B & L Rootenberg Rare Books, ABAA

Text figures. Original cloth-backed boards; other than minor spotting, a very good copy. First edition of a series of Bernard's essays, published posthumously. These essays were "chiefly devoted to the restatement of his views on determinism, with, however, and increasing emphasis, as time passed, on the autonomy of physiology as the science of the phenomen of life" (Olmsted). Essays include Bernard's discussions on advances in the physiological sciences, on the definition of life, on animal heat, on the sensitivity in the animal and plant kingdoms, on the physiology of the heart and on the functions of the brain. Also included are the funeral orations by Jean-Baptise Dumas and Paul Bert.

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Frontispiece and over 200 text illustrations. Publisher's cloth, spine and corners worn; text clean. Ownership signature of Milton Hopkins dated January 21, 1954 on flyleaf and bookplate of the Morgan School Library on paste-down. First American edition of an exhaustive monograph on the cat, the most common domestic animal. One of the best-known anatomists of his day, Mivart wrote this work as a useful introduction to the study of vertebrate animals. After describing the skeletal structure, the muscles, organs of alimentation, circulation, respiration and secretion, and the nervous system, the author delves into the animal's development and evolution. "The careful and detailed work he bestowed on Insectivora and Carnivora largely increased our knowledge of the anatomy of these groups" (Encyclopedia Britannica, 1911). Mivart (1827-1900), a leading Catholic commentator/comparative anatomist, and an initial adherent of the new biology, gradually regarded the tendency to universalize organic evolution as a threat to his deeply-held Catholicism. This conflict led to the publication of On the genesis of species (1871) which attacked Darwinism, though with profound scientific knowledge. Darwin responded to Mivart's work with the addition of a new chapter in the sixth edition of his Origin of species (1872).

Cloth backed boards, paper label to spine. First Grabhorn edition. Zamorano, 79.

FOURTH EDITION. With 6 plates and 119 text figures. Publisher's decorated cloth, a bit worn on joints; some minor spotting, otherwise a very good copy from the library of Owen Gingerich with his bookplate. A 1-page letter from the author to The Rev. J. Summers dated February 25, 1888 is pasted onto the front paste-down. Fourth edition revised and considerably enlarged by the author of a valuable series of lectures detailing the development of the science of spectroscopy, the uses of the spectrum analytical method in the identification of particular elements, and its application to solar and stellar chemistry. Roscoe (1833-1915) was recognized as one of the leading chemists and technical educators of his time. His own important research focused on the rare metal vanadium, and he was the first to prepare this element in a pure form. Bolton, p. 784; DSB, XI, pp. 536-38.

FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Original green illustrated cloth; some soiling to right edge of top cover, small damp-stain affecting lower right corner of title. Uncut. First edition, first printing, second state, binding C. After a break of fifteen years, Holmes revives his series of imaginary conversations. There was a two-year hiatus for these episodes, originally printed as a monthly contribution in The Atlantic Monthly, when Holmes lost his wife, and a year later, his daughter Amelia. BAL, 9027; C&T, p. 226.

ONLY EDITION. Disbound. Heavy contemporary annotations. Only edition of this unrecorded dissertation by Maloet (1684-1742), an esteemed doctor who published on a variety of subjects during his lifetime. Maloet maintained that "life spirit" is housed in the blood. He describes how the blood's chemical process of respiration produces the heat responsible for animation and movement.

FIRST EDITION. Gray cloth; light soiling to boards and edges. First edition. Inscribed by the author.

Late eighteenth century mottled calf, edges stained green. Front hinge cracked, front paste-down lacking. Ownership inscription on title crossed out, two leaves of paper pasted over fly-leaf, hiding ownership inscription (Robert Ashworth, Merrion Square, Dublin, AD 1796). Fifth edition. Includes Smith's account of the life, writings and character of Longinus. William Smith (1711-87), editor and translator, was also known as "Thucydides' Smith," is best remembered for two books, his translation of Thucydides and this translation of Longinus.

Later edition. With 4 engraved plates by Stothard. Contemporary calf, marbled endpapers; minor browning on plates, otherwise a nice copy with a contemporary ownership inscription on title. Later edition of this charming collection of four poems on the subject of health and longevity. It is prefaced by a critical essay, published here for the first time, by J[ohn] Aikin, M.D.

FIRST EDITION. Illustrated with 67 drawings by the writer's daughter after the originals by John Tenniel. Publisher's red cloth, gilt device to front board, gilt lettering to spine (lightly sunned); interior quite nice. First edition of this "new" version of Carroll's classic tale. Here, adifferent girl, also conveniently named Alice, yearns to visit the Wonderland of her childhood stories, and lo and behold she finds a way. There she meets the Cheshire Cat, has tea with the Mad Hatter, and visits all our old (and some new) friends. Anna Matlack Richards (18351900) was a poet, playwright, and author, a Pennsylvania Quaker whose reputation as a poet had been established by the time she was 20. She married William Trost Richards, and both he and their daughter, Anna Richards Brewster, were renowned American artists. A new Alice was "an expanded version of the stories she had invented for her young children, to whom the novel is dedicated, about their favorite storybook world." A second edition was published in 1896.

