San Pablito, Mexico: Alfonso Garcia Tellez, 1976. Illustrated By Alfonso Garcia Tellez. Manuscript. Paperback. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall (oblong). Autograph manuscript by Alfonso Garcia Tellez concerning Indian magic and folk medicine in Mexico. The sheets are cream amate paper, illustrated with brown amate paper cut-out images of... More about Historia de un brujo nagual de San Pablito Pahuatlan, Puebla, Mexico
NP: Privately Printed, 1926. Black /white Illustrations. Second Edition. Paperback - (Stapled). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Konikow's rare anonymous pamphlet is a landmark in the struggle for reproductive rights, but in the history of Feminism. Matches the pagination for what Worldcat identifies as the 2nd edition (1926), with... More about Voluntary Motherhood: A Study of the Physiology and Hygiene of Prevention of Conception
Cincinnati: Buchanan's Journal of Man. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" 384 + 16pp. Appendix. Illustrated phrenology frontispiece.Original cloth, with gilt titles on spine. Cloth worn especially at the corners and spine; inner hinges cracked but still intact, lacking ffep, and previous repair to front hinge; foxing... More about Outlines of Lectures on the Neurological System of Outlines of Lectures on the Neurological...
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London: Edward And Charles Dilly, 1776. First Edition. Full Calf. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" 2 Volumes Bound in 1. Bound in full period brown polished calf, spine with raissed bands, red morocco label, and gilt-ruled compartments, covers ruled in gilt, speckled edges (spine and boards rubbed; offset to... More about An Account of the Weather and Diseases of South Carolina [2 Volumes Bound in 1
London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1903. Color, b/w Illustrations. Fifth Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Presentation copy, signed and inscribed by Joseph Coats' wife (he had died in 1899) to a Dr. Armstrong. Original green cloth stamped in gilt (slight wear' some foxing to text). More about A Manual of Pathology
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Philadelphia: Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell, 1837. First American Edition. Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Three works bound in one: 126; 111; 154pp., all published by Haswell et al, in 1837. Bound in period calf over boards. Spine rubbed (lacking title labels), boards rubbed along the edges especially at... More about A Treatise on Tetanus [together with] Diseases Of The Heart, Lungs, Stomach, Liver, Etc. [and]...
Astoria, Long island, NY: The Author, 1928. B/w Illustrations. Later Printing. Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" 22pp. Original blue printed wraps. 17th printing (stated). A very good copy. More about The Sex Side of Life: An Explanation for Young People
Avignon: Seguin, 1803. Seguin. First Edition. Leather Binding. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" 2 volumes, complete. 3/4 period brown speckled calf over patterned boards, spines with gilt rules and light brown morocco labels (some darkening to leather and boards; some offsetting to text; ink name on title; later ink signature on endpapers). More about Cours élémentaire de matière médicale, suivi d'un Précis de l'art de Formuler (2 volumes
Paris: Chez D'Houry, 1736. Third Edition. Full Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Bound in 18th-century brown polished calf, spine with raised bands,red morocco label, and elaborate gilt floral tooling; eedges speckled red, marbled endpapers (some rubbing, nicking to spine). PROVENANCE: signature of prior owner dated 1743 - ?"A... More about Cours d'Opérations de Chirurgie Démontrées au Jardin Royal
New York: William Wood & Company, 1881. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" x + 328pp. Original brown cloth with black and gilt stamped titles and black decorations to cloth. Moderate shelfwear, small stain to front foredge of front and rear board; two pages with shallow closed... More about A Handbook Of Uterine Therapeutics And Of Diseases Of Women
Hamburg, Germany: Ben Hertels sel. Frau Wittwe, Und Gleditsch in Commision, 1764. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall (tall thin). Good copy of this rare title. Patterned paper boards. Wear to extremities mainly at the corners, edges and lower half of spine; previous owner's rubberstamp on... More about Die langst gewunschte Cur, des so furchterlichen, und von vielen vor unheilbar geachteten...
