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1 GASTON RENARD Pty. Ltd. Postal Address: Established 1945 Electronic communications: P.O. Box 1030, (A.C.N ) Telephone: +61 (0) Ivanhoe, Melbourne, ABN: FAX: +61 (0) Victoria, 3079, Australia. Short List No. 28. Science, Technology and Medicine Abraham, James Johnston. LETTSOM: His Life, Times, Friends and Descendants. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. xx, 498; 145 illusts., incl. many full-page plates, folding pedigree, etc., 2 appendices, index; original buckram; a very good copy. London; William Heinemann Medical Books Ltd; ***John Coakley Lettsom, , was one of the leading physicians of the Eighteenth century and was at the forefront of many of the medical advances of the day. #19550 A$ Abrahamson, Eric and Freedman, David H. A PERFECT MESS. The Hidden Benefits of Disorder. How Crammed Closets, Cluttered Offices, and On-the-Fly Planning Make the World a Better Place. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [viii], 328; source notes, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in d/w. London; Weidenfeld & Nicolson; (2006). #59890 A$30.00

2 2 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 3 Adams, Phillip. ADAMS VS. GOD. The Rematch. Med. 8vo, Second Edition; pp. xxvi, 338, [4](blank); original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. (Carlton); Melbourne University Press; (2007). ***Part I incorporates all the material in the first edition of 1985: Adams versus God. A mixed collection of essays, a few interesting deep, insightful and thought-provoking, and many rather disappointing, lightweight, superficial and glib. #42415 A$ (Amerongen, C. van). THE WAY THINGS WORK. An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Technology. First U.S. Edition; pp. 292(last 2 blank); very numerous illusts., index; original cloth (a little silverfishing of corners of last few leaves); a very good copy. New York; Simon and Schuster; (1967). ***Translated from the German and first published in Great Britain as The Universal Encyclopedia of Machines or how things work. An excellent reference with a page of text to each topic faced by clear diagrams in red & black (some in colour). #60075 A$ Barrow, John D. IMPOSSIBILITY. The Limits of Science and the Science of Limits. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xiv, 282(last 3 blank); several illusts., notes, index; a fine copy in d/w. (Oxford); Oxford University Press; (1998). #9149 A$75.00

3 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 3 6 Barton, J. J. SMALL-BORE HEATING AND HOT-WATER SUPPLY FOR SMALL DWELLINGS. Cr. 8vo, 2nd Edn.; pp. [viii], 156(last 3 blank); several figs., plans & tables, 6 appendices, index; original slick boards; a very good copy. London; Newnes-Butterworths; (1970). #16010 A$ Blandy, John P. and Lumley, John S. P.; Editors. THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND. 200 Years of History at the Millennium. Super roy. 4to, First Edition; pp. x, 194(last blank); numerous col. & b/w. illusts., list of personnel, bibliog., index to persons and index to subjects; original cloth; a fine copy in d/w. (Oxford; Blackwell Science; 2000). ***Including sections on the library and special collections of the College. #33474 A$100.00

4 4 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 8 Brosse, Jacques. GREAT VOYAGES OF EXPLORATION. The Golden Age of Discovery in the Pacific. Translated by Stanley Hochman. Preface by Leslie R. Marchant. Roy. 4to, First Australian Edition; pp. 232; 2 double-page & 7 other col. maps, very numerous col. & b/w. illusts. (some full-page), appendices (biographical dictionary of navigators, scientists & artists; geographical dictionary, bibliography), index; original black cloth, spine and front board lettered in gilt; a nice copy in pictorial d/w. reproducing the oil painting of the Resolution and Adventure at Tahiti by William Hodges); scarce. (Sydney); Doubleday; (1983). ***A valuable & useful reference, reproducing a number of rare natural history plates and other illustrations of interest. Includes the early Antarctic voyages. #13323 A$ Brothers, Leslie. FRIDAY S FOOTPRINT. How Society Shapes the Human Mind. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 192(last 5 blank); a few figs., notes, refs., index; original quarter cloth; a fine copy in d/w. New York; Oxford University Press; #45936 A$40.00

