Medicine & Psychology from Classic Books and Ephemera

Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1993. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. xi, [1], 289, [1] p.; 24 cm. Off-chite cloth with red spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. The author uses the experiences of a real family in North Lawndale, a suburb of Chicago, to demonstrated the "gaps, inconsistences, and inequalities the poor face when they… Read more about this item

Hilversum: J. E. Onkenhout, 1947. Paperback. Very Good +. 220 p., 6 leaves of folded tables; 25 cm. Grey wrapper with black spine and wrapper title. With: 1 leaf, folded, listing the 10 theses presented, loose. The doctoral thesis in veterinary science presented by N. C. W. Hesse on Feb. 27, 1947, at Utrecht University.… Read more about this item

Stuttgart: Ferdinand Enke, 1910. Hardcover. Very Good. Vierte erweiterte und vermehrte Auflage. viii, 468, [8] p., 2 leaves of color plates: illustrations; 23 cm. dark brown cloth with white spine and cover titles. Brown endpapers. Former owner's name stamped on front free endpaper and title page, Dutch veterinarian K. R. Kuipers. In Very… Read more about this item

Stuttgart, Germany: Ferdinand Enke, 1916. Hardcover. Near Fine. Fünfte Auflage. [8], 256, [8] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Brown cloth spine; brown paper over boards. Black spine and cover titles. Brown endpapers. Eight pages of publisher's advertisements follow text. Former owner's name stamped on front free endpaper and title page, Dutch veterinarian K.… Read more about this item

Hannover, Germany: Schlütersche Buchdruckerei, 1941. Hardcover. Very Good +. 403, [5] p.; 22 cm. Light brown cloth spine with light brown over boards; black spine and cover titles. Includes index. Advertising on endpapers, one initial leaf, and three final leaves. Two leaves of advertising on cards bound in. Former owner's name at head… Read more about this item

Berlin: Paul Parey, 1919. Hardcover. Very Good. Siebzehnte, neubearbeitete Auflage. xii, 765, [3] p.: 161 in-text illustrations; 23 cm. Dark green cloth with black spine and cover titles. Top page edges dark green. Decorated endpapers. Publisher's catalog on two pages following text. Former owner's name written on front fixed endpaper and stamped… Read more about this item

Amsterdam: Scheltema & Holkema's Boekhandel, 1924. Hardcover. Very Good. Vierde vermeerderde en verbeterde Druk. vi, [2], 287, [17] p.: illustrations (3 in color); 23 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles. Dark green endpapers. Former owner's name stamped on front free endpaper and half title page: K. R. Kuipers. Written over… Read more about this item

Breda, Netherlands: Gebrs. Oukoop, 1895. Hardcover. Very Good +. Tweede, geheel omgewerkte druk. "Voor Rekening van de Koninklijke Militaire Academie." xxii, 868 p.; 22 cm. Red morocco-grain cloth spine and corners; marbled paper over boards. Printed paper spine label. Grey endpapers. Former owner's name at head of title page: "K. R. Kuipers… Read more about this item

Berlin: Verlagsbuchhandlung von Richard Schoetz, 1919. Hardcover. Very Good +. Dritte, neubearteitete und vermehrte Auflage. x, 432 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Dark brown cloth spine and corners with gilt-stamped spine title; marbled paper over boards. Top page edges dark green. Grey endpapers. Former owner's stamp at top edge of title page: "K. R.… Read more about this item

Stuttgart: Ferdinand Enke, 1901. Hardcover. Very Good. Zweite, umgearbeitete Auflage. xii, 356 p.; 24 cm. Contemporary half calf with gilt-tooled spine title "Frohner Toxikologie" and decoration; marbled paper over boards. All page edges marbled. Salmon endpapers. Former owner's stamp on half title page: "K. R. Kuipers Rijks-Veearts Oudshoorn." Includes index. A… Read more about this item

Leipzig: Willmar Schwabe, 1910. Hardcover. Good +. viii, 565, [1] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Black cloth with white spine and cover titles. Grey endpaper. Former owner's name stamped on title page, Dutch veterinarian K. R. Kuipers. Scarce. In Good+ Condition: minor loss at head of spine; separating at tail of front joint and… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row, 1974. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good -. xviii, 188, [2] p.; 21 cm. Grey cloth with gilt spine title. Blind-stamped publisher's emblem on front cover. Dust jacket with portrait of the author on the back section. Stated First Edition. Book is in Near Fine Condition: slightly cocked; clean and… Read more about this item

New York: Munn & Co, 1895. Paperback. Very Good +. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16600-16614 p.): illustrations; 41 cm. Front illustration is of breaking in warrigals (wild horses) in Queensland. Contains illustrated articles about protection and dispersion in plants by John R. Jackson; the Rebello keyless watch; the electricity works of the Great Northern Railway Co.… Read more about this item

New York: Munn & Co, 1895. Paperback. Very Good. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16616-16630 p.): illustrations; 41 cm. Contains illustrated articles about Emperor Frederick's monument at Worth; ball bearings and rubber tires for carriages; the coinage of Rome by G. F. Hill; and the Jackson-Harmsworth polar expedition. Also, The Nitrogen of the Air as a Plant… Read more about this item

London: William Heinemann Medical Books, 1954. Hardcover. Near Fine/good +. viii, 144 p., frontispiece and 31 leaves of plates; 22 cm. Dark blue cloth with gilt spine title. Light grey dust jacket printed in maroon. Former owner's stamp on front fixed endpaper and title page verso with penciled note about acquisition in gutter of p. v.… Read more about this item

London: Sydenham Society, 1848. Hardcover. Fair. viii, 552, 11 p.; 23 cm. Publisher's black cloth with emblem in gilt on both boards within blind-stamped decoration. Top page edges gilt. Small yellow bookbinder's label on back fixed endpaper of Westleys & Co., London. The Sydenham Society published medical works from 1844 to 1857. Yellow… Read more about this item

Berlin: S. Gellert, 1904. Paperback. Fair. 23, [1] p.; 20 cm. Stapled paper cover; cover title. No date of publication. Johann Emil Stroschein was an apothecary who founded a factory in Berlin in 1892 that produced medicine for metabolic disorders. Cholelysin is the trade name of a cholagogue he produced, which was advertised… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co, 1897. Hardcover. Very Good. "The Tenth Edition of A Treatise on Therapeutics, Thoroughly Revised." xxxi, [1], 17-1033 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Contemporary full calf with five spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled title on black leather label in second compartment. Includes index of diseases and general index. Appendix contains… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea, 1878. Hardcover. Very Good -. Second Edition. xxvii, [2], 34-1040, 32 p.: 542 in-text illustrations; 24 cm. Contemporary full calf with four spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled title on black leather label in second compartment. Publisher's catalog of medical publications on final 32 pages. The author, Dr. John… Read more about this item

London: Edward Arnold & Co, 1950. Hardcover. Fine/very good -. x, 323 p., 4 leaves of color plates: in-text illustrations, tables; 22 cm. Red cloth with gilt spine title. Blue dust jacket printed in red. Publisher's advertisement on back section of dust jacket. Circular stamp of one of the authors, W. N. Mann. on… Read more about this item