Springfield, Illinois: S. Francis & Co., Printers, 1840. First edition. Removed pamphlet, 9.13 x 6.13 inches, 8 pages. “It is no part of our present design to offer any comments upon these extracts, or to institute any comparisons between the principles developed in them and those which have been more..... More
Buffalo: Breed, Butler & Co., 1860. First edition. 8vo (7.73 x 5.38 inches), original cloth, gilt lettering, 354, [6] pages. “Ham, you and your descendants will enjoy the poorest portion of the earth. I see it; I see trouble. You will seek to rule, but you will be slaves; for..... More
Chicago: Health Books Publishing Company, (1924). First edition. Original printed self-wrappers, 5.88 x 3.75 inches, v, 42, [1] [i.e., 48] pages. "Years ago it was the custom for physicians to prescribe certain drugs for 'female irregularity' and menstrual disorders. Today they prescribe ovarian gland extracts. So, years ago, they prescribed..... More
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863. First edition. 8vo (7.88 x 5.13 inches), original blind-stamped purple cloth, gilt lettering, 360 pages. Illus. in the text. Atwater 2242: "Lewis discusses the causes of consumption (e.g., impure air, dust, atmospheric moisture, etc.); the much exaggerated influence of climate in the production or amelioration..... More
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1835. First edition. 8vo (8.63 x 5.5 inches), contemporary full sheep, black leather label, gilt lettering, 514, [2], [6] pages. "Dr. Beaumont has recently published the results of his various experiments and observations on this case [Experiments and Observations on the Gastric Juice, Plattsburgh, 1833],--many..... More
Philadelphia: Printed by T. Dobson, at the Stone-House, No. 41, South Second-Street, 1791. First edition of the Waters abridgment, appearing the same year as the Isaiah Thomas four-volume edition that was advertised as the first American edition. 8vo (8.13 x 5 inches), contemporary calf, raised bands, red leather label, gilt..... More
Dansville, N.Y. Austin, Jackson & Co., Publishers; Mason, Baker & Pratt, 142 & 144 Grand St., N.Y., 1874. A later printing. 8vo (7.5 x 5.25 inches), original brick red cloth, gilt lettering, 537, [1], [4] pages. Frontis portrait, inserted view of "Our Home on the Hill." Hygiene reform, diet, and..... More
Philadelphia: Published [by Henry Porter] at No. 108 Chesnut Street [vol. 1; vol. 2:] Literary Rooms, No. 121 Chesnut Street, Office of the Journal of Health, Family Library of Health, &c. 1830-1832. First edition. 3 vols, 8vo (8.68 x 5.38 inches), vols. 1-2 in contemporary full calf with gilt lettering..... More
Reading: Gedruckt bey Carl A. Bruckman, 1818. First edition. 12mo, contemporary calf spine, marbled boards, [12], 169, [11] pages. Per Brindle and Unger (as quoted in the Atwater catalog), this early Hohman collection of recipes (many medical, and preceding his "powwow" book, Der Lang Verborgene Freund, first published in Reading..... More
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(New York: Alois P. Swoboda), [ca. 1920]. First edition. Original pictorial self-wrappers, 8.25 x 4.81 inches, [28] pages on coated peach stock, wire stitched. "The Swoboda Physiological Treatment is the most condensed form of exercise obtainable. Without overtaxing the heart or nervous system, it produces greater physiological effect in ten..... More
[Highland Park, Illinois: n. p.], 1910. A later edition; the first appeared in 1905. 16mo (5.75 x 4.5 inches), wire stitched pamphlet in original printed green wrappers, 96 pages. With the wrapper title, Guide to Autology. The Quebec-born graduate of Harvard Medical School seems to have created a drug-free home..... More
Philadelphia: Printed by R. Aitken & Son, and sold by J. Crukshank, W. Young, T. Dobson and the Other Booksellers, 1794. First edition. 8vo (8 x 4.88 inches), old sheep, black leather label, gilt lettering, [i-ii], [1]-191, [1], [186]-204; 217-223, [1] pages, as called for. Four inserted folding tables. A..... More
