First Edition. An important work in the history of gynecology and feminism—a scientific argument by one of the first American women doctors against the standard prescription of total rest for women during their periods. This medical practice sidelined middle- and upper-class women for several days each month (poor women have.....

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. Thirteen essays by Bedini, reprinted from academic journals. Illustrated in black and white. First edition (first printing). Fine in publisher's cloth (hardcover) binding. No jacket, probably as issued.

First Edition. A history of the instruments used to determine the weather, including chapters on measuring atmospheric pressure, temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind, sunshine, clouds, and attributes of the upper atmosphere. This is an early book by Knowles, who wrote a number of key books on the subject. viii, 213 pages. An.....

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. A memoir of Sacks' experiences in England during and just after the Second World War. First edition (stated). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.