Harrisburg: Aurand Press, 1941. Paperback. Third printing. 32 p.; 22 cm. Stapled orange wrapper printed in black. Back wrapper contains list of books and pamphlets by the author. Former owner's name at head of front wrapper: Tatman. In Near Fine Condition: wrapper slightly faded along spine; clean and tight... More
Boston: Richardson and Lord, 1823. Hard Cover. 328 p.: frontispiece portrait of Xavier Bichat; 22 cm. Contemporary full calf. Translated from the French by George Hayward. Front fixed endpaper bears bookplate indicating that this book was given to Haverford College in 1866 from the library of Prof. Paul Swift, M.D...... More
![Item #004058 Southern Literary Messenger Oct. 1839 vol. 5, no. 10 [Slavery]. Park Benjamin, Henry...](https://classicbooksandephemera.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/004058.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1472082330)
Richmond, Va. T.W. White, printer, 1839. Paperback. [1], 638-708 p.; 27 cm. Lacking wrapper. Small "Withdrawn" stamp at head of first page. Pages are untrimmed. Disbound from a larger volume. Contents include: Seclusaval, or The Sequel to the Tale of Judith Bensaddi by Henry Ruffner -- International Law of Copy-Right..... More
London: Allen Lane The Penguin Press, 1971. Hardcover. xiv, 338 p.: in-text formulas and drawings; 23 cm. Red cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Michael Wade. Contains essays on body movement and human commnication, some previously published and others published here for the first time. Book..... More
New York: Samuel S. & William Wood, 1847. Paperback. Translated from the German by C. R. Gilman and Theodore Tellkampf. vi, 65 p.; 22 cm. Top page edges red. Disbound from a larger volume; retains original plain brown back wrapper. Faint stamp on series title page: Stockton Hough Library. Perforated..... More
Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Ex Officina Langenhemiana, 1754. Pamphlet. [6], 20 p.; 21 cm. Disbound from a collection of pamphlets owned by French homeopath Dr. Charles Ravel (1822-1887). Remains of original marbled wrapper along spine. Engraved title vignette, head-piece, initial letter, and tailpiece. "539" written on title page in an old hand..... More
Brunsvigae [Braunschweig]: Stanno Keiteliano [Arnold Jacob Keitel], 1751. Pamphlet. [3], 8-16 p.; 20 cm. Engraved tailpiece. Former owner stitched along the spine, replacing the origingal stitching. Disbound from a collection of pamphlets owned by French homeopath Dr. Charles Ravel (1822-1887). The author, Friedrich Börner (1723-1761), was a German physician who..... More
New York: Delacorte Press, 1996. Hardcover. [10], 239, [5] p.; 22 cm. Blue cover with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. "In the tradition of C. G. Jung, James Hillman, and Joseph Campbell, Bosnak meditates on the metaphoric, therapeutic, and philosophical implications of dreamwork." -- dust jacket. Book is in..... More
![Item #003756 A Practical Handbook of Medical Chemistry [provenance: Jonathan Havens]. John E. Bowman](https://classicbooksandephemera.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/003756.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1472082311)
Philadelphia: Blanchard and Lea, 1855. Hardcover. Second American from the Third and Revised London Edition. 287, [1], 12 p., 1 folded table: in-text drawings and tables; 20 cm. Dark brown rib-grain cloth with gilt-stamped spine title: Bowman's Medical Chemistry. Blind-stamped decoration on both boards. Final 12 pages contain publisher's catalog..... More
Lisboa [Lisbon]: Imprensa Nacional, 1842. Hardcover. xx, 154, vi p., 50 leaves of lithographed plates containing 196 illustrations; 26 cm. Rebacked retaining most of contemporary quarter calf with gilt-tooled spine title and decoration; marbled paper over boards. Blue endpapers. Includes list of subscribers. The extremely scarce Portugese edition of Atlas..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1981. Hardcover. xvii, [3], 330 p.: illustrations, tables; 24 cm. Dark brown cloth spine with gilt spine title; light brown paper over boards. Dust jacket. Drawings by Vivian Cohen. Stated First Edition. "Designed to clear the air, to answer questions in direct, specific, and understandable..... More
Chicago: Blair Remedy Co., 1906. Paperback. 61, [1] p.: illustrations; 22 cm. Wrapper included in pagination; stapled. Wrapper title. Francis Cook Caldwell (1850-1924) graduated from the University of Illinois College of Medicine in 1883. The Blair Remedy Co. was a company owned by Thomas R. Bradford to produce patent medicines..... More
