London: Harrison, 59, Pall Mall, Bookseller to the Queen. (n. d.). 1st edition, early issue with advert eps & 'Right of Translation' slug to t.p. (Bishop & Goldie 4i; Garrison & Morton, 1612; 100 Famous Medical Books, 71). ASSOCIATION COPY, x 2. 79, [1 (blank)]. Printed glosses. 8vo. 8-3/8" x...... More
New York: William Wood and Company, 1917. 1st printing of the 4th Revised edition. xiii, [1 (blank)], 500 pp (including Index). Profusely illustrated. 8vo. Maroon cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. "In this edition it has been deemed advisable to omit the part on drill regulations for..... More
Milwaukee, Wis. St. Mary's Training School for Nurses, (n. d.). 1st printing (presumed), ca 1917? 48 pp. 5" x 2-7/8". Buff paper covers, printed with black lettering, red edgestain. Housed in a black leather publisher portfolio, with gilt stamped "Marillac Guide" to front cover. Scarce publication from this Nursing school..... More
Blue cotton cap, with white linen band at front, with sewn Red Cross patch to front. 12-3/4" in length; 5" in height. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. More
Philadelphia: 1864 - 1865. 1st Printing. 8 pp per issue. Fare set lacks No 13, issued over a year later, Sept 11, 1865. The rare 4 pp Fare prospectus bound-in at rear of volume. Masthead wood engraving [Leland del, Rea Sc]. The occasional wood engraving in text, with Fare ground..... More
(n. p.): Underwood & Underwood, (n. d.). Ca pre-WWII. Verso with Underwood stamp, as well as affixed, typed label, describing the scene at the VNS building. Overall size: 8" x 10-1/8". Image: 6-3/8" x 9-1/4". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Image shows a gathering of mothers at the..... More
Chicago: Gibson Art Galleries, 195 - 197 Wabash Ave. [1899]. Grey mount, photographer stamped imprint under the b/w albumen photograph. Card: 7-1/4" x 5-1/4". Image: 5-1/2" x 3-7/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Regarding Mench, in "The Inter Ocean" newspaper, June 7, 1899, of Chicago, Ethel A. Mench..... More
St Louis: C. V. Mosby Company, 1917. 1st Edition. 374 pp (including Index). 130 illustrations. 8vo. 8" x 5-1/4". Green cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. More
New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1923). Fourth Edition, Rewritten and Much Enlarged. xv, [1 (blank)], 949, [7] pp. 4 pages of publisher adverts at rear. Illustrated. Crown 8vo. Blue-grey cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine & front board. Printed buff paper dust jacket. Uncommon..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1871. 1st printing of the "New Edition, Enlarged and Revised" xiv, 315, [1 (blank)], 32 pp. Text block mostly unopened. 32 page March 1872 publisher catalogue at rear. 12mo. 6-7/8" x 4-1/4". Original publisher's purple cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine. Light brown eps..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1877. Sixth Edition. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY, SIGNED by Nightingale, all in pencil, on the half-title page. xxxi, [1 (blank)], 517, [3] pp. 8vo. 8-1/8" x 5-1/2". Modern binding of full brown calf, stamped in blind. Nightingale presents the book to "Nurse Webb", adding "delivered from..... More
New York: Samuel S. & William Wood, 261 Pearl Street. R. Craighead, Printer. 53 Vesey street, 1855. 1st US Edition. vi, [7] - 69, [3] pp. Last 2 pages publisher advert. 12mo. 6-1/4" x 4". Original publisher's brown cloth binding with title gilt stamped to front board. Pale yellow eps..... More
London: Bemrose & Sons, 1890. 1st Edition. xx, 102, xxi - xxxviii pp. Roman numbered pages filled with adverts for medicinal, health-related products, trusses and foods. Frontispiece albumen photograph of Sister Eva. Facsimile inscription underneath. Head- tailpieces. Decorative initial capital letters. 8vo. 7-3/8" x 4-7/8". Original publisher's red cloth binding..... More
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
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
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