[San Francisco]: San Francisco News Company, 1878. First edition. Small 8vo (6.75 x 5 inches), original purple cloth, gilt lettering, xx, 505, [1] pages. Frontis portrait, vignette illustrations in the text. The self-described Thermal-Sudatorist and Pioneer Water-Cure Physician here publishes a comprehensive hydropathic guide to health for the family, including..... More
Columbus [O.]: Published by Jarvis Pike & Co., 1835. An early edition of this popular work. 12mo (5.38 x 3.5 inches), contemporary (likely original) sheep, red morocco label, gilt lettering, 205, [3] pages. First published in 1829 in Columbus, O., based on a series of lectures delivered in Cincinnati, and..... More
[Mount Pleasant, Ohio]: Printed by Elisha Bates, Mountpleasant Ohio, [1819?]. First edition. 8vo (7 x 4.25 inches), contemporary sprinkled calf, 102 pages. With a contemporary ink inscription from an unknown Meeting to the front blank, "This Book belongs to the Cleark of the Preparative Meeting." An early imprint from the..... More
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Franckfurt und Leipzig: [Oetinger], 1765. First edition of the second part, and likely the first (but unestablished) edition of two contemporary editions of the first part. 2 vols in 1, 8vo (scant 7 x 4.38 inches), contemporary half sheep and sprinkled boards, [8], 248; [i-vi], [3]-397, [1] pages, edges of..... More
N. p., ca. 1900? Evident albumen print measuring a scant 5 x 8 inches on a plain dark mount measuring 8.88 x 11.88 inches. Conifers and a small fenced garden and a hat placed neatly at the foot of a tree. Handling a number of these photographs suggests that the..... More
Chickopee [sic] Falls, Mass. Published and For Sale by the Author, and at the Office of the “Crisis,” 167 Hanover-st., Boston, 1856. First edition. Small 8vo (6.75 x 4.63 inches), original blind-stamped black cloth, [10]-180; [1]-25, [1]; [8]; [1]-4 pages. “I will now give some account of the great camp-meeting..... More
Portsmouth, N.H. Printed by Beck & Foster; sold by the Author, No. 2, Ladd-street, and James F. Shores, No. 1, Market-street; by the Christian Preachers in the United States; and the Booksellers, 1816. First edition. 8vo (6.88 x 4.25 inches), contemporary calf, 406, [2] pages, gathered in sixes. Frontispiece portrait..... More
Philadelphia: Printed for James Humphreys, and for Benjamin and Thomas Kite, 1808. First American edition. 8vo (8.5 x 5.13 inches), two volumes in one (as published, pagination continuous), original sheep, black morocco spine label, gilt lettering, 430 pages. “Five gallons of salt water, of the temperature of 44 deg. were..... More
Whitesboro [N.Y.]: Published by the Oneida Institute, 1841. First edition. 8vo (7.63 x 5 inches), original blind-stamped brown cloth, gilt lettering, vii, [1], 408 pages. A collection of various sermons and lectures and writings from the abolitionist educator Green (1795-1874), some with anti-colonization content, published under the imprint of the..... More
New York: Stringer & Townsend, 1854. First edition. 8vo (7.63 x 5.25 inches), original blind-stamped green cloth, gilt lettering, 432 pages. Frontispiece and pictorial title page. An anthology of six sea yarns from various sources, including John W. Gould’s “Cruise of a Guineaman” (piracy and slave-trading off the African coast)..... More
Boston: Walker, Wise and Company, 1860. First edition. 8vo (7.75 x 5.25 inches), original blind-stamped deep purple or brown cloth, gilt lettering, 274, [2], 8 pages. Light essays and criticism on subjects from physical culture and the benefits of the public library, to humorous sketches on religious prohibitions of amusements..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1857. First edition. 8vo (7.63 x 5.25 inches), original blind-stamped brown cloth, gilt decoration and lettering to the spine, 329, [1], [6] pages. “The object which the writer of the following pages proposes, is, to advocate the teachings of the Scriptures. In his opinion..... More
Boston: Published by A. N. Johnson, 86 Tremont Street, 1852. First edition. Oblong 12mo (4.63 x 7.25 inches), original sheep spine, printed orange boards, 224 pages. Printed music and words. “The arrangement of the Elementary principles, differs entirely from that of any similar work, known to the Editors. The Elementary..... More
