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Caillet, Albert. MANUAL BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE DES SCIENCES PHYSIQUES OU OCCULTES.   $225.

8vo. 3 vols. Lxvii, 531; 533; 767 pp. Paris, 1912.  ISBN 1-57898-004-6. This important bibliography of books on the occult and its kindred sciences of magic, astrology, etc. give full titles and collations for 11,648 items. In many cases there are annotations about the book and brief biographical notes about the author. Duveen describes this work as “necessary to any collection.”

Cain, Alex and Alison Harvey Wood and John Bowles. MOUNTAINEERING: CATALOGUE OF THE GRAHAM BROWN AND LLOYD COLLECTIONS IN THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND. $50.
Oversized Octavo. Xvii, 453pp. Edinburgh [Scotland]: National Library of Scotland, 1994. Martino Fine Books has acquired all remaining copies of this useful bibliography from the National Library of Scotland.
This mountaineering catalogue lists books from two important bequests by Thomas Graham Brown and by Robert Wylie Lloyd housed in the Department of Printed Books, The National Library of Scotland. It also includes other bequests and acquisitions through 1987.
Circa 6000 mountaineering items are listed. The structure of the entry is as follows:

Title/author/Edition/Place-Date/Notes

There is an index of names of persons and corporate bodies, such as authors, editors, publishers, and also as subjects. There are also indexes of series, and of non-book material.
The book also contains a microfiche supplement that includes all Graham Brown acquisitions catalogued between 1987 and December 1992. The catalogue is scarce, and for some reason has not been distributed. It is now in general circulation for the first time.

Cajori, Florian. A History of The Conceptions Of Limits And Fluxions In Great Britain, From Newton To Woodhouse. $65.00

Hardbound. Octavo. English. Book viii, 299 p. 2 port. (incl. front.) diagrs. Chicago, London, The Open Court Pub. Co.

Florian Cajori (February 28, 1859 in St Aignan (near Thusis), Graubünden, Switzerland-August 15, 1930, Berkeley, California) was one of the most celebrated historians of mathematics in his day. He emigrated to the United States at the age of sixteen. He received a Ph.D. at Tulane University, where he taught for a few years before being driven north by his health. He taught at Colorado College, where he founded the Colorado College Scientific Society. Even today his History of Mathematical Notations (1928-29) has been described as "unsurpassed." In 1918, he was appointed to a specially created chair in history of mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley. He remained in Berkeley, California until his death in 1930. A History of the Conception of Limites and Fluxions in Great Britain from Newton to Woodhouse is considered an important treatise, with an excellent index and thoroughly researched. Chapter's cover Newton's publications prior to 1734, as well as chapters on Jurin, Berkeley, Maclaurin, and dozens of other British Mathematicians of the period. Bookseller Inventory # 1280

Campbell, Donald. Arabian Medicine and Its Influence On The Middle Ages. $75.00

Octavo. English, Book 2 v. front. (map). 207, 235 pages. London, K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1926.

A history of the origin and development of Arabian Medicine and its subsequent cultivation among the Arabistae of the Latin West. With the decline of the Graeco-Roman civilization, the movement of culture drift was eastward, passing through the hands of the Syriac scholars of Asia. Classical culture was carried on by Arabic scholars through the prism of Islamic teaching.

Chapters on:

Greek Medicine in its relation to the Arabians; Arabic Medical Writers and their Works; The Age of Early Arabian Rumors in the West, The Latin Translators and the College at Toledo, Hellenism and Arabism in the Fifteenth Century, and more.

Cardinall, Allan Wolsey. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE GOALD COAST. $65.00

Cloth. Oversized Octavo. pp.[iii].xxii.384. Accra: By the Government Printer, N.D. [1931]. Before March 1957 Ghana was called the Gold Coast. The Portuguese who came to Ghana in the 15th Century found so much gold between the rivers Ankobra and the Volta that they named the place Mina - meaning Mine. The Gold Coast was later adopted as a name by the English colonizers.
In 1482, the Portuguese built a castle in Elmina. Their aim was to trade in gold, ivory and slaves. In 1481 King John II of Portugal sent Diego d'Azambuja to build this castle. In 1598 the Dutch joined them, and built forts at Komenda and Kormantsil. In 1637 they captured the castle from the Portuguese and that of Axim in 1642 (Fort St Anthony). Other European traders joined in by the mid 18th century. These were the English, Danes and Swedes. Forts built by the Dutch, British and the Dane merchants, dotted the coastline. By the latter part of 19th century the Dutch and the British were the only traders left. And when the Dutch withdrew in 1874, Britain made the Gold Coast a crown colony.
Cardinall's work is the most exhaustive bibliography cited in Besterman, who cites it as having 5168 listings on the subject. Though once reprinted, no copies are currently available. Besterman 2615.

Carli, Alarico & Favaro, Antonio.  BIBLIOGRAFIA   GALILEIANA 1568-1895. $65.

 Cloth, Octavo. pp.vii.403. Roma: Ministero della Publica Istruzione, 1896. Galileo Galilei is among the most famous scientists to have ever lived. Carli & Favaro’s bibliography of Galileo is still a standard work in the field. In all 2130 works are fully described. All the major works are described, as are works about Galileo. The arrangement of the material is chronological. Besterman 2404.

