Search Results: Authors starting with O from Biomed Rare Books

New York: Springer Publishing Company, Inc., 1959. First edition, first printing.
UNIQUE MEDICAL DRAWINGS IN RARE HUMAN ANATOMY-PHYSIOLOGY TEXT ILLUSTRATED BY JAPANESE AMERICAN INTERNED DURING WW2 WHO BECAME NOTED ARTIST--TOGETHER WITH EXHIBITION CATALOG.
9 3/4 inches tall volume, color printed paper covers, previous owner signature to inside front cover, i-xiii, 320 pp, 101 figures. Light edgewear to covers, light browning to text, very good in custom archival mylar cover. TOGETHER WITH catalog of retrospective exhibition at the Oakland Museum in 1972: 8x10 inches paper bound book with color printed cover, 56 pp, 27 plates (color and black & white). Near fine.
MINE OKUBO (1912 – 2001) was an American artist and writer. Born in Riverside, California, she attended Riverside Junior College and later received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of California at Berkeley. A recipient of a fellowship in 1938, Okubo spent two years traveling in Europe where she continued her development as… Read More

London: Richard Taylor, 1832. First edition.
1832 RICHARD OWEN'S FIRST DETAILED ANATOMIC STUDY BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED WITH FINE ENGRAVINGS OF THE PEARLY NAUTILUS.
11 1/2 inches tall hardcover, mauve cloth binding, gilt black leather title label to spine, bookplates of Drs. Noble S. M. Maluf and Robert L. Chevalier to front paste-down, [2], 68 pp, 15 fine engravings, 7 in duplicate, separated by tissue guards, showing external anatomy in outline and internal antomy in detail. The last engraving combines both in one plate. Spine ends frayed, spine label edge slightly worn, unmarked and otherwise near fine in custom archival mylar cover.
GARRISON-MORTON No. 325.
RICHARD OWEN (1804 – 1892) was an English biologist, comparative anatomist and paleontologist. Despite being a controversial figure, Owen is generally considered to have been an outstanding naturalist with a remarkable gift for interpreting fossils. An outspoken critic of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection, Owen agreed… Read More