Boston, Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, [1961]. 8vo. [vi], 345 pp. FIRST EDITION. Original green publisher’s cloth, gilt lettering and design to spine; a fine copy. First edition of this story about a doctor by a doctor. A best-seller at the time of its release perhaps due to its twisted... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1940. 8vo. [vi], 160 pp. FIRST EDITION. Blue publisher’s cloth with paper spine label, in original gray, red and blue dust-jacket (dust-jacket slightly sunned at spine and edges, a tiny chip at head of spine, else fine). First edition of Cronin’s foray into drama. This..... More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1958. 8vo. 254 pp. FIRST EDITION. Red publisher’s cloth, in original yellow dust-jacket. A fine copy. First edition of this tale set in and around Edinburgh. More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1950. 8vo. [iv], 263 pp. FIRST EDITION. Red and black publisher’s cloth decorated in gilt, in original illustrated dust-jacket. Ownership inscription to fly-leaf. First edition. The tale of an overbearing father and the liberation his son finds with the help of the gardener. This novel... More
Philadelphia: Dorrance and Company, [1942]. 8vo. 85 pp. FIRST EDITION. Frontispiece portrait of the author. Blue cloth; a fine copy in the original dust jacket. First edition. Da Costa (1863-1933) studied medicine at Jefferson Medical College, where he ultimately became the first Samuel D. Gross Professor of Surgery. The present... More
Woodstock: The Elm Tree Press, 1922; 1926. 8vo. vii, [i], 55; 39 pp. Linen-backed boards. Dana’s morocco armorial bookplate to top board, inscription to fly-leaf, “Compliments, Chas L. Dana.” Bookplate of Library of the Medical Society of the County of Kings, small date stamp, “Nov. 25, 1927" to top corner... More
Woodstock: The Elm Tree Press, [1918]. 8vo. ix, 35 pp. FIRST EDITION. With 1 black and white photograph tipped onto verso of page 31. Cloth-backed boards, paper label. Library date stamp “Nov 22, 1927” on title, with bookplate of The Library of the Medical Society of the County of Kings... More
NY: Greenberg, [1935]. 8vo. 288 pp. First edition in English. Tipped in errata leaf typed on blue scratch paper. Publisher’s brown cloth, no dust-jacket. Inscribed by the author on the fly-leaf, “To the great Miss Mary Pickford, who is becoming as famous in the American literary field as insuperable she..... More
Newark: Physicians Drug News Co., 1914. 8vo. 62 pp. FIRST EDITION. Black pebbled cloth; a fine uncut copy from the library of Samuel X. Radbill, with his bookplate. First edition of this collection of poems by and about doctors. Davis (1868-1932) was an Oklahoma physician, whose other works include Davis’... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1928]. 8vo. [viii], 376 pp., including half-title and index. FIRST EDITION. With 11 plates and 22 woodcuts. Publisher’s blue cloth, decorated in blind; an uncut copy with an inscription on fly-leaf dated 1928. First edition. This book includes several essays about hunger and the... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1949]. 8vo. [v], 470 pp., including bibliographic note and index. FIRST EDITION. Grey cloth with dust-jacket, very slightly chipped at head and foot of spine; a very good uncut copy. First edition, written in collaboration of his wife, Rhea. “This book is the story... More
London: Harcourt, Brace, and Company, [1932]. 8vo. viii, [iv], 363 pp. FIRST EDITION. With 14 plates. Yellow cloth, end-papers lightly spotted; uncut. First edition. A biographical account of several doctors and their efforts to save lives. Chapter titles include Banting: who found insulin; Minot: against death; Evans: death in milk;... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., [1962]. 8vo. [x], 246 pp., including half-title. FIRST EDITION. Tan cloth; though without a dust-jacket, an excellent, uncut copy. First edition. A memoir written after the death of his second wife, Rhea, for whom De Kruif abandoned his first wife and two children... More
Boston: The Bibliophile Society, 1903. 4 vols. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. Exquisite full red morocco, gilt decoration on covers and spine. Uncut. More
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1809. 8vo. [iv] 87, [1] pp. FIRST EDITION. Title in black with red. Half calf over linen; preliminary and last leaves foxed, interior and text in generally excellent condition. First edition of this popular book which passed through many later editions. This work was... More
London: Harding, Triphook, Lepard, J. Major, 1824. 8vo. [iv], li, 912 pp. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary half-calf over marbled boards, spine elaborately gilt; preliminary and last blanks are foxed, interior and text in excellent condition. First edition. Dibdin's descriptive catalogue of his ideal library was published in an edition of two... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1844. 8vo. [ii], xiv, [2], 624 pp. FIRST EDITION. With 40 illustrations by Phiz, including the frontispiece and engraved title containing 100£ on signpost; with the 14-line errata page. Contemporary half-calf over marbled boards, marbled endpapers; some of the plates are browned along the edges, the... More
Amsterdam: Henric Wetstenium, 1692. 4to. [viii], [I], 590, [54], 485-486, [506-510] pp. Title in red and black with a small vignette. Contemporary vellum over boards, triple fillets enclosing double fillets with corner-pieces, with large center floral-decoration in blind, front and back; upper board separating, but still solid; red and black... More
London, Paris & Melbourne: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1892. 8vo. 256 pp., including 8 pages publisher’s advertisements. FIRST EDITION. Original blue cloth, very minor wear to head and foot of spine; interior excellent. Small bookseller’s label on front paste-down. First edition, printed in an initial run of 2001 copies. The... More
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1911. 8vo. vi, [ii], 298 pp., plus 14 pages publisher’s advertisements. FIRST EDITION. With 2 plates (coloured frontispiece by N. C. Wyeth and with a single plate by Harry Rountree). Original pictorial red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold; an excellent, uncut copy... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1912]. 8vo. 319, [1] pp. FIRST EDITION. With frontispiece and 5 plates. Original pictorial blue cloth, stamped and gilt, a bit faded, corners and edges worn; minor foxing in text. Ownership inscriptions on fly-leaf. First edition. The present work is the first story about the scientist... More
New York: Murray Hill Records, [c. 1945]. 2 LPs. 315 x 315 mm. In original illustrated record sleeve. Small portion of sleeve lightly sunned. Contains the following radio broadcasts: (1) -Mutual Network. December 10, 1945. The Woman, based on A Scandal in Bohemia. 31 minutes; (2) -Mutual Network. December 24... More
London: Chatto and Windus, 1894. 8vo. iv, 3-668 pp. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. With frontispiece, 49 plates and text illustrations throughout. Original green publisher’s cloth, decorated in gilt. First edition, first printing of Doyle’s story, which was later included in Round the red lamp: being facts and fancies of medical..... More
New York: The Radiola Co., 1974. LP. 315 x 315 mm. Original illustrated record sleeve. A fine copy. Contains: “One full hour with the world’s greatest detective. The complete broadcast as heard on CBS with Orson Welles and others of the Mercury Theatre. Twelfth show of the series. September 25... More
New York: Murray Hill Records, 1979. 3 LPs. 315 x 315 mm. Original illustrated record box. Small portion of lower cover faintly sunned, else a fine copy. Contains The Blackmailer, The Norwood builder, The red headed league, The disappearance of Silver Blaze, The mystery of the second stain, The solitary... More
