London: For J. Jonson, 1786. First Edition. Octavo. . Engraved frontispiece, 431pp., (1)pp directions to the binder and a short list of the author's other works, Contains 20 plates: 19 copper engraved plates (most folding) and 1 engraved map. The author was a professor of mathematics and author of several... More
London: Edward Stanford, 1892. First Edition. Octavo. 405pp. with numerous illustrations made by the half-tone process. Buxton was a leading conservationist in England like his good friend through correspondence, Theodore Roosevelt. He had planned to visit America and conduct a hunting trip with T.R. but his wife's illness kept him... More
London; 1794-1795 and 1798: J. Johnson. Octavo. George Fordyce, M.D., F.R.S., was the Senior Physician to St. Thomas's Hospital and the leader of physics in London. The Royal Society Journal on the History of Science said he was the authority on fevers at the end of the 18th century but... More
London: Adam Islip, 1633. Thick Folio. Second edition and considered the best edition because of Johnson's expansion and extensive corrections. Johnson added over eight hundred new species and seven hundred new illustrations. Engraved title page, [38], 1630[1], [47]pp. [1pp. errata], as stated by ESTC-Dlr last line begins "sists".In three books... More
New York; (1934): Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill Book Co. First Edition. Octavo. 5th printing. xi, 725 pages, diagrams. After Graham lost a small fortune in the stock market crash of 1929, he began a systematic study which became Security Analysis in 1934 which chronicled his method to analyze and value securities... More
London; (1939): Longmans, Green and Co. First Edition. Octavo. First printing. xxiii, [1] 728 pages. Maps on endpapers, a rare book with the original dust jacket. It so clearly stated the Arab case for Palestine and denounced Zionist claims that it horrified Jews around the world and especially Zionist leaders... More
New York: Appleton, 1860. First American Edition. Small Octavo. 140 pages, (4)pp. ads. Jeremy Norman notes: "After receiving training in Germany and France, Florence Nightingale had some nursing experience in England. The Crimean war gave her an opportunity to demonstrate the value of trained nurses. Within a few months of... More
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854. First Edition. Small Octavo. First issue with the inserted map "without" the imprint of which there were only 1000 maps printed. Of the later printings with the imprint there were only an additional 500 copies of the map. One of only 2000 copies published. The... More