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THE TRIAL OF MOSES ADAMS, HIGH-SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY OF HANCOCK, BEFORE THE SUPREME JUDICIAL...

[Adams, Moses]:

THE TRIAL OF MOSES ADAMS, HIGH-SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY OF HANCOCK, BEFORE THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, ON AN INDICTMENT FOR THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE. [FROM MINUTES TAKEN AT THE TRIAL BY JOHN BULFINCH.] SECOND EDITION.

Boston: Printed and Published by E.B. Tileston, 1815. 32pp. Stitched, title page lightly foxed, a few other scattered fox spots. Untrimmed. Very Good. "Dr. Adams was acquitted of the murder of his wife, who had been killed with an ax in her kitchen at Ellsworth, Maine" [McDade]. "There was evidence..... More

Price: $650.00

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, FROM F.S. LYON OF DEMOPOLIS, TO GOVERNOR A.B. MOORE, 4 MARCH 1861,...

[Alabama in the Confederacy]:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, FROM F.S. LYON OF DEMOPOLIS, TO GOVERNOR A.B. MOORE, 4 MARCH 1861, RECOMMENDING THE APPOINTMENT OF DR. WILLIAM C. ASHE AS SURGEON TO THE REGIMENT WITH RANK OF MAJOR.

Folio sheet, folded to 7-1/2" x 9-3/4." Written in neat ink manuscript on first two pages. Third page blank, docketed on page [4]. Very Good. Francis Strother Lyon [1800-1882], an Alabama lawyer and Democratic politician, wrote this letter to Governor Moore. Lyon had been a Whig Congressman in the 1830s..... More

Price: $275.00

Allen, J. Adams:

OBSERVATIONS ON THE MEDICAL PLATFORM. AN INTRODUCTORY LECTURE BY...PROFESSOR OF PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY, AND ACTING PROF. OF THERAPEUTICS AND MATERIA MEDICA, IN THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, LATE PROF. MAT. MED., THERAP. AND MED. JURISP., IN THE INDIANA MEDICAL COLLEGE; MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. PUBLISHED BY THE CLASS, SESSION 1853-54.

Detroit: Temperance Advocate Office, 1853. 29, [1 blank] pp. Disbound and loosening with scattered foxing. Good+. On the diversity of opinions and perceptions that characterize all eras, even though "the external sense is, undoubtedly, ever the same: the most skillful anatomist cannot detect the minutest shadow of diversity between the..... More

Price: $100.00

Ames, Nathaniel:

AMES'S ALMANACK 1759.

Boston: Printed and Sold by Draper, Green & Russell, & Fleet. Price Two Pistareens per Dozen, and Five Coppers single. [1758]. 12 leaves [complete]. Disbound, last leaf loose, dusted, small repairs to margins of first leaf. Good. The first title has an illustration of the solar system and "the Explanation..... More

Price: $175.00

AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY, OR, AN ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1755...CALCULATED FOR THE...

Ames, Nathaniel:

AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY, OR, AN ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1755...CALCULATED FOR THE MERIDIAN OF BOSTON, NEW-ENGLAND.

Boston, New-England: J. Draper, for the Booksellers, [1754]. 8 leaves (complete). Stitched. Upper right quadrant spotted, small hole in last leaf affects a couple of letters. Else Good+. On page14, above the details for December, the Almanac reads: "WHO 'ere presum'd, till FRANKLIN led the Way, / to climb the..... More

Price: $350.00

AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY: OR AN ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1754... CALCULATED FOR THE...

Ames, Nathaniel:

AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY: OR AN ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1754... CALCULATED FOR THE MERIDIAN OF BOSTON, NEW- ENGLAND.

Boston, New-England: J. Draper, for the Booksellers, [1753]. 8 leaves (complete). Stitched, dusted, text lightened on last page. Good+. "I have fill'd the two last Pages with an Essay upon Regimen." "The writer refers to the great number of deaths caused by the 'throat distemper or Pestilence Ulcusculosa'." [Guerra.] This..... More

Price: $350.00

Ames, Nathaniel:

AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY: OR, ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1763.

