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- Dimensions
- 1ʺW × 9.5ʺD × 12ʺH
- Styles
- Illustration
- Traditional
- Period
- Late 20th Century
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Leather
- Paper
- Textile
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Brown
- Condition Notes
- Fine; (18). Near fine; (4) [e.g. leaf edges effected by minor gilt wear. Very good; (2) [e.g. gilt wear/scratches, gently … moreFine; (18). Near fine; (4) [e.g. leaf edges effected by minor gilt wear. Very good; (2) [e.g. gilt wear/scratches, gently bumped board corner tips]. Overall, most of the books appear unread, tight and square spines, springy boards, clean and bright text pages, a fine set. less
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20th Century Leather Illustrated Library Collection, Classics of Medicine, Psychiatry & Psychology, Limited Editions - 24 Books.
Measures: 1-2 (38 … more 20th Century Leather Illustrated Library Collection, Classics of Medicine, Psychiatry & Psychology, Limited Editions - 24 Books.
Measures: 1-2 (38 overall) W x 9.5 D x 12 H inches.
1. Rhinoplasty and Facial Plastic Surgery with a Supplement on Mammaplasty and Other Operations in the Field of Plastic Surgery of the Body, an Atlas and Textbook
Author: Prof. Dr. J. Joseph (of Berlin).
Publisher: Columella Press/Phoenix, copyright 1987.
Edition: A limited first edition in English.
Description: Publisher's hardcover in 1/4 red leather with gilt title stamped/embossed on spine cover, cloth boards, illustrated text, black cloth covered slipcase with author's facsimile signature on front cover.
2. The Chirurgical Works of Percival Pitt, F.R.S. and Surgeon to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, in Two Volumes, 1878.
Author: Percival Pott, F.R.S.
Publisher: The Classics of Surgery Library, copyright 1985.
Edition: Special Limited-edition number #734 of 7,500 copies.
Description: Publisher's full blue leather hardcover with 22K gilt title/decoration stamped/embossed on spine cover and boards, full gilt leaf edges, illustrated text.
3. A Bio-Bibliography of Edward Jenner 1749-1823.
Author: W.R. LeFanu.
Publisher: Harvey and Blythe, Ltd., London, 1951.
Edition: Limited edition number #727 of 1000 copies.
Description: Faux black leather hardcover with gilt title/decoration stamped/embossed on spine and front board, illustrated text.
Publisher: The Classics of the Medicine Library.
Description: Privately printed publisher's full leather hardcovers with 22K gilt title and decorated boards, full gilt edges, illustrated text.
4. An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae, a Disease Discovered in Some of the Western Counties of England, Particularly Gloucestershire, and Known by the Name of The Cow Pox, 1798.
Author: Edward Jenner, M.D. F.R.S. &c.
Edition: Special edition number #9310, copyright 1978.
Note: Included Editor's Notes folded in front endpapers.
5. The Aphorisms of Hippocrates
Author: Thomas Coar (Translation into Latin)
Edition: Special Edition, copyright 1982.
6. Arrowsmith
Author: Sinclair Lewis.
Edition: Special Edition, copyright 2001.
7. The Expert Midwife.
Author: Rueff, Jacob.
Edition: Special Edition, copyright 1997.
Note: Included Editor's Notes folded in front endpapers.
8. William Harvey Exercitatio Anatomica De Motu Cordis et Sanguines in Animalibus. Being a Facsimile of the 1628 Francofurti Edition Together with the Keynes English Translation of 1928.
Author: William Harvey.
Edition: Special edition number #2246, copyright 1978.
9. The Diseases of Infancy and Childhood, for the Use of Students and Practitioners of Medicine, with Two Hundred and Four Illustrations Including Seven Colored Plates, 1897.
Author: L. Emmett Holt, A.M., M.D.
Edition: Special edition number #5955, copyright 1980.
10. Disease of the Mind.
Author: Benjamin Rush.
Edition: Special Edition, copyright 1979.
11. The Human Heart.
Author: Thomas B. Peacock, M.D.
Edition: Special Edition, copyright 1981.
Note: Included Editor's Notes folded in front endpapers.
12. A Study in Hospital Efficiency as Demonstrated by the Case Report of the First Five Years of a Private Hospital, 1918.
Author: E.A. Codman, M.D.
Edition: Special edition, copyright 1992.
Note: Included large fold-out chart, Index of Cases Combined with Statistical Tables Using Anatomic and Pathologic Classification of Diseases and Operations, folded in rear pocket of book endpapers.
13. Artistic Anatomy & Bridgewater* Treatise on the Hand**.
Author(s):*Robert Knox, **Sir Charles Bell.
Edition:Special edition #392 of 7500 copies, copyright 1985.
14. Outlines of the Principal Disease of Females.
Author:Fleetwood Churchill.
Edition: Special edition #392 of 7500 copies, copyright 1986.
15. The Integrative Action of the Nervous System.
Author:Charles S. Sherrington.
Edition:Special edition, copyright 1989.
16. Essays on the Anatomy of Expression in Painting.
Author:Sir Charles Bell.
Edition:Special edition, copyright 1984.
17. The Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus.
Author:James Henry Breasted (edited by).
Edition: Special edition #392 of 7500 copies, copyright 1984.
Publisher: The Classics of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Library.
18. Textbook of Psychiatry.
Author:Eugen Bleuler.
Edition:Special edition, copyright 1988.
18. Lectures on Clinical Psychiatry.
Author:Emil Kraepelin.
Edition:Special edition, copyright 1988.
20. Mental Pathology and Therapeutics.
Author:Wilhelm Griesinger.
Edition:Special edition, copyright 1989.
21. Psychology from the Standpoint of a Behaviorist.
Author:John Watson.
Edition:Special edition #1408, copyright 1989.
Publisher:University Publications of America.
Series:Significant Contributions to the History of Psychology 1750-1920.
22. Series B, Psychometrics and Educational Psychology, Vol. IV.
Author(s):A. Binet, T. Simon, W.L. Stern, F. Galton.
23. Series C, Medical Psychology, Vol. I.
Author:T.A. Ribot.
Edition:Copyright 1977.
24. Series C, Medical Psychology, Vol. II. less
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