Full leather covers are worn at extremities, scraped and gouged, loose but still attached. Backstrip is lacking bottom two inches, smaller chip at top edge. Black spine label is a little chipped and worn but still quite readable. Inside, one section is completely free of the binding, the remaining text pages are still fairly firmly attached. There is light foxing throughout, but all the pages are quite readable; many pages have little or no foxing. All seven plates and tissue guards are present but foxed. . This is the First American Edition of Victorian physician William Acton's comprehensive... View More...
This is a side-stapled booklet with illustrated card covers, 42 p. A little rubbing to card covers, no other defects. . Describes the great yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia in 1793. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 42 pages. T3 View More...
Book was printed with stenciled pages and card covers, side-stapled with spine area covered with blue tape. Back cover is soiled, corners are bumped, covers have light creasing and bumping. Owner name written on title page with a few inked marks in one paper. Binding is tight, pages are clean and otherwise unmarked. . Papers presented at a seminar held April 20-23, 1966. Twelve papers discuss aspects of the general topic. 99p. . 4to 11" - 13" tall. 99 pages. T3 View More...
Red paper-covered boards with black cloth spine and bright gilt titles to front cover and spine, lacking a small piece of red paper at top edge of back cover, no other defects. Pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square; book appears unread. . Translated from the French. This is volume three in the series Doctors of Death, describing the evil work of the Nazi death doctors in Auschwitz and other concentration camps. This edition reserved for the Friends of History. . 12mo 7" - 7" tall. 254 pages. J4 View More...
A couple of bumps to extremities, no other defects. Pages are clean and crisp, binding is tight; book appears unread. . Contents of a Symposium Organized by the Spanish Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. Introduction, ten papers on aspects of the general subject, Discussion. Text is in English. . Trade PB. 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 146 pages. K6 View More...
Original half-leather (corners and spine) binding over dark brown pebbled boards. Leather is rubbed and worn, small tears at head of spine. Binding is tight, bright gilt titles to spine, still attractive. Contents are excellent; pages are very slightly toned, unmarked. Revised and enlarged edition. . A comprehensive, highly detailed compendium of pharmaceuticals and their uses, as well as other treatments for diseases and conditions. Authorities are cited. A solid copy of an important 19th century medical reference, in original binding. . Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 866 pages. F5 View More...
96-page hardback book published in 1915. Black cloth covers are rubbed at extremities. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. This is a "Special Edition," number 1993 of a limited edition. . Doctor and medicine humor from more than a century ago, including cartoons, puns, riddles and poems. An example: Prospective Country boarder -- "Is the water you have here healthy?" Landlady -- "Yes, sir. We use only well water." . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 96 pages. F5 View More...
Cover is bumped, scuffed, a few light stains, binding is tight and solid. Light waterstain on edge of last few pages. Pages are clean and bright. . Sixty-one (61) technical papers from around the world treat aspects of the general subject : venoms of snakes, toads, marine animals, Gila Monsters, spiders, scorpions, and more. Illustrations, index, 467p. Includes a highly detailed index. A solid copy. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 467 pages. I4 View More...
Spines are slightly faded, mild bumping to extremities of spines. Pages are clean and crisp, binding is tight; books appear unread. In a heavily taped slipcase which is Good only. . Part One: surgery, anesthesiology, and radiology; Part Two: infections, neoplasms, and nutrition; Part Three: noninfectious diseases, reproduction, and behavior. Printed on coated paper, these volumes are oversized and quite heavy, in beautiful condition. Scarce as a three volume set. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 1800 pages. E0 View More...
No defects in book or dust jacket. Pages are crisp, tight, book appears unread, dust jacket now protected with fresh mylar sleeve. . First Dorset edition of this classic history of medicine, first published in 1926. A beautiful copy. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 390 pages. A4 View More...
No defects to book or jacket, the latter now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. Business card for the Organization of American Historians is taped to the first endpaper. . WALTER LYNWOOD FLEMING LECTURES in SOUTHERN HISTORY Series. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 209 pages. E3 View More...
Dust jacket has minor creasing at extremities of spine, no other defects, now protected by clear mylar sleeve. Book has no defects; pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square; book appears unread. . Author provides in-depth studies of the drinking life as well as the literary life of Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Hemingway and Eugene O'Neill. Many others could be added to this list, from Edgar Allan Poe to Truman Capote. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 292 pages. F4 View More...
Lightly penciled notes and marks are scattered here and there, no other defects. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . Trade PB. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 344 pages. B5 View More...
Vol. 4 in the Practical Medicine Series. Illustrated, index, 227p. Red cloth cover w bright gilt decoration and lettering. Owner's name on front pastedown and stamped lightly in various other places in the books, as well as blindstamped on title page and elsewhere. Corners of cover and extremities of spine are lightly rubbed, no other defects. Pages are clean, bright and crisp, binding tight and square. A beautiful copy of a medical book that is more than 100 years old. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A1 View More...
Wrappers are lightly rubbed. . Fundamentals of clinical genetics and practical guidelines to the assessment of risk factors involved with the most common genetic disorders. . Trade PB. Octavo - 8vo. 188 pages. M2 View More...
Dust jacket has short tear and slight rubbing, corner crease to front flap, still bright and attractive, now protected by clear mylar sleeve. Book has no defects; binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 249 pages. M3 View More...
Former owner signature neatly inked on first endpaper, no other defects. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . This is the first printing, published in 1945.. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 226 pages. M3 View More...
Extremities of mauve cloth covers are a little rubbed, no other defects in either volume. Pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square; books appear unread. . Complete two-volume set in beautiful condition. . Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 975 pages. J7 View More...
Comprehensive review of research on this disturbing medical syndrome. Tight, square, pages clean and bright. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 324 pages. L3 View More...
Book has scattered light pencil marks in margins of a few pages, mostly checkmarks or question marks. . Text is in French. . French Edition Series. Trade PB. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 304 pages. K1 View More...
