![NURSING - REFORM For The INSANE. [drop title]. Edward Cowles](/pictures/thumb/45143.jpg?v=1542150260)
[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
(n. p.): (n. d.). FULL SIGNATURE Of NIGHTINGALE. Photographic image: 3-1/2" x 2" [CDV?]. Frame: 14" x 9-5/8". Light peach-colored matte, with grey border to each piece. Letter excerpt reads: "where I am to send the Blue Books. / Ever yours faithfully / Florence Nightingale" 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
![NURSE'S LEATHER CHATELAINE WITH 8 TOOLS [together with] TWO CABINET CARDS. Chatelaine - Photographs](/pictures/thumb/45018.jpg?v=1585114085)
(n. p.): The London Photographic Company; J. A. Wheeler. (n. d.). C. 1880s. One chatelaine with 7 tools, and two cabinet cards. B/w photographs. Cabinet cards: 6-1/2" x 4-1/4"; Chatelaine: approx. 6-1/2" x 4-3/4" Leather chatelaine pouch with steel snap enclosure, V-shaped leather straps with a silver belt clip. Cabinet..... 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
![CARTE De VISITE [CDV]. US Sanitary Commission, J. T. Pancoast](/pictures/thumb/44715.jpg?v=1542149886)
[Baltimore]: Pollock, (n. d.). Ca mid-1860s. SIGNED by Pancoast on the cdv verso. Photograph: 3-1/2" x 2-1/4"; Mount: 4" x 2-3/8". Photographer blindstamp in lower right of CDV. CDV of J. T. Pancoast who was the Agent for the US Sanitary Commission in Baltimore. From an 1863 United States Sanitary Commission bulletin..... 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
New York: Wm. C. Bryant & Co., Printers, 1862. 1st Printing. 15, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 8-7/8" x 5-5/8". Printed self-wrappers, sewn. 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
[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
(n. p.): 1908. 1st Printing thus. Unpaginated, though 14 pages. 6-7/16" x 3-38". Printed grey paper wrappers, stapled. From the Incorporation: "That the purpose for which said incorporation is formed is, to celebrate the admission of trained nurses to the United States Army, to commemorate the work of nurses in..... 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
London: St. John's Gate, Clerkenwell, E.C.I., (n. d.). Ca 1918. 272, xvi, [1] pp. 16 page catalogue of Nursing gear at rear. Illustrated with cuts & drawings. 16mo. 5-1/4" x 4". Original light brown pebbled cloth binding with white stamping to spine & front board. More
Boston and Providence: Otis Clapp & Son, 1898. Early edition [3rd?]; 1st published in 1895. 170, [2 (blank)] pp (including Index). 'Advertising Matter', pp. 129 - 165. Adverts illustrated with cuts. 7-5/8" x 4-3/8". Original publisher's printed paper wrappers. Scarce [especially in this binding format] early edition of this work..... More
London: Printed by W. H. Cox, 5, Great Queen Street, 1842. 1st Printing. 20 pp. Laid-in engraved calling card for "Mr Philip Rose". Front cover with wood engraved image of the Hospital. 12mo. 7-1/8" x 4-13/16". Off-white stiff stock paper covers, sewn. Now the Royal Brompton Hospital, the hospital is..... More
[Philadelphia]: Grant, Faires & Rodgers, Printers, 1876. 1st Printing. 16 pp. "Rules for Nurses in Training", pp. 8 -13. Application, pp. 14 - 15. 8vo. Original publisher's printed blue-grey paper wrappers, sewn. The hospital was incorporated in 1861, and from that date its mission included "the practical training of nurses..... More
Edinburgh: 1878. 1st printing (presumed). Bifolium, printed p. 1 only. 10-1/2" x 8-1/8". Printed self-wrappers. A printed APPEAL for contributions to Baroness Burdett Coutts' Turkish Compassionate Fund to benefit refugees from the conflict in Constantinople during the winter of 1877 - 1878. The body of the text, a ten stanza..... More
(n. d.). Circa 1890s - 1920s. 8 labels, printed recto only. Sizes vary. Largest 2-7/8" x 3-3/8"; smallest 1-1/4" x 2-1/2". Mostly white paper printed in dk blue, black or green; one multicolored. Labels include: - "Dr. Haynes' Arabian Balsam" for colds, coughs, sprains, burns, bruises, etc., Providence, RI - Sulphur..... More
New York: The Century Co., 1898. A later printing of a work first 1st published in 1893. Cf. Bitting, p. 47 [with the 1906 edition]; Wheaton & Kelly 707. Not in Cagle. vii, [1 (blank)], 323, [1 (blank)] pp (including Index). Crown 8vo. 7-5/8" x 5". Original publisher's gunmetal-grey cloth..... More
![WOMEN . . . OUR WOUNDED NEED YOUR CARE! [. . . ] Join a Hospital Company. Women's Army Corps / WWII](/pictures/thumb/43502.jpg?v=1583623410)
Recruiting Publicity Bureau United States Army, 1945. 1st Edition. Broadside. Linen-backed. Large illustration of a woman in a blue WAC uniform carrying a surgical tray. Poster: 37-3/4" x 25-1/4". Backing: 39-1/2" x 27-1/4". Cream paper printed in blue, grey and white. Backed in linen with white paper coating to poster..... More
[Oakland?]: 1921. 1st Printing. One printed sheet, folded once vertically, to form 4 pp. Page 4 blank. Typographical ornament, p. 1. 7-1/2" x 5". Printed self-wrappers. Oakland California's Samuel Merritt Hospital, with a new School of Nursing, opened its doors in 1909. Here offered a scarce ephemeral piece from just..... More
London: The Library Association for The Royal College of Nursing, 1974. xiii, [1], 223, [1] pp. 12" x 8". Blue cloth stamped in gilt with blue box. Pink dj printed in black. More
