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New York: Van Nostrand, 1945.

Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1887. Mach, Ernst (1838-1916) & Peter Salcher (1848-1928). Photographische Fixirung der durch Projectile in der Luft eingeleiteten Vorgänge. In Annalen der Physik und Chemie, n.s., 32 (1887): 277-291; plate. Whole volume. viii, 704pp. 5 folding plates (including the Mach plate), text illustrations. 213 x 132 mm. Original cloth, spine faded and with a few chips at extremities, corners a bit worn. Endpapers toned but very good. From the library of Nobel Laureate John William Strutt, third Baron Rayleigh (1842-1919), with his pencil signature ("Rayleigh") on the front flyleaf. Second printing, published the same year that the paper appeared in the Sitzungsberichte der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Wien; a printed note at the head of the paper reads "Aus dem 95. Bde. der Sitzungsber. der kais. Acad. der Wiss. zu Wien vom 21. April 1887; mitgetheilt von den Herren Verf." [From the 95th volume of the session reports of the Imperial Academy of Sciences in… Read More

London: W. Innys, 1732. Whole volume, 450, [4, index] pp.160 x 220mm. Paneled calf. Some toning and foxing. Disbound.

1921. Whole volume. [4], 497, viii pp. Text illustrations. 250 x 170 mm. Quarter morocco, marbled boards, spine a bit rubbed, light edgewear. Very good. "Laboratory demonstration of the antispasmodic action of theophylline on bronchial smooth muscle" (Garrison-Morton.com).

Boston: Jewett, 1857. p>[Baxter, George (1804-67).] The plates of Maclise's Surgical Anatomy, with the descriptions . . . With an additional plate from Bourgery . . . Printed in oil colors, after Baxter's process. Edited by Richard Upton Piper (1816-97). 36 plates, each with printed key, plus 3 preliminary leaves. Boston: John Jewett and Co.; Cleveland: Henry P. B. Jewett, 1857. 248 x 197 mm. Original cloth, rebacked. Old library stamp removed from title, but a very good copy with very clean impressions of all the plates. First Edition of the first (and possibly only) surgical plates printed using George Baxter's oil color printing technique, the first commercially viable color printing process. The process, patented in 1835, combined intaglio and relief methods, involving "the coloring of an impression from an outline or key block, which could be either a copper, zinc or steel plate, or a litho stone—though the latter was but seldom used—by successive impressions from color blocks of wood or… Read More

1886. MacMunn, Charles Alexander (1852-1911). Researches on Myohaematin and the Histohaematins. Abstract. Offprint from the Proceedings of the Royal Society 240 (1886): 248-252. Original printed wrappers. (2) Further observations on Myohaematin and the Histohaematins. Offprint from the Journal of Physiology 8 (2): 51-65 + 1 plate (no.II). Without wrappers. Birmingam Medical Institute stamped on the front wrappers. The first offprint is an abstract of Garrison-Morton 13108, not the actual paper. Charles Alexander MacMunn was the first to describe the respiratory pigment in blood, known today as Cytochrome1. It was one of the most significant discoveries made by an Irish doctor. (Wikipedia). .

Philadelphia: Haswell, Barrington & Haswell, 1839. 276pp. 219 x 138 mm. 19th century half calf, marbled boards, light wear at hinges and edges. Some foxing. Bookplate. Good+.

London, 1981.

Halle: Carl Marhold, 1909. Magnus-Levy, Adolf (1865-1955). Das Koma diabeticum und seine Behandlung. 54, [10, adverts.]pp. Halle: Carl Marhold, 1909. 233 x 151 mm. (unopened). Without wrappers. Light spotting but very good. First Edition. Magnus-Levy pioneered the study of human metabolism and its relation to such diseases as diabetes, goiter and multiple myeloma. He proved that diabetic coma is caused by the accumulation of ketone bodies in the blood, which raises blood acidity. Garrison-Morton.com 3963. .

