Semmelweis Ignac (80 results)

hardcover. Condition: As New. As pictured. Very slight edge wear. No marks or creases throughout. Nearly new. Carefully packed and promptly shipped.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1990 printing. Bound in full red leather. Stamped with 22kt gold gilt design on cover front, back and spine. All edges gold. Marbled end papers. Satin ribbon place holder.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Special Edition. US LR glass. This special edition in black leather w gilt trim and titles is #1317 on the previous owners publishers bookmark.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: fair. Acceptable Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good+ with slight wear. no dust jacket. Limited edition. Limited edition, reprint.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Dust Jacket. Reprint Edition. A Near Fine copy of full black leather lettered and decorated in gold, all edges gilt. (No owner's name or bookplate.). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. A clean copy in excellent condition, appears unread. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Cover shows light edgewear, and boards are very lightly bowed; Binding is sound; Short scratch to upper page edge gilding; Previous owner limitation bookplate on front endpaper; Secure packaging for safe delivery. …

hardcover. Condition: As New. ***Please Read*** NUMBERED 14236 - NEVER READ - No marks on text - My shelf location BN10-D-16*.

Condition: New. In English.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. First Edition Thus. Hardcover, bound in genuine dark brown top-grain cowhide, with all edges gilt and covers brass-die stamped in 22kt gold. 893 pages. Translated by Frank P. Murphy; "Open Letters" edited with commentary and translated by Sherwin B. Nuland and Ferenc A. Gyorgyey. Additional refinements include bound in silk ribbon marker, raised spine hubs and specially commissioned marbled end-papers by Richard J. Wolfe. This special limited edition was prepared from an original 1941 first English translation. First edition thus, number 921, though the original subscriber's book-plate is lacking from this copy, the other 150 odd titles in his collection from the Classics of Medicine Library were numbered as such (usually with book-plates laid-in loose and unused). A seminal work which established the author as the "father of infection control". In the face of entrenched resistance Semmelweis argued for the prevention of childbed fever (puerperal fever) by the washing of physicians hands before attending expectant mothers based on empirical evidence of "doctors transferring "cadaveric particles" from autopsies to mothers via unwashed hands." No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh, unmarked and unread copy. As new. …

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Special Edition. Reprint edition of 19th century medical texts & letters. Thick octavo bound in dark gray, full leather with gilt lettering & ornamentation; all edges gilt. B&W illustrations. As new condition.

hardcover. Condition: near fine. Reprint. Ed. by Shervin B. Nuland and Ferenc A. Gyorgyey. illus. 893pp. 8vo, full leather, a.e.g. Birmingham: Classics of Medicine, 1981. Gilt at top edge is a bit spotty, else fine. "One of the epoch-making books in medical literature.".

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Lovely facsimile copy. Beautiful full leather binding with gilt illustration and titles, marbled end-papers, full gilt edges (see pictures). All our books at the moment are reduced so the price you see reflects a 33% discount. You may be interested in The Literaticus Book Service. We specialise in tracking down those harder to find editions, among other bookish services such as gift fulfilment. Get in touch to send us your Book Wants or ask a bookish question. If this is intended as a gift, please email first and we can gift wrap for no extra charge. If you would like special delivery but don't see an option for it, just email first and we can obtain a quote. If you have any questions, require more information or if you would like more pictures, do not hesitate to get in touch.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Special Edition. XLII, 2 Bl., Seiten 351 - 893 Nummer 429 der Luxusausgabe. Number 429 of the special edition. Sprache: Englisch Goldgepr. Orig.-Leder mit Rundumgoldschnitt, full gold stamped leather, edges gilded.

Condition: New.

Bound in elaborately gilt decorated full leather. xlii,351-893pp. a.e.g. Sl.foxing on foredge else a very good copy. Scarce.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Some foxing to page edges. Bookplate inside. (sepsis, etiology, complications, labor, puerperal septicemia ).

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

8vo. 893pp, with black and white illustrations. A near fine copy. Bound in decorated leather with gilt fore edges and marbled end papers.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. First Thus. HEAVY. lvii, pp351-893; tables, references, bw ills +14pp publishers booklet. Original full black leather decorated and titled in gilt, all edges gilt, 'marbled' endpapers, bookmark ribbon. As new. Handsome facsimile edition of the English translation of the 1861 edition for the Classics of Surgery Library. Size: 8vo.…

Unknown. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Copy number 1675. Boards have light shelf rubbing with scuffing and bumping along the edges. Binding is sound. Endpages have light age-toning and smudging. Page edges have light scuffing. Interior pages are unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery.…

Condition: Like New. 1990 limited edition full leatherbound, # 1141 of 3000, super clean & tight, handsome black leather with perfect gilt decor & lettering all around, raised bands on spine, gilt on all edges of textblock, square corners, no markings, a very attractive copy.