Authors starting with K from Edwin V Glaser Rare Books

Frankfurt: J.C. Gebhard. 1788. Holograph index in an early hand on the endpapers. A very good copy.. Contemp. boards Second edition. vi, 232 pp. 12mo. "Another ludicrous phase of theoretic medicine in the 18th century was the so-called doctrine of infarctus' of Johann Kaempf, the suppostitious causa causans of most human ills being simply fecal impaction...The reductio ad absurdum of the cult is conveyed in a satiric verse: 'And fell all prostrate at Cloaca's shrine."--- Garrison, p... more information

Morris Plains, NJ: Warner/Chilcott. 1975. Pocket style inside to rear cover with four-page Self-Evaluation. Section loosely inserted as issued. A fine copy of the first edition.. Orig. stiff printed pictorial paper wrapps., inside of front cover pictorial 54, (1 advts.) pp., with numerous color illustrations in the text. Folio. With contributions from Kagan, Louis Alosco, J. Bruce Beckwith, John M. Driscoll, Jr., Elliot F. Ellis, Richard N. Fine, Barbara M. Korsch, Martin F. Randolph, Yigal Shvil, Fred G. S... more information

NY: Froben Press. 1949. A fine copy of the first edition.. Orig. gilt-stamped cloth xviii, (6), 25-365 pp., with a frontis. portrait of Levinson, and numerous illustrations and tables, many full-page, in the text. 8vo. The editorial board for this festschrift consisted of Kagan, Dr. Isaac A. Abt, Dr. Reuben Friedman, and Prof. Max Neuberger. Contributors included: Loyal Davis, Leo Kanner, Ludwig F. Meyer, Max H. Weinberg, Arthur F. Abt, Julius H. Hess, Louis N. Katz, Arturo Castiglioni, Morris Fishbein, Sam... more information

London: Oxford University Press. (1942). Near fine set.. Orig. cloth First edition. vii, 267: (2), 269-534 pp. 8vo, 2 vols. ... more information

Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger. (1933). A near fine copy of the 6th edition, revised and enlarged.. Orig. cloth xv, 17-552 pp., with a color frontis., and 216 figures, a few in color. 8vo. "The first comprehensive treatise on hand surgery, and the classic work on tendon and bursal hand spaces relevant to management of hand infections. Kanavel's book 'did more to awaken the surgical conscience to the anatomic intricacies of hand surgery than did almost any other single contribution' (Bick)... more information

(NY): (Quadrangle/The New York Times Book Co.). (1975.). Dust jacket front torn but present. A very good copy.. Orig. red cloth with gilt lettering, dust jacket First edition. 181 pp., illustrated with drawings by David Passalacqua. Folio. ... more information

Heidelberg: Im Merlin-Verlag. (1927). Dust jacket stained and chipped at top edge. A very good copy.. Orig. cloth, dust jacket 189, (2) pp. 8vo. ... more information

NY: Bonanza Books. (1967). A fine copy.. Orig. quarter- cloth over boards, dustjacket 191 pp., many illustrations throught. 4to. ... more information

Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press. 1935. Boards and spine worn, front board loose else a good copy.. Cloth. 8vo. ... more information

1947. A very good copy.. Unbound Extracted from the American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 213, 628-631, May, 1947. pp.(1)629-631. 8vo. ... more information

London: Watts & Co.. (1950). very good.. Orig. cloth, dust jacket first edition. 721 pp., frontis. portrrait and other illustrations, thick 8vo. ... more information

Philadelphia: Saunders. 1905. Binding a bit worn and scuffed at the extremities. A good copy.. Orig. 3/4 morocco, marbled endpapers First edition. xxi, 827 pp., Color Frontis. , two color plates, and 399 figures in the text, many full-page, some folding, some as plates. Tall thick8vo. "Kelly believed that it was important for the aspiring gynecologist to be well grounded in his or her knowledge of the anatomy of the abdominal cavity, as well as being thoroughly trained in abdominal surgery before pract... more information

NY: William Wood. n.d. Small tear on front cover else a near fine copy.. Orig. printed paper wrapps. Reprint from the Medical Record April 8, 1905. 15 pp. 12 mo. ... more information

London, Edinburgh, and Dublin: A. Fullarton & Co.. 1853. With a contemporary ownership signature on upper margin of title-. page. Front cover detached but present; spine lacking; rest of. binding a bit shelfworn. Text with some scattered light foxing and. staining. A good copy of the first edition.. Orig. 3/4 morocco over pebbled cloth, marbled edges (2), vii, (1 blank), viii, (9)-452, (2), 152, 32 pp., with a frontis., 30 plates, many of which are beautifully hand-colored, most containing multiple figu... more information

1915. A very good copy.. pp. 420-49, 8vo. "Kendall isolated in crystalline form the thyroid hormone "thyroxine" on Christmas Day, 1914."--Garrison-Morton 1133. ... more information

Chicago: American Medical Association Press. 1930. A very good copy.. Orig. printed wrapps. 17pp., with nine figures in the text. 8vo. ... more information

London: for Bernard Lintott. 1713. Some light browning, especially to the second title, and some light. dampstaining to the upper margins of the first few leaves of the. first title. In all, very good copies of the rare first editions.. Early brown calf, rebacked, orig. backstrip retained and laid down, later red morocco spine label. 24, 109, (3 advts.) pp., with one engraved folding plate 8vo. "One of the few books published in English which documents what the enlightened eighteenth-century surgeon kn... more information

NY: William Wood. 1919. Covers detached.. Orig. printed wrapps. Offprint from the Medical Record, April 19, 1919. 9 pp., with two photo illustrations. 12mo. Kennedy is described in Garrison/McHenry, (p. 336), as "a leader in New York neurology." ... more information

NY: Crescent Books. (1976). A fine copy of the first edition, American issue.. Orig. cloth, pictorial endpapers 88, (1) pp., with a title-page vignette, and hundreds of illustrations in the text, most colored, and many full- page. Second half of text (on remedies and cures) with floral border. 4to. Profusely, and beautifully illustrated throughout, drawing from a variety of sources. ... more information

NY: D.Appleton. 1926. Small tear in head of spine, corners bumped. Inside front joint. loose. Previous owner's signature on front free endpaper. A very good. copy.. Third edition. xvii, 781 pp., with 190 illustrations in the text and 18 plates, four of which are colored. 8vo. ... more information