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An Account of the Foxglove and Some of its Medical Uses. With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and other Diseases
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An Account of the Foxglove and Some of its Medical Uses. With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and other Diseases

by [Classics of Medicine Library]. WITHERING, William

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Published
1979
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Hardcover
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Birmingham, Alabama: Classics of Medicine Library, 1979. Hardcover. Fine. Birmingham, Alabama, Classics of Medicine Library, 1979 (facsimile edition)/ 1785. Octavo, xxii, 209 pages plus a large folding colour plate. Gilt-pictorial full leather, all edges gilt; a fine copy. Loosely inserted is the publisher's bookplate personalised for the subscriber (copy number 179).
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Headaches. Their Causes and Treatment
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Headaches. Their Causes and Treatment

by SHULDHAM, E.B.

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Used - Very Good
Edition
2nd Edition
Published
1876
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Hardcover
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$74.62

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London: E. Gould & Son, 1876. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London, E. Gould & Son, 1876 (revised second edition)/ [1875]. Duodecimo, 79 pages. Tan cloth lettered in black; mild signs of age and use, but overall a very good copy with contemporary ownership details. 'That the first edition of this little work should have been exhausted in… Read more about this item
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Sorcerers and Healing Spirits. Continuity and Change in an Aboriginal Medical System

Sorcerers and Healing Spirits. Continuity and Change in an Aboriginal Medical System

by REID, Janice

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Used - Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1983
Binding
Paperback
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$44.10

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Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1983. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Canberra, Australian National University Press, 1983. Octavo, xxvi, 183 pages with 2 maps and 7 illustrations. Colour-pictorial card covers lightly rubbed; top edge a little foxed; an excellent copy. The book is 'based on the author's fieldwork among the Yolngu (or Murngin) in 1974-75 and during subsequent… Read more about this item
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A Treatise on the Diseases of the Chest, in which they are described according to their Anatomical Characters, and their Diagnosis established on a New Principle by means of Acoustick Instruments ... Translated from the French ... with a Preface and Notes by John Forbes
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Birmingham, Alabama: Classics of Medicine Library, 1979. Hardcover. Fine. Birmingham, Alabama, Classics of Medicine Library, 1979 (facsimile edition)/ 1821. Octavo, xxxviii, 438, [2] (colophon, blank) pages plus 8 plates. Gilt-decorated full leather, all edges gilt; a fine copy. Loosely inserted is the publisher's bookplate personalised for the subscriber (copy number 179).
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$40.70
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Heavy Metal. The Social Meaning of Petrol Sniffing in Australia

by BRADY, Maggie

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Used - Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1992
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Paperback
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$16.96

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Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press, 1992. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Canberra, Aboriginal Studies Press, 1992. Large octavo, xii, 223 pages with 11 tables, 12 plates (many from photographs by the author) and 17 figures (including several maps). Colour-pictorial card covers lightly rubbed; an excellent copy. Provenance: Reverend Bill Edwards, with his ownership label on the front free endpaper.… Read more about this item
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Merck's 1899 Manual of Materia Medica ... A Ready-Reference Pocket Book for the Practicing [sic] Physician

Merck's 1899 Manual of Materia Medica ... A Ready-Reference Pocket Book for the Practicing [sic] Physician

by [Materia Medica]

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Used - Fine
Published
1999
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Hardcover
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New York: Merck & Co, 1999. Hardcover. Fine. New York, Merck & Co., [1999] (facsimile edition)/ 1899. Duodecimo, 196 pages (including printed free endpapers) plus the printed pastedowns. Cloth; a fine copy. A 'facsimile of the first edition of "The Merck Manual", published as "Merck's 1899 Manual" has been produced in celebration of the 100th anniversary of this… Read more about this item
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Taboo and Genetics. A Study of the Biological, Sociological and Psychological Foundation of the Family

Taboo and Genetics. A Study of the Biological, Sociological and Psychological Foundation of the Family

by KNIGHT, M.M., Iva Lowther PETERS and Phyllis BLANCHARD

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Used - Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1921
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Hardcover
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$37.31