Carnarvon, The Earl of and Howard Carter. Five Years' Explorations at Thebes. $ 95.00

Reprint of the original edition of 1912. Limited to 300 copies. Hardbound. Green cloth 9x12 inches. Martino Publishing & John Pye: New York & Brockton, 1996.

Carroll, H. Bailey. TEXAS COUNTY HISTORIES A BIBLIOGRAPHY. $60.

Cloth Octavo.  Folding Map. pp.xxxii.200.  Austin: Texas State Historical Society, 1943.  ISBN 1-57898-175-1. Basic Texas Books B 37.   This reference covers all 254 Counties in Texas. Carroll describes 1,000 books relating to Texas counties.  Full author-title and collations are provided for each listing.  This work was undertaken by the Publication Committee of the Texas Historical Association, with Walter Prescott Webb serving as the managing editor. Besterman 6066.  Basic Texas Books B37.

Catalogue Du Cabinet Secret Du Prince G***. Collection De Livres Et Objets Curieux Et Rares Concernant L'amour, Les Femmes Et Le Mariage. $65.00

Octavo. Hardcover. Two parts in one volume. 192 plus 48 pages. Brussels: 1887. This rare reference is a printed auction catalogue of 958 often extremely rare erotica books. Most items are described in full detail and include an annotat ion. Little is known of the author, though the catalogue does appear in all the standard references, including Gay, Deakins, Legman and others. Not in Besterman.

Catoe, Lynn E. UFO'S AND RELATED SUBJECTS: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY. $60.

Cloth. Oversized Octavo. pp. xi, 401 p. illustrated. Washington, for sale by the Supt. of Docs., United States Printing Office, 1969. The subject of unidentified flying objects [UFOs] is a popular phenomenon from the period beginning in 1947, and has evoked widespread speculation. It has also produced a literature of great variety and scope. Catoe's bibliography attempts to survey this literature.
It is the most comprehensive bibliography of its kind as of the date of publication [1969]. It includes the extensive UFO collection of the Library of Congress, as well as related material useful in understanding the nature of the question.
The bibliography was produced by the Library's Division of Science and Technology with support provided by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, a unit of the Office of Aerospace Research, the research agency of the U.S. Air Force.
Catoe collected a total of more than 1600 items including books, journal articles, pamphlets, conference proceedings, tapes, original manuscripts, and other material.
Most items are annotated.

Chalmers. A History Of Currency In The British Colonies. $85.00

Hardbound, Octavo. iv, 496 p. London, Printed for H.M. Stationery Off., by Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1893.

A standard work on the subject. Covers the currencies of America and the West Indies, Africa, Australasia, the Mediterranean, India, Ceylon, Mauritius, Hong Kong and more. Chalmers explains in the preface that the work owed its origin to the official duty which devolved of collecting in his official capacity at the Treasury a large amount of varied information relating to Colonial currency, much of which had not before been published. This book is thus mainly based on official documents, many of which are printed in the appendices. Inventory # 1259

Chandler Brooks & Paul Cranefield, Editors. THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF PHYSIOLOGICAL THOUGHT. $65.

Cloth, Octavo. xiii, 401 pp. New York:  The Hafner Publishing Company, 1959 . This important collaborative effort explores dozens of topics in the history of physiological thought. John Fulton discusses the historical background of Neurophysiology, Sir John Eccles writes on the development of ideas on the synapses, and dozens of other scholars contribute essays on various topics in the history of physiology. There is a wealth of material of interest to collectors and dealers of medical books, and to those interested in scholarly books on the history of medicine. The contributors came together in 1959 at a symposium held at the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center. There is a valuable subject index that guides the reader through the material, as well as extensive and useful scholarly notes that document the history of physiology and physiological thought. Original editions of the work currently sell for $150.  Our last search found only two copies on the internet. Garrison-Morton 1586.

Chapman. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM BECKFORD OF FONTHILL. $70.

Cloth. Octavo. xxii.128. London & New York: Constable and Richard R. Smith, 1930. Beckford, William, 1760-1844, was an English author. A wealthy dilettante, Beckford had a great desire to ascend to the nobility. Unfortunately his erratic and strange behavior often worked against his ambitions. About 1796 he built in Wiltshire an extravagant Gothic castle, Fonthill Abbey, where he lived in mysterious seclusion and earned himself the reputation of an eccentric. Although not deeply interested in politics, he served in the House of Commons from 1784 to 1794 and from 1806 to 1820. Beckford is chiefly remembered today for the Gothic romance Vathek, a bizarre tale about the adventures of the shockingly cruel Caliph Vathek. The book was written in French but was first published (1786) in English translation. He was also the author of several books of travel and two burlesques on the sentimental novels of his day, The Elegant Enthusiast (1796) and Azemia (1797). Chapman's bibliography of Beckford is extremely detailed and thorough. The original edition is extremely hard to find, being published in an edition of only 500 copies. Besterman 702.

Chavanne, J. THE LITERATURE OF THE POLAR REGIONS. $60.

Cloth, Octavo. pp.xvi, 336. Wien, 1878.  ISBN 1-57898-141-7. This early and useful bibliography on the literature of the Polar Region describes 6,617 books on the subject. The author attempted to collect not only the literature of the Polar Regions, but also on the adjacent territories: Kamtschatka, the Aleuts, the North-West coast of America, the Falkland Islands and the straits of Magellan. Also included are works on the Circumnavigations of the globe, and travel encyclopedias. Besterman 4918-4919.  Sheehy DH4.

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