Domestic Medicine

Boston: Joseph Bumstead, 1813. Leather. Fair. 9" by 5.5". None. The 1813 Boston edition of this immensely popular 18th century medical work. Includes a handwritten piece (probably from the 1840s), preserving notes apparently from an American tourist's trip around Lucerne, as part of their tour of Europe. William Buchan studied medicine while at Edinburgh University… Saber más sobre este artículo

The Strand, London & Edinburgh: A.Strahan; T.Cadell; J. Balfour & W. Creech, 1791. Twelfth edition.Thick octavo, pp xxxvi, 712, [36], a little age-toned with slight foxing, lacking the front endpaper, contemporary half calf rather worn rubbed and scuffed, the upper joint cracked but firm, the spine head rather worn. . Full-Leather. Good.

London: Printed for A. Strahan; T. Caldwell and W. Davies, Strand; and J. Balfour, and W. Creech, Edinburgh, 1803.

London: Milner and Company. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 16mo. N.d., [ca. 1860s]. A new and enlarged edition. Orig. red publisher's cloth. xvi, XII figures, xvii-xxiv, 534 pp. Folding colour frontis. Spine tilted and faded, rubbing to extremities. Soiling to turn-ins. Damp staining to tail edge. Foxing to end matter. Age toned to interior. 0.

Waterford [New York]: James Lyon & Co., 1797. Twentieth edition, title page dated 1797. Scarce Waterford NY imprint. Full brown leather with dark maroon spine label, xxiv, 476, [19] pages. Some expected external wear and rubbing, two very small insect holes to surface of rear cover, spine label cracked, lower portion of rear cover darkened, binding firm, pages age-darkened but… Saber más sobre este artículo

Adams and Wilder. Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. 1804. Revised Edition. Hardcover. A well bound 1804 New England reprint of a work from the eighteenth century. Bound in brown calf, showing moderate wear - with a red moroccan spinal and gilt label. Some book worming scattered through pages at either end.… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: J. Smith, n.d. [ca. 1810-1820]. Bound in publisher’s pebble-grained cloth with a printed spine label. Back hinge cracking; very good.

London: A. Strahan; T. Cadell; W. Davies, 1797 . Leather. Very Good. 9" by 6". None. A smart copy of the fifteenth edition of William Buchan's pioneering medical work, offering sound medical advice concerning the prevention and cure of disease, aimed at the layperson. First published in 1769, this is physician William Buchan's best known work, in which… Saber más sobre este artículo

Paperback / softback. New.

London, Milner and Company, (c.1794). . New and Enlarged Edition; 8vo; pp. xxiv, 534; 12 b/w illustrations, appendix, glossary, index; rebound in modern brown cloth with new endpapers, title page browned and insect damaged, flecking to first and last few pages, associated newspaper articles included, a good copy. This book became immensely popular among households in England, Scotland,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Exeter : J. & B. Williams, 1843-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. Contemporary leather. Moderate rubbing and wear to boards. Tanning to margins and foxing. Several leaves loose from binding and chipped.

Birmingham, AL: Gryphon Editions. 1993. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine. Leather bound, Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. A Limited Edition. ; First… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Thomas Kelly, 1814. New Edition. Hardcover. Poor copy in gilt-blocked half leather over paper-covered boards. Spine bands worn. Panel edges dulled as with age. Both boards starting. Scattered foxing. Some loss to title-page. Physical description: 1 volume, various paging. Subjects: Medicine. 19th century medical texts. Buchan, William.

Philadelphia: Joseph Crukshank, 1784. Reprint. Hardcover (Full Leather). Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. 8vo. RARE REPRINT. PUBLISHED IN 1784. Full leather, quite worn, covers covered with transparent sheet. Interior is little foxed, stitching weak with some signatures pulled, though not detached. The first 40 pages have a worm hole in top margin but no text affected. 1st published in… Saber más sobre este artículo

, xxxvi, 712 pages, [36] , Chapters divided by rules, interesting contemporary diseases (including smallpox, apoplexy and St Anthony's Fire)

Hartford: Nathaniel Patten, 1789. Two ownership notes: (1) Rufus Backus, 1791, and (2) [illegible], June 1826. Spine ends worn; blank outer margins of first four leaves frayed; occasional dampstaining; foxing; pages 714 and 715 printed in reverse order (but all text present).. Contemporary Calf. Good.

J. & B. Williams. Used - Acceptable. J. & B. Williams, 1832. From the 22nd English edition. 8vo Leather bound. 495pp+appendix. Fair book. Front board nearly detached. Hinges cracked. Slightly dampstained. Owner's name on first blank. With typical period foxing. From the collection of American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter William Safire. (medical, medicine, reference) Inquire if… Saber más sobre este artículo

Paperback / softback. New.

London: Printed for the booksellers. 1799 Printed for the booksellers 16th edition with two new chapters leather-bound volume; brown leather boards, hooped spine, tipped-in red leather titling, no dj; acceptable copy, front board detached, rubbed, ancient private owner's bookplate inside front cover and his name written inside back cover, pages aged; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Acceptable. Leather Bound. 1799.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Printed by John Tregortha, January 1810. Hardcover. Fair - Cash/No Jacket. Brown leather hardboards, faded title on spine. Heavy rubbing to the faces, edges, corners and ends. Both hardboards have separated from the book. Spine is chipping due to age. Boards exposed. There are over 800 pages including an index, appendix and additional information. Soiled page ends. Some… Saber más sobre este artículo