Health, Medicine & Nutrition from Back in Time Rare Books, LLC

Newark, NJ: Prudential Insurance Company, 1950. Early Edition. Very Good. 3 1/2 X 6 3/4 Inches. 8 PP. Scarce "POLIO" issue of the Prudential Health Series of pamphlets issued in the late 40's and 50's. Handy eight page illustrated booklet on Polio and how to treat the disease (as best you could). Original stapled wraps. OCLC locates only… Read more about this item

New York: Twayne Publishers, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 172 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Interesting look at modern epidemics and their influences on culture and literature. The book not only brings to light the physical damage done by… Read more about this item

Original Autograph, 1995. Very Good. 5X7 Inches. 5X7 B/W Photograph signed by Laura Huxley, wife of Aldous Huxley and noted American lecturer.

Arlington, VA: Amierican Soceity of Pension Professionals & Actuaries, 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 10 1/4 X 10 1/4 Inches. 124 PP. Accompanied by original prospectus letter from ASPPA. A nice history of this professiona organization.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co, 1859. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good +. 4 7/8 X 7 1/2 Inches. 122 PP. Important description of AMERICAN BASEBALL, which Elwyn called "Bat and Ball" in his youth. Interestingly, he describes the game as "an imperfect form of cricket," but also clearly states that it was "a Yankee Invention."<br /> <br />… Read more about this item

Freeport, IL: W.T. Rawleigh Medical Company, 1912. First Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. 5 3/4 X 8 3/4 Inches. 64 PP. Original staple wraps. In general, this booklet is the typical advertising vehicle of the time. Much of the book is filled with ads for Rawleigh's many "medicinal" products and for their Memphis and Chester, PA factories. Apparently,… Read more about this item

Nashville, TN: Tavel, Eastman & Howell, 1877. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Good +. 5 3/4 X 8 5/8 Inches. 230 PP. Housed in original brown cloth binding with gilt title stamping to front cover. <br /> The report includes: <br /> 1) Report on Sanitary Reform in Nashville (by J. Berrien Lindsley) <br /> 2) On the… Read more about this item

Boston: Crocker & Brewster, 1929. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good +. 5 1/4 X 8 1/4 Inches. 344 PP. First American Edition that has been rebound in quarter linen and plain paper covered boards. A London physician, Good was also known for his prolific writings on medical topics.

New York: The American Cancer Society, 1956. First Edition, First Printing. Original wraps. Good +. 7 7/8 X 10 1/4 Inches. 322 PP. Original stiff wraps with brown cloth binding. One of the very first serious meetings / studies that addressed the link between cigarettes and lung cancer. The researchers presenting here were among the first to study… Read more about this item

New York: Macfadden Publications, 1925. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 5 1/4 X 7 3/4 Inches. 223 PP. First printing of one of the earliest books on the diabetes epidemic that plagues America. Written only three years after the development of insulin, Macfadden throws his hat in the ring to explain the causes and cure… Read more about this item

New York: Methodist Book Concern, 1934. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +. 4 1/4 X 6 3/4 Inches. 176 PP. First edition copy in original publisher grey cloth binding. A very clean copy with original review slip laid-in. Slight rubbing to edges. Small stain to fore-edge.

Los Angeles, CA: W.H. Graves, 1930. First Edition, First Printing. Original cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 5 1/4 X 7 3/4 Inches. 235 PP. Original first issue with the address on the title page marked through in ink. Accompanied by an original 3 X 5 mailing card for a subscription to Health News magazine. Original navy cloth features title… Read more about this item