Search Results: Authors starting with J from Jeff Weber Rare Books

Paris:: Chez Michel Brunet, 1700., 1700. 12mo. [vi], 185, [1] pp. Title woodcut vignette. Contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine, raised bands; extremities showing. Early armorial bookplate: "Bonne et Belle Assez"; title-page signed "Will: Fowler". Very good. Second of three parts, each separate and apparently not referring the others issues (the first was 1699); a third issue was printed in 1701 [considered tome 2 and it contained 143 pp.]. "The Honneste Man and the Scelerat [Villain]. Scavoir, if to reach the world you have to be honest man or scelerate [Villain]." Arranged in four parts, or books [pp. 1, 41, 92, 144], with a final section entitled, "Ingenie a Agathandre". Some copies have a frontispiece (not this one); nonetheless extremely rare as only three copies located in WorldCat (in Germany), and one other located in the trade. Dubois de Chastenay also wrote, Arsene, ou La vanite du monde: dedie à Madame de Maintenon, 1690; Uranie ou Les secours inopinez de la Providence, de diez A S.A.R.… Read More

([no place]:: American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, 1978, 1979)., 1978. Two volumes. 280 x 212 mm. 4to. [x], 186; [x], 225 pp. Printed wrappers. Ownership signatures. Very good.

Warsaw:: PZWL, 1965., 1965. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 8vo. viii, 331 pp. 161 figs. Refs., index. Brown cloth, brown-stamped cover and spine titles. Exlib spine markings (neatly removed) and ink stamps (one on title-page). Very good.

New York:: McGraw-Hill, 1957., 1957. 236 x 162 mm. 8vo. xiv, 326 pp. Figs., bibliog., index. Green cloth, dust-jacket; jacket chipped, else fine.

San Diego:: Arts and Crafts Press, 1933., 1933. 235 x 158 mm. 8vo. 62 pp. 38 figs., glossary. Gilt-stamped blue wrappers; spine and edges chipped. Good.

Boston and New York:: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1905., 1905. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. xii, 456 pp. Frontis, photos, illustrations, index. Green cloth, gilt-stamped cover and spine titles, t.e.g.; extremities a bit rubbed with light edgewear. Bookplate. Previous owner's pencil signature on front free endpaper. Very good.

New York & Basel:: Marcel Dekker, (1990)., 1990. First edition. 8vo. xii, 221 pp. Figs., refs., index. Maroon cloth, gilt-stamped cover and spine titles. Exlib ink stamp on title-page. ISBN: 0824782887. Very good.

(Lawrence):: University Press of Kansas, 1995., 1995. First printing. Series: Development of Western Resources. 8vo. xii, 336 pp. Photos and illustrations, glossary, index. Dark blue cloth, gilt-stamped spine title, dust-jacket. Bookplate of the Burndy Library. Fine. Scarce. ISBN: 0700607161 In exploring the vital function of dam building in western development prior to the New Deal, Donald Jackson focuses on the work of John S. Eastwood, a trailblazing engineer in the early twentieth century, who steadfastly promoted the dramatically less expensive - and controversial - multiple arch dam. Placing Eastwood's work within a vibrant cultural milieu - replete with power struggles among engineers, corporate patrons, and government bureaucrats - Jackson illustrates how both technical and nontechnical issues affected the financing, location, and construction of dams. By examining Eastwood's advocacy of a technology that opened up the possibility of water storage - and hence water control - to a wide range… Read More

Hanover, New Hampshire:: University Press of New England, 1979., 1979. 235 x 158 mm. 8vo. xvi, 291 pp. 25 tables, 12 figs., 8 plates, index. Blue cloth, jacket rubbed, else fine.

