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 (-). More

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. More

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. More

1980. 5 x 3.5 inches, no place, no date, circa 1980 -- a black-and-white image signed "Chris Barnard," depicting the doctor in his trademark turtleneck sweater. Fine contrast. South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first successful human-to-human heart transplant. More

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... More

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... More

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... More

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... More

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... More

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. More

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... More

London: Chapman Hall, 1864. Frontispiece, and several other in-text illustrations. xvi, 304pp. Short thick 8vo, recently rebound in tan cloth with brown leather spine label (inked signatures at top of title; light penciling in margins of several pages, otherwise a near fine copy in a handsome binding). London: Chapman & Hall, 1864. First edition. Very scarce. A history of exercises and gymnastics from its earliest development among the ancients through the ages. Among the topics discussed are public baths, the... More

London: Edward Arnold, 1960. 8vo, tan cloth. London: Edward Arnold, (1960). Very good (+). More