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
![NURSING - REFORM For The INSANE. [drop title]. Edward Cowles.](/pictures/thumb/45143.jpg?v=1524419021)
[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
Philadelphia & London: W. B. Saunders Company, 1916. 1st printing of the 5th Revised Edition. [5] - 511, [1 (blank)], 12 pp. Glossary & Index follow text. 12 pages of adverts at rear, noting other Nursing books published by Saunders. Illustrated. 8vo. 8-1/8" x 5-1/2". Maroon vertically-ribbed cloth with gilt stamped spine lettering. 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=1521239058)
(n. p.): The London Photographic Company; J. A. Wheeler. (n. d.). C. 1880s. One chatelaine with 8 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
!["FAMILIAR TALKS ON PHYSIOLOGY. For the Young Folks. Third Lesson--Second Series." [as published in] THE LAWS Of LIFE and JOURNAL Of HEALTH. Vol. XVI. No. 4. Harriet N. Austin.](/pictures/thumb/45011.jpg?v=1521233714)
Dansville, NY: Austin, Jackson & Co., Publishers, 1873. 1st Edition. [97] 98-128 pp. 8vo., 10" x 6-3/4" Self wrappers. Harriet N. Austin M. D. was both an editor and contributor to this early health journal. She graduated from the American Hydropathic Institute, a school of non-traditional medicine, one of the... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1940. 1st edition. ix, [3], 236 pp. Illustrated with drawings. 8vo. Blue cloth binding with white stamped lettering. Blue map eps. Blue topstain. Green & blue dust jacket. 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
New York: The MacMillan Company, 1914. First printing of the Revised 2nd Edition. xii, [2], 179, [7] pp. Index @ rear. 6 page publisher catalogue concludes volume. Illustrated with cuts. Crown 8vo. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. More
Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Company, 1940. 1st printing thus. A half-tone image [5-1/4" x 4"] of Nightingale, on a single sheet, printed caption underneath. Glassine envelope. Overall size: 7" x 5" This half-tone image issued by Saunders as an apparent momento for their biennial Convention, 1940. The image taken from... 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=1510955591)
[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: Henry S. King & Co. 1876. 1st Edition (Driver 509.1). xvi, 175, [1 (blank)] pp (including Index). No adverts. Head- tailpieces. 12mo. 7-1/4" x 4-3/4". Original publisher's purple cloth with black & gilt stamping. Red speckled edges. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. 1st edition. x, 514, [2] pp (including Index). Illustrated with b/w photographic images. 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. More
St. Louis: C. V. Mosby Company, 1918. 1st Edition. xv, [1 (blank)], 17 - 160 pp (including Index). Illustrated. 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth binding. 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
London: John W. Parker and Son, West Strand. 1859. Second Edition [Bishop & Goldie 100 (iv)]. Cf. Garrison - Morrison 1611, for the 1st edition, also published in 1859. [8], 110 pp. Charts, including one fold-out, 5 intra-textual figures & 4 fold-out plates at rear. 8vo. 9" x 5-5/8". Later... More
Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders Company, 1912. Later printing of the 3rd revised edition of a work first published in 1904. 512 pp (including Index). Profusely illustrated. Folding chart. 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. More
New York: Wood & Holbrook, Publishers. 1870. 1st edition. xii, 13 - 228, [12] pp. 11 pages of adverts follow text. Frontis of the "Elmira Water-Cure". 12mo. 7-1/2" x 4-3/4". Publisher's original green cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine & front board. Primarily a primary on women's health issues... More
London: McCorquodale & Co. Limited. 1898. Third Edition, Revised and Corrected. viii, 186 pp. Index, pp. vi - viii. Pages [171]-186 advertising matter. Filled with cuts of divers nursing, and associated medical, equipment. 8vo. 8-3/8" x 5-3/8". Green muslin cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to front cover. Pale... More
