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19931332165Washington: Naval Historical Center Department of the Navy 1993. Hardcover. Octavo; pp 314; VG-/G; gray spine with ivory and white text; dust jacket has slightly sunned spine; minor edge wear; cloth has mild wear to exterior; slightly splayed boards; text block has light tone to exterior edges; illustrated; interior clean. 1332165. FP New Rockville Stock. Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy hardcover books
188731085Montreal: E.M. Renouf 1887. First Edition. 12mo 17.75cm.; original blue decorative cloth embossed in gilt grey decorative endpapers top edge gilt; 2viii147pp. Some light rubbing to extremities minor soil hinges starting to crack but still holding else a Near Very Good still-brilliant copy. The Canadian poet's first book published in his early twenties. Inscribed on front flyleaf: "Miss Marie Burroughs / with the authors sic compliments. New Years sic Day 1895. E.M. Renouf unknown books
1993UWEIFAT00jknArchon Books 1993. Fine. Weir William. Fatal Victories. Hamden Conn.: Archon Books 1993. xv 272pp. Indexed. Bibliography. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Near fine. Slight shelf wear. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. Slight shelf wear. Archon Books hardcover books
1878D17718Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company 1878. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 109 pp 10 page publisher's catalog at back. Original brown limp cloth stamped in gilt dark green endpapers. Some rubbing to extremities very good. Provenance: Egerton L. Crispin noted American physician bookplate and ownership signature. <br/><br/>Second edition revised of a work much admired and positively reviewed by Freud who was significantly influenced by Mitchell's ideas and who himself undertook Mitchell's rest cure. J. B. Lippincott Company hardcover books
1878706991878. MITCHELL S. Weir. FAT AND BLOOD: AND HOW TO MAKE THEM. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co. 1878. 12mo. brown cloth over limp boards lettered in gilt. Second printing of second revised edition. Slight scuffing and spotting to front board which is also slightly bowed. Spine just cocked. Overopened at the title page. In all a very good plus copy. unknown books
1877316316Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co 1877. First edition. 101pp. 8vo. Modern crimson cloth. First edition. 101pp. 8vo. "For some years I have been using with success.certain methods of renewing the vitality of feeble people by a combination of entire rest and of excessive feeding made possible by passive excerise obtained through the steady use of massage and electricity" Chapter I.<br/><br/>Mitchell used this resty cure on Charlotte Perkins Gilman and it provided her the idea for "The Yellow Wallpaper" a short story in which the narrator is driven insane by this treatment.<br/><br/>This treatment was also used on Virginia Woolf who wrote a savage satire of it in her novel Mrs. Dalloway : "you invoke proportion; order rest in bed; rest in solitude; silence and rest; rest without friends without books without messages; six months rest; until a man who went in weighing seven stone six comes out weighing twelve" G-M 4554 J.B. Lippincott & Co unknown books
19112274284J.B. Lippincott Company 1911. Eight Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Eight edition of Garrison-Morton 4554: "Includes full account of Weir Mitchell's rest cure for nervous disorders." Former library copy - usual marks. No jacket front and rear hinges starting ink name on front endpaper. 1911 Hard Cover. 236 pp. CONTENTS: Introductory; Gain or Loss of Weight Clinically Considered; On the Selection of Cases for Treatment; Seclusion; Rest; Massage; Electricity; Dietetics and Therapeutics; The Treatment of Locomotor Ataxia Ataxic Paraplegia Spastic Paralysis and Paralysis Agitans; Index. J.B. Lippincott Company hardcover books
172714hardcover. 12mo cloth; cloth rubbed otherwise very good. Philadelphia: Lippincott 1889. First Edition. A novel set in Northern Pennsylvania.<br/><br/> unknown books
19999017867New York: Ballantine Books 1999. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Bound in publisher's original purple paper-covered boards and stamped in gilt on the spine. <br/><br/> Ballantine Books hardcover books
2001UWEIELE00MELBallantine Books 2001. Very Good. Weir Alison. Eleanor of Aquitaine : a Life. NY: Ballantine Books 2001. 441pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with lightly rubbed edges and a tiny crease in top corner of cover. Ballantine Books paperback books
19569023363New Jersey: Essential Books 1956. Hardcover. Very good. Bound in the publisher's original cloth covered boards spine sunned. <br/><br/> Essential Books hardcover books
190050544bdNew York: Century 1900. First Edition. Octavo gilt-stamped cloth hardcover top edge gilt uncut viii 499 pp. Fine. Century, 1900. First Edition. hardcover books
