N.p. Published by Nelyon Johnson Dewson and John Reynolds Dewson, 1940. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth. 183pp. Frontispiece, plates. Good plus. Bookplate on front pastedown and publisher's bookplate tipped to front flyleaf. First edition, privately published, of the beloved midwestern dentist, husband and father. More
New York: American Public Health Association, [1956]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering. xv, 578pp. Illustrations, tables. Very good. Spine very slightly sunned. Tight, nice second edition -- discreet ex-library, with no spine marking and almost no other markings. More
Detroit: Difco Laboratories, [1953]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering. 350pp. Frontispiece. Very good. Faint edgewear. A tight and attractive ninth edition of this 1927 text, with ownership signature on front pastedown (as undergrad) and front flyleaf (as medical student) of noted pediatric infectious disease specialist Ralph C. Gordon. More
Detroit: Difco Laboratories, [1985]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering. vii, 1155pp. Very good. Black remainder mark on outer page edges. Tight, nice reprint of the tenth edition of this 1927 text. More
Indianapolis: Daniel Sommer, 1895. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth. 224pp. Very good. Would be near fine but for faint number near spine tail -- but evidently just a private collection number and not an ex-library copy, for there are no other markings whatsoever. First edition, tight and bright and quite attractive... More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1944. Hardcover. Small 4to. Terra cotta and tan cloth, dust jacket. xxiv, 649pp. Illustrations, tables, foldout chart.Very good/good plus. Jacket edgeworn and edge chips (large at head and tail of spine), though complete and overall still attractive. A tight and nice first edition of this..... More
New York: Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, 1988. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown and green buckram, dust jacket. 429pp. Illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/near fine. Tight, attractive later (4th) printing. More
N.p. U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, [1968]. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff tan pictorial wrappers. xii, 323pp. Good plus. A bit of edgeworn and with spine slightly sunned. Tight, decent first edition of this government-sponsored study. Pencilled ownership signature on title page of noted pediatric medicine professor and medical..... More
Hartford: Case, Tiffany and Company, 1849. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff green hand-lettered wrappers. 30pp. Very good. Occasional foxing; minor chipping at spine. Interesting annual minutes and membership directory, with an essay on hygiene by Alvan Talcott appended. More
Baltimore: J.H. Furst Company, 1905. Hardcover. Small 4to. Ribbed burgundy cloth with gilt lettering. 189pp. Very good. Edgeworn, more so at head and tail of spine, though internally tight and nice. Interesting compilation of reports from this professional association, plus articles such as "Nurses' Home and School Buildings" by Mary... More
Baltimore: J.H. Furst Company, 1907. Hardcover. Small 4to. Ribbed burgundy cloth with gilt lettering. 122pp. Very good. Bit of edgewear, mainly at head and tail of spine; internally clean, tight and nice. Interesting compilation of reports from this professional association, plus articles such as "Ways and Means of Raising an... More
Nashville: The Public Library of Nashville & Davidson County, 1975. Hardcover. 4to. Red cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. vi, 164pp. Errata slip tipped in. Near fine. First edition, limited to 600 copies -- tight and bright. Noted Nashville historian and author Alfred Leland Crabb provides the introduction to these... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, [1985]. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 255pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good. Minor bit of edgewear. A tight and quite nice first softbound editrion of this well-illustrated survey. More
Chicago: The Year Book Publishers, 1903. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Original blue blind-embossed cloth, gilt spine. 232pp. Numerous illustrations, line drawings. Very good. Mild bit of edgewear; some faint white stains to binding. Tight, decent first edition of Volume VII in editor Gustavus P. Head's "Practical Medicine Series of Year Books... More
New York: Random House, 1990. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth spine and green paper over boards, dust jacket. xix, 331pp. Fine/near fine. Tight, attractive later (4th) printing. More
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, [1990]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xvi, 245pp. Illustrations, maps, tables. Fine/fine. A superb and pristine first edition. More
New York: Henry Schuman, 1952. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xii, 253pp. Illustrations. Very good/good plus. Some jacket edgewear and small edge chips, more so at head and tail of jacket spine. Handsome, tight first edition bearing a special leaf signed boldly by Adams tipped in. More
Dayton: Press of Morningside Bookshop, 1985. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 253pp. Illustrations. Near fine/good plus. Some jacket edgewear, archivally closed (onverso) edge tears and edge chips. Handsome, tight "Facsimile Reprint No. 84" of the 1952 first edition, even reproducing the special leaf... More
Birmingham, AL: The Classics of Medicine Library, [1983]. Hardcover. Edited by Dr. Wilks and Dr. Daldy. 8vo. Full burgundy calf with decorative gilt, compartments, gilt spine. xxxi, 242pp. Sewn-in burgundy silk page marker. All edges gilt. Illustrations, marbled endpapers. Fine. A tight and handsome facsimile reprint of the New Sydenham... More
Springfield: Charles C. Thomas Publisher, [1966]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket. xvi, 140pp. Map, illustrations. Near fine/very good. Faintest of jacket edgewear. A tight, quite handsome first edition of this "biography of Rocky Mountain spotted fever -- a disease which is uniquely American." Ownership... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1942. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth. xii, 128pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Mild edgewear; pediatrician's bookplate on front pastedown. Later printing of this popular 1938 study, tight and nice. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 194. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth. xii, 128pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Mild edgewear and bit of rubbing; nonauthorial gift inscription on front flyleaf. Later printing of this popular 1938 study, tight and nice. More
Kalamazoo, MI: Western Michigan University, 1995. Hardcover. Edited by Paul L. Maier. Small 4to. Red cloth, dust jacket. 299pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. First edition of the first volume in "The Alexander Oral History Project," covering the long and illustrious career of Kalamazoo's first black surgeon. Name/address label on front..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1965. Hardcover. 4to. Brown cloth, pictorial dust jacket. x, 176pp. Frontispiece, extensive illustrations (some color). Near fine/good plus. Jacket rather edgeworn, with one large chip. Tight, clean, attractive first edition. More
Chicago: Jansen, McClurg & Company, 1880. Hardcover. 16mo. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. 226pp, (14pp ads). Tissue-guarded frontispiece. Good plus. A bit edgeworn, mainly at spine head/tail, with delicate inner hinges expertly, archivally strengthened and thus tight; text block nice, clean and very good. A nice first edition of... More