London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1898. 1st Edition. 8vo. A beautiful 1st Edition copy of a scarce medical text. Burgundy cloth with titling stamped in gilt. Square tight binding. Clean interior, save for previous ownership info to verso of front endpaper. 41pp. 20 black and white illustrations, most being..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1876. 1st Edition. A lovely 1st Edition copy of the first American textbook on plastic surgery. "Buck (May 4, 1807 – March 6, 1877) was a pioneering military plastic surgeon during the Civil War. He is known for being the first doctor to..... More
Philadelphia, Pa: The Philadelphia Me2dical Publishing Co., 1901. 1st Edition. 8vo. A lovely 1st Edition copy of a very scarce title. Black cloth with titling stamped in gilt to front board. 72pp. Square tight binding. Clean interior, save for endpapers, which contain previous owner info and some doodling... More
New York: William Wood & Co., 1882. 1st US Edition. 8vo. A very nice 1st American edition. Brown cloth with titling stamped in gilt to spine. Square tight binding. Clean interior, save for previous owner info to front pastedown in contemporary iron gall ink. a beautiful front board..... More
New York: William Wood & Co., 1899. 8vo. A lovely 2nd Printing copy of a tough-to-come-by medical text. Green cloth with titling stamped in gilt to spine. Square tight binding. Clean interior, save for previous owner notations to front pastedowns. Black and white as well as full color..... More
New York: William Wood & Co., 1907. 1st Edition. 8vo. A lovely copy of a scarce turn-of-the-century medical text. 108pp. Maroon cloth with titling stamped in gilt. Square tight binding. Clean interior, save for previous owner info to front pastedown. Mild rubbing and edge wear. A desirable copy..... More
New York: Covici-Friede, 1936. 1st Edition. 8vo. A solid 1st Edition copy of a very scarce work. "It was upon his concept of the crime and the criminal that the Police Department of the City of New York devised its plan of apprehension. It was his analysis of..... More
Philadelphia, Pa: Ed. Barrington & George Haswell, 1845. 4th Edition. 8vo. A very nice 1845 early printing, of this seminal 19th-century medical work, originally published in Edinburgh in 1829. 756pp + ads. original brown leather with gilt ruling to spine. Black title label. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Mild..... More
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1922. 1st Edition. duodecimo. An important first-hand account of life inside a turn-of-the-century insane asylum "In the year 1900 the author had a mental breakdown in consequence of the sudden and tragic death of her husband. "This is a true record..... More
London: Christopher Johnson, 1957. 1st Edition. 8vo. First edition study by a British psychologist explores the relationship between mental illness, murder, and the Homicide Act of 1957. In 1957, a new bill went before Parliament addressing the use of capital punishment in cases of murder. It sparked a debate—as..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1933. 8vo. A beautiful early printing collection of the poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar, African-American poet, novelist and playwright, in uncommon original dust jacket. Red cloth. Square tight binding. Titling stamped in gilt, somewhat faded on spine, Mild edge wear. Dust jacket with..... More