THE ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND DISEASES OF THE TEETH by Bell, Thomas - 1837

New York: Fowlers and Wells, 1851. Paperback. Good. 132, [8] p.; 20 cm. Tan wrapper printed in black. "Mail Edition" -- at top edge of front wrapper. Spine title: Lectures on Hygiene and Hydropathy. Back wrapper bears advertisement for The Water-Cure Journal and Herald of Reform published by Fowlers and Wells. Eight unpaginated pages following text contain: a publisher's advertisement for Bulwer and Forbes on the Water Treatment, edted with additional matter by Roland S. Houghton -- the advertisement for The Water-Cure Journal -- a publisher's catalog. Contents: Preface -- Constitution -- List of Officers -- Address at the Hydropathic Convention -- Hygiene the True Moral of the Cholera -- Hydrotherapy Rational, and Not Empirical. The author, the Rev. Roland Stebbins Houghton (1824-1876), was a friend of Edgar Allan Poe, who dedicated two poems to Houghton's wife, Marie Louise Shew Houghton. She had previously been married to Dr. Joel T. Shew (1816-1855), an early… Read More

Strasbourg: L'Imprimerie de F.G. Levrault, imprimeur de la Faculté de Médecine, 1837. Paperback. Very Good. 27, [1] p.; 26 cm. Lacking original wrappers. "Ch Ravel" written next to title and a note in the same hand on the title page. Disbound from a collection of pamphlets owned by French homeopath Dr. Charles Ravel (1822-1887). The author, Charles Henri Ehrmann (1792-1878), was a professor of anatomy at the University of Strasbourg from 1826 to 1867. Ernest Alexandre Lauth (1803-1837) was a French anatomist who specialized in the lymphatic system. In Very Good Condition: foxing, primarily along page edges; otherwise, clean and solid. Scarce.

Esslingen and Munich: J. F. Schreiber, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good/good -. [32] p.: color illustrations; 47 cm. Maroon cloth spine; plain paper over boards with brown cover title and color pastedown. Light brown dust jacket with dark brown title and illustration on front section. Publisher's catalog of medical books on back section. Cover title. "Crämer-Kotzian" -- above title. Contains 16 full-page colored illustrations and descriptions of the musclular, nervous, and vascular systems and the skeleton from the front and the back (8 of a man and 8 of a woman). One of the muscular system illustrations for each the man and the woman has 2 smaller panels hinged above parts of the illustration. Text is entirely in German. Lacking the separate panels meant to be housed in the pockets on the front and back fixed endpapers; otherwise, the book is in Very Good+ Condition: small stain at upper edge of front board; occasional finger soiling in the margins; otherwise, clean and… Read More

Liverpool: The University Press, 1913. First English edition. 1913 FIRST ENGLISH EDITION OF RICHET'S MONOGRAPH ON ANAPHYLAXIS, FOR WHICH HE WON THE NOBEL PRIZE THE SAME YEAR. 7 1/2 inches tall hardcover, red cloth binding, gilt title to cover and spine, xii, 266 pp. Small circular sticker to upper left corner of cover, spine ends frayed, institutional library handstamp to front flyleaf and title page, Wellcome Institute stamp to verso of title page with "withdrawn" cancel, binding tight, text pages unmarked and crisp, very good minus in custom archival mylar cover. PREFACE: "In the progress and development of the Science and Art of Medicine, and of the kindred Pursuits of physiology and Pathology, successive investigators find themselves confronted with facts and with difficulties of which their predecessors were unaware, or whose significance and importance they overlooked. The more closely the phenomena of life, whether in health or disease, are examined, the more complex they are found to be; the… Read More

Philadelphia, PA: W. B. Saunders Company. Very Good. 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. 8 volumes complete as issued. The set is generally in VG condition with light rubbing to edges, light bumping to spine ends, strong bindings, clean text. Other notable flaws are as follows: VOL. 1 has some light soiling to top/fore edges, VOL. 2. Mild soiling to top edge & covers, VOL. 3 has a slightly cocked spine & mild soiling to front cover, VOL. 4 mild soiling to covers, moderate soiling to fore edge, VOL. 5 mild soiling to fore edge, VOL. 6 mild soiling to front cover & fore edge, VOL. 7 with rubbing to edges, bumping to spine ends, VOL. 8 (INDEX) mild soiling to front cover & fore edge - A solid, handsome looking set. SA 2/23; 4to 9.5" - 12" tall .