Boston: Printed & Sold by J. Draper, in Cornhil... [1762]. 12 leaves, stitched, beginning to loosen. Light wear and soil, toned. Good+. Ames reminds his readers that "in general we know nothing of the Connection of Things, we cannot see the Links of that great Chain which binds with certainty..... More

Price: $275.00

Ames, Nathaniel:

AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY; OR ALMANACK, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST 1770.

Boston: Printed and Sold by the Printers and Booksellers, [1769]. 12mo. 12 leaves (complete), tanned, untrimmed, stitched. Some dusting and darkening, Good+. "This is the only known Boston edition of Ames for 1770, and presumably the one advertised in the Boston Evening Post, Dec. 4, 1769..." NAIP. New London, Hartford..... More

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FULL REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF SAMUEL M. ANDREWS, FOR THE MURDER OF CORNELIUS HOLMES. Samuel M. Andrews

[Andrews, Samuel M.]:

FULL REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF SAMUEL M. ANDREWS, FOR THE MURDER OF CORNELIUS HOLMES.

Plymouth: Memorial and Rock Press, 1868. 52pp. Stitched in original printed wrappers, with wrapper title, as issued. Near Fine. The case resonates among today's hot-button political-social issues. "The oldest plea of homosexual panic in America seems to have been made in Massachusetts in 1868. Accused of killing a longtime friend..... More

Price: $1,500.00

Barnard, Thomas:

A DISCOURSE, DELIVERED BEFORE THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, AT THE SEMIANNUAL MEETING, JUNE 10, 1794.

Boston: Printed at the Apollo Press, 1794. 25, [1 blank] pp, with the half title. Stitched and disbound. Scattered foxing. Good+. "The appendix, p. 18-25, is devoted to membership and other matters relative to the Society" [ESTC]. The Society promotes the "important interest of the civil community" by saving lives..... More

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REPORT OF THE EVIDENCE IN THE CASE OF JOHN STEPHEN BARTLETT, M. D. VERSUS THE MASS. MEDICAL...

[Bartlett, John Stephen]:

REPORT OF THE EVIDENCE IN THE CASE OF JOHN STEPHEN BARTLETT, M. D. VERSUS THE MASS. MEDICAL SOCIETY, AS GIVEN BEFORE A COMMITTEE OF THE LEGISLATURE, AT THE SESSION OF 1839. PRINTED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE, BY ORDER OF THE HOUSE.

Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, State Printers, 1839. 55, [1 blank] pp, stitched, untrimmed, light dustsoiling of untrimmed edges. Near Fine except for the absence of wrappers. "5/4 cts Postage" in ink on final blank. After the Massachusetts Medical Society had expelled him, Bartlett sought to revoke the Society's Charter. The..... More

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TRIAL AND CONVICTION OF DR. STEPHEN T. BEALE; WITH THE LETTERS OF CHIEF JUSTICE LEWIS, AND JUDGES...

[Beale, Stephen]:

TRIAL AND CONVICTION OF DR. STEPHEN T. BEALE; WITH THE LETTERS OF CHIEF JUSTICE LEWIS, AND JUDGES BLACK AND WOODWARD, ON HIS CASE. INTERESTING ETHER CASES, AND LETTERS OF PROF. GIBSON, PROF. WILTBANK, WM. BADGER, ESQ., W.L. HIRST, ESQ., REV. ALBERT BARNES, DR. HENRY A. BOARDMAN, &C.

Philadelphia: T.K. Collins, Jr., 1855. 30, [2 blanks] pp. Disbound, title page margins toned. Good+. Beale, a dentist, had allegedly raped his female patient after he anesthetized her with ether. The author laments, "If she had first consulted her mother after the supposed outrage had been perpetrated upon her, the..... More

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[Beers, Andrew]:

HUTCHINS IMPROVED: BEING AN ALMANACK AND EPHEMERIS OF THE MOTIONS OF THE SUN AND MOON...FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1800. BY JOHN NATHAN HUTCHINS, PHILOM.

