1. Stokes, William.

Ueber die Heilung der innern Krankheiten von dem Standpunkte der neuesten Erfahrung am Krankenbette. Vorlesungen, gehalten an der medizinischen Schule (Park-Street) zu Dublin von William Stokes M.D. Zweite, genau durchgesehene, verbesserte Auflage und vermehrt durch 1) mehrere interessante Abhandlungen von W. Stokes und 2) einige, praktisch sehr wichtige Vorlesungen von Dr. L. Graves in Dublin. Deutsch bearbeitet von Dr.Friedrich J. Behrend.

Leipzig, Christian Ernst Kollmann, 1839. 8°. VIII, 370 Seiten. Moderner Halbleinenband mit vergoldetem Rückentitel. Sehr gut erhaltenes, ehemaliges Bibliotheksexemplar. Mit Kleinem Stempelchen verso dem Reihentitel. Gering stockfleckig. [Bibliothek von Vorlesungen der vorzueglichsten und beruehmtesten Lehrer des Auslandes ueber Medizin, Chirurgie und Geburtshuelfe, bearbeitet und redigirt von Dr. Friedrich J.Behrend. Band II der Reihe].

2. Smith, Cecil Blanche Woodham.

Florence Nightingale, 1820-1910. With Illustrations.

London, Constable, 1950. 22 cm. (hbk). vii, 615, [4] pages. Illustrated. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Some foxing only. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

3. Werner, E.T.C.

Myths & Legends of China [Myths of Epidemics / Myths of Medicine / Myths of Exorcism etc.] With Thirty-Two Illustrations in Colours by Chinese Artists.

Fourth Impression of the First Edition. London / Bombay / Sydney, George G. Harrap & Co., 1934. Octavo. Colour-Frontispiece, 454 pages including an excellent Index. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. The rare, original dustjacket torn and with a larger part of the jacket missing. The Volume itself in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

4. Anonymous / [Synge, Mary / Carr, Dr.D.W. and others] .

Mercy and Truth – A record of C.M.S. Medical Missions – Volume IV. [for the year 1900 – with essays on: Women Patients Rich and Poor – by Mary Synge about a fishing Village called Sang Sua / A Week in the Kyber (Khyber Pass visit by three workers of the C.M.S. during their time at Peshawar / The Opening of the New Mengo Hospital – by Mrs. Albert Cook (with images) / Medical Staff at Hang-chow (Dr. Kember, Dr. Main, Dr. Tsang), Some Men and Women in Hakodate (North Japan) / A Day of Medical Work in a Persian Town (by Henry White) / In Touch with the sick in Oyo (Yoruba) – with support from the Royal irish Constabulary / Moslem Fatalism (by L. Cropper in April 1899) / Photograph of a Temporary Hospital in Onitsha, West Africa / An Acquaintance with sickness in Central Africa [with a diagram that shows how many and what kind of operations were done (Teeth Extractions, Gynaecological Cases etc.) and how the natives paid for the treatment with Shells !!] / Dr. L.G. Hill of Pakhol – Overcoming Obstacles in China / Photograph of “Serai at Lundi Kotal – C.M.S. Dispensary in the Corner / etc. etc.

London, Church Missionary Society, 1900. Slim Quarto. 300 pages with numerous photographs and Index. Hardcover, light blue publisher’s cloth with red lettering to spine and cover. Binding a little stained and rubbed. Otherwise in excellent condition ! Rare !! Name of Patience Conner on title.

5. Kelly, Howard, A.

Operative Gynecology. With Twenty-Four Plates and Over Five Hundred and Fifty Original Illustrations.

Special reprint edition of the original 1898-edition. 2 volumes (complete set). New York, The Classics of Medicine Library, 1992. 19 cm x 26 cm. c.1140 pages. Vol.I – XVII, 563 pages. With 315 fantastic illustrations and 10 plates / Vol.II – XIII, 557 pages. With 277 illustrations and 14 plates. Hardcover / Stunning full leather in protective mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Exlibris / Bookplate of preowner on pastedowns of each volume. Limited Edition: No. 541 of ‘The Classics of Medicine Library’ edition. [The Classics of Medicine Library]

6. Bright, Richard / Barlow, G. Hilaro (editor).

Clinical Memoir on Abdominal Tumours and Intumescence. This is a copy number 541 of the Classics of Medicine Library.

Special edition reprint of London, The New Sydenham Society, 1860. Delanco NJ, The Classics of Medicine Library, 2003. 14 cm x 22 cm. XVIII, 326 pages. 79 woodcut illustrations. Beautifully bound Hardcover with gilt lettering and ornaments on spine with raised bands. Elaborate gilt embossment and ruling on both boards. All gilt edges with navy silk ribbon page marker. Marbled pastedowns and endpapers. Near fine condition. Excellent condition within. Ex-Libris on front endpaper and rear pastedown. Bookplate on front pastedown states “This is copy number 541 of the Classics of Medicine Library.” [The Classics of Medicine Library]

7. Lancisi, Giovanni Maria / Wright, Wilmer Cave (translator).

De Aneurysmatibus Aneurysms.

