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2009173877New York: Aperture 2009. First edition. Softcover. 88 pages. Features articles like: Alessandra Mauro writing on William Klein's images of Rome Neil Labute's words accompanied by images by Gerard Slota Melissa Harris writing on William Eggleston's drawings Phillip Lopate on Sally Gall and a profile of Debbie Fleming Caffery by Mary-Charlotte Domandi. A near fine copy in wrappers. Aperture unknown books
18641992London: Harvey & Co. 1864. Hardcover. Mauve blind-stamped cloth gilt title on cover. Good. 48 pages 4. 16.5 x 10.5 cm. "The Guide to Manly Vigour." A promotional treatise advocating a remedy for "the forms of Indigestion and Consumption in all their varieties resulting from secret inadvertency in youth or from sensual excesses." Readers were advised to send a urine sample for analysis and diagnosis. An early reprint of this promotional book; 1863 edition came a year earlier. Named after the "Prince of Surgery" Sir Astley Cooper who performed the first successful operation on the common carotid artery for aneurysm in 1808. Spine and board edges sunned and faded front internal hinge split but holding. <br /> Harvey & Co. hardcover books
1981261246Washington DC: Health & Energy Learning Project 1981. Six panel brochure 3.75x8.5 inches very good condition. "Karen Silkwood is a union martyr. She died fighting a union battle for health and safety at a plutonium fuel processing plant in rural Oklahoma." - front panel. Health & Energy Learning Project unknown books
2003119830San Francisco: HIFY 2003. 88p. 10.5x8.5 inches oblong resources glossary photos illustrations in worn pictorial wraps. HIV/AIDS safe sex STD nutrition sexuality drug pregnancy information for young women in the Bay Area. Includes poetry by local youth. HIFY unknown books
1976501851976. Health Insurance. United States Congress. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. National Health Insurance: Major Proposals. Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce House of Representative Ninety-Fourth Congress First and Second Session on Consideration of the Major Proposals Relating to National Health Insurance. Washington: US Government Printing Office 1976. Three volumes. Softbound some shelfwear light markings in pencil in some places. A solid set. $75. unknown books
1851WB16357Boston: C.C.P. Moody 1851. Hardcover. Very Good. Small 8vo. Original gilt stamped cloth. pp. 36. A nice copy of an uncommon title. <br/><br/> C.C.P. Moody hardcover books
1884MMRM1538Springfield:: H.W. Rokker State printer and Binder 1884. 1884. 8vo. xxvi 96 pp. Black blind-and gilt-stamped cloth; light wear to extremities. Library rubber stamps Library Med. Soc. Co. Kings. Library booklabel; ownership penciled signature of W.H. Haynes. Very good. W. H. Haynes was Secretary and later President of the Brooklyn Society for Neurology Kings County. The book is an excellent resource for medical education in late 19th century America. H.W. Rokker, State printer and Binder, 1884. hardcover books
19203211qslN.l.: Indiana State Board of Health nd.d. ca. 1920. Second Edition. Octavo stiff illustrated wrappers stapled 83 pp i pp. Illustrated. Near-Fine with small former-owner signature near top of front cover. Indiana State Board of Health, nd.d. [ca. 1920]. Second Edition. unknown books
1995229728Jerusalem: Union of Palestinian Relief Committees 1995. xiii 161p. paperback mildly shelfworn. Union of Palestinian Relief Committees unknown books
19181716Toronto Ia. 1918. Good plus. 224pp. Folio. Original black half calf and cloth spine gilt. Corners and spine ends a bit worn. Text block separating from spine but still sound. Several leaves loose lightly soiled. Large folio ledger recording thirty-five years of health data for Clinton County Iowa comprising the minutes of the meetings of the Board of Health as well as a "Record of Cases of Disease Dangerous to Public Health." Clinton County is located just north of Davenport on the border with Illinois. Names of doctors patients and board members are all recorded providing an interesting glimpse into the life of the county over a significant span of time and a period of substantial growth in knowledge in the field of public health.<br/><br/>The opening leaf contains local health regulations such as burning or burying dead animals and livestock within ten hours and removing "nuisance sources of filth or sickness" from one's premises within twenty-four hours. The next item in the ledger is an emergency meeting dated January 24 1883 discussing an outbreak of diphtheria and the measures taken to quarantine and contain it. The first two-thirds of the volume is comprised of such meeting minutes. There is also a record of accounts paid and receivable for the county's Board of Health for the period covered. Some of the funds were spent on activities such as improving the cemetery April 1904. Interestingly part of the activity recorded is also for highway maintenance. The final section of the volume contains pre-printed ledger space for recording cases of disease deemed dangerous to the public health. Part of the space has been used to record births and deaths in 1905. Final pages record minutes of special meetings concerning outbreaks and quarantines in 1917 and 1918 particularly of scarlet fever diphtheria and measles. A wonderful record of public health in one rural county of Iowa. unknown books
18307704Philadelphia 1830. hardcover. very good-. Volumes I and II volume I is complete in 24 numbers volume II is mostly complete but missing several issues. Thick 8vo 3/4 leather over marbled boards red leather spine label; foxed covers very worn. Philadelphia 1830. A very good - copy.<br/><br/> Each number was issued fortnightly.<br/><br/> unknown books
