New York: Harcourt Brace, 1947. Hardcover. x, 626 p.: 4 unpaginated pages of illustrations of meat cuts; 21 cm. Green cloth with yellow titles. No dust jacket. "Equivalents" on endpapers. Includes index. The author, Adelle Davis, was an American nutritionist who was one of the earliest advocates of the benefits..... More
Paris: L'Imprimerie de Rignoux, 1828. Pamphlet. 2 p.; 25 cm. Caption title. "Académie Royale de Médecine" -- at head of title. Several ink marks on first page. Disbound from a collection of pamphlets owned by French homeopath Dr. Charles Ravel (1822-1887). The author, René Nicolas Dufriche, Baron Desgenettes (1762-1837), was..... More
1912. 2 sheets of paper, each written on one side. Henry S. Dewey (1856-1932) was writing from Boston State Hospital on June 10, 1912, in response to a letter from Dr. Horace C. Hovey, who had apparently written to him while doing research on The Hovey Book: Describing the English..... More
London: William Heinemann Medical Books, 1954. Hardcover. viii, 144 p., frontispiece and 31 leaves of plates; 22 cm. Dark blue cloth with gilt spine title. Light grey dust jacket printed in maroon. Former owner's stamp on front fixed endpaper and title page verso with penciled note about acquisition in gutter..... More
Paris: Imprimerie de L. Martinet, 1847. Paperback. 31, [1] p.; 37 cm. Extrait du Tome XIII des Mémoires de l'Académie Royale de Médecine. "Ch Ravel" written next to title and a note in the same hand on the title page; several additional ink notations in the text. Disbound from a...... More
Wisconsin: 1862. Paperback. 8 p.; 22 cm. Pamphlet without wrapper. Caption title. "Printed for private circulation." Daniel Steele Durrie (1819-1892) was librarian of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin from 1856 until his death in 1892. Pencilled marginal notations. In Very Good- Condition: lightly soiled; chipping of lower page edges;..... More
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1950. Hardcover. vii, [5], 279 p., frontispiece and 2 leaves of illustrations; 22 cm. Green cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Without dust jacket. Silas Weir Mitchell (1829-1914) was an American doctor who worked with injured soldiers during the American Civil War and then became a...... More
Strasbourg: L'Imprimerie de F.G. Levrault, imprimeur de la Faculté de Médecine, 1837. Paperback. 27, [1] p.; 26 cm. Lacking original wrappers. "Ch Ravel" written next to title and a note in the same hand on the title page. Disbound from a collection of pamphlets owned by French homeopath Dr. Charles..... More
Berlin: Paul Parey, 1888. Hardcover. vi, 270 p.: illustrations; 22 cm. Dark brown cloth with black spine and cover titles. Decorated endpapers with "Eigentum von" on front fixed endpaper (not filled in) and publisher on back fixed endpaper. Former owner's name on title page. In Very Good Condition: corners lightly..... More
New York: Westvaco, 1978. Hardcover. 210, [6] p.: frontispiece portrait of Emerson by Daniel Chester French, illustrations; 24 cm. Black cloth with gilt spine title and embossed letter "E" on front cover. Top page edges gilt. Illustrated endpapers. Grey slipcase with one of the illustrations reproduced in green matching the..... More
London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1950. Hardcover. x, 323 p., 4 leaves of color plates: in-text illustrations, tables; 22 cm. Red cloth with gilt spine title. Blue dust jacket printed in red. Publisher's advertisement on back section of dust jacket. Circular stamp of one of the authors, W. N. Mann..... More
Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Litteris Staritzii, 1837. Paperback. 32 p.; 22 cm. Disbound from a collection of pamphlets owned by French homeopath Dr. Charles Ravel (1822-1887). "1837" handwritten at foot of title page. South African Diederich Heinrich Fraenkel (1811-1861) defended his disseration about Joan Baptista van Helmont (1579-1644) in 1837 at the..... More
Leipzig: Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag, 1925. Paperback. Vierte, durchgesehene Auflage (9.--11. Tausend). 194, [2] p.; 24 cm. Original beige paper wrappers printed in black. Pages are untrimmed. In Very Good- Condition: wrapper slightly soiled; back wrapper partially detached; slight browning along page edges; otherwise clean and tight... More
