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And the Band Played On
by Randy Shilts
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic is a nonfiction book written by San Francisco Chronicle journalist Randy Shilts, published in 1987. It chronicles the discovery and spread of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) with a special emphasis on government indifference and political infighting—specifically in the United States—to what was initially perceived as a gay disease.
Epitaphs For the Living
by Billy Howard
357 Epitaphs for the Living: Words and Images in the Time of AIDS is a book of photographs by Billy Howard, published in 1989 by Southern Methodist University Press in Dallas. The photographs are mostly portraits and depict persons infected with AIDS. Underneath each picture is a copy of a handwritten message by the subject, either telling an abbreviated version of the story of their illness or expressing thanks to the family and friends who have stood by them.
Disease & Illness Books & Ephemera
Private Acts, Social Consequences: AIDS and the Politics of Public Health
by Bayer, Ronald
Free Press, 1989. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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£5.62
Shivapur A South Indian Village
by Ishwaran, K
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1968. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. xiv, 205 pages. The account of an intensive field study of a single village, typical of Indian peasant village life. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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£11.59
Tiger's Eye: A Memoir
by Clendinnen, Inga
Melbourne: Text Publishing. 2000. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 289 pages. Clendinnen's biography and reflection on illness and life. . Reprint. Softcover.
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£6.32
FIGHT! FIGHT! Discovering Your Inner Strength when Blindsided by Life
by Hatchell, Sylvia
Core Media Group, Inc.. Near Fine. 2016. Softcover. Inscribed and signed by author on title-page: "Keep Fighting! coach Sylia Hatchell UNC".; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 154 pages; Signed by Author .
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£11.43
Cancer Treatment & Marijuana Therapy
by Randall, R. C
U.S.A.: Galen Press (Marijuana, Medicine & the Law Series), 1990 Marijuana's Use in the Reduction of Nausea and Vomiting and for Appetite Stimulation in Cancer Patients. Testimony from Historic Federal Hearings on Marijuana's Medical Use. « Personalized accounts of medical marijuana use provide an excellent source of information on this controversial topic.». 1ère Édition. Couverture souple. Comme neuf.
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£27.71
Poster for the Names Project National. A National Aids Memorial
by Reavis, David
San Francisco: 1988.. Poster mounted on masonite. 20.5 x 18.5 inches.
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£102.05
To Dance with the Devil : The New War on Breast Cancer
by Karen Stabiner
Random House Publishing Group, 1997. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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£5.45
Autographed Letter Signed to a fellow doctor
by BUTLER, J.S. (1823 - 1877)
Hartford, CT, 1857. unbound. 2 pages, 10 x 7.75 inches, The Retreat, Hartford, Connecticut, August 4, 1857, to fellow physician and champion of better treatment for the insane, Dr. Rufus Woodward, unable to treat Rufus's brother Stanley, who has spent years in and out of mental institutions, in part: "...Stanley has been more reserved and gloomy of late. Yesterday fearing he would abuse his liberty, I had a conversation with him, cautioning him against abusing his liberty which I had given him...
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£326.56
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic
by Randy Shilts
Paperback / softback. New.
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£12.46
CONFRONTING CANCER THROUGH ART, 1987.: The first national group exhibit by fine artists & craftspersons who have experienced cancer, Brand Library Art Galleries, Glendale, California, May 9 - June 2, 1987
by Breslow, Debra (ed.)
Los Angeles: Art that Heals, 1987. First edition. Paperback in very good condition.. 60 pages.
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£16.16
Les Tumeurs de la Vessie
by ALBARRAN, J
Paris: Steinheil, 1892. hardcover. near fine. Preface by F. Guyon. 9 plates and 75 text illustrations, 494pp, tall thick 8vo, 1/2 red leather over marbled boards; edgeworn. Paris: G. Steinheil, 1892. Very good (+).<br/><br/> GM4185<br/><br/>
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£489.84
Affidavit. (Curing Tuberculosis in the 1880's)
by TUBERCULOSIS
unbound. very good(+). 1 page. 7 x 8". An affidavit from a physician attesting that Issac S. Collins, a Clergyman from Massachusetts, reports he has created a cure for Consumption, quoted in part: "...says that 20 years ago he expected to die long before this with Consumption, but has lived quite stable by taking horehound occasionally after taking cold ... andthen English Commercial Tea, made hot and let stand until cold, and drink it for months ... at a time his spittle was considerable ......