Special reprint edition of New York, The Macmillan Company, 1952. Delanco NJ, The Classics of Medicine Library, 2001. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. XXXV, 362 pages. Beautifully bound Hardcover with gilt lettering and ornaments on spine with raised bands. Elaborate gilt embossment and ruling on both boards. All edges gilt. With white silk ribbon page marker. Marbled pastedowns and endpapers. Near fine condition. With protective mylar jacket. Bookplate of preowner shows that “This is copy number 541 of the Classics of Medicine Library” [The Classics of Medicine Library]

8. Hutchinson, Jonathan.

A Clinical Memoir on Certain Diseases of the Eye and Ear Consequent on Inherited Syphilis. With an Appended Chapter of Commentaries on the Transmission of Syphilis from Parent to Offspring, and its More Remote Consequences.

Special reprint edition of London, John Churchill, 1863. Delanco NJ, The Classics of Medicine Library, 2003. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. XII, 259 pages. With two colour plates. Beautifully bound Hardcover with gilt lettering and oranaments on spine with raised bands. Elaborate gilt embossment and ruling on both boards. All edges gilt. With green silk ribbon page marker. Marbled pastedowns and endpapers. As new condition throughout. With protective mylar wrapping. Ex-Libris bookplate of preowner on pastedown.

9. Heberden, William.

An Introduction to the Study of Physic. With a Reprint of Herberden’s ‘Some Account of a Disorder of the Breast’.

Special reprint edition of New York, Paul B. Hoeber, 1929. New York, The Classics of Medicine Library, 1994. 13.5 cm x 19.5 cm. Portrait frontispiece, XI, 259 pages. With 6 additional illustrations. Beautifully bound Hardcover with gilt lettering and decoration on spine with raised bands. Gilt tooling to both boards. All edges gilt. With golden silk ribbon bookmark. Marbled pastedowns and endpapers. Excellent condition. With protective mylar jacket. Ex-Libris bookplate of preowner on pastedown. Bookplate on front endpaper states that “This is copy number 541 of The Classics of Medicine Library edition”. [The Classics of Medicine Library]

10. Black, William George.

Folk Medicine: A Chapter in the History of Culture. Publication of the Folk-Lore Society, for collecting and printing relics of popular antiquities & c.

Special reprint edition of London, Elliot Stock, 1883. Delanco NJ, The Classics of Medicine Library, 2001. 14.5 cm x 22 cm. II, 228 pages. Beautifully bound Hardcover with gilt lettering and ornament on spine with raised boards. Gilt design and ruling to boards. All edges gilt. Dutch marbling to pastedowns and endpapers. Red silk ribbon bookmarker. Near fine conditon externally and internally. [The Classics of Medicine Library]

11. Bichat, Xavier / Coffin, John G.

A Treatise on the Membranes in General, And on Different Membranes in Particular.

Special reprint edition of Boston, Cummings and Hilliard, 1813. Birmingham AL, The Classics of Medicine Library, 1987. 13.5 cm x 22.5 cm. XIX, 259 pages. Beautiful Hardcover with gilt lettering and ornament on spine with raised bands. Gilt designs to both boards. Marbled pastedowns and endpapers. All edges gilt. Beaver-brown silk ribbon bookmarker. Near fine condition. With protective mylar jacket. Bookplate of preowner, stating “This is copy number 541 of the Classics of Medicine Library edition”.

12. Cruikshank, William.

The Anatomy of the Absorbing Vessels of the Human Body. The Second Edition – Considerably Enlarged, and Illustrated with Additional Plates.

Special reprint edition of London, G. Nicol, 1790. Birmingham AL, The Classics of Medicine Library, 1991. 18 cm x 23.3 cm. VIII, 214 pages. 5 plates including 2 fold-out anatomical illustrations. Beautifully bound Hardcover with gilt lettering and design on spine with raised bands. Ornate gilt decoration to boards. All edges gilt. Green silken ribbon as bookmarker. Marbled pastedowns and endpapers. Excellent condition. With protective mylar. Ex-Libris / Bookplate of preowner on front pastedown. Additional bookplate on front endpaper stating that “This is copy number 541 of The Classics of Medicine Library edition”. [The Classics of Medicine Library]

13. [Addison, Thomas ] Wilks, Dr [Samuel] / Daldy, Dr.

