Item 356Update on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)

(AIDS); (California - Contra Costa County)

Revealing memo from a Bay Area public health agency during the infancy of the AIDS crisis, when there were only 750 documented cases nationally, 170 of which were in California. The document comprises a three-page report and a final page with a blank sample "registry" sheet with a survey for gathering the required information on people diagnosed with AIDS, including whether they were a homosexual, as well as details regarding their drugs use. *PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A PHOTOCOPY* however, it does appear that it is a period, rather than later, photocopy.

Contra Costa County, California: Contra Costa County Department of.....

Item 385The Botanic Garden

Erasmus Darwin

Classic work of poetry and prose by the grandfather of Charles Darwin, demonstrating a great command of botanical knowledge, and presaging the development of the theory of evolution. Several of the plates are by William Blake. This first American edition is rather attractively printed. Bookplate of Edward T. Lyon, and his owner inscription on the front flyleaf.

New York: Printed by T. & J. Swords, 1798. 2 parts in 1. Illustrated with 17 engraved plates, one of which colored. [14], vii-xii, [4], 256; 146, [2 errata] pp. Octavo. First American Edition. Period calf, lettering piece. 2 parts in 1. Illustrated.....

Item 244Sechs Vorträge über das thermodynamische Potential und seine Anwendungen auf chemische und physikalische Gleichgewichtsprobleme eingeleitet durch zwei Vorträge über nichtverdünnte Lösungen und über den Osmotischen Druck

J.J. van Laar

Erste Ausgabe dieser wichtigen Untersuchung zur Thermodynamik und Chemie. First Edition of this important work on thermodynamics and chemistry.

Braunschweig: Druck und Verlag von Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn, 1906. viii, 119 pp. First Edition/Erste Ausgabe. Black leatherette. viii, 119 pp.

Item 414Quercetanus Redivivus, hoc est, Ars Medica Dogmatico-Hermetica: Ex Scriptis Josephi Quercetani, Chymiatri celeberrimi, Consiliarii ac Medici olim Regii, Tomis Tribus Digesta: Quorum I. Ars Medica Medicatrix. II. Ars Medica Auxiliatrix. III. Ars Medica Practica

Joseph du Chesne; Quercetanus (alternative name)

First Schroeder-edited edition of this work.

Francofurti [i.e. Frankfurt]: Apud Joannem Beyerum, 1648. 3 volumes in 1. Edited by Johannes Schroeder. Engraved general title page, [14], 226, [2 blank]; 923, [1 blank]; 267, [1 blank], [56 index], [2 errata] pp. Quarto. VD17 12:165301Z. Period or early calf. 3 volumes in 1. Edited by Johannes Schroeder. Engraved general title page, [14], 226, [2 blank]; 923, [1 blank]; 267, [1 blank], [56 index], [2 errata] pp. Quarto. VD17 12:165301Z.

Item 354Contraception (Birth Control): Its Theory, History and Practice. A Manual for the Medical and Legal Professions

Marie Carmichael Stopes

London: John Bale, Sons & Danielsson, Limited, 1923. Introduction by Prof. Sir William Bayliss; Introductory notes by Sir James Barr, Dr. C. Rolleston, Dr. Jane Hawthorne & Obscurus. First Edition. Publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt. Introduction by Prof. Sir William Bayliss; Introductory notes by Sir James Barr, Dr. C. Rolleston, Dr. Jane Hawthorne & Obscurus.

Item 263A History of the Strawberry: From Ancient Gardens to Modern Markets

Stephen Wilhelm; James E. Sagen

SIGNED by both authors on the title page.

Berkeley: University of California Division of Agricultural Sciences, 1974. Illustrated from photographs and reproductions of historical illustrations. xiv, 298 pp. First Edition. Publisher's red cloth decorated and lettered in white, map endpapers, dust jacket. Illustrated from photographs and reproductions of historical illustrations. xiv, 298 pp.