Epstein Bernard Leo Davidoff (8 results)

hardcover. Condition: near fine. First Edition. 695 illustrations. 506pp., 4to, brown cloth. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1950. First Edition. Near Fine. Bookplate removed from front cover.

Unknown. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Annotations and underlining in ink throughout text. Light bending and bowing to boards and page block. Light bumping visible to corners of boards and ends of spine strip. Light scuffing and smudging to boards and spine strip. Secure packaging for safe delivery.…

Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition. 8vo. 415pp. + 603 illustrations and 315 engravings. NEAR FINE. Shows a former owner name neatly on the paste-down, otherwise is FIne/As New. As pictured.

Hardcover. Condition: VERY GOOD. 415 pp. Light blue boards, gilt spine lettering blocked in black, black skull illustration stamped to front board. 603 illustrations on 315 engravings. Owner stamp and inscription to FFEP, foxing, spine and front board toned, spine leaning slightly, clean and unmarked otherwise.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near Fine; some rubbing/bumping to head and tail of spine; a little rubbing to fore corners; very minor soil to cloth; some foxing/soil to endpapers; else Fine. Hinges sound, spine straight, pages clean and bright. No dust jacket. Presumed First Edition. Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Original cloth. Very Good. This copy does NOT have any library markings. First Edition. "One of the greatest contributors to the development of neuroradiology was the neurosurgeon Leo M. Davidoff. . . . He was a surgical resident at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in 1924, and began his neurosurgical training there the following year. 'Davey' was one of Cushing's favorite disciples, and he is considered among the most skilled. After a period of study abroad, Davidoff joined the staff at The Neurological Institute of New York in 1927. He soon befriended and collaborated with Cornelius Dyke, a radiologist who had been trained by Sosman. Sparked by Dyke's interest in neuroradiology, Davidoff became a superb neuroradiologist. Their monograph, The Normal Encephalogram, published in 1937, remains a classic publication in the field of neuroradiology. The follow-up monograph, The Abnormal Pneumoencephalogram, was published in 1950 with Bernard Epstein after Dr. Dyke's untimely death. These two classic publications changed the face of neuroradiological interpretation and education in this country. . . (Dean J. Gobo, in Greenblatt, History of Neurosurgery, pp. 231-32).…

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Inscribed by Davidoff for his son: "To Frankie-boy.who may some day fine this interesting reading/with Love from/Ing." (Davidoff signed books to his son "Ing.") Small light stain on front cover.

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Cocked; upper two inches of front cover faded. Inscribed by Davidoff for his son: "March 1st 1953/The skull is just a bony box, the importance of which lied in its precious grey and white contents. Don't let the title of the Atlas fool you, it's the latter we are really interested in./To my dear Frank/from Ing." Davidoff signed books to his son "Ing.".…