Search Results: Authors starting with V from PATRICK POLLAK RARE BOOKS

Basic Books. New York. 1986.. pp. xiv, 336. 40 text illustrations. A very good copy in dust wrapper, ex libris MACDONALD CRITCHLEY with a cutting of his review for the New York Review of Books.

B. T. Batsford. London. 1920.. pp. xvii, (i), 198. Frontispiece and 236 illustrations. Original decorated cloth, a very good copy.

HMSO. London. 1923. . pp. 18, (ii) Appendix, (iv) Publications. Original printed wrappers, stamp on title and front cover, a very good copy.

The Johns Hokins Press. Baltimore. 1919. . pp. (ii), 69, (i). 13 plates. An ex-library copy in original wrappers, spine worn with old tape repair, front cover worn at the edges and slightly marked, internally clean.

OFFPRINT from Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen te Amsterdam. Proceedings. Vol. XXI.No.1 and 2. 1918. WITH 2 related offprints.. pp. 11, (i). 1 plate [2 figures]. Original printed wrapper, a very good copy, with signature of A. G. NEWTH. TOGETHER WITH : 2. VAN WIJKE, J. W. I. - Die Terminalbeuge des Vorderhirns bei den Chordaten und die prootischen Nerven der Kranioten bei Amphioxus. AND - 3. II. Schluss des Riechorgans. OFFPRINTS from Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen te Amsterdam. Proceedings. Vol. XXXIV, Nos. 1 and 5. 1931. pp.11, (i) and pp.18, (ii). Both very good copies with signature of A. G. NEWTH, the first with the author's signed inscription.

John Murray. London. 1938. Reprint.. pp. (ii), xiii, (i), 455, (i). Frontispiece. Dust wrapper torn at the spine ends, else a very good copy.

No date [post-1971]. . A single bifolium, an heraldic crest on the front, and a half-tone sepia illustration to head each of the next pages, fore-and lower-edges uncut, the faintest crease in the lower corner, else in excellent condition.

Hendon Publishing. Nelson, Lancs. 1974.. pp. 94, (i) Index, (i) blank. Mostly photographic with text below each plate. Publisher's cloth, price-clipped dust wrapper with tear at the foot of the spine, a very good copy.

The Gregynog Press. 1924. LIMITED EDITION of 500 copies, no. 241.. pp. (iv) blank, xxxv, (i) blank, 85, (iii) Index and colophon, (iv) blank. Title in red and black, 13 wood engravings by Robert Ashwin Maynard and Horace Walter Bray, initials in red. Cloth-backed paper boards decorated, uncut, loosely added a lengthy article by EDMUND GOSSE cut from the Sunday Times, April 10th. 1927, a very good copy.

Instituto Nacional de Neurologia. Mexico. 1968. LIMITED EDITION of 1000 copies.. pp. (xviii), (19)-163, (v). Scattered text figures. Original cloth, two opposing pages with a small mark else contents clean and bright, presentation inscription from Velasco to MACDONALD CRITCHLEY, who, as President of the World Federation of Neurologists, opened the Symposium and presented two papers.

Georg Thieme. Leipzig. 1965. . pp. (viii), 1115, (i). 6 folding tables in pocket of rear board, 335 text illustrations of which 83 are in colour. Original cloth, front joint a little weak, else a very good copy. *This is BAND VII of the series, containing : MÜNCHOW, W. Geschichte der brille, pp. 475-540. 50 figures AND Kurze Geschichte der Augenheilkunde, pp. (541)-709. 80 figures [some in colour]. PLUS 8 contributions from other authors.

Printed for J. Harris, Successor to E. Newbery, the Corner of St. Paul's Church-Yard. 1804. 12mo.. pp. (iv), 168. Engraved frontispiece, 'The Fair', by DADLEY, June 1, 1804, wood-engraved title- vignette of bee-hive with I. HARRIS in a cartouche. Contemporary sheep, newly rebacked, signature of ROBERT DEMSTER, FELSHAM, December 7, 1844, frontispiece damp-marked in the top inner corner and slightly off-set to title, else a good copy. *COPAC records a single location - V&A Library, with the frontispiece seemingly dated to 1805. This could be an error. COPAC records one other title, 'The Holiday Reward', with a New York imprint, 1819, but VIA LIBRI adds 'Tales for Domestic Instruction' 1806, 'Charles Leeson, or The Soldier' 1810, and 'Surveys of Nature; a sequal to Mrs. Trimmer's Introduction...' 1802. The only copy of the above, in the USA, at Notre Dame University, is also recorded as having the frontispiece dated June 1st. 1805. Neither COPAC nor VIA LIBRI records the work listed on the… Read More

Léon Vanier. Paris. 1890. First edition.. pp. (viii), 148. Original printed wrappers, uncut, a couple of leaves unopened, wrappers darkened by age and dust, the whole resewn, backstrip is new, rather dusty internally, rear cover torn and repaired without loss of text.

Kegan Paul a.o. London. 1903.. pp. (iv), 415, (v). 30 figures. Original cloth, spine faded and a bit worn at the ends.

Gustav Fischer. Jena. 1897. Second, revised edition.. pp. XI, (i), 606. 285 text figures. Cloth with leath spine label, book-plate of A. A. KANTHAC, a very good copy.

Macmillan. New York. 1952.. pp. x, (ii), 128, (vi). 12 plates, text illustrations. Torn dust wrapper, a very good copy.

Gollancz. London. 1938.. pp. xiv, 287, (i). Pink paper boards of the Left Book Club series, covers a bit faded and dulled and a bit of wear to the corners.

Imprimerie de Midi, E. Trénit. Bordeaux. 1908.. pp. 104, (ii). Folding pedigree. Recent cloth, signature of EDWIN CLARK, a very good copy. *Thesis for Doctor of Medicine, University of Bordeaux.

Printed by L. Lalman, at the 'Punjab Economical' Press. 1897. 8vo. . pp. 227, (i) Advertisement. Original green cloth, paper label on front cover, inscription on the front free end-paper - 'Presented to our all-awake and destined to rise, Deputy Comr W. Malan, Esquire, C.S. by Ram Bhaj Datta an humble admirer and friend of the Author. 8th August 1900 Amritsar.', the spine a little worn at the ends, otherwise a very good cop, ex libris RICHARD FREEMAN, Darwin scholar, with his note at the front - 'One of the least useful contributions to the Darwin debate I've ever encountered.' *COPAC records copies at Cambridge and Bradford Universities, PLUS a copy of the 1902 second edition [with Biographical Sketch] in the British Library. The Cambridge record states 'imperfect', no detail from Bradford. A 3rd. edition was issued in 1912. It seems likely that it is PART I - all published. The commentary on DARWIN above is found on pp. 220-222 - 'Darwin has been a very great name in the annals of… Read More

Editorial El Mate. Buenos Aires. [1963]. Large folio [44 x 32 cms].. pp. (viii) plus 19 plates, some in colour, some with text. All loose within pictorial coloured portfolio, a very good copy.