London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, W., 1919. 1st US edition, with UK sheets. xii, 286 pp (including Index). Photographic frontis portrait of the author. 8vo. 8-7/8" x 5-7/8". Green cloth binding with black stamped lettering. No dust jacket. Sarah MacNaughtan a nurse during WWI, working in Belgium, Russia & the..... More
New York: F. M. Lupton, Publisher. 106 Reade St. 1896. Later edition, first published by Lupton in 1884. Not found in Axford., nor Wheaton & Kelly. 14 pp [incomplete? Pagination, when present, discontinuouis & jumbled]. Text triple column. Wood engraved masthead. 11-3/4" x 8-1/2". Printed self wrappers, with later spine..... More
[Lea Hurst?]: (n. d.). Ca 1910 ? On the top left side of the broadside is printed a "Pledge", describing /celebrating the link between Lea Hurst & Nightingale, as well as exalting Nightingale as a person. The right block, under Nightingale's photograph, summarizes Nightingale's unselfish approach to others, and her..... More
London / Hull: Reeves & Turner / Geo. Smith (Late Leng & Co.), 1873. 1st Edition. [4], 144 pp. List of benefactors pp. 26 - 28. 2 2-page plans at front. 4 internal wood engravings, one full page (of the hospital). 8-3/8" x 5-3/8". Original publisher's pebbled brown flexible covers..... More
New Orleans: A. W. Hyatt, Stationery Manufacturing Company, Limited, [1899]. 1st Printing. 87, [1 (blank)] pp. Wood engraved vignette image of the hosptial on front cover. 8vo. 9" x 5-7/8". Original publisher's printed pink paper wrappers. The hospital was founded in 1786, with the present building erected in 1832. A...... More
Dansville, Livingston Co., New York: Austin, Jackson & Co., Publishers, 1877. Later printing. 537, [5] pp. Adverts last 4 pages. Frontispiece of Jackson. Plate of Dansville. 12mo. Original publisher's green cloth binding with author/title gilt stamped to spine, with publisher medallion gilt stamped to front board / blindstamped to rear..... More
West Chester, Pennsylvania. Ca late 1940s? Sampler made weavy tan burlap backing, with embroidery in blue, red, green white and tan, now housed in a glass-covered simple brown wooden frame. NB. Not examined out of the frame. Framed: 15-3/4" x 15-1/4". Sampler [visible]: 14-7/8" x 14-1/4" A compelling piece of..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1883. 1st Edition (Cordasco 80-6231). v, [1 (blank)], 57, [1 (blank)] pp. 16mo. 6" x 4-5/8". Original publisher's terra-cotta cloth binding with black stamping (professionally recased). Advert eps. A useful work documenting the US nursing profession at the time of publication. Uncommon in the..... More
Montpelier: Argus and Patriot Job Printing House, 1871. 1st Edition (Atwater 3522). Not in Cardasco. 406, [2] pp. Index at rear. 1 page advert follows text. 8vo. 9" x 5-5/8". Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. More
Elyria (?): (n. d.). Ca 1919. 8 pp. 5-3/4" x 3-13/16". Printed wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. A 'rules & regs' booklet for those who stay at the "Nurses' Residence", e.g., "Nurses will not be permitted to leave the Hospital grounds in uniforms." and "Pupils must..... More
(divers locales): 1947 - 1991. The core of the collection dates 1953 - 1980. This phenomenal collection consists of 894 letters, postcards, and greeting cards, 27 loose clippings, three church pamphlets, and two black and white school portrait photos. The letters are primarily to and from Martha Lee Newman Westgate..... More
Cincinnati: Wm. H. Cook, Publisher, 101 West Sixth Street, 1866. 1st Edition. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, signed as "the Author". Not in Cardasco. 408 pp (including Index). Illustrated with cuts. 12mo. 7-3/4" x 4-5/8". Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. Now protected by a custom-cut clear..... More
Liverpool / London: A. Holden, 48, Church Street / Longman, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1865. 1st Edition (Bishop & Goldie 14). ASSOCIATION COPY. 103, [1 (blank)] pp. Frontispiece, lithograph of the Liverpool School. Plan of the School. Map of Districts, p. 103. 8vo. 8-3/8" x 5-3/8". Original publisher's flexible bright..... More
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
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
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
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
