Medicine from Quaker House Books

Halifax, NS: W. Miner, 1858. Good copy. In greeen morocco leather and five band spine with stamped gilt lettering. Marbled endpapers with flower design border in gilt. Gilt top edge. Fold out of illustrations of herbs preceding title page. This is followed by pages of illustrations of herbs, after which is the title page of Culpeper's Complete Herbal… Read more about this item

Pisa: Presso Sebatiano Nistri, 1823. First Italian Edition. Good copy. In marbled paper covered boards and leather spine with gilt stamped lettering. Six folding colored plates at end of book. Square and intact binding. Clean and umarked endpapers and text pages. Random light foxing not affecting any legibilty or view of plates. Bumping of ends of spine and corners. Moderate… Read more about this item

Bombay: Orient Longmans, 1962. First Edition. First printing. Very Good copy with good jacket. In very light pinkish cloth design covers and grey spine with black lettering. Square and intact binding. Clean and unmarked endpapers and text pages, except for acid content of binder's glue on endpapers. Light fading to edges. Bumping to ends of spine. Light to moderate… Read more about this item

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1881. Good copy. Dark brown or black cloth covers with title and author in faded gilt on spine. Square and intact binding. Clean and unmarked brown endpapers and text pages. Moderate shelf wear. Photos upon request. . Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: J. Johnson, 1796. The Sixth Edition, Collected and Enlarged. Fair copy. In leather boards with the front board missing and rear board merely holding on. All signatures are intact. No writing on any of the text pages. Random foxing but all text pages are legible. Previous owner's name written on upper title page. Photos upon request. . Full-Leather. 8vo… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Lea Brothers &.Co., 1894. Good ex-library copy. In marbled paper boards with leather corners and spine. Among the topics addressed are: Therapeutics, Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics, Gynecology, Paediatrics, Pathology and Bacteriology. Library markings. All text pages are legible. Three quarters of rear cover is detached. Heavy scuffing to leather. Photos upon request. . Half-Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"… Read more about this item

London: T. Boosey, W. Mudie, W. Gilbert, 1800. Reviews between July, 1800 and April, 1801. In marbled paper hardcovers. All 590 text pages are legible. Covers are detached but someone taped them to spine with brown tape. Previous owner's signature on front pastedown. Photos upon request. . Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Berlin: August Hirschwald, 1908. Good copy. In red cloth covers with stamped gilt lettering on front cover and same on spine. Fourteen plates with tissue guards. Square and intact binding. Clean and unmarked endpapers and text pages. Frayed ends of spine. Covers are gently bowed. Moderate shelf wear. Photos upon request. . Hard Cover. 4to - over 9¾" -… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Samuel S. White, 1877. Good copy. In burgundy cloth covers with stamped gilt lettering on front cover and same on spine. Square and intact binding. Clean and unmarked endpapers and text pages. Ends of spine are frayed and nicked. Moderate shelf wear. Photos upon request. . Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Everardus Warner, 1865. First Edition. Good copy. In black cloth covers with faded gilt lettering on spine and title blind stamped on rear cover. Square and intact binding. Clean and unmarked endpapers and text pages. Ends of spine are chipped away. Corners are moderately rubbed with moderate wear and soiling to covers. Photos upon request. . Hardcover. 12mo… Read more about this item

Gottingen: Vandenhoeck, 1759. Second edition. Good copy. In polished paper covered boards with leather corners and spine with six bands in gilt and gilt lettering. Red stained edges. Square and intact binding. Clean and legible text pages with ink notations in margins and endpapers. Lacking front free endpaper and portrait. Marked scufiing to upper corners of boards . Moderate… Read more about this item

Liverpool: T. Dobb & Co. , 1876. Second edition. Good ex-library copy. In burgundy cloth bevelled covers with stamped lettering in bright gilt on front cover and moderately faded gilt lettering on spine. Twenty-two plates included. Square and intact binding. Clean and unmarked text pages. Library stamps on front endpapers. Sunned spine. Bumping and moderate rubbing to ends of… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Towar & Hogan, 1826. First American Edition. Good copy. In brown calf skin boards. Folding colored frontispiece. Square and intact binding with front cover hinge split but still holding on by two cords. No writing anywhere. Browned and foxed text pages not affecting legibility. Moderate wear and scuffing to covers. In plastic covers. Photos upon request. . Full-Leather. 8vo… Read more about this item

Boston: Authority of the Peabody Medical Institute, 1881. Latest Edition. Good copy. In blue cloth covers with repetitive gilt design, gilt sunburst, and black lettering in gilt on front cover and same on spine. All gilt edges. A copy of an award to Dr. Parker by the Board of Officers of the National Medical Association is included. Moderate cracking of… Read more about this item

Paris: Vigot Freres, 1943. Good. In grey stiff paper covers with lettering on front cover. Inscribed and signed by N. Kobozieff on half title page. Square and intact binding. Clean and unmarked text pages. Closed tear on lower spine. Crease on lower front corner. Moderate shelf wear. Photos upon request. . Soft Cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1884. Good copy. In green cloth covers with stamped borders on front cover and stamped gilt lettering on spine. Square and intact binding. Clean and unmarked text pages. Bumping and rubbing to ends of spine and corners. Two inch tear on upper front spine. Window cut on front free endpaper possibly… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: F. E. Boericke, 1872. Good copy. In marroon cloth covers with stamped gilt lettering and blindstamped border on front cover. Square and intact binding. Clean and unmarked text pages. Previous owner's name on front endpapers. Bumping and fraying of ends of spine. lack stain on ower front spine. Moderate shelf wear. Photos upon request. . Hardcover. 16mo… Read more about this item

Albany, N.Y.: Comstock & Cassidy, 1863. Good copy. In black cloth covers with stamped gilt lettering and blindstamped design on front cover. Square and intact binding. Clean and unmarked text pages. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Piece missing on upper spine. Bumping and through on some corners. Irregular fading to front and rear covers. Moderate to… Read more about this item

New York: Boericke, Runyon, and Ernesty, 1895. First edition. Good to very good copy. In horizontal ribbed blue cloth covers with gilt stamp of publisher on front cover and stamped gilt lettering on spine. Square and intact binding. Clean and unmarked text pages. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Bumping of ends of spine. Light to moderate shelf wear.… Read more about this item

Chicago: Gross & Delbridge, 1884. Good copy. In marroon cloth covers with embossed design on front cover and gilt lettering on spine. Square and intcact binding. Clean and unmarked endpapers and text pages, save for previous owner's name on rear pastedown as it is on front flyleaf. Bumping and light fraying to ends of spine. Sunning to spine. Moderate shelf… Read more about this item