London: Christopher Bateman and William Bowyer, 1717. Mattaire, Michel (1668-1747). Historia typographorum aliquot parisiensium vitas et libros complectens. xvi, [4], 160, [8], 160, [2]pp. 2 engraved plates. London: Apud Christophorum Bateman; typis Gulielmi Bowyer, 1717. 189 x 118 mm. 18th-century mottled calf, gilt spine and edges, light wear and rubbing, front hinge cracking. Small closed tears in title-leaf and leaf B2, but very good otherwise. Manuscript copy of Mattaire's Latin poem "Ad librum" tipped to the flyleaf opposite the title; notationin pencil above reading "Manuscrit de Mattaire." First Edition. Mattaire, a French-born classical scholar and bibliographer, spent most of his life in England, where he taught and amassed an important library of early printed books. He is best known for his works on the history of printing, including this one, which contains biographies of Parisian scholar-printers Simon de Collines, Michel Vascosan, Adrien Turnebo, Jean Bienné, and Guillaume Morel and… Read More

Paris: Rosselin, 1840. 30x23.5cm.

1947. Malina, Frank (1912-81) and Martin Summerfield (1916-96). The problem of escape from the Earth by rocket. Offprint from Journal of the Aeronautical Sciences 14 (1947). 471-480pp. Text diagrams. 287 x 210 mm. Original printed wrappers, unobtrusive stain on front wrapper. Very good. From the library of aeronautics and aerospace pioneer Theodore von Kármán (1881-1963), with his ownership stamp on the inside front wrapper and his characteristic docketing on the front wrapper. First Edition, Offprint Issue. "Malina's paper, co-authored by Summerfield, laid out for the first time the theoretical criteria for ‘staged rockets'—the standard means of orbital access for over half a century" (MacDonald). Malina, one of the pioneers of modern astronautics, co-founded the Aerojet Corporation with Summerfield, Theodore von Kármán (his professor and mentor at Cal Tech) and two other Cal Tech students; he also led the team that developed the WAC Corporal, America's first high-altitude rocket and the… Read More

London, 1850. Foundation Work of Seismology-Author's Copy Mallet, Robert (1810-81). (1) First [-third] report of the facts of earthquake phaenomena. Offprints from Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science for 1850 (1850), Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science for 1851 (1852) and Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science for 1852 [-54] (1852-55). [2], 87; [2], 273-320; [2], 176, [1], 118-212, 326pp. 6 plates, numbered 12-17. 218 x 135 mm. Three items in 2, bound in 19th century marbled boards rebacked and recornered in calf, slightly rubbed. Light toning, edges of some plates a little frayed, but very good. Mallet's copy, with his signature on the title of the first report; the first two reports interleaved with both autograph and printed corrections inserted throughout; autograph note on p. 153 of the third report. (2) [with John William Mallet.] The earthquake catalogue of the British Association, with the discussion, curves,… Read More

New York: The Century Co, 1884. 1st edition.

Paris: Crochard, 1832. Manec, Pierre Joseph (1799-1884). Traité théorique et pratique de la ligature des artères. [6], 32pp., plus 12 printed plate keys. 13 lithographed plates by Nicolas-Henri Jacob (1782-1871), enhanced with hand coloring. Paris: Librairie Médical de Crochard, 1832. 458 x 290 mm. Quarter calf, marbled boards in period style by Ateliers Laurenchet. Lower margin of one leaf expertly repaired, but fine otherwise. First Edition. Manec was head of anatomy at the Facultè de Médecine de Paris and a surgeon at the Salpetrière. He wrote the text of his atlas on ligations of arteries in the first person, based upon his experience performing the operations. Manec's striking surgical atlas on arterial ligature is illustrated with 13 lithographed plates drawn by Nicolas-Henri Jacob, the illustrator of Jean-Baptiste Bourgery's magnificent multi-volume atlas of human anatomy. This is the first hand-colored copy we have handled in 50 years of trading. Bibliotheca Walleriana 6210.… Read More

