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John Hunter: Man of Science and Surgeon (1728-1793)


Paget, M.A., Stephen

Hardcover. New York , Longmans Green & Co., 1st US, 1897, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 271 pages. Green cloth with gilt titles to front and spine. No dust jacket. Light wear to edges and spine. Previous owner's bookplate on front end paper. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 856729


Price: $31.00 

 

Pharmacy on the Niagara Frontier: The Past and Present


Lockie, Laurence D.

Hardcover. New York, Henry Stuart Incorporated, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 264 pages, hardcover. An illustrated history of the pharmaceutical industry in western New York state. Bumping to spine. Light edgewear to boards. Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy.

Record # 951445


Price: $24.00 

 

Influenza 1918 - The Worst Epidemic in American History


Iezzoni, Lynette/David McCullough (Forward)

Softcover. New York, NY, TV Books, First Edition, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 238 pages. Softcover published to accompany the television documentary, Influenza 1918, aired on PBS documentary series, The American Experience. Illustrated wraps with light wear to edges. Black & white illustrations, crisp edges, clean & unmarked pages throughout.

Record # 5560143


Price: $19.00 

 

Nurses' Work, The Sacred and the Profane


Wolf, Zane Robinson

Softcover. Philadelphia, PA, University of Pennsylvania Press, First Edition, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 313 pages. Softcover with light, marginal wear to edges. Illustrated throughout in black & white, including nursing rituals on post-mortem care, medication administration & change-of-shift reports. Black & white illustrations, crisp edges, clean & unmarked pages throughout.

Record # 5560144


Price: $19.00 

 

Bargaining For Life: A Social History of Tuberculosis, 1876 - 1938


Bates, Barbara

Softcover. Philadelphia, PA, University of Pennsylvania Press, Second Printing, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 435 pages. Softcover with illustration to cover & light, marginal wear to edges. Illustrated throughout in black & white. Tight binding, clean & unmarked pages throughout.

Record # 5560145


Price: $19.00 

 

Cellular Basis of the Immune Response, The - An Approach to Immunobiology (Second Edition)


Goleb, Edward S.

Softcover. Sunderland, MA, Sinauer Associates, Second Edition, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 330 pages. Softcover with light, marginal wear to edges, light moisture stain to cover margins. Profusely illustrated in black & white, including tables, figures & experiment detail. Tight binding, clean & unmarked pages throughout.

Record # 5560146


Price: $13.00 

 

Plagues in World History (Exploring World History Series)


Aberth, John

Hardcover. Lanham, MD, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., First Edition, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 244 pages. Hardcover. Grey boards with silver titles to spine. Bright dust jacket, clean with light, marginal wear to edges. Some illustrations in black & white. Tight binding, sharp corners, clean & unmarked pages throughout.

Record # 5560147


Price: $44.00 

 

Great Mortality, The - An Intimate History of the Black Death, The Most Devastating Plague of All Time


Kelly, John

Softcover. New York, NY, Harper Perennial, First Thus, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 364 pages. Softcover. Illustrated wraps with light wear to edges. Folded lower corner pp. 37-48. Black & white vignette headers to various chapters, map illustration in bw to front. Tight binding, with clean & unmarked pages throughout.

Record # 5560148


Price: $15.00 

 

Yellow Magic: The Story of Penicillin


Ratcliff, J. D.

Hardcover. New York, NY, Random House, First Edition, 1945, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 173 pages. Hardcover. Black cloth covered boards with ivory & yellow textblock & black printed titles to cover & spine. Thin line of sunfade to board edges. Light toning throughout, some tanning to gutter at endpapers. Clean illustrations in black & white. Original dust jacket with age toning, small tears & chips to edges, now protected with a plastic cover. Tight binding, clean & unmarked pages throughout.

Record # 5560149


Price: $25.00 

 

In Search of Penicillin


Wilson, David

Hardcover. New York, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., First Edition, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 298 pages. Hardcover. Taupe boards with gilt titles to ivory cloth spine. Green top edge. Dust jacket with faint marginal toning, now protected with a plastic cover. Very clean inside. Tight binding, clean & unmarked copy.

Record # 5560150


Price: $19.00 

 

Deadly Feasts - Tracking the Secrets of a Terrifying New Plague


Rhodes, Richard

Hardcover. New York, NY, Simon & Schuster, First Edition, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 259 pages. Hardcover. Laminate florescent colored boards. Transparent dust jacket with black titles to cover & spine. Black & white illustrations throughout. Tight binding, sharp corners, very clean & unmarked copy.

Record # 5560151


Price: $13.00 

 

Federal Bodysnatchers and the New Guinea Virus: Tales of Parasites, People and Politics (SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR)


Desowitz, Robert S.

Hardcover. New York, NY, W. W. Norton & Company, First Edition, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 262 pages. Hardcover SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to half title page. Red boards with red metallic titles to black cloth spine. Dust jacket with only faint, marginal wear to edges.Tight binding, sharp corners, very clean & unmarked throughout.

Record # 5560152


Price: $31.00 

 

Conduct Unbecoming a Woman: Medicine on Trial in Turn-of-the-Century Brooklyn


Morantz-Sanchez, Regina

Softcover. New York, NY, Oxford University Press, First Thus, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 262 pages. Softcover. Illustrated wraps with marginal wear to edges, small spot of discoloration to rear wrap & edge. Illustrations in black & white, tight binding, clean & unmarked pages throughout. A nice copy.

Record # 5560153


Price: $19.00 

 

Virus: The Co-Discoverer of HIV Tracks Its Rampage and Charts the Future


Montagnier, Luc/Stephen Sartarelli (Translator)

Softcover. New York, NY, W. W. Norton & Company, First US, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 256 pages. Softcover. Illustrated wraps with light, marginal wear to edges. 4 pages of iIlustrations in black & white. Tight binding, clean & unmarked pages throughout.

Record # 5560154


Price: $13.00 

 

Secret Agents: The Menace of Emerging Infections


Drexler, Madeline

Hardcover. Washington, DC, Joseph Henry Press, First US, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 316 pages. Hardcover. Brick cloth covered boards with black printed titles to spine. Illustrations by Kathryn Born in black & white throughout. Illustrated dust jacket with light, marginal wear to edges. Tight binding, sharp corners, clean & unmarked text. A nice copy.

Record # 5560155


Price: $13.00 

 

Book of Woe, The: The DSM and the Unmaking of Psychiatry


Greenberg, Gary

Hardcover. New York, NY, Blue Rider Press, First Edition, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 403 pages. Hardcover. Bright, clean dust jacket. Clean & unmarked copy.

Record # 6670033


Price: $15.00