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Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Aardema, Verna

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Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
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Aardema, Verna
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Bookbid Rare Books (United States)
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near fine
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Dial Press, 1975. first. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Stated first printing on copyright page. Inscribed by both illustrators of the book, Leo and Diane Dillon. Book near fine, slight tanning to edges of covers. Dust jacket near fine, very slight soiling, lower corner of front flap clipped but not price-clipped; price of $6.95 at top of front flap.
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Good News by ABBEY, EDWARD

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Good News
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ABBEY, EDWARD
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Dutton, 1980. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. SIGNED FIRST EDITION of Edward Abbey's "Good News." Published in New York by Dutton in 1980. "First Edition" and number sequence 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 stated on copyright page. Book near fine, small price sticker on rear cover, in wraps.
Report of the select committee on anatomy

Report of the select committee on anatomy by Anatomy

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Report of the select committee on anatomy
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Anatomy
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Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc. (United States)
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London, 1828. Parliament. House of Commons. Report from the select committee on anatomy. Folio. 150pp. [London:] House of Commons, 22 July 1828. 331 x 212 mm. 19th century boards, rebacked and recornered in calf, light edgewear. Very good copy. Old medical library stamp on title and first page. First Edition of this highly interesting and entertaining report on the British body-snatching crisis. Since the mid-eighteenth century, obtaining cadavers for teaching purposes had been regulated in Britain by the Murder Act of 1752, which stipulated that only the corpses of executed criminals could be used for dissection. By the beginning of the nineteenth century, however, improvements in medical science, coupled with a substantial drop in the number of executions, caused the demand for cadavers to far outstrip the legal supply. This situation was ripe for exploitation by "resurrection men," criminals who robbed the graves of the newly deceased and sold their corpses to teachers of anatomy, who of necessity turned a blind eye to the illegality of these transactions. Some grave-robbers even resorted to murder, including the infamous William Burke, who in December 1828 was arrested in Edinburgh for the murders of over a dozen victims whose corpses he and his partner Hare sold to an anatomical demonstrator connected to Edinburgh University. In the first half of 1828, in response to increasing calls for reform, the British Parliament appointed a committee to "enquire into the manner of obtaining subjects for dissection by schools of Anatomy and the State of law affecting persons employed in obtaining and dissecting bodies." During the course of its investigation, the committee heard testimony from a wide range of witnesses, from eminent medical men to procurers of bodies for medical schools (these last identified only by initials). The medical men included Sir Astley Cooper, Benjamin Collins Brodie, John Abernethy, William Lawrence, Herbert Mayo, Granville Sharp Pattison (who himself was indicted for body-snatching at the age of 23), Thomas Southwood Smith, Henry Halford, John Webster and Benjamin Harrison, the treasurer of Guy's Hospital. The witness list can be found on page 13 of the committee's report. The testimony of these men, reproduced in full in the report, is followed by several appendices, including tables of paupers' deaths broken down by parish; the committee was proposing legislation that would allow the state to seize unclaimed corpses from workhouses and sell them to surgical schools. The committee's efforts were successful: In 1832 Parliament passed the Anatomy Act, granting licenses to teachers of anatomy and giving physicians, surgeons and medical students legal access to corpses unclaimed after death. Wise, The Italian Boy: A Tale of Murder and Body Snatching in 1830s London (2004). Garrison-Morton.com 7096. .
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Catalogue of the collections in the Science Museum, South Kensington...Calculating machines and instruments by Baxandall, David

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Catalogue of the collections in the Science Museum, South Kensington...Calculating machines and instruments
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Baxandall, David
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Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc. (United States)
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London: HM Stationery Office, 1926. Baxandall, David. Catalogue of the collections in the Science Museum, South Kensington, with descriptive and historical notes and illustrations. Mathematics. I. Calculating machines and instruments. London: H. M. Stationery Office, 1926. Original green printed wrappers, spine repaired, perforated library stamp on front wrapper and title. Boxed. 85 [1]pp. 13 plates. 246 x 155 mm. Provenance: Franklin Institute, Philadelphia. First edition. A well-annotated and well-illustrated historical catalogue, focusing primarily on European calculating machines and instruments from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries. Among the machines illustrated are two machines built by the Earl of Stanhope, and an original Morland calculator. All three of these machines were formerly owned by Charles Babbage. This remained the most useful and informative exhibition catalogue of early calculating instruments through the 1960s. An updated edition of the catalogue was issued in 1975. Origins of Cyberspace 222.
Autograph letter signed to Latimer Clark

Autograph letter signed to Latimer Clark by Alexander, James

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Autograph letter signed to Latimer Clark
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Alexander, James
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Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc. (United States)
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Very Good. Alexander, James. A.L.s. to Latimer Clark (1822-98). Dumfries [Scotland,] August 19, 1873. 4pp. 179 x 117 mm. Provenance: Latimer Clark. An invitation to Clark to visit, issued in conjunction with Alexander's forthcoming "electrical exhibit." In the postscript, Alexander asks Clark whether he shall "require any batteries from Sir W[illiam] Thomson for his artificial cable." Origins of Cyberspace 112. .
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Die epithelialen Geschwultste der Maus & 2 other carcinoma studies by Ehrlich & Apolant

