MEDICAL from Ray Boas, Bookseller

London: Printed for W. Johnson, 1762. HC. good, full leather (hardcover) leather cracking at hinges. An important medical education book from the mid to late 18th century. Original calf binding with wear, leather cracked at hinges, lacks front free endpaper but nice 1770 bookplate on front pastedown. Only about right 1/3 of original spine label remains. 416pp, index.… Read more

London: H. K. Lewis, 1909. HC. good, gray boards (hardcover) edgewear to the boards. 156pp.

New York: Truman Talley Books/Dutton, 1995. HC. very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover). ISBN 0525939342 197pp.

Dayton, OH: Fordham Health Sciences Lib, 1987. PB. very good, wraps (softcover). Volume 1 - CATALOG OF THE LIBRARY, 158 pages; and, Volume 2 - INVENTORY OF THE MANUSCRIPTS, 182 pages.

Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1903. HC. good, maroon cloth (hardcover) light edgewear, signed Jacobi. 560pp.

Des Moines, IA: Found. Chiropractic Edu, 1977. HC. good, light blue cloth (hardcover) owner's address label. B&W illustrations. A Conservative Approach to Health Restoration, Maintenance, and Disease Resistance" published by The Foundation for Chiropractic Education and Research. Owner's address label on front pastedown. 118pp.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1983. HC. very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover). ISBN 0684179504 208pp.

New York: Medical Life Press, 1928. PB. good, wraps (softcover). B&W illustrations. 32 pages of captivating ads follow text. p260-306, ads.

New York: The Critic and Guide Co, 1909. HC. good, maroon cloth (hardcover) light edgewear to cloth SEE NOTE. This set was in a health service library with stamp inside front cover, and spine labels. Light edgewear, and top/bottom of spines. Clean and tight set including: VOL. I: CONTRIBUTIONS TO PEDIATRICS, 445pp; VOL. II: CONTRIBUTIONS TO PEDIATRICS, 646pp;… Read more

New York: Press of Stettiner Bros, 1905. HC. good, paper covered boards, black cloth spine (hardcover) NOTE. B&W illustrations. Black cloth spine is faded, edgewear to boards of this original edition. Bookplate of Dr. Ernst P. Boas. 418pp.

New York: Mount Sinai Hospital, 1914. PB. good, wraps (softcover). 144pp.

Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc, 1955. PB. good, wraps (softcover). Author was my grandfather. In the 1920s he was the youngest Chief of Staff at Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx. One of the first heart specialists, and developer of the EKG machine, his first machine was in my attic when I was a child, but my Dad… Read more

University of Vermont, 2010. HC. very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover). B&W and color illustrations. ISBN 9781450701709 444pp.

St. Louis, MO: The C. V. Mosby Company, 1948. HC. very good, maroon cloth (hardcover). B&W illustrations. Volume I: WITH MEDICAL & DENTAL CHRONOLOGY & BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA, 514pp; and Volume II: WASHINGTON'S NEED FOR MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE, HOUDON'S LIFE MASK VERSUS HIS PORTRAITURES, 408pp. Bump to bottom corners of Volume I.

Boston: George W. Light, 1841. HC. good, 3/4 leather, marbled boards (hardcover) edgewear. A compilation of William Alcott's writings including: Dosing and Drugging; How to Prevent Consumption; City and Country; Right Use of Fruits; Thoughts on Bathing; Breathing Bad Air; Clothing and Temperature; Domestic Poisons; Tight Lacing; Abuses of the Eye; Health in Common Schools; and, Right Use… Read more

New York: William H. Colyer, 1845. HC. good, original brown cloth (hardcover) foxing and edgewear. Tight copy, Foxing throughout, wear top/bottom of spine. 296pp.

Rochester, MN: Whiting Printers & Stationer, 1971. HC. very good+, green cloth (hardcover) owner's name. B&W illustrations. The invention of the ophthalmoscope initiated the Golden Age of Ophthalmology. 127pp.

Chicago, IL: A. Robertson & Co, 1905. HC. very good, red cloth (hardcover). 239pp.

New York: Rockefeller Inst. Med. Res, 1912. PB. good, wraps (softcover) light wear to covers and some chips. B&W illustrations. 34pp.

London: Vernier Press, 1994. PB. fine, wraps (softcover). B&W illustrations. ISBN 1898825009 This monograph endeavors to show how, before the sophistication of modern electronic aids, the deaf found some help in articles of a rare and beautiful ingenuity. 58pp.