Tuberculosis Genius (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Piece(s) of the spine missing. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Former library book. Mylar protector included. It appears as though this book was completely soaked at one point. This book is severely edgeworn. Binding is so loose that the book will stay open to any given page. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Ex-Library.

Hardcover 8vo 272 pages Very good, light wear at spine ends. Lacks dust jacket Thursday, May 27, 2021.

Octavo, green cloth (hardcover), gilt-stamped spine, uncut, xxxii, 277 pp. Portraits. Contains short biographies of ten famous people and how they coped with their TB. The long Introduction quotes many who noted that often tuberculosis writers "write with feverish intensity to get a lifetime" of work in a short time. The author includes writers R. L. Stevenson, Schiller, Voltaire, Moliere, Keats, Shelley, and St. Francis, among others. Fine, wrapped in a mylar jacket. Literature, Medicine. KHS.

Condition: Fair. First edition copy. . Book Good. No dust jacket. Slightly dampstained. (medical history, disease, medicine).

Cloth w/ DJ in mylar. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. DJ w/ plastic cover; small tears and creases on top/bottom of DJ; from inside jacket: "throughout history there has been a curious relationship between tuberculosis and genius . . . Whether or not the tubercle bacillus has a chemical factor which causes mental excitation has long ben argued . . ." "In this book a physician traces the influence of the disease on the lies of ten persons whose creative genius has enriched the world." One chapter each on: Robert Louis Stevenson, Friedrich Schiller, Marie Bashkirtseff, Katherine Mansfleld, Voltaire, Moliere, Francis Thompson, Shelley, Keats, and St. Francis of Assisi Professional book dealer since 1975. All orders are processed promptly and packaged with the utmost care. Satisfaction guaranteed. ; Signed by Author.

Condition: VG. NY 1930. first edition. In the Annals of Medical History, New Series Vol. 2 No. 5 . September 1930. Pitfield article pp. 530-546 Some pages yet unopened. original wraps. Other articles in issue as well. VG no owner marks. Some light cover wear.

Condition: acceptable. Significant shelf, storage or usage wear present that does not affect the readability of the book. A former library book with all the expected stamps, stickers and markings. Spine is worn with boards showing through in some places. No dustjacket included, as pictured. The pages appear unmarked. Staining on the cover. The binding is intact and all pages are present. Pictures available upon request. Individually inspected by Christi. Thanks for supporting an independent bookseller!