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108
  • Heading
    (Gurdjieff, George Ivanovich)
  • Author
    Nicoll, Maurice
  • Headline
    Maurice Nicoll's first book, a riposte to Freudian dream analysis
  • Publisher
    Henry Frowde / Hodder & Stoughton
  • Date Published
    1917
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$593.75
StatusSold
230
  • Author
    Abbot, Charles Greeley, ed.
  • Headline
    The Smithsonian Series, Charles Greeley Abbot Edition
  • Publisher
    The Series Publishers, Inc.
  • Date Published
    [1944]
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
231
  • Heading
    (Agriculture)
  • Author
    Burbank, Luther
  • Headline
    Illustrated and nicely bound history of Burbank's scientific works
  • Publisher
    Luther Burbank Press
  • Date Published
    1914-1915
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
232
  • Heading
    (Anatomy)
  • Author
    Albinus, Bernhard Siegfried
  • Headline
    Albinus on anatomy, 1734 1st ed.
  • Publisher
    Apud Theodorum Haak & Henricum Mulhovium
  • Date Published
    1734
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
Sold for$2,000
StatusSold
233
  • Heading
    (Anatomy)
  • Author
    Cheselden, William
  • Headline
    Cheseldon's Anatomy, 1st US ed.
  • Publisher
    Manning & Loring
  • Date Published
    1795
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$212.50
StatusSold
234
  • Heading
    (Anatomy)
  • Author
    [Graaf, Reginer de]
  • Headline
    de Graaf on reproductive organs w/ plates 1701
  • Publisher
    Chez Federic Clouski
  • Date Published
    1701
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$375
StatusSold
235
  • Heading
    (Astronomy)
  • Headline
    Popular astronomy w/ hold-to-light plates
  • Publisher
    Keissling et Compagnie
  • Date Published
    1862
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$937.50
StatusSold
236
  • Heading
    (Astronomy)
  • Author
    Burritt, Elijah H.
  • Headline
    Elijah Burritt's Geography of the Heavens with atlas
  • Publisher
    F.J. Huntington
  • Date Published
    1836; Atlas c.1835
Estimate$600 - $900
StatusUnsold
237
  • Heading
    (Astronomy)
  • Author
    Epitome Astronomiae
  • Headline
    Astronomy book by the mentor of Johannes Kepler, 1588
  • Publisher
    Georg Gruppenbach
  • Date Published
    1588
Estimate$5,000 - $8,000
StatusUnsold
238
  • Heading
    (Astronomy)
  • Author
    Gassendi, Pierre
  • Headline
    Gassendi's lives of Tycho Brahe, Copernicus, von Peurbach, and Regiomontanus
  • Publisher
    Ex Typographia Adriani Vlacq
  • Date Published
    1655
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
StatusUnsold
239
  • Heading
    (Astronomy)
  • Author
    Wesley, W.H.
  • Headline
    Scarce 1935 lunar atlas
  • Publisher
    Percy Lund, Humphries & Co.
  • Date Published
    1935
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
240
  • Author
    Barry, Edward
  • Headline
    Barry's Treatise on Digestions and Discharges
  • Publisher
    A. Millar
  • Date Published
    1759
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$375
StatusSold
241
  • Author
    Bell, Benjamin
  • Headline
    Bell's Treatise on Gonorrhoea Virulenta 1795
  • Publisher
    Robert Campbell
  • Date Published
    1795
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
242
  • Author
    Bell, Charles
  • Headline
    Bell's Engravings of the Arteries 1816
  • Publisher
    A. Finley
  • Date Published
    1816
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
243
  • Author
    Bell, Charles
  • Headline
    Bell's engravings of the nerves 1st ed., 1803
  • Publisher
    T.N. Longman and O. Rees
  • Date Published
    1803
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$687.50
StatusSold
244
  • Author
    Calvert, John
  • Headline
    The Gold Rocks of Great Britain and Ireland
  • Publisher
    Chapman and Hall
  • Date Published
    1853
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$687.50
StatusSold
245
  • Author
    Catalan, Eugene
  • Headline
    Catalan on continued fractions, inscribed
  • Publisher
    Academie royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique
  • Date Published
    1883
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
246
  • Author
    Charcot, Jean-Martin
  • Headline
    Ernest Starling association copy of Charcot
  • Publisher
    The New Sydenham Society
  • Date Published
    1881
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
247
  • Author
    Charcot, Jean-Martin
  • Headline
    Charcot on the nervous system, 1880s
  • Publisher
    Delahaye & Lecrosnier
  • Date Published
    1886-1887
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
248
  • Author
    Civiale, Jean
  • Headline
    19th century work on treating kidney stones
  • Publisher
    Rudolph Zesch
  • Date Published
    1837
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
249
  • Author
    Clevenger, S[hobal] V[ail]
  • Headline
    Clevenger's Spinal Concussion 1889
  • Publisher
    F. A. Davis
  • Date Published
    1889
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
252
  • Author
    Crile, George W.