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£102.05
A Season in Hell
by French, Marilyn
New York: Virago Press. 1998. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. 256 pages. Marilyn French's story of her successful fight with cancer. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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£7.90
And the Band Played On: Politics, People and the AIDS epidemic
by Shilts, Randy
St. Martin's Press, 1987. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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£9.04
Die krankhaften Geschwülste
by Virchow, Rudolph
Berlin: Hirschwald, 1863. In the Extremely Rare Original Wrappers Virchow, Rudolf (1821-1902). Die krankhaften Geschwülste. 3 vols. in 4 [all published]. Erster Band: xii, 543, [1]pp. plus 33-page publisher's catalogue; 1 plate. II. Band, 1. Hälfte: [2], 288pp. II. Band, 2. Hälfte: x, 289-756pp. III. Band, 1. Hälfte: [2], 496pp.; 1 plate. Text illustrations. Berlin: August Hirschwald, 1863-67. 245 x 170 mm. (uncut and partially unopened). Original printed wrappers, minor wear and chipping, spine of...
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£3,877.90
Localities of One Thousand Cases of Intestinal Diseases (Diarrhoea, Cholera-Infantum & Dysentery) in Children, for the Months of July, August & Sept. 1863, 4 & 5
by DAMON, Howard F
J.H. Bufford's Sons. unbound. Map. Lithograph. 17" x 18.25". Shows some light damp staining and foxing. Shows some wear and slight separation along original fold lines, however this results in no image loss. In very good condition.<br/><br/> A disease map of mid-19th century Boston, MA showing seven zones wherein cases of intestinal diseases in children had been confirmed. Created by the Boston City Physician's Office to accompany a report from the City Physician on Asiatic...
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£714.35
Traité des Maladies Charbonneuses
by RAIMBERT, Louis Adolphe (1813-1893)
Paris,: Victor Masson,, 1859.. [iv], iv, 407, [i] pp. Large 8vo (14,5 x 23 cm.). Original printed wrappers, uncut. With 2 lithographed plates by Pochet, printed at the presses of Lemercier. Early literature on anthrax in bookform is rare. The present work, with an historical introductions, is a throughly analysis of the subject. Both human an animal diseases are considered. "The author, together with Davaine, established the etiological connection between the disease in humans and animals for the...
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£128.52
Private Acts, Social Consequences
by Bayer, Ronald
Rutgers University Press, 1991. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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£5.63
MAN, MICROBE AND MALADY
by Drew, Dr. John
United Kingdom: Pelican Book. Good. 1954. Paperback. A Very Good Pelican paperback without dustjacket. Book has slight creasing to toned, straight spine, light creasing to aged and edge-worn covers. Internally, owners stamp on front endpaper, unmarked tanned pages, tanned to the text-block edges. Carefully packaged and posted within 48 hours from our wee bookshop in Scotland. ; Mass Market PB .
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£2.95
April Fool's Day
by Bryce Courtenay
SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. There is a short inscription. The book is like new except that the pages have yellowed with age. Never been read. Comes from nonsmoking home. Mailed in a bubble envelope with tracking confirmation.
Bryce Courtenay was one of Australia's best selling authors.
This book is out of print.
Arthur Bryce Courtenay, (14 August 1933 – 22 November 2012) was a South African-Australian advertising director and novelist. He is one of Australia's best-selling authors, notable for his book The... Read more about this item
Bryce Courtenay was one of Australia's best selling authors.
This book is out of print.
Arthur Bryce Courtenay, (14 August 1933 – 22 November 2012) was a South African-Australian advertising director and novelist. He is one of Australia's best-selling authors, notable for his book The... Read more about this item
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£16.33
While the World Sleeps; Writing from the First Twenty Years of the Global AIDS Plague
by Bull, Chris – Editor
Thunder's Mouth Press, New York, 2003. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Foreword by Larry Kramer, introduction by editor and permissions. Photographic paperback binding with gold and white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. "A landmark collection of the most important writing on AIDS and its catastrophic social, cultural, political, and economic implications. No other single volume brings together such a broad range of writing on the pandemic."...
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£7.92
How to Eat Away Arthritis Gain Relief from the Pain and Discomfort of Arthritis Through Nature's Remedies
by Aesoph, Laurie M
Prentice Hall Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1996. 013242892X . Trade Paperback in very good + condition. Tightly bound, an unmarked interior with light tanning to the page edges. "A guide to alleviating arthritis through diet, rather than expensive drugs and equipment. The method is based on the avoidance of certain inflammation-generating foods and their replacement with "restorative foods". Many case histories are included. " ; 1 x 8.9 x 6 Inches; 335 pages .
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£8.49
