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Elements of Phrenology

Combe, George · 1842

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,581)

New York, WIlliam H. Colyer, 1842. Fifth Edition, Revised and Enlar. Hardcover. Size: 24mo 5" - 6" tall. Published in New York from the enlarged and revised Fifth Edition from the Edinburgh publisher. Bound in contemporary calf-leather, scuffed and worn but still sturdy. Gilt...

The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

Greene, Brian · 1999

$17.60 (€15.97 | £13.32 | ¥2,810)

New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 1999. Third Printing. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated Third Printing of the First Printing. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, li...

The Chemistry and Biology of Yeasts

Cook, A.H., ed. · 1958

$17.60 (€15.97 | £13.32 | ¥2,810)

New York, Academic Press, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, very light brown cloth over boards, gilt lettering over brown labels at front cover and spine, clean interior, lightly toned at worst, mini...

Autotrophic Bacteria

Schlegel, Hans G. and Botho Bowien, eds. · 1989

$22.40 (€20.32 | £16.96 | ¥3,577)

Berlin, Germany, Springer-Verlag, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Another fine contribution to the Brock/Springer Series in Contemporary Bioscience. A fine survey of Autotrophic bacteria, bound in green pictorial cloth over boards, black-and-white phot...

The Molecular and Structural Biology of Hair

Kurt S. Stenn, A. G Messenger et Howard P. Baden, eds. · 1991

$19.20 (€17.42 | £14.53 | ¥3,066)

New York, New York Academy of Sciences, 1991. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Uber-scarce in the trade, there being only two additional copies available on-line currently. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean intern...

A Lot of Three (3) Maxim Gorki Novels in German: Erzahlungen; Das Werk Der Artamonows; Die Mutter

Gorki, Maxim · 1946

$22.40 (€20.32 | £16.96 | ¥3,577)

Berlin, Germany, Aufbau Verlags, 1946. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Three perfectly serviceable reference copies; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy but for the binding of one volume beginning slightly to separate. Printed brown paper over boards...

Lehrbuch Der Anatomie Des Menschen, Erster Band: Allgemeine Anatomie Und Bewegungsapparat; Zweiter Band, Teil 1: Eingeweide; Zweiter Band, Teil 2

Benninghoff, Alfred · 1942

$44.00 (€39.92 | £33.30 | ¥7,026)

Munchen-Berlin, J.F. Lehmanns Verlag, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Uber-scarce in the trade in this state and condition, there being only an odd volume here or the available on-line. Complete in three volumes, comprising Volumes XVII, XVIII (1) and...

Lehrbuch Der Experimentalphysik. Zum Gebrauch Bei Akademischen Vorlesungen Und Zum Selbststudium. 1 Band.

Bergmann, L. and Cl. Schaefer · 1954

$17.60 (€15.97 | £13.32 | ¥2,810)

Berlin, Germany, Walter de Gruyter & Co., 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Wholly in German, and from the personal library o...

Hermann Von Helmholtz and the Foundations of Nineteenth-Century Science

Cahan, David, ed. · 1993

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,581)

Berkeley, California, University of California Press, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. A massive, he...

A Lot of Four (4) Offprints from Max Planck: Wissenschaftliche Selbstbiographie, Mit Einem Bildnis Und Der Von Max Von Laue Gehaltenen Traueransprache; Determinismus Oder Indeterminismus?; Der Kausalbegriff in Der Physik; Die Physik IM Kampf Um Die Weltanschauung

Planck, Max · 1948

$48.00 (€43.55 | £36.33 | ¥7,665)

Leipzig, Germany, Johann Ambrosius Barth Verlag, 1948. . Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A lot of four (4) offprints from the preeminent 20th-century theoretical physicist Max Planck. Each is printed in the original German, and each was published in 1948 though in varied e...

The Papers of Joseph Henry: Volume 1 (December 1797 - October 1932), the Albany Years; Volume 2 (November 1832 - December 1835, the Princeton Years); Volume 3 (January 1836 - December 1837, the Princeton Years); Volume 4 (January 1838 - December 1840, the Princeton Years)

Reingold, Nathan, editor · 1797

$96.00 (€87.10 | £72.66 | ¥15,330)

Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution Press, . First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. But for a closed tear to front free endpaper of Volume 4, since tape-repaired, and creasing to following upper tip, a stellar collection of the first four volumes of the Jose...

Dictionary of Gene Technology

Kahl, Gunter · 1995

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,471)

New York, Basel, Cambridge, Tokyo, Weinheim, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. This is a big, tall, Imperial octavo hardcover format exemplar of a dictionary of genetics and gene technology in sterling condition. White cloth over boards, pictorial repre...

Dictionary of Cytokines

Ibelgaufts, Horst, ed. · 1994

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,471)

New York, Basel, Cambridge and Tokyo, Weinheim, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Cytokinesis is the cytoplasmic division of a cell at the end of mitosis or meiosis, bringing about the separation into two daughter cells. This is a big, tall, Imperial oc...

Encyclopedia of Molecular Biology

Kendrew, John, ed. · 1994

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.25 | ¥5,749)

Oxford, England , Wiley-Blackwell, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Massively heavy, oversized volume. Blue cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine. Bri...

Biochemist's Handbook Compiled by One Hundred and Seventy-One Contributors

Long, Cyril, ed. · 1961

$19.20 (€17.42 | £14.53 | ¥3,066)

Princeton, New Jersey, D. van Nostrand Company, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Big, oversized, Imperial octavo hardcover format, black cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine including over red label at spine. Edited by Cyrol Long and with 171 add...

The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 1: The Early Years, 1879-1902

Einstein, Albert; John Stachel, ed. · 1987

$19.20 (€17.42 | £14.53 | ¥3,066)

Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. . This is the first volume of what was projected to be a 40-volume compilation. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, Imperial octavo format, blue linen cloth over boards, sharp and distin...

Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of Dna

Maddox, Brenda · 2002

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

New York, HarperCollins, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A brilliant biography of a complex, brilliant scientist. From the publisher's blurb, "In March 1953, Maurice Wilkins of King's College, London, announced the departure of his obstructive colleagu...

Autobiography of a Physicist, Complete in Two Volumes

Dumond, Jess W.M. DuMond · 1976

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,581)

Pasadena, California, Self-published, 1976. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Complete in two volumes, an engaging autobiography by the California-based physicist, Jesse William Monroe DuMond (July 11, 1892 – December 4, 1976). Stiff blue card-stock bindin...

Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society

A.W. Bennett · 1897

$19.20 (€17.42 | £14.53 | ¥3,066)

London, England, Library of the Royal Microscopial Society, 1897. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Scarce in the trade, there being no additional copies available on-line currently. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturd...

The Brain Stem of the Cat: A Cytoarchitectonic Atlas with Stereotaxic Coordinates

Berman, Alvin L. · 1968

$220.00 (€199.60 | £166.52 | ¥35,131)

Madison, Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Elephant Folio 23" tall. Lots of big words and uber-scarce in the trade, there being only two additional copies available on-line currently, at $450.00 and $580.00. Massively heavy, oversized v...