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Willowdale; Detroit: The Alco-Dial Company, 1961. Very good. 15.5 cm folder with separate Alco-Dial tucked inside. Small tear and blue mark on front.

New York: Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc., 1967. New and Revised Edition, 9th printing. Hardcover. Very good/Good. xxx, 575 p. 21 cm. Blue cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. Chips and tears to edges of jacket, some rubbing to panels. Ink mark on front flap. Book itself has some white marks on rear, light shelf wear. Ink marks on endpapers. "This is the Second Edition of the Big Book, New and Revised. The Basic Text for Alcoholics Anonymous." Predecessor of the seminal "twelve-step method" widely used to treat many addictions, this is one of the best-selling books of all time.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1998. Softcover. Very good +. Between men - Between Women Lesbian and Gay Studies series. xiii, 269 p. 23 cm. Paperback. Scuff on lower spine.

London: John Churchill, 1848. Cloth Bound. Very Good. viii, [2], 110, 8 p. 21 cm. Green cloth hardcover with blank impressing and gold lettering. Corners a little bumped. Some pages uncut. Slight mark visible from top to bottom on front cover. Topics include: history and symptoms of British cholera; primary and originating cause; subordinate causes; treatment; comparison with other diseases and with Asiatic cholera. 8 p. of advertising at rear.

Calgary, 1895. Booklet. Fair. 38 p. 24 cm. Brown paper covers. Front cover detached and rear cover nearly so. Edges chipped and torn, pencil signature on front. Paper browned. Photo bookplate inside front cover for Herbert Fairbairn Gardiner of Hamilton, Ontario. Text in two columns. Peel 2178. Calgary sets out ot prove the salubriousness of its climate for consumptives. Includes testimonials from local doctors and former consumptives living in the area. Former owner Gardiner (1849--1924) wrote "Nothing but names: an inquiry into the origin of the names of the counties and townships of Ontario," published in 1899. He was a local newspaper editor in Hamilton, Ontario.

Toronto: Canadian Social Hygiene Council, 1933. Vol. 1, No. 1, March 1933. Staplebound. Good +. 16 p. 31 cm. About a dozen b&w illustrations. Staplebound. Staples rusting, light soiling and wear. Includes "The Ounce of Prevention" by Gordon Bates (Director, Canadian Social Hygiene Council), "How Can We Break Down This Barrier?" by Anne Anderson Perry (about the number of unemployed nurses although there are many sick who can't afford their services), "A Simplified Guide to the Six Vitamins" by Frederick F. Tisdall, "Why Not Banish Diphtheria?" by James Roberts, etc.

Vancouver, 1961. Softcover. Near fine. A Ro-Mar Publication. 95 p. 21 cm. B&w illustrations. Stapled card covers. Discusses puberty, hygiene, sex, pregnancy, abotion, veneral diseases, alcoholism, etc.

Toronto: Canadian Social Hygiene Council, 1933. Vol. 1, No. 1, March 1933. Staplebound. Good +. 16 p. 31 cm. About a dozen b&w illustrations. Staplebound. Staples rusting, light soiling and wear. Includes "The Ounce of Prevention" by Gordon Bates (Director, Canadian Social Hygiene Council), "How Can We Break Down This Barrier?" by Anne Anderson Perry (about the number of unemployed nurses although there are many sick who can't afford their services), "A Simplified Guide to the Six Vitamins" by Frederick F. Tisdall, "Why Not Banish Diphtheria?" by James Roberts, etc.

New York: Published at 156 Fifth Avenue, New York, 1932. Fourth Edition. Booklet. Fair. 16 p. 16 cm. Stapled. Lower half of spine torn. Ink stamp on front.

