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View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorAdams, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Adams Essay on Electricity 1784PublisherPrinted for and sold by the Author at Tycho Brahe's HeadDate Published1784 Lot #32 Materials for the Study of Variation: Treated with Especial Regard to Discontinuity in the Origin of Species View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorBateson, WilliamHeadlineMaterials for the Study of Variation, 1894PublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1894 Lot #60 Logical Foundations of Probability - Inscribed View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorCarnap, RudolfHeadlineLogical Foundations of Probability, 1951 - InscribedPublisherUniversity of Chicago PressDate Published[1951] Lot #87 The Evolution of Physics: The Growth of Ideas from Early Concepts to Relativity to Quanta - Inscribed by Albert Einstein View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold AuthorEinstein, Albert & Leopold InfeldHeadlineThe Evolution of Physics signed by Albert EinsteinPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published1938 Lot #88 Die Grundlagen der Einsteinschen Gravitationstheorie View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Einstein, Albert)AuthorFreundlich, ErwinHeadlineEinstein's Theory of Relativity analyzed, 1916PublisherVerlag von Julius SpringerDate Published1916 Lot #89 Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineEinstein's Theory of Relativity 1916PublisherJohann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1916 Lot #90 Early articles mainly on relativity and gravitation by Albert Einstein, in five bound volumes of Annalen der Physik View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlinePapers by Albert Einstein oin Annalen der PhysikPublisherVerlag von Johann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1908-1914 Lot #91 Five papers by Albert Einstein, in one bound volume of Annalen der Physik, Series 4, Volume 38 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlinePapers by Albert Einstein on Annalen der PhysikPublisherJohann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1912 Lot #92 Four volumes of Annalen der Physik with articles by Albert Einstein View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlinePapers by Albert Einstein in Annalen der PhysikPublisherJohann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1909-1915 Lot #93 Three major papers by Albert Einstein, on Relativity, Quantum, and Atomic Physics, in Annalen der Physik Series 4, Volume 17 View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineThree major papers by Albert Einstein 1905PublisherJohann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1905 Lot #100 Astronomy Explained Upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles, and made easy to those who have not studied Mathematics. To which are added, a Plain Method of Finding the Distances of all the Planets from the Sun, by the Transit of Venus over the Sun's Disc, in the Year 1761... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorFerguson, JamesHeadlineFerguson's Astronomy on Newton's PrinciplesPublisherW. Strahan, et alDate Published1673 (i.e. 1773) Lot #149 Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle: Myth and Metaphor in the Discovery of Geological Time - Signed View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorGould, Stephen JayHeadlineTime's Arrow, Time's Cycle, Stephen Jay Gould - SignedPublisherHarvard University PressDate Published1987 Lot #166 Colour: A Handbook of the Theory of Colour View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorHurst, George H.HeadlineColour: A Handbook of the Theory of ColourPublisherScott, Greenwood & Co.Date Published1900 Lot #176 On the Calorific Effects of Magneto-Electricity, and on the Mechanical Value of Heat [in The Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, Volume XXIII View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorJoule, James PrescottHeadlineJoule on Magneto-Electricity and Heat 1843PublisherRichard and John E. TaylorDate Published1843 Lot #195 Memoir on the Cholera at Oxford in the Year 1854, with Considerations Suggested by the Epidemic. - Inscribed View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Medical)AuthorAcland, Henry WentworthHeadlineMemoir on the Cholera at Oxford in the Year 1854, InscribedPublisherJohn ChurchillDate Published1856 Lot #196 Studies Concerning Glycosuria and Diabetes View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Medical)AuthorAllen, Frederick M.HeadlineStudies Concerning Glycosuria and Diabetes 1913PublisherW.M. LeonardDate Published1913 Lot #197 Pharmacopoea