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1
  • Author
    Agrippa von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius
  • Headline
    Paradoxe sur l'incertitude by Agrippa 1608
  • Date Published
    1608
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
2
  • Author
    Aikin, John
  • Headline
    Medicine in Great Britain, John Aikin 1780
  • Publisher
    Printed for Joseph Johnson
  • Date Published
    1780
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$375
StatusSold
3
  • Author
    Airy, George Biddell
  • Headline
    Mathematical Tracts on Physical Astronomy 1826
  • Publisher
    J. Deighton & Sons
  • Date Published
    1826
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$750
StatusSold
7
  • Author
    Aristotle
  • Headline
    Incunabula edition of Aristotle's Physics 1483
  • Publisher
    Andree de Asula
  • Date Published
    1483
Estimate$12,000 - $18,000
Sold for$11,875
StatusSold
8
  • Heading
    (Astronomy)
  • Author
    [Le Monnier, Pierre-Charles]
  • Headline
    first important manual of astronomy in France
  • Publisher
    Guerin & Guerin
  • Date Published
    1746
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$875
StatusSold
9
  • Heading
    (Astronomy)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Six works on astronomy
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$250 - $350
Sold for$237.50
StatusSold
10
  • Heading
    (Aviation Medicine)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Four volumes on Aviation Medicine
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
11
  • Author
    Babbage, Charles
  • Headline
    On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures
  • Publisher
    John Murray
  • Date Published
    1846
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$212.50
StatusSold
17
  • Author
    Baskin, Leonard
  • Headline
    Leonard Baskin Ars Anatomica
  • Publisher
    Medicina Rara
  • Date Published
    [1972]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
18
  • Author
    Bell, Alexander Graham
  • Headline
    Bell's Lectures on Speech 1st ed. 1906
  • Publisher
    Funk & Wagnalls
  • Date Published
    1906
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
19
  • Author
    Bell, John
  • Headline
    On Baths and Mineral Waters by John Bell 1831
  • Publisher
    Henry H. Porter
  • Date Published
    1831
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
21
  • Author
    Belloste, [Augustin]
  • Headline
    2 vols Le Chirurgien d'hopital 1734-33 - Belloste
  • Publisher
    Veuve d'Houry
  • Date Published
    1734-1733
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
22
  • Heading
    (Medical)
  • Author
    Bernard, Claude
  • Headline
    Bernard's Physiologie Operatoire 1879
  • Publisher
    Librairie J.-B. Bailliere et Fils
  • Date Published
    1879
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
23
  • Author
    Bethe, Hans Albrecht
  • Headline
    Three works by Hans Albrecht Bethe
  • Date Published
    1936-1937
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
31
  • Author
    Bock, C.E.
  • Headline
    Atlas of Human Anatomy by Bock 38 plates 1879
  • Publisher
    William Wood
  • Date Published
    1879
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
34
  • Author
    Born, Max
  • Headline
    Five scientific works by Max Born
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$250 - $350
Sold for$500
StatusSold
35
  • Author
    Bragg, William Henry
  • Headline
    W.H. Bragg on radioactivity, 1913
  • Publisher
    Johann Ambrosius Barth
  • Date Published
    1913
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
36
  • Author
    Bravo, Francisco
  • Headline
    The Opera Medicinalia 1970 Dawsons edition
  • Publisher
    Dawsons of Pall Mall
  • Date Published
    1970
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$137.50
StatusSold
37
  • Heading
    (Bibliographies)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    British Museum (Nat. History) catalogue 4 vols
  • Publisher
    [Martino]
  • Date Published
    [1992]
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
38
  • Heading
    (Medical)
  • Author
    Broussais, F.J.V.
  • Headline
    Examen des Doctrines Medicales 4 vols 1829-34
  • Publisher
    Delaunay
  • Date Published
    1829-1834
Estimate$80 - $120
StatusUnsold
39
  • Heading
    (Medical)
  • Author
    Broussais, F.J.V.
  • Headline
    Inflammation Chroniques 2 vols, 1814 2nd ed
  • Publisher
    J. Moronval
  • Date Published
    1814
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
40
  • Author
    Brown, O[liver] Phelps
  • Headline
    Complete Herbalist 1867 by Dr. O.P. Brown
  • Publisher
    The Author
  • Date Published
    1867
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$112.50
StatusSold
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$137.50
StatusSold
42
  • Author
    Bérenger-Féraud, L.J.B.