  • Headline
    2 medical texts by George W. Cline
  • Date Published
    1909; 1921
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
253
  • Author
    Cruz, Jose de la
  • Headline
    1796 Spanish notebook of science & math
  • Date Published
    1796
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$500
StatusSold
254
  • Author
    Dandy, Walter E.
  • Headline
    Dandy's Benign Tumors
  • Publisher
    William & Wilkins
  • Date Published
    1934
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
255
  • Heading
    [Darwin, Charles]
  • Headline
    Darwin on monkeys' sexual selection, 1876
  • Publisher
    Nature
  • Date Published
    1876
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
StatusUnsold
256
  • Author
    Darwin, Charles
  • Headline
    Darwin's Origin of Species 1st US edition
  • Publisher
    D. Appleton and Company
  • Date Published
    1860
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
Sold for$2,250
StatusSold
259
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert; Adriaan Fokker
  • Headline
    Einstein and Fokker on Nordström's theory of gravity, 1914
  • Publisher
    Johann Ambrosius Barth
  • Date Published
    1914
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
260
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert; Jakob Laub
  • Headline
    Einstein and Laub's Notes on their previous paper on electromagnetics
  • Publisher
    Johann Ambrosius Barth
  • Date Published
    1909
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
261
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert; Jakob Laub
  • Headline
    Einstein and Laub's Correction to their previous paper on electromagnetics
  • Publisher
    Johann Ambrosius Barth
  • Date Published
    1908
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
262
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert; Jakob Laub
  • Headline
    Einstein and Laub on the Fundamental Equations for Moving Bodies, 1908
  • Publisher
    Johann Ambrosius Barth
  • Date Published
    1908
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
263
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert; Ludwig Hopf
  • Headline
    Einstein's Investigation of a Resonator's Motion in Radiation field, 1910
  • Publisher
    [Johann Ambrosius Barth]
  • Date Published
    [1910]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
264
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert; Ludwig Hopf
  • Headline
    Einstein and Hopf On a theorem of probability theory... in ray theory, 1910
  • Publisher
    Johann Ambrosius Barth
  • Date Published
    1910
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
265
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert; Otto Stern
  • Headline
    Einstein and Stern's arguments for assumption of molecular agitation at zero
  • Publisher
    Johann Ambrosius Barth
  • Date Published
    1913
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
266
  • Heading
    (Einstein, Albert)
  • Headline
    Einstein press photograph, 1935
  • Date Published
    print date: 1935
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
StatusUnsold
267
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein's reply to M. T. Laue's theorem of probability theory, 1915
  • Publisher
    Johann Ambrosius Barth
  • Date Published
    1915
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
268
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein's 1912 answer to J. Stark's remark on a previous paper
  • Publisher
    [Johann Ambrosius Barth]
  • Date Published
    [1912]
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
269
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein's paper on intermolecular forces and fluid mechanics, 1911
  • Publisher
    Johann Ambrosius Barth
  • Date Published
    1911
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
270
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein's Remark on the work of D. Mirimanoff "On the Basic Equations..."
