A conversation between Tom and Ashley:
A: [vigorously washing hands]
T: Do I even NEED to know?
A: It’s a book-mergency!
T: Huh?
A: Nurse! 3 cc’s of twine and my best needle, stat!
T: I’m not a nurse. Must everything be so dramatic?
A: [stitches pamphlet] Its alivvvve….It’s alive!
T: Make sure you write that repair into your description, sawbones. [walks away] -fin-
![Item #370912 [Photo]: African-American Nurses](https://betweenthecovers.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/370912.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1603004121)
[Circa 1940]. Unbound. Black and white silver print. Approximately 8" x 10". Two light creases in lower left-hand corner, else near fine. Nice image of two African-American nurses collecting their diplomas. Unidentified but probably Philadelphia circa 1940. More
Washington: Goverment Printing Office, 1900. Softcover. First edition. Octavo. 223, [1]pp. Disbound or removed from a nonce volume. Light dampstain along the foredge of the last few leaves, else near fine. Senate Document No. 337 of the 1st Session of the 56th Congress. Correspondence and reports. More
(New York: The New American Library, 1966). Softcover. First edition. Quarto. 128pp. Pictorial wrappers. Small stain on half-title page, wrappers lightly age-toned and scuffed, paperclip impression on top edge of front wrapper, very good. Medical experts speaking on the use of LSD, its effects both negative and positive. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, (1915). Hardcover. New and revised edition. Owner's name, endpapers a little foxed, very good or a little better in good dustwrapper with some chipping and a dampstain on the rear panel. Scarce in jacket. More
![Item #426875 [Archive]: Ticket for Electro Medicated Baths. Dr. George W. BARKMAN](https://betweenthecovers.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/426875.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1568649311)
Baltimore: 1888. Unbound. A small archive containing a typed letter and ticket in original envelope. Near fine with folds from mailing. A letter and ticket sent to Dr. Alex Finsley from Dr. George W. Barkman advertising his new "Electro Medicated Baths" in Baltimore, Maryland. In a press release style letter..... More
Chicago: National Medical Fellowships, Inc., [circa1950s]. Softcover. First edition. 44pp. Stapled wrappers. Small stain on top edge of front and rear wraps, still a very good copy. The changes in the status of Negro medicine. Formerly known as Provident Medical Associates, Inc. More
[1971?]. Unbound. Carbon typescript with a single small hand-correction. 12 quarto leaves typed versos only paper-clipped in the upper corner. A couple of small creases at the corners and a little rust from the paperclip, near fine. Text of a speech read at a symposium on "Contributions of U.S. Minority..... More
New York: Duffield & Company, 1915. Hardcover. First American edition. Translated by Betty Yeomans. Octavo. 170pp. Quarter cloth and papercovered boards with applied title label. Owner's name front fly, some foxing on title label, near fine, lacking the dustwrapper. More
(New York): Arcadia House, (1963). Hardcover. Reprint. Octavo. Fine in near fine slight spine-sunned dustwrapper. Cheerful nurse who spreads love and kindness wherever she goes is discomfited by the penurious daughter of an accident victim. Scarce title. More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, (1952). Hardcover. Limited edition of a book originally published in 1919. Corners slightly rubbed, very near fine in a modestly spine-toned, very good dustwrapper. One of 1500 numbered copies. Long Inscription by the author in 1954 (in a slightly infirm hand – Keith was nearly ninety..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1887. Hardcover. Later printing. 83pp. Eight pages of advertisements in rear. Gilt-stamped brown pebble cloth. Cloth a bit mottled, still very good. More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1912. Hardcover. Stated second edition. Illustrated and with jacket art by Gayle Hoskins. Gift inscription, fine in an attractive, near fine dustwrapper with a couple of small nicks. More
Phoenix, Arizona: Harbinger House, 1952. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in about very good dustwrapper with some moderate chips and tears. One of a limited number of copies Inscribed and signed by the author. Novel about a romance between a surgeon's daughter and a chiropractor's son apparently with a lot of..... More
![Item #420467 [Cabinet Card]: Public Health Nurse. Mrs. Sheal](https://betweenthecovers.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/420467.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1510769021)
Houston, Texas: Anderson Studio, circa 1895. Unbound. A sepia-toned cabinet card measuring 4" x 6.5" with captions on the verso with the logo for Anderson Studios in Houston, Texas. Some rubbing and toning thus very good. A cabinet card from a public health nurse in Houston, Texas. On the verso..... More
![Item #393881 [Photo Album]: Memories from the Central Maine Sanatorium. Maurice POPE](https://betweenthecovers.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/393881.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1457632334)
Fairfield, Maine: 1940-1986. Hardcover. Quarto. Three-ring, 3" thick photo album binder entitled "Memories from the Central Maine Sanatorium" containing 159 black and white photographs and postcards along with some letters and newspaper clippings assembled in 1986 by a former patient, apparently to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the institution. The..... More
New York: Editions Medicina Rara Ltd., Softcover. Limited edition. Elephant folio. Fine portfolio containing twelve single suite, fine loose color plates, reproductions of work by Rowlandson. One of 2800 sets. More
New York: David McKay, (1959). Hardcover. First edition, printed in Great Britain. Foreword by Erle Stanley Gardner. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Pages age-toned, spine ends and corners lightly bumped, a very good copy in an attractive, very good dustwrapper with tiny nicks at the extremities. An early authority..... More
![Item #420510 [Letter]: Note of Gratitude Addressed and Signed to Superintendent Colonel Stevens...](https://betweenthecovers.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/420510.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1536589723)
[New York]: 1835. Unbound. Single page letter. Measuring 7½" x 10½". Creased from mailing with some spotting else near fine. A letter written as a short note of gratitude Signed by the inmates at Bellevue Alms House to the superintendent, Colonel Linus W. Stevens, upon his retirement from the position..... More
Hollywood, California: George Palmer Putnam, Inc., 1939. Hardcover. First edition. About fine in very near fine dustwrapper with slight wear at the extremities. Wonderfully Inscribed by the author to Hollywood columnist Jimmy Starr: "To Jimmy Starr - As you may guess the characters in this book are fictitious - except..... More
Philadelphia: Vir Publishing Company, (1905). Hardcover. New revised edition. Near fine in a very good dustwrapper with a chip at the top of the spine, light edgewear. More