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London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd., 1921. Octavo, xvi, 255 pages. Cloth a little mottled, marked and bumped; edges and endpaers a little discoloured, with the leading edge a little scored; mild signs of age and use; overall, in very good condition.… Read more about this item
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The Relativity of Reality. Reflections on the Limitations of Thought and the Genesis of the Need of Causality
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The Relativity of Reality. Reflections on the Limitations of Thought and the Genesis of the Need of Causality

by LAFORGUE, René

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Used - Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1940
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Hardcover
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New York: Nervous and Mental Disease Monographs, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. New York, Nervous and Mental Disease Monographs, 1940 (first edition in English)/ 1937. Octavo, [vi], 93 pages. Papered boards unevenly sunned and slightly rubbed and marked; a very good copy. Nervous and Mental Disease Monographs Number 66; translated from the French by Anne Jouard. Provenance:Brian… Read more about this item
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Human Sex Anatomy. A Topographical Hand Atlas
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Human Sex Anatomy. A Topographical Hand Atlas

by DICKINSON, Robert Latou

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Used - Very Good
Edition
2nd Edition
Published
1949
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$101.76

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Baltimore: The Williams & Wilkins Company, 1949. 2nd Edition. Very Good. Baltimore, The Williams & Wilkins Company, 1949 (second edition)/ 1933. Large quarto, vi, vi-b-h (preface to second edition), vii-xiv, 145 pages with 4 pages of illustrations plus 214 pages containing 175 figures and plates. Buckram (lettered and decorated in gilt on the spine) slightly rubbed and bumped… Read more about this item
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The Principles and Practice of Medicine. Designed for the Use of Practitioners and Students of Medicine
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The Principles and Practice of Medicine. Designed for the Use of Practitioners and Students of Medicine

by [Classics of Medicine Library]. OSLER, Sir William

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Used - Fine
Published
1978
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Hardcover
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$50.88

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Birmingham, Alabama: The Classics of Medicine Library (Gryphon Editions, Ltd.), 1978. Hardcover. Fine. Birmingham, Alabama, The Classics of Medicine Library (Gryphon Editions, Ltd.), 1978 (facsimile edition)/ 1892. Octavo, xx, 1080, [6], 8 [advertisements], [2] pages with 19 charts and 5 figures. Gilt-decorated full leather; all edges gilt; marbled endpapers; a fine copy. Loosely inserted is the publisher's bookplate… Read more about this item
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Recollections of Past Life
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Recollections of Past Life

by HOLLAND, Sir Henry

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Used - Very Good
Edition
3rd Edition
Published
1872
Binding
Hardcover
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$135.68

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London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1872. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1872 (third edition)/ 1871. Octavo, xiv, 346, [2] (blank), [2] (publisher's list) pages. Dark green cloth lettered in gilt and decorated in gilt and black; minimal wear to the extremities; uncut top edge a little dusty; hinges neatly stabilised; overall, an excellent… Read more about this item
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Keeping a Trust. South Australia's Wyatt Benevolent Institution and its Founder

Keeping a Trust. South Australia's Wyatt Benevolent Institution and its Founder

by [Philanthropy]. FORT, Carol

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Used - Very Good
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Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
2008
Binding
Hardcover
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$54.27

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Kent Town: Wakefield Press, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Kent Town, Wakefield Press, 2008. Large quarto, x, 262 pages with numerous illustrations and plates (some in colour). Papered boards a little bumped at the foot of the rear cover; an excellent copy with the fine dustwrapper. The half-title is signed presumably by the author (April 2008). Dr… Read more about this item
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Frail Flesh and Blood. The Health of South Australians since Earliest Times
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Frail Flesh and Blood. The Health of South Australians since Earliest Times

by LINN, Rob

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Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Dust Jacket Included
Edition
First Edition
Published
1993
Binding
Hardcover
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$37.31

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Woodville: Queen Elizabeth Hospital Research Foundation Inc/ Historical Consultants, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Woodville, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Research Foundation Inc/ Historical Consultants, 1993. Octavo, xii, 238 pages with numerous illustrations (most from photographs) and a 3-page list of subscribers at the rear. Quarter synthetic cloth and papered boards; rear free endpaper and last few… Read more about this item
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The Language Instinct. The New Science of Language and Mind

The Language Instinct. The New Science of Language and Mind

by PINKER, Steven

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Used - Fine
Published
2008
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Hardcover
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$33.92