  • Publisher
    [Johann Ambrosius Barth]
  • Date Published
    [1909]
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
271
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein's remarks on the thermodynamic works of P. Hertz, 1911
  • Publisher
    [Johann Ambrosius Barth]
  • Date Published
    [1911]
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
272
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein's correction to his thesis on molecular dimensions, 1911
  • Publisher
    [Johann Ambrosius Barth]
  • Date Published
    [1911]
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
273
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein's paper on the inertia of energy, 1906
  • Publisher
    Johann Ambrosius Barth
  • Date Published
    1906
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
274
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein on Planck's theory of radiation and heat, 1907
  • Publisher
    Johann Ambrosius Barth
  • Date Published
    1907
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
275
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Important Einstein paper on heat in monatomic molecules, 1911
  • Publisher
    [Johann Ambrosius Barth]
  • Date Published
    [1911]
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
276
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein on the relationship between Elastic Behavior and Heat, 1911
  • Publisher
    [Johann Ambrosius Barth]
  • Date Published
    [1911]
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
277
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein's Theory on Basic Thermodynamics, 1903
  • Publisher
    Johann Ambrosius Barth
  • Date Published
    1903
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
278
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Elementary considerations on thermal molecular motion in solid bodies
  • Publisher
    [Johann Ambrosius Barth]
  • Date Published
    [1911]
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
279
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein's update to his thesis thermodynamics, 1912
  • Publisher
    [Johann Ambrosius Barth]
  • Date Published
    [1912]
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
280
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein's reply to M. Abraham's comment on Relativity and Gravitation, 1912
  • Publisher
    Johann Ambrosius Barth
  • Date Published
    1912
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
281
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein's Thermodynamic Proof of the Law of Photochemical Equivalence
  • Publisher
    Johann Ambrosius Barth
  • Date Published
    1912
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
282
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein's important paper on homogeneous liquid mixtures, 1910
  • Publisher
    [Johann Ambrosius Barth]
  • Date Published
    [1910]
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
283
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein on validity of theorem of thermodynamic equilibrium, 1907
  • Publisher
    [Johann Ambrosius Barth]
  • Date Published
    [1907]
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
284
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein on forces exerted on bodies at rest in an electromagnetic field
  • Publisher
    [Johann Ambrosius Barth]
  • Date Published
    [1908]
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
285
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein on the ratio of mass in electrons, 1906
  • Publisher
    Johann Ambrosius Barth
  • Date Published
    1906
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
286
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein's response to Friedrich Kottler's criticisms, 1916
  • Publisher
    Johann Ambrosius Barth
  • Date Published
    1916
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
288
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein offprint of early work on relativity, Zur Allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie, 1923
  • Publisher
    Prussian Academy of Sciences
  • Date Published
    1923
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
StatusUnsold
289
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Einstein's paper on the Theory of the Static Gravitational Field, 1912
  • Publisher
    [Johann Ambrosius Barth]
  • Date Published
    [1912]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
290
  • Author
    Ellis, Havelock
  • Headline
    Havelock Ellis's classic study of sex
  • Publisher
    F.A. Davis Company
  • Date Published
    1922-1926
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$281.25
StatusSold
291
  • Author
    Fabre, [Pierre]
  • Headline
    Traité des Maladies Vénériennes, 1765
  • Publisher
    Regnard
  • Date Published
    1765
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
292
  • Author
    Freud, Sigmund
  • Headline
    The Standard Edition of Sigmund Freud
  • Publisher
    Hogarth Press
  • Date Published
    [1964-1974]
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
293
  • Author
    Hodgson, Joseph
  • Headline
    Hodgson's treatise, 1815
  • Publisher
    J. Moyes for Thomas Underwood, et.al.
  • Date Published
    1815
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
294
  • Author
    Hoeppli, R.
  • Headline
    Hoeppli's study of early parasitology, 1959
  • Publisher
    University of Malaya Press
  • Date Published
    1959
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
296
  • Author
    Huxley, Thomas H.
  • Headline
    9 by Thomas Huxley 1896
  • Publisher
    D. Appleton and Company
  • Date Published
    1896
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$250
StatusSold
297
  • Author
    Jardine, William, editor
  • Headline
    17 Volumes from Jardine's Naturalist's Library
  • Publisher
    Lizars, et al.
  • Date Published
    [c.1833-1843]
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$1,000
StatusSold
299
  • Author
    Kelley, J. Clawson, A.P. and J. King
  • Headline
    The Philosophical Medical Journal, 1844 issues bound together
  • Publisher
    John W. Kelley
  • Date Published
    1844
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
300
  • Author
    Krafft-Ebing, R. von
  • Headline
    Krafft-Ebing's classic of sexology 1892
  • Publisher
    F.A. Davis Co.
  • Date Published
    1892
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$1,625
StatusSold
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
302
  • Author
    Laennec, Rene Theophile Hyacinthe
  • Headline
    De L'Auscultation Mediate 1st ed., Laennec
  • Publisher
    J.-A. Brosson
  • Date Published
    1819
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
StatusUnsold
303
  • Heading
    (Leibniz, G.W.)
  • Headline
    Acta Eruditorum journal with papers by Leibniz, 1689
  • Publisher
    Prostant apud. J. Grossium & J.F. Gleditschium
  • Date Published
    1689
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
StatusUnsold
304
  • Author
    Lerch, M.
