Health & Medicine/Alternative Healing/Illness & Wellness from Gargoyle Books

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: John Dienhart Publishing Co., 1964. First Thus . Soft cover. Very Good. Vintage 60's nostalgia! Prepared under the leadership of John F. Kennedy, the first American president to address the issue of the nation's fitness, who, after instituting the President's Physical Fitness Program in the nation's schools for children, commissioned this booklet. In 64 pages,… Read more about this item

London, England: Constable & Co., Limited, 1910. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Prominent medical doctor from Boston, MA, explores the role of "magical remedies,'' eg, spells & incantations, relics, amulets, the laying-on of hands, & mesmerism, in the evolution of "modern mental healing,'' including psychotherapy. The role & power of suggestion & imagination in… Read more about this item

Black Dog & Leventhal, 1999. First Edition Later Printing 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket, as Issued. A wealth of traditional Chinese medical knowledge that covers, philosophy & methods, diagnosis & treatment, & offers the legends behind various Chinese herbs & their practical contemporary uses. Well-illustrated throughout the book's 528 pages. Easy-to-read & accessible, with charts, appendices,… Read more about this item

London, England: Paternoster Press, 1958. First Edition Later Printing 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/VG-. Wade, Graham. Book #13 in a series of 20 books published 1940s-1970s about the famous "jungle doctor" written by Paul White (1910-1992), based largely on his own experiences 1939-1941 in Central Tanganyika as a missionary. He also turned the series into a popular… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Pocket Books, Inc., 1962. First Thus . Soft cover. Fair. Preceding the American program pioneered during the Kennedy administration (President's Physical Fitness Program), this version was issued by the Royal Canadian Air Force in the early 1960s. Wildly popular & becoming a fixture in most Canadian homes, it went through 17 printings before being… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Golden Press, 1960. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. VG-/No Jacket. Rossi, Kenneth. Book #3 in the vintage girls' series featuring young nurse Kathy Martin. In 188 pages, with duotone illustrations by William Plummer throughout. With matte decorative paper over boards, no DJ as issued (these editions never came with them). A FIRST… Read more about this item

Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, 1975. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Part of a collection of social science books--the majority packed away since Brand New--just removed from storage where they have been since the 1990s following review for an academic publication. To get them listed expeditiously, we are foregoing our usual detailed descriptions. … Read more about this item

SAGE Publications, Inc, 1998. Hardcover. Near Fine. Part of a collection of social science books just removed from storage where they have been since the 1990s following review for an academic publication. To get them listed expeditiously, we are foregoing our usual detailed descriptions: we trust you'll know if a book is what you're looking for! You can… Read more about this item

Boston, MA, U.S.A.: New England Free Press, 1972. First Edition Later Printing 2nd Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Precursor to the book of the same name (with a slightly different subtitle) that would become a cornerstone of the second-wave feminist movement of the 1970s, breaking all kinds of barriers that stood in the way of women taking control… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pocket Books, 1946. First Mass Market Paperback Edition . Soft cover. Good+/No Jacket. A comprehensive history of medicine & healing from ancient times to the present, with 150 illustrations from original sources. In 427 pages. Orig. published in 1929 by Harper & Bros, this is the First Mass Market Paperback Edition from… Read more about this item

Rodale Books, 2002. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine. Comprehensive guide that emphasizes the power of an individual's own instincts over the teachings of "mediation authorities,'' guiding you in how to channel your own natural instincts toward health & away from mental & psychological stress & illness. In 238 pages with lots of real-person case… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: World Distributors, 1956. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/VG-. Book #1 (of what would become a series of 27 books) in the popular girls' series that introduced the world to nurse Cherry Ames (CA) & inspired young girls from the 1940s-1960s to pursue a career in nursing. Orig. published by Grosset… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grosset & Dunlap, 1960. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine. Later title (#21 in the vintage girls' series featuring nurse Cherry Ames (CA). Orig. published with a DJ in the brown tweed format, this is in the green picture-cover format that debuted in the late 1950s, with matte decorative paper over… Read more about this item

Dallas, Texas: Spring Publications, Inc., 1992. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Fine. Translated from the original French, published in 1990 as "L'Enfant, l'Amour, la Mort,'' an expanded version of a chapter on the goddess Artemis in the author's 1986 book, "Pagan Meditations." In line with Planned Parenthood's slogan, "Every child a wanted child,'' the author argues… Read more about this item

Jersey City, N. J.: self-published, 1866. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket, as Issued. Go back to he early days of organic healing & naturopathy with this self-published guide to medicinal plants, self-published by the author in 1866 (copyrighted the previous year, but never printed). Oliver Phelps Brown was born in the US & established… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Simon and Schuster, 1973. First Paperback . Soft cover. VG-/G+. Revolutionary, groundbreaking work arising from the second-wave feminist women's movement of the 1970s, representing women's efforts to take their health, bodies, & choices about their sexuality & reproduction into their own hand. Orig. published in hardcover in 1971, this is the First Paperback… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Golden Press, 1963. 1st Edition . Hardcover. VG-/G+/No Jacket. Plummer, William. Book #7 in the vintage girls' series featuring young nurse Kathy Martin. In 188 pages, with duotone illustrations by William Plummer throughout. With matte decorative paper over boards, no DJ as issued (these editions never came with them). A First Edition from… Read more about this item

Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, 1966. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good+. Collection of 18 papers "clinically oriented to provide the nonpsychiatrist with new insight into emotional & mental states,'' emphasizing practical applications for modern 1960s' doctors rather than theoretical concepts. Orig. presented at a symposium held by the Division of Neurology & Psychiatry of… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grosset & Dunlap, 1946. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good. Book #6 in the vintage girls' series featuring nurse Cherry Ames (CA). Orig. published in 1946, this is a later printing in the new green picture-cover format that debuted in the late 1950s, with matte decorative paper over boards. Lists to CA #24… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grosset & Dunlap, 1955. First Thus . Hardcover. VG-. Book #17 in the vintage girls' series featuring nurse Cherry Ames (CA). In the green picture-cover format that debuted in the late 1950s, with matte decorative paper over boards, this title was first published in 1955, but this is a later printing, listing to… Read more about this item