New York: Eugenics Publishing Co., Inc., 1926. Stated 26th edition. 8vo, original blue cloth, blue lettering, 254 pages. At the head of the tite, "Fewer and Better Babies." First published in 1916, a standard work from one of the pioneering figures in the American medical contraception movement in the first..... More
Chicago: Star Publishing Co., [ca. 1891-1900?]. Original printed self-wrappers, 7.5 x 5.25 inches, wire stitched, 28, [3], [1] pages. Illus. Per Atwater 2306 (the entry for a 1912 Star Publishing Co. edition of Henry M. Lyman’s Practical Home Physician), these plates “issued in a brown paper envelope [not present for..... More
New York: Published by Falstaff Press, Inc., (1938). First edition. 6 volumes (all published), wire-stitched pamphlets in self-wrappers, 6.38 x 3.25 inches, 16 pages each. Illus. Aurelle, S. H. Sex Physique Averages. Keller, David H. The Truth About “Self-Abuse.” Pugh, Winfield Scott and David H. Keller. Unsuccessful Husbands. Pugh, Winfield..... More
(Kansas City, Mo. H. L. Giles, M.D.), [ca. 1920-1930]. Stated fifth edition. Original printed wrappers, 4.5 x 3 inches, 32 pages. Illus. A typical advertising booklet for a physician with a practice treating male diseases and a handy street guide to Kansas City, from this established popular surgeon who seems..... More
(Long Beach, California: Glandualar Products Co.), [ca. 1954]. First edition. Unbound folded brochure, 8.5 x 2.75 inches folded (8.5 x 11 unfolded), [4] pages. Illus. An attractive promotional pamphlet. Premature ejaculation cured with the topical application of Dybutol; Vita-Gland supplements for men over 40 available over the counter. Includes both..... More
New-England: Printed for the Publishers, 1821. 12mo, original sheep, red leather label, gilt lettering, 286 pages. Woodcut illus. (monstrosities, fetus in the womb) in the text. “Neither should these amorous engagements be too often reiterated, till the conception be confirmed; and even then the bridegroom should remember, that it is..... More
Amsterdam: Chez Marc-Michel Rey, Librarie, 1778. Third Rey edition. 12mo, contemporary calf, gilt spine, red morocco label, gilt lettering, xxii, [2], 179 pages. “Elle commence par un délire mélancolique, dont on trouve la cause dans le vice de la matrice [i.e., the womb]; ensuite elle se tourne en délire maniaque..... More
London: Printed and Sold by the Booksellers, [ca. 1750]. Stated tenth edition. 12mo, recent plain drab boards, [4], [iv], 156, [4]. Frontis, one folding plate. As the ESTC catalog entry has it, "Not in fact by Aristotle; the attribution is spurious." This title page one of at least three variants..... More
[Watervliet, N.Y. n. p., ca. 1850]. Single leaf of pearlblush stock, printed recto only, approx. 1 x 1.63 inches. Decorative type border. An attractive medicinal herb label produced for the Watervliet (N.Y.) Shaker communal society. More
[Watervliet, N.Y. n. p., ca. 1850]. Single leaf of white stock, printed recto only, approx. 1 x 1.63 inches. Decorative type border. An attractive medicinal herb label produced for the Watervliet (N.Y.) Shaker communal society. More
[New Lebanon, N. Y. n. p., ca. 1850?]. Single leaf printed recto only on yellow stock, approx. 2 x 2.88 inches. Decorative border. An attractive bright herbal label from the Shaker village communal society at New Lebanon. More
[New Lebanon, N. Y. n. p., ca. 1850?]. Single leaf printed recto only on blue stock, 2.38 x 4 inches. Decorative typographical border. An attractive herbal label from the communal society Shaker village at Mount Lebanon, N. Y. Two spots of mounting adhesive on the blank verso of the label..... More
[Harvard, Mass. n. p., ca. 1850?]. Single leaf printed recto only on white stock, approx. 0.75 x 2.75 inches. Upper and lower decorative border. An attractive little herb label from the Harvard, Mass. Shaker village communal society. Two faint traces of mounting hinges or adhesive on the blank verso. More