  • Headline
    Inscribed Lerch on his function, 1887
  • Publisher
    F. & G. Beljer
  • Date Published
    1887
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
305
  • Author
    Lettsom, John Coakley
  • Headline
    Lettsom's oration on the history of medicine
  • Publisher
    Printed by J. Phillips for E. and C. Dilly
  • Date Published
    1778
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
306
  • Heading
    (Mathematics)
  • Author
    Leybourn, William
  • Headline
    Leybourn's textbook of arithmetic, geometry, cosmography, astronomy, 1690
  • Publisher
    Thomas Bassett, Benjamin Tooke, Thomas Sawbridge, Awnsham and John Churchill
  • Date Published
    1690
Estimate$4,000 - $6,000
StatusUnsold
307
  • Heading
    (Mathematics)
  • Author
    Mittag-Leffler, Magnus Gustaf, editor
  • Headline
    Signed by Mittag-Leffler, with important paper by Poincaré
  • Publisher
    F.&G. Beijer; Mayer & Müller; A. Hermann
  • Date Published
    1882
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
Sold for$750
StatusSold
308
  • Heading
    (Medical)
  • Headline
    The London Practice of Physic 1769
  • Publisher
    W. Johnston, and Robinson and Roberts
  • Date Published
    1769
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
309
  • Author
    Mitchell, S. Weir and Reichert, Edward T.
  • Headline
    Mitchell & Reichert on snake venom
  • Publisher
    The Smithsonian Institute
  • Date Published
    1886
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
310
  • Author
    Olszewski, Jerzy and Baxter, Donald
  • Headline
    Cytoarchitecture of the Brain Stem
  • Publisher
    J.B. Lippincott Company
  • Date Published
    1954
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
311
  • Author
    Osler, William, editor
  • Headline
    Osler's Modern Medicine: Its Theory and Practice, 1925
  • Publisher
    Lea & Febiger
  • Date Published
    1925
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
312
  • Author
    Osler, William
  • Headline
    Osler's important medical textbook 1896
  • Publisher
    D. Appleton and Company
  • Date Published
    1896
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$200
StatusSold
313
  • Author
    Pasteur, Louis
  • Headline
    Pasteur's first note on alcoholic fermentation
  • Publisher
    Mallet-Bachelier
  • Date Published
    1857
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
StatusUnsold
314
  • Author
    Pasteur, Louis
  • Headline
    Pasteur's seminal work on bacteriology
  • Publisher
    Mallet-Bachelier
  • Date Published
    1857
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
Sold for$1,875
StatusSold
315
  • Author
    Pauli, Wolfgang
  • Headline
    Collected Scientific Papers of Nobel laureate Wolfgang Pauli
  • Publisher
    Interscience Publishers / John Wiley & Sons
  • Date Published
    1964
Estimate$700 - $1,000
StatusUnsold
316
  • Author
    Pechey, John
  • Headline
    Pechey's 1694 Compleat Herbal
  • Publisher
    Printed for Henry Bonwicke
  • Date Published
    1694
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
317
  • Heading
    (Physics)
  • Headline
    Eight issues of Annalen der Physik's Fourth Series
  • Date Published
    1904; 1906
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
318
  • Author
    Poincare, H.
  • Headline
    Poincare's Newtonian potential, 2 copies
  • Publisher
    Gauthier-Villars
  • Date Published
    1899
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
319
  • Heading
    (Radiation)
  • Author
    Berthelot, Daniel
  • Headline
    Radiation in soil experiments, letters & photos
  • Date Published
    1925
Estimate$800 - $1,200
StatusUnsold
320
  • Author
    Richet, Charles
  • Headline
    Richet signed Physiologie du Laboratoire
  • Publisher
    Felix Alcan
  • Date Published
    1893
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
322
  • Author
    Rush, Benjamin
  • Headline
    Benjamin Rush on mania, derangement, psychiatry
  • Publisher
    John Richardson
  • Date Published
    1818
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$468.75
StatusSold
323
  • Author
    Shaw, Vero
  • Headline
    Shaw illustrated Book of the Dog 1881
  • Publisher
    Cassell & Company, Limited
  • Date Published
    [c. 1890]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$237.50
StatusSold
324
  • Author
    Smetius, Henricus
  • Headline
    Smetius Miscellanea Medica 1611
  • Publisher
    Jonae Rhodii
  • Date Published
    1611
Estimate$800 - $1,200
StatusUnsold
326
  • Author
    Thomas, Robert
  • Headline
    The Modern Practice of Physic 1828
  • Publisher
    Longman, Reese, Orme, and Green
  • Date Published
    1828
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
328
  • Heading
    (Wien, Wilhelm)
  • Headline
    Wien on blackbody radiation, 1893
  • Publisher
    Verlag der Koniglichen Akademie der Wissenchaften
  • Date Published
    1893
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
329
  • Author
    Wyeth, John A.
  • Headline
    Wyeth's textbook on surgery, 1887
  • Publisher
    D. Appleton and Company
  • Date Published
    1887
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
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