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Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, 1974, hardcover, 175 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Signed by the Author on the title page, Very Good in Poor dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean, gift inscription (non-authorial) to front endpaper, slight spine-end and edge wear. Dustjacket price-clipped, edge chips, short edge tears, color offsetting to front panel, in new Brodart sleeve. The story of Dr. Elizabeth Matheson, one of Canada's first woman doctors, and her work with the Cree Indians at the Onion Lake Mission in Northern Saskatchewan, as told by her daughter. Illustrated throughout with black-&-white photographs. Bibliography appended. ISBN 9780771017353
Physical Chart of Pains, Aches and Tender Spots. An Up-to-Date Family Doctor Book, with nine illustrations and 400 Modern and Up-to-Date Recipes For Treating both General and Special Diseases of Men, Women, and Children by Weaver, Benjamin Franklin - 1911
by Weaver, Benjamin Franklin
Physical Chart of Pains, Aches and Tender Spots. An Up-to-Date Family Doctor Book, with nine illustrations and 400 Modern and Up-to-Date Recipes For Treating both General and Special Diseases of Men, Women, and Children
by Weaver, Benjamin Franklin
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Dayton, Ohio: The Weaver Publishing House, 1911. 5th edition, revised and enlarged.
1911 CURIOUS ILLUSTRATED HOME HEALTH GUIDE INDEXED BY CHIEF COMPLAINT WITH HUNDREDS OF REMEDIES.
11 1/2 inches tall hardcover, brown cloth binding with decorative title to cover, [5]-52 pp, CONTENTS: Physical Chart: Weights and Measures, Table of Doses for Children, Alimentatry Canal, Treatments [numbered 101 - 433, Index of Diseases, Diseases of Women, Diseases of Children]. Wear to corners and spine ends, hinges starting, ink notation verso of front flyleaf and inscription of patient names following several recipes (John Horner and Mrs. John Horner), titles of several recipes circled, ink blot margin of p 42; otherwise tightly bound with clean pages; good+. LAID IN: newspaper clippings taped to 8x11 inch Milk Wanted dairy card. An interesting early 20th century home health guide with recipes for treatment of every ailment from Impaction of ear-wax to St. Vitus Dance and Dropsy with Feeble Heart Action. This book is included in a listing of 3 publications by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WEAVER (b. 1839) in Christopher Hoolihan, An Annotated Catalogue of the Edward C. Atwater Collection of American Popular Medicine and Health Reform (2001) Boydell & Brewer, University of Rochester Press.
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- Keywords medicine; home health; illustration; America
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The Doctor Rode Side-Saddle
by Buck, Ruth Matheson
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Medical Class of 1899 - University of Virginia
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Tuttle, Morehouse, & Taylor , New Haven, CT, 1899. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 8mo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" tall. 47 pp. Pages are yellowed, but are tight and clean. Has some creased corners. Bumped and rubbed. Corners are rounded. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 pound. Category: History; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 001325. .
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TWO YEARS BEHIND THE PLOUGH; or, the Experiences of a Pennsylvania Farm-Boy:; Giving a true and faithful account of life on a Bucks County farm as he found it during an apprenticeship of two years
by [Wright, Caleb E.]
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Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 224pp; frontispiece, tissue guard. Blind-stamped, pictorial brick cloth, gilt-stamped spine; light wear to spine ends. 7.5" x 5" [Wright III, 6123: "Authorship not firmly established."].
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Freddy And The Bean Home News
by Brooks, Walter R.
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Freddy and the Bean Home News. By Walter R. Brooks. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Hardcover. Alfred A. Knopf, copyright 1943, Fourth printing Thus, Jan., 1952. Exlib. No exterior marking. Good/ no DJ included. A clean, solid copy. Please also see our Freddy The Pig Catalogue.
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The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
by FRANKLIN, Benjamin
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New York, Putman Sons, no date but [no later than 1911].Smalll 8vo. 319 pp. Original binding, soft red leather. Portrait of Franklin in frontispiece. Notes by John Bigelow.The Ariel Books no. 41.
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CATALOGUE OF PHILLIPS ACADEMY & THE MIRROR OF THE PHILOMATHEAN SOCIETY: THE NASSAU RAKE & MEMORIBILIA SOPHOMORUM (PRINCETON) Andover, Massachusetts July 1857-1860
by Unknown
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Andover: Warren F. Draper Printer. Good+. 1859. Hardcover. Bound into this volume: 24 pp. Andover Catalogue, 6 issues of "THE MIRROR OF THE PHILOMATHEAN SOCIETY" + other pamphlets from Andover along with several peroiodicals from Princeton "NASSAU RAKE & MEMORIBILIA SOPHOMORUM" Clean marbled boards with leather spine & corners. Text tight, clean & intact . Approx 500 pp. Prior owners book plate. Front hinge starting on both ends with cover firmly attached. New England, New Jersey ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; approx 500 pages .
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Picturing Our Past: National Register Sites in Westchester County
by Williams, Gray;Westchester County Historical Society
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Elmsford, NY: Westchester County Historical Society, 2003. SIGNED First edition, first printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Elmsford, NY: Westchester County Historical Society, 2003. Thick, square folio, 11 1/4" x 11 1/4." xii+480 pages, 615 illustrations, 360 in color. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering, burgundy end papers. Inscribed by author on title page. A very fine copy in very fine dust jacket.. Signed by Author. 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. Folio.
