Science And Medicine from AARDWOLF Fine Books

Victoria Institute, London, no p.d.; 8vo; 23 pgs.; printed paper wraps. Complete text of a scientific paper read at the Victoria Institute in London at Adelphi Terrace, Charing Cross, W.C., authored by prestigious American geologist Warren Upham. A detailed investigation of the causes, extent, and duration of the Ice Age based on the most recent evidence at… Read more about this item

Gebbie & Barrie, Philadelphia, 1880; Nineteenth century photogravure, after the painting by Tony Robert-Fleury, depicting the dramatic moment when Philippe Pinel ordered the unshackling of female mental patients at Hopital de la Salpetriere asylum outside Paris, shortly after becoming chief physician there. It was Pinel (1745-1826) who first effected humane treatment of the mentally disturbed, and his pioneering… Read more about this item

Maurizio Martino, Mansfield, CT, (1994); First Edition, Limited to 225 copies; Quarto, 11" x 8 3/4" (28.1 cm x 22.2 cm); red buckram; gold titles on a black field. Verbatim facsimile reprint of this scholarly work on botanical illustration first published at Stuttgart in 1951. Two volumes in one, 264 pages and 324 pages respectively, Volume I an… Read more about this item

The Medical Publishing Co., New York, 1910; Second Edition, revised and updated; 8vo, 709 pages plus publisher’s advertisement at the back; dark blue cloth; gilt spine titles; colored end papers. Authoritative study of the history of prostitution by William W. Sanger, M.D., Resident Physician, Blackwell’s Island, New York City. Updated and enlarged, having been first issued by the… Read more about this item

The Geographical Journal, London, 1930; First Edition; 8vo, 12 pages. Publisher’s 1930 reprint of Albrecht Penck’s treatise on the geographical analysis of the vast region of Central Asia, which first appeared in The Geographical Journal in December of that year. Penck (1858-1945) was a major influence on the study of geography, having originated the science of Pleistocene Stratigraphy,… Read more about this item

McGraw-Hill Book Company, NY, 1920; Sixth Edition, Revised; 12mo, 525 pages; illustrated; black leatherette; gilt spine titles; all pages edges gilt. Professional civil engineering text and field manual for railroad track and earth work, complete with detailed mathematical formulae. Bound together in a single volume with the exhaustive companion text, "Field And Office Tables Specifically Applicable To Railroads."… Read more about this item

Yale University Press/ Lederle Laboratories, New Jersey, 1987; First Edition, Limited; 8vo, 111 pages. Limited Edition reproduction of William Harvey’s pioneering study, first published in English in 1653, generally recognized as the foundation of modern biology. Fourth entry in the "Classics In Medical Literature" series, published by Yale University Press in conjunction with Lederle Laboratories. Finely bound in… Read more about this item

George Allen & Unwin Ltd., London, 1936; First Edition, second impression; 8vo, 272 pages; blue cloth; gilt titles. Unedited diary of a young girl living in Germany at the turn of the century, from ages 11 through 14, first published in 1919. Preface by Sigmund Freud in which he cites the chronicle’s uniqueness in being able to so… Read more about this item

American Psychoanalytic Association, NY, 1956; First Edition; 8vo, 78 pages; illustrated. Official catalogue for the exhibition celebrating the hundredth anniversary of Freud’s birth, sponsored by the American Psychoanalytic Association at the New York Academy of Medicine in May of 1956, picturing many personal documents, writings, photographs and etchings of Sigmund Freud from throughout his life and career. Includes… Read more about this item

Harper & Row, New York, 1967; First Edition; 8vo, 142 pages. Psychologist/ author Richard Evans’ probing personal interviews with psychoanalyst Erik Erikson, in which Erikson elucidates his concept of the Eight Stages Of Man, his cross-cultural theories, the constructive/ destructive energies of world figures like Gandhi and Hitler as expressions of their identity needs, and the meaning of… Read more about this item

Truman Talley Books / E.P. Dutton, NY, NY, 1985; First Edition, second printing; 8vo, 276 pages; illustrated. Isaac Asimov’s fascinating study of supernovas, from whose centers came the heavier elements that formed the basic organic compounds of all the galaxies in the universe. Fine, in a Near Fine dust jacket that has not been price-clipped. Clean, crisp, bright,… Read more about this item

Basic Books, Inc., NY, 1959; 8vo, 20 pages. Extract from the 1959 American Handbook Of Psychiatry, in which Rado examines obsessive behavior in terms of his "psychodynamic cerebral system," as opposed to Freud’s idea of the unconscious. Very Good, bound in printed and stapled blue card wraps. Inscribed and signed by Rado on the front wrap to Anna… Read more about this item

W.W. Norton & Company, NY, 1944; First Edition; 8vo, 245 pages. An evaluation of the development of psychoanalysis by A.A. Brill, eminent pioneer in the field and Freud’s first English translator. Very Good Plus, in a clean and bright Very Good dust jacket that has shallow clipping of the upper corner of the front flap, not affecting… Read more about this item

California Dep’t. Of Natural Resources, San Francisco, 1959; First Edition; 8vo, 154 pages; tan cloth; Illustrated. Bulletin #146 of the California Department Of Natural Resources Division of Mines, containing professional studies on the Geology of the Lake Elsinore area and its Mineral Deposits. Illustrated with numerous b&w photos and charts. Comprehensive four-page bibliography and index, plus the complete… Read more about this item

Oxford University Press, NY, 1953; Second Edition, with supplement; 8vo, 781 pages. Hinsie and Shatzky’s Psychiatric Dictionary, first published in 1940 and revised here by the authors to include some 900 new terms. Fine, in green cloth with gold and black titles, no dust jacket. A very sharp copy.

Bulgarian Academy Of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1956; 8vo, 538 pages; gray cloth; blue titles. Monumental bibliographical listing of nearly 6800 works published by the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences from 1869 to 1953, organized sequentially by publication number and year, with a complete alphabetical index to all works cited. Very Good, clean and bright, binding tight and square, corners… Read more about this item

Yale University Press/ Lederle Laboratories, New Jersey, 1987; First Edition, Limited; 8vo, 275 pages. Limited Edition reproduction of Thomas Percival’s 1803 manifesto on medical ethics for physicians. Third entry in the "Classics In Medical Literature" series, published by Yale University Press in conjunction with Lederle Laboratories. Finely bound in blue cloth with gilt titles. As New, in Fine… Read more about this item

W.W. Norton & Co., NY, 1949; First Edition; sm 8vo, 125 pages. First English-language edition of Freud’s last work, first published in German in 1940 and written, in his own words, "to bring together the doctrines of psychoanalysis and to state them, as it were, dogmatically, in the most concise form and in the most positive terms." Very… Read more about this item

Basic Books, NY, 1956; First Edition; 8vo, 150 pages. Four addresses by renowned psychoanalyst Ernest Jones dealing with the nature of genius and the impact of Freud upon the field of psychiatry. Published on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of Freud’s birth. Fine, in a Very Good price-clipped dust jacket with a couple of small closed tears,… Read more about this item

University Of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 1975; Second Edition, 1975; 8vo, 638 pgs. Detailed survey of the mineral and water resources of Arizona, prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Arizona Bureau Of Mines. Numerous source maps and diagrams, including a 5-panel fold out of volcanic and sedimentary rocks. Fine, in wraps.