Search Results: Authors starting with J from Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts

[London]: [Headley Brothers], 1960. FIRST EDITION. Blue cloth, title and author in gilt to top cover . Small stain affecting area at foot of spine. Inscription to fly-leaf. First edition. Poems related to the medical profession and doctors, some of which had previously appeared in The Lancet. Titles include Confound your geriatrics; March surgery; and Helminthotropy. Also included are translations of several poems by Horace. Jackson (b.1898) was a medical doctor who also translated a full book of Horace's poems, entitled Horace for company, and co-authored a medical handbook for the Planned Parenthood Foundation.

Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1855. FIRST EDITION. Complete with errata slip tipped-in after title. Original brown publisher's cloth, decorated in blind, title in gilt to spine, some light wear to extremities of spine; endpapers browned and spotted. First edition of this glimpse into nineteenty-century medical practices. The author provides advice on the treatment of various diseases, such as chorea, phthisis, and typhoid fever as well as suggestions on how to conduct oneself in the sickroom. Jackson (1777-1867), a professor of medicine at Harvard University, was the successor to Benjamin Waterhouse.

Boston and San Francisco: Roberts Brothers; Samuel Carson & Co., 1885. FIRST EDITION, SECOND ISSUE. Original publisher's green cloth with title and gilt sunflowers on front cover, spine worn and faded with head and foot a bit frayed. Bookplate of Robert and Dora Archer, ownership signature of Mrs. H.L. McCord dated March 6, 1886 and an inscription to Mother from Dora dated March 9, 1886.

Boston: The minority of the Committee, 1852. 1st ed. Original printed wrappers. First edition. Furthering the controversy surrounding the discovery of surgical anaesthesia: "In January 1849, [William Thomas Green] Morton visited Washington and -- supported by a resolution passed in his favour by the Governors of the Massachusetts General Hospital and others -- again petitioned Congress. On this occasion a committee of investigation was set up and the chairman 'addressed a letter to the opponents of Dr. Morton, requesting them to put in before the committee any documents against his claim and in support of their own'. On this occasion the committee reported in Morton's favour, but still the matter did not progress" (Duncum, p. 127).This copy differs from others seen in that the printed wrappers state: "Congressional Report of Hon. Edward Stanly, of North Carolina, and Hon. Alexander Evans, of Maryland, on the ether discovery, thirty-second Congress, first session." This document is presented by the… Read More

Konigsberg: Borntraeger, 1829. First edition. With 1 large folding table. Contemporary marbled pasteboards, worn; other than some darkening to the paste-down and flyleaf, a fine copy.

Berlin: Typis Academicis, 1839. FIRST EDITION. Blue wrappers, printed spine label; a few leaves foxed. An uncut copy in good condition.

Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1879. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Original terra cotta cloth with blind-stamped rule boards, spine titled in gilt. Ex-libris with plates and blind-stamps from the Aurora College Library and the library of Paul Lemperly, but no pockets or spine numbering. Boards rubbed and lightly soiled, spine sunned, still a very good, sound copy.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1834. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Without front endpapers. Cloth, rebacked, covers rubbed and bumped; light foxing and staining throughout. Ownership signature of Martha W. Lawrence dated 1851 on the title of each volume. First American edition. The first volume contains sketches of art, literature, and character from the author's travels in Europe (mostly in Germany), including a sketch of the British actress Fanny Kemble in the role of Juliet. The second volume is a compilation of short stories followed by a diary of travel in the great cities of Italy.Jameson (1794-1860), originally from Ireland but raised in England, was adept at narration that at once excited the reader's imagination but maintained a sensitivity toward gender differences. Her first book was published after she broke off an early engagement of marriage, and accompanied a young pupil to Italy, writing in a fictitious character a narrative of what she saw and did. She gave this diary to John Colburn, who… Read More

Kyoto, 1690. Calligraphic scroll (20 x 650 cm) in Japanese. With 33 brilliant illustrations, ten in color. Title inscription at beginning and signature of scribe at end. Enclosed in a handsome paulownia wood box certified with seal and signature inside top cover by Sigemi Komatsu, an expert in "old writing." In excellent condition, with only two small marginal repairs and light discoloration at the beginning of the scroll.

Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars, 1843. FIRST EDITION. With engraved frontispiece portrait, 29 (of 30) colored engraved plates, title page and separate hand-colored illustrated title, author's advertising, text illustrations. Original cloth with gilt decoration on cover and gilt lettering on spine, small stain to front cover and spine sunned; interior excellent. From the Library of Dr. James M. Dolan Jr. with his blind-stamp on title. First edition of this beautiful monograph on sunbirds, part of Jardine's monumental Naturalists' Library (1833-1843), the first successful attempt to make natural history accessible to the general public. Each volume is dedicated to a great naturalist, this one to Francis Willughby with his portrait on frontispiece followed by a short biography. Jardine describes the habits and the wonderful plumage of the family of birds "universally acknowledged to be among the most brilliant in plumage." The plates, executed by James Stewart, illustrate all aspects of these beautiful birds.… Read More

Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars, and Stirling and Kenney, etc., 1834. FIRST EDITION. With 63 (of 64) colored plates, all tissue guards present. Half-titles, engraved portrait frontispieces (of Linnaues in Volume I and Pennant in Volume II), hand-colored engraved title pages, plus the title pages to both the Naturalist's Library series and the Natural history of Humming-birds in both volumes. A lovely copy bound in modern cloth from the Library of Dr. James M. Dolan with his stamp (dated 1974) on the title pages and his son Dr. James M. Dolan Jr. with his faint blind-stamp. First edition of the first two volumes of the Ornithological Series of Jardine's Naturalist's library (1833-1843), the first successful attempt to make natural history accessible to the general public. The work opens with a short biography of Linnaeus. Jardine describes the birds' behavior during the breeding season and how they change appearance when they become jealous by expanding their crests, tails and wings. Lizars' fine hand-colored… Read More

Leipzig: Johann Friedrich Gleditschens Buchandlung, 1784. FIRST EDITIONS. Titles of first four volumes in red and black, text in double columns. Engraved frontispiece portrait in first volume. Contemporary paneled calf; light browning and some faint marginal damp-stains to Volumes I and II, but generally an excellent set. From the library of American bibliophile Denis Duveen with his bookplate, and with the armorial bookplate of the "Comes de Solms" WHO'S WHO OF THE SEVENTEENTH & EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES. First edition of this major collection of biographies containing hundreds of details otherwise unavailable, covering persons of all time periods and nationalities. One of the richest repositories of anecdotes, strange occurrences and characters of the Baroque, it is an indispensable reference work to this date.Jöcher (1694-1758) was a German historian, biographer and professor of philosophy and history at the University of Leipzig. He conceived of the idea for this work after contributing two augmented… Read More

New York: Rudd and Carleton, 1861. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Lithographed frontispiece. Publisher's pebbled cloth, blind-stamped on coves with gilt title and design on spine. A fine copy from the library of Robert J. Moes (1905-1988), a physician and bibliophile who lived in Los Angeles, with his bookplate.

Edinburgh, Washington, 1913. FIRST EDITIONS. All in original printed wrappers. Titles are as follows: 1. "On the 'kinetic theory' of star-clusters." Offprint from Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. LXXIV, No. 2, December, 1913, pp. 109-12. 2. "On the theory of star-streaming and the structure of the universe." Offprint from Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. LXXVI, No. 2, December, 1915, pp. 70-84. 3. "On the theory of star-streaming and the structure of the universe. (Second paper.)" Offprint from Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. LXXVI, No. 7, May, 1916, pp. 70-84. 4. "On the law of distribution in star-clusters." Offprint from Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. LXXVI, No. 7, May, 1916, pp. 567-72. 5. "Note on the action of viscosity in gaseous and nebular masses." Offprint from Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. LXXVII, No. 3, January, 1917, pp. 200-04. 6. "The present position of the nebular… Read More

St. Johnsbury: Republican Press, 1893. FIRST EDITION. Green publisher's cloth with gilt insignia of the Richmond Prison Association to front cover. Some tape residue on front gutter, as well as an almost imperceptible tear in cloth on front cover, otherwise a very good copy. First edition, compiled from Confederate records. A listing of the four thousand prisoners of war, including name, rank, regiment and state, as well as entries from the journals of prisoners.

Leutschoviae: Werthmuller, 1830. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary half cloth and marbled boards, spine label, top joint cracked, edges worn; minor waterstain to first few leaves. Ownership signatures on title, some stamps on title and blanks. First edition of a compilation of tax conscriptions (dicalis conscriptions) in the Kingdom of Hungary in 1830. This document, consisting of an explanation of the means by which taxes are calculated as well as tax tables, was written by Sigismund Jekelfalussy, the Notary of Komitat Zips, an administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary, called Scepusium before the late nineteenth century. The contribution to be paid by a town or county was divided among the taxpayers according their tax-paying ability and was measured in tax units (dica). The value of one tax unit (cavis repartitionis, clavis dicationis) was defined by the county assembly. Tax units were attributed to taxpayers according to their economic capacity: family size, labor force, animals, building,… Read More

New Haven: F. C. Dayton, Jr., 1860. FIRST EDITION. Frontispiece portrait of the author, tissue guard present. Publisher's blind-stamped cloth, a bit worn at the head of the spine, author and title in gilt on front cover; interior excellent.

France: n.p., 1764. FIRST EDITION. Stabbed and uncut in contemporary wrappers.

London: MacMillan, 1890. FIRST EDITION. Publisher's cloth; other than the flyleaves being chipped on the edges, an excellent copy with the signature of Robert J. Boltz dated 1919 on the title.

8vo. xvi, 463; [i], 480 pp. Frontispiece woodcut of the author's logical machine and text diagrams. Full calf prize bindings, covers decorated in gilt with the arms of the university, spine decorated in gilt in compartments with original labels. An exceptionally fine copy with an occasional spot on blank leaves. Bookplate of Owens College, Manchester, Sessions 1874-8 inscribed to John Stevenson by Professor Henry E. Roscoe. First edition of the author's most valuable contribution to logic and methodology. Jevons (1835- 1882) was a prominent English logician and political economist. Considered a landmark in the philosophy of science, this work contains practically all of the author's fundamental ideas on logical doctrine, including his investigation of the principles of pure logic, his analysis of induction, and his discussion of the theory of probability and the relation between probability and induction. The "logical piano" on the engraved frontispiece of the first volume is a fascinating device… Read More