FIRST EDITION. With the introduction in both English and Latin, and a tipped-in errata at the end. Contemporary half-calf over marbled boards; occasional very light soiling and minor browning. Bookplate of Norwich University Library on paste-down stamped "discarded" and small blind-stamp on title. Presentation from the library of R.S. Howard and Malcolm Douglas with their signatures on the first blank dated 1872, and another signature dated 1842. First edition of this charming treatise on the cultivation and beauty of logic written especially for the student who wants to learn to think for himself or herself. Thynne (scholar of Dublin College) describes how a student will strengthen his mind and be prepared to meet and deal with all questions with good reasoning. Of particular interest are the appendices which contain questions for students from the text.

FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. With half-title, frontispiece, 16 additional full-page plates, and 20 plates within publisher's advertisements for the Illustrated Library of Wonders. Half-calf over marbled boards, losses to calf at top right corner of front board, head of spine chipped, marbled edges and end-papers; text is slightly toned. Overall a very good and enjoyable copy. First edition in English of this popular history of balloons and the adventurers who used them to tame the sky.

Beige cloth backed blue paper boards with front cover titled in black and spine titled in gilt, map end-papers, dust jacket. Prospectus laid-in. Fine in sunned and lightly frayed dust jacket. Number 194/200 copies signed by John Goodman and printed by Grant Dahlstrom at the Castle Press for the Zamorano Club.

FIRST EDITION. Frontispiece portrait. Original publisher's cloth, a bit worn, edges and corners chipped, spine sunned; interior good. First edition of this very personal biography of De Morgan by his wife Sophia. Though generally a largely forgotten figure, De Morgan remains very important in the history of mathematics and philosophy. Indeed, along with Boole (with whom he was an avid correspondent), he was instrumental for the "mathematization" of logic and it's applications to probability theory. This biography includes a collection of his correspondence as well as matters of a more personal nature, including, for example, his reactions to religious preferences shown in the hiring practices at various institutions and his political interests. De Morgan (1806-71) was a British mathematician whose main field was the study of logic. In 1828, he became professor of mathematics at the University of London. There, through his works and pupils, he exercised a wide influence on mathematicians. Together with George Boole, De Morgan can be credited with stimulating the upsurge of interest in logic that took place in the mid-nineteenth century.

FIRST EDITION. Publisher's black cloth with silver decorations on front cover, author and title on spine, in a perfect unclipped dust jacket ($1.75 on top of front flap) but with a price sticker on the back. Overall in excellent condition. First edition of a modest collection of Bradbury short stories. A similar group was published simultaneously in the United Kingdom, though it contained a number of different stories. Like much of Bradbury's writing, the stories here are written in a poetic tone tending to have a comforting effect but still evoking lasting images. They deal with the internal struggles of lonliness, homesickness and love. Sinister mushrooms growing in a dank cellar; a family's first glimpse at Martians; a wonderful white vanilla ice-cream summer suit that changes everyone who wears it; a great artist drawing in the sand on the beach; a clunky contraption made out of household implements to help some kids play a game called Invasion; the most marvelous Christmas display a little boy ever saw. All of these images are encountered in the 21 stories of A medicine for melancholy. Bradbury (1920-2012) was one of those significant authors who inspired generations of readers. His talent spread to many genres including science fiction, fantasy and mystery, poetry, operas and hundreds of teleplays. Even apart from his groundbreaking works such as Farenheit 451, The Martian chronicles and The illustrated man, Bradbury is considered one of the most celebrated authors of our time.

With text illustrations. Original wrappers (spine reinforced). Presentation copy, signed by the author. An interesting work on teratology based on fertilization anomalies.

FIRST EDITION. Original stiff printed wrappers, small tear at foot of spine; some faint scattered spotting. Gilbert Murray's copy, with his signature to title. First edition of this collection of verse, written by Ross while he was conducting his research on malaria. Written to help relieve himself from the stress of work and from the surrounding poverty, illness and despair, many of these verses reflect his thoughts and experiences of India. Titles include Ganges-born; Indian fevers; and The Indian mother. Murray (1866-1957) a British classical scholar and translator of Greek drama as well as regius professor of Greek at Oxford University. A true activist for the cause of world peace, he was chairman of the League of Nations Union, first president of general council of the United Nations Association, and authored several books about international politics. Osler, 5404.

FIRST EDITION. Half paper and cloth boards, soiled, tips bumped, otherwise very good. Top edges gilt, others uncut. First edition of this book-long poem, number 251 of 300 copies. Monaghan, 1642.

