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2003Best.-Nr. 3007586Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana 2003. Paperback. Like New. in x in x in. Unread. Pages still uncut. No markings in book. Text in Italian. 579pp. Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana paperback
Best.-Nr. SONG1588081109Used: Good unknown
Best.-Nr. 1304146189.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Best.-Nr. 1390741206.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Best.-Nr. 1484827856.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Best.-Nr. 0980029066.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Best.-Nr. SONG1853029491Used: Good unknown
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1966Best.-Nr. 208Life at High Altitudes Pan American Health Organization WHO 1966 Softcover Subtitle: "Proceedings of the Special Session held during the Fifth Meeting of the PAHO Advisory Committee on Medical Research 15 June 1966 Scientific Publication No. 140." Topic: Papers and discussions on the 'natural and acquired acclimatization of man to high altitudes examining its morphological physiological clinical and demographic patterns.' Published by Pan American Health Organization of the World Health Organization Washington D. C. Softcover has some spots and stains as well as an indentation on the front that resonates through the first few pages. Staple binding has left rust stains on the cover. No writing or markings. Overall it is in Good Plus G condition. Pan American Health Organization paperback
1927Best.-Nr. 21065Wellington: Department of Tourist and Health Resports. Very Good. Stapled wraps. Boards a bit browned. Light chipping to spine.; A list of hotels with price range for each town. Including b&w illustrations from photographs and many ads of hotels.; B&W Photographs; Oblong 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 208 pages . 1927. Department of Tourist and Health Resports paperback
1923Best.-Nr. 52587San Diego: Arts & Crafts Press Printers and Binders 1923. 12mo. 122 pp. Photo frontisp. decorated title page numerous plates. Gray publisher’s cloth decorated and lettered in blue blue ruling slight bumping to lower corners still NF copy inscribed by Minna K. Powell to Marion Talley 1906-1983 noted American opera singer. First edition signed of this scarce title on exercise and diet for women ghostwritten for Blair b. 1863 by her sister Minna K. Powell music editor in Kansas City MO at the time. In 1918 Blair who had been a successful home economics teacher and instructor in sewing began suffering serious debilitating disease and decided to recuperate using diet and exercise. Eventually she began giving lectures and performing stunts demonstrating her good health such as when at age 70 she performed by walking on the ledge of the roof of the Waldorf Hotel in New York. Minna K. Powell who was her younger sister as well as music editor for the Kansas City Star was friend and one of the biggest proponents and boosters for Marion Talley’s opera career. Arts & Crafts Press, Printers and Binders, hardcover
1926Best.-Nr. 61662New York: Earle Liederman 305 Broadway 1926. 8vo. 218 pp. plus 4 pp. publisher’s ads. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates. Flexible black publisher’s cloth lettering embossed in blind on front cover minor shelfwear rubbing still VG bright copy. Second printing of this guide to Earle Liederman’s mail order correspondence weight lifting course in the Roaring 20’s. Pollack & Todd point out that he was the first to use “the virile image of enhanced American masculinity to sell a weekly course delivered by mail on a multimillion-dollar scale.” Liederman’s claims became more outlandish as the business expanded and in 1929 his “palpably false” ads attracted the attention of the Federal Trade Commission and he was forced to cease-and-desist abandoning $ 100000 in advertisements and the business failed during the Great Depression. See: Ashawnta Jackson The King of Mail-Order Muscles JSTOR Daily Oct. 25 2021. Earle Liederman, 305 Broadway, hardcover
2015Best.-Nr. 27030New York:: Farrar Straus & Giroux 2015. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with a slight curl to the bottom edge of the front panel. Luc Sante gives us a panoramic view of the dark and shadowy Pairs which has nearly vanished but whose traces are in the bricks and stones of the contemporary city in the culture of France itself and by extension throughout the world. Drawing on testimony from a great range of witnesses Sante whose thorough research is matched only by the vividness of his narration takes the reader on a whirlwind tour. Richly illustrated with more than three hundred images The Other Paris scuttles through the knotted pre-Haussmann streets through the improvised accommodations of the original bohemians through the whorehouses and dance halls and hobo shelters of the old city. Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, unknown