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London: The Folio Society, 2008. Hardcover. Fine. London, The Folio Society, 2008 (first thus). Large octavo, xiv, 447 pages with numerous illustrations and diagrams plus 7 colour plates. Quarter contrasting cloth and pictorial papered boards; a fine copy in the slipcase (very slightly sunned and rubbed). New foreword by Paul Scofield.
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Doctor and the Aborigines

Doctor and the Aborigines

by DUGUID, Charles

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Used - Very Good
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Dust Jacket Included
Edition
First Edition
Published
1972
Binding
Hardcover
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$20.35

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Adelaide: Rigby Limited, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Adelaide, Rigby Limited, 1972. Octavo, [xviii], 219 pages plus 20 pages of plates (totalling 44 illustrations from photographs). Papered boards slightly bumped; ink ownership signature on the front free endpaper; an excellent copy with the dustwrapper slightly sunneda and rubbed. Not least, Duguid's pre-eminent role in the… Read more about this item
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Northern Territory Bush Book. A Guide for Field Staff

Northern Territory Bush Book. A Guide for Field Staff

by JACOBS, D. S. (editor)

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Used - Very Good
Edition
2nd Edition
Published
1979
Binding
Paperback
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Adelaide, South Australia, AUS
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$84.80

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Darwin: Northern Territory Department of Health, 1979. 2nd Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Darwin, Northern Territory Department of Health, 1979 (second edition)/ [1973]. Quarto, viii, 244 pages with 3 illustrations. Pictorial card covers rubbed and sunned; ink signature to the front cover, with ink ownership details to the title page; an excellent copy. The 'Bush Book' was 'a wonderful… Read more about this item
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Life History Album. Tables and Charts for recording the Development of Body and Mind from Childhood upwards, with Introductory Remarks
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Life History Album. Tables and Charts for recording the Development of Body and Mind from Childhood upwards, with Introductory Remarks

by GALTON, Francis

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Used
Jacket Condition
Dust Jacket Included
Edition
2nd Edition
Published
1902
Binding
Hardcover
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London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1902. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. London, Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1902 (second edition)/ [1884]. Small quarto, x, 178 pages plus 9 charts. Fawn cloth printed and decorated in red; head of the spine slightly bumped; red ribbon ties attached near the leading edge of the covers a little creased; endpapers unevenly… Read more about this item
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Life History Album. Tables and Charts for recording the Development of Body and Mind from Childhood upwards, with Introductory Remarks
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Life History Album. Tables and Charts for recording the Development of Body and Mind from Childhood upwards, with Introductory Remarks

by GALTON, Francis

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Used - Very Good
Edition
2nd Edition
Published
1902
Binding
Hardcover
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$101.76

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London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1902. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London, Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1902 (second edition)/ [1884]. Small quarto, x, 178 pages plus 9 charts. Fawn cloth printed and decorated in red; head of the spine slightly bumped and marked, with a few marks near the top edge of the front cover; red ribbon ties… Read more about this item
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A Dissertation on Acute Pericarditis
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A Dissertation on Acute Pericarditis

by HOLMES, Oliver Wendell

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Used - Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1937
Binding
Hardcover
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Boston: The Welch Bibliophilic Society, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Boston, The Welch Bibliophilic Society, 1937. Octavo, 39 pages. Papered boards; uncut and entirely unopened; spine a little discoloured; covers, edges and endpapers slightly foxed; endpapers lightly discoloured; a very good copy. Introduction by James F. Ballard.
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A Family Herbal, or Familiar Account of the Medical Properties of British and Foreign Plants, also their Uses in Dying, and the Various Arts ..
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A Family Herbal, or Familiar Account of the Medical Properties of British and Foreign Plants, also their Uses in Dying, and the Various Arts ..

by THORNTON, John Robert

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Used - Very Good
Edition
2nd Edition
Published
1814
Binding
Hardcover
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Adelaide, South Australia, AUS
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$305.28

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London: B. and R. Crosby and Co, 1814. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London, B. and R. Crosby and Co., 1814 (second edition, considerably enlarged and improved). Large octavo, xxviii, 901 pages 'illustrated by two hundred and fifty-eight engravings from plants drawn from nature by Henderson, and engraved by Bewick of Newcastle'. Modern quarter calf and stippled cloth… Read more about this item
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