A Collection of The Published Writings of the Late Thomas Addison. Edited, with Introductory Prefaces to Several of the Papers by Dr. Wilks and Dr. Daldy.

Special reprint edition of London, The New Sydenham Society, 1868. New York, The Classics of Medicine Library, 1983. 14.5 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, XXXI, 242 pages. Numerous illustrations throughout text. Beautiful Hardcover with gilt lettering and design on spine with raised bands. Gilt ornament and ruling and blind ruling to both boards. Pastedowns and endpapers marbled in comb-pattern. All edges gilt. Maroon silk ribbon as bookmark. Excellent condition. With protective mylar. Ex-Libris bookplate of preowner on pastedown. Additional bookplate stating that “This is copy number 541 of the Classics of Medicine Library.”

14. Jacobi, A.

The Intestinal Diseases of Infancy and Childhood – Physiology, Hygiene, Pathology and Therapeutics.

Special reprint edition of Detroit, George S. Davis, 1887. New York, The Classics of Medicine Library, 1993. 15.5 cm x 19 cm. XV, 301 pages. Beautifully bound Hardcover with gilt lettering and design on spine with raised bands. Gilt floral design and ruling to boards. All edges gilt. Marbled pastedowns and endpapers. With brown silk bookmark ribbon. Near fine condition. With protective mylar. Front pastedown carries Ex-Libris bookplate of preowner. Front endpaper carries additional bookplate stating that “This is copy number 541 of The Classics of Medicine Library”. [The Classics of Medicine Library]

15. Enderle, Alfred / Meyerhöfer, Dietrich / Unverfehrt, Gerd.

Small People – Great Art / Restricted growth from an artistic and medical viewpoint.

Hamm, Artcolor Verlag, 1994. 24.5 cm x 22.5 cm. 324 pages. Illustrated with 116 full-colour plates. Original, illustrated Hardcover. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

16. Rubempré, Morel de.

Véritable Médecine sans Médecin.

Paris, Librairie Francaise et Étrangère-Ponthieu/Audin, 1826. 8°. Frontispiece, XX, 1078 pages. Original brochure bound in recent, modern cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Publishers interimsbinding and paper uncut. Some foxing. RARE !

17. Heidel, Caris-Petra [Hrsg.].

Naturheilkunde und Judentum.

Frankfurt, M., Mabuse-Verl., 2008. 8°. 208 Seiten. Illustriert. Softcover / Kartoniert. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen äusserlichen Gebrauchsspuren. KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Mängelexemplar. [Medizin und Judentum ; Bd. 9]

18. Stokes, William.

Die Brustkrankheiten. deren richtige Würdigung und Behandlung. Neueste Übertragung ins Deutsche, mit Zugabe der später vom Verfasser veröffentlichten Aufsätze: I. Ueber Krebs der Lungen und des Mediastinums / II. Ueber akute Induration der Lungen / III. Ueber Cirrhose der Lungen. Unter der Redaction des Dr. Fr. J. Behrend (practischer Arzt in Berlin).

Leipzig, Christian Ernst Kollmann, 1844. 8°. 475 Seiten. Originales Halbleder mit marmoriertem Einbanddeckel. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren. / Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. [Bibliothek von Vorlesungen der vorzüglichsten und berühmtesten Lehrer des Auslandes über Medizin, Chirurgie und Geburtshülfe, bearbeitet oder redigirt von Dr. Friedrich J. Behrend. Band XXXII.].

19. Bing, Robert / Brückner, Roland.

Gehirn und Auge – Grundriss der Ophtalmo-Neurologie. Dritte, vollständig neu bearbeitete Auflage. Mit 147, zum Teil mehrfarbigen Abbildungen.

Basel, Benno Schwabe, 1954. 8°. 248 pages. Original Hardcover (Leinen). Guter Zustand mit einigen äusserlichen Gebrauchsspuren. Einband und Schnitt gering fleckig. Widmung des Verfassers Robert Bing auf dem Vorsatzblatt. Sehr seltene Publikation.

20. Leake, Chauncey D.

Some Founders of Physiology – Contributors to the Growth of Functional Biology.

Washington D.C., International Union of Physiological Sciences / American Physiological Society, 1956. 8°. X, 122 pages with illustrations (portraits of Physiologists). Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

21. Andry, Charles-Louis-Francois / Thouret, Michel-Augustin.

Beobachtungen und Untersuchungen über den Gebrauch des Magnets in der Arzneykunst. Mit zwo Kupfertafeln. Aus dem Französischen übersetzt.

