Search Results: Medicine from Bensons Antiquarian Books

Great Britain: Wrightson Biomedical Publishing, 1997. Hardcover. Good. Hard back in good+ condition. Light rubbing and marking to covers, free front end paper has been removed. Very clean internally, binding is very good. 284 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Bailliere, Tindall and Cox, 1944. Cloth. Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Chesnut coloured cloth bindings, rubbing and some fading to the cloth, the hinges are in good order. Tidy internally, light toning and marking, pathology with some red underlines, Materia with some marginal ticks. Materia and Pathology with signature on the endpapers and outer page edges. 259, 211, 261 pages.

New York: Bonanza Books, 1982. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover with dust jacket. The covers are clean, the jacket is rubbed- and with minor edge wear. Clean internally, signature on the endpaper of Dr. Sturrock- Dept of Anatomy at Dundee University. Pages; 248, (4). The anatomical drawings of Andries van Wezel / Andreas Vesalius (born Brussels 1514).

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1929. 1st Edition . Half-Leather. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Tidy internally, toning to the pages, a few minor marks, very light small stain to the bottom of the fore-edges in places, some staining to the bottom outer page edges. Belfast library in neat gilt at the base of the spine, faded number at the top of the spine, neat blindstamp (no ink) at the side of the title. Dimensions; 215 by 147mm. Pages; 246.

London: Blanford Press, 1954. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hard back in very good condition. Slight browning to end papers, otherwise clean throughout, binding is very good. In good+ dust jacket with light marking and some wear to edges. 192 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

New York: Oxford University Press , 1988. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First English edition of the complete works of Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852-1934). Hardcover with dust jacket. The covers are clean- the jacket likewise- light toning to the inner jacket flaps. Clean internally, a few light foxing spots to the outer page edges, light signs of use.

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. The covers are clean (one tiny nick), the jacket with nick to the top edge of the spine and some rubbing and general signs of use. Tidy internally, faint pencil price at the top of the front endpaper, light toning to the page edges. 426 pages. The history of the use of bodies for dissection, and the effect the reform bills in the 19th century had on the supply of cadavers for dissection. Scarce 1st edition.

Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1924. Cloth. Good. Bound in burgundy cloth with gilt titling and gilt page tops. In good+ condition. Minor marking and rubbing to covers, sunning to spine.Binding is good and secure, browning to end papers, otherwise clean internally. Contains all kinds of observations, verses and references relating to the medical fraternity, 192 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Barnsley: Leo Cooper / Pen & Sword Books Ltd., 1999. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with dust jacket, the covers are clean, the dust jacket similar- with very slight signs of use. Clean internally, no inscriptions, 309 pages, with photographic illustrations.

Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd (Published for the Honeyman Gillespie Trust), 1948. Cloth. Good/Good. Bound in dark blue cloth with gilt titling. In good+ condition. Minor rubbing to cover edges. Browning to end papers, otherwise clean internally, binding is good and secure. In good dust jacket with some browning and marking, wear to edges. 582 pages. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

New York: Academic Press, 1975. Hardcover. Good. Hard back in near very good condition. Slight rubbing to cover edges, page tops are a little bit dusty, stamps from M. R. C. brain metabolism unit on end papers, otherwise clean throughout, binding is very good. 289 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Edinburgh.: Printed for the Royal College of Physicians., 1925. Cloth. Very Good. Bound in red cloth. In very good condition. A bright and clean cover, clean internally. 228 pages. Still retains the plain thin paper dust wrapper. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Smith & Nephew, 1981. Hardcover. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Blue hardcover with crest on the front cover, the covers are clean, minor rubbing, hinges good. Bright internally, light foxing to the first 3 sheets, one or two minor marks. 76 pages.

Cambridge, Mass.: Metcalf and Company, 1858. Soft cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Lacking the front paper cover, retains the loose rear one (repaired tear and margin tear), endpapers browned. The text is complete, browning to the pages. Ex Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, their stamp and blindstamp on the title, low visibilty blindstamp at the top of 3 sheets from 67. Pages; X, 93, (1). Some black and white illustrations in the text. Rear paper cover has an advert for another of Weinland's books- on Helminths, another king of parasitic intestinal worm.

Edinburgh.: W. Green., 1919. Hardcover. Good. Blue cloth spine, grey boards, and black titling. In good+ condition. A strong binding, some rubbing and minor marking to covers. Some age toning to the end papers otherwise internally clean. 512 pages. From preface- 'An attempt to define the extent of teaching and training by the undergraduate in each subject of the curriculum, with papers contributed by members of the Edinburgh school, but also by other members of other medical schools in different parts of Britain. The inquiry also includes papers dealing with subjects by members of the Royal Army Medical Corps'. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London, 1960. Soft cover. Very Good. Soft cover in very good- condition. Slight browning and minor rubbing to cover edges, otherwise clean throughout, binding is very good. 83 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Great Britain: Lloyd Cole, 1992. Soft cover. Very Good. Soft cover in very good condition. Slight age-browning to margins, otherwise clean throughout, binding is tight. 81 pages. A study of volutary euthanasia containing many case histories. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Whittaker & Co, 1840. Half-Leather. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Pages; 1- VIII, 440 / VII, (1), 353, (1) / VIII, 385. Dimensions; 198 by 128mm. Leather bindings with marbled covers. The leather is worn, leather cracking at the spine edges, vol 2 with leather loss at the base of the spine, the front covers are pretty loose and held by the strings, the rear covers are okay. The text is complete, foxing/browning to the endpapers, 2 titles at the start of each volume- vol 3 with foxing to the 1st title, toning to the pages. Ex Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, their stamp on the 1st titles and at the top margin of page 1, low visibility blindstamp (without ink) at the top of the first few sheets in vol 3. A collection of medical essays by various authors, volumes 1-3, 6 volumes were published, edited by Alexander Tweedie. Vol 1 contains inflammations and fevers. Vol 2 contains, brain, spine and nervous system related including insanity, suicide, pyromania/arson,… Read More

Stroud: Spellmount, 2013. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. The covers are clean, the jacket likewise. Clean internally, no inscriptions. Only very minor signs of use.173 pages. A history of the casualty clearing stations camped at Grevillers just behind the frontline in 1918, and how it was affected by Germany's final 'great' advance. Casualty clearing stations were the next step behind the mobile front line medical units, situated near railways or waterways for quick evacuation to base hospitals.

Great Britain: John Wiley & Sons, 1998. Soft cover. Very Good. A large soft cover in very good condition. Minor rubbing to cover edges, otherwise very clean throughout, binding is tight. 124 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall