Richmond's Wartime Hospitals.
Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Company, [2005]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 224pp. Illustrations. Fine/fine. A superb, pristine, tight first edition. More
Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Company, [2005]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 224pp. Illustrations. Fine/fine. A superb, pristine, tight first edition. More
Berkeley: University of California Press, [2003]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan cloth spine and blue paper over boards, dust jacket. xii, 329pp. Fine/fine. A tight and perfect first edition. More
London: Longman, [1977]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 209pp. Very good. Faint bit of mild jacket wear. A tight, attractive first edition of this volume in editor J. Stevenson's "Themes in British Social History" series. More
Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, [1986]. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. xvii, 298pp. Illustrations, maps. Very good. Ownership signature inside front wrapper and year inked on title page. A tight and nice first softbound edition of Number 5 in the "Wisconsin Publications in the History of Science..... More
Boston: The Boston Medical Library, 1994. Hardcover. Small 4to. Small 4to. Green cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xvi, 420pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine/near fine. A tight, handsome first edition. More
Bethesda: DHEW, [1976]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering. xi, 142pp. Very good. First edition, tight and nice, of this "Fogarty International Center Proceedings No. 31" -- mild ex-medical center library, with relatively few and discreet markings. More
New York: The Dental Digest, 1925. Hardcover. Introduction by C.N. Johnson. 8vo. Brown cloth spine and tan paper over boards with paper label. 299pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Inner hinges expertly and archivally strengthened. A clean and attractive first edition of this biography of a dental pioneer. More
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, [1962]. Hardcover. 8vo. Orange cloth with gilt spine lettering. xi, 146pp. Very good. Spine faintly sunned, else tight and internally near fine. Nice first edition of this study by the "Newsweek" magazine medical editor (1941-61) and author of several medical books (1892-1982), inscribed and..... More
New York: Ballantine Books, [2003]. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 354pp. Near fine. Advance review copy, a tight and handsome first edition of this "Medical Thriller" involving an ER physician and set in Buffalo, New York. Best of all, this copy has been boldly signed by Clement in..... More
Gettysburg: Thomas Publications, [1988]. Hardcover. Foreword by Kathleen Georg Harrison. 4to. Glossy pictorial paper over boards. xvi, 208pp. Maps, numerous illustrations. Very good. Binding a bit sunned about the edges, else internally fine. A tight, nice first edition of this specialized study, well illustrated with numerous fascinating then-and-now photographs. Name/address..... More
Baltimore: The Society of American Bacteriologists, 1950. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth spine and maroon paper over boards. 83pp. Illustrations. Very good. Slightest bit of faint wear. A tight and attractive first edition with a choice presentation inscription from one noted Baltimore medical figure to another: The front flyleaf bears a...... More
Franklin, TN: Hillsboro Press, [2002]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xiii, 466pp. Numerous illustrations. Fine/fine. A tight and attractive first edition of this hefty biography of the groundbreaking American pathologist and physician (1886-1960). Lacks the compact disc. More
New York: William Wood & Company, 1881. Hardcover. Small 4to. Original brown cloth with extensive black decorative stamping and gilt spine lettering. xxi, 393pp. Illustrations. Very good. Almost -- but not quite! -- rates a "Near fine," for there's just the slightest bit of faint edgewear. Superbly tight and internally..... More
Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1926. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth, gilt spine. xv, 315pp. Top edge gilt. Illustrations. Very good. Mild edgewear; 1951 nonauthorial gift inscription on front flyleaf. Tight and attractive first edition. More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, [1961]. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth. viii, 266pp. Numerous illustrations, tables, figures. Very good. Tight and nice fifth edition of this 1945 text. Discreet ex-library, with very few and mostly-removed markings. Decent copy of this preemie primer, a standard study, surprisingly seldom seen. More
Baltimore: The Damien-Dutton Society for Leprosy Aid, 1996. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 239pp. Fine/fine. Second printing, tight and handsome, of this collection of writings by this Marist Missionary Sisters nun and her former-G.I. Joe collaborator, who together fought leprosy. Boldly signed in full by Crouch in black..... More
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1920. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Green cloth with gilt lettering. 147pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. A tight, decent first edition of this biography of the psychiatry professor turned renowned medical administrator (1843-1927). Interesting twist: From the library of John Oscar Skinner (1845-1932), a contract surgeon..... More
New York: Dorset Press, [1987]. Hardcover. Essay on relation of history and philosophy to medicine by F.G. Crookshank. 8vo. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering and beige paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 390pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Fine/nearfine. Tight and superb first of this edition of the well-known survey, being..... More
Baltimore: Butternut and Blue, n.y. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glossy blue wrappers. xii, 116pp. Maps. Very good. Homely abrasion near upper right of front wrappers and couple of formerly-folded page corners, else tight and nice. Undated reprint of No. 16 in the "University of Georgie Monographs" series, first published in 1968..... More
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, [1987]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xv, 342pp. Illustrations. Fine/fine. A perfectly pristine and tight first edition of this distillation of Dr. George Dock's University of Michigan diagnosis clinic transcript from 1899 to 1908. More
Ann Arbor: Historical Center for the Health Sciences, 1993. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. ix, 228pp. Illustrations. Near fine. A tight and handsome first edition of this collection of mini-biographies of 22 notable University of Michigan surgeons. More
Summertown, TN: Healthy Living Publications, [2003]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed wrappers. viii, 279pp. Numerous tables. Fine. Tight, pristine later (10th) printing of this (to cite front wrapper) "No-Nonsense Approach to Type 2 Diabetes and the Diabesity Epidemic." More
Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1943. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green cloth. vi, 256pp, (22pp). Tables. Very good. Mild wear, mainly at head and tail of spine. A tight, handsome fourth edition of this charming handbook "For the Use of Medical Students, Interns, General Practitioners, and Pediatricians." Front flyleaf bears ownership..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1966. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, price-clipped dust jacket. viii, 191pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Fine/very good. Jacket spine a bit sunned. A tight and handsome first edition of this account of "The English Hippocrates." More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1938. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xvii, 380pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, diagrams. Good plus/good plus. Jacket a bit scuffed and age toned; binding a bit mottled and preliminary leaves likewise. A tight and decent later printing of this 1937 survey..... More