physician Noble Suydam Rustum Maluf to front paste-down, frontis of model Archaeopteryx, xi, errata slip, 68 pp; 16 plates (each with descriptive text leaf); 9 figures in text. Near Fine in custom archival mylar cover. FROM THE PREFACE: "When Archaeopteryx was acquired by the British Museum in 1862 it was immediately studied by Richard Owen, then Superintendent of the Natural History Departments and later first Director of the British Museum (Natural History), and since at that time the Museum had scarcely begun to publish scientific monographs on its own account, Owen's work appeared in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. Subsequent investi&ators, including several members of the Museum staff, have from time to… Read More

Yokohama, Japan: Yamagata Press, 1947. First editions, later 1947 printings. PUBLISHED 2 YEARS AFTER END OF WW2: HISTORY AND TOURIST ATTRACTIONS OF JAPAN--2 ILLUSTRATED VOLUMES IN TRADITIONAL JAPANESE BINDINGS SIGNED BY AUTHOR, PRESIDENT OF FAMOUS HOTEL. Two volumes, 8 1/2 inches tall, silk-covered paper wrappers, traditional Japanese string binding with folded rice paper pages, decorative vertical paper label to covers. Volume 1 signed in ink on front endpaper by Alsuharu Sakai (collaborator) Tokyo, Xmas 1948, with Japanese characters; Volume 2 signed on pictorial frontis by K.M. Yamaguchi, President, Fujiya Hotel, Miyanoshita, 20th Jan, 1949, with Japanese characters. Vol. 1 cover edges worn, top edge soiled, overall good+; Vol. 2 minimal wear to cover edges, text edges darkened, otherwise very good. Both volumes in archival custom mylar covers. MIYANOSHITA is one of the Seven Hot Springs of Hakone, Japan. The hot springs have been an attraction for tourists and pleasure-seekers for hundreds of… Read More

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1945. First edition (stated).
"ONE OF THE MOST TALKED-ABOUT BOOKS OF 1945" SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.
First edition, 8 inches tall hardcover, blue cloth binding, inscribed on front free endpaper, "For Dave with love from Paul--This memoire to a great man, Herman. Paul de Kruif, May 5, '45". [10], 243 pp. Light rubbing to covers, light page browning, binding tight, pages unmarked, very good in very good-minus jacket with small edge tears and browning, in protective mylar sleeve. The author's inscription refers to HERMAN NIELS BUNDESEN (1882 – 1960), a German-American medical professional, politician, and author. He served two tenures as the chief health official of the city of Chicago, holding this role for more than 34 years in total. He also was elected Cook County coronerIn addition, he also served as president of the American Public Health Association and as a senior surgeon with the United States Public Health Service. In 1914, Bundensen came to work for the… Read More

Amsterdam: Honore et Fils, 1748. First edition. OVER 100 YEARS BEFORE DARWIN--FIRST EDITION BY A FRENCH DIPLOMAT OF A PHILOSOPHIC TREATISE PROPOSING THAT THE EARTH AND LIFE EVOLVED OVER DEEP TIME. 7 3/4 inches tall hardcover octavo, full calf binding, spine with tooled gilt compartments, red leather gilt title label, edges red-stained, marbled endpapers, two volumes in one: pp. [1-10] i-cxix [2] 1-208 [2] [1-231 [1] (pages 113-120 of volume one were not printed, as always), wear to cover edges, binding tight, scattered light foxing, very good. TEXT IN FRENCH. First edition of this important, controversial, and strangely prescient work, dedicated to Cyrano de Bergerac. By using the device of an imaginary voyage to India by a French missionary, and by presenting the work's philosophy as the beliefs of an Indian mystic, Maillet sought to make palatable his pre-Darwinian theories of evolution. Primarily a geological treatise, presented as the theories of an Indian mystic encountered by a French… Read More

1987. SIGNED & FRAMED ORIGINAL CARTOON PRINT OF DR. B. CAREFUL SURROUNDED BY MALPRACTICE WORRIES, BY CARTOONIST TO THE STARS. Framed original hand-colored print, number 49 of 150 copies, signed by the artist, John DeAmicis. Image size 7x8 inches, matted size 11x14 inches, signed in pencil by the artist, fine in fine black metal frame with black matte and glass. John DeAmicis's drawings and illustrations have been compared to Charles Bragg and Daumier. He depicts his unusual interpretations of common situations and clichés creating complex and sophisticated satirical art pieces. Fanciful lines flow from his pens and pencils in an antic parade. A keen observer of life, John tends to zero-in on society's idiosyncratic elements in practicing his brand of work. A member of the National Cartoonists Society, DeAmicis has had work in galleries around the world. He has also been commissioned by many corporations and individuals to apply his unique style of artwork and creating to their needs. Some of the… Read More