Contemporary tree calf, joints worn and cracked; waterstain to top corner of first quire. From the library of Nicholas I. Quackenbos with his small book label on the paste-down and his signature dated 1802 on title. Eighth Edinburgh edition. The Edinburgh Pharmacopoeia, compiled by the Royal College of Physicians, basically consists of a catalogue of drugs and preparations. It acted to standardize medical prescriptions and the substances used in treatment. The work first appeared in 1699; this is the eighth edition to have been printed in Edinburgh. The recipes incorporate everything from herbal remedies used by the ancients to the animal substances so popular at the time, and other ingredients in keeping with the latest researches in science and chemistry. Among the materials used are dired goats' blood, dried bees, crabs' claws and skins of toads.

FIRST EDITION. Blue cloth-backed tan boards, title in red on front cover and in gilt on spine, boards soiled; ex-libris. Inscribed by the author on fly-leaf. First edition. Introduction by Will H. Hays, Postmaster General of the United States. The book provides a general description of alcohol and alcohol consumption during Lincoln's childhood through his presidency. White claimed that Booth was intoxicated when he shot the President. Monaghan, 2538.

FIRST EDITION. With 37 engraved plates. Quarter green morocco over green cloth boards with spine titled and green morocco cover label titled in gilt, yellow end-papers. Bookplate, spine torn, chipped and rubbed, some scattered foxing, an internally sound copy. First edition. Contains floor plans, details and landscapes of the Tudor period.

FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. Original printed wrappers. Wrappers soiled, otherwise near fine. Number 72/100 copies.

FIRST EDITION. Colored frontispiece illustration of view of San Diego from Point Loma. Publisher's cloth, title and author in gilt on front cover, ex library copy with small label pasted onto front cover and withdrawn stamp on title. First edition. Everyone knew that people moved to Southern California for the climate, and here it is in print! Prior to touting the medical aspects of the climate, Remondino discusses the general environmental conditions of this part of the country, plus things like what to do in Southern California and the cost of living. He then treats various diseases, such as respiratory, kidney, malaria and rheumatism, and how patients with these and other conditions fare in the California climate. Remondino (18461926) was born in Italy but moved to Minnesota as a child. A long-tie medical practitioner and widely-published author, he is best known as a pro-circumcision advocate, and the author of he highly influential History of circumcision from the earliest times to the present (1891), among other works on the subject. He was the first president of the San Diego Board of Health and the co-founder of San Diego's first private hospital.

FIRST EDITION. With half-title and vignette woodcut on title. Publisher's illustrated green cloth with gilt on front board; overall a strong, bright and excellent copy. First American edition. Kipling's collection of three series of travel letters on Japan, Canada and America, and Egypt: "From Tideway to Tideway", "Letters to the Family", and "Egypt of the Magicians". Kipling (1865-1936) was one of the most popular English-language writers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. He was awarded the 1907 Nobel Prize in Literature.

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Original burgundy cloth, ruled in blind, title, author and publisher's device in gilt to spine, covers a bit worn, spine sunned. With the morocco bookplate of Alfred Sutro as well as a small bookseller's label to front paste-down. First American edition. All but the last six chapters of The guardian angel appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, as Holmes had them printed in Canada. Why Canada? In order to gain British copyright over them, so he could thwart the plans of the London printing company Ward, Lock & Tyler to print his book without paying him a cent. BAL, 8857; C&T, p. 129.

FIRST EDITION. Original brown cloth, decorated in blind, title in gilt to spines, chipped at head and foot of spine, some spotting on covers. First edition, probable fourth printing.

FIRST EDITION. With 2 folding maps and 32 plates photographic plates, including frontispiece. Bound in new blue buckram in exactly the same manner as the original publisher's cloth, with gilt lettering and decorative seal; maps and plates all in good condition. Stamp of the Cork Garrison Library, bookplate of the Royal Citadel Barrack Library pasted onto original free endpaper. First edition. In this colorful Edwardian bit of travel writing, Hayes, a British physician working in Egypt, recounts his voyage through Abyssinia during 1902-3. Photographic plates, descriptive footnotes, and lively prose paint a vivid picture of colonial Ethiopia under British rule after Kitchener.

FIRST EDITION. Original printed purple wrappers, lightly chipped with sun fading to the front wrapper. Unopened. First edition. One of five hundred copies printed. It contains addresses by T. Bailey Myers, Parke Godwin, George P. Putnam and others, and a poem by Henry T. Tuckerman. Monaghan 379 (variant).

Monumental edition. With fold-out map. Illustrated. Brown cloth with blindstamped boards and gilt spine, light shelfwear and soiling to boards; gutter splitting after title-page, which is partially detached. Monumental edition. It describes the life, and then the public mourning of the assassinated president. The author details the funeral, funeral train, and the monument built for Lincoln in Springfield, IL. Monaghan, 944.

FIRST EDITION. Title in red and black. With a wonderful photographic illustration of Lincoln. An excellent uncut copy in the original boards, paper spine label. First edition, No. 178 of 500 numbered copies. The author was part of a company that protected the president before the creation of the Secret Service in 1865. These personal reminiscences include stories of Lincoln's life and his relationship with the public, with his family, during the Civil War and his assassination.