Search Results: Science & Medicine from Tarrington Books

London: Sage Publications, 1993. Reprint . Near Fine. 6 x 9.25 inches (15.5 x 23.5 cm). Signed by Author. Unread copy in excellent condition throughout. Inscribed and signed by the author to half title page with dedication to statistician Kanti Mardia. Also includes a compliments slip signed by the author. Overall condition is Near Fine. ISBN: 0803987056. Size: 6 x 9.25 inches (15.5 x 23.5 cm). Paperback. Printed pages: 216

Preston: C.W. Whitehead. Privately Printed, 1909. 1st Edition . Very Good. 5.75 x 8.75 inches (14.5 x 22.5 cm). Green buckram binding. 40pp plus 49 card pages of photographs. Pages have rippled slightly. Light foxing to text, otherwise in very clean condition throughout. Privately printed work, the author's own copy which comes with correspondence relating to attempts to get the work published. Photo on plate 11 has been amended by hand to indicate items detailed in description. A very rare item from the pioneering days of radiology. No copy in the British Library. WorldCat only locates one copy worldwide, at Cambridge University Library. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 5.75 x 8.75 inches (14.5 x 22.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 40 + 49 plates

Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1864. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus. 6 x 8.75 inches (15 x 22 cm). Signed by Author. Brown cloth binding with bevelled board edges. Slight rubbing and marking to spine, endpapers replaced. Good solid binding. Page edges untrimmed. A few pencilled notes and margin markings, otherwise very clean throughout. Inscribed and signed by the author to leading blank: 'Dr. Whiteford Greenock, with the kindest regards of J.Y. Simpson'. In 1847 Simpson was the first to demonstrate the use of chloroform as an anesthetic. One of the appendices in this work is a patient's account of amputation prior to anaesthetics. Overall condition is Very Good Plus. Please Note: This is a heavy item and international postage will be more than the standard rate. Actual Royal Mail postage costs are: Europe £14.00; USA £27.60; Oceania £28.90; Rest of World £24.15. A postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. Size: 6 x 8.75 inches (15 x… Read More

Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1971. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus/Good. 6.25 x 9.5 inches (16 x 24.5 cm). Dust jacket: Heavy rubbing, slight wear and chipping to edges, slight fading to spine. Unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Good. Book: Dark blue cloth binding. Light foxing to page edges, otherwise excellent. Overall book condition is Very Good Plus. ISBN: 0198581343. Size: 6.25 x 9.5 inches (16 x 24.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xvii, 230

London: Penguin Books, 1937. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus/Very Good. 4.5 x 7.25 inches (11 x 18 cm). Dust jacket: Spine browned and has slight wear to ends. Overall jacket condition is Very Good. Book: Heavy browning to pages. A few light spots of foxing to page edges. Overall book condition is Very Good Minus. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 4.5 x 7.25 inches (11 x 18 cm). Paperback. Printed pages: xvi, 278

Berkeley, USA: Key Curriculum Press, 1996. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus. 8.75 x 11 inches (22 x 28 cm). Three ring binder holes to spine (as issued), very clean condition throughout. Overall condition is Very Good Plus. ISBN: 155953107X. Size: 8.75 x 11 inches (22 x 28 cm). Paperback. Printed pages: 266

La Salle, Illinois: Open Court, 1969. 3rd Edition . Very Good Minus. 5.75 x 9.25 inches (14.5 x 23.5 cm). Volume I only of the two volume set. Card wraps with fading and slight rubbing. Crease to lower corner of rear cover. Bump to upper corner causing a slight crease to all pages. Clean text throughout. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 5.75 x 9.25 inches (14.5 x 23.5 cm). Paperback. Printed pages: xviii, 332

Cambridge: Deighton and Sons, Stevenson, Barrett and Newby, 1824. 4th Edition . Good Plus. 5.5 x 8.25 inches (14 x 21 cm). Half calf leather binding with marbled boards and paper edges. Gilt ruled spine with gilt griffin to upper compartment. Lacking spine label. A couple of tears to leather on rear board. Good solid binding with no cracking to joints. Heavy foxing to first and last few pages. Advertisement page after the title page is badly stained. Scattered foxing and pencilled notes to text. Overall condition is Good Plus. Size: 5.5 x 8.25 inches (14 x 21 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 383

Paris: Quillau, 1778. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus. 5 x 7.75 inches (12.5 x 19.5 cm). Lacking covers but all pages securely bound together. Page numbers neatly written in red ink to upper corners. Small ink note to top left of title page. Staining to rear blank, clean text throughout. Complete with the half title page (with diagonal crease). Very rare original report on the first successful symphysiotomy performed by Sigault in Oct 1777. We also have a copy of Sigault's discourse paper, issued simultaneously with this item. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £9.95; USA £13.45; Oceania £13.65; Rest of World £12.20. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 5 x 7.75 inches (12.5 x 19.5 cm). Paperback. Printed pages: 15

Paris: Victor Masson, 1860. 1st Edition . Good Plus. 5.25 x 8 inches (13 x 20 cm). Disbound but all pages securely bound together. Light foxing to title page and first page of text, otherwise clean text throughout. French language. Overall condition is Good Plus. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £9.95; USA £13.45; Oceania £13.65; Rest of World £12.20. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 5.25 x 8 inches (13 x 20 cm). Paperback. Printed pages: 68