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Die epithelialen Geschwultste der Maus & 2 other carcinoma studies
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Ehrlich & Apolant
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Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc. (United States)
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Jena: Fischer, 1906. 1st edition. 8vo. 102 pp. 6 plates. Original printed wrappers, uncut & unopened. some light foxing, spine torn, edges are frayed, otherwise fine. First edition. Ehrlich & Apolant performed thousands of tumor-grafting experiments with mice after Jensen's discovery that mouse tumors are malignant and transplantable (1903; G-M 2628). Ehrlich coined the term "athrepsia", signifying exhaustion of the nutrients for tumor growth, to account for the failure of a second graft to grow in an animal already carrying a tumor. D.S.B.
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Des tumeurs synoviales des gaines tendineuses...de l'avant-bras, du poignet et de la main by Allain, L. A. Candide

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Des tumeurs synoviales des gaines tendineuses...de l'avant-bras, du poignet et de la main
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Allain, L. A. Candide
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Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc. (United States)
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Paris: Rignoux, 1852.
The Beast in the Jungle, A Psychological Novel

The Beast in the Jungle, A Psychological Novel by Allen Press. James, Henry

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The Beast in the Jungle, A Psychological Novel
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Allen Press. James, Henry
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John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (United States)
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1963. Kentfield: The Allen Press, 1963. 4to, 47 ff. with 16 two-color wood engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton. Original printed boards. A near fine copy, prospectus loosely inserted. Bookplate. ß Limited to 130 copies. The two-color wood engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton are designed to represent the main characters' various emotional states. Likewise, each of the seven sections of the book is printed in a different color chosen by the printer to reflect the changing mood of the text. An unusual and very striking Allen Press production.
The Crying of Lot 49

The Crying of Lot 49 by Pynchon, Thomas

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The Crying of Lot 49
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Pynchon, Thomas
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Beasley Books (United States)
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Philadelphia: Lippincott. 1966. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover.
Les Fleurs Du Mal (English and French Edition) [Translator Signed Postcard - Association Copy]

Les Fleurs Du Mal (English and French Edition) [Translator Signed Postcard - Association Copy] by Baudelaire; Charles (1821-1867)

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Les Fleurs Du Mal (English and French Edition) [Translator Signed Postcard - Association Copy]
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Baudelaire; Charles (1821-1867)
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Blind Horse Books [ABAA - FABA] (United States)
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9780879234256
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Fine
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New York: David R Godine Publisher, 1982. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Very Good. Bilingual edition of Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal, translated by poet Richard Howard and illustrated by Michael Mazur. Includes a typed postcard signed by Howard to Horizon Press publisher Ben Raeburn, along with two laid-in offprints: a disbound review from Yale Review, Winter 1983 (pp. 263-272) and Howard's article Translating Baudelaire: A Preface and a Poem (pp. 90-91) from an unidentified literary journal. Transcription (postcard excerpt) 'October 22, Ben dear, ... I'm enthralled that you have found the nourishment you have in the Baudelaire. He sometimes seems, for all the sumptuousness of the art, rather defeating fare-not like Rilke or Stevens or Yeats-but it was a great adventure, and your letter makes me know it was all worth while. We should get together-are you never free for lunch? ... call me any morning except Monday (when I teach at Columbia)... Thanks for your inspiriting and confirming words-one lives in hope of such readers as you, dear Ben, and one has not, indeed, lived in vain. Onward and inward, love - Richard Howard, 23 Waverly Pl., NYC 10003.' Physical Description Octavo (9.25 inches tall). xxxii [3] 365 [1] pp. Original dark blue cloth with gilt spine titles. Dust jacket with price $22.50 intact. Illustrated with nine original monotypes by Michael Mazur. Near Fine: minimal shelf wear; binding tight; text clean. Jacket bright with only light corner wear. Laid-in materials well preserved. Howard's translation, still regarded as one of the finest English renderings of Baudelaire, mirrors the musicality and irony of the original Les Fleurs du Mal. The accompanying correspondence provides a vivid link between translator and publisher, illuminating the mid-century New York literary milieu. Mazur's monotypes add a haunting visual resonance to Baudelaire's vision of beauty and decay. Provenance From the estate of Horizon Books publisher Ben Raeburn (1914-1997) that passed to his longtime partner Patricia ("Pat") Percey following the death of his wife Pearl Raeburn. Raeburn, founder of Horizon Press in New York, was a central figure in mid-century American publishing, issuing important works by Ezra Pound, Marianne Moore, Allen Ginsberg, Denise Levertov, and Frank Lloyd Wright. Many volumes from his library bear inscriptions or association value reflecting his close editorial relationships and lifelong influence within New York's independent literary world. Subjects: Charles Baudelaire, Richard Howard, Horizon Press, Ben Raeburn, French Symbolism, Modern Poetry, Translator Association Copy, Poetry, Literary Translation, Fine Press, Illustrated Books.
FEDERAL CHEMICAL COMPANY, CAPITAL, $3,000,000: OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF THE GREATER PORTION OF ALL THE DEVELOPED PHOSPHATE FIELDS IN TENNESSEE, AND OF THE LARGEST AND BEST EQUIPPED FERTILIZER PLANT IN THE WORLD [cover title]

