![Iunyi naturalist [The Young Naturalist], no. 1 (January 1935](/pictures/thumb/51797_1.jpg?v=1642605903)
Moscow: OGIZ-Detgiz, 1935. Octavo (25 × 17.5 cm). Original pictorial self-wrappers; 48 pp. Very good, save for trace of label to rear wrapper. A single issue of this monthly popular science journal, intended for Soviet school children and teenagers. The issue includes numerous illustrations and diagrams of atmospheric phenomena, marine..... More
Large handcolored lithographed star map in the style of a planisphere, designed by Frank and drawn by Joseph Kaiser, depicting constellations from the North Pole to the 40th latitude, with overlaid volvelle-type component to rotate in order to match up the month, day, and time shown in concentric circles around..... More
A complete set in nine portfolio-type fascicules of the impressive assembled group of 231 species of hepatica, or liverworts, on 231 leaves, some contained within mounted paper envelopes, each dried specimen numbered and accompanied by a mounted and printed label containing the Latin name and classification of each species, where..... More
![Fotografie di Fantasmi [Photographs of phantasms]. Enrico Imoda, photographer G. Simoni](/pictures/thumb/50109_001.jpg?v=1629139725)
Turin: Fratelli Bocca, 1912. Large octavo (25.7 × 17.8 cm). Original printed cream wrappers in translucent calque; recent cloth-backed card folder and slipcase by Devauchelle with printed title to spine. With 48 tipped-in gelatin silver prints and one halftone by G. Simoni of Rome, ranging in size from approx. 7.5..... More
vii, xxiv, 260 pp. text by the Neopolitan engineer, the first part covering building materials such as earth, stone, and lime, the second part on some of the theories involved in construction, including center of gravity, insulated walls, arches, and various types of vaulted ceilings, the chapters containing math problems..... More
103 pp. report on the tattoos found amound the resident convicts at the penal colony of Favignana, off the coast of Sicily, with brief preface by Cesare Lombroso, highlighting various types of tattoos found within the population, including religious tattoos, revenge tattoos, political tattoos, erotic and obscene tattoos, tattoos dedicated..... More
Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel'stvo, 1920. Octavo (18 × 13.5 cm). Original printed self-wrappers; 16 pp. Unopened and uncut. Very good. A public health and hygiene pamphlet published during the Typhus epidemic unleashed by the privations of the Russian civil war, which followed the Bolshevik Revolution (1918-1923). A massive public education campaign..... More
![Pogoda i ee predvidenie [The weather and forecasting]. Nekrasov, etr, lich](/pictures/thumb/51262_1.jpg?v=1639745644)
Moscow: Sel´khozgiz, 1937. Octavo (20 × 14 cm). Embossed cloth over boards; pictorial endpapers; 93, [3] pp. Illustrations (some in color), maps, diagrams. Light soil to cloth and spine, else very good. Intended as an aide for agronomists working on Soviet collective farms, this guide to weather forecasting as it..... More
Moscow: Izdanie narodnogo komissariata zdravookhraneniia, 1920. Octavo (22 × 19 cm). Publisher's staple-stitched printed self-wrappers; 54 pp. Tables and graphs throughout. Slight moisture damage to bottom right corner and wrapper edge; crease to bottom corner of rear wrapper. Else uncut and unopened; about very good. Second edition (first published in..... More
Paris: self-published, January 1954-August 1957. Tabloid newsprint, measuring 45 x 32 cm; [4] pp. per issue. Old vertical and horizontal fold; else very good. A scarce complete run in 11 issues of the scientific and literary periodical, issued by René Pradel as a place to record his revolutionary scientific hypotheses..... More
Sofia: Pechatnitsa "Doverie", 1932. Octavo (20 × 13 cm). Original pictorial wrappers (by the author?); 132 pp. Largely uncut and unopened copy; text toned; small repair to lower right corner; a few nicks to rear wrapper; overall about very good. First work by Rusev (1902-?), a Bulgarian psychologist who was..... More
![Nekotorye cherty kibernetiki [Some features of cybernetics]. V. V. Solodovnikov](/pictures/thumb/P002964_1.jpg?v=1591347363)
Moscow: Izdatel'stvo "Znanie", 1956. Octavo (21.5 × 14 cm). Original staple-stitched wrappers; [2], 20, [2] pp. About very good; a fragile publication, with spine extremities beginning to split; tiny nick to lower right corner of front wrapper. One of the very first Soviet publications to openly and fairly discuss the..... More
![Sypnoi tif i bor’ba s nim. 3-e izdanie [Typhus and how to fight it. 3rd edition]. A. N. Sysin,...](/pictures/thumb/P6240_1.jpg?v=1591525083)
Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel'stvo, 1920. Octavo (18 × 13.5 cm). Printed self-wrappers; 32 pp. Some moisture damage to bottom right corner and wrapper edge; partially unopened and uncut, good or better. Third edition. A public health and hygiene pamphlet published during the Typhus epidemic unleashed by the privations of the Russian..... More
Kaluga: Tipografiia S. A. Semenova (self-published), 1914. Octavo (25.5 × 17.5 cm). Original tan printed wrappers; 16 pp. Two pp. of illustrations. Complete list of the author's publications on pp. 2-3 of wrappers. Light wear to wrappers; trace of moisture stains to wrapper edges, paper label remnant to upper left..... More
Unpaginated (54 typed leaves printed recto only) original typed research report by Williams, a veterinarian, and Stone, a chemist, documenting their attempts to effectively perform saliva and urine tests on thoroughbred racing horses to detect the existence of performance-enhancing drugs and stimulants, including information on the collection of fluids, a...... More
![Chy isnue dusha [Is there a soul?]. B. M. Zavadovs'kyi](/images/noimage.png)
[Odessa]: Derzhavne vydavnytstvo Ukrainy, 1928. Octavo (17.5 × 13 cm). Original pictorial wrappers (signed "V. H."); 52, [4] pp. Illustrated with ten diagrams and drawings. Very good. Scarce atheist work about the existence of the soul, by a scientist focusing on the human nervous system, as well as experiments with..... More