2015Best.-Nr. 26831New York:: Farrar Straus & Giroux 2015. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine unclipped dust jacket. Luc Sante gives us a panoramic view of the dark and shadowy Pairs which has nearly vanished but whose traces are in the bricks and stones of the contemporary city in the culture of France itself and by extension throughout the world. Drawing on testimony from a great range of witnesses Sante whose thorough research is matched only by the vividness of his narration takes the reader on a whirlwind tour. Richly illustrated with more than three hundred images The Other Paris scuttles through the knotted pre-Haussmann streets through the improvised accommodations of the original bohemians through the whorehouses and dance halls and hobo shelters of the old city. Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, unknown
1830Best.-Nr. M11919Philadelphia:: L. Johnson 1830. 1830. "4th improved edition." 8vo. 385-90 381 pp. Foxed throughout not hindering legibility. Original red cloth spine paper title label; front cover detached but present ffe loose extremities worn spine chipped. Rear free endpaper early ownership signature. As is. RARE. The first volume of a pioneer American health journal published from 1829-33. It features a selection of fascinating perspectives on medicine including analyses of the effects on health of headwear wine and malt liquor consumption mealtimes and water drinking among other things as well as considerations of race and longevity quacks mothering and more. On tobacco: "'A Victim of the Weed' is desirous of knowing whether he can at once abandon his pipe and segars or must part company in a gradual manner. Our advice is to desist immediately and entirely from the use of tobacco in every form and in any quantity however small" 220. On race: "The differences in this respect are primitive in the different races; the mucous body or varnish which constitutes the layer between the true skin beneath and the outer covering or cuticle being white or nearly so in the European or Caucasian races; yellowish in the Mongul or African; and black in the African" 146. On the education of girls: "Under twelve years of age it should be an invariable rule that the hours of close application should never exceed those of amusement and exercise" 267. Contains nos. 1-24: September 9 1829 through August 25 1830. L. Johnson, 1830. hardcover
1830Best.-Nr. M11919Philadelphia:: L. Johnson 1830. 1830. "4th improved edition." 8vo. 385-90 381 pp. Foxed throughout not hindering legibility. Original red cloth spine paper title label; front cover detached but present ffe loose extremities worn spine chipped. Rear free endpaper early ownership signature. As is. RARE. The first volume of a pioneer American health journal published from 1829-33. It features a selection of fascinating perspectives on medicine including analyses of the effects on health of headwear wine and malt liquor consumption mealtimes and water drinking among other things as well as considerations of race and longevity quacks mothering and more. On tobacco: "'A Victim of the Weed' is desirous of knowing whether he can at once abandon his pipe and segars or must part company in a gradual manner. Our advice is to desist immediately and entirely from the use of tobacco in every form and in any quantity however small" 220. On race: "The differences in this respect are primitive in the different races; the mucous body or varnish which constitutes the layer between the true skin beneath and the outer covering or cuticle being white or nearly so in the European or Caucasian races; yellowish in the Mongul or African; and black in the African" 146. On the education of girls: "Under twelve years of age it should be an invariable rule that the hours of close application should never exceed those of amusement and exercise" 267. Contains nos. 1-24: September 9 1829 through August 25 1830. L. Johnson, 1830. hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 0266951333.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1970Best.-Nr. MED0494Tokyo: Japanese Association of Rural Medicine. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover. 317 pp. Spine corners bumped. Jacket edges worn. Small tears. Papers from a conference on rural medicine held in Usuda Japan Sept. 30 - Oct. 4 1969 ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall . Japanese Association of Rural Medicine hardcover
1996Best.-Nr. 038612U.S.A.: Genesis Communications 1996. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Foxing to upper exterior page edges otherwise VG. 246pp. Genesis Communications Paperback
1996Best.-Nr. 036385Genesis Communications 1996. Book. Good. Paperback. Corner crease to cover otherwise VG. 246pp. Genesis Communications Paperback
1996Best.-Nr. 057003Red Wheel/Weiser 1996. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Tight copy 148pp. Red Wheel/Weiser Paperback
1980Best.-Nr. 047332Private By Author 1980. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 8 1/2" x 11" Tall. Oversized softcover with plastic spiral binding. 93pp fully illustrated. Private By Author Paperback
1990Best.-Nr. 067174La Crosse Graphics 1990. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Colorful highlighting on several pages inscription on fly. Author's initials dated on Author's photo page. Attractive burgundy cloth with white and gilt pictorial stampings. 177pp. La Crosse Graphics Hardcover
2000Best.-Nr. 053430Stillness Press 2000. Book. Good. Hardcover. Highlighting throughout owner name on fly. Dust jacket in protective mylar. 273pp. Stillness Press Hardcover