Erste deutsche Ausgabe. Leipzig, bey Weidmanns Erben und Reich, 1785. Oktav. (4), 292 Seiten plus zwei Falttafeln im Anhang. Hardcover / Moderner, wunderbarer Kalbslederband (Halbleder) mit marmoriertem Deckelbezug und Titelschild. Lederverstaerkte Kanten. Diese sehr seltene Originalausgabe wurde aufwendig neu gebunden. Das originale Exlibris des Vorbesitzers “Bernard Axelrod” und das Bookshop Exlibris des Antiquariats in dem der Band erworben wurde (″Occult Books” – Samuel Weiser – New York), wurden wieder in den vorderen Einbanddeckel integriert.

22. Rausch, Friedrich.

Original, trilingual handbook with loosely inserted plates, showing the phonetics (position and look of tongue, lips and teeth-positions during speaking certain words) Handausgabe von Rausch’s Lauttafeln [Inclusive dem englischen “th”] – 26 lithographische Tafeln mit Lautbezeichnungen der Association Phonetique Internationale nach Vietor’s Lauttafeln. Zusätzlich mit einer deutschen Lauttafel (System Vietor) welche nach Lippenlauten, Zahnlauten, Gaumenlauten und Kehllauten trennt.

2. Auflage der verkleinerten Ausgabe. Marburg, N.G.Elwert / Association Phonetique International, [1913]. Octavo. 26 Tafeln in Postkartengröße, lose in originaler Verlags-Flügelmappe. Softcover. Sehr guter Zustand dieser seltenen Ausgabe / Tafel 1 rückseitig mit Bibliotheksstempel. Alle Tafeln vorderseitig mit zusätzlicher (verkehrter) Numerierung in Buntstift. / Reduced edition (pocket edition) of Friedrich Rausch’s phonetic plates, illustrating the speech sounds, including one plate for the digraph “th”.

23. Wagner, Gustav / Müller, Wolfgang J.

Dermatologie in der Kunst. [Dermatology in Art]

Biberach an der Riss, Basotherm – Dermatologische und pharmazeutische Spezialpräparate, 1970. Quarto. 120 Seiten mit zahlreichen Abbildungen. Original Softcover. Sehr guter Zustand mit einigen wenigen Gebrauchsspuren.

24. Prinzhorn, Hans.

Bildnerei der Geisteskranken aus der Prinzhorn – Sammlung / Art of the Insane from the Prinzhorn-Sammlung.

Heidelberg, Galerie Rothe, 1967. Quarto. 64 Seiten mit 98 Abbildungen. Original Hardcover mit dem seltenen, bedruckten Schutzumschlag. Rare publication on the correlation between art and schizophrenia with several images and explanatory notes (all in german language) / Sehr guter Zustand. Der fragile Schutzumschlag etwas gebräunt und mit kleineren Einrissen. Beiliegend eine interessante Rezension aus der FAZ vom 13.November 1967.

25. Willius, Frederick A. / Dry, Thomas J.

A History of The Heart and The Circulation. [Includes wonderful portraits of important doctors / cardiologists].

First and only Edition. Philadelphia & London, W.B.Saunders Company, 1948. Octavo. 456 pages. Original Hardcover in Mylar. Former library copy of the US Air Force. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

26. Sawyer, Sir James.

Points of practice in Maladies of the Heart – [INSCRIBED / SIGNED – with a signed (monogrammed) portrait-postcard of Sir James Sawyer] – Lumleian lectures at the Royal College of Physicians of London.

First Edition. Birmingham, Cornish Brothers, 1908. Small Octavo. VIII, 96 pages. Hardcover / Original, red publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Vintage portrait-postcard of Sir James Sawyer tipped in verso endpaper. The postcard is monogrammed in ink “J.S.”. The book is inscribed by Sir James Sawyer: “W.V.Bramington, Eng. [..] from the author”. Very Rare ! [Lumleian Lectures].

27. Howard, John / [Daniel Conner Library]

An account of the Principal Lazarettos in Europe; with various papers relative to the Plague: Together with further Observations on some foreign Prisons and Hospitals; and additional remarks on The Present State of those in Great Britain and Ireland. [Including chapters on English Prisons and Hospitals, Hulks [Prison-Ships] on the Thames, Remarks on the Gaol-Fever, Remarks on Penitentiary Houses, Scottish Prisons and Hospitals, Irish Prisons and Hospitals, Charter Schools in Ireland etc.]

