Dictionary Practical Surgery Volume One by Samuel Cooper (4 results)
Published by J and J Harper, 1830
- Hardcover
Seller: GloryBe Books & Ephemera, LLC, Deforest, WI, U.S.A.GloryBe Books & Ephemera, LLC
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Pages tanned. Title page missing. Edges worn. Top and bottom of spine is worn. Hinges cracked and worn. Contents are clean and tight. Institutional bookplate on the inside of the front cover.
Published by New York: Collins & Hannay, 1823
- Hardcover
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.Riverby Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fair. Volume one only, of two volumes. A hardcover in brown leather boards. Front board is detached but included. With 704 pages. A piece of masking tape is attached to the front board, an attempt at a crude repair. Rear hinge also reinforced with clear tape. Previous owner's name signed along upper edge of… title page. Pages otherwise are clean.
Published by New-York [New York]: Published by Harper & Brothers, 1834., 1834
- Hardcover
Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.David Hallinan, Bookseller
Contact seller5-star sellerTwo volumes bound within single book. Full title - A DICTIONARY OF PRACTICAL SURGERY: COMPREHENDING ALL THE MOST INTERESTING IMPROVEMENTS, FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES DOWN TO THE PRESENT PERIOD; AN ACCOUNT OF THE INSTRUMENTS AND REMEDIES EMPLOYED IN SURGERY; THE ETYMOLOGY AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PRINCIPAL TERMS; AND NUMEROUS REFEREN…CES TO ANCIENT AND MODERN WORKS: FORMING A "CATALOGUE RAISONNE" OF SURGICAL LITERATURE. . . . WITH NUMEROUS NOTES AND ADDITIONS, EMBRACING ALL THE PRINCIPAL IMPROVEMENTS AND GREATER OPERATIONS INTRODUCED AND PERFORMED BY AMERICAN SURGEONS. . . . IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I [and] VOL. II." "From the sixth London edition. Revised, Corrected, and Enlarged." (as stated upon both Vol. I and Vol. II title pages). Paged as [4], i-viii, 9-489, [1], 1-510. Hardcover: H 22.25cm x L 14.25cm. Late 19th century calf leather covering original spine and boards; stains and edge-scuffing to boards; spine has faded handwritten ink title which is difficult to discern. Old ownership stamp on text block's bottom edge; modern ink name stamp on fore-edge and bottom edge. Front free endpaper torn and strongly wrinkled with 1891 pencil ownership inscriptions as well as three ink name stamps (two being 19th century and the third being modern); pencil notes on rear free endpaper; modern name stamp on unpaged advertising leaf following ffep; old name stamp on title; some foxing throughout. Double-column text. Both Vol. I and Vol. II title pages share the same Harper 1834 imprint. Binding is firm. Still a handsome book albeit without a legible spine title. Please note that this thick book has an approximate shipping weight of 3.75 pounds (1.7 kg) and may require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. {Medical-Shelf#2}.
More imagesPublished by B. & T. Kite, Philadelphia, 1810
- Hardcover
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.Second Story Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Octavo, viii, 447 pp. Fair; bound in contemporary leather with significant rubbing and wear to covers, spine edges and corners, top of spine edge torn; binding tight; text block has areas of discoloration; deep age-toning and foxing to pages; previous owner name in ink on inside front pastedown "Jabex Gwinnup," his so…n's name in ink "Alfred Gwinnup" on ffep and inscribed in ink on ffep "Jn. C. Johnson Dec. 18th 1855 from his friend Alfred Gwinnup;" informational card pasted onto ffep explaining family history; MF consignment. From typewritten note on ffep: "Dr. Jabex Gwinnup, 1773-1843, was the first doctor to practice medicine at Deleward Station, N. J., and was there many years having a large practice. His son, Alfred Gwinnup, lived at Walnut Valley, near the Paulins Kill. The doctor built a large home at Deleward, which was afterward known for many years as the Hemingway House, and it is standing still, in 1938." Dr. John C. Johnson, College Physicians and Surgeons, N. Y., was the Secretary of the Historical Committee of the Warren County District Medical Society. 1357227. Special Collections.
