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DIAGNOSIS OF UTERINE CANCER BY THE VAGINAL SMEAR. [The Pap Smear]. PAPANICOLAOU, George N. (SIGNED) and Herbert F. Traut.
DIAGNOSIS OF UTERINE CANCER BY THE VAGINAL SMEAR. [The Pap Smear].
New York: Commonwealth Fund, 1943. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY GEORGE PAPANICOLAOU. A Very Good++ First ... more

Price: $2,500.00
THE BIRDS OF AMERICA, from Drawings made in the United States and their Territories. AUDUBON, John James.
THE BIRDS OF AMERICA, from Drawings made in the United States and their Territories.
New York / Philadelphia: J. J. Audubon / J. B. Chevalier, 1840. SEVEN VOLUMES. Complete Set. First Royal Octavo Edition in uniform ... more

Price: $60,000.00
A SYSTEM OF DISSECTIONS, Explaining the Anatomy of the Human Body, and the Manner of Displaying the Parts, and their Varieties in Disease. With Plates. [In original boards]. BELL, Charles.
A SYSTEM OF DISSECTIONS, Explaining the Anatomy of the Human Body, and the Manner of Displaying the Parts, and their Varieties in Disease. With Plates. [In original boards].
Edinburgh: Printed for Mundell & Son and for J. Mundell, 1798. PARTS (fascicles) I-V First Edition in the original paper boards ... more

Price: $800.00
CURSE NOT HIS CURLS. Limited Edition. With Signed Original Pencil Sketch. EGE, Robert J. Introduction by Lawrence A. Frost. Illustrated by Lorence Bjorklund.
CURSE NOT HIS CURLS. Limited Edition. With Signed Original Pencil Sketch.
Fort Collins CO: Old Army Press, 1974. SIGNED BY ROBERT J. EGE ON COLOPHON PAGE without personalization. ... more

Price: $500.00
ALBUM OF 62 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR PAINTINGS PRIMARILY OF OF ASTRONOMICAL , AERONAUTICAL, FANTASY AND LANDSCAPE THEMES. (Original Watercolor Paintings).
ALBUM OF 62 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR PAINTINGS PRIMARILY OF OF ASTRONOMICAL , AERONAUTICAL, FANTASY AND LANDSCAPE THEMES.
France. Fine leather bound volume likely from the 1960s with gilt ... more

Price: $1,850.00
INTROSPECTIVE 1972 - 1982. With Original Signed Etching. ARTH, Michael (SIGNED and with a Signed Original Etching) .
INTROSPECTIVE 1972 - 1982. With Original Signed Etching.
Austin: Linnaea Graphics, 1983. SIGNED AND DATED BY MICHAEL E. ARTH ON COLOPHON PAGE ... more

Price: $175.00
NAKED LUNCH. BURROUGHS, William S.
NAKED LUNCH.
New York: Grove Press, 1959. A Near Fine hardback Stated First Edition First Printing with ... more

Price: $375.00
BIBLICAL PRINTS. WATANABE, Sadao.
BIBLICAL PRINTS.
Tokyo / Boston: Shinkyo Shuppansha / Biblical Research, 1986. A Fine hardback First Edition First Printing in mustard colored ... more

Price: $600.00
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