New York: Printed and Sold by H. Gaine, [1799]. [36] pp, as issued. Stitched, scattered light to moderate foxing, untrimmed. Good+. With contemporary ownership signature, and notes, of John Hetherington. Beers was the author, Hutchins having died in 1782 [ESTC]. This issue prints an advertisement for 'Moore's Gentleman and Lady's..... More

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A SYSTEM OF SURGERY. EXTRACTED FROM THE WORKS OF BENJAMIN BELL, OF EDINBURGH: BY NICHOLAS B....

Bell, Benjamin:

A SYSTEM OF SURGERY. EXTRACTED FROM THE WORKS OF BENJAMIN BELL, OF EDINBURGH: BY NICHOLAS B. WATERS, M.D. FELLOW OF THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF PHILADELPHIA, AND ONE OF THE PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS TO THE PHILADELPHIA DISPENSARY. ILLUSTRATED WITH NOTES AND COPPERPLATES.

Philadelphia: Printed by T. Dobson, 1791. viii, 570, xxix, [1] pp. Contemporary calf [spine repair]. Light to moderate scattered foxing. Twelve folding plates. Good+. "Bell studied under the Munros at Edinburgh. He was surgeon to the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh for 29 years. He improved the methods of amputation, introducing the..... More

Price: $600.00

Bell, Benjamin:

A TREATISE ON THE THEORY AND MANAGEMENT OF ULCERS: WITH A DISSERTATION ON WHITE SWELLINGS OF THE JOINTS TO WHICH IS PREFIXED, AN ESSAY ON THE CHIRURGICAL TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. BY...MEMBER OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, ONE OF THE SURGEONS TO THE ROYAL INFIRMARY, AND FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH.

Boston: I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews, 1791. Original sheep [rubbed, front hinge starting] 295pp, one engraved plate [after page 56]. Text with scattered foxing, free endpaper tear. Good+. With the bookplate of Newton Southworth of Mattapoisett. The first American edition, originally printed in Edinburgh in 1778. Thomas reprinted it in..... More

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CONSTITUTION OF THE CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION OF THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT [AS AMENDED JANUARY 1,...

Boston Fire Department:

CONSTITUTION OF THE CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION OF THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT [AS AMENDED JANUARY 1, 1833.] INSTITUTED JUNE 19, 1828.

Boston: David Hooton...Printer...Merchants' Hall, 1835. 12pp, stitched in contemporary plain yellow wrappers. Title page vignette of the Department dousing a house fire. Very Good plus. This rare Charter of an early mutual aid society, evidently located only at the Boston Public Library, was established to assist injured Boston firemen, who..... More

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THE ELEMENTS OF MEDICINE; OR, A TRANSLATION OF THE ELEMENTA MEDICINAE BRUNONIS. WITH LARGE NOTES,...

[Brown, John]:

THE ELEMENTS OF MEDICINE; OR, A TRANSLATION OF THE ELEMENTA MEDICINAE BRUNONIS. WITH LARGE NOTES, ILLUSTRATIONS, AND COMMENTS. BY THE AUTHOR OF THE ORIGINAL WORK. IN TWO VOLUMES.

Philadelphia: Printed by William Spotswood, 1791. xv, [1 blank], 295, [1 blank], [8] pp, folding chart frontis [expert repair on blank verso of a fold split]. Separate title page for volume II at page [133]. Bound in contemporary full sheep, gilt spine bands and leather title label. Rebacked, with original..... More

Price: $350.00

Caldwell, Charles:

A SEMI-ANNUAL ORATION, ON THE ORIGIN OF PESTILENTIAL DISEASES, DELIVERED BEFORE THE ACADEMY OF MEDICINE OF PHILADELPHIA, ON THE 17TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1798. BY...SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE ACADEMY.

Philadelphia: Thomas and Samuel Bradford, 1799. xii, [13]-59, [1 blank] pp. Disbound and foxed, Good+ Caldwell argues that Philadelphia succumbed to the several yellow fever epidemics of the 1790's "through the channel of commerce," via "pestiferous air, generated by the putrefactive dissolution of the cargoes or ballast of vessels." The..... More

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Carson, Joseph:

INTRODUCTORY LECTURE ON THE OPENING OF THE SESSION OF 1860-61, IN THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, DELIVERED OCTOBER 8, 1860, BY JOSEPH CARSON, M.D., PROFESSOR OF MATERIA MEDICA AND PHARMACY. PUBLISHED BY THE CLASS.