  • Headline
    Treatment of European disease in French 1881
  • Publisher
    Octave Doin
  • Date Published
    1881
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$281.25
StatusSold
45
  • Heading
    (Medical)
  • Author
    Casserius, Julius
  • Headline
    Tabulae Anatomicae [&] De Formato Foetu Tabulae
  • Publisher
    Editions Medicina Rara
  • Date Published
    [c. 1971]
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
47
  • Author
    Cervantes [de Saavedra], Michael
  • Headline
    1740 Edition of Don Quixote in English
  • Publisher
    D. Midwinter, et al
  • Date Published
    1740
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
48
  • Author
    Chambers, George
  • Headline
    A Handbook of Descriptive and Practical Astronomy
  • Publisher
    John Murray
  • Date Published
    1861
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
51
  • Heading
    (Medical)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    9 from the Classics of Medicine Library 1980s
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
58
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    zzc
  • Author
    Defoe, Daniel
  • Headline
    Writings of Daniel Defoe Large Paper Edition
  • Publisher
    Shakespeare Head Press
  • Date Published
    1928
Estimate$800 - $1,200
StatusUnsold
60
  • Author
    Dirac, P[aul] A[drien] M[aurice]
  • Headline
    The Principles of Quantum Mechanics by Dirac
  • Publisher
    Clarendon Press
  • Date Published
    1930
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$625
StatusSold
64
  • Heading
    (Medical)
  • Author
    Dumont (De Monteux), [Pierre Louis Charles]
  • Headline
    Testament Médical Philosophique et Littéraire
  • Publisher
    Adrien Dalahaye
  • Date Published
    1865
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
65
  • Author
    Duyckinck, Evert A.
  • Headline
    History of the World 4 vols by Duyckinck 1871-73
  • Publisher
    Johnson, Fry and Company
  • Date Published
    [1871-1873]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$212.50
StatusSold
66
  • Author
    Dziobek, Otto
  • Headline
    Mathematical Theories of Planetary Motions
  • Publisher
    The Register Publishing Company
  • Date Published
    1892
Estimate$250 - $350
StatusUnsold
68
  • Author
    Eddington, Arthur S.
  • Headline
    Five scientific texts by Arthur S. Eddington
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$250 - $350
Sold for$162.50
StatusSold
69
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Inscribed photograph of Albert Einstein
  • Date Published
    February 1931
Estimate$15,000 - $25,000
StatusUnsold
70
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Signed by Albert Einstein
  • Publisher
    Philosophical Library
  • Date Published
    [1950
Estimate$1,200 - $1,800
Sold for$2,812.50
StatusSold
71
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Relativity by Einstein 1920 1st American Edition
  • Publisher
    Henry Holt and Company
  • Date Published
    1920
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$500
StatusSold
72
  • Author
    Einstein, Albert
  • Headline
    Five volumes by Albert Einstein
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$1,125
StatusSold
76
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    zzf
  • Author
    Ercker, Lazarus
  • Headline
    Lazurus Ercker Aula Subterranea 1736
  • Publisher
    Johann David Jung
  • Date Published
    1736
Estimate$700 - $1,000
StatusUnsold
78
  • Author
    Faraday, Michael
  • Headline
    Experimental Researches in Chemistry and Physics
  • Publisher
    Richard Taylor and William Francis
  • Date Published
    1859
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$500
StatusSold
82
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Aubrey, William Hickman Smith
  • Headline
    National & Domestic Hist. of England - 3 vols
  • Publisher
    James Hagger
  • Date Published
    [1867-1870]
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
83
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Beveridge, Albert J.
  • Headline
    Beveridge's Lincoln Manuscript Edition
  • Publisher
    Houghton Mifflin
  • Date Published
    1928
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$750
StatusSold
84
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Bohn's Extra Volume - 7 vols Sangorski/Sutcliffe
  • Publisher
    Henry G. Bohn
  • Date Published
    1846-1861
Estimate$250 - $350
StatusUnsold
85
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Calabrella, E. C. de, Baroness, editor
  • Headline
    Evenings at Haddon Hall finely bound
  • Publisher
    Henry Colburn
  • Date Published
    1846
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$212.50
StatusSold
86
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Carlyle, Thomas
  • Headline
    Carlyle's Complete Works 11 vols.
