Search Results: Authors starting with G from Jeff Weber Rare Books

London:: H. K. Lewis, 1932., 1932. 8vo. vii, 248 pp. 16 plates (8 in color), 118 illustrations, index. Blue cloth, gilt-stamped cover and spine titles; inner hinges neatly reinforced, fore-edges show some foxing. Previous owner's inked signature. Very good.

(Wien:: Moritz Perles), 1899., 1899. Large 8vo. (330 x 252 mm) pp. 1402-1448. 1 text fig. (this article); edges browned. Stapled self-wraps; folded crosswise. Very good. The invention of the Tonometer, a device for measuring blood pressure from the finger. Gaertner was an Austrian pathologist who is remembered for his work in experimental pathology, including the study of kidney functions, experiments concerning electrical skin resistance and his work with innervation of cerebral vessels. Gaertner is credited with the creation of numerous medical devices and apparati, the best-known invention being a tonometer which contained an inflatable finger cuff for measurement of blood pressure. A specialized version of Gaertner's tonometer is presently used in ophthalmology to determine intraocular pressure. Gustav Gaertner studied in Vienna and received his doctorate in 1879. He received his training in experimental pathology under Salomon Stricker (1834-1898) and in 1882 became Stricker's assistant. His… Read More

(Torino:: Minerva Medica, 1966)., 1966. 242 x 171 mm. 8vo. 82 pp. Port. Printed wrappers. Ownership rubber stamps. Very good.

[no place]:: 1929-1947., 1929. 8vo. Various paginations. 1 with figs. Printed wrappers. Ownership rubber stamps. Very good. Two of these essays are by Paolo Gaifami; one treats Italian gynecology during the 1920s while the second deals with the Clinica Ostetrico-Ginecologica di Bari, 1925-1934. The third piece is a brief obituary and a list of Giafami's writings.

Pisa:: Pacini Mariotti, 1947., 1947. At head of title: Clinica Ostetrica Ginecologica dell'Universita di Roma. 246 x 182 mm. 8vo. 406 pp. Port., tables, figs. Red cloth, black-stamped spine, original wrappers bound in. Omaggio rubber stamped on title. Bookplate, ownership rubber stamp on title. Fine.

Paris:: Arthus Bertrand, [1840-55]., 1840. Atlas folio (in sheets). 55 x 35.5 cm. 10 lithographic plates with drawings by Louis Bevalet & lithographed by Muller [and] Himely (engr.), 2 additional maps or charts. With the original printed wrapper chemise. Wrapper is a bit worn. Plates are in excellent condition. Very good. First printing, extremely rare, of the unfinished publication of Gaimard expedition, containing what is often missing from the main body of the expedition report (probably due to the size of the plates and their non-bound format?). It seems Rudolph Ackermann (1764-1834), the famous lithographer from London, may have also been involved in the production of these plates as his name is on the plates themselves. / Gaimard, a French naval surgeon and naturalist, built an observatory at Bossekop, Finnmark, where he made his scientific observations of the Arora Borealis. There were 10 striking lithographs used to illustrate the Atlas geologique, among the most impressive astronomical… Read More

New York:: Appleton, Century, Crofts, 1966., 1966. 8vo. ix, 197 pp. Illus., indexes. Blue cloth. Fine.

Cambridge:: Cambridge University Press, 1995., 1995. 8vo. 273, [1] pp. Index. Blue silver-stamped cloth, dust jacket. INSCRIBED by both authors, with Christmas card "Lots of love to the family, Jane and Lou". Fine. ISBN: 0521563089 "Networks of Innovation offers an historical perspective on the manner in which private-sector organizations have acquired, sustained, and periodically lost the ability to develop, manufacture, and market new serum antitoxins and vaccines. The primary focus is on the H. K. Mulford Company, on Sharp and Dohme, which acquired Mulford in 1929, and upon Merck & Co Inc., which merged with Sharp and Dohme in 1953. By surveying a century of innovation in biologicals, the authors are able to analyze the conditions that either promoted or prevented creative changes in this important industry. They show how the activities of these three commercial enterprises were related to a series of complex, evolving networks of scientific, governmental, and medical institutions in the United… Read More

Dublin:: William B. Kelly; London: W. Allan, 1860., 1860. 8vo. [ads] 8, 341, [1 blank] pp. Index. Original blind- and gilt-stamped flexible brown cloth; extremities showing, else a fine copy. Samuel Haughton was Professor of Geology, Dublin University, 1851-1881.

London:: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855., 1855. SECOND EDITION. 12mo. iv, 90 pp. 32 figs., 2 tables. Original blind- and gilt-stamped brown cloth, ads in front end-leaves. PRESENTATION INSCRIBED "Revd William Steele with the author's regards" on title. Fine copy.

Glasgow:: Clyde River Steamer Club: 1949., 1949. 21 cm. 45 pp. Illustrated. Self-printed wrappers. Fine.

Chicago:: University of Chicago Press, (1965)., 1965. 8vo. xii, 220 pp. 5 tables, index. Yellow cloth, gilt-stamped spine, dust-jacket; jacket slightly worn, spine sunned. Burndy bookplate showing former ownership of Selman A. Waksman. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED FROM AUTHOR to Waksman. SCARCE. Very good +. Waksman (1888-1973) was a Ukranian-American biochemist and microbiologist whose research into organic substances- largely into organisms that live in soil- and their decomposition promoted the discovery of streptomycin and several other antibiotics. In 1952, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in recognition for his discovery of streptomycin.

Boulder:: Westview Press, (1979). Series: AAAS Selected Symposia Series, No. 31., 1979. 8vo. xvi, 121 pp. Illus., index. Brown cloth. Fine.

New York:: Penguin Books, (2000)., 2000. First printing. 8vo. 420 pp. Illustrations, index. Printed wrappers. Ownership signature. Near fine. ISBN: 014028055

New York:: Dover, (1914)., 1914. Reprint. 8vo. xxi, 300 pp. Appendix; very occasional ink underlining and marginalia. Paper wrappers; covers heavily rubbed, short closed tear to spine, front cover ownership signature. Good.

Berlin:: Springer-Verlag, 1974., 1974. 8vo. 103-306 pp. Figures, table; holograph ink notation to spine. Original printed wrappers. Very good.

(Cambridge, UK): Cambridge University Press, (2001)., 2001. 8vo. 431 pp. Black-and-white illustrations, bibliography. Printed wrappers; spine ends rubbed. Ownership signature. Very good. ISBN: 9780521001038

Berkeley and Los Angeles:: University of California Press, (1997)., 1997. 8vo. xi, 425 pp. Appendix, glossary, bibliography, index. Pictorial paper wrappers; edges lightly rubbed. Ownership signature. Very good. ISBN: 0520206460

New York:: Basic Books, (1961)., 1961. First edition, fifth printing. 8vo. ix, 150 pp. 8 full-page black-and-white plates, appendix, bibliography, index. Beige cloth with stamped black and orange title and decorations, dust-jacket; corner bumped, jacket slightly torn. Very

Paris:: Presses Universitaires de France, 1968., 1968. Series: Centre International de Synthese, Section d'Histoire des Sciences. 8vo. viii, 382, [2] pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, figures, indices. Printed wrappers. Ownership signature. Very good.