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
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
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
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
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1918. 1st Edition. viii, [2], 231, [15] pp. 5 pages of publisher adverts follow text. Frontispiece of the author, in her nurse's uniform, from her 1917 passport photograph. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 5-1/8". Original publisher's green cloth binding with black & gilt stamping. "These letters were..... 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. 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. Sharf, The Fashionable Nurse, 1910..... 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
Philadelphia: J. W. Moore, 1847 - 1848. 1st US Edition. viii, [9] - 525, [5]; viii, [9] - 552 pp. Volume I with frontis. 8vo. 9-3/4" x 6". Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine & boards stamped in blind. Yellow eps. Fry once described in the..... More
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[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
Brooklyn, NY: Scherer Photo Studios, (n. d.). C. 1890s. One b/w photo mounted on thick card, imprimt to verso. 3-3/8" x 1-7/8" photo; 5-1/4" x 3-3/8" mount. 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
Washington: 1861. 1st Edition. [1] 2-14 [2 blank] pp. 12mo. 5-1/4" x 3-7/8" Original printed tan paper wrappers, stitched. MS signature to upper wrapper: "Comp. F. Sergt. De Wakeman." Adopted and approved by the commission at a meeting held at Washington, July 12th, 1861. Commissioners: Henry W. Bellows, Prof. A...... 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
Hyattsville, Maryland: U.S. Department of Health Eduction and Welfare, 1980. 1st Printing. xv, [1 (blank)], 221, [3 (blank)] pp. Illustrated. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 5-7/8". Original printed paper wrappers. 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
Pittsburgh: Reed & Witting Co., 1917. 1st Edition. 33, [7 (blank)] pp. 6-3/4" x 4-1/8". Original publisher's light blue cloth binding with black printed lettering to front cover. The author a instuctor in nursing massage at a number of medical institutions, including Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Allegheny General Hospital, Homeopathic Hospital..... More
