Medicine from The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)

New York: Emerson Books, 1938. Later printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover in tan cloth with spine labels in black lettered in gilt. 160 pp. Illustrated with drawings. A tight, near fine copy, light stain to the fore edge of the text block. Presentation inscription on the front free endpaper, "Compliments of J.R. Rollins/ Durex Products Inc/ 684 Broadway/… Saber más sobre este artículo

Washington DC: Review and Herald Publishing, 1913. Wraps. Good. 128 pp. in illustrated stiff wrappers. Illustarted throughout with photographs and drawings. Good only, covers well worn and with a repaired taer to the outer portion opf the front wrap and two old tape repairs. Intended for the use of the general public, the book covers various epidemic illnesses… Saber más sobre este artículo

University Press of Kentucky, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Fine, fresh, unread copy. First printing. Hardcover. 283 pp. with index, bibliography. Born of humble origins in the mountains of North Carolina in 1885, by the 1920s John R. Brinkley was a national phenomenon. Thogh he had only questionable medical certification, he set out to become a pioneer in… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Emerson Books, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First printing (no statement and no other printings listed; the book went through at least nine printings). Hardcover in green cloth with gilt spine lettering. 160 pp. with index and press reviews. With four line drawings. A tight, very good copy, spine lettering somewhat dulled. Issued without dust… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York and London: Routledge, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First printing. Fine in fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 213 pp. The highly respected and still sought-after first book of its kind devoted entirely to the understanding and treatment of one of the most common , yet challenging, patterns encountered in couples therapy, the pursuer-distancer dynamic. Common traits and… Saber más sobre este artículo

Houghton Mifflin, 1994. Second printing. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Hardcover. 317 pp. Fine in vbery good or somewhat better dust jacket. Second printing. The famed memoir of the author's battle with atypical depression, her own character failings, and the struggles she endured while attending college and working as a writer. It was adapted into a 2001 feature film with… Saber más sobre este artículo

Pennington, NJ: Sphere First Publishing, 2017. Presumed first edition. Paperback. fine. Fine. Presumed first edition. Softcover. 341 pp. The memoir of an accomplished businessman's secret lifelong battle with schizophrenia, a disease he describes as a "descent into chaos". His book reads as a unique coming-of-age story in which he tells the tale with sincerity and encouragement for others… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1915. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good, decorated cloth, issued without dust jacket. First edition. Hardcover. 324 pp (with glossary and index) + publisher's advertisements. A young student's primer on hygiene, nutrition, and basic physiology. Covers topics such as disease, the senses, blood, and fundamental neurology. Includes anatomical diagrams and black &… Saber más sobre este artículo

Highland Park, IL: by the author, 1910. Later printing. Hardcover. Fine. Beveled hardcover in navy blue cloth stamped in gilt. Fronispiece photographic portrait of the author and one additional photogarphic plate. Patterned endpapers. 250 pp. Stated Sixth Edition 1910. A tight, bright, generally fine example.

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First printing. A fine, fresh, unused copy in equally fine dust jacket. Interesting fore-edge illustration of Franklin. Hardcover. 379 pp. with index, illustrations. Among his many accomplishments, Benjamin Franklin ws instrumental in founding the first major civilian hospital and medical school in the American colonies; studied the efficacy… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover in patterned paper covered boards over black cloth spine lettered in gilt. 170 pp. plus calendar appendix for charting menstrual cycles; celluloid "Calendar Wheel fir Finding Fertile and Sterile Dates" in printed pocket at rear. Very good. No dust jacket. Though first published in 1935 , revised in… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Basic Books, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/fine. Very good (splash to the outer edge of the text block) in fine dust jacket. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 379 pp. with bibliography, index. Illustrations. Riveting investigation of the effects of the "pox" on the lives and works of seminal figures from the fifteenth to the twentieth… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Firts edition (no statement as is correct). hardcover in maroon cloth titled in gilt. ix+ 302 pp. with index. A tight, very good copy, ownership signature front free endpaper, spine lettering dulled, front cover gilt a bit dulled. Very scarce. From the review in The American Journal of… Saber más sobre este artículo

Springfield, MA: W.J. Holland, 1870. First edition. Hardcover. Good. First edition (1869 on copyright page and 1870 on the title page). Hardcover in violet cloth stamped in gilt. Firm in its binding but with spotting to the covers and heavy fade to the spine strip. 346 pp. with index. Four engraved plates. A guide to descrription of the… Saber más sobre este artículo

Amsterdam: Janssonio-Waesbergios, 1709. First edition. Leather_bound. Very Good. 24 mo (3 1/2" x 6") in modern rebind of full leather with contemporary marbled endpapers retained. All edges gilt. Binding is fine and tight; text generally clean with some occasional very light tidemarking. (1) blank; frontispiece engraving by J. Waesbergios depicting preparaion of foodstufs in an ancient kitchen; title… Saber más sobre este artículo

Paris: Chez l'Autheur, Faux S. Germain, proche la Charite, rue Jacob, aux trois Vertus, 1686. Leather_bound. Very Good. 18mo. in original full light tan calf lined in gilt, hubbed spine, compartments ornately decorated in gilt and with gilt lettered leather spine label. Silk marker ribbon. All edges marbled, marbled endpapers. Text in French. The third edition. 249 pp.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Nashville, TN: Broadman, 1950. Later printing. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Hardcover. 85 pp. Fine in bright, crisp dust jacket with a bit of rubbing to the spine fold and a tiny chip. Sixth printing. 1950s advice book for parents with teenagers, authored by a psychologist. With chapters on "early-Teeners at Home", "Early Teeners Away form Home", "At Home with… Saber más sobre este artículo

Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea's Son & Co, 1882. Softcover. Very Good. Orignal printed wrappers. (8, adverts)+ 308 pp. + 32 pp adverts at rear. A solidly very good or better copy, "inquirer" written ink top margin of the front cover. Quarterly journal devoted to the medical sciences.

Baltimore: Practitioner Publicshing, 1880. Wraps. Good. Printed wrappers. The first issue (Volume I, No.1, January, 1880) of this monthly journal offered with Vol. 1 No 6 (June 1880) and Vol. II No 1 (January, 1881). Vol. 1, No. 1 is very good, both wrappers present, some chipping along the spine strip. First inside page is a prospectus statement… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boston: William Chadwick, 1848. Softcover. Very Good. String bound, 31 pp. in printed wrappers. Very good, chip to the inner corner of the rear wrap not affecting text. Transcription of a lecture on public health issues in 1848. Particular attention is paid to warming and ventilating rooms with recommendation to employ pipes in heating rather than open fireplaces,… Saber más sobre este artículo