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Warsaw: Zak ad Paleobiologii, Polska Akademia Nauk, 1979. 11-page offprint. Original white wrappers printed in black. Skull diagrams within the text. A couple of minor creases and scratches, primarily to the lower wrapper. Excellent condition. A rare, inscribed offprint by Halszka Osmólska (1930-2008), "one of the most productive dinosaur paleontologists of her generation" and "a giant" in the field (Dodson, "Polish Women in the Gobi In Loving Memory of Halszka Osmólska", American Paleontologist, Vol. 16, No. 3, Fall 2008). Possibly inscribed by the author on the upper cover, "with compliments of H. Osmólska". This paper discusses the purpose of nasal glands in dinosaurs, and whether they were used to excrete salt, as in some bird species. Osmólska graduated from the University of Warsaw in 1955, and spent most of her career at the Institute of Paleobiology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, where she served as director between 1984 and 1989 and also as editor of the Institute's journal, Acta…
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Nasal Salt Gland in Dinosaurs (Nosowe Gruczo y solne u Dinozaurów). [Offprint from] Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, Volume 24, Number 2, pages 205-215.
by Osmólska, Halszka
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![A Nearly Complete Articulated Skeleton of Camarasaurus a Saurischian Dinosaur from the Dinosaur...](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/310/115/1454115310.0.m.jpg)
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A Nearly Complete Articulated Skeleton of Camarasaurus a Saurischian Dinosaur from the Dinosaur National Monument, Utah" [And] "Osteology of Ornithopodous Dinosaurs from the Dinosaur National Monument, Utah." Extracted from Memoirs Carnegie Museum, Vol. X. No. 3, pp. 347-410. Issued July 10, 1925.
by Gilmore, Charles W.
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Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Museum, 1925. Folio. Original wrappers printed in black, wire-stitched. Unopened. Housed in a new, custom archival folder by Bainbridge Conservation. 6 plates, of which 1 is folding. This offprint was previously bound in an over-sized card binding applied by a library, with the upper and lower wrapper each having an additional stiff paper backing applied. The card binding has been removed by Bainbridge Conservation, who professionally conserved the spine with tissue, but the staff paper backing on the wrappers has been left intact. Some loss from the corners of the original wrappers, especially the upper wrapper, but not affecting text. Edges of wrappers a little toned, minor paper flaws affecting a few leaves, top corners of the final few leaves creased. A good copy. The rare offprint announcing "the most perfect sauropod skeleton ever discovered" (Ashworth, Paper Dinosaurs 40). This superb, nearly complete specimen of a juvenile Camarasaurus was discovered at the Carnegie…
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Neuroendocrinology.
by Scharrer, Ernst & Berta
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New York & London: Columbia University Press, 1963. Octavo. Original teal cloth, title to spine in gilt on light blue ground, publisher's logo to upper board in blind. With the dust jacket. 3 plates, illustrations and diagrams within the text. Ownership inscriptions of Henry Guze to the front endpapers. An excellent copy in the jacket that is lightly rubbed and faded along the spine panel, with two short closed tears to the upper panel and light dampstain affecting the lower panel. First edition, first printing and a very attractive copy of this "seminal, comprehensive monograph" by the founders of neuroendocrinology (Ogilvie, Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science, p. 1158). From the library of prominent American psychologist Henry Guze, with his ownership inscription on the front endpapers. "There are very few scientists whose discoveries have marked the advent of a new discipline. Berta Scharrer was one of these pioneers. Her scientific career was crowned with great success. The concept of…
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A New Form of Beauty. Glen Canyon Beyond Climate Change. Photographs by Peter Goin. Essays by Peter Friederici.
by Goin, Peter & Peter Friederici
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Tucson, AR: The University of Arizona Press, 2016. Oblong quarto. Original dark blue cloth, titles to spine in orange. With the dust jacket. Colour illustrations throughout, including 1 folding plate. A fine copy in the jacket. First edition, first printing of this significant work on the changing landscapes of the American West, as represented by the Glen Canyon reservoir. Signed by both authors on the title, with an additional inscription by Friederici, "Off into the 'Great Unknown'!". Photographer Peter Goin focuses on human-altered landscapes and is best known for his series on nuclear test sites, published in 1991 as Nuclear Landscapes. His work has been exhibited at more than fifty US and international museums, and he has been awarded two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships, as well as nominated for an Emmy for his work in experimental video. Co-author Peter Friederici is an award-winning journalist and academic specialising in science and the environment. As he writes in the…
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Newton, Stahl, Boerhaave et la Doctrine Chimique. Nouveau Tirage.
by Metzger, Hélène
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Paris: Librairie Scientifique et Technique Albert Blanchard, 1974. Octavo. Original grey wrappers printed in black. Contents unopened. Slight creasing of the spine, a few small dark spots to the lower wrapper and a faint spot to the upper wrapper. An excellent copy. Second edition, facsimile reissue of this influential work in the history of science, originally published in 1930. Hélène Metzger (1889-1944) studied science against the wishes of her father, specialising in crystallography at the Sorbonne. Her first degree was awarded based on her study of lithium chlorate, and her doctoral thesis, submitted in 1918, was on the historical origins of crystallography. "From this beginning, Metzger began her focus on the history of chemistry, particularly French history in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. She moved away from the 'great man' idea of science and focused instead on the importance of lesser-known figures who often held 'false' theories... She continued to write the history of…
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No Boundaries. A Cancer Surgeon's Odyssey.
by Leffall, LaSalle D.
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Washington D. C.: Howard University Press, 2005. Octavo. Original black boards, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. 8 double-sided plates from photographs. Only the lightest rubbing and a few minor creases to the jacket. A superb, fresh copy. First edition, first printing of the autobiography of one of the world's leading cancer surgeons. Presentation copy inscribed by the author to columnist William Safire on the title, "To Bill Safire, with best wishes & thanks for all you do for so many at Dana and the New York Times, Lasalle D. Leffall, 9/27/06." LaSalle D. Leffall (1930-2019) graduated first in his class from the Howard University School of Medicine and served as a senior fellow in cancer surgery at Memorial Sloane-Kettering, which he chose because "I thought surgery was the most dynamic field" and "Memorial Sloane-Kettering was using some of the most exciting techniques" (Krapp, Notable Black American Scientists, p. 205). In 1962 he joined the faculty of Howard, rising to chair of the…
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