Newark, NJ: Prudential Insurance Company, 1950. Early Edition. 3 1/2 X 6 3/4 Inches. 8 PP. Scarce "POLIO" issue of the Prudential Health Series of pamphlets issued in the late 40's and 50's. Handy eight page illustrated booklet on Polio and how to treat the disease (as best you could)..... More
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 152 PP. First edition of this early study on Hookworm Disease illustrated throughout with tables and several graphs. Housed in original issue DJ that retains the price of $3.00 on front flap. PO name and..... More
Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas / Yale University Press, 1942. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 7 3/4 X 10 3/4 Inches. 237 PP. First printing copy in the scarce original jacket. Price of $4.00 intact on front cover. An extensive bibliography with in excess of 5500 items, arranged by author..... More
Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company, 1937. Early Edition. Hardcover. 5 7/8 X 8 3/4 Inches. 389 PP. Profusely illustrated revised and reset second edition. Illustrated with numerous B/W photographs throughout. Coverage of everything from arthritis to gout to dwarfism. Interesting medical book that predates the change from "Mongolian Idiot" to what..... More
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1913. First Thus. Hardcover. 5 1/8 X 7 1/2 Inches. 305 [24] PP. Excellent copy of the 1913 revised edition (from the 1904 original) housed in the original DJ. Stated "Revised, with Additions" on the title-page. Original decorated green cloth binding clean and sharp. Splendid..... More
Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 X 7 1/2 Inches. 141 PP. Rather scarce book of medical poems and verses from Helmuth, former professor of surgery, dean of the faculty and also trustee of the New York Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital. Original cloth quite scuffed at..... More
London: The Lancet, 1940. First Thus. Original wraps. 5 1/4 X 8 1/2 Inches. 16 PP. Original 1940 first seperate printing of the article "Paediatrics: Past, Present and Prospective" which was originally published in The Lancet. This tract published seperately by The Lancet. Signed by Sir Robert Hutchison at top..... More
Indianapolis, IN: Perspectives Press, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 496 PP. Signed by Dr. Thatcher "With my Support / Sam" on the front end page. Original publisher prospectus laid-in. Hint of foxing to top gutter. More
London: 1958. 5 1/8 X 7 7/8 Inches. 310 PP. First thus edition. Original red cloth binding. Interesting, early study of psychoactive drugs published just prior to the 1960's explosion of interest in many of the mind-altering drugs discussed. While the book is not marked, it is from the collection..... More
New York: Paul B. Hoeber, 1929. First American Edition. Hardcover. 7 X 10 1/8 Inches. 401 PP. Early pioneer in biochemistry and mental illness studies. Original blue cloth binding with gilt title stamping to cover and spine. Ex-library with usual marks. Binding a bit loose. A scarce book. More
Philadelphia: Thomas Dobson, 1796. Early Edition. Leather bound. 5 X 8 5/8 Inches. 622 + 2 PP Publisher Catalog. Six plates intact. Rebound in full leather circa mid 20th Century. Aget toned pages; occaisional foxing and/or blemishing. Top and fore-edge of the title-page reinforced. The binding is lightly rubbed. An..... More
London: J. Johnson, 1806. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 1/8 X 8 1/2 Inches. 420 PP. Rebound circa early 20th Century in half calf with leather tips. Contemporary ownership signature at top of title-page. Ink stamp on the title-page and on page one: "Ex Biblioth./Universitatis/Aberdonensis." Bookplate laid down on front pastedown..... More
Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, 1952. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 8 3/4 Inches. 66 PP. Scarce first printing in the original limp leather binding. Holden was Professor and Chair of Surgery at Case Western Reserve University and Director of Surgery for the University Hospitals of..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1962. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8 5/8 X 11 1/4 Inches. 82 PP. Previous owner bookplate on FFEP. Illustrated with color plates. More
New York: Paul B. Hoeber, 1959. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 7/8 X 9 5/8 Inches. 188 PP. "Radiology Associates of Macon, P.C." stamped on FFEP and top gutter. A clean copy overall. More
New York: D. Appleton - Century Company, 1939. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/4 X 7 1/2 Inches. 116 Pages. Amazingly scarce Morton First edition in the original jacket. Original price of $1.50 intact on inside front flap. Very early book in the field of podiatry. Doctor Morton, an..... More
New York: Signet Books, 1969. First Paperback Edition. Original wraps. 4 1/8 X 7 Inches. 143 PP. Stated "First Printing" copy. Spine unbroken. Slight wear at edges and hinges. A very clean copy overall. More
New York: Arden Book Co., 1947. First Edition, First Printing. Original wraps. 5 3/8 X 8 1/2 Inches. 26 PP. Original stapled wraps. Rear cover stamped and postmarked to "Dr. Claud W. Lawrence" of Nashville, Tenn. An interesting, albeit sensationalist, pamphlet regarding the power of sarsaparilla. The booklet claims that..... More