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Philadelphia : [Printed by A.T. Zeising & Co.], 1887. vi, 105 pages, interleaved, as issued, with sheets for notes (each bearing the printed heading, "Memoranda," on both sides). Original purple cloth lettered in gold. [23.5 cm.] Good plus. Light wear to spine ends and corners; some faint spotting to cloth; rear hinge partially cracked, but holding. Old tape repair, now browned, to gutters of pp. iv-v. Names of several early owners, all dental practitioners, on endpapers and flyleaves, including M[ichael] W[illiam] Flynn, who studied at the Philadelphia Dental College before returning to practice in his native Massachusetts; G.M. F__termarket[?] of Upper Darby, Pa., and D. Sherman Smith of Lancaster, Pa. Several of the "memoranda" leaves bear relevant penciled notes by a previous owner, who has also made number of marginal check marks (heavy in places, but not affecting text.) FIRST EDITION.

Boston: J.K. Wellman, [printed by D.H. Ela], 1844. 16mo. 56 pages. Original printed green wrappers. 11 x 17 cm. Approximately one half of spine perished. The wraps are still attached and the book is held by the original stitching, but the lower third of the text block shows separation between gatherings and along some folds. Some soiling and small stains to the wraps. Corners worn or slightly turned throughout, with slight loss to lower corner of front wrap. Foxed throughout and with occasional small spots of damping. Good only. Twenty-fourth edition, so stated, following the first of the same year. While described as "carefully revised and enlarged" (p. [2]), all of the preceding editions we have been able to identify had the same pagination as this, with the exception of the first edition (46 pages with only 37 recipes advertised). By the end of 1844, the forty second-edition had been published and it was reprinted again in 1845 and 1846. By 1847, an expanded edition was… Read More

Washington, [D.C.]: Government Printing Office (GPO), 1914. 217 pages. Maps and diagrams printed with the text. Contemporary half red morocco over beveled boards with gilt spine lettering, raised bands, and marbled endpapers. 29.5 x 23.5 cm. Ex-library with modest signs: faint impression of tiny removed call number at the base of the spine, small discard stamp on the front endpaper, and stamp of Franklin Public Library at base of the title and one other page. Else good plus. Moderate wear to the extremities, front joint started at ends, still quite sound. Several small stains on the rear cover. A little marginal damping to endpapers, barely evident on the inner margin of the title page. FIRST EDITION. A report on the second of two special censuses of mental institutions in the United States, the first having been conducted in 1904. Previously, the Census Bureau had tracked rates of insanity among the general population only as part of the regular decennial censuses. The 1910 special census surveyed… Read More

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1930. On jacket: "Harvard Health Talks, 17." 69 pages. Original maroon cloth. [17.3 cm.] Near fine in very good dust jacket. Jacket is browned on spine, but shows almost no wear. FIRST EDITION. Walter Leslie Mendenhall (b. 1881) was the first professor of pharmacology at the Boston University School of Medicine (1921-1946). He here describes the physiological effects of smoking tobacco, its addictive nature, and the chemical analysis of the nicotine content of various tobaccos. He regards tobacco as generally harmful, both physiologically and economically. However, he does not decry its use in moderation and states, "As far as pregnancy is concerned, smoking apparently has no effect on the course of the pregnancy or upon the offspring." On the other hand, he does suggest that it be "withheld from the younger children" (pp. 44, 46).