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1884051432Sydney: George Coffey 1884. 686pp index bw ills col diagrams one folding. Contemporary half leather brown cloth with leather spine and corners marbled endpapers and page edges. Five raised bands to spine titled in gilt. Ex- Queensland Temperance League with their stamps. Joint cracking at preface otherwise a very nice copy. 19th century temperance volume-very early for an Australian edition on the subject. First Australian Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good. 8vo. George Coffey Hardcover
1876021665Paris: V. Adrien Delahaye et Cie Librairies-Editeurs 1876 Ex-Library. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. RARE copy of this late nineteenth century collections of lessons on obstetrics. Text accompanied "avec figures" including a table reflecting case observations. 804 pages. Cover has moderate edgewear; few rub marks. FFEP separating from the binding. V. Adrien Delahaye et Cie, Librairies-Editeurs hardcover
1891069713Battle Creek Mich: Health Publishing Company 1891. Textured cloth over boards with three-quarter leather binding much rubbed; leather rubbed through at corners. All page edges gilt. Binding firm. Marbled endpapers. Initials and date inked on second front flyleaf. Frontis. image of Kellogg with tissue overlay. xx 604pp. 25 plates plus in the Preface a Dissected Plate and an anatomy plate with fold-outs lettered to the Index on facing page. In a back pocket is a stapled pamphlet titled Venereal Diseases 24pp. plus Plates A through E. John Harvey Kellogg 1852-1943 was an American medical doctor nutritionist inventor health activist eugenicist and businessman. He was the director of the Battle Creek Sanitarium in Battle Creek Michigan. The sanitarium was founded by members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. -- Heavy book: NO international or priority orders. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Health Publishing Company Hardcover
1884033066Paramus NJ: Octave Doin Editeur 1884 Ex-Library. Very Good -. Half-Leather. Deuxieme Edition. Faint dampstain along top page edges no impact on content light edgewear. Scarce copy of this late 19th century French gynecology text "avec 181 figures dans le texte". 994 pages. Octave Doin, Editeur hardcover
1899084972Philadelphia : W. B. Saunders Co. 1899 Ex-Library. Fair. Hardcover. Second Edition. VERY RARE copy of this late 19th century text on obstetrics illustrated with 653 illustrations. This work "is the result of a practice devoted for the past twelve years exclusively to gynecology in both its branches - obstetrics and gynecic surgery" with this text focused on obstetrics. Inner hinges are cracked; moderate wear to the spine ends; text and illustrations are in very good condition. W. B. Saunders Co. hardcover
1875102492Paris: G. Masson Editeur 1875 Ex-Library. Fair to Poor. Soft cover. Late 19th century French manual of births of pregnancy and postpartum. Illustrated "avec 155 figures intercalees dans le texte". Covers are soiled detached and are worn spine strip lacks much of the cover text block is loose; however the text itself is in very good condition - thus making this a candidate for rebinding. 744 pages. G. Masson, Editeur paperback
1846074145Paris: Germer Bailliere Libraire-Editeur 1846 Ex-Library. Very Good -. Half-Leather. Believed First. Light edgewear and a 3/4 inch split at the head of the spine. Pages have minor foxing. RARE mid-19th century French gynecology text illustrated "avec 63 figures intercalees dans le texte"; 656 pages. Germer Bailliere, Libraire-Editeur hardcover
1898038291NY: D. Appleton and Co. 1898 Book. Good. Hardcover. First American Edition. Interiors are VG to VG; exteriors are VG- to good with wear to edges and few marks; light endpaper foxing. RARE First American Edition of this noted late nineteenth century Textbook of Surgery translated from the Third and Fourth German Editions by John Rogers MD and Benjamin T. Tilton MD; edited by Lewis A. Stimson MD. Volume I translated from the Third German Edition covers the principles of surgery and surgical pathology also discussing general rules governing operations and the application of dressings and has four hundred and forty-one illustrations. Volume II from the Fourth German Edition discusses Regional Surgery and has four hundred and seventeen illustrations; and Volume III from the Fourth German Edition continues the discussion of Regional Surgery and has five hundred and twenty illustrations. From Appleton's Medical Library series. D. Appleton and Co. hardcover
1878026243Boston: Rand Avery & Co. 1878. First edition. Somewhat rough copy. Collected reports from 1878 on such topics as: drainage and sewerage; cottage hospitals; dangers from color blindness; filtration of potable water; school sanitation; scarlet fever; sanitary condition of Cambridge; health of various towns. Illustrated with numerous charts including large folding charts some in color. Dark brown cloth lettered in gilt 529 pages. Edges have gotten wet at some point with dampstains in the margins throughout no damp odor some rubbing to the covers good hinges sound text block minor chips to the edge of the front pastedown pages clean other than the dampstains no names or other markings. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Rand, Avery & Co. Hardcover
1881e2772London: C Kegan Paul & Co. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and marked. Spine darkened. Page edges browning. Ex lib. 1881. First English Edition. Red hardback cloth cover. 190mm x 130mm 7" x 5". xi 388pp 32pp maps. 4 fold out maps. . C Kegan Paul & Co hardcover
