Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1898. 2nd edition, and 1st edition with this title (cf. Nevins II, p. 139). ix, [5], 210 pp (including Index). T.p. printed in red & black. Frontis + 2 inserted portrait plates. Sanitary Commission medallion to t.p. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 5". Original green cloth binding with gilt..... More
Concord, N. H. (n. d.). Ca 1900. 300 pages of lined paper; 261 with mss notes. 29 lines per page, ~ 8 words per line, ~ 60,000 words. Writing neat & quite legible. Royal 8vo. 10-1/2" x 8-1/4". Commercial notebook, with maroon half-leather binding (spine professionally renewed) & black pebbled..... More
[New York]: Bellevue Press, 1875. 1st printing (Cardasco 70-2263). 24 pp. "Compliments" presentation slip tipped-in at front. 8vo. 8" x 5-1/8". Original publisher's printed pale grey paper covers, sewn. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Alexander E. MacDonald, M.D. was a prominent American physician and psychiatrist, and a leader..... More
Philadelphia & London: W. B. Saunders Company, 1945. 5th edition, 5th printing. 579, [1 (blank)] pp. Index at rear. Illustrated. 8" x 5-1/2". Original publisher's blue cloth binding. Printed pale blue paper dust jacket. More
Oakland, California: Published by the Student Nurses of the Fabiola School of Nursing, 1925. 1st Printing. 74, [6 (adverts)] pp. Atricles throughout on divers aspects of nursing, e.g., pp 39 - 41, "A Little Glimpse of Public Health Nursing", Elizabeth Gordon Fox & pp 42 - 43, "Peaks in the..... More
Cleveland, Ohio: 1921. 1st Edition. 67, [11] pp. Illustrated with drawings and with b/w photographic images. 10-1/2" x 7-7/8". Powder blue pebbled sheep binding with blue floral patterned-paper eps. Gilt stamped title to front cover. NB. Binding appears later, not original. Scarce yearbook from this School of Nursing in Cleveland..... More
Toronto ? 1915. 25 leaves of black mounting paper, 19 pages of which have 85 b/w photographs affixed thereon. Two pages at front with captions to photographs, one of which states, "The Start - Toronto 1915". Photos range in size from 3/4" x 3/4" to 3-1/8" x 4-1/2". Album: 5-3/4"..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, Fourth Avenue and Twenty-Third Street, 1873. 1st Edition (Atwater 3137). 72 pp. T.p. printer's ornament. Text illustrated with 2 cuts of thermometers, and a few graphs. 12mo. 7-3/8" x 5". Original publisher's terra cotta cloth binding with black stamping. Born in France, Seguin emigrated..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1880. A later issue of the 1st edition of this important early American nursing text, initially published in 1879. Cf. Cordasco 70-1507. 266 pp (including Index). 8vo. 7-1/2" x 4-3/4". Publisher's original green cloth binding, with gilt stampd spine lettering & black stamped lettering..... More
San Francisco: UCSF Nursing Press, 2007. 1st edition. SIGNED by the author on the t.p. xiii, 191 pp. Illustrated. 11-1/4" x 8-3/4". Creme cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Pictorial glossy dust jacket. Bright blue bookmark ribbon. More
London: J. & A. Churchill 11, New Burlington Street, 1886. 1st Edition. [8], 164, [4] pp. Publisher adverts last 4 pages. 8vo. 7-5/8" x 4-7/8". Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Somewhat uncommon book on the subject, with OCLC reporting just 4 cc held..... More
[Annapolis?]: (n. d.). 1st printing, ca 1864. Card printed recto only. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "The USSC established offices and storehouses, and homes for soldiers and their relatives, throughout Maryland during the war, in Annapolis, Baltimore, Frederick, and Sharpsburg. The main purpose of these USSC stations was..... More
London: John W. Parker and Son, West Strand. 1859. First Edition [Bishop & Goldie 100 (iii); Garrison - Morrison 1611]. [8], 108, 8 pp. 8 page publisher catalogue at rear. Charts, including one fold-out, 8 intra-textual figures & 4 fold-out plates at rear. 8vo. 9" x 5-5/8". Original publisher's brown..... More