Philadelphia: Wallace, Printer, 1858. 28pp. Disbound, Very Good. OCLC 51811011 [1-Natl. Libr. of Med.]. More

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Chicago:

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO, FOR THE YEARS 1874 AND 1875.

Chicago: Bulletin Printing Company, 1876. Original printed wrappers [faint old rubberstamp], stitched, 109pp. Very Good. Much data on births, mortality from various causes, and public health programs and information during 1874 and 1875 FIRST EDITION. More

Price: $75.00

Christian Commission:

UNITED STATES CHRISTIAN COMMISSION. FACTS, PRINCIPLES AND PROGRESS. OCTOBER, 1863.

Philadelphia: Sherman, [1863]. 12mo. Original printed blue wrappers, with title stamped in gilt on front cover. Stitched, 36pp. Near Fine. An explanation of the Commission's mission, with correspondence from President Lincoln, War Secretary Stanton, and Navy Secretary Welles to George Stuart, its Chairman. Major General Meade also contributes a letter..... More

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ARGUMENT OF HON. GEORGE M. STEARNS, BEFORE THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS...

[Christian Science] Stearns, George M.:

ARGUMENT OF HON. GEORGE M. STEARNS, BEFORE THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE, AGAINST A BILL PRESENTED BY M.O. ADAMS TO REGULATE THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. DELIVERED AT THE STATE HOUSE, FEBRUARY 5, 1889.

Boston: L. Barta, [1889]. Original printed wrappers, spine reinforced in black tape. 38, [2 blanks] pp. Front wrapper with an area of discoloration. Text clean, except for occasional underlining. Good plus. A highly regarded lawyer, Stearns had just finished his appointment, by President Cleveland, as U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts. This..... More

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Churchill, J. Francis:

TREATISE ON THE IMMEDIATE CAUSE, AND THE SPECIFIC TREATMENT OF PULMONARY PHTHISIS, AND TUBERCULAR DISEASES. BY...GRADUATE OF THE PARIS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE; MEMBER OF THE IMPERIAL ACADEMIES OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCES TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY A PHYSICIAN.

New-York: J Winchester [, 1859]. iv, [5]-111, [1] pp Original printed wrappers [moderate wear, front wrap detached], stitched Pencil signature at head of front wrap "B Shertleff, MD, 2 Beacon" Minor foxing, small ink notation on last page, else clean Printed letter inserted after the title page, addressed to "Shertleff..... More

Price: $75.00

Clark, Henry Grafton:

SHIP FEVER, SO CALLED; ITS HISTORY, NATURE, AND BEST TREATMENT. THE FISKE FUND PRIZE DISSERTATION FOR 1849. BY ...M.D. MEMBER OF THE BOSTON SOCIETY FOR MEDICAL IMPROVEMENT.

Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850. Original paper-covered boards [paper worn along spine and hinges], printed paper title label on front cover. Institutional bookplate, withdrawal and rubberstamp. 48pp, one tinted lithograph plate. Faint pencilled presentation inscription on front cover. Good+. Though known by different names, the disease is named for..... More

Price: $175.00

[Clark, Willard]:

REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF WILLARD CLARK, INDICTED FOR THE MURDER OF RICHARD W. WIGHT, BEFORE THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CONNECTICUT, HOLDEN AT NEW HAVEN, ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1855. BY H.H. McFARLAND, ASSISTED BY THE COUNSEL FOR THE STATE AND DEFENSE.

New Haven: Thomas H. Pease. T. J. Stafford, Printer, 1855. Original printed salmon wrappers, stitched. 217pp. The rear plain wrapper is badly chipped; light dusting and mild toning. Else Very Good. The case, "noteworthy for the successful use of the insanity defense" [Cohen], reports one of the few 19th century..... More

Price: $1,250.00

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