Montreal: Dawson Publishers, 1884. Hardcover. Good. 266 p. 23 cm. Green cloth hardcover with repaired upper spine. Lower spine a little softened. One bumped bottom corner. Tape-repaired inner hinges. Ink notations on front endpapers. Top corner of front free is chipped. A little spotting throughout. Sir William Hales Hingston (1829 – 1907) was a Canadian physician, politician, banker, and senator. Not only was an innovative surgeon, he was an excellent teacher, and wrote many medical articles during a career that spanned over 50 years. Active as he was medically, he still found time to serve a term as mayor of Montreal. In the Montreal smallpox epidemic of 1885, during which over 3000 of the 157,000 inhabitants died of the disease, Dr. Hingston was chairman of the newly formed provincial board of health. Besides setting up smallpox "hospitals" and trying to improve the city's sanitation, he was instrumental in instituting compulsory vaccination, using a special police force to drag unwilling… Read More

Montreal: Dawson Publishers, 1884. Hardcover. Very good. 266 p. 23 cm. Green cloth hardcover with repaired upper spine. Brown mark on spine. Ink signature on front free endpaper. A little spotting to text block edges. Sir William Hales Hingston (1829 – 1907) was a Canadian physician, politician, banker, and senator. Not only was he an innovative surgeon, he was an excellent teacher, and wrote many medical articles during a career that spanned over 50 years. Active as he was medically, he still found time to serve a term as mayor of Montreal. In the Montreal smallpox epidemic of 1885, during which over 3,000 of the 157,000 inhabitants died of the disease, Dr. Hingston was chairman of the newly formed provincial board of health. Besides setting up smallpox hospitals and trying to improve the city's sanitation, he was instrumental in instituting compulsory vaccination, using a special police unit to haul less-than-enthusiastic citizens to be vaccinated.

Morning Star Group, 2014. Softcover. Fine. 289 p. 23 cm. Paperback. Chinese text.

Hardcover. Very Good. 2 vols., 24 & 23 cm. 16 items bound in cloth hardcovers. All items have some pencil notes indicating their place in the Dewey Decimal System. Items retain their individual card covers. A collection of early and mid-twentieth century opinions and scientific investigations into the effects of cigarette smoking. Contains both promotional material paid for by tobacco companies as well as scholarly material revealing the harmful effects of the substance. Anthropological leaflets offer photographic plates of ethnographic tobacco-related studies. Also contains a rare catalogue from the early Arents collection. A list of articles is included with the books and can be provided upon request.

1997. Softcover. Good. 3 vols.: xxxii, 365; xiii, 368-718; xiv, 722-1138 p. 25 cm. Diagrams and tables. Some soiling to text block edges.

Health Supply Centre, 1935. Fourth edition . Softcover. Good. 98 p. 18 cm. B&w illustrations. Stapled paper covers. Stains to exterior and fore-edge.

St. Thomas: Goldfinch Press, 2004. Softcover. Fine. 46 p. 21 cm. Paperback.

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1980. Softcover. Very good. 222 p. 22 cm. Paperback. Light wear.

Springer, 2014. Second Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. cxxix, 1585-2136 p. 26 cm. 38 figures and 65 tables. Light wear, mainly to corners. Some marks on rear cover. A variety of articles on disease prevention and health promotion from childhood to old age.

London: Printed and Published for the Executive Council of the International Health Exhibition, and for the Council of the Society of Arts, by William Clowes and Sons, 1884. Hardcover. Very good. 100, 69, iv, 77, iv, 157 p. 21 cm. Fermentation section has 10 b&w figures. 27 b&w figures in Physiology section. Half leather with purple cloth. Marbled endpapers and text block edges. Ink signature on a front leaf. A few pencil marks. Some thumbing to tops of pp. 16-17 in first section. Title continues: "Conferences by the Epidemiological Society of London on Tuesday and Wednesday, July 22nd and 23rd, 1884; Infectious Disease and its Prevention; Fermentation; Physiology of Digestion and the Digestive Organs International Health Exhibition, London, 1884." Four million people visited this exhibition, the motto of which was: "From labour health, from health contentment springs". Epidemic Diseases section features articles on health in India, leprosy in India, typhus fever, cholera in Europe and elsewhere.

London: Health & Strength Limited, nd. Preface dated 1907. Hardcover. Fair. 139, [13] p. 22 cm. 48 b&w figures. 2 fold-out exercise charts at rear, one for men and one for women. Grey cloth with b&w illustration pasted to front. Corners bumped, some wrikling and soiling to cloth, marks on rear board, dents in edges, print wearing off front cover. Some stains, small tears. Tear in first fold-out chart at rear. Advice on exercises, using the left hand, washing, drinking, eating, sleep, destroying bad habits, etc. Publisher's advertisng for the Eustace Miles Restaurant in Charing Cross, the author's books, and books by other authors.