Washington D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1972. 1st Edition . Good Plus. 6.75 x 9.75 inches (17 x 24.5 cm). Card wraps. Slight wear to ends of spine, light stain to lower edge of front cover. Binding strained in a couple of places but sound. Light marking to page edges, clean text throughout. Overall condition is Good Plus. Please Note: This is a heavy item and international postage will be more than the standard rate. Actual Royal Mail postage costs are: Europe £14.00; USA £27.60; Oceania £28.90; Rest of World £24.15. A postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. Size: 6.75 x 9.75 inches (17 x 24.5 cm). Paperback. Printed pages: xii, 606

Hayward, California: Institute of Mathematical Statistics, 1994. 1st Edition . Very Good. 6.75 x 10 inches (17 x 25.5 cm). Blue card wraps. Light shelf wear to covers. One page has a vertical crease, otherwise in very clean condition throughout. From the private library of renowned statistician Kanti Mardia, with his stamp to front cover. This issue contains a paper by Mardia on spatial data (he has asterisked the item in ink to the contents list on the front cover). Scarce. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 6.75 x 10 inches (17 x 25.5 cm). Paperback. Printed pages: 1865-2292, xiii

Pittsburgh: The Instruments Publishing Company Inc., 1950. 1st Edition . Very Good. 4.5 x 8.25 inches (12 x 21 cm). Brown cloth binding, dulled lettering to spine, tanning to endpapers, clean text throughout. Scarce. Overall condition is Very Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 4.5 x 8.25 inches (12 x 21 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: iv, 135

London: H. K. Lewis, 1894. 1st Edition . Good Plus. 5.25 x 7.25 inches (13 x 18.5 cm). First English language edition. Brown cloth binding. Book is slightly bowed. Scratch to rear board, light foxing to page edges. Stamp to verso of half title page and to top margin of title page: 'Ferrus & Compy Ltd (The Bristol based surgical equipment manufacturer). Text is very clean throughout. Binding slightly strained in a couple of places. Scarce. Overall condition is Good Plus. Size: 5.25 x 7.25 inches (13 x 18.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xvi, 250, 16

London: Seeley and Co, 1910. 3rd Edition . Very Good Minus. 5.75 x 7.75 inches (14.5 x 20.5 cm). Red buckram binding with light marking, and a small stain to rear board. Spine darkened and has slight creasing to ends. Cracking to endpaper joints but securely bound. All plates present, plate at p200 has creasing to corner and wear to top edge (appears to have been reattached). Light foxing to page edges and a patch of foxing to title page. Previous owner's bookplate and name to front endpaper (Henry E. Salt). A good solid example. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 5.75 x 7.75 inches (14.5 x 20.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xvi, 363, 16

Matsumoto, Japan: Shinshu University, 1960. 1st Edition Offprint . Very Good Minus. 7.25 x 10.25 inches (18 x 26 cm). Signed by Author. Offprint from the Journal of Faculty of Liberal Arts and Science No. 10. Original card wraps, creasing to covers, light creasing to pages otherwise very clean throughout. From the library from the noted German Palaeontologist and Geological Archaeologist Frederick Zeuner, with his stamp to upper corner of front cover. Inscribed to Zeuner and signed by the author to front cover. Rare. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 7.25 x 10.25 inches (18 x 26 cm). Paperback

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Winthrop Publishers Inc, 1976. 1st Edition . Very Good. 7.25 x 9.5 inches (18 x 24 cm). Signed by Author. Laminated boards with light marking to rear cover. Light foxing to page edges, otherwise in very clean condition throughout. Inscribed and signed by the author to title page: 'To Richard - a cherished friend, with very best wishes, Lowell.'. Overall condition is Very Good. ISBN: 0876260628. Size: 7.25 x 9.5 inches (18 x 24 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: viii, 432

Dorpat: J.C. Schunmann, 1831. 1st Edition . Good Plus. 9.5 x 11.75 inches (24 x 30 cm). Volume II only of the two volume set. Half black morocco leather binding with marbled boards. The book has been professionally rebacked, spine has four raised bands with gilt decoration. Boards rubbed and have wear to corners. Bookplate to front pastedown endpaper (Phillips Library of Harvard College Observatory. Foxing throughout text and also to plates. All 13 plates are present with foxing and light staining. An important work on the establishment of the Struve Geodetic Arc, a 2,800 km chain of survey triangulations stretching from Hammerfest in Norway to the Black Sea. Very scarce. Overall condition is Good Plus. Size: 9.5 x 11.75 inches (24 x 30 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: [2], 424, [4] + 13 plates

London: Pelican Books / Penguin Books, 1943. 1st Edition . Near Fine. 4.5 x 7.25 inches (11 x 18.5 cm). Slight browning to covers, otherwise in first class condition throughout. Overall condition is Near Fine. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £9.95; USA £13.45; Oceania £13.65; Rest of World £12.20. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 4.5 x 7.25 inches (11 x 18.5 cm). Paperback. Printed pages: 112

Bulletin of the History of Medicine, 1949. 1st Edition Thus . Very Good. 7 x 9.5 inches (18 x 23 cm). Offprint from Bulletin of the History of Medicine, Vol. XXIII, No. 3. Blue card wraps, bound into paper covered boards with title label to front cover. Light marking to covers, previous owner's name inside front board otherwise in very clean condition throughout. Scarce. Overall condition is Very Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 7 x 9.5 inches (18 x 23 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: pp268-306