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

Frankfurt:: Meidinger Sohn, 1859., 1859. 225 x 156 mm. 8vo. xii, 348 [interleaved] pp. Quarter black morocco, morocco corners, textured black cloth sides, raised bands, gilt spine; top corners bumped, rubbed. PRESUMED AUTHOR'S COPY WITH THE AUTHOR'S ANNOTATIONS on interleaved sheets. Very good. FIRST EDITION. [Title: General pathology of the mind.] INTERLEAVED COPY WITH NUMEROUS ANNOTATED PAGES. Wachsmuth, an outstanding physician and clinician, in this work pointed out that not all lesions of the brain produce psychoses and not all psychoses are caused by organic brain diseases. He insisted on the need for a proper clinical psychology. / Wachsmuth studied at the University of Gottingen, devoting himself to the study of medicine. "Unfortunately, during his studies, the first beginning of the [lung] disease that was to bring him an early death became apparent: he had repeated small pulmonary hemorrhages (hemoptysis); only great caution and regularity of his lifestyle allowed him to recover."… Read More

[no place]:: Leprosy Review, 1935., 1935. Reprinted from Leprosy Review, vol. VI, no. 2, April 1935. 244 mm. 8 pp. 2 figs. Original brown printed wrappers; stab-stitched (no lacing). Rubber stamp on cover: ?With the Compliments of the Author.? Very good. ?A major breakthrough . . . was made by Wade and his 'scraped incision? method. The method is still used for making smears, which are referred as slit-skin smears. He further clarified that none of the active skin lesions is entirely bacillus-free and that leprotic infiltration is in the dermis only.? - Virendra N. Sehgal, & Joginder, 'slit-Skin Smear in Pelrosy.? Jan. - Feb. 1990, vol. 29, no. 1. Wade was the Associate Medical Director, The Leonard Wood Memorial Laboratory, Culion Leper Sanitarium, Palawan, Philippines.

No place:: Helvetica Physica Acta, 1949., 1949. Sm. 8vo. pp. [614]-618. 2 figs., 1 table. Self-wraps. Fine. Waffler was from the Eidg. Techn. Hochschule, Zurich. WITH: WAFFLER. "uber die Intensitatsschwankungen der harten Komponente der Hohenstrahlung auf Jungfraujoch (3500 m u. M.)." Offprint: Helvetica Physica Acta, vol. XIV, fasc. Quartus, 1941. Sm. 8vo. pp. [215]-256. 11 figs., tables. Self-wraps. Fine. WITH: WAFFLER, & S. YOUNIS. "Untersuchung von Kernphotoprozessen an leichten Elementen nach der photographischen Methode." Offprint: Helvetica Physica Acta, vol. XXII, fasc. Quartus, 1949. Sm. 8vo. pp. [414]-417. 2 figs., 1 plate. Self-wraps. Fine. Full list provided on request.

Cairo:: Imprimerie Nationale Boulac, 1937., 1937. At head of title: XV Concilium Ophthalmologicum 1937, Egypte. 248 x 166 mm. 8vo. Pages 1-86. [Entire volume: [ii], 283 pp.] Bibliog., 42 figs. on plates; extensive underlining and marginalia. Modern quarter brown cloth, patterned paper over boards, gilt spine, original printed wrappers bound in. Ms. notation on original top cover. Bookplate. Very good. RARE ORIGINAL PRINTING. "Wagner and Keith classified essential hypertension and lesions of the fundus into four groups." See: Garrison and Morton 2723 and 2922. Henry Wagener wrote mostly on ocular changes in hypertension. Together with Keith he set up a classification of retinal hypertensive changes that was popular." Gorin, History of ophthalmology, p. 336. This volume includes: P. Bailliart, "L'hypertension arterielle retinienne," and Y. Koyanagi, "Veranderungen an der Netzhaut bei Hochdruck. Pathologische Anatomie."

New York:: John Wiley & Sons., 1929., 1929. 8vo. xii, 203 pp. 117 text figs., index. Maroon cloth, gilt-stamped spine title. Ink signature of H. Hertzberg on ffep. Very good.

Bloomington, IN:: Indiana University Press, (1983)., 1983. 8vo. xiii, 282 pp. 13 black-and white-illustrations, index. Light blue cloth, dust-jacket; front jacket slightly torn. Ownership signature. Fine in very good jacket. ISBN: 0253351855

[Various locations: various publishers,]: 1948-59., 1948. Rare. Ownership inked signature and/or rubber stamps of renowned geneticist Norman Harold Horowitz. Very good. 31 separate and rare offprints from noted geneticist Robert P. Wagner of the University of Texas at Austin. Wagner was brought into Texas' renowned center for genetics by J.T. Patterson, who served as his mentor. The majority of the papers concern his important research and experimentation with Neurospora crassa, a model organism in biochemical genetics. Wagner is the co-author of four books, the first of which, Genetics and Metabolism (1955), was the "first major synthesis and summary of the emerging field of biochemical genetics and was an important influence worldwide, being translated into several languages and used extensively as a textbook" ("In memoriam, Robert Wagner" available at the UT Austin web-page). [WAGNER cont.] The papers included in this collection are: [1] WAGNER & Beverly M. GUIRARD. "A Gene-Controlled Reaction in… Read More

No place:: Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1947., 1947. 8vo. 595-604 pp. Figs. Original printed wrappers. INSCRIBED BY WAGTENDONK. FINE. The Authors were associated with the Dept. of Zoology, Indiana University. WITH: WAGTENDONK. "The Action of Enzymes on Paramecin." Offprint from: Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 173, no. 2, 1948. 8vo. 691-704 pp. Figs. Original printed wrappers. Rubber stamp of Norman Horowitz.