Edinburgh:: Balfour & Smellie, 1787., 1787. FIRST EDITION. 204 x 125 mm. Small 4to. [iv], 36 pp. Modern plain red wrappers. Crainz rubber stamp on title. Fine. Not in Blake or Wellcome. OCLC: NLM, Wellcome, UNewcastle. On puerperal fever. PROVENANCE: Professor Franco Crainz (1913-2004) Obstetrics and gynecology, university professor, took his medical degree in 1936 at the University Rome, the Italian Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology; he was Head obstetrics-gynecology Department, University Novara, Italy, 1956-1964, later becoming head obstetrics-gynecology Department, University Rome, 1972-1988. Crainz wrote on the history of medicine including a monograph: The Life and Works of Matthew Baillie MD, FRS L&E, FRCP, Etc. (1761-1823), [1995], and, An Obstetric tragedy: the case of Her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte Augusta : some unpublished documents of 1817, [1977], collected books & papers (mostly Italian & European) in the history of gynecology. Posthumously published was a paper with… Read More

Schenectady:: G. Y. van Debogert, 1852., 1852. Second edition. 8vo. ix, 261 pp. 11 folding engraved plates; plates lightly foxed. Original blind stamped brown cloth, gilt spine; spine ends & joints worn, corners showing, faded stain on rear cover. Very good.

Chicago:: Association of American Medical Colleges, 1955., 1955. 8vo. xv, [1], 164 pp. 3 Plates, figures, tables, appendices. Blue silver-stamped cloth. Very good. Scarce.

Oxford:: Oxford University Press, 2009., 2009. Series: Biographies of Diseases. Small 8vo. xi, [1], 249, [1] pp. Figs., index. Black gilt-stamped cloth, dust-jacket. Fine. ISBN: 9780199237951 "Marcel Proust, son of a physician and one of France's literary heroes, spent most of his life in his bedroom indisposed from his many ailments, chief among them asthma. In this exceptional book Mark Jackson traces the history of asthma from antiquity to the present, using autobiographical and literary commentaries from Proust (among others) to illustrate the patient's experience of asthma. In a close reading of texts, narratives, theories and suffering, Jackson skillfully weaves medical theory, patient experience, and popular and literary culture into a brilliant picture that will interest historians of medicine, cultural historians and a broader reading public likely to include many touched personally by the disease." [Carla C. Keirns, book review, Social History of Medicine, Volume 24, Issue 3, December… Read More

Posen:: Merzbach, 1881., 1881. 255 x 200 mm. 4to. 17 pp. 1 fig. Printed wrappers; lacks top cover, title page with 1 1/2 inch x 3 inch tear, repaired. Good.

Schrimm:: H. Schwantes, 1893., 1893. 249 x 201 mm. 4to. 8 pp. [Entire publication: [ii], 8, 23 pp.] 1 engraved plate. Printed wrappers; lacks top cover. Good.

(London):: Allen Lane, (1974)., 1974. First edition in English. 8vo. viii, 348 pp. Index. Maroon cloth, dust-jacket; jacket extremities a bit worn, else fine.

No place:: Journal of Molecular Biology, 1963., 1963. 8vo. 23-42 pp. Figs., tables. Self-wraps. Ownership signature of Norman Horowitz. Fine. RARE. Jacob was one of the most important geneticists of the 20th century. He shared the 1965 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Andre Lwoff and Jacques Monod for their discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis.

Cambridge:: Cambridge University Press, 1983., 1983. 8vo. viii, 222 pp. Index. Brown gilt-stamped cloth, dust-jacket. Near fine. ISBN 10: 0521248760

Ithaca:: Cornell University Press, 1976., 1976. 8vo. 228 pp. Bibliography, index. Orange cloth, blue-stamped spine, dust- jacket. Ink ownership signature of David C. Lindberg. ISBN: 0801409810 / 0-8014-0981-0

Ithaca:: Cornell University Press, (1976)., 1976. 8vo. 228 pp. Bibliography, index. Orange cloth, blue-stamped spine, dust-jacket. Bookplate. Fine in near fine jacket. ISBN: 0801409810