5 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 5 10 Burnett, Ron. HOW IMAGES THINK. First Edition, 1st Paperback Impr.; pp. xxii, 258(last 5 blank); several figs., refs., index; original stiff wrappers; a nice copy. Cambridge, Massachusetts; The MIT Press; (2005). #45876 A$ Campbell, Jeremy. THE IMPROBABLE MACHINE. What new discoveries in artificial intelligence reveal about how the mind really works. First Paperback Edition; pp. 336(last 2 blank); notes, index; original wrappers. New York; Simon & Schuster Inc.; (1990). #12269 A$ Casti, John L. PARADIGMS REGAINED. A Further Exploration of the Mysteries of Modern Science. First U.K. Edition; pp. xiv, 290(last 3 blank); several figs., bibliog., index; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. (London); Little, Brown and Company; (2000). ***The origin of life; artificial intelligence; language, etc. #8946 A$ Caudill, Maureen and Butler, Charles. NATURALLY INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS. Med. 8vo, First Edition, 5th Impr.; pp. x, 304, [4](blank); several figs., glossary, index; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. Cambridge, Massachusetts; A Bradford Book, The MIT Press; (2000). ***First published in #41739 A$30.00

6 6 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 14 Clair, Colin. A HISTORY OF PRINTING IN BRITAIN. First Edition; pp. [xii], 314, [2](blank); 36 plates, notes, index; original cloth; a nice copy in slightly worn d/w. London; Cassell; (1965). #33413 A$ Colton, F. Barrows. NEWS OF THE UNIVERSE. Mars Swings Nearer the Earth, Sunspots Wane, and a Giant New Telescopic Eye Soon Will Peer Into Unexplored Depths of Space. Roy. 8vo; pp. 32; 8 col. plates, 17 illusts.; extracted from the National Geographic Magazine; plain wrappers. [Washington; National Geographic Society; July 1939]. #15919 A$25.00

7 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 7 16 Conklin, Prof. Geo W.; Edited by. THE CHILDREN S ENCYCLOPEDIA OR THE REASON WHY. A Studious and Careful Collection of Many Hundred of Reasons For Things in General Which, Though Known to be Facts, Are Imperfectly Understood. Small narrow 8vo (65 x 143 mm), First Edition; pp. vi, 389, [ ](adv.); several figs.; original cloth, cut flush, with rounded corners; (endpapers a little silverfished, o/wise a very good copy). Chicago; The Saalfield Publishing Co.; (1911). ***Arranged in question and answer format, with a good index, and covering a remarkable range of interesting topics about the world of interest to adults and children alike. #51407 A$ Connor, Richard C. and Peterson, Dawn Micklethwaite. THE LIVES OF WHALES AND DOLPHINS. From the American Museum of Natural History. Med. 8vo, First Edition, Australian Issue; pp. xvi, 240(last 3 blank); 16 col. plates, several b/w. illusts., glossary, index; original quarter cloth; a nice copy in d/w. (Chatswood, NSW); Reed; (1994). ***With a chapter on intelligence and another on perception. #55016 A$45.00

8 8 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 18 Coveney, Peter and Highfield, Roger. THE ARROW OF TIME. A voyage through science to solve time s greatest mystery. Foreword by Ilya Prigogine Nobel Laureate. First Edition; pp. 378, [6](blank); 4 col. plates, 8 b/w. plates, 34 figs., notes, bibliog., glossary, index; original quarter cloth; a fine copy in d/w. (London); W H Allen; (1990). #47495 A$ Cumpston, J. S. MACQUARIE ISLAND. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. xii, 380; endpaper & 6 other maps (some full-page), 71 illusts. on 35 plates, 4 text illusts.; bibliog., index; original green cloth; a very good copy in slightly torn d/w. (withdrawn stamp of British Antarctic Survey on title-verso only); scarce. (Melbourne); Antarctic Division, Department of External Affairs; ***Not in Spence; Renard 388. The definitive work on Macquarie Island. #3988 A$325.00