First Edition. Warrington, Printed by William Eyres; And sold by T. Cadell, J. Johnson, C. Dilly, and J. Taylor in London, 1789. Quarto (24,5 cm x 30,5 cm). VIII, 259 pages plus 13 unnumbered pages of Index and 1 page “Directions to the Book-Binder”. Collation complete with 22 plates of which 20 are large fold-out-engravings. Hardcover / Contemporary 18th century calf with gilt lettering on spine. Stunning Volume, recently restored and rebacked by two english master-binders. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. After the restoration now a highly-desirable collectable. One of the first sociological studies of conditions within the penal system of England and Ireland compared to other 18th-century practices within European Jails / Gaols. The partly romantic engravings seem sinister when one imagines what inmates and children endured within these settings. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

28. Arbuthnot, John / [Daniel Conner Library].

Tables of Antient Coins, Weights and Measures – Explained And Exemplified in Several Dissertations [Including: “A Dissertation concerning the Doses of Medicines given by Ancient Physicians” / Including “Of the Jewish Coins in which their weights are likewise considered”]. The Second Edition – To which is added, An Appendix, containing Observations on Dr.Arbuthnot’s Dissertations on Coins, Weights and Measures by Benjamin Langwith.

London, Printed for D. Browne, without Temple-Bar; A.Millar, in the Strand; and J.Whiston and B.White, in Fleet-Street, 1754. Quarto (24 cm x 29 cm). Collation [complete as called for by Index]: Title, 11 unnumbered pages, 327 pages plus 18 plates (partly folded) with Weights, Measures and Values of Several Foreign Coins explained. Original 18th-century binding, recently rebacked in 18th-century-style by two english master-bookbinders. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Front free endpaper with faded dampstain. Only very minor signs of foxing. Some minor wormhole – damage to the inner margins but not effecting the text. Wide margins. Extremely Rare Publication, now beautifully restored ! From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

29. Houssaye, J.-G.

Monographie du Thé. Description botanique, torréfaction, composition chimique, propriétés hygiéniques de cette feuille [ Thé et son propriétés médicales et hygiéniques ].

Paris, Chez L’Autuer, 1843. Octavo (16 cm x 24,5 cm). 160 pages with 17 plates. Hardcover / Decorative publisher’s cloth with gilt illustration on front board repeated as vignette on titlepage. Some foxing, otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Presentation-copy, inscribed by the author: “Hommage de l’auteur a Madame Danielle avec les …hommage”.

30. Behring, Emil von.

Gesammelte Abhandlungen – Neue Folge. [Originales, ehemaliges Beleg-Exemplar der Behringwerke Marburg].

Erste Ausgabe. Bonn, A.Marcus & E.Weber, 1915. Octavo. XVIII, 246 Seiten. Original Hardcover / Wunderbare Original-Ausgabe, ein Beleg-Exemplar der Behringwerke in der schoenen Verlagsbindung mit dem Exlibris des dänischen Wissenschaftlers Vilhelm Jensen auf dem Innendeckel [Vilhelm Jensen war in Kopenhagen Mitarbeiter des Bakteriologen und Robert Koch-Schüler’s Carl Julius Salomonsen]. Exzellente Erhaltung / Unusually excellent condition, this copy comes from the library of danish scientist Vilhelm Jensen (Co-worker of danish bacteriologist Carl Julius Salomonsen). Rare and special !

31. [Parke, Davis & Company].

Vaccine & Serum Therapy.

London, Parke, Davis & Company, 1935. Octavo. 234 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

32. Tutton, A.E.H.

Crystallography and Practical Crystal Measurement [Personal copy of english neuroscientist and founding father of “The Science of Brain Chemistry”, Derek Richter].

First Edition. London, MacMillan and Co, 1911. Octavo. XIV, 946 pages with many illustrations. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of Derek Richter (Magdalen College, Oxford), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to the pastedown and his personal ownership-notation to endpaper. War Office Stamp on titlepage.

33. Shaw, Anthony Batty.

Norfolk & Norwich Medicine – A Retrospect.

Norwich, The Norwich Medico-Chirurgical Society, 1992. Octavo. Frontispice, XXI, 175 pages with many illustrations. Original Hardcover in original slipcase. Name of preowner on endpaper. Only a few pages dogeared. Otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

34. Stokes, William.

Die Krankheiten des Herzens und der Aorta [Diseases of the Heart and the Aorta]. Mit einem Vorwort des Uebersetzers Dr. J. Lindwurm.

Erste deutsche Ausgabe. Würzburg, Verlag der Stahel’schen Buchhandlung, 1855. Oktav. XII, 538 Seiten. Original Hardcover. Originales Halbleinen mit vergoldetem Rueckentitel. Namenszug des Vorbesitzers auf dem Vorsatzblatt – Ausserdem der Vermerk: “Honorar Exemplar” / Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren und nur wenig stockfleckig. Seltene Erstausgabe dieses wichtigen Standardwerks der Kardiologie. Das Buch erschien noch im Jahr der irischen Erstausgabe (Dublin, 1855) in den USA und Deutschland. Selten in Originalbindung und in dieser Erhaltung !

35. Hamernik, Josef.

Das Herz und seine Bewegung. Beiträge zur Anatomie, Physiologie und Pathologie des Herzens, des Herzbeutels und des Brustfelles.