1860BIB305876London: Ward and Lock. 1860. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Good Condition. Cloth covers are rubbed & worn at corners and spine ends and a couple of nicks to rear spine edge. Has a new front pastedown paper cracked at rear hinge. However the binding is intact and it is complete and readable. Some black and white drawings. 250 pages. Also : Also Children's Complaints; Children's Cookery; Children's Clothing; Children's Amusements; Children's Physical Development; Children's Education; and Children's Moral Training. The whole Classified & Arranged Upon an Entirely New Plan. . Good. 1st Edition. Hardback. Ward and Lock hardcover
1898011304Lea Brothers 1898. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition Lea Brothers 1898. Good red cloth hardcover. Tear to flyleaf front hinge starting. Some vintage penciled notations to endpaper and flyleaf. Wear to spine ends and corners. Lea Brothers Hardcover
189816693Wm. Stanley Ray State Pr. Very Good. 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in three-quarter leather. The spine and corners are rubbed but all is intact. Contents are "fine". Contains circulars 7 18-22 24-26 28-30 32-41 43-50. Threre is a that "missing numbers are those circulars issued for some occasional purpose". ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Wm. Stanley Ray, State Pr. hardcover
1871018147Boston: Colby and Rich 1871. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Rubbing to cloth occasional penciled paragraph markers tape repair to one page age toning 487pp. Colby and Rich Hardcover
1876111512Philadelphia: E. C. Markley & Son Printers 1876 Ex-Library. Good. Hardcover. COMPLIMENTARY COPY FROM AUTHOR. First Edition. 163 pages of vital records and public health data. Includes a fold-out color centennial map from 1876 which has 2 large tears; and a fold-out graph of mortalities from diphtheria and scarlet fever. Light edge wear nickel-sized scuff mark on front cover. E. C. Markley & Son, Printers hardcover
189424856Chicago: Climates and Resorts 1894. Retired library copy minimally ink-stamped and annotated; Textblock somewhat fragile but clean and tight lightly dog-eared edge and corner-worn and scuffed along the spine; This issue proclaims the healthy lifestyle and climate of: Colorado Springs and the Pikes Peak Region of Colorado. One of many tourist publications and of particular interest to people suffering from Tuberculosis. Front cover photograph shows the gateway to The Garden of the Gods with Pikes Peak in the background. Pages 59 - 71. . Wraps. Very Good. Illus. by Engravings Photographs Adverts. 4to - Over 9 " -12" Tall. Ex-Library Periodical. Climates and Resorts Paperback
187674221Montreal: J. Dougall & Son 1876. First edition. Small octavo. 6 vi 187 1 blank 4. ads pp. Publisher's color pictorial wrappers. Portions of spine rubbed off but not affecting integrity in any way. A very good copy of this fragile item. Only six copies located by OCLC.A little book that sets out to display the ill health effects of then-modern dress; "It is said to be a book for ladies and teaches where reform is needed. It shows the evils of straight-lacing compresing and depressing; of too much and too little and the diseases arising therefrom"-N.B. Journal. After a careful perusal we have no hesitation in heartily recommending it. It remarks on dress reform in which health and comfort shall take the place of fashion and discomfort"-Guelph Herald. J. Dougall & Son unknown
189863249Boston MA: Home Science Publishing Go. 1898. 12mo. 5.25 x 6.75 in. 85 3 pp. w/ title printed on front cover numerous text illustrations diagrams. Publisher’s light-green textured softcovers minor chip to lower right corner some minor shelfwear scuffing still VG copy w/ former ownership marking at upper right corner front and manuscript medical notes at rear. Revised & expanded edition of this early Progressive Era work on family household sanitation and hygiene produced by the Sanitary Science Club an organization which spearheaded women’s policies and sociology at Wellesley College and other organizations in New England. Talbot 1858-1948 was the daughter of Israel Talbot a homeopathic doctor and mother Emily Talbot who was a fierce advocate of women’s rights in higher education. This edition focused primarily on the house and eliminated the sections on food and clothing from the 1887 version replacing them with sections on caring and hygienic methods for the country house. Home Science Publishing Go., paperback
1855093993Paris: Librairie de Victor Masson 1855 Ex-Library. Fair. Hardcover. Mid-19th century French work on the physiology of childbirth. 495 pages 2 pages of black-and-white illustrations. Binding is worn front inner hinge is cracked minor foxing within the text. Librairie de Victor Masson hardcover
1884394743London : William Clowes for the International Health Exhibition 1884. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original decorated title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Series: The Health Exhibition Literature. Physical description: 1 volume : 269 pages ill. ; 22 cm. Subjects: Public health; Civic Life; Health and well-being 19th century; Public Institutions 19th century; Health; Medicine. London : William Clowes for the International Health Exhibition hardcover
1821e4675London: Burgess & Hill. Worn condition. Cover rubbed. Part of spine missing. Some light browning. Some foxing. Content in overall good condition. Ex Royal College of Surgeons Ireland Library. 1821. Fourth Edition. Grey board cover. 230mm x 150mm 9" x 6". 80pp. . Burgess & Hill unknown
1884017370Detroit: O. S. Gulley Bornman & Co. 1884. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Edges mildy bumped and rubbed scratch on front pastedown from sticker removal . 269pp. Firmly bound. O. S. Gulley, Bornman & Co. Hardcover
1875095212Wien: Verlag von Karl Czermak 1875 Book. Fair. Soft cover. First Edition. Very RARE copy of this 118 page illustrated 19th century German work on rupture of the uterus. Illustrated "mit vier lithographirten tafeln". Cover is faded and quite worn; many pages are uncut thus unread; illustrations have minor age-marks; text block is split. Verlag von Karl Czermak paperback