This House of Noble Deeds.
The Mount Sinai Hospital, 1852-2002. Illustrated, 494pp, 8vo, cloth. New York: New York University Press, 2002. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed presentation copy. More
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Gracefully Insane: The Rise and Fall of America's Premier Mental Hospital
New York: Public Affairs, 2001. Map endpapers, black & white photographic illustrations. 273 pages. 8vo, two-toned black and white boards with gilt lettering at spine, pictorial d.w. New York: Public Affairs, (2001). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
The Rotunda Hospital, 1745-1945.
Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1947. 44 illustrations. 44pp, tall 8vo, blue cloth; small ownership signature on front endpaper. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, 1947. Very good (+). More
Five Patients: The Hospital Explained.
New York: Knopf, 1970. 231 pages. 8vo, red cloth, d.w. (wrapper edgeworn and dampstained at edges). New York: Knopf, 1970. First Edition. A very good copy in a good dust wrapper. First edition of Crichton's second book. More
A Unique Hand-Illuminated Document, Signed by 150 Colleagues from Lennox Hill Hospital.; Presented to Dr. Einhorn at a special dinner commemorating his 50 years at Lennox Hill Hospital. Accompanied by a small sewn pamphlet detailing the speakers and the menu.
New York: 1935. 5 single-sided, folded vellum sheets with lovely hand-colored illuminations and typography, followed by the signatures. Thin 8vo. New York, 1935. First Edition. A finely preserved piece of unique ephemera with striking calligraphy. "Einhorn is the inventor of many new instruments and pieces of aparatus which have become well known throughout the medical world, such as the fermentation saccharometer, the stomach-bucket, the gastro-diaphane, the deglutitive stomach electrode, the stomach spray apparatus, the gastrograph, etc." -Herman Rosenthal... More
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
New York: Crown, 2013. Illustrated sparsely in black and white. xviii, 558 pages. Thick 8vo, blue boards. New York: Crown, (2013). First Edition. Some scuffing on covers, otherwise near fine. A very good(+) copy, lacking the dust wrapper. More
Westminster Hospital 1716 - 1966.
London: Pitman, 1966. 81 illustrations. Oblong 8vo, black cloth backed white pictorial boards. London: Pitman, (1966). Very good (+). More
British Hospitals.
London: Collins, 1948. 4 color plates, 26 in black & white. 50 pages. Slim 8vo, blue pictorial boards, chipped & torn d.w. London, 1948. Very good copy in a poor dust wrapper. More
To Her most Excellent Maj.ty Queen Caroline, this Perspective View of the Royal Hospital at Greenwich is humbly inscribed by Her Majesty's most Dutiful Subject Thomas Lawranson
London: John Boydell. Engraving in two parts. Joined sheet measures 54" x 20". This circa 1770 perspective view by Thomas Lawranson shows the Royal Hospital of Greenwich in London. The view, in two sheets, shows the elegant building of the Royal Hospital (now the Old Royal Naval College) in Palladian style architecture. Several figures are seen within the large central court and the grounds, including men, women, and wounded men on crutches. In the foreground a boat is pulling up..... More
Montefiore: The Hospital as Social Instrument (1884-1984)
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1984. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 337 pages. 8vo, light blue boards with dark blue spine, dust wrapper. New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, (1984). A very good(-) copy, page edges and end papers rather foxed, in a very good dust wrapper. More
Montefiore: The Hospital as Social Instrument
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1984. 338 pages. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, (1984). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Early Years of the McLean Hospital; Recorded in the Journal of George William Folsom, Apothecary at the Asylum in Charlestown
Boston: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, 1972. Foreword by Walter Muir Whitehill. Color frontispiece, black & white illustrations. viii, 176 pages. Slim 8vo, red cloth with gilt lettering at the spine, small gilt design at the front cover. Boston: The Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, 1972. Fine. More
Pioneer Surgeons of the Woman's Hospital
Philadelphia: F.A. Davis, 1957. Frontis, lightly illustrated in b/w photos. 148 pages. Slim 8vo, brown cloth. Philadelphia: F.A. Davis, 1957. Copy no. 728 in a limited run. A very good copy--previous owner's gift inscription on endpaper. More
100 Years... A History of the Mount Sinai Alumni.
Illustrated. 160pp., 4to, cloth. New York: The Mount Sinai Alumni, 1996. A very good copy. More
No One Was Turned Away: The Role of Public Hospitals in New York City Since 1900
New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. Lightly illustrated in b/w. 244 pages. 8vo, burgundy boards, d.w. New York: Oxford University Press, (1999). A near fine copy in a very good(-) wrapper--considerable foxing to edges of wrapper verso as well as rear flap. More
The Medical Side of Benjamin Franklin
Philadelphia: William J. Campbell, 1911. Illustrated in black and white. 122 pages. 8vo, red cloth with gilt spine lettering, uncut edges, top edge gilt (low corner bumped, spine ends worn). Philadelphia: William J. Campbell, 1911. Internally clean, a very good copy. More
Of Medicine, Hospitals, and Doctors
Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1953. Illustrated with a handful of b/w photos. 266 pages. 8vo, green cloth. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1953. A very good(+) copy--library stamp on endpaper. More
House of Healing: The Story of the Hospital.
Garden City: Doubleday, 1961. Illustrated, 288pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w.; jacket worn and torn. Garden City: Doubleday, 1961. First edition. Presentation copy signed by the author. A very good copy in a good dust jacket. More
The Unbelonging
New York: Macmillan, 1958. 165 pages. Slim 8vo, blue cloth with white lettering, pictorial d.w. (front flap clipped). New York: Macmillan, 1958. First Printing. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Novel about a female patient at a state mental hospital. More
The Care of Strangers: The Rise of America's Hospital System
New York: Basic Books, 1987. 437 pages. 8vo, plum cloth, d.w. New York: Basic Books, (1987). A very good(-) copy--foxing to outer edges and pastedowns, slight discoloration to cloth edges; in a very good wrapper, sunned spine and minor scuffing to rear cover. More
The History of the First Inebriate Asylum in the World, by its founder.; An account of his indictment. Also a Sketch of the Woman's National Hospital by its Projector.
New York: Privately Printed, 1888. Includes index and numerous engraved plates and portraits, among them of the author, Dr. Francis and Dr. Mott. Tall 8vo, original black cloth (spine faded and ends neatly repaired; ex-library copy with various stamps on endpapers and title, but otherwise clean). New York, Privately printed, 1888. First edition. A very good(-) copy of this uncommon book. More
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