Medicine - Surgery from Thomas Dorn ABAA

Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son & Co. 1907., 1907. First printing. 8vo. xiii, 401 pp. 191 illustrations. Original peddled brown leather binding; all edges gilt. Thorndike (1863-1940 ) was a Harvard Medical School surgeon, and is known for co-founding (with Bradford) the Industrial School for Crippled and Deformed Children in Boston in 1884, said to be the first school in the… Read more about this item

St. Louis: C. V. Mosby, 1943., 1943. First printing. 8vo. 160 pp. Illustrated in B & W. Printed on coated paper. Original navy blue cloth binding stamped in gilt. This is a tight, fine book.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine.

Philadelphia: Thomas Cowperthwait & Co., 1842. Second American from the Third London Edition., 1842. 8vo. xii, 588 pp. Illustrated. Original full calf. Ex library with minimal markings (bookplate front pastedown). Front and rear hinges cracked but holding. Chips bottom half of spine. Some foxing prelims and first few pages else contents quite bright. Good.. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Good.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co. (1950)., 1950. First printing. 4to. xix, 438 pp. Profusely illustrated in B & W. Printed on coated paper. Original brick-colored cloth binding. The father of film director Brian De Palma, the latter being one of the dedicatees of this book. Very light wear at the extremities else, tight near fine. Uncommon in the first edition..… Read more about this item

[Pasadena: Self published, 1954], 1954. First printing. 4to. 202 pp. Illustrated with 16 B & W photos printed on coated paper. Original black pebbled cloth binding stamped in gilt. This is a tight, fine book. A very scarce book of osteopathic surgery: OCLC lists only 7 libraries worldwide with a copy.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine.

Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders Company, 1915. Eighth Edition, Revised., 1915. Thick, heavy 8vo. Frontispiece photograph. 734 pp. Profusely illustrated in B & W, both photographs and illustrations. Original gilt stamped gray cloth binding. Outer corner of front free endpaper torn away, else this is a tight, very good plus book.. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.

New York: Paul B. Hoeber, 1929., 1929. 1-230 numbered and SIGNED by the authors. This being number 176. 8vo. Frontispiece. xi, 188 pp. Illustrated with 24 full-page plates. Printed on kelmscott hand-made paper, with the illustrations on Japanese vellum. Quarter bound in tan cloth with printed spinal paper label. With matching paper-covered slip case. Many pages uncut. This is a… Read more about this item

London: 1914, 1914. Offprint. 8vo. 29 pp. Original printed green wrappers. Signed "With the author's compliments" on the front cover. Near fine.. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine.

Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins. 1949. 11th edition., 1949. 8vo. xii, 426 pp. Profusely illustrated in color and in B & W. Original green cloth binding. One of the most popular and enduring medical textbooks ever published. 1st edition was 1927. Wear at the extremities, bookplate front pastedown and name front free endpaper else tight, very good.. Hardcover. Very Good.

Self, 1936., 1936. Three volumes. 4tos. Pages unnunmbered (Approx. 150, 200, 200 pp.). Each case is illustrated with B & W photographs with tissue guards. Bound in textured oatmeal-colored cloth, raised spinal bands, gilt-stamped black leather spinal labels. This incredible work comprises the meticulous records of approximately 92 surgical cases from Dr. Goff s practice, compiled for his application for… Read more about this item

New York & London: Grune & Stratton, 1960., 1960. Heavy 4to. Color frontispiece photograph. xii, 779 pp. Profusely illustrated; printed on coated paper. Original pebbled green cloth binding. Some cloth splotchiness along the spine else tight, very good plus.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.

St. Louis: C.V. Mosby, 1977., 1977. 4to. xviii, 465 pp. Profusely illustrated; printed on coated paper. This was the last edition by Lichtenstein who died in 1977. There is a memorial photo of him with July 19, 1906-Oct 28, 1977 under it opposite title page. This has been one of, or arguably the, Bible of bone tumors since its 1st… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1973., 1973. First printing. 8vo. xi, 185 pp. Illustrated in B & W. Original printed tan wrappers. Light cover soil else tight, very good plus.. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good.

Washington: Government Printing Office. 1872., 1872. First printing. 8vo. 367 pp. Original gilt-stamped brown cloth binding with Navy logo front cover. Contemporary signature on flyleaf & title page ( --Siegfried, Asst. Surgeon, USNavy.). On pastedown, handwritten: Recd Feb 21st 1873 On board the Richmond Key West Fla. The spine is faded (gilt mostly effaced) and the covers are splotchy; some… Read more about this item

London: Lund Humphries, 1974., 1974. First printing. 8vo. xvi, 216 pp. Illustrated in B & W. Original gilt-stamped dark red cloth binding. This is a tight, fine book in a near fine DJ.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.

Philadelphia and London: W.B. Saunders. 1928., 1928. First printing. 8vo. 171 pop. Illustrated, including one fold-out chart. Original gilt-stamped black cloth binding. George Washington Crile (1864-1943) was a professor of surgery at Western Reserve Medical School in Cleveland. He is known as a major figure in the research to prevent surgical shock and anesthesia complications of major surgical procedures &… Read more about this item

Louisville: John P. Morton & Company, 1890., 1890. First printing. 8vo. 33 pp. Original printed stapled wrappers. Covers missing else very good.. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good.

Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications (1949)., 1949. First printing. 4to. viii, 150 pp. 188 figs. Original blue cloth binding. Trueta (1897-1977) was born and trained in Spain (Catalan), then gained experience in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), considered the prelude to WWII. Truetta is particularly known for his contributions regarding rx of war injuries (GM 4435.1, 5632), osteomyelitis, and circulation of… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd. 1912. 2nd edition., 1912. Expanded Second edition. Two volumes (complete). Heavy 8vos. xxxi, 883 pp. + [4] pp. Ads; xxiv, 867 pp. +[4] pp. Ads. Original brown cloth binding. Illustrated by 70 plates and over 1000 figures, of which nearly 400 are original, and by notes of 54 cases." Alfred Herbert Tubby (1863-1930) was on… Read more about this item

Washington, D.C.: Office of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army, 1955., 1955. First printing. 4to. ix, 447 pp. Profusely illustrated in B & W. Original gilt-stamped brown cloth binding. Sterling Bunnell (1882-1957) is considered to have originated the specialty of hand surgery; he was responsible for the designation of some Army hospitals as hand centers in WWII. (G-M 4404.2)… Read more about this item