1901M12948New York:: Century 1901. 1901. Sm. 8vo. 499 pp. Original dark green gilt-stamped cloth t.e.g. Ownership signature of Henry H. Fertig on his bookplate and B. Rhodes. Very good. Century, 1901. hardcover books
1901173232New York: Century 1901. hardcover. very good. 499pp 12mo gilt-decorated green cloth; hinges begining light edgewear. New York: The Century 1901. Very good<br/><br/> Dr. North of this novel is quite obviously Mitchell's own self.<br/><br/> Century unknown books
1976232716Madrid: Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores 1976. hardcover. very good. Volume V Parts 1 and 2: Archivo General de Simancas Secretaria de Estado: Inglaterra Anos 1750-1820. 2 volumes. Thick tall 8vo red boards. Madrid: Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores 1976. Very good<br/><br/> Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores unknown books
1888106806Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company 1888. Rare first edition presentation copy of the father of American neurology's most popular work. Octavo original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "Mrs. Johnson with the author's regards." Weir has also noted "25 copies large paper No. 19." In near fine condition. One of Mitchell's most popular works Doctor an Patient provides a prime example of the eminent physician's direct appeal to the common sense and intelligence of the layman at large. Addressed chiefly to women the essays include: The Physician Convalescence Pain and Consequences The Moral Management of Sick or Invalid Children Nervousness and it Influence on Character and Out-Door Camp-Life for Women. The work quickly gained popularity upon publication and went through four revisions. Mitchell's more prominent patients included Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Virginia Woolf who wrote a savage satire of his treatments in her 1925 novel Mrs. Dalloway. J.B. Lippincott Company hardcover books
1899D17721Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company 1899. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 1 ad 177 pp. Original blue cloth lettered in gold. Near fine. Third edition of Mitchell's popular work. An inscription on the f.f.e.p. reads "May 25 '92 L.O. Day at New Haven Centennial Celebration State Med. Soc." A few checkmarks appear in pencil in the margins. <br/><br/> J. B. Lippincott Company hardcover books
UMITDOC00ZMFine. Mitchell S. Weir. Doctor and Patient. NP: NP ND. Book condition: Near Fine. Decoratively gilt stamped covers. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. unknown books
187816858N.p. 1878. 8vo. 815829 3 pp. <br><br>Stapled in wrappers. Fold mark down center. Front wrapper leaf with shallow tears at fore-edge and back wrapper with lower outer corner chipped. Title-page with a librarian's pen pencil and crayon markings. New Jersey Historical Society rubber-stamp on p. 3. unknown books
2006190643Sutton Publishing 2006-03-18. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Dust jacket and book are clean has a very good binding no marks or notations. Sutton Publishing hardcover books
18972478Philadelphia PA: Lea Brothers 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. No DJ as Issued. Light shelf wear hint of foxing at text block edges non-penetrating prior owner embossed mark on fep notation of prior owner above mark Dr. Coombs else tight bright and unmarred. Green cloth boards gilt lettering and decorative elements in blind decorative elements pale green endpages. 8vo. 305pp. plus 16pp ads. Illus. color and b/w plates. Index. <br/><br/>Silas Weir Mitchell 1829-1914 "published two general neurological works "Lectures on Diseases of the Nervous System-Especially in Women" 1881 and "Clinical Lessons on Nervous Diseases" 1897. His preeminence as a neurologist brought him many patients with functional and neurotic complaints." DSB 9 422. A very handsome and bright copy of this scarce classic in early neuro-science. Lea Brothers hardcover books
190229796NY: Century 1902. Second printing. 8vo pp. 495. Red cloth stamped in white. cover little worn and soiled hinges tender o/w VG. A novel. Century unknown books
19962312625London: Jonathan Cape 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Jacket faintly rubbed light toning. 1996 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. The complete story of Henry VIII's children by Ann Bolyn Katherine of Aragon and Katharine Howard. All the intrigue and plotting by those around the king and then after his death the various factions who tried to support their choice for monarch - all within a drama concerning whether the national religion should be Catholic or the Reformed English church. Jonathan Cape hardcover books
18923402NY: The Century 1892. First edn. 8vo pp. 307. Little foxing and external wear a VG copy. BAL 14148. The Century unknown books
1900172712New York: Century 1900. hardcover. 12mo cloth; spine ends and edges of corners lightly worn inner hinge weak some lettering on spine faded. N.Y.: Century 1900.<br/><br/> Century unknown books