Mantova [Mantua, Italy]: Per l'Erede di Alberto Pazzoni, 1788. First Edition. Hard Cover. 140 p.: frontispiece portrait; 21 cm. Contemporary full vellum; gilt-tooled leather spine label reading "Castell." All page edges red. Small slip of paper with "20" written on it tipped in to page 3 next to the gutter..... More
London: Longman & Co., 1838. Hardcover. Printed by A.J. Valby; sold by Longman & Co., Whittaker & Co., and Simpkin & Marshall. xx, 363, [1] p., 4 leaves of plates (1 folded); 21 cm. Contemporary marbled paper over boards. Brown library cloth tape repair of spine with title written in..... More
New York: Anchor Books Doubleday, 1993. Paperback. 639, [1] p., 32 p. of illustrations; 24 cm. Paperback. A well-illustrated biography of Margaret Sanger (1879-1966), who played a pivotal role in the legalization and increased accessibility of birth control. In Very Good+ Condition: small scrape on front cover; very light soiling;..... More
London: Sydenham Society, 1848. Hardcover. viii, 552, 11 p.; 23 cm. Publisher's black cloth with emblem in gilt on both boards within blind-stamped decoration. Top page edges gilt. Small yellow bookbinder's label on back fixed endpaper of Westleys & Co., London. The Sydenham Society published medical works from 1844 to..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1974. Hardcover. xviii, 188, [2] p.; 21 cm. Grey cloth with gilt spine title. Blind-stamped publisher's emblem on front cover. Dust jacket with portrait of the author on the back section. Stated First Edition. Book is in Near Fine Condition: slightly cocked; clean and tight..... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1865. Hardcover. xi, [1], 254, [2], 32 p.; 20 cm. Publisher's red cloth with gilt-stamped spine title; blind-stamped center medallion and border on each board. Dark brown endpapers. Bookdealer's label on front fixed endpaper for T.W. Arthur, Carlisle. Bookdealer's label on back fixed endpaper for..... More
![Item #004056 Southern Literary Messenger Aug. 1839 vol. 5, no. 8 [Maria Gowen Brooks]. George Combe](https://classicbooksandephemera.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/004056.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1472082330)
Richmond, Va. T.W. White, printer, 1839. Paperback. [1], 514-572 p.; 27 cm. Green wrapper printed in black. Small "Withdrawn" stamp at head of front wrapper. Lists of subscribers and agents on wrappers. Pages are untrimmed. Disbound from a larger volume. Former owner's inscription at head of front wrapper: "S. Van..... More
Edinburgh and London: E. & S. Livingstone, 1961. Hardcover. 13th edition. xvi, 989 p., 20 unpaginated pages of x-ray images: in-text illustrations, tables; 24 cm. Dark blue cloth with gilt spine title. Printed on endpapers are: physiological normals; names of proprietary drugs; and tables of approximate equivalents of doses. Attached..... More
Esslingen and Munich: J. F. Schreiber, 1926. Hardcover. [32] p.: color illustrations; 47 cm. Maroon cloth spine; plain paper over boards with brown cover title and color pastedown. Light brown dust jacket with dark brown title and illustration on front section. Publisher's catalog of medical books on back section. Cover..... More
New York: Paraview Press, 2001. Paperback. 287, [1] p.: illustrations; 22 cm. Paperback. Gift inscription by contributor Gary Shaw on title page. In Near Fine Condition: edges rubbed; clean and tight. More
Philadelphia: Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell, 1837. Hardcover. 126 p.: tables; 23 cm. Modern binding: beige paper over spine and grey paper over boards with printed paper label on spine "A Treatise on Tetanus." First American Edition. Disbound from a volume stamped "Withdrawn from A.P.S." on a preliminary blank page and..... More
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1831. Hardcover. Volume 2 only. xii, 503, [1] p.; 22 cm. Modern leather rebacking with contemporary calf boards; gilt-tooled spine labels. All paged speckled red. Modern blue endpapers. This volume contains letters from 1787 to 1804 by James Currie (1756-1805), Scottish physician. He..... More
1812. 1 leaf folded into 4 pages with handwritten signed letter on one page, dated 23 Dec. 1812, Washington City. In response to a letter from Doctor Alexander Blair, in Buffalo, N.Y., Cushing enclosed his commission as surgeon's mate with Pennsylvania's 5th Regiment of Infantry. (The commission is not present.)..... More