New York: Fowlers and Wells, 1851. Paperback. Good. 132, [8] p.; 20 cm. Tan wrapper printed in black. "Mail Edition" -- at top edge of front wrapper. Spine title: Lectures on Hygiene and Hydropathy. Back wrapper bears advertisement for The Water-Cure Journal and Herald of Reform published by Fowlers and Wells. Eight unpaginated pages following text contain: a publisher's advertisement for Bulwer and Forbes on the Water Treatment, edted with additional matter by Roland S. Houghton -- the advertisement for The Water-Cure Journal -- a publisher's catalog. Contents: Preface -- Constitution -- List of Officers -- Address at the Hydropathic Convention -- Hygiene the True Moral of the Cholera -- Hydrotherapy Rational, and Not Empirical. The author, the Rev. Roland Stebbins Houghton (1824-1876), was a friend of Edgar Allan Poe, who dedicated two poems to Houghton's wife, Marie Louise Shew Houghton. She had previously been married to Dr. Joel T. Shew (1816-1855), an early… Read More

Strasbourg: L'Imprimerie de F.G. Levrault, imprimeur de la Faculté de Médecine, 1837. Paperback. Very Good. 27, [1] p.; 26 cm. Lacking original wrappers. "Ch Ravel" written next to title and a note in the same hand on the title page. Disbound from a collection of pamphlets owned by French homeopath Dr. Charles Ravel (1822-1887). The author, Charles Henri Ehrmann (1792-1878), was a professor of anatomy at the University of Strasbourg from 1826 to 1867. Ernest Alexandre Lauth (1803-1837) was a French anatomist who specialized in the lymphatic system. In Very Good Condition: foxing, primarily along page edges; otherwise, clean and solid. Scarce.

Esslingen and Munich: J. F. Schreiber, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good/good -. [32] p.: color illustrations; 47 cm. Maroon cloth spine; plain paper over boards with brown cover title and color pastedown. Light brown dust jacket with dark brown title and illustration on front section. Publisher's catalog of medical books on back section. Cover title. "Crämer-Kotzian" -- above title. Contains 16 full-page colored illustrations and descriptions of the musclular, nervous, and vascular systems and the skeleton from the front and the back (8 of a man and 8 of a woman). One of the muscular system illustrations for each the man and the woman has 2 smaller panels hinged above parts of the illustration. Text is entirely in German. Lacking the separate panels meant to be housed in the pockets on the front and back fixed endpapers; otherwise, the book is in Very Good+ Condition: small stain at upper edge of front board; occasional finger soiling in the margins; otherwise, clean and… Read More

Liverpool: The University Press, 1913. First English edition. 1913 FIRST ENGLISH EDITION OF RICHET'S MONOGRAPH ON ANAPHYLAXIS, FOR WHICH HE WON THE NOBEL PRIZE THE SAME YEAR. 7 1/2 inches tall hardcover, red cloth binding, gilt title to cover and spine, xii, 266 pp. Small circular sticker to upper left corner of cover, spine ends frayed, institutional library handstamp to front flyleaf and title page, Wellcome Institute stamp to verso of title page with "withdrawn" cancel, binding tight, text pages unmarked and crisp, very good minus in custom archival mylar cover. PREFACE: "In the progress and development of the Science and Art of Medicine, and of the kindred Pursuits of physiology and Pathology, successive investigators find themselves confronted with facts and with difficulties of which their predecessors were unaware, or whose significance and importance they overlooked. The more closely the phenomena of life, whether in health or disease, are examined, the more complex they are found to be; the… Read More

Philadelphia, PA: W. B. Saunders Company. Very Good. 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. 8 volumes complete as issued. The set is generally in VG condition with light rubbing to edges, light bumping to spine ends, strong bindings, clean text. Other notable flaws are as follows: VOL. 1 has some light soiling to top/fore edges, VOL. 2. Mild soiling to top edge & covers, VOL. 3 has a slightly cocked spine & mild soiling to front cover, VOL. 4 mild soiling to covers, moderate soiling to fore edge, VOL. 5 mild soiling to fore edge, VOL. 6 mild soiling to front cover & fore edge, VOL. 7 with rubbing to edges, bumping to spine ends, VOL. 8 (INDEX) mild soiling to front cover & fore edge - A solid, handsome looking set. SA 2/23; 4to 9.5" - 12" tall .