[Canterbury, N.H. n. p., ca. 1850?]. Single leaf printed recto only on pearlblush stock, approx. 0.88 x 1.38 inches. Decorative border. An attractive label from the Shaker Village communal society in Canterbury, N.H. Trimmed a bit into the upper border during production. More
[New Lebanon, N.Y. n. p., ca. 1850?]. Single leaf printed recto only on yellow stock, approx. 2 x 3 inches. Decorative border. A bright attractive label from the herbal concern of the Shaker village communal society at New Lebanon. More
[Harvard, Mass. n. p., ca. 1850?]. Single leaf printed recto only on yellow stock, approx. 1.13 x 3 inches. Decorative border to the upper and lower edge. An attractive little herb label from the Harvard, Mass. Shaker village communal society. Two faint traces of mounting hinges or adhesive on the..... More
[Harvard, Mass. n. p., ca. 1850?]. Single leaf printed recto only on yellow stock, approx. 0.88 x 3.13 inches. Plain rule border to the upper and lower edge. An attractive little herb label from the Harvard, Mass. Shaker village communal society. Two faint traces of mounting hinges or adhesive on..... More
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Chicago: Stockham Publishing Co., 1902. Stated “new edition,” copyrighted 1889. 8vo, original stamped brown cloth, gilt lettering, [i]-xvi, [6], [33]-314, [12], [4] pages (as published). Illus. A physiology for boys by Mrs. Erma A. Shepherd, from the press of the early American woman physician, suffrage activist, and New Thought writer..... More
Saratoga Springs: Published and Sold by G. M. Davison, 1831. First edition thus. Original stained half roan, marbled boards, 7.13 x 4.38 inches, 203, [1] pages. Atwater 3334.1: “Steel’s claim on the title-page that this is an ‘entire new work’ is hardly an exaggeration. Although the title is identical to..... More
St. Clairsville [Ohio]: Published by Horton Howard; Howard & Little, Printers, 1829. Stated fifth edition; the first appeared in Boston in 1825. 12mo, original sheep spine, marbled sides, 188 pages. Frontis portrait. From the Ohio Valley stronghold of Thomsonian popularity, an early Ohio edition (preceded by an 1827 Columbus edition..... More
Boston: Published by Perkins & Marvin, 1839. Stated second edition. Original printed yellow wrappers, 6.5 x 4.13 inches, 48 pages. A detailed attack on tobacco use from the medical doctor and temperance advocate, first published in 1836. With the printed notice on the front wrapper, “One and a half printed..... More
[LaPlace, Louisiana? n. p., ca. 1950?]. White card stock printed in black ink recto and verso, 4 x 4.75 inches. Halftone portrait of McClung in the coils of a large snake, with the caption noting that “this card entitles you to one free consultation,” and promotional copy on the verso..... More
[Engraver:] Paris: P. L. Morin, [ca. 1885?]. Engraved trade card on white card stock, printed recto only, 3 x 4.5 inches. Larochelle appears in the columns of both the Telegraphic Journal and Electrical Review (May 23, 1885) and the Bulletin de la Société internationale des électriciens, vol. II (Paris, 1885)..... More
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[New York: The Hospital Supply Company, ca. 1915-1925?]. 8vo, original printed wrappers, 46 pages. Illus. "Safety First then -- Ease and Comfort. This has been the principle on which our Invalid and Rolling Chair business was started 50 years ago." An excellent illustrated catalog of various wheelchairs, with technical specifications..... More
[N. p., but Menominee, Mich.? n. p.], 1904. First edition thus? Small 8vo, original printed wrappers, 32 pages. The instruction manual for this home medical electric treatment device manufactured by the Signal Electric Manufacturing Co. of Menominee, Mich. (on the Upper Peninsula), the maker not noted here but consistent with..... More