London: Longman [etc.], 1833. Mantell, Gideon (1790-1852). The geology of the south-east of England. xix, 415pp. Lithographed frontispiece and 5 plates (1 folding), folding colored map, text illustrations. London: Longman, Rees, Orne, Brown, Green & Longman, 1833. 213 x 134 mm. 19th century half calf, marbled boards, light edgewear. Plates somewhat foxed, otherwise very good. 19th century bookplate. First Edition. Announcing the discovery of Hylaeosaurus, the third dinosaur specimen to be discovered, and the first known specimen of the Ankylosauria. Mantell, a British obstetrician and enthusiastic amateur paleontologist, had discovered the first true dinosaur, the Iguanadon, in 1822 in the British county of Sussex. "In 1832 Mantell discovered the first strongly armored group of dinosaurs. He described this fossil, which he named Hylaeosaurus, in The Geology of the South-east of England. . . . Meanwhile, Buckland in 1824 had described the remains of the large carnivorous dinosaur Megalosaurus from the… Read More

London: Longman [etc.], 1833. Mantell, Gideon (1790-1852). The geology of the south-east of England. [iii]-xix, 415pp., lacking half-title. Lithographed frontispiece and 5 plates (1 folding), folding colored map, text illustrations. London: Longman, Rees, Orne, Brown, Green & Longman, 1833. 213 x 132 mm. 19th century half calf, marbled boards, all edges gilt, rebacked preserving original spine, light edgewear. Plates somewhat foxed, map backed with linen, otherwise very good. Presentation copy, with Mantell's autograph inscription to Capt. [Proby Thomas] Cautley (1802-71) bound in before the frontispiece: "To Capt. Cautley as a mark of the high respect of the author for his important researches in Paleontology, & in gratitude for Captain Cautley's valuable addition to the Author's Museum. Brighton Feby. 14, 1837." First Edition. Announcing the discovery of Hylaeosaurus, the third dinosaur specimen to be discovered, and the first known specimen of the Ankylosauria. Mantell, a British obstetrician and… Read More

Washington DC: United States GPO, 1943. United States. War Department Technical Manual. Radar electronic fundamentals (TM 11-466). Restricted classification. Washington DC: United States GPO, 1943. 459pp. 215 x 140 mm. Original printed wrappers. Very good. Ownership signature to top of front wrapper; laid in is a sheet of paper with electrical diagram drawings. Good to very good. First Edition. 51103.

Late 16th to later 17th Century Notebook of Drugs, Home Remedies and Cures [Medical manuscript.] Collection of medicinal formulas, home remedies, cures, etc., written in Italian in multiple cursive hands. [152]ff., including 30 blanks. N.p., later 16th - later 17th century. 164 x 114 mm. 16th century limp vellum, worn, top of spine and back cover damaged. Some dampstaining and soiling throughout, but overall good. This intriguing early medical manuscript may have been a physician's notebook or a collection of household remedies compiled by one or more families; in any case, the notebook was used and added to from the late sixteenth to the late seventeenth centuries. The earliest date we have found in the manuscript is 1563 (on the verso of the third leaf); the latest date we have noted is 1669 (recto of leaf 123). The first several leaves appear to contain a discussion of ulcers and fistulae; a table of contents appears on leaves 40 - 41; and the following several leaves contain a list of materia… Read More

Amsterdam: Le Grand, 1665. 12mo. 12mo.212pp.(misprinted 112), 2 blanks. 1 folding plate. 128 x 71mm. Contemporary limp vellum, soiled, sewing a little loose. Some soiling and frayed edges in text, a little light foxing, but very good. FIRST 12MO. EDITION, published the year after the original Padua octavo edition. Garrison-Morton 5572, citing the Amsterdam edition. Marchetti was professor of surgery and anatomy at the University of Padua. He had an excellent knowledge of anatomy, and made important contributions to liver surgery, orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery and the treatment of gunshot wounds. His fifty-three "observationes" "have a permanent historical value" (Leonardo, History 169).