London: J.M. Dent & Sons/E.P. Dutton & Co., [1937] 1944. Later Printing. Hardcover. The Book of the Courtier by Baldassare Castiglione is a lengthy philosophical dialogue on the topic of what constitutes an ideal courtier or (in the third chapter) court lady, worthy to befriend and advise a prince or.....
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Boston, MA: Roberts Brothers, 1870. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist, author, and educator. He was, in his life, celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In.....
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London: John Murray, 1869. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist, author, and educator. He was, in his life, celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing.....
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Glasgow; London: James Maclehose & Sons ; W. & R. Chambers, 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. Previously owned by Oliver Sacks. Two great natural history scientists' histories. Lives and Labours is illustrated and has frontispiece of Darwin. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist, author, and educator. He.....
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[London] Brinklow, MD: Old Hickory Bookshop, 1963 [1901][1907]. Second Edition [Reprint]. Hardcover. Sir William Richard Gowers FRS (20 March 1845 – 4 May 1915) was a British neurologist, described by Macdonald Critchley in 1949 as "probably the greatest clinical neurologist of all time". He practised at the National Hospital for.....
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Philadelphia, PA: P. Blakiston, Son & Co, 1886. Second Edition [Reprint]. Hardcover. Sir William Richard Gowers FRS (20 March 1845 – 4 May 1915) was a British neurologist, described by Macdonald Critchley in 1949 as "probably the greatest clinical neurologist of all time". He practised at the National Hospital for.....
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London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1851. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist, author, and educator. He was, in his life, celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader.....
Price: $200.00
Leeds, UK: Printed by Edward Baines and Sons, 1858. First Edition. Original Wraps. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist, author, and educator. He was, in his life, celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts.....
Price: $650.00
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1953. Second Revised. Hardcover. A very handsome copy. Minimal shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright, and unmarred; DJ shows light shelf/edge wear, price clipped, light toning (focused at edges), spine toned, else clean. Purple cloth boards, gilt lettering. 12mo. 100pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Bibliography. Index.
Price: $45.00
Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1943. Reprint. Hardcover. Inscription pastedown ffep: "With love from Auntie Land (Landau), July 9, 1943" on his birthday. He was 10 years old. "Oliver Sacks, 37 Mapesbury Road, London, N.W.2 with bookplate and O.W.Sacks." written on ffep. During WW2 in England. From the library of.....
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New York: Macmillan, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor shelf/edge wear, ownership signature at ffep, gilt toned at spine, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Red cloth boards, gilt lettering. 8vo. 297pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Index.
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New York: Macmillan, 1936. First American Edition. Hardcover. Published simultaniously with the British edition. A very handsome copy by this noted author/physician. Very minor shelf wear, spine shows touch of sun/toning, else tight, bright and unmarred. Red textured cloth boards, gilt lettering, in blind decorative elements. 8vo. 111pp. Charts. Index.....
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Durham, NC: Sacrum Press, 1987. First Edition Thus/Limited Edition. Hardcover. A collection of essays on science/medical leaders and thier bibliophilic passions by none other than Osler, himself. Originally published as a private limited edition of 250 copies in 1959, this limited edition of 1000 copies was reprinted from one of.....
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New Haven: Yale University Press, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. A nice copy of this cornerstone work, owned by Dr. Richard Kahn (noted midcoast Maine physician, loving father, husband, and wordsmith). Moderate shelf/edge wear, cracked head, joints starting, bumped lower right corner, light toning at endpages, else tight, bright, and unmarred.....
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Philadelphia and New York: Lea and Febiger, 1907-1910. First Edition. Hardcover. A handsome set of this cornerstone work, owned and inscribed by a student of Osler (and noted Maine physician), Philip P. Thompson, M.D. Inscription, filling an entire page in a neat hand, begins, "It was one of the greatest.....
Price: $750.00
Philadelphia and New York: Lea and Febiger, 1907-1910. First Edition. Hardcover. A handsome set of this cornerstone work, owned by Dr. Richard Kahn (noted midcoast Maine physician, loving father, husband, and wordsmith). Light+ shelf/edge wear, fraying head and tail, light staining, some joints starting, light toning at endpages, else tight.....
Price: $500.00
Philadelphia and New York: Lea and Febiger, 1907-1910. First Edition. Hardcover. A handsome set of this cornerstone work, owned by Dr. Richard Kahn (noted midcoast Maine physician, loving father, husband, and wordsmith). Light+ shelf/edge wear, fraying head and tail, light staining, light toning at endpages, spotting on vol.3, else tight.....
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London: Longmans, Green, 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Light shelf/edge wear, sunning at spine, ownership signature at ffep, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Green cloth boards, gilt lettering, frontispiece, tissueguard. 8vo. 438pp plus adverts. Illus. (b/w plates). Index.
Price: $125.00
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1913. First American Edition. Hardcover. Includes photogravure plates, folding photographic panoramas, several maps (4 folding of various sizes), and nearly 300 photographic illustrations (many full page). [Spence, 1058]. Minor shelf/edge wear, gilt lightly toned, discrete paper spine label near heel, library bookplate at front pastedown, discrete.....
Price: $545.00
London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1866. (Later edition). Hardcover. Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright and poet. The Lady of the Lake is the classic poem by Scott, first published in 1810. Set in the Trossachs region of Scotland, it is composed of six cantos, each.....
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Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1910. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Binding designed by Bertha Stuart (signed "BS" in lower right corner). A handsome copy of this richly illustrated classic. Light shelf/edge wear, touch of rubbing to front board, barest touch of foxing at ffep, spine lightly sunned, owner stamp on ffep and prelim.....
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London: 1769. First Printing (presumed). Print. Engraving with etching. Among the best English engravers was Robert Strange, born in the Orkney Isles 1721, and died, after receiving knight-hood, in 1792. His engravings are chiefly after the works of the most eminent Italian artists, this piece is after Titian (Tiziano Vecelli).....
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New York: Doubleday, Page, & Co., 1926. First American Edition (presumed). Hardcover. Translated from the French first edition. Minor shelf/edge wear, gilt at spine toned, light toning at text block edges, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows tape repair at head and tail, toning at spine, light shelf/edge wear.....
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London: J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd., 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated throughout with his drawings. In 1987, Stephen Wiltshire, an autustic eleven year old featured on a BBC programme in which he showed his ability to produce drawings of London buildings from memory. A collection of the drawings of Stephen.....
Price: $50.00