  • Publisher
    Aldine Book Publishing
  • Date Published
    No date [c.1889]
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
87
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    De Maupassant, Henri Rene Guy
  • Headline
    The Life Work of Henri Rene Guy de Maupassant
  • Publisher
    M. Walter Dunne
  • Date Published
    1905
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$562.50
StatusSold
88
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Dumas, Alexandre
  • Headline
    Alexandre Dumas Celebrated Crimes Finely Bound
  • Publisher
    George Barrie
  • Date Published
    [1895]
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$2,250
StatusSold
89
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Eliot, George
  • Headline
    George Eliot's Works Finely Bound Arbury Edition
  • Publisher
    Dana Estes & Company
  • Date Published
    [c. 1900]
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$812.50
StatusSold
90
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Fiske, John
  • Headline
    Historical Writings of John Fiske - Finely Bound
  • Publisher
    Houghton Mifflin
  • Date Published
    Various Dates
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$250
StatusSold
91
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Goldsmith, Oliver
  • Headline
    The Works of Oliver Goldsmith Finely Bound
  • Publisher
    John Murray
  • Date Published
    1854
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
92
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Grimm, Herman
  • Headline
    Life of Michael Angelo 2 vols fine binding 1909
  • Publisher
    Little, Brown
  • Date Published
    1909
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
93
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Hume, David and Tobias Smollett, et. al.
  • Headline
    History of England 3 vols. finely bound
  • Publisher
    James S. Virtue
  • Date Published
    [c.1850]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$200
StatusSold
94
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Irving, Washington
  • Headline
    Irving's Works in 27 vols. Crayon Ed. Sangorski
  • Publisher
    G.P. Putnam's
  • Date Published
    [1850-1880]
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$1,250
StatusSold
95
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Longfellow, Henry W.
  • Headline
    Longfellow, Poetical Works, 2 vols., full morocco
  • Publisher
    Houghton, Osgood [&] Houghton Mifflin
  • Date Published
    1879-80
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$137.50
StatusSold
96
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Macaulay, Thomas Babington
  • Headline
    Macaulay's Critical and Historical Essays
  • Publisher
    Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans
  • Date Published
    1846
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
97
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Macaulay, Thomas Babington
  • Headline
    England From the Accession of James II
  • Publisher
    Longman, Brown, Green
  • Date Published
    1849-1861
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
98
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Page, Thomas Nelson
  • Headline
    Works of Thomas Nelson Page Leather bound
  • Publisher
    Charles Scribner's Sons
  • Date Published
    1906
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
99
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Plumptre, E.H., translator
  • Headline
    Greek tragedy sets finely bound - 4 total vols
  • Publisher
    Strahan & Co.
  • Date Published
    1865 [and] 1868
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
100
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Rawlinson, George
  • Headline
    Rawlinson's 5 Great Monarchies - Full Vellum
  • Publisher
    John Murray
  • Date Published
    1879
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$687.50
StatusSold
101
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Robertson, J. Logie, editor
  • Headline
    Poetical Works of Robert Burns finely bound
  • Publisher
    Oxford University Press
  • Date Published
    [1958]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
102
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Scott, Sir Walter
  • Headline
    Sir Walter Scott Waverley Novels Leather Bound
  • Publisher
    Osgood
  • Date Published
    1872
Estimate$700 - $1,000
StatusUnsold
103
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Secret Court Memoirs 10 finely bound volumes
  • Publisher
    Grolier Society
  • Date Published
    [c. 1900]
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$375
StatusSold
104
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Shakespeare, William
  • Headline
    The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare
  • Publisher
    Hilliard, Gray, and Company
  • Date Published
    1836
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
105
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Shakespeare, William
  • Headline
    Shakespeare's Works in 20 vols. 1901 Hamilton
  • Publisher
    The Hamilton Book Company
  • Date Published
    [1901]
Estimate$400 - $700
StatusUnsold
106
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Smollett, Tobias
  • Headline
    Finely bound works of Tobias Smollett 1872
  • Publisher
    Bidkers & Son & H. Sotheran
  • Date Published
    1872
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
Sold for$937.50
StatusSold
107
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Stickney, Sarah
  • Headline
    Poetry of Life 2 finely bound vols.
  • Publisher
    Saunders and Otley
  • Date Published
    1835
Estimate$250 - $350
StatusUnsold
108
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Thoreau, Henry David
  • Headline
    Cape Cod finely bound in 2 vols. Thoreau, illus.
  • Publisher
    HouHoughton, Mifflin
  • Date Published
    [1896]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$375
StatusSold
109
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Whittier, John Greenleaf
  • Headline
    Whittier's Works in 7 vols Amesbury Edition
  • Publisher
    Houghton, Mifflin
  • Date Published
    [1892]
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$593.75
StatusSold
110
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Young, G.F.