9 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 9 20 Curie, Eve. MADAM CURIE. [The Biography by Her Daughter]. Translated by Vincent Sheean. 8vo; pp. x, 414(last 3 blank); appendix, index; original wrappers (slightly worn; a few marginal marks). London; Mercury Books; (1962). #15677 A$ Dantzig, Tobias. NUMBER. The Language of Science. A Critical Survey Written for the Cultured Non- Mathematician. First Edition; pp. xiv, 260, [2](blank); 11 plates, several full-page illusts., index of names, index of subjects; original cloth (spine faded; a little foxing at start, o/wise a nice copy). New York; The Macmillan Company; ***The author was Professor of Mathematics at the University of Maryland. #35808 A$ Darwin, Charles. ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. Cr. 8vo, Facsimile Edition; pp. [iv], x, 502, [4](colophon, last 3 blank); folding diagram, index; original full green leather, gilt; all edges gilt; attractive marbled endpapers; a fine copy. [Birmingham, Alabama; Gryphon Editions; 1987]. ***Facsimile of the First Edition of Included is a 44-page booklet of Notes from the Editors originally issued with this facsimile edition. This contains useful information on Darwin, the publication of the Origin, and the reception of Darwin s ideas. A nicely printed facsimile on good paper, clear and legible, and handsomely bound: an attractive way to acquire Darwin s original text. #52962 A$250.00

10 10 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 23 Darwin, Charles: EVOLUTION. Selected letters of Charles Darwin Edited by Frederick Burkhardt, Samantha Evans, Alison M. Pearn. Foreword by David Attenborough. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xxii, 308, [6](blank); portrait frontis., endpaper genealogical table, biographical register, bibliog., bibliog. note, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in d/w. (Cambridge); Cambridge University Press; (2008). #21417 A$ Davies, Paul and Gribbin, John. THE MATTER MYTH. Beyond Chaos and Complexity. Cr. 8vo; pp. [vi], 314; several figs., index; original wrappers; a fine copy. (London); Penguin Books; (1992). ***First published #8944 A$ Derry, T. K. and Williams, Trevor I. A SHORT HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY. From the Earliest Times to A.D First Paperback Edition; pp. [iii]-xviii(lacking half-title), 784; 353 figs., 8 tables, bibliog., index of subjects, index of persons and place names; original wrappers; a very good copy. London; Oxford University Press; (1970). ***First published #20054 A$25.00

11 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Dewees, William P. A COMPENDIOUS SYSTEM OF MIDWIFERY, chiefly designed to facilitate the Inquiries of those who may be pursuing this branch of study. Illustrated by Occasional Cases, and with many engravings. Seventh Edition, with additions and improvements. 8vo, 7th Edn.; pp. 660; 18 engraved plates; full contemporary sheepskin (mildly rubbed), with black spine label, gilt; (some foxing and browning of text, as usual); a very good copy; scarce. Philadelphia; Carey, Lea & Blanchard; #15740 A$ Downs, Robert B. BOOKS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD. Revised Edition. F cap 8vo; pp. 352; bibliographic notes; original wrappers; a nice copy. New York and Scarborough, Ontario; A Mentor Book, New American Library; (1983). #55707 A$ Edwards, Francis. THE NINE HUNDREDTH CATALOGUE from the Bookshop of Francis Edwards Ltd. [wrapper title]. Illuminated Mss & Incunabula, Atlases, Autograph Letters & Manuscripts, Science, Books on Bookbinding, Natural History, English Printing, History, Etc., Illustrated Books, European Printing. 8vo; pp. 128; 2 col. plates, several b/w. illusts.; original wrappers; a nice copy. London; Francis Edwards; #30924 A$ Evans, Dylan. EMOTION. The Science of Sentiment. F cap 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 208(last 4 blank); several illusts., sources, index; a nice copy in d/w. (Oxford); Oxford University Press; (2001). #16023 A$20.00

12 12 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 30 Fincher, Jack. HUMAN INTELLIGENCE. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 512; a few figs., notes, bibliog., index; original papered boards; (a few pen marks in margins, o/wise a very good copy in worn d/w.). New York; G. P. Putnam s Sons; (1976). #58644 A$ Fitts, C. H. SERENDIPITY. The Stawell Oration. Read to the Victorian Branch of the British Medical Association 1 October 1958 at the Royal Australian College of Surgeons, Melbourne. Pp. [ii], 14; original wrappers; (some underlining). Melbourne; Medical Journal of Australia; #64590 A$ Franklin, Stan. ARTIFICIAL MINDS. First Edition, 4th Paperback Impr.; pp. xiv, 450(last blank); numerous figs., notes, refs., index; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. Cambridge, Massachusetts; A Bradford Book, The MIT Press; (1999). ***First published in A comprehensive guide to the interdisciplinary studies of artificial life, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, neuroscience and robotics. #45809 A$45.00

