Buchan m d william (12 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. No Jacket (as issued) (No Jack. 1st Edition thus. 1831. Welsh Text. In overall good condn. full leather with loss to parts of some 4 or 5 pp. Else internally good. Some loss to b.e.s. An attractive. well-used copy. Fading to pp. No inscpns or annotations. Consists of 682 pp. Following, and bound into same volume, (in English) is a printing of "Marquis of Wellington" of pp 49 to 96, presumably published around 1830 (no publishing data present). In English. Images available. Guaranteed condition.…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. No Jacket. Blue leather w/gilt lettering and design.

"From the twenty-second English edition, with considerable additions, and notes." Good condition book with some foxing to pages. [1401].

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. 5th or later Edition. A comprehensive study of diseases in the late eighteenth century together with guidance on dealing with every day occurrences that beset the human body, both physical and mental. Not illustrated. This is a good copy that is very good internally but, following an attack by silver-fin, has been roughly repaired in antiquity. Many anecdotes illustrate the book.…

144 pp. 8vo, original sheep. Front free endpaper lacking; text lightly toned or foxed throughout; binding rubbed.

No Binding. Condición: Very Good. A fine antique engraved portrait. Mounted and ready to frame. An excellent opportunity to purchase a dedorative and attractive portrait.

Condición: Very Good. None. 758 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket, rebound with original cover fixed to new. Normal age wear and fading to original text block, cover, new binding in good and tight condition. Name of former owner "A. Townsend" inscribed in front end papers and title page. Final advertisement end paper fully separated, but included. Envelope with related ephemera also included. Record # 2230700.…

22nd edition. 495pp. + 47 page appendix Moderate wear to extremities else very good condition. Contemporary full calf leather binding. Moderate foxing throughout. Binding sound.

Hardcover, rebound in modern cloth. Not Ex-Lib. First published in 1769, this is physician William Buchan's best known work, in which he provides laypeople with detailed descriptions of the causes and prevention of disease, with the goal of 'laying medicine more open to mankind'. This work is a helpful guide to the cures of various illnesses and diseases, providing detailed descriptions of the prevention and causes behind diseases to the public. Catherine the Great, Czar of Russia, was so impressed by the work that she sent Buchan a gold medal and personal letter. One of the most popular medical texts of the eighteenth century.…

1st Charleston edition. Beautifully rebound in modern half calf w/ marbled paper boards and endpapers, red Moroccan spine label, 5.25" x 8.5", 482 pp + 120 pp appendix, previous owner name on title page, "Sarah G. Pierce" with handwritten notes on rep, VG A rare southern edition of the medical classic. An editorial note printed after the title states that there are additions to the text that are identified. Although separately paginated and signed the Advice to Mothers was issued with the treatise on domestic medicine by the publisher.…

Remnants of leather spine, but outer leather boards missing, 5.25" x 8.25". Title page is detached. 118 pp w/ last 2 pages of appendix missing. Previous owner name of Joseph O'Connor, New York, January the 12, 1826 on obverse title page. SCARCE early Charleston, South Carolina medical imprint.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Third Edition with Considerable . Full leather binding with five raised bands to spine, title plate to spine bearing authors name but no title. Covers are somewhat rubbed and worn but are complete and generally in very good order. Hinges are tight, there is a rear end paper but no front end papers, book opens straight on to title page.There is some spotting to end papers and some slight spotting a some points in the text and to the edge of the text block, there do not appear to be any inscriptions. Surprisingly good condition internally with little wear. Happy to supply photos on request, heavy book, will require additional postage outside the UK.…