Authors starting with W from Edwin V Glaser Rare Books

NY: Rebman. (1907). A bit of wear to the head and foot of the spine; upper corners. bumped, lower corners a bit rubbed and bumped. A very good copy of. the first edition.. Orig. cloth, viii, 400 pp., with five full-page charts, two folding and in color, and numerous tables in the text. 8vo. Grulee 3217. See British Library Catalogue (Readex edition), Vol. 26, p. 460, citing the London, Rebman, 1907 British issue. ... more information

Springfield, IL & Baltimore: Charles C Thomas,. 1932. Neat ownership rubberstamps on the pastedown, front-free endpaper,. and title-page (not affecting text); earlier owner's dated signature. on the title-page, not affecting text. Very light shelfwear to the. binding; light shelfwear to the jacket. A near fine copy of the first. edition.. Orig. embossed pale green linen, dust jacket xv, (1 blank), 160, (2 blank), (1) pp., with a frontis. portrait of Julius Cohnheim, 22 figures, four of them full-pag... more information

Boston: the Association for the Study of Internal Secretions. 1941. A very good copy.. Unbound Reprinted from Endocrinology, Vol. 29, No. 6, December, 1941, pp. 975-978. pp. 975-978, with two tables and eight figures in the text. 8vo. ... more information

Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins. 1926. Spine faded, some splatter stains on edges .Some pages wrinkled. A. good copy.. Orig. cloth First edition. 364 pp., with tables and figures in the text. 8vo. ... more information

Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell. 1955. Untrimmed and partially unopened. A near fine set of the first. edition, special issue.. Red cloth, morocco spine labels xi, 471; (6), 494 pp., 4to, two volumes. Of the original edition of 1600 copies, 100 were printed on rag paper, of which this is number 80. A superb catalogue of the largest of the great privately collected medical libraries, extremely useful for the full paginations and plate counts. Contains some 23,000 printed items, including 150 incunabula.... more information

NY: Bell. (1965). Dust jacket chipped. A near fine copy of the first edition.. Paper boards, dust jacket 184 pp. with illustrations throughout the text, 8vo. ... more information

London: for C. Dilly. 1792. Neat Wellcome Library discard stamp on verso of title. A fine copy of. the first edition.. Modern full morocco, new endpapers (iii)-vi, (2) 78 pp., with one folding engraved plate, depicting the catheter. 8vo. "Ware was a major force in the rescue of ophthalmology from the hands of quacks...(His) contributions to ophthalmology were so impressive that he was the first oculist inducted into the Royal Society."--Albert, Sourcebook, p.366 Albert, Sourcebook, 2436. Becker Co... more information

London: for C. Dilly. 1795. A very good copy of the first edition.. Modern calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, new endpapers (4), vii, (1), 172 pp. 8vo. The author lists the following as the principal causes for operative failures: too small an incision, trauma to the iris, vitreous prolapse, and failure to remove all the lens fragments. He offers techniques fo avoiding these problems and for dealing with complications should they occur."--Albert, Sourcebook, 2437. Blake, p. 481. Becker Collec... more information

Paris: Charles-Maurice d'Houry. 1757. Complete with the Approbation & Privilege leaves. With the neat. contemp. ownership signature of Ludovicus Jurine on the title-page,. not affecting text. Also with the later neat ownership rubberstamp of. (Mathias Louis) Mayor, Doctor of Chirurgerie (in Geneva), on the. title-page, not affecting text. And also with the "crossed-out" early. ownership signature of Daniel Guyot (?) on the title-page, not. affecting text. Binding a bit worn at the extremit... more information

NY: Chautauqua Press. 1886. Spine chipped, front outer joint started, covers stained. Previous. owner's name on front free endpaper. A good copy.. Orig. pebbled cloth 284 pp., illustrated. Sm. 8vo. ... more information

Boston: Ira Bradley & Company,. (1870). Binding rubbed, scuffed, and bumped; front cover held by cords, rear. joint just starting. Tissue guards foxed; a few leaves loose. With. the label of C.A. Hedley, Dispensing Chemist, on front pastedown. A. very good copy of the second edition, second issue, revised and. greatly enlarged.. Orig. sheep, contrasting red and black spine labels, marbled endpapers iv, (5)-893 pp., with a frontis. portrait, its tissue guard intact, eight colored lithograph plates contai... more information

Boston: William D. Ticknor. 1846. A very good copy.. Orig. limp cloth Second edition. iv (advts.), 90 pp. 12mo. This popular text grew out of the contents of an address Warren had delivered in 1830. So well received was the book that a second edition was published the same year as the first. Warren stressed the value and importance of exercise, a sound diet, and healthful habits for individuals of all ages. He devotes several pages to a condemnation of tobacco and states without equivocation on p. 85 that... more information

Chicago: Year Book Medical Publishers. (1961). A fine copy.. Orig. cloth First edition. 307 pp. 8vo. ... more information

Washington, D.C.: GPO. 1922,. Two small stains on front cover. A very good copy.. Orig. printed wrapps., stapled as issued offprint from the Smithsonian Report for 1920. pp. 269-319, with charts and diagrams in the text. 8vo. ... more information

London: Hutchinson. (1962). A bit of very light wear to the extremities of the binding and dust. jacket. A fine copy of the first edition.. Orig. cloth, dust jacket 136 pp., with a color frontis., eight plates containing 13 illustrations, and eight figures, one full-page, in the text. 8vo. An engaging account of the growth of the Children's Hospital in Birmingham specifically, and the development of hospital treatment for children in general. ... more information

London: Chatto and Windus. 1950. Dust jacketdiscolored and chipped. A very good copy of the first. edition.. Orig. cloth, dust jacket viii, 344 pp. with frontis. portrait, 8vo. ... more information

Los Angeles: University of California. 1965. A fine copy.. Orig. printed stiff paper wrapps. 13 pp. 8vo. Lecture given at UCLA for the education of librarians in the fundamental importance of books. ... more information

NY. 1842. A very good copy.. Unbound pp. (35)-81. 8vo, . Extracted from an unidentified journal, probably the American Journal of the Medical Sciences. Watson was a prominent New York surgeon who performed the first oesophagotomy for relief of stricture of the oesophagus. See Garrison-Morton 3448. ... more information

Philadelphia: Blanchard and Lea. 1852. Foxing throughout, heavey in some places but not affecting the text.. Pencilled notes on rear pastedown. Binding scuffed. A good copy.. Orig. sheep Third American, from the last London edition. Revised with additions. 2,1040,32 (advts.)pp. Thick 8vo. "First published in the Medical Times and Gazette, 1840-42, Watson's famous lectures appeared in book form and formed the most important treatise of medicine for a quarter century. Watson wrote in a fine style, a... more information

Edinburgh: E.& S. Livingstone. 1943. Previous owner's signature on front pastedown of each volume. Spine. ends slightly frayed, Volume II slightly cocked, covers dull. A very. good set.. Orig. cloth Third edition. 960pp., illustrated. 8vo, 2 vols. ... more information