Dr R V Pierce (7 results)

Soft Cover. Condition: good. 48 pages; information pp with b/w illustrations, lined monthly calendar & memo pages; about 11 have neat ink notations; binding solid; 3.25" x 5.75" tall; b/w il'd tan wraps with chip to top front edge. Paperback.

Pictorial Paper Covers. Condition: Very Good. Original edition. 48pp; portraits, view. Blanks for appointments and memoranda are flanked by testimony for Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, Pleasant Pellets, etc. 5.5" x 3.5" The author was proprietor of The Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute at Buffalo, New York, "one of the healthiest cities in the United States." His products are said to cure female ailments, amplified here in nine pages of "Welcome Words for Women.".…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1935 version. 100th edition. Book is in very good condition. Same day ship.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Piece(s) of the spine missing. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Has been repaired by replacing the spine and meanding the hinges. Significant damage due to wetness. Boards are moderate to severely edgeworn. The binding has separated on one side of the leaves. Shows more than the usual amount of shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.…

Small 8vo pamphlet, original printed paper wrappers, 48 pp. Covers worn and with spine and edgewear, hard to read a couple of words, minor corner folds, paper browned and aged, but not brittle; in decent shape overall. In addition to serving as a mini account book, this little book is full of medical and other useful information. This includes diagnosis of heart disease, constipation, bronchitis, headaches and skin diseases. Dr. Pierce puts in a plug for some remedies. Since this is an account book, there are a couple of pages with hand written notations.…

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. 11th Revised Edition. World's Dispensary Dime Series, Part VII; Woodcuts; Map; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 71 pages; [1885] World's Dispensary Printing Office. Published as World's Dispensary Dime Series, Part VII, as extracted in part from Pierce's "People's Common Sense Medical Adviser." Trade size paperback in title lettered wraps over a side sewn binding. 11th revised edition. Detailed description of symptoms and causes of male reproductive organ diseases and ailments, accompanied by woodcut illustrations. Pierce's wide ranging enterprise of books, dime size tracts, medicinal ointments, tonics and pills and his Buffalo NY "Invalid's Hotel" treatment center are all covered in this unusually informative self-promotional medical dime book. Covers a bit worn and edge rubbed; a dark brown stain to the bottom corner tip of the cover and first 20 or so leaves. Two darker spill/soil stains to the rear cover and last several leaves. Illustrated with woodcuts of the male organs and their infirmities, along with promotional woodcut views of the author's medical retreat in Buffalo, the grounds and printing office etc and a map of Buffalo showing the locations of the Dispensary and Invalid Hotel. Topics of impotence, masturbation, syphillis etc are given some scientific treatment but informed heavily by a 19th century Christian moral approach. Uncommon medical dime book in sound and still decent condition. VG- thus.…