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hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. The Bakken: a history of electricity and its relationship with the life sciences. This catalog is arranged in four groupings: Early Works, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, and Twentieth Century. Oversized hardcover, no dust jacket, 512 pages. Very good condition.…

Hardcover. Condizione: New. No jacket, as issued. First Edition. Metuchen, New Jersey & London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1992. BRAND NEW in perfect condition. Just removed from the publisher's clear plastic shrinkwrap so we could write this description. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. 1992. First Edition. This bibliography describes 6,000 rare books, journals, and manuscripts on electricity, magnetism, and their medical applications, mostly from the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries. Also included are incunabula, examples of scientific quackery, classics from the libraries of Horblitt and Honeyman, a first edition of Shelley's Frankenstein, etc. Illustrated here are titlepage facsimiles, binding photos, and other reproductions, some in full color. Earl Bakken, inventor of the first wearable heart pacemaker, began this collection while he was CEO of Medtronics, a bio-medical firm in Minnesota. From the introduction: "The collections of The Bakken: A Library and Museum of Electricity in Life are firmly in in the traditions of electrical and scientific rare book collecting established by Josiah Latimer Clark and Francis Ronalds Herbert M. Evans, Everette Lee DeGolyer, Bern Dibner, Harrison D. Horbitt As The Bakken omnivorously collected around the theme of electricity in life, it emphasized the biological and health-sciences aspects of electricity more than any previous science collectors. Each entry contains standard bibliographic information, including author's full name with birth and death dates. full title, city, publisher, and date of publication. Collations are given and include paging, illustrations, and size of the book. Early works have been provided with signatures, colophons, and incipits where appropriate. The catalog is lightly annotated. based on notes in rare book dealers' catalogues, bibliographies, and on articles and books in the history of several fields." Provenance, when known, is also noted. Entries are cross referenced to Ronalds, Wheeler, Gartrell. From the foreword by Willem Hackmann: "Earl Bakken has followed in the footsteps of the few other great collectors and bibliophiles in the field of electricity and magnetism, such as Francis Ronald, S.S. Wheeler, and more recently, Bern Dibner. Unusually, he is one of the few to have concentrated on both books and the associated instruments." Index. Bound in the original red cloth, stamped in shiny gold over black panels on the spine and front cover. Oversize Hardcover. 8.75" wide by 11.25" tall by 1.75" thick. This large, heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments, but only the standard charge for media mail. First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. New/No jacket, as issued. xvii, 512pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.…

cloth. 4to. cloth. xvii, 512 pages. A bibliographic record of the collection of the Bakken, a Library and Museum of Electricity in Life. A fine copy. Contains descriptions of hundreds of books from the fifteenth to the twentieth centuries dealing with science and medicine. Illustrated.

Condizione: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Like New. First of this edition. Near fine, blue cloth. Possibly special presentation binding. Illustrated catalog of this record in experimental specualtion, of "Electricity and Life'. Covers magnetism, and electrical treatments and theories of all periods. Presentation copy from Earl, to board of directors. TLS and signed bookplate. Due to size or weight, this item may require additional postage for international or priority shipping.…

Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1989 1st edition, Garland Publishing, 8vo., xvii,157pp., very good, cloth.

512p. Index. Earl Bakken's collection on the history of science included manuscripts from the 12th and 13th centuries (illustrated in full color is his Beauvais Speculum Naturale) as well as rare 19th century items and, of course, the best editions of Franklin. Bound in red cloth, spine lettering gilt over black.…

Reprint. 287 x 220 mm. 4to. xvii, 512 pp. Illus. (including 4 color plates), index. Gilt-stamped blue cloth. FINE. NEW. Traces the history of electricity and its relationship with the life sciences through more than 6,000 published and unpublished works, with collations.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: Fine. - Quarto, red cloth. 512 pp. Illustrated in B&W with 4 full-page color illustrations. Near fine. First edition.The Bakken is "a library and museum of electricity in life".

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 0810825708. Scarecrow Press 1992, bright clean copy, no markings, no dustjacket,Professional booksellers since 1981.

Condizione: New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back.

1st ed. Numerous illustr., XVII, 512 p. As new. Alphabetical index. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 0 4°, original cloth-binding with gold embossing.

4°. XVII,512 S. OLn. Wertvolles Bibliotheksverzeichnis zur Elektrizität, Elektrophysiologie und Elektrotherapie. Mit Kollationen und bibliographischen Hinweisen.

Condizione: New. Takes readers through the process starting from creating a mystery story to getting it to the library bookshelf and the patrons. This book features contributions by authors, readers, critics, scholars, and librarians, who give an inside look at the production and collection of one of the most popular genres in literature, the mystery. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: GLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544. . 2006. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . .…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Books and Manuscripts of the Bakken by Judith A. Overmier; John Edward Senior. Scarecrow Press, 1992. 525pp. Language: English. Condition Notes: Author inscription inside cover.

Condizione: New. pp. 238.

Condizione: New. pp. 238.

Hardback. Condizione: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Condizione: New. Takes readers through the process starting from creating a mystery story to getting it to the library bookshelf and the patrons. This book features contributions by authors, readers, critics, scholars, and librarians, who give an inside look at the production and collection of one of the most popular genres in literature, the mystery. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: GLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544. . 2006. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: New.

First Edition. First edition, 4to, pp. xvii, [1], 512; color plates, b&w illustrations; fine in original red cloth stamped in gilt and black. A catalogue of The Bakken Library's extensive collection of books and manuscripts on the history of electricity and associated fields. Entries contain standard bibliographical information and many are annotated.…

4to. xvii, 512 pp. 4 color plates, index. Red cloth. Fine. Important catalogue of the rare books in the Bakken Library on the history and origins of electricity. Arranged by early books then by century (eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth centuries).