Berlin: Verlagsbuchhandlung von Richard Schoetz, 1919. Hardcover. Dritte, neubearteitete und vermehrte Auflage. x, 432 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Dark brown cloth spine and corners with gilt-stamped spine title; marbled paper over boards. Top page edges dark green. Grey endpapers. Former owner's stamp at top edge of title page: "K. R...... More
Stuttgart: Ferdinand Enke, 1901. Hardcover. Zweite, umgearbeitete Auflage. xii, 356 p.; 24 cm. Contemporary half calf with gilt-tooled spine title "Frohner Toxikologie" and decoration; marbled paper over boards. All page edges marbled. Salmon endpapers. Former owner's stamp on half title page: "K. R. Kuipers Rijks-Veearts Oudshoorn." Includes index. A german..... More
London, Eng. John Nutt, 1699. 3d Edition. Hardcover. "The Third Edition, Corrected by the Author." [22], 94 p.: engraved frontispiece; 20 cm. 8vo. Expertly rebacked with the original leather spine label reattached and the original leather on the boards, decorated in a variant of the Cambridge style: sprinkled calf with..... More
Springfield, Ill. Charles C. Thomas, 1943. Hardcover. First edition. vii, [1], 129, [3] p.: illustrations, tables; 22 cm. Dark blue cloth with gilt spine title. Publisher's emblem embossed on back cover. Blue dust jacket printed in black with publisher's advertisements on both sides. Contains "essentially the material covered in the..... More
S.l. H.R. Burner, 1874. Hardcover. viii, 472 p.: many in-text woodcut illustrations; 23 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles. Cover title, How to Acquire & Preserve Health, is also embossed on back cover. Board edges are bevelled. Dark brown endpapers. Former owners' names on front fixed..... More
Paris: L'Imprimerie de Rignoux, 1826. Pamphlet. 3, [1] p.; 25 cm. Caption title. "Académie Royale de Médecine" -- at head of title. No date of publication; Asselin died in 1826. Disbound from a collection of pamphlets owned by French homeopath Dr. Charles Ravel (1822-1887). Jean-Baptiste-Charles Asselin (1746-1826) was a French..... More
Boston: Wells and Lilly, 1818. Hardcover. xvi, 246, [2] p.; 86 p.; 24 cm. Original black cloth spine with light pink paper over boards. Printed paper spine label with title: Hale and Gamage on Fever. Half-title: History of an Epidemic Fever. Advertisement by Wells and Lilly on 2 unpaginated pages..... More
Philadelphia: E.L. Carey and A. Hart, 1830. Hardcover. First American edition. 173, [3] p., 1 leaf of a folded plate; 23 cm. Modern maroon library buckram with gilt-stamped spine title. Publisher's catalog of medical works on final 2 unpaginated pages. The folded leaf contains a table for recording cases of..... More
Worcester, Mass. Isaiah Thomas, 1793. Hardcover. "Sold by Isaiah Thomas in Worcester; by Thomas and Andrews, Boston; and by Thomas and Carlisle, in Walpole, Newhampshire." vi, 7-351, [1] p.; 21 cm. Signatures: A-X8 (8vo). Full calf; red morocco spine label with gilt-tooled title: Female Family Physician. Woodcut head- and tailpieces..... More
Erlangen: Hilpert, 1815. Paperback. 26 p.; 24 cm. As printed, the title page left the specific date of the lecture blank; in pencil it was changed to "Die 3. Januar MDCCCXVI," indicating that, rather than being delivered in Dec. 1815, it was delivered on Jan. 3, 1816. Disbound from a...... More
Trevoux, France: L'Imprimerie de S.A.S., 1708. First Edition. Hardcover. "Et se vend à Paris. Chez Jacques Etienne Libraire." 94, 145, [7] p.; 15 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Red morocco label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: "L'Inec aux Hommes." Gilt-tooled decoration in remaining..... More
Utrecht: Corneille Guillaume le Febvre, 1749. Hardcover. Title continuted: "Avec un Traité de la meilleure manière de guérir les petites véroles par des remedes & des observations tirées de l'usage. Premiere Partie." Volume one only (of 3). [2], 261, [3] p.; 17 cm. Signatures: pi2 A-Y8+4. 12mo. Contemporary full speckled..... More