Lausanne: Sumptibus Julii Henrici Pott et Socior, 1787. Second Edition. Full Vellum. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tomus / Volume I only. Bound in full period vellum, spine decorated in gilt; edges speckled red (slight wear). More about Artis medicae principes: Hippocrates, Aretaeus, Alexander, Aurelianus, Celsus, Rhaeze Tomus I
Philadelphia, PA: Henry C. Lea's Son & Co., 1881. B&W and Color Illustrations. First American Edition. Full Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Volumes I and II out of three. Fair in full brown calf with black calf panels on gilt-stamped spine; Chipping and much wear to leather..... More about A System of Surgery, Theoretical and Practical. In Treatises By Various Authors
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1847. 13th Edition. Full Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" 2 volumes bound in 1. Volume I dated 1847; volume II 1846. Bound in period full brown calf, spine with black morocco label and gilt ruling (rubbing; text has some dampstaining and foxing; ink names). More about Lexicon medicum, or, medical dictionary : containing an explanation of the terms in anatomy,...
London: James L. Hatrick & Co., Ltd., 1931. Monochrome Illustrations. Ninth Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Exceptionally scarce (Worldcat records no surviving copies. 537 pages. Profusely illustrated throughout, a great guide for collectors, curators & historians. Complete with price list in pocket at rear; cicular letters... More about Illustrated Catalogue 1931 James L. Hatrick & Co., Ltd. Surgical Instruments [cover Title:...
Edinburgh: William Gordon, 1759. Second Edition. Full Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" xii + 436pp. Beautifully bound in full brown speckled calf in period dress, spine with raised bands, red morocco label, and tooling in gilt and blind. Some very light foxing and light wear in places, else... More about The History of Health and The Art of Preserving It
Xerox, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 95pp. Illustrated with b/w drawings by Ron Carreiro. Perma-bound illustrated covers. Fair ex-library copy with the usual stamping to the title page, page 5, and the fore-edge (all three have been marked out with pen); a few pages... More about The Junkie and Other Exciting Short Stories
U.S.A. Cambridge University Press, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Light spotting to the spine, and fading to the cloth in places, else a Very Good clean copy. More about Illness and Healing among the Sakhalin Ainu: A Symbolic Interpretation
Naples: Presso Gaetano Raimondi, 1796. First Edition. 3/4 Vellum. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Two volumes (volumes 1& 2, lacking the 3rd volume). viii, 784pp. Text in Italian. Bound in period 3/4 vellum over marbled boards, spines with contrasting dark and medium brown morocco labels and gilt geometric tooling... More about Delle faculta' delle piante: trattato in cui s'espongono le virtu' delle piante ... ordinato...
Edition Medicina Rara, 1976. Color Facsimile Plates. First Edition Thus. Half Leather. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Copy #667, bound in half brown leather over green printed boards; housed in publisher's olive cloth clamshell case. Notes: Title from colophon. Title on flyleaf of ms.: De virtutibus balneorum [seu... More about Petrus de Eboli's De balneis Puteolorum et Baiarum
Milwaukee, WI: The R. Hyde Company, 1899. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 229pp., with many b/w illustrations throughout. Original green cloth with silver stamped titles on spine and front cover. Corners bumped, cloth soiled in places; front hinge cracked, else a Very Good copy, text is clean... More about Illustrated Catalogue and Price List of Surgical Instruments, Orthopaedic Apparatus and Specialties
Paris: Chez J.-B. Bailliere, 1853. 45 engr plates (some color). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 36pp. text + 45 plates. Plate volume only; short preliminary text in French. Notable set of plates (few hand-colored) designed by Robin and P. Lackerbauer, with crystallographic depictions of... More about Traite de Chimie Anatomique et Physiologique, Normal et Pathologique
Paris: Chez Delaguette. Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Two Volumes. 1754 and 1756. (Vol. 2 Observations sur Les Accouchemens} First editions in French. Vol. 1 xvi + 480 + 21; Vol. 2 x + 605; one folding plate showing Roonhuisen's instrument accompanies the final 21 pages of the... More about Traite de la Theorie et Pratique des AccouchemensTraite de la Theorie et Pratique des...
London: Printed for the Author, and Sold By W. Owen in Fleet-Street, 1769. First Edition. Leather Binding. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Dr. William Smith was one of the more controversial medical figures iof his era. A pioneer of medical care in prisons, he also was both doctor... More about A new and general system of physic : in theory and practice ; containing the Pharmacopoeias of...
Philadelphia: Lea Brothers, 1892. First Edition. Leather Binding. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Presentation copy, signed and inscribed by author: "Dr. P. S. Shears with the kind regards of R.W. Taylor March 4,/97". Signed or inscribed books by this pioneer of the treatment of venereal disease are seldom encountered... More about Syphilis