London:: Charles Skilton, (1975)., 1975. Reprint. 279 x 220 mm. 8vo. viii, 47 pp. Frontis., 109 figs., index. Purple cloth, dust jacket. Very good.

Miami:: Symposia Specialists, 1981., 1981. 8vo. ix, [1], 163, [x]-xii pp. Green & yellow printed wrappers; rubbed. Good. ISBN: 0883721341 PARTIAL CONTENTS: Wain, Clinical to theoretical: the validation and understanding of a phenomenon; Melvin A. Gravitz, Freud's influence on the development of therapeutic hypnosis; Herbert Spiegel, The art and science of hypnosis; Erika Fromm (1909-2003), Ego-psychological parameters of hypnosis and their clinical applications; Kay F. Thompson, The mythical trance, plus 7 other contributions.

[New York]:: Academic Press, 1962., 1962. 8vo. 529-533 pp. Self-wraps. INSCRIBED BY WAINWRIGHT. Fine. Wainwright was associated with the Dept. of Biochemistry, Dalhousie University. Four of the papers are inscribed by Wainwright, and several bear the ownership rubber stamp or signature of pioneer Caltech geneticist Norman Horowitz. WITH: WAINWRIGHT. "Mediation of the Genetic Control of Protein Synthesis in Cell-Free Extracts of Neurospora Crassa." Offprint from: Nature, vol. 185, no. 4709, 1960. 8vo. 314-315 pp. Self-wraps. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Fine. Full list available on request.

Springfield (IL):: Charles C. Thomas, (1968)., 1968. 8vo. xvi, 197 pp. 45 figs, tables, refs., index. Red cloth, gilt-stamped cover and spine titles, dust jacket. Ex-library bookplate and ink stamp (on title-page), signature of Dr. David Taylor, notation on front free endpaper, rear library pocket removed. Very good +.

Springfield, IL:: Charles C. Thomas, (1968)., 1968. 8vo. xvi, 197 pp. Figures, index. Gilt-stamped maroon cloth, dust-jacket. Bookplate. Near fine. Scarce in such fine condition with jacket.

Springfield (IL):: Charles C. Thomas, (1968)., 1968. 8vo. xvi, 197 pp. 45 figs, tables, refs., index. Red cloth, gilt-stamped cover and spine titles. Ex-library bookplate, ink stamp of Jerome Kearney Fisher. Very good.

New York:: William Wood, 1925., 1925. Students Aids Series. 165 x 110 mm. Small 8vo. vi, 170 pp. 6 figs., tables, index. Blue cloth; lightly rubbed, else fine. SCARCE.

London:: Thomas Palmer Lovell, 1856., 1856. 4to. 716 pp. Issues from July 5, 1856 to December 27, 1856. Modern half tan calf over marbled boards, gilt-stamped spine title. Bookplate and ink stamp of University College of North Wales, ink signature of H. J. Evans (Anglesey) on title-page, Fine. Various articles; of particular note, this volume contains: The Fever at the Clergy Orphan Asylum, pp. 617-19, and Intestinal Fever: Its Mode of Propagation, pp. 694-5, both by William Budd. There is also an article by James Campbell (of Glasgow) reporting two cases of accidental poisoning by strychnine, which was then used as a tonic medication. There is also a series of articles (with illustrations) by W. Tyler Smith on the theory and practice of obstetrics.

Oxford:: Clarendon Press, 1962., 1962. First edition. 8vo. xiii, 365 pp. Figs., index. Blue cloth, gilt spine; spine ends slightly rubbed, inner hinge cracked (binding still tight). Ownership rubber stamp of Norman Horowitz, California Institute of Technology. Very good.

(London):: Library Association, (1968)., 1968. Reprint. 8vo. vii, 483 pp. Two color title (printed in dark maroon and black), index. Maroon cloth, gilt-stamped cover and spine labels, dust-jacket; jacket chipped. Very good. ISBN: 0853650713

Springfield:: Charles C. Thomas, (1949)., 1949. American Lecture Series, No. 20. 223 x 147 mm. 8vo. viii, 86 pp. 20 figs., 6 tables, index. Black cloth, dust-jacket; jacket water-stained. Ownership signature of Edwin M. Todd. Very good. FIRST EDITION. A comprehensive picture of the status of posttraumatic epilepsy in the 1940s. Courville Collection 2345; Walker, History of neurological surgery, 2262.

In:: Journal of Neurosurgery, Vol. XIII, No. 2, March, 1956., 1956. 265 x 172 mm. 8vo. Pages 199-204. [Entire volume: [viii], 663 pp.] 3 figs. Blue buckram, gilt spine. Fine.