Bruxelles: Oeuvre Nationale de L'Enfance, 1925. Hardcover. [4], 364, [8], 148, [8], 139, [3] p.: 3 frontispieces; 23 cm. Leather spine with six spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-stamped title in second and third compartments. Marbled paper over boards. No dust jacket. Marbled endpapers. Title page printed in red and..... More
New Haven: Yale Unversity Press, 1920. Hardcover. xxi, [1], 165, [1] p., 41 leaves of color plates: black-and-white in-text illustrations; 31 cm. Dark brown cloth with gilt spine title. A heavy book; for international shipping, the U.S. Postal Service requires that it be shipped by priority international. In Near Fine-..... More
Paris: Imprimé par Béthune et Plon, 1842. Paperback. 14, [2] p.; 25 cm. Disbound from a collection of pamphlets owned by French homeopath Dr. Charles Ravel (1822-1887). Achile Louis Foville (1799-1878) was a French physician and neurologist. He was on the staff of the hospital for the insane at Charenton..... More
Lowell, Mass. C. I. Hood & Co., 1899. 1 die-cut card with a chromolithographed illustration of two little girls on the front, with "Hood's Sarsaparilla Calendar" and "1900" on their night caps. Stapled to their dresses is the calendar for 1900, which includes proverbs and advertisements for Hood's Sarsaparilla. The..... More
Charlotte, N.C. Winchester Surgical Supply Co., 1931. Hardcover. Eighth Edition. [4], 448 p.: many illustrations; 26 cm. Dark green cloth with black cover title; "Winchester" in black on spine. No date of publication. Pocket on front fixed endpaper contains price list for 1931 in 36-page pamphlet. Imprint includes: Winchester-Ritch Surgical..... More
Paris: G. Masson, Libraire de l'Académie de Médecine de Paris, 1878. Hardcover. Quatrieme série. Tome vingt-septiéme. 631 p., 10 leaves of plates (5 folded): includes in-text drawings; 22 cm. Contemporary half green morocco with marbled paper over boards. Gilt-tooled spine title and decorative rules. All paged edges lightly speckled. Marbled..... More
Cincinnati, Ohio: Kargon Extracting Co., 1906. 13 x 18 cm. Printed on one side in red and black within a red border. "A valuable soothing, healing and cleansing tonic" for the kidneys. The "prescription" called for Kargon Compound to be mixed with extract of dandelion and compound syrup of sarsaparilla..... More
Buffalo, N.Y. World's Dispensary Medical Association, 1903. Paperback. 32 p.: illustrations; 14 cm. White wrappers, stapled along top edge. Front wrapper photo-illustration of a smiling woman in a big hat. Copyright date on front wrapper. Back wrapper woodcut illustration of the World's Dispensary building in Buffalo, N.Y. Odd-numbered pages 1-15..... More
New York: New York State Department of Health, 1934. Pamphlet. Circular No. 10. 50 p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Pamphlet; stapled. A thorough guide for new parents, beginning with an explanation of why and how to register a baby's birth. Includes detailed information on breastfeeding, bottle-feeding, food, clothing, and bathing. In..... More
Boston: Otis, Broaders, & Co., 1837. Hardcover. iv, 580 p.; 22 cm. Modern bonded leather spine and corners with gilt-tooled spine label; contemporary marbled paper over boards. Includes index. Advertisements for Hilliard, Gray, & Co. and the American Stationers' Co. on p. 568 (preceding index). Bookplate on front fixed endpaper..... More
Louisville, KY: L. H. Bell, Printer, 1885. Paperback. 184 p.: tables; 22 cm. Blue wrapper printed in black. The Catholic Knights of America was a fraternal life insurance company established in Kentucky in 1877. It existed until 2005 when it merged with the Catholic Knights Insurance Society to form the..... More
New York: Munn & Co., 1895. Paperback. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16600-16614 p.): illustrations; 41 cm. Front illustration is of breaking in warrigals (wild horses) in Queensland. Contains illustrated articles about protection and dispersion in plants by John R. Jackson; the Rebello keyless watch; the electricity works of the Great..... More
New York: Munn & Co., 1895. Paperback. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16616-16630 p.): illustrations; 41 cm. Contains illustrated articles about Emperor Frederick's monument at Worth; ball bearings and rubber tires for carriages; the coinage of Rome by G. F. Hill; and the Jackson-Harmsworth polar expedition. Also, The Nitrogen of the..... More
New York: E. R. Squibb & Sons, 1939. Hardcover. 136 p.: illustrations; 21 cm. Hardback with brown and yellow cover. Illustrated endpapers: drawing of the laboratories at Brooklyn on the front endpapers and one of the laboratories at New Brunswick, N.J., on the back endpapers. In Good+ Condition: front cover..... More
Paris: Imprimerie de Guiraudet et Jouaust, 1844. Paperback. 16 p.; 25 cm. Caption title. "Ch Ravel" written next to title and two notes in the same hand on the first page. Disbound from a collection of pamphlets owned by French homeopath Dr. Charles Ravel (1822-1887). Presents the accomplishments and publications..... More
Hannover, Germany: Schlütersche Buchdruckerei, 1941. Hardcover. 403, [5] p.; 22 cm. Light brown cloth spine with light brown over boards; black spine and cover titles. Includes index. Advertising on endpapers, one initial leaf, and three final leaves. Two leaves of advertising on cards bound in. Former owner's name at head..... More
Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1993. Hardcover. xi, [1], 289, [1] p.; 24 cm. Off-chite cloth with red spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. The author uses the experiences of a real family in North Lawndale, a suburb of Chicago, to demonstrated the "gaps, inconsistences, and inequalities the poor..... More
Boston: Manning & Loring, 1806. Hardcover. "Printed by Manning and Loring. Sold by them, and by Etheridge & Bliss, Boston; Cushing & Appleton, Salem; Thomas & Whipple, Newburyport; Charles Peirce, Portsmouth; Henry Cushing, Provience; Lincoln & Gleason, Hartford; Bronson, Walter & Co. New-Haven; I. Thomas, jun. Worcester; J. Prentiss, Keene;..... More
Philadelphia: William W. Woodward, 1806. Hardcover. "This American Edition, printed from the last London edition, edited by William James, mathematical instrument maker, is carefully revised and corrected, by Robert Patterson, Professor of Mathematicks, and Teacher of Natural Philosophy, in the University of Pennsylvania." 508 p., 10 folded leaves of engraved..... More
Paris: L'Imprimerie de Rignoux, 1825. Pamphlet. [2] p.; 25 cm. Caption title. "Académie Royale de Médecine" -- at head of title. Disbound from a collection of pamphlets owned by French homeopath Dr. Charles Ravel (1822-1887). Antoine-Athanase Royer-Collard (1768-1825) was the French doctor who served as head physician at the Charenton..... More
Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1844. Hardcover. Printed by Griggs & Co. viii, [2], 15-424, 3-32 p.; 24 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between double gilt rules; black leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title. Publisher's advertisements for medical books on 30 pages following text, along with..... More
New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1948. 2nd Edition. By William R. Amberson and Dietrich C. Smith. ix, 502 p.: 193 in-text illustrations by Norris Jones and William Loechel; 26 cm. Brown cloth with gilt spine title on green background. No dust jacket. Book plate of Jacob W. Gruber on front fixed endpaper..... More
Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea, 1878. Hardcover. Second Edition. xxvii, [2], 34-1040, 32 p.: 542 in-text illustrations; 24 cm. Contemporary full calf with four spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled title on black leather label in second compartment. Publisher's catalog of medical publications on final 32 pages. The author, Dr. John..... More
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