Erste Ausgabe. Prag, Verlag von H. Dominicus, 1858. Oktav. XXII, (2), 240 Seiten. Hardcover / Originales Halbleinen. Dezent entfernter, alter Bibliotheksstempel. Historisches Buchbindereischildchen: “A. Haintz – Buchbinderei – Prag”. Sehr guter Zustand der Originalbindung. Innen aussergewoehnlich sauber !

36. Stokes, William.

A Treatise on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diseases of the Chest. Part I. Diseases of the Lung and Windpipe (All that was ever published).

First Edition. Dublin, Hodges and Smith, College-Green, 1837. 8°. XX, 557 pages. Hardcover / Excellent, modern half leather binding from an english master bookbindery. Absolutely beautiful condition, perfect gift for a cardiologist. Faded, tiny stamp from Birmingham Medical Institute on title.

37. Willius, Frederick and Thomas J. Dry.

A History of the Heart and Circulation.

Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders & Co., 1948. 15 cm x 24 cm. XVII, 456 pages. Illustrations in black and white throughout. Original Hardcover in protective Mylar. Excellent – super condition of the rare edition with only very minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner W.S.Chisholm on pastedown.

38. Stokes, William.

Traité des Maladies du Coeur et de L’Aorte [First French edition of “Diseases of the Heart and the Aorta”]. Ouvrage traduit, avec L’Autorisation de l’auteur par le Dr. Sénac.

Première édition française [First french edition]. Paris, Adrien Delahaye, 1864. 8°. XIX, 716 pages. Hardcover / Original Demi-chagrin noir (reliure de l’époque). Bel exemplaire, très frais.

39. [Pattison, Dorothy W.] Lonsdale, Margaret.

Sister Dora – A Biography [of english nurse Dorothy W. Pattison].

Thirteenth Edition. London, C.Kegan Paul & Co., 1880. Octavo. Portrait – Frontispiece, VII, 257 pages. (besides the portrait – engraving of Dorothy Pattison, the volume also contains a “View from the Windows of Walsall Hospital”. Original Hardcover / Full leather with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

40. Jensen, Berard.

The Science and Practice of Iridology. A System of Analyzing and Caring for the Body Through the Use of Drugless and Nature-Cure Methods. Illustrated.

Escondido, Bernard Jensen, 1974. 18 x 26 cm. 372 pages. Original Hardcover. Blue Leather with gilt lettering. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

41. [Lilly Library].

Notable Medical Books – From the Lilly Library – Indiana University.

Indianapolis, The Lilly Research Laboratories, 1976. Quarto. 275 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

42. 19th century Medical Illustration in Gynecology – Pouchet, F.A.

Théorie Positive l’Ovulation Spontanée de la Fécondation des Mammifères et de l’Espèce Humaine, basée sur l’observation de toute la série animale.

[Two Volumes: Text plus Atlas / Texte et Atlas]. Paris, J.-B. Baillière, 1847. 23,5 cm x 31 cm. Texte: XXXVI, 479 pp. / Atlas: 30 pp. texte et 20 planches chromolithographiques [With atlas volume bound in the original printed boards, twenty chromolithographic plates, one fold-out, and tissue guards]. Atlas: Reliure original / Original Hardcover / Text-Volume: Library-Binding. Binding stained and corners rubbed. Some foxing thoughout the text-volume. Slight water damage to some of the text pages.

43. Mead, Margaret.

Male and Female – A Study of the Sexes in a Changing World [Including: “The Two Sexes in contemporary America” / “Our Complex American Culture”].

Second Impression of the first british edition. London, Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1950. Octavo. XII, 477 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar / with publisher’s dustjacket-advertising-wrapper loosely inserted (Ephemera). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor signes of foxing only.

44. Hoffmann, Johann Gottfried.

Einleitung zu neuen Untersuchungen über die wahrscheinliche Dauer des menschlichen Lebens.

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1836-1838. Quarto (23.2 cm x 28.5 cm). 13 Seiten (Seiten 191 – 203 des Jahrgangsbandes 1836). Moderne Broschur mit eingebundener Originalabhandlung. Sehr guter Zustand. Es handelt sich hier um die seltene, originale Erstausgabe der Publikation. Extrahiert aus dem Sammelband der Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Der originalen Publikation wurde eine Replika des Reihentitels vorgebunden. [Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Aus dem Jahre 1836].

45. Rush, James.

The Philosophy of the Human Voice: Embracing its Physiological History; Together with a System of Principles, by which Criticism in the Art of Elocution may be Rendered Intelligible and Instruction, definite and comprehensive – To which is added a brief Analysis of Song and Recitative.