FEDERAL CHEMICAL COMPANY, CAPITAL, $3,000,000: OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF THE GREATER PORTION OF ALL THE DEVELOPED PHOSPHATE FIELDS IN TENNESSEE, AND OF THE LARGEST AND BEST EQUIPPED FERTILIZER PLANT IN THE WORLD [cover title]

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FEDERAL CHEMICAL COMPANY, CAPITAL, $3,000,000: OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF THE GREATER PORTION OF ALL THE DEVELOPED PHOSPHATE FIELDS IN TENNESSEE, AND OF THE LARGEST AND BEST EQUIPPED FERTILIZER PLANT IN THE WORLD [cover title]
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Montgomery, AL: Marks & Gayle, resident managers for the states of Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and West Florida, 1902. Narrow 16mo. 20 pp. Illustrated. Original illustrated tan wrappers, stapled. Very good. Promotional for a crop-growing contest for farmers using the company's "Daybreak Fertilizer." Gives 14 premiums (e.g., buggies, wagons, and plows), rules for the contest, and the fertilizer analysis. Unrecorded on OCLC.
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By-Laws and List of Members of Richmond Randolph Lodge No. XIX, Ancient York Masons

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By-Laws and List of Members of Richmond Randolph Lodge No. XIX, Ancient York Masons
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Richmond, (VA): Printed by James E. Goode, 1864. 15 pp., 12mo, original printed wrappers. First Confederate edition. Very good copy. Parrish 8662.
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Hand Book of Gasoline Automobiles; For the Information of the Public Who Are Interested in their Manufacture and Use 1907

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Hand Book of Gasoline Automobiles; For the Information of the Public Who Are Interested in their Manufacture and Use 1907
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New York: Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers, 1907. 1st. Hardcover. Very good. includes pictures and descriptions of automobiles of the time. Some repair to binding.
Raiders of the Lost Ark

Raiders of the Lost Ark by Black, Campbell

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Raiders of the Lost Ark
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Black, Campbell
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Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
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9780727807366
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Near Fine
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New York: Ballantine Books, 1984. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Near Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Black paper on the boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, a stain at the top edge, clean otherwise. The novelization of the first Indiana Jones film.
Telling Lies for Fun and Profit; A Manual for Fiction Writers

Telling Lies for Fun and Profit; A Manual for Fiction Writers by Block, Lawrence

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Telling Lies for Fun and Profit; A Manual for Fiction Writers
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Block, Lawrence
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Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
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New York: Arbor House, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Inscribed by Block on the front endpaper page. Introudction by Brian Garfield. Near Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($13.95). Quarter black cloth with grey paper on the boards, some foxing. Square and firmly bound, foxed at the edges and at the endpapers, clean otherwise. A how-to guide for fiction writing from one of the most prolific crime writers of the late 20th century.
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Tobacco Curing

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Tobacco Curing
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Washington: U. S. Department of Agriculture. Near Fine. 1947. Revised Edition. Pamphlet. A Near Fine stapled pamphlet, staples a little rusty, minor traces of foxing to external pages. Farmers' Bulletin No. 523, Revised October 1947; Describes the ripening, harvesting, and curing of tobacco. The curing process is not just drying the leaf it involves other important changes in which can take place only under certain favorable conditions. The guide focuses on three main curing methods, Air Curing, Flue Curing, and Fire Curing; 8vo; 22 pages .
Thunder Bay District 1821-1892. A Collection of Documents

Thunder Bay District 1821-1892. A Collection of Documents by ARTHUR, Elizabeth (editor)

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Thunder Bay District 1821-1892. A Collection of Documents
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ARTHUR, Elizabeth (editor)
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Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
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Toronto: The Champlain Society, 1973. A fine copy. 8vo. Plates and maps. Original red cloth, gilt-lettered on spine, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. One of 825 copies of volume IX from the Ontario Society of the Publications of The Champlain Society.
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Publication Announcement by the Scarab Press

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Publication Announcement by the Scarab Press
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Sterling Junction, MA: The Scarab Press, n.d.. self paper wrappers. Scarab Press. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Prospectus for Arthur F. Kinney, On Seven Shakespearean Tragedies. Tipped in specimen illustration by Howard John Besnia. Distributed by the Chiswick Book Shop of New York.

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