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1885458 + Numerous plates. Illustrated. 8vo. XLib. Modern library buckram binding. All edges marbled. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: Indian Basket work; Eskimo Bows; and the usual articles on Astronomy; Geology; Mineralogy; Chemistry; Zoology; Physics; Botany; Anthropology; and Ethnology. Of course, the work on basketry is very highly prized. SCARCE.
1889878 p.+ Numerous plates. Illustrated. 8vo. XLib. Modern library buckram binding. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: Artifacts Collected from the Hupa Reservation; Customs of the Dakotas; Atnatanas of Alaska; Indians of the Quinaielt Agency; Charm Stones or Plummets; and the usual articles on Astronomy; Geology; Mineralogy; Chemistry; Zoology; Physics; Botany; An thropology; and Ethnology. Really important documents of the native Americans. Scarce.
1889735 p. + Numerous plates. Illustrated. 8vo. XLib. Modern library buckram binding. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: Washington Territory Indian Tribes; Indian Mounds; Indian Mummies; and the usual articles on Astronomy; Geology; Mineralogy; Chemistry; Zoology; Physics; Botany; Anthropology; and Ethnology. The Native American monographs are highly prized. Smith Mag. 1
1890876 p. + Numerous plates. Illustrated. 8vo. XLib. Modern library buckram binding. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: Indian Tribes of the Northwest Coast; Ceramic Art in China; Fire-making Apparatus; Stone Age Implements; and the usual articles on Astronomy; Geology; Mineralogy; Chemistry; Zoology; Physics; Botany; Anthropology; and Ethnology.
1893620 p. + 103 Plates. 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding. Chipped at head. XLib. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: Japanese Wood-Cutting and Woodcut Printing; Prehistoric Anthropology; Relation of Biology to Geological Investigation; the Shofar; Scientific Taxidermy for Museums; Comparative Oology of North American Birds; Etc. The article on taxidermy is especially significant, and its ramifications can still be seen today in the major American natural history museums. SM 8
1902782 p. + Numerous plates, many in color. Thick 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding. Includes papers on Submarines; The National Zoo in Washington; Mutation Theory of Professor De Vries; Alpine Tun nels; Automobile Races; Salt and Its Physiological Uses; Fire Walk Ceremony in Tahiti; Boomerangs; Improvement of the Human Breed by Francis Galton; The Palace of Minos; Irrigation; Volcanoes; Diamon ds; Chronophotography (by Dr. J. Marey, an early inventor of the motion picture); Color Photography by Sir William Herschel; Exploration of the Sea with Kites. SM8
1907546 p. + Plates & folding map. 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding. XLib. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: To the North Magnetic Pole and the Northwest Passage (by the polar explorer, Capt. Amundsen); the Mammoth; Eruption of Vesuvius; Origin of the Slavs; Radioactivity; Wireless telegraphy; Etc.
1911688 p. + Plates. 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding. XLib. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: Recent Progress in Aviation (with 19 plates); Ornamentation of Ca rpets; Explosives; Telegraphy of Photographs; Astronomy; Tuberculosis; Etc. By 1910 the competition in early aviation was intense, and the Smithsonian played a major role. SCARCE.
1912688 p. 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding. Old glue on rear board. XLib. Includes articles on: The Value of Ancient Mexican Manuscripts; Native Plants of New Mexico; Chinese Architecture; Ferns of North America; Radio-telegraphy; Physiology of Sleep; Astronomy; Etc.
1974363 p. Illustrations. 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding. Original priced dust jacket. A remarkable era of American scientific and technological discovery. PA 21 x2
1869136 p. Thin 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Hardbound. Very Good. Some of the descriptions are quite extensive. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! LAW 1
1872496 p. Woodcut illustrations. Original cloth binding, spine gone. XLib Hereford Literary Society. Officers and Regents of the Smithsonian at this time included: Andrew Johnson; Louis Agassiz; A. D. Bache; and many other important figures of the era. The articles include studies of: Aurora Borealis, or Polar Light; Sense of Feeling; Electrico-Physiology; Lake Neuchatel; Gravity; Birds; etc. Because of the Civil War, this volume could not be published until 1872.
1872469 p. Woodcut diagrams. Original cloth binding. XLib Hereford Literary Society. Officers and Regents of the Smithsonian at this time included: Andrew Johnson; Louis Agassiz; and many other important figures of the era. The articles include studies of: the Senses; Colors; Gravity; Indians of British and Russian America; American Migration; Vitality; Shells; Barometer; Indian Pottery (Rau); Etc. Because of the Civil War, this volume could not be published until 1872. **
1872473 p. Woodcut diagrams. Original cloth binding, head of spine chipped. XLib Hereford Literary Society. Officers and Regents of the Smithsonian at this time included: Andrew Johnson; Louis Agassiz; James A. Garfield; and many other important figures of the era. The articles include studies of: Cuvier; Oersted; Hodgkinson; Mechanical Theory of Heat; meteorites; Vibratory Movement of Matter; Barome ters; Anthropological Society of Paris; Drilling Stone Without Metal; Agricultural Flint Implements in Southern Illinois; Etc. There was a large printing of this report in 1869 and, because demand was strong, a printing of 2000 copies in 1872. This book is from that later printing. SM7
1872494 p. Woodcut illustrations. Original cloth binding, head of spine chipped. XLib Hereford Literary Society. Officers and Regents of the Smithsonian at this time included: U.S. Grant; James A. Garfield; Louis Agassiz; William T. Sherman; and many other important figures of the era. The articles include studies of : Bache; Arago; Magnus; Nature and Origin of Force; Artisan and Artist; Diamond; Precious Stones; Gems; Ancient Indian Mounds; Tennessee; Kentucky; Clouds; Meteorological Events; Etc. Because of the Civil War, this volume could not be published until 1872. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
1885959 p. Woodcut diagrams and illustrations. Slight loss on last page of index. Original cloth binding. The articles include studies of : Astronomy; Geology; Meteorology; Physics; Mineralogy; Biology; Zoology; Anthropology; Ethnology; and a nice group of papers relating to various Indian sites. **
1885Two volumes. pp. 904; 458 p. + Illustrations. Original cloth binding. The articles include studies of : Antiquities in Gutemala; Antiquities in West Indies; Licking County Ohio; Throwing Sticks; Basket-Work of the North American Aborigines (Otis T. Mason); Eskimo Bows; Dolphins; as well as the usual mix of Astronomy; Geology; Meteorology; Physics; Mineralogy; Biology; Zoology; Anthropology; Ethnol ogy; and a nice group of papers relating to Indian sites. The article on Indian basket work is especially significant.
