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New York: William Wood and Company, 1916. Second Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Minus. Quarto. Textured maroon cloth-covered round-beveled boards (9 1/8 in. x 6 in.) with gilt lettering to spine. Book was specially bound by its former owner, the John Crerar Library at the University of Chicago. Early copy of a classic work by a (then-retired) twentieth-century… Read more about this item

Flagstaff, AZ: Best Publishing Company, 2008. Hardcover. Very Good. Small quarto, 10.2 in. x 7 in., pp. xxii, 454. Dark red boards with gilt title on black panels to front and spine. Bottom corners nudged. Tape repair over half-inch closed tear to top of front joint. Unmarked, bright interior.

Columbus, Ohio: Published for the Proprietor (aka, self-published), 1831. Early Edition. Leather-bound. Good. Octavo. Full (worn) brown mottled calf with contrasting spine label (gilt on black). Moderate foxing throughout, but text easily readable. Solidly bound. From "A General Review of the Nature and Operation of Thomson's Remedies" P. 114) "...Opium has been used almost exclusively for years,… Read more about this item

Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas, 1950. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dustjacket. Octavo, 9" x 5/3." pp. x, 101. 13 illustrations. Black publisher's cloth. Minimal shelf-wear. Original, illustrated dust jacket. Ownership stamp "J.M. Willits" to top corner of DJ, front past down and free endpaper. Interior pages very clean. Clinical study of over 1000 cases of peptic… Read more about this item

Los Angeles, California: Western Lithograph Co, 1924. First Edition. Softcover. Near fine. Slim duodecimo, 7 1/2" x 5." pp. 24. Brown leather covers, title blind stamped to front. Very minor rubbing to extremities. Interior pages very clean. One must "teach the bowel to move at a definite time..." "An authoritative study of bowel conditions and action… Read more about this item

Edinburgh, Scotland: Excudebant Neill et Socius, 1832. First Edition. Leather-bound. Good. IN LATIN. Octavo, 5.25 x 8.5 in., pp. 33. Full-calf with gilt frame design and tooled floral frame with large graphic design in blind on front and back. Gilt design to spine and board edges. Marbled endpapers. Vertical staining to left third of front board (near front… Read more about this item

Frankfurt and Leipzig: Johannis Grosii, 1698. Second Edition Corrected. Leather-bound. Good Only. Quarto. IN LATIN. Contemporary Mottled Calf (8 1/2 in. x 7 in.). Five raised bands with gilt-decorated compartments. Spine title reads: "Bellini de Urinis". Rubbing to extremities. Worming evidence to boards and hinges. Spotting to endpapers, foxing throughout, but readable. Red and black title page. 720… Read more about this item

New York: Editions Medicina Rara, 1975. Limited Edition. Leather_bound. Near Fine in Very Good Slipcase. Circa 1975. Facsimile reprint of the original 1583 edition at the Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbuttel, Germany. Limited to 2800 copies with this copy numbered 525. Half leather over green boards, five raised bands with red spine label with title in gilt. Thick folio.… Read more about this item

New York: Editions Medicina Rara, 1971. Limited Edition. Leather_bound. Near Fine. One of 300 facsimile copies of the original 1697 London edition. 109 pages, numerous illustrations. Full brown pebbled leather (but unnumbered) with gilt rules, spine titles and decorations in gilt. Two minor scratches to front cover, otherwise fine copy. Limited Edition for members of Editions Medicina Rara.… Read more about this item

NEW YORK: William Wood and Company, 1909. Hardcover. GOOD PLUS. Reprint of fourth revised edition. Bound in limp black leather, finely-diced, with a wrap-around flap with a tongue which inserts into a strap. Gilt edges, moderately faded gilt lettering on spine. Binding with significant rubbing and some light fraying to extremities, moderate rubbing to boards and spine(s). Bookseller's… Read more about this item

Vienna: Alfred Holder, 1900. Hardcover. VERY GOOD. Single volume, two books, both German-language. 714 pp. Krafft-Ebing was instrumental in solving the problem of the general paralysis of the insane, inoculating paralytics with syphilis. Second book by Remak is another landmark work in early neropathology. Light sunning to spine. Light rubbing to extremities and to spine. 3 scratches 1… Read more about this item