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Sweet Thursday
by John Steinbeck
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New York: The Viking Press, 1954. 273 pages. Price clipped. Really a very nice copy of the First Edition. Clean, well bound, no marks in book block or writing. Light -yellow-brown boards with title on front cover in red. The dust jacket is actually very nice save for the price clipping. One very small rip which I very carefully tape-repaired from the inside.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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FRANKLIN'S CONTRIBUTION TO MEDICINE (INSCRIBED COPY)
by Diller, Theodore
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Brooklyn, N. Y.: Albert T. Huntington. Very Good+. 1912. Limited Signed Edition. Hardcover. Gilt decorated clean green cloth. Pictorial frontispiece. Text tight, clean & intact. Limited to 300 copies. Inscribed & dated by the author. Deckle page edges. Pages 68 & 69 have a few flecks of foxing. Medical ; 8vo; 89 pages; Signed by Author .
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Marriage and Sexual Harmony
by Oliver M. Butterfield
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This is the 1937 "new, revised, enlarged edition" of the 1934 original. It has 96 pages of detailed medical explanations of sexual organs and practices, with black and white medical diagrams/illustrations. This copy is in good + condition with some darkening of pages; original pebbled paper cover in blue is in good condition with minimal wear and bumping. Some dirt to outer cover and page edges, no writing found inside. Rare copy.Please examine the photos for condition, and contact me for more information.
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The Lightning Doctor a Self-Diagnostician and Practical Doctor Book
by Weaver, Benjamin Franklin
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Saalfield Publishing Company, 1905-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. .
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LIGHTNING DOCTOR A Self-Diagnostician and Practical Doctor Book for Private Families, Students and Physicians
by Weaver, Benjamin Franklin
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New York, NY: Saalfield Publishing Company. FR/No Dustjacket. 1905. ........ Cloth. Sm 4to., 484 pp., cover rubbed, frayed, bumped, hinges broken, page toning, shaken .
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THE LIGHTNING DOCTOR A SELF-DIAGNOSTICIAN AND PRACTICAL DOCTOR BOOK
by Weaver, Benjamin Franklin MD
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NY 1905 1st Saalfield. Sm.4to., 484pp., 32 photo illustrations, red cloth. VG,
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Attempt on Roosevelt Life
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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole
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Engle, Joanna. Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole. A Seaworld Adventure featuring Shamu, the Killer Whale. RARE. Children's Book. Used. Good, clean Condition. Softcover. Stapled binding. Random House copyright 1983. 5 ½ X 5. ISBN 0394856430. Original cover price $1.25.
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The Treasure Of Sierra Madre
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Traven, B. : The Treasure Of Sierra Madre. 1994 THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE-PRINT EDITION. Thorndike, Maine. EXLIB. Good/ No DJ if issued. ISBN0786201002. 533 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¾. Summary: "The story of three American adventurers who search for a lost gold mine in the mountains of Mexico. A tale of 'gold fever' and desperate greed." Basis for the Humphrey Bogart, John Houston film of the same name.
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Oregon; Or, a Short History of a Long Journey: Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River
by John B. Wyeth
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YE Gallon Press, 1970. Limited Edition. #499/605. VG. Interior is tight, clean, and free of ownership marks except for one penciled notation on the flyleaf. Cloth boards show shelf and handling wear with light soiling, edge, corner, and spine wear. Overall a solid copy showing minimal signs of use. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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DOLLY MADISON: WOMEN OF COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY TIMES
by Goodwin, Maud Wilder
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book is in G condition with light rubbing to edges, cocked spine, bumping & fraying to spine ends, pencil marking to FFE, owner's name to title page, a couple of small tears to title page else still a bright and solid copy. SA 6/21
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Grant Wood and Marvin Cone : Artists of an Era
by Hazel E. Brown
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Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1972. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Flat signed and dated by author on FFEP and Inscribed by author to a friend on half-title page. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine except for author's inscription and signature. Spine straight and tight. Jacket shows light rubbing, light chipping at spine head, and light reading wear to edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xi + 150 pages. illus. A reflection of the relationships of two artists -- Grant Wood (1891-1942) and Marvin Cone (1891-1965) -- with the community of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A loving biography by a woman who knew them both. Laid-in are two letters to the editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette; one from Woods' sister, and another from a friend of Woods and the author.
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BOSTON ~ 150 VIEWS: One Hundred and Fifty Glimpses of Boston and Historical Surroundings
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Union News Company , New York and Boston, circa 1910, Very Good Stapled Softcover, 50 pages, 10" x 7", 150 photographs of Boston points of interest, landmarks, buildings, bridges, street views and more.
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Samuel The Seeker
by Sinclair, Upton
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Sinclair, Upton. Samuel, The Seeker Copyright 1910. Apparently published by author. No publisher stated. First Edition. States printed at Western Printing and Lithography, Racine, WI. Yellow Boards with black titling. Used. Very Good/ No Dj is Included. Rare/Scarce. A nice copy.
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Readin' 'Ritin' 'Rithmetic: Northern San Luis Obispo County Area One-Room Schools; Memories, Photos
by Anderson, Carilyn M. And Franklin, Harold A. And Nelson, Bonnie K. And Radford, Milene F. And Dollen
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El Paso de Robles Area Pioneer Museum. Very Good. 2004. No Edition Stated. Softcover. 1929117094 . Light edgewear, corners of book have light curl, small indentation to front cover; b/w photos; 172 pages .
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The DOs and DON'Ts of Yesterday: Little Book of Early American Know-How
by Eric Sloane
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Illustrated with pen/ink images Sloane is known for. (2) books,a yellow and an orange (18x12cm) with gilt title on covers and spines. Paper title on dark red slipcase with signature of author. Slipcase has very minor wear to bottom fore edge.
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