Dr Daldy (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. We're always buying collectible book collections. Contact us for details. We're happy to provide pictures of all books, please just ask! British edition. A Collection of The Published Writings of the late Thomas Addison, M.D., Physician to Guy's Hospital. No jacket as issued. Covers are fading. Covers have a few small wear marks. Corners lightly bumped. The book itself is in Very Good + condition. Spine is cracked in a few different areas but a pages are intact. NO remainder mark. Previous owners name on half title page.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Full leather bindidng, raised bands, title and devices in gilt, a.e.g., marbled endsheets, ribbon page marker bound in. A Fine copy, with flaws to the page edge gilt.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Moderate loosening to binding. This book shows minimal sign of wear to the cover, binding, or pages. No dust jacket included with this book. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1868 1st edition. 242pp. Fair/None. Brown decorative cloth boards with some rubbing/bumping to edges/spine, minor scuffing/soiling. Contents fair with some splitting to hinges, minor spotting/soiling. 7 plates including 3 in colour. Portrait of Addison at frontis. A summary of the works of Thomas Addison, English physician and medical researcher, including biographical notes. Addison is particularly known for his identification and description of Addison's Disease and pernicious anemia.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 8vo. Privately printed for the members of The Classics of Medicine Library. Bound in full red leather boards with gilt lettering and design along spine, gilt design on front cover. Full gilt page edges, marbled endpapers and inside covers, bound silk ribbon bookmark. Minor shelfwear: light rubbing along cover edges. Tightly bound, no marks. Volume is in Near Fine condition.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. First Edition Thus. Hardcover, octavo volume bound in genuine maroon top-grain cowhide, with all edges gilt and covers brass-die stamped in 22kt gold. 242 pages. Index. Edited by Dr. Wilks and Dr. Daldy, with introductory essays to several of the papers. Additional refinements include bound in silk ribbon marker, raised spine hubs and specially commissioned marbled end-papers by Richard J. Wolfe. Illustrated with seven full page plates, three of which are in color. This special limited edition was prepared from the first edition of 1868. First edition thus by the Classics of Medicine Library. The essays compiled herein represent the pioneering medical work performed by Dr. Addison at Guy's Hospital and include critical studies on adrenal disease (Addison's disease), anemia, tuberculosis and his famous work on the suprarenal capsules. No previous ownership marks, no book-plate. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy, like new.

Leather. Condition: Near Fine. Classics of Medicine Edition. Beautiful copy of this Classics of Medicine Edition of Addison's writings on the subjects of the anatomy of the lungs, pneumonia, the pathology of phthisis, the physical diagnosis of diseases of the chest, fatty degeneration of the liver, uterine irritation disorders, ovarian cyst rupture, skin affections, keloids, disorders of the brain connected with diseased kidneys, on the influence of electricity as a remedy in certain convulsive and spasmodic diseases, and (the subject of his great reknown) on the constitutional and local effects of disease of the supra-renal capsules. Illustrated. Beautiful leather binding with gold lettering; marbled endpapers and all edges gilt (AEG). Includes brochure of "Notes from the Editors" and authenticity letter noting the copy number. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Facsimile. Special Edition privately printed for the members of The Classics of Medicine Library. Publishers top-grain cowhide. Boards decoratively brass-die stamped in 22-karat gold. Title on spine in gilt. A.E.G. Ribbon marker. xxxi, 242 pp. [7] B&W plates. Fine.

(1983). First edition thus. Fine in gilt-decorated full burgundy leather, hubbed spine, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, and satin ribbon marker. A Collector's Edition privately printed for members of The Classics of Medicine Library. A handsome facsimile prepared from the first edition of 1868 courtesy of the Yale Medical Library.

Condition: Sehr gut. Special reprint edition of London, The New Sydenham Society, 1868. 14.5 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, XXXI, 242 pages. Numerous illustrations throughout text. Beautiful Hardcover with gilt lettering and design on spine with raised bands. Gilt ornament and ruling and blind ruling to both boards. Pastedowns and endpapers marbled in comb-pattern. All edges gilt. Maroon silk ribbon as bookmark. Excellent condition. With protective mylar. Ex-Libris bookplate of preowner on pastedown. Additional bookplate stating that "This is copy number 541 of the Classics of Medicine Library." Includes, for example, the following: Observations on the Anatomy of the Lungs / Observations on the Diagnosis of Pneumonia / On the Pathology of Phthisis / On the Difficulties and Fallacies Attending Physical Diagnosis in Diseases of the Chest / Observations on Fatty Degeneration of the Liver / On the Keloid of Alibert and on the True Keloid / On the Disorders of the Brain Connected with Diseased Kidneys etc. Enclosed Ephemera: 'Notes from the Editors' 22-page booklet providing introductory essay on Addison by Sir William Hale-White. Thomas Addison (April 1793 29 June 1860) was an English physician and scientist. He is traditionally regarded as one of the "great men" of Guy's Hospital in London. Among other pathologies, he discovered Addison's disease (a degenerative disease of the adrenal glands) and Addisonian anaemia (pernicious anaemia), a haematological disorder later found to be caused by failure to absorb vitamin B12. (Wikipedia).

Condition: Good. Good condition. Bookplate inside. (press books, medical, medicine).

Octavo, brown textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt portrait to front board, blind stamp decoration to boards, page edges stained red, illus, xxxi+242pp, VG (photos available on request).

Original Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket As Issued. Illustrated with 3 Hand-Colored Plates and 4 b&w Plates (illustrator). First edition / 1st Printing. First edition / First printing. 15 x 22cm. Hard Cover. Bound in original blind & gold decorated brown cloth. Chipped at top of spine, slight wear at bottom of spine & corners, front & rear spine hinges are cracked but solid, horizontal tear line across center of spine, bookplate on inside front cover, light foxing throughout. xxxi + 242pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.