Privately Printed, 1923. 1st Edition. 8vo. Many wonderful historic photos of nurses, hospital wards, ambulances, graduation groups, and even a circus visit complete with elephant. History of the famed Bellevue Training School for Nurses attached to Manhattan's Bellevue Hospital. Light blue cloth. Square tight binding. Clean interior, titling and..... More
Boston: J. Belcher, Printer, 1814. A scarce War of 1812-Era Medical report signed on the title page by 1934 Nobel Prize Winner, George Richards Minot as well as 19th-century Influential Maine Reverend Ichabod Nichols. Minot's Great Grandfather, James Jackson (1777-1867), was a co-founder of Massachusetts General. This..... More
A lot of 13 photographs of varying sizes depicting nursing school classes around the turn of the last century. These are black albumen photographs. Most depict classes of female nurses, of various class sizes sitting for class portraits. The photos are random and generally not identifiable in terms..... More
Battle Creek Michigan: Battle Creek Sanitarium, 1897-1908. 8vo. A small lot of three items from the heyday of the Battle Creek Sanitarium, the health institute famously directed by Dr. John Harvey Kellogg noted for the invention of the modern breakfast cereal industry. The three items are a two-page letter..... More
Baltimore, Maryland: Isaac Friedenwald, 1891. 1st Edition. 8vo. Scarce 19th-centtury history of one of the oldest medical schools in the United States. Brown cloth stamped in blind. Titling in gilt to spine. Square binding. Clean interior, save for previous owner 1899 signature to front flyleaf and other owner..... More
1913-1945. An interesting ;lot of 13 items from 1913 thru WW II, all Red Cross related. This lot consists of six colorful pins, one 1913 Clara Barton Medal from Oxford, Massachusetts, two medical-themed stereo views, one original 1918 photograph of Dora E. Thompson, Superintendent of the Army Nurse Corps..... More
Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1891-95. A beautiful 19th-century print from the Official U.S. Government history of the Civil War depicting an often forgotten aspect of the War, the sick and wounded and the logistics of managing them. This large print depicts the myriad ways Union soldiers were..... More
Camp Devens, Ayer, MA: c. 1917-1919. Oblong Small 8vo. A unique piece of WW I Nursing history, this historic piece features more than 150 original black and white photographs of life at Camp Devens, Massachusetts This album is an oblong small otcavo in size, features 48 leaves and 96..... More
Boston, MA: Wright & Potter, State Printers, 1865. 1st Edition. 8vo. This is an rare report from the Massachusetts Surgeon General to John Andrew, Governor of Massachusetts, regarding the return and medical conditions of prisoners held in Confederate POW camps, as well as returning Union Soldiers from Massachusetts. It..... More
1907. A 1907 manuscript written and signed by American Red Cross Founder Clara Barton, dated 1907. This hand-written piece is matted and framed along with a portrait of Barton. The Civil War nurse writes - "Thomas Jefferson in alluding to slavery - said "I tremble when I remember..... 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. A contemporary chromolithograph from Julius Bien of the Mount Pleasant Civil War Hospital in Washington, DC. This print features renderings of buildings, natural landscape, as well as soldiers engaged in the everyday life of a Civil War hospital. This print is undated and we could..... More
Philadelphia, Pa: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1837. 8vo. A very nice copy of this important 19th-century scientific text. "Sir David Brewster (1781 – 1868) was a British scientist, inventor, author, and academic administrator. In science he is principally remembered for his experimental work in physical optics, mostly concerned..... More
Privately Printed, 2021. 1st Edition. Quarto. Gorgeous Presentation copy, inscribed to former Talbot County Historical Society Executive Director, Larry Denton, and signed twice by the Editor. Blue paper over boards. Illustration and titling in gilt. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Illustrated color map endpapers. Zerwick has signed the piece..... More
Concord, NH: New Hampshire Association of Military Surgeons, 1906. 1st Edition. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Mild rubbing and edge wear, Text block edges lightly foxed. Cloth along bottom edges a touch frayed. An attractive edition of this scarce Civil War title. More
London: The Scientific Book Club, 1961. 8vo. A splendid early book club edition of this 1960s Drug Culture and Experimentation classic. Jane Dunlap was the pseudonym of a woman who volunteered to be the subject of early LSD experiments and record her experiences. "Mrs. Dunlap volunteered..... More
Privately Printed, 1899. 1st Edition. 8vo. Brown pebbled cloth. Square tight binding. Clean interior. 98pp. Mild rubbing and edge wear. Pages lightly tanned. A lovely and quite scarce edition. More
New York: John Bradburn, 1863. 8vo. An outstanding memoir from this British Federal army surgeon, Ellis was an English physician who volunteered his services to the Federal Army. He saw service in the 1862 Peninsula Campaign, 2nd Manassas and Antietam. "In the early days of the American Civil War..... More
New York: Triangle, 1932. 8vo. A nice early reprint of this scarce, vintage Maryland-themed medical mystery. "The horrible death of an aged spinster, solved by a new kind of detective, a woman physician whose knowledge of human nature led her to her killer." Leslie Ford was one of..... More
New York: Karnac, 2005. 8vo. A fascinating book that sets Bowlby and Winnicott in context and relation to one another to provide a new perspective on both, as well as providing a welcome testimony to their enduring legacy. Trade paperback. 288pp. Square Tight Binding. Clean interior. A superior edition. More
Chicago, IL: Alfred L. Sewell, 1868. 1st Edition. 8vo. Exceptional provenance with this copy of this scarce history of the work of the United States Sanitary Commission's work related to successful North Western Sanitary Fairs in Chicago and other work done during the Civil War. This particular copy was..... More
Philadelphia, Pa: Lea & Blanchard, 1847. 1st Edition. 8vo. A handsome 1st American Edition of this influential 19th-century medical treatise. "Jones grew up in Scotland and studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh. From 1827 to 1829, he was an assistant to Robert Knox, a lecturer on anatomy at..... More
Washington, DC: U.S. Sanitary Commission, 1863. 2nd Edition. 8vo. An 1863 2nd Printing of U.S.S.C. Report No. 59. "Fourth Report Concerning the Aid and Comfort Given by the Sanitary Commission to Sick Soldiers Passing Through Washington." This report consists primarily of a lengthy letter from Knapp, the Special..... More
New York: The MacMillan Co, 1922. 1st Edition. 8vo. A lovely 1922 1st Edition with outstanding Nursing School provenance, the front endpaper of this edition featuring a gift inscription from the St Luke's Alumni Association to the St. Luke's Hospital Training School for Nurses in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. An..... More
Philadelphia, Pa: John S. Littell, 1837. 1st Edition. 8vo. An important 19th-century treatise on diseases of the eye from one of the original surgeons of the Wills (Eye) Hospital in Philadelphia, one of the premier institutions in the world treating diseases of the eye. This beautiful piece was deaccessioned..... More