Peck Whitmore (11 results)
Published by John Wright Bristol Simpkin Marshall Ltd London, 1950
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bentfinger Book Services, Loughborough, United KingdomBentfinger Book Services
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Add to basket8vo(22.8x14) HB 1st Edition viii+239pp+52 b/w plates ilus. Cream cloth with foxglove illus to front & green lettering-v.good+. Unclipped illus DJ with some edge & spine wear (neatly repaired) -stil good. Inscr to ffep & some discolouring of endpapers else internally v.good/near fine. (650g).
Language: English
Published by Modern Hygiene Publishing Company, Bristol Uk/ London Uk, 1950
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
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Condition: Used - Near fine
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Viii, 239 Pp. Tan Cloth Lettered In Green, With Mounted Illustration On Front Cover. First Printing. Near Fine, Owner's Name And His Medical Name Stamp. Dust Jacket With Small Edge Tears And Small Edge Chips. Map Endpapers; Plates (illustrator).
Published by Bristol : John Wright & Sons, 1950
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, IrelandMW Books Ltd.
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Add to basketFirst Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance; library marks remain from the Birmingham Medical Institute. Physical description; vii…i, 239 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-216) and index. Contents; 1. Introductions -- Dr Withering comes to Birmingham -- The Old Square -- Industry and enterprise -- 3. Beginnings -- The name Withering -- Ancestry -- Edmund Witherings, Apothecary -- 3. Training -- Wellington -- Edinburgh -- The graduate -- 4. The young physician -- Stafford -- The botany -- 5. An account of the foxglove -- 6. The general hospital -- 7. Medical practice -- The case of Mrs Gresley -- The case of Mrs Houlston -- 8. Interests -- The Lunar society -- Chemistry -- Interests and experiments -- Stonehenge -- 9. Property -- Edgbaston Hall -- The Larches -- 10. The riots of 1791 -- 11. Tuberculosis -- Appendix: Family trees. Subjects; Withering, William (1741-1799). Withering, William (1741-1799) Studies. Physicians Great Britain Biography. Botanists Great Britain Biography. Physicians Biography. History of Medicine. History, 18th Century. Botany Great Britain History. Chemists Great Britain Biography. Foxgloves Therapeutic use. Genre; Biography. 1 Kg.
Published by Bristol : John Wright & Sons, 1950
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.MW Books
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance; library marks remain from the Birmingham Medical Institute. Physical description; vii…i, 239 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-216) and index. Contents; 1. Introductions -- Dr Withering comes to Birmingham -- The Old Square -- Industry and enterprise -- 3. Beginnings -- The name Withering -- Ancestry -- Edmund Witherings, Apothecary -- 3. Training -- Wellington -- Edinburgh -- The graduate -- 4. The young physician -- Stafford -- The botany -- 5. An account of the foxglove -- 6. The general hospital -- 7. Medical practice -- The case of Mrs Gresley -- The case of Mrs Houlston -- 8. Interests -- The Lunar society -- Chemistry -- Interests and experiments -- Stonehenge -- 9. Property -- Edgbaston Hall -- The Larches -- 10. The riots of 1791 -- 11. Tuberculosis -- Appendix: Family trees. Subjects; Withering, William (1741-1799). Withering, William (1741-1799) Studies. Physicians Great Britain Biography. Botanists Great Britain Biography. Physicians Biography. History of Medicine. History, 18th Century. Botany Great Britain History. Chemists Great Britain Biography. Foxgloves Therapeutic use. Genre; Biography. 1 Kg.
Published by Bristol: John Wright & Sons, 1950
- Hardcover
Seller: mountain, GEORGETOWN, CO, U.S.A.mountain
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Published by John Wright & Sons, United Kingdom, 1950
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: M. C. Wilson, Perth, WA, AustraliaM. C. Wilson
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression 1950 very good hardback, foxing and browning to page edges, in a good wrapper, corners and edges rubbed with a little loss to some corners, small closed tears, small piece missing top edge of front cover. Protected by clear… removable archival covering. Contents bright and clean. No inscription. 239 pages with index. Appendix. Illustrations. Bibliography.
Published by Bristol: John Wright & Sons
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- First Edition
Seller: Terrace Horticultural Books, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.Terrace Horticultural Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION THUS, OCTAVO, HARDCOVER, INSET COVER COLOR ILLUSTRATION OF FOXGLOVE, 1950, PP.239, The Life Of The Man Who Discovered The Uses Of Digitalis VERY GOOD, FIRST FEP HAS CORNER CLIPPED. B & W Plates (illustrator).
Published by Williams & Wilkins, 1950., Baltimore:, 1950
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Jeff Weber Rare Books, Neuchatel, NEUCH, SwitzerlandJeff Weber Rare Books
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Add to basketFirst American edition. 8vo. viii, 239 pp. Frontis., 52 plates, index. Green cloth. A FINE COPY.
Published by John Wright & Sons, United Kingdom, 1950, 1950
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Cotswolds Rare Books, OXFORDSHIRE, United KingdomCotswolds Rare Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. DJ has minor edgewear; boards & pages are in great condition. Includes a letter from the author's son (Wilkinson).
Published by John Wright and Sons, Bristol & London, 1950
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Mike Park Ltd, London, United KingdomMike Park Ltd
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good. A little worn and frayed. First Edition. Illustrated, octavo, pp (6), 239, fore-edge a little foxed, endpapers foxed, otherwise very good internally, original cloth with pictorial inlay on upper cover, spine head very slightly bruised, otherwise a very good copy in a slightly worn and chipped dustwra…pper. From the library of William Stearn, with his signature on the front endpaper. [William Withering was an English botanist, geologist, chemist, physician and the discoverer of digitalis. The story is that he noticed a person with dropsy (swelling from congestive heart failure) improve remarkably after taking a traditional herbal remedy; Withering became famous for recognising that the active ingredient in the mixture came from the foxglove plant.
Published by John Wright & Sons, 1950., Bristol:, 1950
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Jeff Weber Rare Books, Neuchatel, NEUCH, SwitzerlandJeff Weber Rare Books
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Add to basketFirst English edition. 8vo. viii, 239 pp. 52 plates, index. Cloth, gilt spine. FINE.