13 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Grodzinsky, Yosef [and] Amunts, Katrin; Edited by. BROCA S REGION. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 424(last 5 blank); 16 col. plates, numerous b/w. illusts. & figs., refs., author index, subject index; original papered boards; a fine copy in d/w. (New York); Oxford University Press; ***A remarkable collection of papers from the Broca s Region Workshop held in Julich and Aachen in 2005, together with a selection of seminal historical papers (starting with Broca himself) on neuro-anatomy and linguistics. #62158 A$ Hawthorne, Edward P. THE MANAGEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. viii, 196(last 3 blank); a few figs., refs., index; original papered boards; a fine copy in d/w. London; McGraw-Hill Book Company (UK) Limited; (1978). #51818 A$25.00

14 14 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 35 [Honeyman, Robert D.]. THE HONEYMAN COLLECTION OF SCIENTIFIC BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS. The Property of Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co. Part III. Manuscript and Autograph Letters of the 12th to 20th Century. 4to, pp. [ii], vi, [208]; numerous illusts., including 2 full-page col.; original wrappers; a fine copy. London; Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co.; ***173 lots, including important early manuscripts, letters from notables such as Darwin, contemporary Ms. copies of works by Galileo, etc. The complete collection, begun in the 1930s, was one of the finest collections on the history of science assembled in the 20th century. Robert D. Honeyman IV began by collecting early mathematical works but the scope of his collection was soon widened to include important works in most branches of science. #30929 A$ Hughes, Thea Stanley. ENDURING DEEDS in Science, Exploration & Leadership. First Edition; pp. 282, [4](adv.); 16 plates, bibliog., index; original stiff wrappers; a very good copy. (Sydney; The Movement Sign; 1980). ***Including Helen Keller, Alexander Graham Bell, Florence Nightingale, Alexander Mackenzie, Alfred Russel Wallace, Caractacus, Augustus Gregory, Rachel Carson, Alfred the Great, Charles Kingsford Smith and Abraham Lincoln. #39431 A$ Jacobs, A. J. THE GUINEA PIG DIARIES. My Life as an Experiment. First Edition; pp. xvi, 240(last 3 blank); several illusts., 2 appendices, notes, bibliog.; original papered boards; a fine copy in d/w. New York; Simon & Schuster; (2009). #62690 A$15.00

15 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Johnstone, R. W. WILLIAM SMELLIE. The Master of British Midwifery. First Edition; pp. viii, 140(last blank); col. portrait frontis., 30 b/w. plates, index; original buckram; a very good copy. Edinburgh and London; E. & S. Livingstone Ltd; ***With some interesting correspondence concerning the portrait loosely inserted. #15731 A$ Law, Phillip & Bechervaise, John. ANARE. Australia s Antarctic Outposts. Demy 4to, First Edition; pp. xxiv, 152; endpaper & other maps, numerous illusts. (many full-page & some col.); appendix, index; original cloth; (biographical details from dustwrapper taped to rear endpaper); a very good, sound copy. Melbourne; Oxford University Press; ***Spence 692. #42148 A$65.00

16 16 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 40 Levien, Michael; Editor. NAVAL SURGEON. The Voyages of Dr. Edward H. Cree, Royal Navy, as Related in His Private Journals, Illustrated by the Author. Edited and with an Introduction by Michael Levien. Cr. 4to, First U.S. Edition; pp. 276; endpaper maps, portrait frontis., 8 maps (7 full-page), 3 large folding col. views, 4 double-page col. views, 22 full-page col. plates, 109 col. illusts. in text, 2 b/w. text illusts., all by the Author, appendices; a fine copy in d/w. New York; E. P. Dutton; (1982). ***A most attractive book, illustrated in colour throughout and published in England as The Cree Journals. #8035 A$ Lorenz, Konrad. BEHIND THE MIRROR. A search for a natural history of human knowledge. Translated by Ronald Taylor. First U.S. Edition; pp. [vi], 262(last blank); 4 figs., bibliog., index; original cloth; a fine copy in d/w. New York and London; A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich; (1973). #19987 A$60.00

