City psychiatric; the documentary novel that goes behind the locked doors of public mental wards
New York: Ballantine Books, 1965. paperback. xi, 219p., paperback, in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 311577
New York: Ballantine Books, 1965. paperback. xi, 219p., paperback, in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 311577
Paris: M. Leprince, no date, circa 1910. Pamphlet. 36p., plus monochrome ads, letterpress in dark blue ink, sewn pamphlet in 6.5x4 inch wraps printed green & red on embossed buff stock, original thread in perfect order, covers mildly edgeworn with a bit of soil and corner-tip creasing, clean within, a...... More
Cat.No: 250518
West Kennebunk, Maine: Phoenix Publishing, 2001. Hardcover. 196p., illus., dust jacket is somewhat soiled with handling and coffee dribble, else in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 295222
Chongqing: Xinan shifan daxue chubanshe 西南師範大学出版社, 1988. 98p., 5x7.25 inches, text in Chinese, paperback in mildly worn stapled wraps, ownership signature inside back cover. Introduction to AIDS with overview of cause, symptoms, and current ideas about its spread and treatment. More
Cat.No: 158850
Chongqing: Xinan shifan daxue chubanshe 西南師範大學出版社, 1988. 98p., 5.25x7.25 inches, text in Chinese, paperback in mildly worn wraps, ex-library, some scattered pen marginalia. Introduction to AIDS with overview of cause, symptoms, and contemporary ideas about its spread and treatment. More
Cat.No: 158851
Washington DC: Project Healthy Choice, [199-]. Single sheet folded to make 6-panel brochure, 3.75x8.5 inches, very good. Introduces a free-market plan for medical care. More
Cat.No: 168471
New York: The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, 1966. Pamphlet. 58p., softbound in 11x8.5 inch stapled wraps (i.e., a large pamphlet), expect mild cover soil, a textual cancel at p.37 (quite large but laid down well), a few marginal brackets and an emendation in ink. A good copy..... More
Cat.No: 307262
npl: National Association of Blue Shield Plans, 1970. Pamphlet. [48]p., color photo illustrations, ownership rubberstamp on title page, overall in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 313087
Girard: Haldeman-Julius Company, 1925. 61p., 3 x 5 inch stapled wraps; mildly soiled. Little blue book no. 870. More
Cat.No: 138985
New York: Vantage Press, 1971. Hardcover. 66p., inscribed by Lovelace, first edition, very good condition in like dj. Novella of a black doctor in rural Virginia, by a Virginia-born African American author who grew up in Newark, NJ. More
Cat.No: 106866
San Francisco: Low-Level Radiation Project of the Coalition for the Medical Rights of Women, 1980. Pamphlet. 57p., wraps, very good condition. More
Cat.No: 216520
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2014. Paperback. xv, 344p., wraps, very good condition. More
Cat.No: 224063
San Francisco: San Francisco Coalition for Public Health Services, 1990. Pamphlet. 23p., wraps, staples beginning to rust else very good condition, 8.5x11 inches. Not found in OCLC as of 1/2023. Dr. Peter Lurie was the co-chair of the San Francisco Interns and Residents Association and Dr. James G. Kahn was..... More
Cat.No: 298333
San Francisco: San Francisco Coalition for Public Health Services, 1991. Pamphlet. 17p., wraps with a "bite" take out (as issued), 8.5x11 inches, staples rusted else good condition. Not found in OCLC as of 1/2023. Dr. Peter Lurie was the co-chair of the San Francisco Interns and Residents Association and Dr..... More
Cat.No: 298334
Shanghai: Tongji daxue chubanshe 同济大学出版社, 1987. Paperback. 226p., text in Chinese, photos, figures and tables, lightly-worn paperback in green wraps, neatly ex-library. Overview of domestic and foreign developments related to the disease and its social implications. More
Cat.No: 158855
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd., 1926. Hardcover. x, 195p., presswork on curiously thick stiff paperstock, the called-for plates spaced regularly throughout. An odd little book, 7.5x5 inch cloth boards gilt in fine clean shape, slightest touch of edgewear to extremities but else wonderfully as-new, perfectly clean and..... More
Cat.No: 272415
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1985. 192p., b&w photo insert section, first edition boards in color-photo dj. A quite good copy. Mountaineering accidents in Scotland; some Scottish "glens" are wicked and often the scene of fatalities. Civilian rescue teams are formed by locals aided by a military helicopter. More
Cat.No: 169283
Chicago: Year Book Medical Publishers, 1967. 757p., semicoated paperstock with occasional plates and diagrams in the text, 8 x 5.25 inch cloth boards. Former owner has rubber-stamped his name all over title page, one leaf is creased; otherwise, mild (external) signs of age and handling. Index shows a couple of..... More
Cat.No: 101044
Chicago: Year Book Medical Publishers, 1968. 684p., semicoated paperstock with occasional plates and diagrams in the text, 8 x 5.25 inch cloth boards. Mildest external signs of age and handling. Index shows pp.345-353 entirely on LSD, plus 1 reference each to Roy Grinker and Jolly West. More
Cat.No: 101045
Lovedale, South Africa: Lovedale Press, 1939. Paperback. 58p., wraps, 4.75 x 7.25 inches, fore-edges foxed else very good condition. Author was a missionary and medical superintendent at the Victoria Hospital in Lovedale, South Africa. He argues that the local belief in witchcraft makes it difficult to treat patients. More
Cat.No: 238997
Studio City, CA: American Foundation for AIDS Alternatives, 2000. Paperback. 126p., illustrated with tables and figures, fourth revised edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 93067
Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company, 1944. Hardcover. 244p., small hardbound (7.5x5 inches) in black moire' cloth boards, gilt-titled and enclosed in the dust jacket. Provides one illustration as frontispiece, a line map of the scene of the crime. Both front and rear endsheets are marked with offset color, and the first..... More
Cat.No: 300227
Perugia: Nella Stamperia Costantini, Santucci, e Compagni, 1809. Pamphlet. 17p., self-wraps letterpress struck on handmade paper, 7x5 inch softbound sewn with original thread intact, slight external dust and signs of handling on paper that itself has internal flaws (uneven mixing of pulp, flecks), an old vertical crease (long ago flattened..... More
Cat.No: 286942
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1979. Hardcover. xxvii, 576p., illustrated with photos and documents in facsimile, the first American edition: hardbound in 9x6 inch grey cloth boards titled silverfoil and dust jacket. Dj is shelfworn with a previous sticker stain left in the upper right corner, binding is sound and interior..... More
Cat.No: 260336
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1979. Hardcover. xxvii, 576p., illustrated with photos and documents in facsimile, the first American edition: hardbound in 9x6 inch grey cloth boards titled silverfoil and dust jacket. Ownership stamp on title page else very good condition in an unclipped, edgeworn, and lightly toned dj. The extensive..... More
Cat.No: 258400