THIS MAN'S PILL: Reflections on the 50th Birthday of the Pill.
Pp. [xii]+308, index; cr. 8vo; maroon boards, spine lettered in silver; dust wrapper; edges of leaves lightly marked; Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001. First edition. More
Pp. [xii]+308, index; cr. 8vo; maroon boards, spine lettered in silver; dust wrapper; edges of leaves lightly marked; Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001. First edition. More
Pp. 16, illustrated; demy 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, stapled; the author, [Lake Condah, Victoria?], 1987. *Poems by a Victorian nurse. More
Pp. [ii]+20, illustrated; demy 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, stapled; [the author, Victoria, 198-?]. *Inscribed by the author on the blank preliminary page. Poems mainly about nursing. More
avec un avant-propos de M. Le Professeur Mollaret. [Text in French]. Pp. [xiv]+240, numerous text illustrations (several full page), bibliography; distributors sticker on verso of half-title page; brown art. leather, lettered in gilt; Laffitte Reprints, Marseille, 1977. Edition limited to 300 copies. *From the library of Australian plastic reconstruction surgeon..... More
delivered at Hotel Dieu, in 1832. Published by an association of physicians. Translated from the French, by A. Sidney Doane. Pp. 312, original purple cloth with gilt lettered brown leather skiver label on spine, the boards lightly flecked and rubbed, edges faded and fore-corners lightly bruised, spine faded to brown..... More
redige d'apres les lecons cliniques de M. le Baron Dupuytren et publie sous sa direction par Mm. les docteurs A. Paillard et Marx. [In two parts, text in French]. Pp. [iv]+xx+496, title page ornament; qr. red morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, marbled papered boards, lightly rubbed, edges worn..... More
These pour le Doctorat en Medecine (Diplome d'Etat). Faculte de Medecine de Paris. [Text in French]. Pp. 48(last colophon, blank); med. 8vo; printed paper wrappers, stapled, lightly soiled and browned, edges and backstrip slightly creased and split, number stamp on upper wrapper; text block slightly browned, a few corners lightly..... More
in his late treatise on the venereal disease... [In three parts]. 1/. Ending with the Subject of Gonorrhoea, and Second Part of his Work. Pp. vi+110+[2]advertisement, verso blank); 2/. Treating on strictures in the urethra, his cure by caustick, his apparatus for conducting the caustick; and his chapter on impotence....... More
Pp. xvi+348, mostly printed double column, 16 plates; small cr. 4to; blue cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, corners of boards a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed; top edges of leaves lightly foxed; Sydney University Press, Sydney, 1976. First edition. *With the publisher's prospectus/order form loosely inserted. More
Pp. [ii]+xii+332(last blank), text illustrations (some full page), notes, index; med. 8vo; qr. navy cloth, spine lettered in gilt, blue/grey papered boards; dust wrapper, edges browned, foxed; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, endpapers offset, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Oxford University Press, New York, 1989. First..... More
Foreword by Professor Emeritus R. A. Willis. Pp. xvi+378, 28 plates, appendix, references, index; demy 8vo; dark blue boards, spine lettered in gilt, tiny bruise to bottom edge of upper board; dust wrapper; Macmillan, Melbourne, 1982. First edition. More
ou L'Art d'embellir ses Mains. Avec 71 figures. [Text in French]. Pp. viii+244+[12](advertisements), numerous text figures; f'cap 12mo; maroon cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt & blind, slightly flecked and rubbed, with light damp stain to upper board, edges lightly worn; all edges red; upper hinge starting, the free endpapers..... More
With Peter Corris. Pp. 240, 16 plates, text illustrations and maps, index; med. 8vo; edges of boards lightly rubbed; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges a trifle creased; name in ink at head of upper free endpaper, a little light foxing; John Kerr, Melbourne, 1991. First edition. More
Based upon data of Dr. William L. Moss. Pp. [ii]+279-340(last blank), full page map, several tables; med. 8vo; printed paper wrappers, edges faded and split, the bottom fore-corner of upper wrapper creased; uncut; bookseller's sticker on verso of upper wrapper; The American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1933. Anthropological..... More
A doctor's Iraq War story. Pp. x+276(last blank), 8 plates, text map, appendix; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; Nal Caliber, New York, 2007. First edition. More
A modern comprehensive dictionary of the terms used in all branches of medicine and allied sciences, including medical physics and chemistry, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, veterinary medicine, zoology and botany, as well as medicolegal terms; with illustrations and tables. 252 illustrations on 45 plates, 129 in colour. Pp. xxviii+1294, 45 plates..... More
A story of healing and transformation in Fiji. Pp. [xiv]+414(last blank), 8 coloured plates, black & white text illustrations and decorations, full page map, appendices, glossary, index; qr. natural linen, spine lettered in green, grey papered boards, a trifle sprung; dust wrapper, faintly soiled; Addison-Wesley, Reading, Massachusetts, 1993. First edition..... More
12 page reprint from The Lancet, May 19th, 1934; demy 8vo; self wrappered, stabbed and tied; outer leaves foxed and lightly rusted from paper clip; The Lancet, London, 1934. *An address delivered to the Royal Medical Society at Edinburgh on Feb. 9th, 1934. Inscribed 'For David Garnett from Geoffrey Keynes..... More
[Facsimile edition]. Pp. xiv+1316(last blank), pictorial title page; thick med. 8vo; Martino Fine Books,Mansfield Centre, CT, n.d.[c. 1999]. *Originally published in 1989 by the National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland. Contains over 13,000 items. More
Pp. xvi+319+[2](errata, verso blank), 4 folding plates at end, each preceded by a page of explanatory text, the last plate printed in red & black; early half calf, spine, neatly rebacked with a later (not recent) calf spine decorated in gilt compartments, gilt lettered & decorated red leather title label..... More
translated from the German of John Caspar Lavater, by Thomas Holcroft. Also: One hundred physiognomical rules, taken from a posthumous work by J. G. Lavater: and a memoir of the author. Illustrated with upwards of Four Hundred Profiles. Pp. cxxviii+508(last blank)+[4](pictorial advertisements), 80 plates (most featuring multiple images), occasional text..... More
designed to promote the knowledge and the love of mankind. Illustrated by more than eight hundred engravings, accurately copied, and some duplicates added from originals. Executed by, or under the inspection of, Thomas Holloway. Translated from the French by Henry Hunter. Three volumes in five. Comprising: Volume I: Pp. [xii]+..... More
Introduction by Michael Denney. Pp. 288, notes, index; demy 8vo; qr. green cloth, spine lettered in silver, beige papered boards, edges occasionally slightly bruised; dust wrapper, faintly soiled and foxed; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown next to small surface graze (from removal of sticker?), the upper..... More
Pp. x+142, text illustrations, pictorial endpapers, bibliography, appendix; small cr. 4to; blue art. leather, top edge of lower board slightly bumped; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled, edges lightly rubbed; printed by Renwick Pride, Collingwood, 1981. More
with the international abstracts: 25-year index 1946-1971. [Edited by Frank McDowell]. Pp. [iv]+466(last blank); roy. 8vo; boards a trifle marked and slightly warped; edges of leaves lightly soiled; The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, Maryland, 1971. First edition. *'This 25-year cumulative Index of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and of the..... More