17 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books McPherson, John G. FOOTPRINTS ON A FROZEN CONTINENT. 4to, First Edition; pp. 152; numerous colour & b/w. maps, photographs and other illusts., index; original white cloth-grained papered boards, lettered in blue on spine and front board; a very good copy in d/w. [Sydney & Wellington]; Hicks Smith & Sons Ltd.; [1975]. ***Numerous fine illustrations with some emphasis on geological aspects of the Antarctic continent. Renard 976. #29108 A$ Microscopy: PHOTOGRAPHY THROUGH THE MICROSCOPE. 2nd Edn.; pp. 72; 7 col. illusts., 23 b/w. figs., 5 tables, bibliog.; original wrappers. [Rochester, N.Y.; Eastman Kodak Company; 1957]. #18691 A$ Mosley, James & Chambers, David; Edited by. CHARLES HOLTZAPFFEL S PRINTING APPARATUS for the Use of Amateurs. Reprinted from the third greatly enlarged edition of Facsimile Edition; pp. xlii, 80, xliii-xlviii; 18 illusts., notes; original cloth; a fine copy. (Pinner, Middlesex); Private Libraries Association; #15688 A$60.00

18 18 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 45 Moxon, Joseph. MECHANICK EXERCISES ON THE WHOLE ART OF PRINTING (1683-4). Edited by Herbert Davis & Harry Carter. Second Edition. Med. 8vo, pp. lxiv, 488; large folding double-sided plate, numerous figs. & illusts. (several full-page), 7 appendices, index, addenda; original stiff wrappers; a nice copy. New York; Dover Publications; (1978). ***This Dover edition, first published in 1978, is an unabridged republication of the second (1962) edition of the work as published by the Oxford University Press, London. #28347 A$ Muller, Richard. NEMESIS. The Death Star. The Story of a Scientific Revolution. Introduction by Dr. Luis Alvarez. F cap 8vo, First Popular Edition; pp. xiv, 194; a few illusts., index; original stiff wrappers. (London); Mandarin; (1990). #9510 A$ Nadeau, Robert L. MIND, MACHINES, AND HUMAN CONCIOUSNESS. [Are there limits to Artificial Intelligence?]. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. viii, 248(last blank); several figs., notes & refs., index; original papered boards; a very good copy in d/w. Chicago; Contemporary Books; (1991). #55113 A$50.00

19 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Natural History: FOUR AUCTION CATALOGUES of Printed Books and Manuscripts, principally Natural History, including many beautiful and important illustrated books, and some rare Australiana. 4 vols., 4to; pp. in total approx. 600; lavishly illustrated in col. & b/w., listing over 1300 lots; original stiff wrappers. London; Christie s and Bonhams; ***Christie s 24 & 25 October, 1990 and 2 June 2004; and Bonhams 6 May 2004 and 13 December #62449 A$ O Shea, Donal. THE POINCARE CONJECTURE. In Search of the Shape of the Universe. First U.K. Edition; pp. x, 294(last 2 blank); 62 figs., notes, glossary of terms, glossary of names, chronology, bibliog., index; original papered boards; a fine copy in d/w. (London); Allen Lane an imprint of Penguin Books; (2007). #59901 A$ Price, Huw. TIME S ARROW & ARCHIMEDES POINT. New Directions for the Physics of Time. First Paperback Edition; pp. xiv, 306; a few figs., notes, bibliog., index; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. New York; Oxford University Press; (1997). #9484 A$24.00

20 20 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 51 Printing Machinery: ITEK GRAPHIX. 985 CPD, 985 NPI Small Offset Press. Parts List. 4to, Revised Edition; pp. vii +163, [1], 17; numerous full-page exploded diagrams, part number index; original wrappers. [ Japan]; Itek Graphix; #62265 A$ Ranyard, A. Cowper; Editor. KNOWLEDGE. An Illustrated Magazine of Science. Simply Worded- -Exactly Described. Vol. XVII, No Med. 4to; pp. iv(adv.), , v-viii(adv. incl. wrappers); 5 plates, several text illusts.; original wrappers; a very good copy. London; [ Knowledge Office]; ***Including articles on microscopy, astronomy, snakes, etc., with plates. Australasian Agents-George Robertson & Co. #52532 A$20.00