Edinburgensis View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Medical)AuthorBaldinger, Ernst GottfriedHeadlinePharmacopoea Edinburgensis 1784PublisherGeorg Ludov. FoersterDate Published1784 Lot #198 Laws of Reproduction, Considered with Reference to Intermarriage of Near Blood-relations: Delivered Before "The American Association for the Advancement of Science," at Providence, R.I., August 20th, 1855. View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Medical)AuthorBrooks, CharlesHeadlineLaws of Reproduction, Charles Brooks, 1856PublisherMetcalf and CompanyDate Published1856 Lot #199 A History of the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania, from its Foundation in 1765 with Sketches of the Lives of Deceased Professors. - Inscribed View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Medical)AuthorCarson, JosephHeadlineA History of the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania, 1869, InscribedPublisherLindsay and BlakistonDate Published1869 Lot #200 A Translation of the Eight Books of Aul. Corn. Celsus on Medicine; Third Edition, Carefully Revised and Improved by G.F. Collier. M.D. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Medical)AuthorCelsus, Aulus CorneliusHeadlineA Translation of the Eight Books of Aul. Corn. Celsus, 1838PublisherLongman & Co.Date Published1838 Lot #201 A Treatise on Poisons, in Relation to Medical Jurisprudence, Psychology, and the Practice of Physic. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Medical)AuthorChristison, RobertHeadlineChristison's Treatise on Poisons 1832PublisherAdam BlackDate Published1832 Lot #202 The Medical Formulary: Being a Collection of Prescriptions, Derived from the Writings and Practice of Many of the Most Eminent Physicians in America and Europe. To Which is Added an Appendix, Containing the Usual Dietetic Preparations and Antidotes for Poisons. The Whole Accompanied With a Few Brief Pharmaceutic and Medical Observations. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Medical)AuthorEllis, BenjaminHeadlineThe Medical Formulary: Being a Collection of Prescriptions, etc. 1842PublisherLea & BlanchardDate Published1842 Lot #203 Five Medical Volumes Concerning Various Diseases, Mostly from the Nineteenth Century View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Medical)HeadlineFive Volumes on DiseaseDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #204 Five Medical Volumes, Mostly from the Nineteenth Century View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Medical)HeadlineFive Medical Volumes, Mostly from the Nineteenth CenturyDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #205 Traité et Iconographie du Système Nerveux et des Organes des sens de L'homme Avec Leur Mode de Préparation View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Medical)AuthorHirschfeld, LudovicHeadlineTraité et Iconographie du Système Nerveux, Hirschfeld, 1866PublisherVictor Masson et FilsDate Published1866 Lot #206 First Lines of Practice Surgery in the West View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(Medical)AuthorHobson, BenjaminHeadlineFirst Lines of Practice Surgery in the West, 1857Date Published1857 Lot #207 Practical Observations on The Natural History and Cure of the Venereal Disease View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Medical)AuthorHoward, JohnHeadlineNatural History and Cure of the Venereal Disease, 1806PublisherC. and R. BaldwinDate Published1806 Lot #208 A Treatise on the Blood, Inflammation and Gun-Shot Wounds View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Medical)AuthorHunter, JohnHeadlineA Treatise on the Blood, Inflammation and Gun-Shot Wounds, 1812PublisherE. CoxDate Published1812 Lot #209 Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Medical)AuthorKolle, Frederick StrangeHeadlinePlastic and Cosmetic Surgery, 1911PublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1911 Lot #210 Diat Oder Lebersordnung View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Medical)AuthorKruger, Johann GottlobHeadlineJohann Kruger on Diet and Nutrition 1751PublisherHemmerdeDate Published1751 Lot #211 Trypanosomes and Trypanosomiases View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Medical)AuthorLaveran, A. and Mesnil, FHeadlineTrypanosomes and Trypanosomiases, 1907PublisherW.T. Keener & Co.Date Published1907 Lot #212 Anatomical, Pathological and Therapeutic Researches on the Yellow Fever of Gibraltar of 1828 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Medical)AuthorLouis, P. Ch. A.HeadlineResearches on the Yellow Fever of Gibraltar of 1828PublisherCharles C. Little and James BrownDate Published1839 Lot #213 Pharmacopoeia of the Massachusetts Medical Society