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New York: A. C. Armstrong and Son. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1880. Hardcover. With a satirical preface ... A New Edition, corrected, and enriched by translations of the numerous classical exrtacts. Set, complete in three volumes uniformly bound with matching leather spines and corners, spines with gilt-lettered brown and blue labels and gilt decorations, all page edges marbled, marbled endpapers, Volume I with reproduction of engraved frontipiece from Sixth Edition. Heavy, extra for international postage.; 5-1/4" x 7-1/2"; 500+467+514 pp; A nicely preserved set with but minor faults. All volumes have small rubbed areas and light edgewear, Volume III (only) with 1" sunned area across top of front board. Hinges are without wear. A few pages with minor corner wear; no ownership inscriptions, clean and unmarked pages. .

Toledo, Ohio: The Slocum Publishing Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. There is neither tobacco nor alcoholic beverage in the science of good health or the conditions for true manhood. Publishers red cloth over thin boards with black lettering to front cover, sewn binding. ; 5" x 8"; 70 pp; OCLC records this as a work of Fiction. ; Small spot to front cover, cloth fading toward spine, ex-library (seminary) marked lightly at spine and on front free endpaper, text otherwise clean and unmarked. .

Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2007. Stated First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0-8156-0863-2 . A volume in The Iroquois and Their Neighbors series. Publishers blue cloth with metallic orange spine lettering, a few illustrations. Dust jacket with color cover art. ; 6-1/4" x 91-/4"; xix, 343 pp; Book with very slight wear at bottom of spine, otherwise fine. Jacket with slight edgewear at top of spine and along bottom edge, in clear protective cover. .

New York: The Emil Greiner Co.. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1951. Softcover. First issue of a newsletter devoted to the introduction of new scientific equipment. Includes text describing the company, article on use of the Cartesian Manostat in the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel. Primarily includes technical advertising for equipment including section of newly listed items. Laid in at front is NY Times reprint describing Heart-Lung Device Ready for Text Of Reviving Those Clinically Dead'. The reprint notes that one should See Page 27 for complete details on Vanton "flex-i-liner" Pumps. Stiff stapled wraps with blue illustrated cover, b&w illustrations within. ; 8-1/2" x 10-3/4"; 32 pp; Prior owner name stamped to front cover, light wear to spine. .

Sacramento, Cal.: California State Department of Horticulture. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Directed to fruit growers. Includes summary of quarantine laws enacted in California, lists State Quarantine Guardians by county, includes general remarks on quarantine laws, describes current effect of each law. Red cloth, gilt lettering to front, embossed California seal to back cover, index at rear.; 6" x 9"; 24 pp; Restricting the movement of people and goods has a long history. The term "quarantine" is from the Venetian language beginning in the 14th century, and refers to a period of forty days. (Wiki) The California laws discussed here relate solely to the restrictions on the movement of agricultural goods in an effort to control the spread of various pests. The first laws relating to horticulture date from 1899 and 1903. A 1911 act provided for Quarantine Guardians and provided funding for their efforts and this book. Uncommon original… Read More

New York, Akron, O. and Chicago: Saalfield Publishing Co.. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. A follow-on to the earlier Passages from the Diary of a Late Physician by Samuel Warren. All volumes in series are brown cloth, spine titled in gilt with art nouveau decoration in green, top edge gilt, remaining edges uncut, decorative endpapers, frontispiece and 3 additional plates are b&w illustrations with titled tissue guards. ; 7 x 10"; 379 pp; Very light cover wear apart from a small piece of cloth missing at spine top, tiny spot on title page, a few pages opened roughly, otherwise a very nice copy. .

Quito - Ecuador: UNESCO/OPS-OMS. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2006. Softcover. 9978-44-988-4 . Coated black wraps, perfect bound, color cover photographs of medicinal plants, Spanish text discusses healers of the Otavaleños, treatment methods, b&w illustrations, includes directory of practitioners and a section offering descriptions of medicinal plants with color photos (2 per page). Uncommon, OCLC shows but a single holding, at Duke. ; 8" x 9-3/4"; 135 pp; Mild wear to covers, rear cover bumped lower right, including creasing to several page corners, pages are clean and unmarked. .

St. Louis, Mo.: Battle & Company, Chemists' Corporation. Good+ with no dust jacket. (1905). Softcover. Yellow wraps, stapled, each page illustrates and describes a particular issue, illustrations are in orange and tan. No publication date is given; individual plates have copyright dates between 1900 and 1905. ; 6-3/4" x 10"; 32 pp; Covers show light wear and soiling, clean and unmarked within. .

Elgin, Illinois. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1925. Hardcover. Spine title is Osteopathic Gynecology. The Third Edition. Text presented as two parts. Part I deals with gynecology and obstetrics and is illustrated with several photos within (contained within the first 219 pages). Part II deals solely with the Practice of Osteopathy or Osteopathic Technique. This text runs 65 pages and is supplemented with 109 b&w photos on separate plates. An index follows on unnumbered pages. Lavender cloth, gilt spine lettering. Worldcat reports only two holdings of this edition, and a handful of additional holdings of a 1915 second edition; No first edition is recorded at present. ; 5-1/4" x 7-3/4"; 219, 65, 109, [6] pp; A very nicely preserved copy. Tiny spot on rear cover, spine very slightly rubbed. Almost no cover wear, solid hinges, pages clean and without tears or writing. .

New York: Russell Sage Foundation. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1955. Hardcover. Blue cloth, blindstamped Foundation logo on front, gilt spine lettering. Contains 16 papers by various authors including one on Medicine and Politics in a Mexican Village by Oscar Lewis. Uncommon in hardcover.; 6-1/4" x 9-1/4"; viii, 493 pp; MacKay family bookplate tipped in on FFEP, otherwise clean. Almost no cover wear, tight binding, pages are clean and bright, without tears or writing. .

New York: Rogers & Manson Company. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1928. Softcover. Special number of this publication devoted to the issues of architecture for hospitals, with contributions by several noted architects. Gray wraps, perfect bound, text, illustrations, many advertisements. ; 9-1/4" x 12"; [89]-124, [889]-944, [127]-204 pp; Mild cover soiling, wear to covers along edges, with a slight loss of spine cover at top of spine and a larger loss (1-1/2") at bottom, pages with some creased corners, clean and unmarked within. .

Rochester, Minnesota: The Mayo Clinic. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1950. Softcover. Clinic guidance on preparation of the medical and scientific manuscript for publication. Stiff green wraps, stapled, cover lettered in red and black, text in black using red as spot color. Uncommon, OCLC notes but three holdings.; 6" x 9-1/4"; 27 pp; Covers a bit worn and lightly sunned, clean and unmarked within. .

New York: Farrar & Rinehart. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1934. Hardcover. Uncommon non-fiction work by Beach, inspired by his treatment for fallen arches by a healer from Williamsburg (near Ottawa, Canada) named Dr. Mahlon William Locke. Light green paper boards, black cloth spine, frontispiece is b&w portrait of Locke, two additional full-page b&w plates. ; 5" x 7-1/2"; 56 pp; Board edges lightly worn and toned, wear to corners and top/bottom of spine, solid binding, paper toned, no tears or writing, pp 37-8 with creased corner. .

Boulder, San Francisco, & London: Westview Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0-8133-0674-4 . Publishers blue cloth with silver spine lettering. Blue and green dust jacket with white lettering. Full number line. ; 6-1/4" x 9-1/4"; xiv, 265 pp; Book with no wear of note. Jacket lightly worn at top/bottom of spine and with a few light rubs, in clear protective cover. .

Nueva York: Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1930. Hardcover. Traducido de la Edición de la Lengua Inglesa y revisado para el, text in Spanish, illustrated. Mustard cloth hardcover, gilt lettering, ivory decorated endpapers, illustrated with photographs, bookmark. [Research Work Related to the Causes and Prevention of Tropical Diseases]; 6" x 9-1/2"; 132, xxxii pp; Lightly sunned at spine and covers. Paper lightly toned at edges, clean and unmarked. Appears little used, with ribbon bookmark undisturbed. .

Boston, Mass.: L. N. Cushman. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1903). First Edition. Hardcover. Reddish-brown cloth with gilt lettering to front cover, illustrated with drawings and photographs, index at rear. Uncommon, OCLC shows a single copy, at the Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa. ; 6" x 9-1/4"; 70, [4] pp; Boards rubbed and scratched, evidence of dampness limited to the spine and edges with a small amount of red bleeding onto the endpapers. Sold hinges, a bit of toning to paper, a few small spots but pages are unmarked and generally clean. .

Washington, D. C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1973. Softcover. Translation of "Mekhanizmy Sna," Material from a Symposium, 14-16 December, 1971, Leningrad. "Nauka" Press, Leningrad Branch, 1971. Issued April, 1973 as NASA TT-F-740. Stiff orange wraps, perfect bound, contains a number of short papers and reports, lists References at rear. ; 8" x 10-1/2"; 120 pp; An uncommon title on sleep, not currently seen in the trade (`11/2020).; Front cover with small toned areas, stamp of prior owner. Address label to rear cover. Clean and unmarked within. .

San Francisco, CA: Angel Publishing. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1990. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Some text, but chiefly b&w photographs which illustrate the emotional process of healing and coping with multiple sclerosis. Foreword describes the importance of T'ai Chi and the martial arts in the healing process. Gray cloth boards without lettering. White dust jacket with b&w photos to front and rear panels. This copy with a lengthy presentation inscription on a front flyleaf penned and signed by the author in 1990. ; 8-1/4" x 10-1/4"; Signed by Author; Little wear to book, solid binding, pages clean and unmarked apart from noted inscription. Jacket lightly soiled, lightly worn along edges, with thinned area on back cover (white on white), as where a price sticker was removed roughly, in clear protective cover. .

Anchorage, Alaska: Tadfield Publishing LLC. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2013. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Gilt stamped cream boards, illustrated - most b&w but with a color section. Orange and gray dust jacket with color family photo, ISBN 978-1-59433-393-4. This copy signed by the author on the front free endpaper.; 6-1/4" x 9-1/4"; 320 pp; From the jacket front: "An Inspiring and Empowering Story of Living Healthy, Living Active, and Living Well with Diabetes". The author was Mayor of Anchorage from 1994 to 2000 (Wiki). ; Signed by Author; Book with very little wear, clean and unmarked apart from noted signature. Jacket with very slight edgewear, in clear protective cover. .

Leningrad: Izdatel'stvo "Nauka". Very Good with no dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. Akademiia Nauk SSSR. Dal'nevostochnyi Nauchnyi Tsentr. Biologo-Pochvennyi Institut. Includes detailed anatomical drawings captioned in Russian and Latin. Text in Russian; indices of Latin names for insects and ticks at rear followed by contents in Russian. ; 7 x 10.5"; 312 pp; Faint scratches on front cover, pages edges toned. .