(n. p.): (n. d.). 1st printing (presumed), ca late 1887 / early 1888. 24 pp. 12mo. 7-13/16" x 4-13/16". Printed pale green paper covers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Dix, now known as a social reformer, was born to a poor family in Hampden, Maine, and as... More
New York: Baker & Godwin, Printers, Printing-House Square, 1869. 1st Printing. 15, [1] pp. Faculty List, p. 2; Graduates of 1869 ["Walter S. Thorne, of California, Valedictorian for 1869."], p. 16. Catalogue of Students, pp 9 - 15. Front cover with wood engraved image of the school. 8vo. 9" x.... More
(n. p.): (n. d.). Ca early 20th C. The black & white albumen photograph depicts a seated Barton slightly oriented to the viewer's left, face forward, hand on chin, dressed in typical feminine garb of the period. Facsimile signature of Barton's underneath image. Photograph: 5" x 3-3/8". Mount: 6-1/2" x.... 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
India: 1945. Album oblong format: 9-1/2" x 13-1/8". Album brown leather, with colored pictorial tooling to front cover, cord tie. Here offered the extensive archive of Ruth Rodger, a young Monmouth County, New Jersey woman who volunteered to serve in the Red Cross in India during World War II. The... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1905. 1st printing of the 4th "Revised and Enlarged" Edition. vii, [1], 330, [6] pp. 4 pages of adverts follow text. 7-3/4" x 5-1/4". Original publisher's grey cloth binding, with black stamped lettering to spine & front board. 4th edition of this popular title originally published in 1890. More
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1922. 1st Edition. 2 volumes: xvi, [2], 348, [2 (blank)]; [8], 388 pp (including Vol II Index). Illustrated. 8vo. Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. More
Chicago: Consolidated Book Publishers, Inc. (1942). 1st printing (?). 64 pp. Black & white photographic illustrations by Lea Waterman; cartoon drawings by Jim McMenamy. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 5-5/8". Original publisher's printed blue paper wrappers, stapled. Essentially a nurse's basic training manual, covering a mryiad of subjects (simple patient diagnosis, care, food, etc). 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
![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
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
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