Second edition, enlarged. Philadelphia, Grigg & Elliott, 1833. 8°. 432 pages. Original Hardcover with new spinelabel. Now in protective collector’s mylar. Binding rubbed, some foxing to the interior but the Volume tight and firm. Rare !

46. Carter, Mildred.

Body Reflexology – Healing at your Fingertips.

West Nyack, N.Y., Parker Pub. Co., 1983. 24 cm. 234 pages. Illustrated. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

47. McLaughlin, Terence.

Dirt – A Social History Through the Uses and Abuses of Dirt.

New York, Stein and Day, 1971. Octavo. IX, 182 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

48. Lonicerus, Johann Daniel [Marburg / Basel].

Decades sex positionum medicarum de Angina Exquisita, Deo Dante, Nobilissimo Gratio-sissimoq Medica Facultatis legio permittente, Pro Laurea consequenda Medica in alma Rauracorum Academia [University of Basel], Publicae censurae subiiciet Ioh. Daniel Lonicerus Catto-Marpurgensis, Ad diem [2.] Julii, Anno MDCXXVIII. [Sixty Theses on Angina Exquisita].

Basileae / [Basel], Johan Jacob Genathi [Johann Jacob Genathius], 1628. Octavo (14 cm x 18 cm). [12] unnumbered Leaves (60 Theses / complete including title). Bound with an unidentified, additional Medical pamphlet on pharmaceutical questions regarding intestinal problems, listing CXLVI Theses on 5 unnumbered Leaves (Titlepage and A, A1 of this additional pamphlet are missing / Available are Theses LXIII – CXLVI). Modern Hardcover with original pamphlet bound in. Paper professionally restored in several locations. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely scarce, early cardiology-publication on Angina.

49. Arntzenius, A.C. / Dunning, A.J. / Snellen, H.A.

Blood Pressure Measurement and Systemic Hypertension [2nd Einthoven meeting on past and present cardiology – In Memory of Willem Einthoven (1860-1927)]

Breda (Holland), Medical World Press, 1981. Octavo. 340 pages with illustrations. Hardcover with dustjackets. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the private Research-library of Irish Professor of Medicine Eoin O’Brien. Very Rare !

50. O’Dwyer, Frederick.

Irish Hospital Architecture – A Pictorial History.

Dublin, Ireland, Dept. of Health and Children, 1997. 30 cm. 119 pages with illustrations throughout. Illustrated Softcover. Excellent, like new condition with only minor signs of wear. A very rare book ! From the library of irish cardiologist Eoin O’Brien.

51. Faught, Francis Ashley.

Blood-Pressure Primer – The Sphygmanometer and its Practical Application. Containing One Full-Page Plate and Numerous Explanatory Diagrams in the Text. (Copyright 1914 by Francis Ashley Faught).

Philadelphia, Published by G.P.Pilling & Son Co., 1918. Small Octavo. 123 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original Softcover. Upper hinge slightly damaged. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Very rare ! From the library of Robert Mowbray, with his Exlibris to the pastedown. Subsequently from the library of irish Cardiologist Eoin O’Brien.

52. McDonnell, Robert / [Sir William McCormac].

On the Torsion of Blodd-Vessels [Excellent Association-Copy: Inscribed by the Author Robert McDonnell, Surgeon at Dr.Steeven’s Hospital in Dublin, to notable British Surgeon Sir William MacCormac].

First Edition. New York, G.P.Putnam’s Sons, 1874. Octavo. 6 pages. Original Softcover [original printed wrappers]. Upper corner of binding and first 25 pages cocked. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Inscription of McDonnell to Sir William McCormac slightly cropped.

53. Coakley, Davis.

Baggot Street – A Short History of the Royal City of Dublin Hospital.

Dublin, Ireland, Board of Governors, Royal City of Dublin Hospital, 1995. 25 cm. 127 pages with illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. From the private Research-library of Irish Professor of Medicine Eoin O’Brien. Inscribed by Professor Davis Coakley to Eoin O’Brien. Enclosed also a brief manuscript – letter from Coakley to O’Brien.

54. [Wherland, James Richard (M.D. Cork)] Hamilton, Alexander.

Outlines of the Theory and Practice of Midwifery [Personal copy of Cork Doctor James Richard Wherland (son of Cork Engineer James Wherland (1815-1889)].

Third Edition, Improved. London, Printed for T.Kay / Sold by W.Creech, 1791. Octavo. XIII, 426 pages. Hardcover / Original, full leather with original spine-label with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Remains of abookplate to pastedown. From the personal library of Cork Doctor James Richard Wherland with his entry to the endpaper: “James Richard Wherland – Medical Student – Cork”.

55. Kietzmann, Otto.

Zur Lehre vom Vibrationssinn.