1889Two volumes. pp. 878; 842 + Numerous plates. Illustrated. 8vo. Original cloth bindings. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: Artifacts Collected from the Hupa Reservation; Customs of the Dakotas; Atnatanas of Alaska; Indians of the Quinaielt Agency; Charm Stones or Plummets; Steam Locomotives; Building and Ornamental Stones; and the usual articles on Astronomy; Geology; Mineralogy; Chemistry; Zoology; Physics; Botany; Anthropology; and Ethnology. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
1893715 p. + Maps. Original cloth binding. The articles include studies of : Celestial Spectroscopy; Circulation of the Atmosphere; The Gulf Stream; Divergent Evolution through Segregation; Struggle for L ife in the Forest; Geographic Distribution of Life in North America; Mounds of the Mississippi Valley; Economic Botany; Evolution of Commerce; Etc. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
1904Two volumes. 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding. XLib. Includes important papers, by the most noted authors, on: Astronomy; Radium (by Curie); Radiation; Atomic theory; Air-Ships (by Lord Baden-P owell); High Speed Electric Inter-urban Railways; Exploration of Mt. McKinley; Antarctic; Arctic Expeditions; Polar; Beginnings of Photography; Evolution; Ancient history; Excavations in Egypt; Lhasa and Central Tibet; Sudan; Reclamation of the West; Japan; Africa; South America; Etc. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
1911688 p. + Plates. 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: Recent Progress in Aviation (with 19 plates); Ornamentation of Carpets; Explosives; Telegraphy of Photographs; Astronomy; Tuberculosis; Etc. By 1910 the competition in early aviation was intense, and the Smithsonian played a major role. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
1864Volume I: pp. xx; 13-494. Uncut and unopened. Tall 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Spine faded. Includes important articles on: William Penn; Lord Baltimore; Provincial Literature (with bibliographic notes); Discovery of Anthracite Coal on the Lehigh; Notices of Negro Slavery; First Settlements of the Townships of Buckingham and Solebury in Bucks County; Robert Proud; Early Medical History; Etc. Etc. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 35
1907576 p. + Illus. Buckram . XLib. One of the scarcest of all PGS publications. Limited Edition. PGS Box 6. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! BEFORE ORDERING PLEASE Email to RareBooks@POBox.com so that we can CONFIRM AVAILABILITY
1898pp. 26, 222, 100, 28 + Illustrations. Full Cloth. Hardcover. Library Binding. XLib. Limited Edition. Text includes: Jacobs. THE GERMAN EMIGRATION TO AMERICA, 1709-1740; Nead. INDEX TO NAMES IN VOLUMES I-VI; & Richards. THE DISCOVERERS OF AMERICA WERE GERMAN. BEFORE ORDERING PLEASE Email to RareBooks@POBox.com so that we can CONFIRM AVAILABILITY
1763Full Title: "LIBELLUS, QUO DEMONSTRATUR: CICUTAM Non solum usu interno tutissime exhiberi, sed et esse simul remedium valde utile in multis morbis, qui hucusque curatu impossibiles dicebantur. Editio Altera. [BOUND WITH] Libellus Secundus. [BOUND WITH] Supplementum Necessarium. Three volumes in one." pp. (16), 110; 292; 67 + Wonderful folding engraved plate of the Giant Hemlock. Foxed. 8vo. Contemporary French full mottled leather binding, slightly worn at extremities. Manuscript of the first owner, a physician, (J. F.?) Coste. An important work on the medical properties and other aspects of hemlock, aconite, hyoscyamus, colchicum, etc. Before this publication, these plants were considered highly poisonous and had been rarely used in medicine owing to the difficulty of accurately estimating their doses and the danger this presented to the patient. Anton Storck, a 19-year-old Viennese doctor, in 1760 repeatedly sipped tea laced with hemlock, said to be the suicide drug of Socrates and believed in Storck's time to be beneficial against pain. The experiment so terrified Storck that he lost the ability to speak temporarily, but he suffered no lasting ill effects, and went on to publish this study. There is a direct line from Storck to the Americans Frederick Prescott and Scott Smith, who in the 1940s had themselves so paralyzed temporarily by curare that not even an eyelid could blink, thus demonstrating that the deadly poison could immobilize patients and revolutionize surgery. Throughout medical history researchers have served deliberately as guinea pigs because animal experiments can work only up to a point. Blake, p. 434; Waring 379. Quite scarce and important. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W153