Birmingham: Classics of Surgery, 1985. 8vo, gilt-decorated full leather, a.e.g.; leather bookplate pasted to inside front cover. Birmingham: The Classics of Surgery Library, 1985. A fine copy. The separately printed introductory notes are present Facsimile of the Sydenham Society's London, 1856 edition.
Hamburg: Lucas Grafe, 1911. 6 volumes. Band XVII Heft 1 - 6. Numerous photographic plates. Slim 4to, original printed wrappers (rubbed and chipped, one cover detachedand another repaired). Hamburg: Lucas Grafe & Sillem, 1911. First Edition. Very good (-).
Bangor: Totts Gap, 1989. Foreword by Stewart G. Wolf, Jr.Illustrated. x + 458pp., 8vo, cloth. Bangor PA: Totts Gap Medical Research Laboratories, Inc., 1989. A near fine copy.
New York: Butterick, 1890. 8vo, brown cloth( one corner bumped; light staining on back cover). New York: Butterick Publishing Co., 1890. First Edition. A "how to" book with advice on care of the hair & skin, baths, digestion, lotions & potions etc. Part of the Metropolitan Culture Series.
Lugano: L'Art Ancien. Frontispiece. 722 pages, printed on brittle browning paper, tall 8vo, red cloth (top of spine repaired). Lugano: L'Art Ancien, ca 1930. Very Good.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1943. 26pp. Very slim 4to, orange boards. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, (1943). Edge worn, but still a very good copy. Translated from the French with an introduction by Henry E. Sigerist. Foreword by Warfield T. Longcope.
1812. 1 page, 10 x 8 inches, no place, August 9, 1812. In this letter, written to Allsops Bindings, Bancroft accepts the terms from his publisher in releasing an updated edition of the "...Philosophy of Colours," in full: "I am willing to accept the terms on which you propose to publish my work on the Philosophy of Permanent Colours, requesting only that you will allow me to take such copies not exceeding thirty or forty, as I may wish to...
London: Nourse, 1785. 6 copper plates, 4 folding. 370 pages + 10 page index. Small 8vo, full tan polished calf with red leather spine label; rubbed and joints cracked but still holding. London: C. Nourse, 1785. Very good.
Boston: Monroe and Francis, 1822. 396 pages, 24mo, foxed and age browned, front flyleaf chipped, full brown calf, rubbed. Boston: Monroe and Francis, 1822. Good.
1910. 9.75 x 7.25 inches, heavy stock deckle-edged black-and-white portrait, no place, no date, circa 1910, signed "S. Baruch" -- a distinguished shoulder-up image with his trademark small rimmed glasses and Van Dyke beard. Outstanding contrast as Baruch has signed on the white border below his image. Near fine condition. Jewish physician and pioneer of hydrotherapy in the United States but best known as the father of financier Bernard Baruch. He began his career as a surgeon in the Confederate...
1897. Four pages written front and back with each two-page spread measuring 7 x 9 inches, no place, December 12, 1897, in small part: "...Do you remember the pleasant evening we spent years ago at 'Nouron Ayers' where my fellow citizens entertained us at dinner on the occasion of my election as President of the Royal Society. Since then a lot has happened..." Small pieces of mounting tape on the left margin of the first page. Very good condition.
New York: 1937. Very scarce T.L.S. 4to. 1 page, The American Foundation For Mental Hygiene, New York City, October 15th 1937, to the acclaimed photographer Pirie MacDonald. Iin full: "I wish to order six glossy publicity prints of my photograph, for delivery at your earliest convenience, with the bill for them--unless you are giving them away these days!" MacDonald has placed a large red check mark through the letter indicating that he has answered it. Very good (+). American mental...
1935. Very scarce T.L.S. 4to. 1 page, The National Committee for Mental Hygiene, January 7th, 1935, to acclaimed photographer Pirie MacDonald. Because of the Great Depression, MacDonald has reduced Beers unpaid photography invoice, in part: "...You are a great scout. When you have so many calls upon you and have your own troubles during these depressed times, it was mighty fine of you to make any contribution at all to our work. I greatly appreciate your cutting in half of...
New York: 1937. Scarce A.L.S. of "Clifford W. Beers". 4to. 1 page, International Committee for Mental Hygiene, New York, October 18th 1937, to acclaimed photographer Pirie MacDonald. It reads in full: "Instead of re-reading some of the first pages of my story before we meet tomorrow, it will I believe, be more helpful if you will read the enclosed "personality" story from the Survey Graphic. It tells me what I have accomplished since I began my work about twenty-five years...
