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New York:: Riverhead Books,, 2012.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (upper corners bumped) Uncommon signed. . First printing. An account of the twenty years Sweet spent at San Francisco's Laguna Honda Hospital, the last almshouse in the country, a descendant of the Hotel-Dieu (GodÕs hotel) that cared for the sick… Read more about this item

San Francisco:: The Femina Company, , 1893.. Hardcover first edition -. Good overall in embossed dark brown cloth with gold lettering on the spine and front cover. Missing front endpaper, rear hinge cracked, and usual toning to the pages, but despite the flaws this is still a very sturdy copy on a hard to find book. . … Read more about this item

New York:: Picador,, (2008). Very good+.. 1st trade paperback printing. An examination of medical failure and triumph, and of how success is achieved in this complex and risk-filled profession. "At once unflinching and compassionate, 'Better' is an exhilarating journey, narrated by 'arguably the best nonfiction doctor-writer around'." Notes on sources. 273 pp.

New York:: Metropolitan Books/ Henry Holt,, (2014). Hardcover -. Very good in very good dust jacket.. Later printing. ,Gawande examines the "ultimate limitations and failures - in his own practices as well as others - as life draws to its close. He follows a hospice nurse on her rounds, a geriatrician in his clinic, and reformers turning… Read more about this item

New York:: The London Lancet, , 1859. Hardcover first edition -. Very good overall in half tan leather over marbled boards, a large heavy volume - some wear to the leather, but still a sturdy copy, easily readable. . First edition. The first New York volume for American doctors, although The Lancet had been published in… Read more about this item

Bristol, Tennessee: : The S. E. Massengill Company, , 1934.. Hardcover -. Good overall in burgundy cloth - some bleaching to the upper edge of the front board, but a sturdy copy. . Third edition revised. The S.E. Massengill Co, founded in 1897 by Samuel and his brother Norman, was one of the most respected in… Read more about this item

New York:: World Publishing Co.,, (1970). Hardcover first edition -. Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall tight and clean in a good dj (spine label). First printing. An account of the discovery by an Irish doctor working in Uganda of a previously undiagnosed form of cancer which was killing children in Africa - and… Read more about this item

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1970.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in red cloth in a near fine dust jacket. (some light toning, price-clipped). First printing. The second book under his own name, and the first work of nonfiction by the author of The Andromeda Strain and Jurassic Park. Glossary, bibliography. 231 pp. Dust jacket by Paul… Read more about this item

Chicago:: American Medical Association,, 1912.. Hardcover -. Very good in very dark blue cloth with gilt lettering (previous owner's name, embossed seal on title page, some damage to the cloth on the spine, but overall clean and very tight and sturdy.). Second edition. This second edition, issued less than a year late and much larger, includes over… Read more about this item

London:: Tavistock Publications., (1962). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in black cloth with gilt lettering in a near fine dustjacket (upper corner of front board bumped, sunning to spine of dj, and toning to back cover). First printing. A collection of reports by ten doctors associated with Family Planning Association clinics, who participated with… Read more about this item

New York:: Boni & Liveright,, 1926.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good in dark olive green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine in a very good printed dust jacket in a lighter olive green (some wear to the dj and minor loss at the top of the spine and corners of folds). First American edition. Volume… Read more about this item

Kill Devil Hills, N.C.:: Transpersonal Publishing,, (2007). SIGNED -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. Second edition, first printing. "A book which offers strategic information and hope for parents of A.D.D./A.D.H.D. children by taking a holistic, mind-body approach to the disorder. In this second edition, the authors give up-to-date information about current drug therapies with penetrating insights… Read more about this item

Philadelphia:: P. Blakiston's Sons & Co., 1908.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good overall in flexible gray-green cloth covers with black title and illustration on front cover. Some wear to the covers and light soiling to the cover, previous owner's name stamped on rear endpaper. . First edition. The very uncommon first edition of this useful handbook… Read more about this item

Tucson:: Galen Press, Ltd, , (1994). Hardcover -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. 2nd printing. A comprehensive book on the physical and cultural aspects of death - from "embalming, cremation, cryogenics, autopsies, organ donation, anatomical dissection, burials, funerals, decay, cannibalism, body snatching, use of corpses in secret rituals and religious ceremonies. This book sheds light on… Read more about this item

[Raritan, N.J.] :: [Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp.], [ca 1969].. All three are in fine condition in brown or tan stapled wrappers. The cover of the first pamphlet has been die-cut to reproduce the large chips and wear on the original.. Facsimile edition. The first brochure - "An Important Address to Wives and Mothers" - was originally published… Read more about this item

Winnipeg, Manitoba:: Nutrition Research,, nd (ca 1950). Good overall in green wrappers with silver lettering (some creasing to front cover, previous owner's name) . A book which essentially claims that all disease is caused by poor diet - and this focuses on how to get more natural nutrients. Includes specific suggestions for longevity, overweight and underweight, eye problems,… Read more about this item

Berkeley, CA:: Ronin Publishing,, (2014). Fine (a new copy.). Trade paperback. A book which "explains how researchers believe that the stress response creates an environment that promotes physiological breakdown, while the relaxation Response creates a healing environment. [It] offers specific things you can do, and do today, to turn on your body's innate healing mechanisms, including meditation, prayer,… Read more about this item

New York:: Berkley,, (2006). First edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) Although most U.S. cities in both the North and the South suffered through yellow fever outbreaks for 200 years, the worst in the history of the U.S. was in Memphis Tennessee in 1878, when Memphis became a 'city of… Read more about this item

Indianapolis:: Bobbs-Merrill,, (1954). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in dark red boards in a very good dust jacket (toning to the pages).. First edition. "The answers to give when your child asks about sex." Illustrated. A slim, slightly oversized book. Reading list. 96 pp

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, (2000). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.). First printing. A book by this surgeon who is also an award-winning writer on how human have perceived the organs of our bodies over the centuries - he "shows us how we came to understand the organs from which… Read more about this item