Health/Diet/Fitness/Medicine from Washburn Books

London: Granta Editions, 1997 Book. Very Good. Blue Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 8.5" Tall x 10.75" Wide. Published to commemorate 270 years of nursing at Guy's Hospital. 124pp illustrated profusely with black and white photographs. Gilt decal to top board and gilt lettering to spine. Boards slightly bowed, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has minor edge… Read more about this item

Ware, Hertfordshire: Omega Books Ltd, 1983 Book. Very Good. Green Cloth Boards. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Compact ready-reference edition based on Gray's original work, 16th edition. 296pp plus index. Illustrated throughout with black and white drawings. Gilt lettering to spine. Lower board slightly bowed, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has slight… Read more about this item

London: Profile Books Ltd, 2014 Book. Very Good. Black Cloth Boards. 1st GB Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Account of the modern exoerience of mortality and the limits of medicine. 282pp. Gilt lettering to spine, dark blue endpapers. Slight forward lean to spine and minor bumping to spine and corners, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions.… Read more about this item

Lancaster: MTP Press Ltd, 1986 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Overall description of the medical aspects of the Cambridge Diet, written for practitioners by two experts in the field. 112pp with index, illustrated with charts and diagrams. Loosely enclosed, a fact sheet on the diet, printed on card. Minimal rubbing and… Read more about this item

New York & London: W W Norton & Company, 1983 Book. Good. Quarter Bound Beige Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Story of the author's experience of a massive heart attack and the healing partnership between a patient and his physician. 288pp. Beige cloth spine over paper covered boards. Gilt lettering to spine. Slight lean and… Read more about this item

Cambridge University Press, 2006 Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Philosophical examination of the debates about the limits of medicine. 256pp with index. Near fine copy with no inscriptions..

London & Boston: Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd, 1980 Book. Very Good. Black Cloth Boards. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Account of the methods being used to control what people do and think using institutional therapies. 327pp with index. Silver lettering to spine. Boards bowed, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has 1/2" closed… Read more about this item

London: Atlantic Books, 2004 Book. Very Good. Brown Cloth Boards. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An analysis of modern medicine based on over 30 years of professional medical experience. 342pp with index. Gilt lettering to spine. Boards very slightly bowed, some marking to lower edges and former owner's name to endpaper, otherwise very good copy. Unclipped… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1882 Book. Fair. Dark Blue Cloth Boards. New Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Works by the Scottish physician and essayist which first appeared in the early editions of Horae Subsecivae, the title page of which appears in this volume in front of the title 'Locke and Sydenham'. Introduction and preface contain advice for doctors,… Read more about this item

McGraw-Hill Inc, 1994 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. How to understand probability and statistics in relation to the care of patients. 418pp with index. Some margin notes, otherwise very good copy..

London: Quadrille Publishing Ltd, 2016 Book. Illus. by Yuki Sugiura (Photographs). Very Good. Illustrated Boards. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Collection of 100 nutritious vegetarian recipes designed for busy people by the creator of the Flexi Foodie Academy. 176pp with index, illustrated throughout with colour photographs. Bpoards very slightly bowed, minor scuffing to cover and remains… Read more about this item

London: Little, Brown & Company, 1997 Book. Near Fine. Dark Blue Cloth Boards. First UK Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book originally published in France as 'La Mort Intime' in 1995, sharing the author's experiences of working in a Parisian hospital for the terminally ill. It illustrates how precious are the final days of a person's life… Read more about this item

London & Bristol, Pennsylvania: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 1995 Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tal. Introduction to language and communication disorders in children. 117pp with index. Minor shelfwear to cover and original price label to rear panel, otherwise near fine copy with no inscriptions..

London: BBC Books, 1991 Book. Illus. by David Secombe (Photographs). Very Good. Green Cloth Boards. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book published to accompany the BBC TV series, telling the story of a year in the life of a doctor in the Yorkshire Dales. 236pp, illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. Gilt lettering to spine. Slight… Read more about this item

London: Penguin Books Ltd, 2010 Book. Fair. Soft cover. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Straightforward advice for a healthy diet based on the simple rules "Eat food, not much, mostly plants". 140pp illustrated with black and white drawings. Front cover creased, otherwise clean reading copy with no inscriptions..

London: BBC Books, 2008 Book. Very Good. Burgundy Cloth Boards. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book published to accompany the BBC TV series. Foreword by Michael Mosley. 320pp with index, illustrated with 16 pages of photographs in colour and black and white. Gilt lettering to spine. Minor lean to spine, slight bumping to base of spine… Read more about this item

London: Fourth Estate, 2013 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A critical look at the field of alternative medicine in an attempt to separate fact from myth. 322pp with index. Minor creasing to spine and corners, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions..

London: Oxford University Press, 1965 Book. Very Good. Grey Cloth Boards. Second Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 401pp with index, illustrated in black and white. Gilt lettering on maroon title label to spine. Boards very slightly bowed and a few pages not quite cut correctly, minor fading to edges and former owner's stamp to front endpaper, otherwise… Read more about this item

London: Thorsons, 2001 Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First published in 1998 with the title 'Antibiotic Crisis, Antibiotic Alternatives'. 234pp with index. Top edges slightly darkened, otherwise near fine copy with no inscriptions..

London: Michael Joseph, 2008 Book. Illus. by Tina Berning. Fine. White Boards. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Twiggy's tips on clothes, make-up, diet and keeping fit. 287pp, illustrated throughout with colour drawings and photographs. Pink lettering to front board and spine. Fine copy. Unclipped DJ has slight shelfwear, otherwise very good. HEAVY BOOK, extra postage required… Read more about this item