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Second edition, 8vo (215 x 130 mm), vii, [1], 345, [1] + 6pp., of publishers' adverts, text woodcut of Haslam's 'Key', small hole to upper blank margin of title page, faint unobtrusive ink library stamp, later plum cloth. "Haslam considered the enlarged second edition... to be his magnum opus; it remained a standard work for several years. This edition includes an illustration of Haslam's infamous "key," an instrument used to force patients' mouths open to receive food, medicine, etc.; the key was intended as an improvement to earlier methods of artificial feeding, as it preserved the patients' teeth."?Hook & Norman. Provenance: Formerly in the library of the Birmingham Medical Institute. Hook & Norman, Haskell F. Norman Library I, 1015; Hunter & Macalpine, pp. 632-636; Wellcome III, p. 221; Garrison-Morton, 4794 (first edition).
Second edition, considerably enlarged, 8vo (215 x 130 mm), vii, [1], 345, [1]pp., text woodcut of Haslam's 'Key', foxing to prelims and final few pages, title page browned, blank inner upper corner of title torn away, front hinge weak, cont. half calf, rubbed. "Haslam considered the enlarged second edition... to be his magnum opus; it remained a standard work for several years. This edition includes an illustration of Haslam's infamous "key," an instrument used to force patients' mouths open to receive food, medicine, etc.; the key was intended as an improvement to earlier methods of artificial feeding, as it preserved the patients' teeth."?Hook & Norman. Hook & Norman, Haskell F. Norman Library I, 1015; Hunter & Macalpine, pp. 632-636; Wellcome III, p. 221; Garrison-Morton, 4794 (first edition).
1901réf. 500051663Churchill 1901. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. half leather Churchill hardcover
réf. 0260295604.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1893réf. 850661893. Rare 1893 Digest of Michigan Laws Governing Insane Asylums OCLC Locates 2 Copies Insanity. Michigan. Laws Establishing and Organizing the Michigan Asylums for the Insane and the Michigan Asylum for Dangerous and Criminal Insane. N.p.: S.n. April 1893. 22 pp. Quarto 9-3/4" x 6-1/2"; 24.7 x 16.5 cm. Contemporary textured cloth gilt title Laws/ Michigan Asylums to center of front board. Rubbing and light fading to extremities moderate wear to spine ends and corners faint dampstaining to foot of boards with some crinkling to pastedowns light toning to interior. A very good copy of a rare title. $350. Only edition located. Beginning with the establishment of its first state asylum in 1859 Michigan was known for its progressive and innovative approach to mental illness. This book collects all laws concerning the state's asylums in force in April 1893. Although it does not have a preface or other explanatory matter its contents suggest it was produced for people responsible with oversight and adminstration. OCLC locates 2 copies Grand Rapids Public Library Library of Michigan. No copies located in institutions outside of Michigan. unknown
1893réf. 850661893. Rare 1893 Digest of Michigan Laws Governing Insane Asylums OCLC Locates 2 Copies Insanity. Michigan. Laws Establishing and Organizing the Michigan Asylums for the Insane and the Michigan Asylum for Dangerous and Criminal Insane. N.p.: S.n. April 1893. 22 pp. Quarto 9-3/4" x 6-1/2"; 24.7 x 16.5 cm. Contemporary textured cloth gilt title Laws/ Michigan Asylums to center of front board. Rubbing and light fading to extremities moderate wear to spine ends and corners faint dampstaining to foot of boards with some crinkling to pastedowns light toning to interior. A very good copy of a rare title. $350. Only edition located. Beginning with the establishment of its first state asylum in 1859 Michigan was known for its progressive and innovative approach to mental illness. This book collects all laws concerning the state's asylums in force in April 1893. Although it does not have a preface or other explanatory matter its contents suggest it was produced for people responsible with oversight and adminstration. OCLC locates 2 copies Grand Rapids Public Library Library of Michigan. No copies located in institutions outside of Michigan. unknown books
