Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1933. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 192pp. Original printed dust-jacket over burgundy cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Remarkable work in which the author has told with vividness of the fight against disease through the ages. Spine slightly sunned and..... More
Birmingham: The Classics of Medicine Library, 1982. Limited edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. V, [3], 483, [3]pp. Original gold-tooled leather with gold lettering on spine. Raised bands. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Ribbon marker. Remarkable facsimile edition of Dr. Heberden's masterpiece. "Commentaries on the History and Cure of Diseases" (Commentarii de..... More
New York: Frederik A. Strokes Company, (no date). Hardcover. 8vo. 115 (2) pp. Purple cloth with orange lettering. Ex libris plate to inside of front board. Publisher's summary page tipped in at front free endpaper. Illustrated with 4 full-page captioned b/w plates, as issued, including frontispiece, three of them photographic..... More
New York: William Wood & Company, 1882. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XII, 299, [1]pp. Original decorative cloth with gold lettering on spine and blind-stamped lettering on front cover. First edition of this remarkable study on rectum and anus diseases, illustrated with 52 in-text figs. Age wear on binding with heavy..... More
Birmingham, Alabama: Classics of Medicine Library, 1985. Special edition. Hardcover. Octavo. XVII, [1], 368, [2]pp. Original gilt-stamped full leather with gold lettering on spine. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Ribbon marker. Remarkable facsimile edition of Kraepelin's masterpiece. Dr. Emil Kraepelin was the founder of modern scientific psychiatry, the first to..... More
Kansas: University of Kansas Press, 1953. Second printing. Hardcover. 8vo. 108pp. Brown cloth, gold lettering on spine. Contents include The Chief Egyptian Medical Papyri, Old Egyptian Weights and Measures, Drug Measurement in the Old Egyptian Medical Papyri, Ancient Egyptian Therapeutics, The Hearst Medical Papyrus. Spine slightly sunned and rubbed. Overall..... More
Rochester, N.Y. Ritter Company, Inc., 1950s. First edition. Softcover. Large Octavo. 38pp. Original illustrated light blue wraps with blue lettering and ruling on cover. Manual for Dental Assistants with advice regarding dental office procedures, treatment of adult and child patients, X-ray work and helpful suggestions for a successful career. Illustrated..... More
Birmingham, Alabama: Classics of Medicine Library, 1985. Special edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 508, [2], 493, [1]pp. Original gilt-stamped full leather with gold lettering on spine. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Ribbon marker. Remarkable facsimile edition of "The Chirurgical Works" of Percival Pott, the famed English surgeon, one of the founders of..... More
Birmingham, Alabama: Gryphon Editions, (1979). Classics of Medicine Library. Hardcover. 8vo. 367 pp. Gilt decorated green leather binding w/out dj. All edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. A facsimile of the Philadelphia 1812 edition. In fine condition. More
Birmingham: Gryphon Editions, 1984. Classics of Medicine Library. Hardcover. 8vo. 364pp. + Index. Gilt decorated blue leather binding. All edges gilt. Silk ribbon marker. Facsimile of the 1776 edition. In fine condition. More
Philadelphia: D. G. Brinton, 1879. Second edition. Hardcover. Sm. 8vo. xii,18-121,[8], pp. Brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Scuffing, staining and minor age wear to binding, two-thirds of spine separating from front cover. Name and address of previous owner on free front endpaper. Blind stamp of another owner on..... More
Birmingham, Alabama: Gryphon Editions, (1984). Classics of Medicine Library. Hardcover. 8vo. xii, 344 pp., 64 pp. Gilt decorated black leather binding w/out dj. All edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Facsimiles of Corvisart's 1812 edition and Auenbrugger's 1808 edition. In fine condition. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1934. Hardcover. Lg. 8vo. x, 408 pp. Decorated green cloth binding. Minor rubbing to edges. Head and tail of spine lightly bumped. Illustrated with 30 b/w annotated images. A tight copy in very good condition. More
Chicago: M.A. Donohue& Co., ca. 1915. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 130(x)pp. Decorated red cloth with gilt lettering to cover. Head and tail of spine and corners bumped and worn. Wear to front bottom edge. Scuffing and staining to cover. Hinges starting. Signature of previous owner to half-title page. Frontispiece. An..... More
Birmingham, Alabama: Gryphon Editions, (1983). Classics of Medicine Library. Hardcover. 8vo. lv, 288pp. Gilt decorated red leather binding with gilt edges. Marble endpapers. Facsimile of the 1806 edition. In fine condition. More
Birmingham, Alabama: Gryphon Editions, 1986. Classics of Medicine Library. Hardcover. 8vo. 402 pp. Gilt decorated green leather binding with gilt edges, marble endpapers and ribbon marker. Facsimile of the 1838 edition. Book in fine condition. More
London: Oxford University Press, 1964. Hardcover. 8vo. 104pp. Dark green cloth with gilt lettering. Head and tail of spine very slightly bumped and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. DJ in good condition. Previous owner's name written on inside front and back covers. Illustrated throughout with b&w maps and charts..... More