Leipzig, J. A. Barth, 1927. 8°. S. 377-422. Softcover. Originale Titelbroschur. Minimale Gebrauchsspuren an der Broschur. Dublette der Uni Mainz.

56. Cope, Sir Zachary.

The Early Diagnosis of the Acute Abdomen. With colour frontispiece illustration of the partial abdomen muscles, and 13 black and white illustrations throughout.

Twelfth Edition. London and others, Oxford University Press, 1963. 22.3cm x 14.5cm. (8) 196 pages. Original Hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Exceptional condition.

57. Perez-Tamayo, Ruy.

Mechanisms of Disease. An Introduction to Pathology.

Philadelphia / London, W. B. Saunders Company, 1966. 8°. XIII, 512 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

58. De Ropp, Robert S.

The New Prometheans. Creative and Destructive Forces in Modern Science.

London, Jonathan Cape, 1972. 8°. XIII, 288 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

59. Mayes, Mary.

Handbook for Midwives and Maternity Nurses.

Third Edition. London, Ballière, Tindall and Cox, 1946. 19 cm x 12,5 cm. 495 pages. With several black-and-white illustrations throughout the book. Original Hardcover. Good condition only with some stronger signs of external wear. Prize award sticker on front pastedown.

60. Keers, R.Y., and B.G. Rigden and F.H. Young.

Pulmonary Tuberculosis. A Handbook for Students and Practitioners.

Edinburgh, E & S Livingstone Ltd., 1945. 12 cm x 19 cm. XII, 273 pages. Illustrated in black and white throughout. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear, for example some discolouration on the inside pages.

61. Engelkes, P.E.M.

Health for All ? Evaluation and monitoring in a comprehensive Primary Health Care Project in Colombia.

Amsterdam, Royal Tropical Institute, 1989. 21 cm x 29,5 cm. XXV, 205 pages, XXIII. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Out-of-print!

62. Envoi autographe signé Paul Dubois à Monsieur et Madame LeclézeDubois, Dr. Paul.

L’Education de Soi-Même.

Deuxième Edition. Paris, Masson et Cie Editeurs, 1909. 15 cm x 21.5 cm. 265 Pages. Couverture originale souple avec protection en Mylar. Bon état avec seulement des signes mineurs d’usure externe. Inscription et signature de l’auteur en première page. [Signed / Inscribed by Paul Dubois ! – Very Rare]

63. McGreal, Stephen.

The War on Hospital Ships 1914-1918.

Barnsley, Pen & Sword, 2008. 16 cm x 24 cm. 272 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Out of print.

64. Johnson, Steven.

The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic – and How it Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World.

New York, Riverhead Books, 2006. 16 cm x 23.5 cm. 299 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket and protective Mylar covering. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

65. [Luckombe, Philip].

Clark’s Skeleton.

Luxury Fine Art Giclée Reprint of the original Engraving which was printed in London by publisher Philip Luckombe in the year 1788. Skibbereen, Inanna Rare Books & Art Publishing House, 2023. Image Size: 14,5 cm wide x 21,3 cm high. Sheet Size: 20,8 cm wide x 27,2 cm high. Excellent condition. © Copyright by Inanna Rare Books Ltd.

66. Bastian, H. Charlton.

The Nature and Origin of Living Matter. With 245 illustrations from photomicrographs.

First Edition. London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1905. 15 x 23.5cm. 344 pages. Original hardcover with gilt lettering. Some signs of external wear, including water stain to rear board, otherwise in very good condition with binding solid and text clear.

67. Aristotle. [Anon].

The Works of Aristotle, The Famous Philosopher, containing I. His Complete Masterpiece, II. His Experienced Midwife, III. His Book of Problems, IV. His Remarks on Physiognomy, V. The Family Physician. New and improved edition.

London, The Booksellers, no date (c.1890). 9 x 13cm. 528 pages, with text illustrations and colour plates. Original illustrated hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear, some creasing to spine. Historical Sex-Manual, disguised as works of Aristotle. Discusses Virginity (and what it is), How Virginity may be lost, How a woman should order herself in order to conception, [″A woman that would conceive should observe that she does not use the act of coition too often; for gatiety gluts the womb and renders it unfit for office (!) – There are two things that demonstrate this: i.e., that common whores (who often use copulation) have never, or rarely, any children: for the grass seldom grows in a path that is commonly trodden in. The other is, that women, whose husbands have been long absent, do, after copulation with them again, conceive very quickly” / “Women ought to take great care that their imagination be pure and dear, that their child may be well formed”]. The book also discusses causes and cure of Barrenenss, Of the Hot Distempers of the Womb, The Diseases of the Womb, Palmistry, shewing the various judgments drawn from the hand, includes a choice of remedies for the several distempers to the human body, (Crabs, Herpes, Hysteria etc.).