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

(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

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

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

London: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1899. 2nd printing of the Revised edition. First published in 1892. 154, [12 (publisher catalogue)] pp. Index concludes text. Illustratedw with a few cuts. 12mo. 7-3/8" x 4-7/8". Original publisher's blue cloth binding, with gilt stamped spine lettering. More

(n. p.): (n. d.). Ca early 20th C. Oval b/w bust photograph [5" x 3-3/8"] of a nurse. Mount: 8-1/2" x 6-5/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. A nice photograph of a nurse in period garb, cf. Sharf, The Fashionable Nurse, 1910 - 1970, p. 23. More

San Jose: Tucker Studios, (n. d.). Ca early 20th C. Oval b/w photograph [5-1/4" x 2-5/8"] of a nurse, aspect shows head to mid-thigh. Onion-skin protector. Mount: 11-1/4" x 5". Mount tipped into a plain black construction paper folder, flip-style. A nice photograph of a nurse in period garb, cf..... More

[Washington, D.C.?]: 1887. 1st separate printing. [2], 16 pp. Frontispiece, captioned with "Fifteen Nurses. Class of 1886. McLean Asylum Training - School. Composite Made by Notman. From The Century Magazine for November, 1887." 8vo. Self-wrappers, sewn. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Apparently an offprint, which notes the piece..... More

London: Darling & Son, Limited, 1915. 1st printing. 24 pp. 9-5/8" x 6-1/8". Printed blue paper covers, stapled. Cavell an American nurse shot by the Germans, after an accusation of her assisting prisoners to escape. More

(n. p.): 1952. 346, 15 leaves of typescript, recto only. 11-1/2" x 9-1/8". Black commercial 3-ring binder. "This dissertation surveyed certain phases of growth of the nursing profession in the British Commonwealth between 1860 and 1939, chiefly the development of training schools and legislation on nursing." More

London: Faber & Faber Ltd., 1939. Sixth Edition. viii, 268 pp (including Index). Small 8vo. Blue cloth binding with dark blue lettering. Pale blue dust jacket. A primer on food, and its cookery, for nurses in training. More

[Elkhart, IN]: Dr. Miles Laboratories, Inc., (n. d.). Circa 1935. 29, [1] pp. B/w photographic images and illustrations. Oblong 24mo. 4-3/4" x 6-1/8". Stapled white wrappers printed in color, title in orange. Promotional booklet for Dr. Miles medical products, thinly disguised as a dieting guide. Sections on recommended meal plans..... More

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1892. 1st printing of the Revised & Enlarged Second edition. 391, [7] pp. Vocabulary & Index conclude text. 4 pages of adverts at rear. Frontis. Intra-textual cuts. Charts, including one inserted fold-out. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 5". Original publisher's maroon cloth with gilt letter &..... More