1955124 pages. Features: Peter Whalley's cover illustrations depict the many phases of deer hunting; Editorial laments the 'sickness' of TV giveaway shows; How Iron Man Sir Anthony Eden Made Good; Half-page Wawanesa Insurance ad features photo of 1948 Olympic Champion Barbara Ann Scott figure skating; Great two-page colour ad for a white on red 1956 Plymouth Belvedere V-8 Four-door hardtop; The New Wonder Drugs That Fight Insanity - photo-illustrated article on Chlorpromazine and reserpine; Buck Crump's Love Affair with the CPR - photo-illustrated article on the rise of Buck Crump from machinist's apprentice to 51-year-old president of the Canadian Pacific Railroad (CPR); The Cooney's and their seven adopted children - photo-illustrated article on the family of Lillian and Joe Cooney of Toronto; St. Boniface (Manitoba) is Nobody's Suburb - photo-illustrated article on the largest French-Canadian settlement outside Quebec; Where to buy an ancestor cheap - Ben Ward-Price runs Canada's busiest auction gallery, Ward-Price Ltd. - photo-illustrated article; Uncle Charley's Secret Treasure (short story); The Unconquered warriors of Ohsweken - photo-illustrated article on the Iroquois and their unknown 'republic' in the heart of Ontario; How the Highlanders Took Nova Scotia - they are making the place more Scottish than Scotland - photo-illustrated article; Flashback article on the September 15, 1885 tragic death of Jumbo the elephant at St. Thomas, Ontario; God's Little Fleet - Rev. John Antle and the Columbia Coast Mission visit the raft villages of B.C.'s coastal loggers - nice photo-illustrated article; Two Hunters (arctic short story); Want a Moose in Your Parlor? - photo-illustrated article on taxidermist Clifford McCutcheon and his Oliver Spanner & Co. Ltd. of Toronto; What's Your Day to Shine?; One-page colour-photo ad for NCR (National Cash Register Company) shows lady working adding machine; Nice one-page colour ad for the 1956 Ford Fairlane Victoria (white on salmon colour); Nice Sylvania TV ad; One-page photo-ad for Ronson lighters; Bright two-page colour ad for the 1956 Dodge Mayfair 4-dr hardtop (black on yellow); Beautiful two-page colour ad for the new 1956 De Soto Fireflite 4-door hardtop (white on blue); Colour Seabreeze ad shows eight of their record players; Rare one-page two-colour illustrated ad for McCulloch chain saws shows lady cutting log; Fantastic One-page illustrated Dunlop Tire ad explains how hero Edward Chipman of the Elmhurst Dairy in Montreal entered a burning home three times to save children on the Caughnawaga Indian Reservation just before Christmas 1954; Half-page Canadian Pacific ad features photo of their new Empress of Britain; Molson's Golden ale ad features colour illustration of 'Goldie' the lion playing checkers; Colour ad for Moirs Pot of Gold chocolates; Admiral TV ad features their 'Regina', 'Manitoba' and 'Collingwood' models; Canadian Wine Institute colour ad features M. Andre Vaucher and Mlle. Micheline Dubois, both of France; Nice colour ad for the Sheraton-Park Hotel in Washington shows its huge banquet room; Barrett Company ad includes photos of F.E. Shaw, Tim Kier, George Goddard, L.O. Heron and John Hawthorne; Labatt's IPA ale ad includes photo of Toronto crane operator Leo Maltais; Interesting 1/3-page piece on artist Simpkins and his cartoon bear Jasper; Canadian Anecdote - When B.C. Had a Navy; Caterpillar ad inside back cover shows terribly muddy backroad and explains how the state of Kansas has performed major upgrades to its roads; Nice colour-photo Coke ad on back cover has one-inch stain at top; and more. Discrete clear archival-tape repairs to coverfold, otherwise average wear. Unmarked. A pleasing vintage copy of this nice issue. Book
1839réf. 8009Evreux: JJ Ancelle 1839. First Edition. contemp. half leather. Good copy; spotting throughout. 8vo. There are four fldg. litho. plates of asylums. An important insight into provincial concerns of public health in France. The work offered here is a commission report to the provincial gov't. of the county in where Evreux is located. The commission was charged with the responsibility of examining the plans and proposals for the erection of an asylum. There are a number of statistical indices and appendices. The commission examined construction designs in France and the UK. JJ Ancelle hardcover books
1926réf. 014174Paris Jonquières 1926 In-8 Broché, couverture illustrée à rabats
réf. 28192Paris, Armand Colin, 1935. 11 x 17, 176 pp., broché, bon état.
réf. 15383Thèse de doctorat. Paris. Doin. 1888. Grand in-8 (25x17). 144 pages. Broché.
réf. 8623Rare gravure originale 355x240mm;marge courte, contrecollée sur vergé.
réf. 0265139937.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
réf. 0260198757.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
réf. 0331003937.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
19778vo., First Edition, with plates; navy cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Lively and facsinating social history of Bethlem Royal Hospital, and the treatment of the insane. The building in Lambeth is now the home of the Imperial War Museum.
réf. 37959Paris, Hachette, 1971. 15 x 21, 304 pp., broché, bon état (couverture défraîchie).