New York: Academic Press, 1947-1965. First editions (first and second printings). SEMINAL PAPERS BY LEADING POSTWAR GENETICISTS IN THE YEARS SURROUNDING THE DISCOVERY OF DNA STRUCTURE. 13 volumes 9 1/4 inchs tall, original green cloth binding, gilt titles to spine, library labels removed from spines, bookplate of Armed Forces Institute of Pathology on front paste-down of some volumes, library handstamp to top edge of some volumes, handstamp of Library of Congress to front free endpapers (canceled), library pocket and handstamps to rear paste-down, text pages clean and unmarked. Overall good+. PREFACE to Volume 1: As material for their research geneticists use higher and lower plants, higher and lower animals, and recently also viruses and bacteriophages. They study heredity in man. In their experiments they may use biophysical methods, they may investigate the chemical synthesis of organic compounds, they may study the components of living cells. A considerable part of genetic research deals with… Read More

Charlottesville: D. Appleton-Century Co., Inc., for the Institute for Research in the Social Sciences, University of Virginia, 1940. First edition.
LANDMARK STUDY OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT IN ARIZONA PUEBLOS IN 1930s--SIGNED BY AUTHOR.
15x23 cm hardcover, burgundy cloth binding, gilt title to cover and spine, i-xi, 204 pp, 8 photographic plates, bibliography, index. Early inscription and ownership stamp from Patsy White Ballou, 1941. SIGNED by author on half-title page. Very good in custom archival mylar cover.
WAYNE DENNIS (1905-1976) was known as one of the most distinguished psychologists and child development specialists of his generation. He retired in 1970 from academic life as professor emeritus of Brooklyn College, where he was professor and chair of the Department of Psychology from 1951 to 1962. He last directed the doctoral program in general psychology at the City University of New York from 1962-1964. Throughout his academic career, Dr. Dennis studied and researched abroad, most notably as… Read More

Paris: Jean Guinard, 1650. Second edition.
SCARCE 1650 PRINTING OF DESCARTES' LAST PUBLISHED WORK--ON THE PASSIONS OF THE SOUL RESULTING FROM OUR ANIMAL SPIRITS.
6 1/4 inches tall volume, vellum binding, [2], [46], 286 pp, browning to covers and page edges, old water stains top edge, scattered light foxing, very good minus.
RENE DESCARTES (1596 – 1650) was a French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician, widely considered a seminal figure in the emergence of modern philosophy and science. Many elements of Descartes' philosophy have precedents in late Aristotelianism, the revived Stoicism of the 16th century, or in earlier philosophers like Augustine. In his natural philosophy, he differed from the schools on two major points: first, he rejected the splitting of corporeal substance into matter and form; second, he rejected any appeal to final ends, divine or natural, in explaining natural phenomena. In PASSIONS OF THE SOUL (Les passions de l'âme), the last of Descartes' published work, completed… Read More

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1899. First edition. 1899 ADDRESS TO MEDICAL STUDENTS AT ST. GEORGE'S HOSPITAL BY PROMINENT LONDON NEPHROLOGIST--COPY OF LEADING NEW YORK PSYCHIATRIST. 12 1/2 inches tall slim hardcover, brown pebbled cloth covers, gilt emblem of St. George & Dragon and title to cover, 47 pp, corners rubbed, decorative bookplate of Charles W. Pilgrim front paste-down, very good. WILLIAM HOWSHIP DICKINSON (1832 – 1913) was educated at Cambridge and later trained at St George's Hospital. He authored several comprehensive monographs on kidney disease, and wrote one of the first accounts of familial kidney disease in which affected family members had proteinuria but did not have typical features of Alport syndrome. In addition to St. George's Hospital, he worked at Great Ormond Street Hospital where cared for children with neurological conditions, and he also served as curator of the museum at the Royal College of Physicians. He was President of the Pathological Society of London from… Read More

Paris: Briasson, 1762. First edition. 1762 LARGE ANATOMIC ENGRAVING FROM FIRST EDITION OF DIDEROT'S ENCYCLOPEDIE - INTERIOR OF THE BRAIN AND CEREBELLUM.Original copper plate engraving on heavy paper, 9 1/4 x 15 1/4 inches (8 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches platemark), very good condition, in custom archival mylar cover; TOGETHER WITH photocopy of letterpress descriptive text (French language) pertaining to the engraving (letters on the anatomical figures are identified in the text). INTRODUCTION TO THE PLATES FOR ANATOMIE: "Anatomy, that part of physics that provides knowledge of the human body, should appear with distinction in a Dictionary of the Sciences. It is primarily through the plates that it may be understood. Mr. Tarin, in charge of Anatomy, dedicated himself to finding those authors regarded as the best. His collection representing all of the parts of the human body, it would appear that he could not have done better to satisfy the Public than probing his sources with discernment, and extracting only… Read More

