The medicinal and poisonous plants of Southern Africa: being an account of their medicinal and other uses, chemical composition, pharmacological effects and toxicology in man and animal by Watt, John Mitchell and Maria Gerdina Breyer-Brandwijk - 1932

2nd edition thus. Signed binding. Dark green calico-texture cloth over boards, front cover and spine gilt-stamped with pictorial scene with seated woman under tree and floral designs; all edges gilt; dark brown end papers; tissue-guarded frontispiece; tan and black pictorial title page; binder's diamond shape ticket on rear pastedown at inner corner 'Bound by | Burn | & Co'. Bright, clean covers and spine (no edge wear); tightly bound; frontis tissue somewhat age darkened; frontispiece and title page slightly age darkened at edges; clean interior with slight age darkening at page edges. Over 100 illustrations by Caldecott. 12mo, 284 pp.

Paris,: Germer-Baillière,, 1835.. x, 640 pp. 8vo (13,5 x 21 cm.). Contemporary half olive calf (joints worn), spine gilt lettered. Second enlarged French translation, expanded with additions communicated by the author to the translator. This work is the first textbook of neuropathology. "Classical and Standard Work in Neurology"(MacHenry). "His definitive descriptions of the various diseases afflicting the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves were a major contribution to neuropathology and this book stands as a milestone in the development of neuropathology"(Heirs of Hippocrates". Garrison & Morton, 2285. --(Light scattered foxing & browning but a good copy).

NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Good with no dust jacket; Stamps and bookplate of the Library of the . Pittsburgh Academy of Medicine, de-accession information laid in, boards . worn and soiled.. 1878. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Printed paper-covered boards with red cloth spine. One of the volumes in the Putnam’s Handy Book Series of Things Worth Knowing. Printed publisher advertisements on endpapers. viii, (9) , 10-119 + [[4]pp publisher’s ads. An uncommon 19th century treatise on nutrition for infants taking for granted that “mother’s milk is the most appropriate food” and that “weaning ought not to take place before the infant and its digestive organs are sufficiently prepared for more complicated nutrition”. The book discusses the gradual introduction of other foods once the first teeth erupt and finishes with a discussion of “the summer complaint” which comes from “overfeeding and hot and foul air”. Dr. Abraham Jacobi wrote the… Read More

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Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1913. First Edition. With a Frontispiece in colour by Edith S. Lees and 60 photographic illustrations by the Author and a folding Map at the end of the volume. 8vo, publisher's original blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover, upper cover framed in blind. 350 including the index pp. A very nice copy, near as fine, clean, tight, with very little evidence of age or use.. FIRST EDITION OF THIS HANDSOME AND WELL ILLUSTRATED BOOK. A complete tour with illustrations through one of the most beautiful areas of greater Italy. The author cover the Valley of the Nervia, the road to San Remo, Bussana, the Impero and Arroscia, Albeng and along the coast to Finalmarina and Genoa where some fine rambles are described, on to Mote Portofino, to Varese Ligure and the Spezzia and beyond. A well illustrated book.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002. Signed by Chris Van Allsburg on the title page. First edition / First printing. Black cloth spine, navy paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

Tuttle, Morehouse, & Taylor , New Haven, CT, 1899. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 8mo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" tall. 47 pp. Pages are yellowed, but are tight and clean. Has some creased corners. Bumped and rubbed. Corners are rounded. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 pound. Category: History; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 001325. .

Paris: Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin. Very Good+. 1953. First Edition. Soft Cover. Clean soft original covers. Uncut, clean pages. Text tight, clean & intact. French Text. Medical; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 304 pages .

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co.. Very Good+. 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean violet cloth has gilt title on spine. Gilt embellished front cover with a centered paper paste-on. Top edge gilt. Text's interior is tight, clean & intact. Pictorial frontispiece. Each page is printed within a broad ornate border. Color illustrations by Harrison Fisher and decorations by Theodore B. Hapgood. Prior owners inscription dated 1909. Beautiful women in color. Women; Color Plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 152 pages .

Wells, H.G. The Croquet Player, A Dark Fantasy. Copyright 1937 H.G. Wells FIRST AMERICAN EDITION , THE VIKING PRESS. Used. VG/G Price-clipped DJ. Illustrated by Clifton Line. Boards are in nice shape. Printed in the US by the Haddon Craftsmen. By the author of 'War of the Worlds' and 'The Time Machine'. Illustrations by British artist Clifton Line. Plot Summary: "Something is horribly wrong in the remote English village of Cainsmarsh." A GHOST STORY.