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GILES OF ROME AND THE MEDIEVAL THEORY OF CONCEPTION. A Study of the De formatione corporis humani in utero.

(Giles of Rome). Hewson, M. Anthony. · 1975 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Athlone Press 1975. 1st Ed. x + 268pp. Port. frontis., 2 plates, ill. From the Library of Dr James Bynon, sl. rubbed d/w.

ON THE ARTIFICIAL TYMPANUM: A New Mode of Treating Deafness, when attended by partial or entire loss of the Membrana Tympani, associated or not with discharge from the ear.

Yearsley, James. · 1862 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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John Churchill 1862. 2nd Ed. Slim 12mo. vi + 47pp. + [i] advert. E.ps. sl. soiled and dampstained, upper hinge cracked but firm, several upper leading corners sl. curled with some sl. soiling, upper leading corner of p.17-18 repaired, blind embossed green limp cloth boards, sl...

ON DEW And Several Appearances connected with it. An Essay.

Wells, William Charles. · 1877 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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James Speirs 1877. 12mo. [viii] + 168pp. Dec. initial letteres. Without half title, marbled e.ps., half dark red morocco with red cloth boards, sl. soiled, edges and corners rubbed, gilt lettered leather title label to spine, t.e.g.

CATALOGUS PLANTARUM IN ALGERIA Sponte Nascentium.

Munby, G. · 1866 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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London Apud Taylor et Francis 1866. Thin 8vo. iv + 42pp. French text. From the Library of Dr James Bynon, blue wrapps., sl. discoloured in part, with the ink stamp of Dr Louis Planchon. Louis Planchon (1858-1915) doctor of medicine, a graduate in natural sciences, a pharmacol...

FOLK MEDICINE IN MODERN EGYPT. Being the Relevant Parts of the Tibb Al-Rukka or Old Wives’ Medicine of ‘Abd Al-Rahman Isma’il.

(Al-Rahman Isma’il). Walker, John. · 1934 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Luzac & Co. 1934. 1st Ed. 128pp. 4 plates. From the Library of Dr James Bynon, signed ‘Ex.-libris Philip Pearce’, inscription clumsily removed from front f.e.p., age toning, edges sl. spotted, original gilt lettered brown cloth, sl. bubbled.

OEUVRES MÉDICALES De ... Le Dernier Auteur Classique des Grands Médecins Gregs de l’Antiquité.

Tralles, Alexandre de. · 1933 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Paris Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner 1933-7. 4 vols. French text. Marginal age toning, from the Library of Dr James Bynon, original wrapps., sm. stain to head of upper wrapp. of volume 1. with light stain to spines, sl. rubbed.

SELECTIONS FROM THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. Commonly Called The Natural History of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland, Doctor in Physic, and now Selected and Introduced by ...

(Pliny). Turner, Paul. · 1962 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Centaur Press Ltd. 1962. 496pp. From the Library of Dr James Bynon, f.e.ps. and half title very sl. browned, good in price clipped d/w. lightly browned to spine and with sl. bubbling of libra film. Centaur Classics.

SCIENCE IN THE EARLY ROMAN EMPIRE: Pliny the Elder, His Sources and Influence.

(Pliny). French, Roger and Greenaway, Frank. (Editors). · 1986 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Barnes & Noble Books, New Jersey 1986. 1st US Ed. [x] + 287pp. + [iii]. 16 figures. From the Library of Dr James Bynon, good in d/w. with sm. closed tear to upper leading corner.

INFANTS, PARENTS AND WET NURSES Medieval Islamic Views on Breastfeeding and Their Social Implications.

Giladi, Avner. · 1999 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Brill Leiden Boston Köln 1999. 1st Ed. x + 191pp. + [ii]. Colour frontis. From the Library of Dr James Bynon, gilt lettered red cloth. Islamic History and Civilization, Volume 25.

ROBERT GROSSETESTE and the Origins of Experimental Science 1100-1700.

(Grosseteste). Crombie, A.C. · 1961 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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OUP 1961. 2nd Impression. xiv + 371pp. Port. frontis., 15 figures. With the discreet pen signature of D.M. Baline to front f.e.p., from the Library of Dr James Bynon, price clipped d/w. faded and chipped.

GENETIC DISORDERS OF THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT. Foreword by Professor Sir David Weatherall.

Kumar, Dhavendra. (Editor). · 2004 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Netherlands 2004. 1st Ed. Large 8vo. xviii + 608pp. Many figures. Good in original yellow lettered light blue laminated coloured pictorial boards. Inscribed by the Author to title page - ‘With regards and best compliments Dhavendra Kumar...

GENETIC DIVERSITY AMONG JEWS. Diseases and Markers at the DNA level. Foreword by Victor A. McKusick.

Bonné-Tamir, Batsheva and Adam, Avinoam. (Editors). · 1992 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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OUP 1992. 1st Ed. xxviii + 460pp. Port. frontis., numerous figures. Some very light marginal browning, sl. shaken, good in original gilt lettered navy cloth with red title patch to spine.

NATURE ENCYLOPAEDIA OF THE HUMAN GENOME.

Cooper, David N. (Editor). · 2003 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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NPG 2003. 1st Ed. 4to. 5 vols. Profusely ills. including many colour. Original gilt lettered red boards.

ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF GENETICS.

Brenner, Sydney and Miller, Jeffrey H. (Editors). · 2002 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Academic Press 2002. 4 vols. Sm. 4to. Profusely ills. With the ink stamp of David N. Cooper, original gilt lettered maroon boards.

VOGEL AND MOTULSKY’S HUMAN GENETICS. Problems and Approaches.

Speicher, M.R.; Antonarakis, S.E. and Motulsky, A.G. · 2010 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Springer ... 2010. 4th Completely Revised Edition. Royal 8vo. liii + 981pp. 343 figures, 76 tables. Original bright pictorial boards.

COSMOS. Foreword by Dava Sobel.

Sparrow, Giles. · 2013 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Quercuseye, New York 2013. Reprint. Folio. 224pp. Profusely illus. throughout in colour. Very good in original silver lettered black cloth, in sparkly black slipcase lettered in silver, enclosed in coloured pictorial card presentation box with plastic carrying handle. ‘This D...

THE HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL LINGUISTICS.

Ball, Martin J.; Perkins, Michael R.; Müller, Nicole and Howard, Sara. (Editors). · 2008 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Blackwell Publishing 2008. 1st Ed. Royal 8vo. xxxiv + 674pp. 25 figures. Good in d/w. Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics.

THE HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL LINGUISTICS.

Ball, Martin J.; Perkins, Michael R.; Müller, Nicole and Howard, Sara. (Editors). · 2008 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Blackwell Publishing 2008. 1st Ed. Royal 8vo. xxxiv + 674pp. 25 figures. Upper leading corner of upper board bumped, good in d/w. Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics.

THE PREPARATION & MOUNTING OF MICROSCOPIC OBJECTS. Edited by John Matthews.

Davies, Thomas. · 1873 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Robert Hardwicke 1873. 2nd Ed., greatly Enlarged. Crown 8vo. viii + 214pp. Several figures. Light marginal browning, new e.ps., fore edge of half title sl. chipped, rebound in modern gilt lettered ochre cloth.

MATTER AND METHOD IN THE LONG CHEMICAL REVOLUTION. Laws of Another Order.

Boantza, Victor D. · 2013 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Ashgate Publishing 2013. 1st Ed. [xvi] + 266pp. 23 figures, table. Very good in d/w. Science, Technology and Culture, 1700-1945.