Paris: Laurent d'Houry, 1707. First edition. 1707 RARE FIRST EDITION OF ILLUSTRATED MANUAL OF SURGICAL OPERATIONS BY SURGEON TO KING LOUIS XIV. 8 inches tall hardcover (octavo) [28]-746-[23] pages, 11 copper plate engravings (portrait frontispiece & 10 plates, including anatomy theater engraved by J. B. Scotin), 52 woodcuts in the text (numbered in sequence with copper plates, including un-numbered woodcut page 163 depicting stones from the kidneys of Pope Innocent XI in 1689. The remaining woodcuts and plates depict surgical instruments used in operations ranging from ophthalmic surgery to abdominal, obstetric, urologic, and orthopedic operations. Contemporary full leather binding, spine with raised bands, gilt tooling, and gilt red leather title. Corners and spine ends worn, cover edges abraded, joints cracked but binding firm, 1 mm pinhole through upper corner of first 100 leaves, light marginal browning to pages, and scattered light foxing. Lacking front and rear free endpapers and folding plate… Read More

Edinburgh and London: E. & S. Livingstone Ltd., 1962. Second edition. UNIQUE DICTIONARY OF ANATOMICAL EPONYMS BY CURATOR OF THE HUNTERIAN MUSEUM IN LONDON--COPY OF AN ACADEMIC SURGEON WITH TLS FROM THE AUTHOR WITH POCKET CONTAINING IMAGES OF KIDNEY CASTS FROM THE MUSEUM. 9 inches tall hardcover, brown cloth boards, spine gilt, bookplate of NSR Maluf front paste-down; signed and dated November 4th, 1964 by author on title page; frontis portrait of Vesalius, 235 pp; very good in jacket lightly soiled, otherwise very good in mylar sleeve. Laid in TLS from author to NSR Maluf, dated 31st March, 1969, "Dear Dr. Maluf, I have great pleasure in enclosing the negatives of the photographs of specimens from the Hunterian Museum that you wish to have. I hope you will find them suited to your purpose. I have just received the magnificent work of Galen translated by Mrs. May. I am most grateful to you for this fine addition to my library. It is a book that I would possibly not have contemplated buying but I would… Read More

London: Reeve, Benham, and Reeve, 1849, 1850, 1851. First editions.
VICTORIAN ENTOMOLOGICAL CHRONICLES BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED WITH HAND COLORED LITHOGRAPHS OF NATURAL AND HUMANIZED INSECT LIFE.
Three hardcover volumes 8 inches tall, 3/4 black calf binding, marbled covered boards, spines with raised bands, gilt titles and gilt decorated compartments, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, personal library bookplate to front paste-down, hand-colored lithographed frontis, title page with vignette, and many hand-colored headpieces and uncolored illustrations throughout each volume. Vol. 1 (1st Series), xviii, 320 pp; Vol. 2 (2nd Series), xvi, 326 pp; Vol. 3 (3rd Series), xvii, 434 pp. Light wear to cover edges and corners, occasional spots to pages, no marks to text, colors bright, very good in custom archival mylar covers.
NOTES ON THE BOOKS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE LIBRARY: The best-known work of a little-known author, Episodes of insect life is essentially an insect chronicle by the British writer… Read More

New York: Harper & Bros., 1878. First edition.
1878 COMPILATION OF SCIENTIFIC INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES BY BRILLIANT PHYSICIAN SCIENTIST AND PHOTOGRAPHER--SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY.
14.5x23 cm hardcover, brown cloth binding, spine gilt, bookplate of Robert L. Chevalier MD to front paste-down, Inscribed and signed on front free endpaper by son of the author, Daniel Draper to Daniel's niece, Carlotta Maury: "To Carlotta with love from Draper, Oct 1916". Portrait frontis of J. W. Draper with tissue guard, i-xxii, 473 pp, 100 wood engravings in text (including engravings of 6 photomicrographs with tissue guard), plate depicting Rumford medal with tissue guard, 6 pp publisher's advertisements. Light wear to cover edges, closed tear to back endpaper, light browning to page edges, overall very good in custom archival mylar cover.
JOHN WILLIAM DRAPER (1811 - 1882) was an American (English-born) scientist, philosopher, physician, chemist, historian and photographer. In 1832, his family settled in… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1974. First printing.
1974 NOTED BIOLOGIST'S STUDY OF HUMAN NATURE AND OUR CAPACITY TO SHAPE OUR FUTURE--SIGNED BY AUTHOR.
15.5x24 cm hardcover, green cloth binding, gilt decoration to cover, gilt title to spine, inscribed and signed on front free endpaper, "With warmest wishes/ Rene Dubos." i-xiii, 226 pp, light fading top cover edges, top corner pages bumped, light wear to jacket cover, crease front jacket flap, very good in very good jacket.
RENE JULES DUBOS (1901 – 1982) was a French-American microbiologist, experimental pathologist, environmentalist, humanist, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction for his book So Human An Animal. He is credited for having made famous the environmental maxim: "Think globally, act locally." Aside from a period from 1942 to 1944 when he was George Fabyan Professor of Comparative Pathology and professor of tropical medicine at Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health, his scientific career was… Read More