View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Medical)AuthorMassachusetts Medical SocietyHeadlinePharmacopoeia of the Massachusetts Medical Society, 1808PublisherE. & J. LarkinDate Published1808 Lot #214 Heart and Coronary Arteries: An Anatomical Atlas for Clinical Diagnosis, Radiological Investigation, and Surgical Treatment View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Medical)AuthorMcAlpine, Wallace A.HeadlineHeart and Coronary Arteries, McAlpine, 1975PublisherSpringer-VerlagDate Published1975 Lot #215 The X Ray or Photography of the Invisible and Its Value in Surgery View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Medical)AuthorMorton, William J. and Edwin HammerHeadlineWiilliam J. Morton The X-Ray 1896PublisherAmerican Technical Book Co.Date Published1896 Lot #216 Pharmacopoeia Officinalis & Extemporanea: Or, a Complete English Dispensatory, in Four Parts. Containing, I. The Theory of Pharmacy, and the Processes Therein. II. A Description of the Officinal Simples, with Their Virtues and Preparations, Galenical and Chymical. III. The Officinal Compositions, According to the Last Alterations of the College: Together with Some Others of Uncommon Efficacy, Taken from the Most Celebrated Authors. IV. Extemporaneous Prescriptions, etc. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Medical)AuthorQuincy, JohnHeadlinePharmacopoeia Officinalis & Extemporanea, 1733PublisherJ Osborn and T LongmanDate Published1733 Lot #217 Opere di Francesco Redi Gentiluomo Aretino e Accademico della Crusca View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Medical)AuthorRedi, FrancescoHeadlineOpere di Francesco Redi Gentiluomo Aretino e Accademico della Crusca, 1741PublisherRaffaele GessariDate Published1740-41 Lot #218 Animal and Vegetable Physiology: Considered with Reference to Natural Theology View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Medical)AuthorRoget, Peter MarkHeadlineRoget's Animal and Vegetable Physiology, 1834PublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1834 Lot #219 Old Family Letters Relating to the Yellow Fever. Series B View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(Medical)AuthorRush, BenjaminHeadlineOld Family Letters Relating to the Yellow Fever. Series BPublisherJ.B. Lippincott CompanyDate Published1892 Lot #220 Tracts on the Natural History of Animals and Vegetables View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Medical)AuthorSpallanzani, [Lazzaro]HeadlineTracts on the Natural History of Animals and Vegetables, 1803PublisherWilliam Creech and Archd. ConstableDate Published1803 Lot #221 Lectures on Digestion and Diet View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Medical)AuthorThackrah, Charles TurnerHeadlineLectures on Digestion and Diet, 1824PublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees et al.Date Published1824 Lot #228 A Commentary on Newton's Principia View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Newton, Isaac)AuthorWright, J.M.F.HeadlineCommentary on Newton's PrincipiaPublisherT.T. & J. TeggDate Published1833 Lot #229 Autograph statement by Newton, declaring his own personal religious beliefs and articulating the fundamental principles of Christian faith View details Estimate$80,000 - $120,000StatusUnsold AuthorNewton, IsaacHeadlineImportant Isaac Newton MS. on religion c.1690Date Publishedc.1690 Lot #232 The Galvanic Circuit Investigated Mathematically - In Taylor's Scientific Memoirs, Volume II, 1841 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorOhm, G[eorg] S[imon]HeadlineThe Galvanic Circuit Investigated Mathematically, Ohm, 1841PublisherRichard and John E. TaylorDate Published1841 Lot #233 On the Classification and Geographical Distribution of the Mammalia, Being the Lecture on Sir Robert Reade’s Foundation, Delivered Before the University of Cambridge, in the Senate-House May 10, 1859. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorOwen, RichardHeadlineOn the Classification and Geographical Distribution of the Mammalia, 1859PublisherJohn W. Parker & SonDate Published1859 Lot #234 La Fortification Reguliere et Irreguliere, Qui Comprend la Construction L'attaque & la Defense de Toutes Sortes de Places, selon les plus celebres Auteurs. Avec le calcul des Lignes & des ngles de chacune de ces Methodes. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorOzanam, JacquesHeadlineLa Fortification Reguliere et Irreguliere, 1711PublisherClaude JombertDate Published1711 Lot #273 The Voice of the Dolphins and Other Stories View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorSzilard, LeoHeadlineLeo Szilard Voice of the Dolphins signedPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published1961 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next