Search Results: Health and Beauty from Pages Past Used and Rare Books

Leipzig: F. C. W. Vogel,, 1890. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good. 8vo. 437 pages + 2 pages of ads. Hardcover bound in dark blue cloth with lettering in gilt. Binding is moderately worn and rubbed with bumps to the corners and edges; inner hinges are splitting, but binding is still tight. Contents show a few minor spots of aging, mostly clean and bright with creasing to the upper corners of a few pages at the rear. Illustrated with black & white drawings.

Manchester: John B. Clarke, Public Printer, 1889. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 366, (1) pages. Hardcover bound in chocolate brown publisher's cloth. Moderate wear to the binding. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. Early owner's name of "Sam'l G. Jarvis" written in pencil on the title page. Text is a little toned. The spine notes that this is Volume 8 in the yearly series.

San Francisco: Encounter Books, 2005. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 155 pages, indexed. Hardcover with a white and grey dust jacket. Light wear to the jacket. A sound copy with clean text. Stated First Edition. Author's memoir of his experience with cancer discovered days after 9/11 and his struggles with the meaning of Life and Death.

San Francisco / Mokelumne Hill, California: Health Research, 1973. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 195 pages. Softcover in orange wrappers with a plastic spiral spine. There is light wear to the binding, including a black ink stain on the front cover and some smudging on the back cover. The text is clean and sound. Illustrated with several drawings. This is a facsimile reprint of the 1944 edition.

Weymouth, Dorset, England and Port Washington, New York: Micelle Press, 2004. Hardcover. Good. 4to. 605 pages, indexed. Pink hardcover. Much of the binding appears to show light wear, but the lower 3 inches of the rear hinge is splitting and the top 3 inches of the rear gutter between the last two flyleaves is also splitting, so that the binding is shaken.

London: Bailliere, Tindall and Cox, 1941. Second Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 414 pages, indexed. Hard cover bound in green cloth. Light to moderate rubbing and wear to the binding; the spine is a bit sunned. A sound copy and clean within.

Wilmington, Delaware: Nemours Foundation, 1965. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. 157 pages. Hardcover bound in brown cloth. Light wear to the binding. A sound copy with clean text.

New South Wales, Australia: Pademelon Press, 2004. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to. 220 pages. Soft cover bound in red wrappers. Wrappers lightly worn and rubbed, edges and corners are bumped. Nice, clean copy.

Raleigh, NC: North Carolina State Board of Health, 1966. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo. 102 pages. Soft cover bound in green stapled wrappers. A nice, clean copy.

Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea, 1874. Hardcover. Good. Large Octavo. 1131, (32) pages. Hardcover bound in full tan leather with black label pastedowns on spine. The binding is worn and shows scuff marks and general soiling. In places the scuff marks are down to the board. Headcap is starting. Top edge of front and rear boards are quite scuffed and rubbed but the outside hinges are generally secure. Black label pastedown on spine has some vertical cracking and chipping. Spine is scuffed. Front gutter is mostly broken between the Title Page and the Preface and is connected to the text block by one cord. Rear gutter is secure. Text is toned with occasional smudging.

Washington: U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1971. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. 125 pages, indexed. Softcover bound in blue wrappers. Light wear to the binding. A sound copy and clean within.

Washington: U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1971. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. 125 pages, indexed. Softcover bound in blue wrappers. Light wear to the binding. Prior owner's name is ink-stamped on the inside front cover. A sound copy and clean within.

Hay House Inc, 2010. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Melissa Olson. 16mo. This is a deck of 50 cards in a hardshell box. MISSING BOOKLET. The cards are still in the plastic banding. The deck has silver gilt that is bright and without scuffs.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1951. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. 374 pages, indexed. Hardcover with a green and white dust jacket. The jacket shows rubbing and wear but is not price-clipped. Book is sound with secure inner hinges. Top edge dust-stained; text is clean.

Singapore: Chanterprise (PTE.) Limited, 1975. Soft cover. Good. 4to. 128 pages. Soft cover bound in red wrappers. The binding shows some rubbing and wear and has a prior owner's label on the front cover. Prior owners' inscriptions on the front flyleaf. Otherwise a sound copy and clean within. Illustrated with drawings and some photos. Text is mostly in English with some textual notations in Chinese.

London: The Mental Health Foundation, 1984. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. 156 pages, indexed. Softcover bound in white wrappers. Light to moderate wear and rubbing to the binding. Prior owner's name written on the front cover. The text is sound and clean.

La Canada, CA : Indian Springs Publishing, 2012. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. 129 pages. Paperback in purple wrappers. There is light wear to the binding. The text is clean and unmarked. A Certification Manual including worksheets.

Evansville, IN: GMA Publishing, 2004. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo. 114 pages. Soft cover bound in green pictorial wrappers. Minimal wear. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page. A sound copy and clean wihtin.

Greensboro, NC: The Author, 1995. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to. 191 pages. Softcover bound in white wrappers with lettering in black. A nice, clean copy.

Washington: U. S. Departmen, 1974. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. 273 pages, indexed. Softcover bound in brown wrappers. Moderate wear to the binding. One notation written on the front cover. A prior owner's attractive medical bookplate is inside the front cover. The book is sound and clean within.