21 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Raven, R. W. THE TREATMENT OF SHOCK. Oxford War Manuals. General Editor The Rt. Hon. Lord Horder, G.C.V.O. F cap 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 96; frontis., 15 figs., 3 diags., bibliog., index; original cloth; a very good copy; scarce. London; Oxford University Press; #16336 A$ Reed, Talbot Baines. A HISTORY OF THE OLD ENGLISH LETTER FOUNDRIES. With Notes Historical and Bibliographical on the Rise and Progress of English Typography. A new edition revised and enlarged by A. F. Johnson. Reduced demy 4to, Second Edition; pp. xiv, 400; folding frontis., 95 illusts. (many full-page), 9 page list of references, index; original buckram; a fine copy in worn d/w. London; Faber and Faber Limited; (1952). ***First published in Baines Reed s original work was described by Graham Pollard in 1928 as an indispensable book: it is by far the best and most complete book on the history of type foundries that has been written for any country. In this revised and enlarged edition Johnson draws on more than 20 years of research and adds considerably to the account of typographical history including many facts unknown to the original author. #28363 A$350.00

22 22 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 55 Rosner, Charles. PRINTER S PROGRESS. A Comparative Survey of the Craft of Printing to, First U.S. Edition; pp. [xxiv], 8, 8a-d, 9-59, [59a](verso), 60-70(recto), [67](pagination irregular); numerous col. & b/w. illusts. & plates, a few mounted, notes; original buckram (partly faded; half-title stained from removal of some previously affixed clipping); a very good copy. Cambridge; Harvard University Press; ***First published, and produced, in the U.K. in the same year. #62373 A$ Saturday Magazine: THE SATURDAY MAGAZINE: Volume XIII ( July to December, 1838) to Volume XIV ( January to June, 1839). Comprising all the weekly issues for the two volumes, and also all the additional monthly Supplements, being numbers Impl. 8vo, 2 vols. in 1, First Edition; pp. 4(title-page and index), 256; 4(title-page and index), 256; each issue or supplement comprising 8 pages, with several woodcut illusts. (some full-page); contemporary half calf with marbled sides; a very good copy. London; John William Parker, for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; ***The journal contains numerous well-illustrated items of geographical, scientific and natural history interest, these two volumes including articles on Astronomy and Navigation, amongst many others. #52308 A$100.00

23 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Scientific American: SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. Folio; pp. [239]-254; several illusts.; unbound as issued (a few tears, with minor loss). New York; Scientific American; #53502 A$20.00

24 24 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 58 Shippen, Katherine B. MR. BELL INVENTS THE TELEPHONE. Illustrated by Douglas Gorsline. Special Edition; pp. 84; several tinted illusts.; original wrappers; a fine copy. [No Place]; Bell System; [1964]. ***For children. #51165 A$ Smellie, William: SMELLIE S TREATISE ON THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF MIDWIFERY. Edited, with Annotations, by Alfred H. McClintock. 2 vols., First Edition; Vol. I, pp. xvi, 440(last blank); portrait frontis.; Vol. II, pp. xii, 410(last blank); original cloth (lacking backstrips; first few leaves in Vol. I a little frayed at fore-edge; stamp at foot of title to Vol. I; o/wise a very good, sound set); scarce. London; New Sydenham Society; MDCCCLXXVI-VII [1876-7]. ***A third volume was published in the following year. The first volume includes a Memoir of Smellie. #15768 A$60.00

25 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Smith, Timothy Paul. HIDDEN WORLDS. Hunting for Quarks in Ordinary Matter. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xiv, 178; several figs., glossary, index; original cloth; a fine copy in d/w. Princeton and Oxford; Princeton University Press; (2003). #40944 A$ Sotheby s: FINE BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS. [Two Catalogues]. New York, Tuesday, June 27, 1989 [and] Tuesday, December 11, to, pp. [76]; [96]; numerous illusts.; price list for second sale; original wrappers. New York; Sotheby s; ***266 lots including original manuscripts by Albert Einstein, notable musical manuscripts and much else. #54025 A$ Stevens, Capt. Albert W. EXPLORING THE STRATOSPHERE. Roy. 8vo; pp ; 42 illusts.; contained in National Geographic Magazine, October, 1934; original wrappers. Washington; National Geographic Society; #18901 A$25.00

