New York: 1918. Foringer, Alonzo earl. 1st Edition. One of the most iconic posters to come out of WW I. This poster features a prodigious and quite striking Red Cross nurse cradling a wounded soldier on a stretcher, with pleading eyes staring into the distance. Above and..... More
Philadelphia, Pa: W. B. Saunders Co., 1928. 1st Edition. 8vo. A beautiful 1st Edition copy of this influential early 20th-Century medical text, this being the authors own copy, with his signature and various poetic pastedown laid in by the author. Babcock (1872-1963) was a trailblazer in the fields of..... More
Edwards Brothers, Inc, Ann Arbor, MI, 1940-01-01. Limited Edition. Paperback. 8vo - over 7. Trade paperback. One of a limited edition of 250. Age toning and edge wear to wraps. Two p/o signatures to front end paper. More
University of California Press, 1972-01-01. Hardcover. Tan cloth gilt. Square Tight Binding. Clean bright interior. Very mild wear to edges. Jacket with a touch of edge wear. Presents handsomely in archival mylar. More
National Academy of Sciences, 1974-01-01. Unknown Binding. Trade paperback. Square Tight Binding. Clean bright interior. Mild edge wear. More
Phillips & Hunt, 1884. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Beautiful 1st Edition of an important work of the 19th-century temperance movement. Illustrated brick-colored cloth with elaborate gilt and black embossed decor to front and spine. Interior clean and bright save for attractive but small contemporary p/o stamp to..... More
New York: International Universities Press, Inc., 1965. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Blue cloth gilt. Clean, bright interior. Square tight binding. Lacking fep, else fine. Jacket a touch darkened with age, Presents very handsomely in archival mylar. A beautiful copy. More
Grattan & M'Lean, 1850. 1st Edition. Paperback. 8vo - over 7. Lacking original wraps, else very good. Gibson (1788-1868) was an early American surgeon whose groundbreaking surgical techniques and experimentation paved the way for advances which would revolutionize surgery by the Civil War. He was the son of notable Talbot..... More
Spring Valley, NY: Mercury Press. 8vo. Complete four-volume set of this very scarce title (rare as a complete set) documenting the life of this influential early-20th-century female physician and co-founder of Anthroposophic Medicine, a method of unconventional treatment which used occult notions in its practice. Trade paperbacks. Square Tight..... More
Bruce Publishing Company, 1941-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. 1941 1st Edition signed by Kenny, a trailblazer in the field of PHYSICAL THERAPY and she is credited for laying the groundwork for modern PT principles. Kenny was an unaccredited Australian nurse who promoted a controversial new approach to..... More
Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, 1970-12-01. Hardcover. Red cloth gilt. Square Tight Binding.Clean interior, save for just a touch of sporadic underlining. Mild edge wear. Jacket rubbed with mild edge wear. Presents handsomely in archival mylar. More
Meeks Heit Pub Co, 1993-02-01. Paperback. The very mildest of edge wear, else Fine. More
London: Charles C. Thomas, 1958-01-01. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. From the library of eminent 20th-century psychiatrist and contributor to this volume Walther Riese, with his notations throughout and his bookplate on the front paste down. Blue cloth gilt. Clean interior, save for the marginalia of Riese, who..... More
Chicago, Ill: The Hermetic Publishing Company, 1926. 1st Edition. 8vo. A GORGEOUS 1926 Limited Edition, though unnumbered, in unread condition as several pages remain uncut along the fore edge or bottom. Publisher's red cloth, with gilt titling and illustration to front . Square tight binding. Clean interior. The..... More
William Wood and Company, publishers, 1891. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Brown cloth gilt. Square tight binding with clean bright interior, save for contemporary signature and 1898 date to front end paper. Mild edge wear and rubbing to binding. More
Spaulding - Moss, Inc, 1967-01-01. Hardcover. Blue buckram gilt. Square Tight Binding. Clean bright interior, with the complimentary card of Shattuck laid in. Mild edge wear. More
New York: Gramercy, 1954. 2nd printing. Quarto. An uncommon guide on the study of the male physique, profusely illustrated with charts, illustrations and black and white photos. Tan cloth. Square tight binding. Clean Interior. Binding in Fine condition. Dust jacket with mild to moderate edge wear, including a chip..... More
Maryland: Maryland Pharmaceutical Association, 1941. 1st Edition. Paperback. 8vo - over 7. Trade paperback. From the library of the College of Pharmacy in Boston with some usual markings, but very nice for an ex-library edition. Mild edge wear. More
NASA, 1984. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo - over 7. Trade paperback. This is the original 1984 1st Edition published by NASA, not a reprint. NASA Reference Publication 1115. Tan typographical wraps. Very little wear. More
Zeigler, McCurdy & Co., 1867-01-01. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Full leather with elaborate gilt to boards and spine. Deeply embossed boards with raised bands on spine. All edges gilt. Sixteen steel-engraved plates. Wear to leather at edges and corners with a 1/2-inch chip at heel of spine..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1954. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. One of the most important works ever written in the field of psychology, and certainly one of the most influential in the business world since its publication in 1954.This early printing of Abraham Maslow’s ‘Motivation & Personality’ contains his..... More
The Macmillan Company, 1938-01-01. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. 1939 edition in scarce original dust jacket. Blue cloth gilt. Square Tight Binding.Clean bright interior, save for remnants of bookplate to top of front pastedown. Page edges lightly tanned. Dust jacket with mild rubbing and edge wear. Presents handsomely in archival..... More
London: The Sydenham Society, 1846. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Gorgeous 1846 Edition of Hecker's classic Middle Ages medical history. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco over marbled-paper covered boards. Gilt ruling with raised bands to spine. Illustrated portrait of Thomas Sydenham on half title page. Square Tight Binding. Clean interior..... More
Edwards Brothers, Inc, Ann Arbor, MI, 1940-01-01. Limited Edition. Paperback. 8vo - over 7. Trade paperback. One of a limited edition of 250. Age toning and edge wear to wraps. Two p/o signatures to front end paper. More
Classics of Medicine Library, 1988-01-01. Special Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Brown leather gilt. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Silk page marker. Subscriber bookplate to front paste down, else new. More