Boston: Hudson Printing Company, 1919. 1st Edition. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy. 71, [5 (blank)] pp. Chapters: Jouy, Chateau-Thierry, Toul & Fleury. Frontispiece. 5 internal b/w plates. Laid-in, an albumen photograph of the author, with her signature on the verso. 12mo. 7-7/8" x 5-1/8". Grey cloth spine pver mottled grey paper wrapped..... More
Boston / New-York: Crocker and Brewster / Jonathan Leavitt, 1833. 3rd edition (American Imprints 17225). viii, [13] - 164 pp. 12mo, signed in 6s. 7-1/2" x 4-5/8". Original publishers green cloth spine over drab paper boards, with printed paper title label to spine. Abbott, a well-known Congregational clergyman, as well..... More
[London]: 1791. 1st Printing thus. ESTC shows a 40 pp edition published the year prior (cf. ESTC T89941). [2], 42, [2 (blank)] pp. Title leaf a singleton, 2 mm short, tipped onto B1. Lacks half-title leaf. Fold out chart, "Fabric". 8vo. 7-1/2" x 4-3/4". Disbound, with binding remnants along spine..... More
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[London?]: 1878. Single sheet of stationery, with black border, mounted, along with a Lenthall [successor to Mr Kilburn] CDV of Nightingale. The CDV portrays Nightingale as she looked shortly after the Crimean War, ca late 1850s. Stationery: 4-7/16" x 7". CDV: 4-1/8" x 2-1/2". Frame: 11-1/8" x 17-1/4". Matted, and..... More
Brooklyn, N. Y. C. H. Jordan, 485 Fulton Street, (n. d.). Ca late 1890s. Image portrays the nurse standing next to a small table, on which is found a jar of tonic, and a glass with pipette. Photograph: 5-7/16" x 4-1/8". Card: 6-1/2" x 4-3/16". Albumen photograph mounted on dark..... More
[Watsonville, CA ?]: (n. d.). Ca early 1900s? Divers sizes. 4 mounted. All now housed in archival mylar sleeves. Here offered a group of 6 early b/w photographs of the Watsonville Sanatorium, also known as the Watsonville Sanitarium. None are dated or credited but all provide exterior views of this..... More
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(n. p.): 1865. Single sheet, mss handwriting both sides, 43 lines, ~ 6 words per line, ~ 250 words. Includes a prior owner typewritten transcription of the letter [with, regrettably, some inaccuracies, e.g., Mrs DePew called DePen]. 7-7/8" x 4-7/8". Envelope: 3" x 5-1/4". Envelope with Atlanta June 9th postmark..... More
New York: Architectural Record Publishing Company, 1918. 1st edition. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, SIGNED by the author. [12], 274, [2 (blank)] pp. Profusely illustrated with plans, diagrams & from photographs. Royal 8vo. 10-1/8" x 7-1/8". Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine & front cover. While well represented..... More
Edinburgh and London: E. & S. Livingstone Ltd., 1959. 1st Edition. viii, 167, [1] pp (including Index). Extensively illustrated with 94 drawings detailing the many divers tray / trolley layout configurations. 12mo. 5-1/2" x 4-3/8". Original publisher's maroon faux leather flexible covers with gilt stamped lettering. A popular, oft published..... More
Hartford, Conn. Taylor & Huntington, (n. d.). Ca early 1880s. Verso with description of the Sanitary Commission, as well as a publisher blurb on the War series, and an extensive "A Word as to Prices". Dual photographs, domed. Orange mount. Oblong format: 4" x 7". Housed in a clear mlyar..... More
[Worcester]: 1956. 1st edition thus. 15 leaves of mylar covered mounting paper, with 7 pages of text: "Dedication" [1 p], "History of The Class of 1956A" [2 pp], "Class Last Will and Testament" [2 pp] & "Class Prophecy" [2 pp]. 21 portrait photographs [5" x 3-3/4"]: 4 faculty & 17..... More
New York, NY: U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps, (n. d.). Single poster, printed recto only. Large color half-tone illustration by Edmundson of a hopeful and beautiful Cadet Nurse, looking off into the distance in uniform. 20" x 14-1/8". Buff paper, printed in color. The Cadet Nurse Corps program was passed by..... More
