First Edition. Extensively illustrated with black-and-white photographs (and a few color plates), with detailed written descriptions of each instrument. 9-3/4 by 12-3/4 inches. 323 pages. First edition. Near fine ("damaged" stamp on title page) in a near fine dust jacket. The slipcase is splitting along the bottom edge (hence the.....

First Edition. "Probably the most celebrated argument in evolutionary biology"—Morton's Medical Bibliography, no. 253. "The first coherent general algebraic analysis of Mendelian population behavior. The work contains Fisher’s rigorous development of his fundamental theorem of natural selection—the rate of increase in fitness of any organism at any time is equal to.....

First Edition. The great 19th century German ophthalmologist's first book in America. This short volume collects two papers, first published in the Klinische Monatsblätter für Augenheilkunde in 1865 and 1863, then translated for the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, and soon after reissued in this pamphlet. Graefe is especially remembered for.....

First Edition. A "how-to" book which covers visible light, real-time-image microscopes including the simple hand magnifier, the stereo microscope, the compound microscope, and the Confocal Tandem Scanning Reflected Light Microscope. Each instrument is described and illustrated in detail. 522 pages. First edition (first printing). A fine hardcover copy; no dust jacket.....

First Edition. "With examples selected from the reproductive, alimentary, respiratory, circulatory, nervous, muscular, osseous, locomotory, and other systems of animals... Illustrated by nearly two thousand figures, largely original and from nature." In this massive posthumous work, Pettigrew documents animal growth and motion in considerable detail with two goals in mind: to.....

First Edition. A survey of animals and poisons, with symptoms, diagnoses, and cures. The author, born in Ireland, was the principal army veterinary officer for the British Empire in India. The animals discussed are mostly work and farm animals (as opposed to pets). 191 pages. First American edition (first printing).....

First Edition. A technical work, with much on stone circles. Illustrated with dense diagrams, charts, and tables. 286 pages. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Near fine paper slipcase, as issued.

First Edition. Seventeen papers reprinted from academic journals. With an index. xii, 320 pages. First edition (first printing). Fine hardcover; no jacket, probably as issued.

First Edition. Includes transcriptions of Martin's catalogues and an analysis of the auction of the inventory in 1782. Limited to 500 copies. 95 pages. First edition (first printing). A fine hardcover in illustrated boards; no jacket, as issued.

First Edition. A collection of popular science essays, including the title piece on grafts and transplants, the field for which Medawar won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1960. Medawar (1915–1987) was a distinguished scientist whose research contributed significantly toward transplants as a medical therapy. He was also an innovative thinker.....

First Edition. A prolific popular science writer explores the history of the microscope. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the title page: "Jim's copy... Brian J. Ford." Uncommon signed.

First Edition. 16 plates and 19 figures, all black and white. 6 by 8-1/2 inches. Published in an edition of 500 copies. First edition. A fine copy in a near fine, spine-faded dust jacket.

First Edition. xiii, 625 pages. Part 1 of 4, translated from the German. Original version first published in 1929. First edition in English. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.