London: George Bell, 1877. 20 plates and several illustrations throughout the text. 251 pages, 12mo, full blind stamped brown morocco, gold crest on front cover, rubricated edges. Loondon: George Bell, 1877. Very good (+). "Bell's artistic and literary skills combines with his knowledge of anatomy and physiology to make the work a tour de force of art history and the anatomical and physiological basis of facial expression." GM 6604.92.
Charleston, VA: 1855. 1 page, 9.75 x 7.5 inches, Charleston, Virginia, October 1, 1855, to Dr. Rufus Woodward, during Bell's brief retirement, in full: "Your letter was received just as I was leaving home, and with some others accidentally overlooked until to-day, when the application of an interested party to learn where a patient could be sent when insane, to a State Hospital, reminded me of it. I need scarcely say that I shall be very willing to be referred...
Canton: Science, History Publications, 1987. Illustrated. 326pp. 8vo, burgundy cloth, d.w. Canton, MA.: Science History Publications, 1987. Fine. Presentation Copy.
New York: 1886. Signed by Dr. Fordyce Benjamin Barker (1818 - 1891), credited with introducing the hypodermic needle into American medicine and for his ability to tend to former President U.S. Grant while on his death bed. 3 pages each measuring 7 x 4.5 inches, New York, December 27, 1888. Written to British author William Winter, thanking him for a signed edition of his book on Shakespearian England, in part: "...I shall have it handsomely bound to be right next...
Magdeburg: 1735. 20 pages. Slim 8vo, modern wrappers. Magdeburg, 1735. Inaugural Dissertation in Medicine.
London: J. & R. Tonson, 1752. 8vo, contemporary calf, with leather spine label. London: J. &. R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1752. First Edition The book contains 11 tracts, each with a separate title page & date, but only one continuous pagination. The subjects include Thoughts on Tar-water, Proposal for converting the Savage Americans to Christianity by a College to be erected...in Bermuda, Exhortation to the Roman Catholic Clergy of Ireland, Discourse to Magistrates, etc.
Paris: Bailliere, 1859. Volume 1 only. 526 pages, uncut & unopened (some staining from a newspaper offset. 8vo. original gray printed wrappers. Paris: Balliere, 1859. Very good (+). Waller. Osler 1510. Not in Cushing.
Paris: 1925. 1 page on heavy-stock construction paper, 5.75 x 9.25 inches, (Paris), no date, circa 1925. Signed "G. Bertrand" and written in French. Translated in part: "...I have come here as an apostle of Science, that inexhaustible solace of progress. I have found masters as passionate to teach as their students are to learn, but an organization that is too inadequate from the point from the point of view of scientific research. In exchange for some of the associations...
Birmingham: Classics of Medicine, 1986. Translated by Rosemarie Werba. 30 color plates, text illustrations. 107 pages, oblong 8vo, gilt-decorated black leather, a.e.g. Birmingham: The Classics of Medicine Library, (1986). A fine copy.
1786. Exceedingly rare and historically important autographed document signed, 2 pages (front and back), oversize folio, 14.75 x 9 inches, signed twice "Barnabas Binney" (obverse and recto), November 21, 1786. In this document, Binney is agreeing to sell his various accumulated parcels of land under the guidance of Samuel Nicholson, in small part: "...in consideration of the sum of one thousand pounds Pennsylvania currency...I do hereby assign unto Samuel Nicholson, of the County of Franklin, all my right and title...
1926. Very scarce sepia signed photograph "John Bland Sutton - 1926", 5.75" x 8.25", adhered to a larger matte, 7.5" x 10", a waist-up image of the surgeon attired in a suit and top coat. *Embossed with photographer William Surrey's studio signature aback-stamp. Very minor surface striations to the left of Bland-Sutton's image - otherwise in Fine condition. British pioneering surgeon who became the first to identify the thyroid gland and the pathology associated with it - and to then...
Hello from England. I received the book today, and just wanted you to know that I'm really happy with it -- its condition is really amazing, and a lot better than I had hoped. It also happens to be a really excellent book, which helps. I also wanted to say thanks for the great packaging: it's surprisingly often that companies don't pack their books properly and they end up getting damaged during the shipping process! Kind regards,
Howdy and Happy Fourth of July. Just want to let you know that the Dick Grace book came. A nice copy, as promised. Grace was quite a fellow: the only person I ever heard of who crashed planes for a living and died of old age. I was in The Argosy once, years ago, 1997 or so. Hope to get in again one of these days, but NYC is a long way from here. Thanks again for helping me out with this. Best