1869réf. 19935Paris, Germer et Baillière, 1869 ; in 12, demi chagrin vert foncé, dos à nerf, titre doré ; XXIV, 206, [2] pp. EAS à un confrère.
1992réf. 31285Paris Grasset 1992 In-8 509 pp - Reproductions photographiques non comprises dans la pagination
195360 pages. Features: Great cover art of a Sunday School teacher struggling to maintain order; Editorial - a fond farewell to Harry S. Truman; Great ad for International Harvester excavating equipment; Our Sorry Record on Housing - Canada rates last among western nations since WWII - article with photos; Youth and Age in a Timeless Seaport - Karsh photographs Saint John, New Brunswick; Queen of the Sob Sister - a Maclean's Flashback to Mrs. Kathleen (Kit) Blake Watkins, the world's first woman war correspondent; Rory Peter's Last Run - story by David MacDonald - illustrated by Jack Bush; How Margery Anderson Came Back from Insanity after a nervous breakdown in 1945; When Ignorance is Bliss - humour by Robert Thomas Allen illustrated by Duncan MacPherson; Do Civil Servants Earn Their Salaries? - The Government (Ottawa) Girl - red tape, the frustration of routine work and Ottawa's man shortage often bring disillusionment to her - article with photos; Nice colour-photo ad for Allis-Chalmers excavation equipment - Ungava theme; 1953 Dodge ad; Excellent Coke ad on back cover features man in a foundry. Clean and unmarked with light wear. An excellent vintage copy. Book
1978Features: Dave Walker - Long on Nerve - the Dave Walker Ranch in the east part of Poncha Park on Cottonwood Creek, Colorado; Roaming the Back Country with Hood River Blackie - Strange Animals - Bigfoot, Sasquatch; Clara Baasch lived next door to the infamous Vicente Silva; The Peculiarities of Sam Smith - An Old Man's Three Treasures - A. C. Lucas and his Chinatown discoveries; The 'Cutter' - his profession was devilment!; Addison P. Day - Rodeo Great; Cyclone Cave - Natural Bridge Park, Arkansas; J.K. Carper - Mountain Man; Towns Without Whistles in Oklahoma Territory; An Artist's Two Years Alone in the Desert - Frederick Melville DuMond lived in a cave to reproduce 'the West's insanity of color'; Cromwell Dixon's Fatal Ride - biplane pilot, Blossburg, Montana. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
1971Features: Breakthrough - in 1906 the Imperial Valley suffered one of the worst man-made disasters of all time; A Story That Never Got Written - Timberline, the old Wyoming cowboy; The Little Green Tents - Walt Mason, "Poet Laureate of Ameica"; The Last Powwow and the Nicholson Family; Wolf-Kill Treasure - making life tough for prospectors; Who was George Matics?; General Ranald S. Mackenzie - his insanity and death; Mementos of Notriety - imfamous weapons; Grass-grown streets in Sierra Nevada - Part V - Columbia, Chinese Camp, Coulterville, Bagby and Bear Valley; Remember 'Chip of the Flying U"? - the B.M. Bower Books are in demand again; Wild Old Days; Travelin' Lilght - Tom Lipps; Tall Wolf's Macabre Necklace. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
1986A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 96 pages. 9"w x 10 1/2"h.
réf. 25467Nice, A.D.I.A., 1945. 25 x 33, 89 pp., 8 planches couleurs en trichromie phototypie sur B.K.F. de Rives, reproductions en N/B et texte sur vélin de Renage à la forme, broché sous étui, non coupé, couverture rempliée, très bon état.
First English edition, 8vo (210 x 130 mm), lv, [1], 288pp., with the half-title, faint unobtrusive stamp to title page, 2 engraved plates, one folding table, some light browning and spotting, some minor water-staining more so to the last ten leaves, later maroon cloth, lower hinge torn. The French physician Philippe Pinel (1745-1826), who founded the French School of Psychiarry at Hospice de la Salp?triere, has been described as 'the father of modern psychiatry'. "Pinel was among the first to treat insane humanely; he dispensed with chains and placed his patients under the care of specially selected physicians. Garrison considered the above book one of the foremost medical classics, giving as it did a great impetus to humanitarian treatment of the insane."?Garrison-Morton. The first edition of his Traite medico-philosophique sur l'alienation mentale; ou la manie appeared in 1801. Provenance: Formerly in the library of the Birmingham Medical Institute. Hook & Norman, Haskell F. Norman Library II, 1704; Hunter & Macalpine, pp. 602-610; Garrison-Morton, 4922; Wellcome IV, p. 388.