19161689Battle Creek Michigan: Good Health Publishing Co 1916. Wraps. Original tan wraps. Good. 71 pages. 16 x 10.5 cm. Originally named Western Health Reform Institute John Harvey and his brother W.K. Kellogg built an new structure and took the word "sanatorium" and changed two letters transforming and adding a new word to the English language. 11 paper label/addenda are stapled to the front cover. Chipped creased and rubbed. <br/><br/> Good Health Publishing, Co paperback books
1965255098Moscow: Novosti Press Agency Publishing House 1965. 38p. stapled wraps 6.5 x 8.5 inches illus. wraps worn staples rusted else good condition. Novosti Press Agency Publishing House unknown books
198737273Tokyo:: Japan Publications. Very Good. 1987. Paperback. 0870406671 . With Alex Jack. Completely revised and enlarged. First edition thus paperback. Very good in printed wraps. . Japan Publications, paperback books
199823268Elizabeth:: Hollym. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0930878833 . Color photographs throughout. Fifth printing. Fine in a very near fine lower corner of front flap is clipped dust jacket. . Hollym, hardcover books
2018298353Arles: Taschen 2018. hardcover. fine. Annie Leibovitz. Numerous illustrations in color and in black & white. Small 4to stiff pictorial boards. Arles: Luma Foundation Taschen. 2018. Fine.<br/><br/> Taschen unknown books
197236805Chicago: Univ. of Illinois 1972. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. A fine copy. vii44 pp. Illus. with b/w reproductions. 8vo. Univ. of Illinois unknown books
18892086Washington DC: The Brodix Publishing Co. 1889. Wraps. Oversized pink paper wrappers staple bound. Very good. 12 pages. 42 x 28 cm. This charming periodical features six sheets of cooking instructions detailing: Fish-Soup; Meat; Sauces-salads; Vegetables; Pastry; Sweets and Preserves; and How to Make Bread. The binding style and large type set likely indicates that this publication was meant for display in the kitchen. The inside cover purports the benefits of a healthy diet especially focused on wheat and grain's positive effects on the brain. The following pages outline recipes and instructions for proper food preparation taking care to mention the repercussions of poorly tended food ranging from indigestion from unchopped capers to dangers of under or overcooked vegetables. The final page includes helpful hints for food shopping health and safety suggestions as well as a treatise on the proper diet for invalids. <br />The Home Magazine a monthly illustrated periodical ran from 1888 to 1908 serving as a guide to social domestic and business life. Mrs. John A Logan served as editor for the Home Magazine following the death of her husband a Civil War general and statesman John A. Logan. Born Mary Simmerson Cunningham an educated woman from Missouri she played an active role in her husband's political life accompanying him on campaigns and organizing volunteers. Mary became a prominent figure in Washington society in her own right often meeting with Adele Douglas wife of Senator Stephen A. Douglas and Julia Dent Grant wife of Ulysses S. Grant to discuss political happenings and social issues. Mary was a celebrated American writer and editor authoring two books and contributing to several publications including William Randolph Hearst's monthly syndicate Cosmopolitan. She was committed to social causes dedicating herself to the women's suffrage movement and was an early supporter of the American Red Cross. Weak fold across cover wear to edges and small paper loss to inside pages not effecting text. <br/><br/> The Brodix Publishing Co. paperback books
199336746Syracuse: State Univ. of New York 1993. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. A fine copy. 48 pp. Illus. with b/w reproductions. 8vo. One of 500 copies. State Univ. of New York unknown books
1998112055Berkeley: the Network 1998. 78p. in English and 79p. in Spanish 8.5x11 inches second edition bound dos-a-dos spiral-bound wraps. The directory covers the US Mexico and Canada. the Network unknown books
19331027Baltimore MD: McCormick & Co. 1933. Staplebound. White illustrated cardboard's wraps. Fine. 12 pages. 15 x 11 cm. Bringing the laboratory into the home - What we think of today as a spice company McCormick & Co. started out selling door-to-door - with an array of products. Descriptions of composition and use of Reliable Brand products. Beautiful graphics crisp and clean copy pristine. <br/><br/> McCormick & Co. paperback books
187406New York: NHF 196-. Eight-panel brochure very good describing the organization's work to protect "freedom of choice in matters of health" in NY Connecticut and New Jersey. Not found in OCLC as of May 2016. Focuses especially on opposition to mandatory polio vaccinations and fluoridation. NHF unknown books
1982135134Harare: Ministry of Health 1982. 14p. 23p. 20p. 19p. and 39p. 8.25x11.75 inches tables cheap paperstock construction paper stapled in faded blue report covers. First five issues. Ministry of Health unknown books
1979204951San Francisco: Mission Alliance to Save Our Health Center 1979. Leaflet all text one side in English the other Spanish 8.5x14 inches creased pen correction to one line on the English language side. Calls for saving the Mission Neighborhood Health Center from mismanagement and for keeping the Clinic open. Includes a polemic against the Rebel Worker Organization a branch of the DWP. Mission Alliance to Save Our Health Center unknown books
18971667Toledo Ohio 1897. Pamphlet. Illustrated cream glossy paper. Very good. 14.5 x 9 cm. 34 x 9 fully opened. Illustrated threefold thermal bath pamphlet. Application information along with testimonials with one from the "Home Brewing Co." which leads us to believe these were not just used for medical treatments. Some toning with owners signature on cover. <br/><br/> unknown books
