London: 1876. One page of 33 lines of mss text [~ 275 words], in pencil. Top third folded over to fit the framing, entire letter visible via both sides [Front: 8-3/4" x 6-3/4", 20 lines, full signature; Rear: 4-1/8" x 6-1/2", 13 lines]. Framed with half-tone b/w photographic image [5-3/4"..... More
London and New York: MacMillan & Co., 1893. Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Christmas 1897, 3rd person PRESENTATION COPY by Nightingale, in pencil as is her custom, on the half-title page. xvi, 1147, [5] pp. Partially unopened. "List of authors quoted or referred to": pp 1091 - 1102. 4 pages..... More
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1898. Later edition. [4], ii, 379, [3 (blank)] pp. Frontispiece & 3 inserted plates. 12mo. 6-7/8" x 4-5/8". Original publisher's pale green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine & front board. Light green floral patterned paper eps. When the Civil War broke out..... More
(n. p.): (n. d.). 1st printing (presumed), ca early 1980s. [8], 115, [1] pp. Illustrated with b/w halftone photographic images. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 6-7/8". Pale blue paper covers, printed with black ink. Cover design by Clyde Jones. More
Cambridge, MA: Cambridge School of Nursing, 1905 / 1907. 1st printings (presumed). 2 items, one a single sheet folded once, and the other a booklet of 8 unpaginated pages. Circular: 10-1/2" x 8". Address: 7-5/8" x 4-1/2". White printed paper. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Includes: The..... More
Boston: The National First Aid Association of America, 1907. 1st edition. 66 pp. B/w photographic images throughout. 8-3/8" x 6". Red printed paper wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Not located on OCLC. Rare in the trade. More
Boston: The National First Aid Association of America, Beacon Street, (1909). 1st edition (presumed). Unpaginated, but 12 pp. 6 brown & white reproduced photographic images throughout. 7" x 5-1/2". Brown printed paper wrappers, stapled. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Booklet is in letter format, to "My dear..... More
Boston: The National First Aid Association of America, 1906. 1st edition. 50 pp. Frontis + many b/w photographic images throughout. 8-1/8" x 6". Grey printed paper wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. A record found on OCLC, but no institutional holdings listed. Rare in the trade... More
Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Company, 1930. 1st printing thus. [2], 80, [2] pp. Index at rear. Last leaf an unused order blank. Illustrated throughout. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-1/4". Printed paper covers, stapled. Nursing section, pp. 65 - 72. A useful reference for tracing the history of publications documenting the evolution..... More
New York: Printed by Lange & Hillman, Steam Book and Job Printers, 1870. 1st edition (Neviins I, p. 91). vii, [3], [9] - 274, [2 (blank)] pp. Frontispiece. Inserted plate p. 58. 12mo. 7-1/4" x 4-7/8". Original publisher's green cloth binding, with gilt stamped title lettering to spine & gilt..... 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
St. Louis, Mo: Rooms Western Sanitary Commission, No. 10, North Fifth Street. Printed by R. P. Studley and Co., 1864. 1st Printing. 44 pp. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 5-7/8". Original publisher's printed light brown paper covers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "The Western Sanitary Commission was a private agency..... More
Edinburgh: Printed by William Burness, 1840. 1st edition thus. OCLC records just one institutional holding of the 1840 publication. 30 pp. 8" x 5-1/4". Bound in later red cloth covered card stock covers. This copy bound with 1731 publication on Maiden Hospital, see TavBooks ID #31541.1. Price is for this..... More
Edinburgh: Printed by Robert Fleming and Company, 1731. 1st edition thus. xi, [7], 46 pp. Head- tailpieces. 8vo: A - D8. 8" x 5-1/4". Bound in later red cloth covered card stock covers, with each gathering staggered in the binding, such that it is extended length-wise to 8" The Merchant..... More
(n. p.): Emporia Gazette Press, 1942. 1st Edition. 292 pp (including Index). Illustrated in b/w, primarily half-tone photographic images. 8vo. Blue buckram binding with yellow stamped lettering. Blue dust jacket printed with black ink. More
Boston: Published for the Author. J. Amsbury, Jr., Printer, Tauton. 1840. 1st edition thus, American Imprints 40-5950. 23, [1 (Index)] pp. "The roots and herbs enumerated in this treatise, together with this book, may be found at H. Winchester & Co.'s store, rear of 49 Hanover Street, Boston, wholesale and..... More
Brooklyn, N. Y. C. H. Jordan, 485 Fulton Street, (n. d.). Ca late 1890s. Image portrays the nurse standing next to a small table, on which is found a jar of tonic, and a glass with pipette. Photograph: 5-7/16" x 4-1/8". Card: 6-1/2" x 4-3/16". Albumen photograph mounted on dark..... More
New York, NY: U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps, (n. d.). Single poster, printed recto only. Large color half-tone illustration by Edmundson of a hopeful and beautiful Cadet Nurse, looking off into the distance in uniform. 20" x 14-1/8". Buff paper, printed in color. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve..... More
London / Cowansville & Knowlton, Quebec: The London Photographic Company / J. A. Wheeler. (n. d.). C. 1880s / 1895. Cards with rounded mounts, LPC blank verso; Wheeler with elaborate publisher advert to verso. Black & white albumen photographs. Cabinet cards: 6-1/2" x 4-1/4". Wheeler card AEG. Now housed in..... 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
Washington: 1861. 1st Edition. [1] 2-14 [2 blank] pp. 12mo. 5-1/4" x 3-7/8" Original printed tan paper wrappers, stitched. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. MS signature to upper wrapper: "Comp. F. Sergt. De Wakeman." Adopted and approved by the commission at a meeting held at Washington, July..... More
New York: The Knickerbocker Press, [1899]. 1st edition. 12 pp. Typographical ornament to front wrapper. 8-3/4" x 5-3/4". Original publisher's printed pale green paper wrappers, stapled. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. A scarce publication relating a speech given not too long after this storied Training School for..... More
Genève: Au Siège Comité International de la Croix-Rouge, 1885. 1st edition. PRESENTATION copy, INSCRIBED from Barton, "To my friend, / Dr. Joseph Gardner / with sentiments of esteem and cordial regard. / Which words cannot express. / Clara Barton. / Washington D. C, March 15, 1889." Further, a 2 line..... More
London: Edward Bull, Holles Street. 1829. 2nd edition, stated. xi, [1], 368 pp. 12mo. 7-1/8" x 4-1/8". Original publisher's brown ribbon-embossed cloth with maroon-leather, gilt-lettered title label to spine & arabesque device blind-stamped to boards. 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
