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Exercitatio anatomica de cordis et sanguinis motu. Cum praefatione Zachariae Sylvii Medici Roterodamensis. Accessit Differtatio de Corde Doct. Jacobi de Back, Urbis Roterodami Medici Ordinarii by Harvey, William

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Title: Exercitatio anatomica de cordis et sanguinis motu. Cum praefatione Zachariae Sylvii Medici Roterodamensis. Accessit Differtatio de Corde Doct. Jacobi de Back, Urbis Roterodami Medici Ordinarii
Author: Harvey, William
Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Rotterdam: Arnold Leers, 1648 12mo. Fourth edition. With additional engraved title page and 2 full-page engraved illustrations. Contemporary speckled brown calf, double ruled in blind to covers, horizontal rules in blind and paper library labels to spine, red speckled edges. Very good, with shallow chipping to bottom of spine, light wear to hinges and corners, sound binding with strong hinges, former owner bookplate to front pastedown, embossed stamp to title, engraved title, and first page of text, pages lightly toned and light scattered spotting but generally clean throughout. An important work in an attractive contemporary binding. PMM 127. De motu cordis, William Harvey's groundbreaking work on the circulation of the blood, is widely considered the most important book in the history of medicine. First published in Frankfurt in 1628, it describes the motion of blood through the body in a circuit and observes the functions of arteries and chambers of the heart. Much like Vesalius' Fabrica (1543) did for the study of anatomy, this treatise rejected long-held theories about human physiology from the Greeks and became the basis for the modern science of cardiology. The first Rotterdam edition of De motu cordis is the fourth edition overall, containing important textual corrections and the engraved plates. Also significant to this printing are its inclusion of a preface by Zacharias Sylvius and the first edition of James de Back's supporting treatise Dissertatio de corde. Indeed, Rotterdam played an important role in the success and dissemination of Harvey's work: as scholars in England were quick to critique it, doctors in continental Europe were more supportive, specifically Sylvius and de Back from Holland. Harvey himself was born in England, and became appointed physician to James I and Charles I.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Baseballogy by Cooke, Edmund Vance

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Title: Baseballogy
Author: Cooke, Edmund Vance
Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Chicago: Forbes and Company, 1912 First edition. 8vo. Publisher's tan boards, titles and border in blue to front board, illustration of two hands holding a bat with green background to front board, small illustrations throughout text leaves; dust jacket with identical layout. Near fine book with previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper and a bit of offsetting from page illustrations; very good dust jacket with some shallow chipping to edges, small closed tear to top of front panel, and some toning. Overall, a bright and sturdy copy. Baseballogy is a collection of 24 humorous poems about America's favorite pastime. In the book's introductory poem, "Preliminary," the author playfully draws parallels between baseball and Ancient Greek philosophy, writing, "Philosophy was much the same / To Greeks as is our later game." Edmund Vance Cooke was an early 20th century Canadian poet known as the "poet laureate of childhood." He published sixteen volumes of poetry in his lifetime, and is best known for his inspirational poem, "How Did You Die?" . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included.

Ronald Reagan Looks Forward to the Future of the Space Program, Even Private Funding of Space Missions by Ronald Reagan