26 26 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 63 Taylor, Griffith. ANTARCTIC ADVENTURE AND RESEARCH. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 246(last blank), [2](adv., verso blank); 34 text illusts., maps & diags., refs., index; original red cloth (spine faded; name on half-title & endpaper); a very good copy; very scarce. New York; Appleton; ***Spence The first issue with cover lettered in gilt. #36051 A$ Taylor, John. THE SHAPE OF MINDS TO COME. Cr. 8vo, Book Club Edition; pp. [x], 278; bibliog., index; original papered boards; a nice copy in d/w. London; The Scientific Book Club; (1972). ***First published by Michael Joseph in #49490 A$ Tomes, Nancy. A GENEROUS CONFIDENCE. Thomas Story Kirkbride and the art of asylumkeeping, Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [ii], xvi, 398(last 11 blank); 8 illusts., 11 tables, 3 appendices, notes, sources, index; original cloth; a nice copy in slightly worn d/w. Cambridge; Cambridge University Press; (1984). ***Cambridge History of Medicine series. #15729 A$ Torey, Zoltan. THE CRUCIBLE OF CONSCIOUSNESS. [A personal exploration of the conscious mind]. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xiv, 274(last blank); refs., bibliog., glossary, index; original stiff wrappers; a nice copy. Melbourne; Oxford University Press; (1999). ***Including the evolution of language and the mind, mind versus computer, etc. #22470 A$40.00

27 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books True, Webster P.; Editor. MAN AND HIS WORKS. Volume III of the Smithsonian Treasury of Science. First Paperback Edition; pp. viii, , [4](blank); numerous illusts., index; original wrappers; a nice copy. New York; Simon and Schuster, Inc., in co-operation with The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; (1960). ***Complete in itself and issued separately, this volume comprises reprints of selected articles from the Smithsonian Institution reports including several papers on human evolution, one on Easter island, three on mechanical flight, the First Crossing of Antarctica [1937], by Lincoln Ellsworth, and others. #59963 A$ Tucker, Jonathan B. SCOURGE. The Once and Future Threat of Smallpox. Med. 8vo, First Edition, 2nd Impr.; pp. [xii], 292(last blank); source notes, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in d/w. New York; Atlantic Monthly Press; (2001). #53694 A$ Tweney, C. F. & Hughes, L. E. C.; Edited by. CHAMBERS S TECHNICAL DICTIONARY. Comprising Terms used in Pure and Applied Science: Medicine: the chief Manufacturing Industries: Engineering: Construction: The Mechanic Trades. With Definitions by recognised Authorities. First Edition; pp. viii, 960(last 3 blanks for notes); a few text illusts., several appendices, bibliog.; original cloth; a fine copy. London and Edinburgh; W. & R. Chambers & Sydney, Angus & Robertson, Ltd.; (1940). ***With lists of Principal Contributors and of Subjects and Abbreviations. #20095 A$60.00

28 28 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 70 Veitch, F. P. and Donk, M. G. WOOD TURPENTINE: Its Production, Refining, Properties, and Uses. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 76; 4 figs., several tables; original wrappers (slightly silverfished). Washington; Government Printing Office; ***U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Chemistry, Bulletin No #64638 A$ Walton, D. W. H.; Editor. ANTARCTIC SCIENCE. With contributions by C. S. M. Doake, J. R. Dudeney, I. Everson, R. M. Laws and D. W. H. Walton, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, and with an Introduction by Sir Vivian Fuchs. 4to, First Edition; pp. viii, 280; very numerous col. & b/w. plates & illusts, maps & diagrams, appendices, bibliog., index; a nice copy in d/w. Cambridge; Cambridge University Press; (1987). #17683 A$145.00

29 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Ward, Mark. VIRTUAL ORGANISMS. [The Startling World of Artificial Life]. Pp. xiv, 306; a few figs., notes, refs., bibliog., index; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. (London); Pan Books; (2000). ***First published 1999 by Macmillan. #8213 A$ Weinberg, Steven. DREAMS OF A FINAL THEORY. [The Search for the Fundamental Laws of Nature]. Med. 8vo, 2nd Impr.; pp. xii, 260; notes, index; original papered boards; a very good copy in d/w. London; Hutchinson Radius; (1993). ***The author won the 1979 Nobel Prize for Physics for his work in unifying two of the fundamental forces. #29989 A$ Williams, Harley. MASTERS OF MEDICINE. [The Story of Some Great Pioneers. The Birth of Anaesthesia, Conquerors of the Germ, The Beginnings & Growth of Modern Surgery, The Fight against Tuberculosis, The Control of Tropical Disease]. F cap 8vo, First Paperback Edition; pp. 288(last 3 adv.); original wrappers; a very good copy. London; Pan Books; (1954). #23507 A$18.00

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