Search Results: Medical Books from Pages Past Used and Rare Books

Greensboro, North Carolina: The Author / Printworks, 2003. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to. 66, (16) pages. Soft cover bound in white and tan wrappers. Minimal wear to the binding. There are a couple of contact marks on the front cover. A sound copy and clean within. Looks never used.

Philadelphia and London: W.B. Saunders Company , 1954. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 279 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in gray cloth. There is light wear to the binding, which is slightly scuffed and lightly bumped at the edges. Top outer edge of the text block is foxed. There is light foxing to the end papers. The text is clean and sound. Extensively illustrated with charts, tables, photographs and diagrams.

Raleigh: Seton Gales, Printer - Register Office, 1850. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 16 pages. Soft cover bound in dark brown printed wrappers with a white oval blank label (?) on the front cover. The binding is quite browned, and the text is toned. The top edge and top of the fore edge of the text block is damped. The covers are tender on the binding, and there is some splitting at the front and rear covers near the foot of the spine. Still, quite scarce. Dr. Thomas Nash Cameron (1796-1851) was from Fayetteville, North Carolina. [Thornton 1685].

New York and Philadelphia: Published for the Author by Boericke & Tafel, 1877. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 12mo. 132 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in brown and black cloth. The binding shows some wear and rubbing about the edges. Binding is sound with secure inner hinges; spine is sunned. Text is a little toned but is generally clean. Contains a couple of illustrations. We don't know if this would qualify as a Homeopathic work, but the publisher Boericke & Tafel largely published books of Homeopathy and alternative medicines

New York: The Artists Limited Edition / The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1984. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 4to. 132 pages. Hardcover with a gray and tan dust jacket. Light wear to book and jacket. A sound copy with clean text. Illustrated.

Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders Company, 1908. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 209, 16 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in green cloth with beveled edges. Light wear to the binding. The inner hinges are sound. Text is toned but generally clean. Illustrated with photos. Laid in loosely are a couple of publisher's advertising fliers for books for sale.

U.S.A.: Fireship Press, 2008. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo. 237 pages. Soft cover bound in brown wrappers. Minimal wear to the binding. There is a prior owner's address or name label (with the name inked out) inside the front cover. A sound copy and clean within.

New York and Basel: Marcel Dekker Inc, 1985. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good. 8vo. 546 pages, indexed. Grey hardcover. Light wear to the binding. An ex-library copy. Ink stamps on the top, bottom and fore edges. Sticky residue from a removed label on the spine. A sound copy with clean text.

Washington, DC: The Statesman Press, 1949. Second Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo. 54 pages. Second edition hardcover bound in blue cloth with title on cover in gilt. Covers lightly rubbed. Edge of text block is foxed. Text is toned but sound. Prior owner's name written in ink at top of front flyleaf.

Boston: D. C. Heath & Co., 1907. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. x, 214 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in grey cloth. Light to moderate wear to the binding, which has a few scuff marks. Text is a little toned but is generally clean. Contains 78 cases with a blank page for notes facing each case. None of the blank pages have notes.

Oxford: University Press, 1947. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Good. 8vo. 29 pages. Soft cover bound in gray stapled wrappers. The binding is rubbed and worn but sound. The top and bottom corners of the front cover are clipped. Text is sound and clean.

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1965. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Good. 8vo. 144 pages. Soft cover bound in creme and green wrappers. The binding is a bit toned but sound. There is a scuff mark on the front cover near the fore edge. A sound copy with clean text.

Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1846. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. [4], viii, [17]-258, [30] pages. Includes a 30-page publisher's catalog (erratically paginated) at the rear. Hardcover bound in full leather. The binding shows some old wear and cover stains but is quite sound. Sturdy hinges. Early owner's light pencil inscription on the front flyleaf and a later doctor's inscription on the front pastedown. The text block is sound, and the text is foxed, sometimes quite heavily. Still, a sturdy copy of a scarce work and in the original binding. From a Mocksville (Davie County), North Carolina 19th century doctor's collection.

Berlin, Heidelberg, and New York: Springer, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quartos. 2527 pages in two volumes. Hardcovers bound in blue cloth and housed in a grey board slipcase. Light wear to the slipcase and to the bindings of the books. A sound set and clean within.

New York: Plenum Press, 1989. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 483 pages. Glossy red pictorial hardcover with lettering in white. Binding is moderately worn and rubbed with slight bumps to the corners; there is library cataloging infomation handwritten to the spine but no internal marks. Contents are clean and bright; lacks front endpaper and the upper corner of the half-title page. Illustrated in color and black & white.

Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1994. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 226 pages, indexed. Hardcover with a white and sepia dust jacket. Light to moderate wear to the jacket. A sound copy and clean within.

Philadelphia, PA: Current Medicine Group, LLC, 2009. 5th or later Edition . Paperback. Good. 4to. 392 pages, indexed. Softcover in blue covers. Covers are scuffed and rubbed. All edges of text block have black marks where prior owner crossed out name. Front cover is slightly bent. First two pages of text have black marks where the name was crossed out. Text is clean and sound.

Chicago, Illinois: Privately Published, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. ix, 141 pages. Hardcover bound in burgundy cloth. Light wear to the binding. The author's own copy, without his signature (we acquired this from Dr. Grove's estate). The text consisted of photocopied pages (as issued) with tipped in actual black and white full-page glossy photographs. "A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the division of the Biological Sciences in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Physiology." Doctor Grove was a cardiologist in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Medical Center, 1980. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. 283 pages. Hardcover bound in navy blue cloth. A nice, clean copy with minimal wear.

Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1934. Fifth Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 224 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in green cloth. Moderate wear to the binding, which has some water spots and scuff marks. Corners bumped. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. Text is clean. Illustrated.