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Title: Ronald Reagan Looks Forward to the Future of the Space Program, Even Private Funding of Space Missions
Author: Ronald Reagan
Seller: The Raab Collection (United States)
Description: 16/07/1986. A remarkable letter of Reagan, never before offered for sale, acquired from the descendants of the recipient.The space shuttle Challenger became the second shuttle to reach space, when it was launched successfully in April 1983. It successfully completed nine milestone missions during its nearly three years of service. In total, the spacecraft spent 62 days, 7 hours, 56 minutes and 22 seconds in space. Challenger hosted the first spacewalk of the space shuttle program on April 7, 1983, and carried the first American female and first black astronauts. Before it was launched again, NASA created an initiative to give people from all walks of life a chance to experience spaceflight firsthand. The first such civilian would be a teacher, one in the new Teacher in Space program, who would be selected from 11,000 teacher applicants for the historic chance.Douglas Morrow was a Hollywood screenwriter and film producer. He earned an Academy Award for his script for 1949’s The Stratton Story, a biography of Baseball player Monty Stratton, who was disabled in a hunting accident. Reagan, who catapulted to fame as an actor, became friends with Morrow when Morrow sought to cast him in that part, remained friends throughout the Hollywood days and kept in contact through most of his presidency.On January 28, 1986, the shuttle exploded in front of a national audience. It was a major moment in Reagan's presidency. The nation mourned but looked to the future of the space program.Typed letter signed, the White House, July 16, 1986, to Morrow, signed ""Ron."" ""Dear Doug: Wait up a minute. On the shuttle, money isn't the big delay - safety is. It's true I wanted to look into this private funding because it was coming up from several directions. urned out, there would be a conflict with the private sector which is moving toward commercial launching of satellites.""Doug, Jim Fletcher was in yesterday with a full report. He has declared that the next shuttle launch can't be scheduled until the first quarter of 1988. The study of and testing of the solid rocket boosters are part of the problem. Added to this are safety features on the shuttles themselves, which are being studied. Yes, the money problem has to do with several hundred million to make a start, but it's my understanding from Jim that this does not change that 1988 date.""I know this is a disappointment to you, but unless I heard him wrong, '88 is the scheduled time. Love to Margot.""This was acquired from the descendants of the recipient and has never before been offered for sale.

Über krankhafte Verschliessung grösserer Venen-Stämme des menschlichen Körpers by Stannius, H - CARDIOLOGY - ARTERIOSCLEROSIS

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Title: Über krankhafte Verschliessung grösserer Venen-Stämme des menschlichen Körpers
Author: Stannius, H - CARDIOLOGY - ARTERIOSCLEROSIS
Seller: Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition: Generally good with some light spotting throughout and occasional marginal pencil notes.
Description: Berlin: G Bethge, 1839. First Edition.. Contemporary paper boards... Generally good with some light spotting throughout and occasional marginal pencil notes.. 8vo, [4], 124 pp. A forgotten, prescient work. This is Stannius' second published book and first monograph on a specific ailment. He later made a major contribution to the understanding of the functioning of the heart (G-M #812). The book offered here is an explanation of the complex mechanisms of arteriosclerosis (see Jones, Broken Hearts, Part I for the discussion of the same topic with the benefit of modern diagnostic tools). Absent from Bedford; absent from Kligfield; see G - M #812 for the author's book on the heart; Hirsch V, 390; Jones, Broken Hearts, Part I.

Thermionic Emission. A Survey of Existing Knowledge with Particular Reference to the Filaments of Radio Valves by Stiles, W S - RADIO

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Title: Thermionic Emission. A Survey of Existing Knowledge with Particular Reference to the Filaments of Radio Valves
Author: Stiles, W S - RADIO
Seller: Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition: Very good; backstrip somewhat stained.
Description: London: His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1932. First Edition. Original cloth backed printed boards.. Very good; backstrip somewhat stained.. 8vo, [4], [1] - 116 pp. (the bibliography is interleaved with blank pages for additional notations). "Thermionic Emission" (the discharge of electrons from hot bodies) raises fundamental questions concerning atomic structure and interaction. Stiles' report covers the burgeoning number of publications in this specific area up until 1930. Absent from the Bakken Catalog and Shiers.

Archiv für anatomie, physiologie und Wissenschaftliche Medicin by MÜLLER, Johannes

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Title: Archiv für anatomie, physiologie und Wissenschaftliche Medicin
Author: MÜLLER, Johannes
Seller: Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description: Berlin: G. Eichler, 1836. FIRST EDITION. With 15 engraved plates (10 folding). All in the original wrappers, uncut and unopened; minor scattered browning. An exquisite copy. First edition of Müller’s second work in which he first enumerates his law of specific nerve energies, demonstrating that the sensory system of the eye, in addition to responding to external stimuli, can also be excited by internal stimuli of various sorts, such as those arising from organic malfunction, lingering images, or from the play of imagination. He conducted a series of self experiments, and found he could make luminous images of people and things, appear suddenly, move around and disappear. He concluded that these phenomena might underlie reports of religious and magical visions, or account for reports of ghostly apparitions, topics that he remained interested in throughout his life. Müller (1801-1858) was certainly one of the most distinguished German physiologists of his time as well as an outstanding medical naturalist. His eminence results from both his extensive writing in the areas of biology, comparative morphology, physiology, chemistry, psychology and pathology, and through his many pupils, including Schwann, Henle, Kolliker, Virchow, Helmholtz and Brucke. Dictionary of Scientific Biography, IX, p. 567; Eimas, Heirs of Hippocrates, 1631; Garrison & Morton, 1456; Hirsch-Hübotter, IV, p. 285; Horblit 76; Waller 6733.

AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED, 7 MAY 1815, AS CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS by [Chase, Jeremiah]

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Title: AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED, 7 MAY 1815, AS CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS
Author: [Chase, Jeremiah]
Seller: David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (United States)
Description: Folio sheet, folded to [4]pp, all in manuscript. Docketed on page [4]: "Petition of Lawson Clark of Montgomery County. Presented by Archibald Van Horn. Recorded 5 June 1815." The first two pages, plus two lines on the third page, consist of Clark's Petition. Page [3] is Judge Chase's Opinion, signed and written in his hand May 7, 1815. Very Good. Jeremiah Chase was a prominent Maryland jurist, though not as famous [or notorious] as his Federalist cousin, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase. Jeremiah was an author of Maryland's 1776 Constitution, a delegate to the Continental Congress, Mayor of Annapolis, and a Federalist. Here he responds to the petition of Lawson Clark, the surety on William Ward's bond. "A presentment was found against William Ward for setting up & playing at a table called a Faro Table... Process was issued and continued against said Ward until March Term of said court in the year 1814 when the said William Ward was arrested." After he was arrested, Ward was incarcerated until Lawson Clark "was prevailed upon" to post Ward's $200 bond guaranteeing his appearance at trial. However, when the case was called for trial neither Ward nor any witnesses against him appeared. The court forfeited Clark's bond and Lawson Clark thus lost his money. Clark argues that "Ward could not have been convicted as no witness appeared against him." Having a "wife and six small children with but an inconsiderable estate," Clark pleads for a return of his $200. Justice Chase does the right thing: he tells the Governor, to whom the bond had been forfeited, that "the Facts stated in this petition appear to be supported" by the evidence... I recommend a Remission of the Forfeiture, of the Recognizance of Lawson Clark as no witnesses appeared on the part of the State.

Framed Two Photographs of a Cute Staffordshire Terrier, One with an Equine Friend, One, Wearing a Straw Party Hat while Sitting Upright

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Title: Framed Two Photographs of a Cute Staffordshire Terrier, One with an Equine Friend, One, Wearing a Straw Party Hat while Sitting Upright
Seller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: San Diego, California, probably, 1920. Oak Frame. Near Fine. Staffordshire terriers, whatever your view of them on the street, are not all bad -- far from it -- as these photos capture some of their winsome personality and performative cuteness. Obedience, seriousness, sobriety, are exuded by the dog as he sits upright in his goofy hat. In the other, standing on a tack trunk in a horse barn, the same dog is but a few inches from a horse whose head is jutting out of the stall door window. We aren't sure whether the dog is exhibiting curiosity or affection for a horse he has long known. It doesn't matter -- the dog's intentions are clearly pacific and wholesome. N.d., circa 1920. The oak frame is 36 by 31 cm. The two photos are matted, with the visible portion, or matting window. The top photo is a vertical 12.5 by 7.5, the bottom photo, in the horse barn, 11 by 16 cm. By the tack trunk of the lower photo is blindstamped in small letters Harold J. Taylor, Coronado. Coronado is a resort attached to San Diego. We haven't been able to pinpoint who Taylor was, but we assume he was the dog's master. We think the photos are from the 1920s, but can certainly safely pronounce them mid-20th Century. The frame has minor wear.

Germinal by Zola, Emile

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Title: Germinal
Author: Zola, Emile
Seller: Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Heritage Press, 1942. Very Good. Zola, Emile. Germinal. New Y ork: Heritage Press, 1942. 374pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with slipcase.

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Ice Age 2: The Movie Novel by Zoehfeld, Katherine Weidner

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Title: Ice Age 2: The Movie Novel
Author: Zoehfeld, Katherine Weidner
Seller: Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN: 9780060839741
Condition: Good
Description: Harper Collins, 2006. Good. Zoehfeld, Katherine Weidner. Ice Age 2: The Movie Novel. New York: Harper Collins, 2006. 109pp. 12mo. Paperback. Book condition: Good with bumped edges..

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