  • Headline
    The Medici in 2 volumes bound by Bayntun
  • Publisher
    John Murray
  • Date Published
    1912
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$593.75
StatusSold
111
  • Heading
    (Medical)
  • Author
    Fleury, Louis
  • Headline
    French book on Hydrotherapy by Fleury 1856
  • Publisher
    Labé
  • Date Published
    1856
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
112
  • Heading
    (Fore Edge Painting)
  • Author
    Paxton, James
  • Headline
    Fore Edge Painting of Southampton
  • Publisher
    J. Vincent
  • Date Published
    1826
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
113
  • Heading
    (Fore-edge Painting)
  • Author
    Dante Alighieri
  • Headline
    Divine Comedy by Dante with Fore Edge Painting
  • Publisher
    George Routledge
  • Date Published
    [c. 1880]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
116
  • Author
    Gardien, C[laude] M[artin]
  • Headline
    Traité d'Accouchements by CM Gardien 1807
  • Publisher
    Crochard
  • Date Published
    1807
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$175
StatusSold
117
  • Heading
    (Medical)
  • Author
    Genga, Bernardino
  • Headline
    Anatomy Improv'd and Illustrated Ltd Edition
  • Publisher
    Editions Medicina Rara
  • Date Published
    [c. 1970]
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
119
  • Heading
    (Medical)
  • Author
    Gowers, W[illiam] R.
  • Headline
    Diagnosis of Diseases of the Spinal Cord 1881
  • Publisher
    J. & A. Churchill
  • Date Published
    1881
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
121
  • Author
    Greenhow, Edward Headlam
  • Headline
    On Diptheria 1860 by E.H. Greenhow w/leaflet
  • Publisher
    John W. Parker
  • Date Published
    1860
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
122
  • Heading
    (Geology)
  • Author
    Gutenberg, Beno and C. F. Richter
  • Headline
    Seismicity of The Earth by Gutenberg & Richter
  • Publisher
    Geological Society of America
  • Date Published
    1941
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
124
  • Heading
    (Gynecology)
  • Author
    Roussel, [Pierre]
  • Headline
    Système Physique et Moral de la Femme 1820
  • Publisher
    Caille et Ravier
  • Date Published
    1820
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
125
  • Author
    Haller, Albrecht von
  • Headline
    7 volumes about disease, in Latin 1757-1760
  • Publisher
    Bousquet
  • Date Published
    1757-1760
Estimate$1,500 - $2,000
Sold for$2,000
StatusSold
127
  • Heading
    (Harvard Classics)
  • Author
    Eliot, Charles W., editor
  • Headline
    Easton Press Harvard Classics 50 volumes
  • Publisher
    Easton Press
  • Date Published
    [1993]
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$1,750
StatusSold
128
  • Heading
    zzc
  • Author
    Hawthorne, Nathaniel
  • Headline
    The Complete Writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Publisher
    Houghton Mifflin Company
  • Date Published
    [1900]
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
129
  • Author
    Heidegger, Martin
  • Headline
    Autograph excerpts Heidegger's Being and Time
  • Date Published
    No date
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
StatusUnsold
131
  • Author
    Hill, John
  • Headline
    Natural History & Philosophy by John Hill 1752
  • Publisher
    J. Whiston and B. White
  • Date Published
    1752
Estimate$400 - $700
Sold for$250
StatusSold
132
  • Heading
    (History of Medicine)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Five titles (10 vols) on the history of medicine
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
133
  • Heading
    (History of Medicine)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Ten titles on the history of medicine
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
134
  • Author
    Holmes, Oliver Wendell
  • Headline
    Holmes Puerperal Fever 1st Ed. 1855
  • Publisher
    Ticknor and Fields
  • Date Published
    1855
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$3,750
StatusSold
136
  • Author
    Hunter, Williiam
  • Headline
    uterus anatomy w/34 engravings, complete! 1774
  • Publisher
    John Baskerville
  • Date Published
    1774
Estimate$7,000 - $10,000
Sold for$5,937.50
StatusSold
137
  • Heading
    (Hypnotism)
  • Author
    Bernheim, [Hippolyte]
  • Headline
    De la Suggestion - French Hypnotism Bernheim 1886
  • Publisher
    Octave Doin
  • Date Published
    1886
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
138
  • Heading
    (Hypnotism)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Four volumes on suggestion and hypnotism
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
139
  • Heading
    (Illuminated Manuscript)
  • Author
    Ibbs, Edith A., illuminator
  • Headline
    The Great Antiphons Illuminate by Edith Ibbs
  • Publisher
    Written out & illuminated by Edith A. Ibbs
  • Date Published
    1905
Estimate$6,000 - $9,000
Sold for$5,625
StatusSold
141
  • Heading
    (Medical)
  • Author
    Jadelot, Jean-Nicolas
  • Headline
    Physica Hominis by Jean-Nic Jadelot 1778
  • Publisher
    Sebastiani Bachot
  • Date Published
    1778
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
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