Medicine from Kate Mitas, Bookseller

21 x 13 inches. Broadside. Stiff white cardstock printed in yellow and black, with halftone illustrations. Heavy bump to top edge, causing approx. 3" closed tear; bumping to upper corner; wear and rubbing to edges and corners; foxing. Good. Fundraising broadside for an unnamed community seeking to raise funds to purchase an iron lung -- presumably the Drinker-Collins Duplex Respirator shown… Read more about this item

[London]: Sifton, Praed & Co., Ltd / The War Office, 1943. Very Good. 6 x 3 inches. Eight-panel brochure. Tan paper printed in black. B&w illustrations. Some details of illustrations on outer panels neatly colored in with crayon and ink; trimmed slightly unevenly; minor wear. A brutally honest first aid guide for soldiers, containing instructions about how to… Read more about this item

[New Britain, Connecticut]: [The Visiting Nurse Association of New Britain], (n. d.), circa 1920s. Good+. 3-1/2 x 6 inches. Small card, printed on both sides. White clay-coated stock printed in black, with b&w halftone illustration to recto of a nurse standing in a doorway. Light wear and soiling. Promotional card providing the contact details for the Visiting Nurse… Read more about this item

[San Francisco?]: Associated Press / Call Bulletin, 1952. Very Good. Three b&w photos, varying slightly in size but on average 7" x 9-1/2". Caption printed in the plate of two photographs and affixed to the verso of the third one. Creasing to corner of one photo; stamps to versos. Three press photos showing the history-making televised hospital room… Read more about this item

[Buffalo, N.Y.]: [World's Dispensary Medical Association], 1902. Very Good. 14 cm. [18]pp. White self-wrappers printed in black, bound at the top edge. Light wear. Promotional piece for Ray Vaughn Pierce ("an outstanding period example of a man who combined scientific (or quasi-scientific) credentials, remarkable business acumen, an accurate sense of the public temper, and an unabashed capacity for… Read more about this item

[Dayton, Ohio], Circa 1909. Very Good. 5-1/2" x 3". Five unused divided-back postcards. White cardstock illustrated in halftone from photographs to recto. Light wear and some soiling/staining; scuff to one card, slightly affecting image. An set of begging cards depicting the treatment of Alonzo Souslin for a broken neck, including pictures of his wife and young son… Read more about this item

Barcelona: Libreria Dalmau, (n. d.). Good+. Circa 1940s. 8-1/2" x 6-1/4". 31, [1, blank] pp. White stapled illustrated wrappers printed green, red and black. Illustrated from b/w cartoons throughout, text in Spanish. Toning to wrappers; faint damptstain to edge of front wrapper; bumping to spine. Humorous take on the Spanish medical profession by the great Catalan cartoonist.

New York: Ben Adler Advertising Service, Inc., (1958). Good. 11" x 8-1/2". 31, [1] pp. Black and white printed self-wrappers, stapled. Scuffing to front cover; two short tears to fore-edge of cover and most leaves, not affecting text. Movie tie-in booklet for "The Case of Dr. Laurent," which promoted the then-newfangled techniques of Dr. Fernand Lamaze as well… Read more about this item

New York: Intravenous Products Co. of America, Inc., (n. d.). Staplebound. Very Good. Circa 1940s. 6" x 4-1/4". 64 pp. Stapled mint wrappers printed in dark green and red, stamp of Endo Products Inc. to front wrapper. Minor soil to inside rear wrapper; slight oxidization to staples. A very good example. Promotional booklet for Endo Products Inc.,… Read more about this item

Paris: Les Etablissements A. Claverie, (n. d.). Wraps. Very Good. Circa 1910. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Yellow wrappers printed in black, housing four loose fascicles of [4] pp each; profusely illustrated; text in French. Slight wear and strip of faint toning/soil to wrapper edges; slight crease to lower corner of fascicles. Catalogue of orthopedic corsets, braces, and supports to… Read more about this item