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On the treatment of anchylosis, by the formation of artificial joints

On the treatment of anchylosis, by the formation of artificial joints by Barton, John Rhea

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Seller: Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc.
Title
On the treatment of anchylosis, by the formation of artificial joints
Author
Barton, John Rhea
Seller
Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc. (United States)
Description
1827. First Successful Artificial Joint Barton, John Rhea (1794-1871). On the treatment of anchylosis, by the formation of artificial joints. In North American Medical and Surgical Journal 3 (1827): 279-292; plate. Whole volume, 8vo. vii, [1], [v]-vi, 432pp. 2 plates. 210 x 133 mm. 19th century half calf, marbled boards, leather spine label. Fine apart from occasional light foxing. From the Svenska Läkaresällskapets Bibliotek, with the library's 19th century stamp on the title. First Edition. Barton, a Philadelphia surgeon, was the first to create an artificial joint as a remedy for ankylosis (solid fusion of a joint). "His conception of an operation to restore motion to a fused hip joint was brilliant. His patient was a twenty-one-year-old sailor who had been injured in a fall on shipboard in which he sustained an injury to the right hip. The hip became stiff in a position of flexion and adduction. Barton reasoned that if he divided the bone and persisted in moving the osteotomy site during the convalescent period that a pseudoarthrosis [false joint] would develop, the ends of the bond becoming covered with fibrocartilage and held together by a fibrous capsule. This complication of diaphyseal fractures was well known to the surgeons of the day" (Peltier. p. 245). The success of Barton's operation paved the way for the use of osteotomy to correct joint deformities and preserve joint motion, eventually leading to modern artificial joint surgery. Peltier, Orthopedics, pp. 245-46. Garrison-Morton 4451. .
Gems of the Exhibition. [Cover-title] 1851

Gems of the Exhibition. [Cover-title] 1851

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Seller: Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books
Title
Gems of the Exhibition. [Cover-title] 1851
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Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books (United States)
Description
1851. Quarto. Original leather, stamped in blind and gilt, title stamped in the center of the upper cover. Colored dome-topped engraving (10 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches; 26 x 18 cm. ) of the Exhibition hall, plus 12 unsigned hand-colored prints mounted on card, illustrating various exhibits: Crystal Fountain, Silk Tent, Her Majesty's Boudoir, etc. The prints measure 7 3/8 x 5 1/2 inches. Binding rubbed and worn, and with a 3x4 inch piece of leather cut from the covering of the back cover. Despite the wear to the covers and soiling of the mats, the prints are in remarkably fresh condition.
Padlocks and Girdles of Chastity: An historical and descriptive notice

Padlocks and Girdles of Chastity: An historical and descriptive notice by (Bonneau, Alcide)

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Seller: Thorn Books
Title
Padlocks and Girdles of Chastity: An historical and descriptive notice
Author
(Bonneau, Alcide)
Seller
Thorn Books (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Paris: Isidore Lideux, 1892. First edition in English. Hardcover. Fine. First edition in English, later furtively reprinted. 5 text illustrations. Includes Freydier's Speech Against Their Use. Contemporary three quarter morocco, spine in 6 compartments, gilt; t.e.g. A fine copy of an extremely interesting historical and descriptive account of Girdles of Virginity and their use among the Greeks, Romans and other nations. Translated from the French.
Bucolica, Georgica et Aeneis ....

Bucolica, Georgica et Aeneis .... by Vergilius Maro, Publius

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Title
Bucolica, Georgica et Aeneis ....
Author
Vergilius Maro, Publius
Seller
Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition
A good copy; joint and backstrip scuffed; some wear to the corners; internally occ. light spotting but very good; untrimmed.
Description
Paris: Firmin Didot, 1791. Later Printing.. Contemporary (somewhat later?) three-quarter leather.. A good copy; joint and backstrip scuffed; some wear to the corners; internally occ. light spotting but very good; untrimmed.. Folio. 2 leaves, [4], 513 pp.; note - [4] page intro. bound after p. 12 of text. Schweiger states: ' ... correct und gut gedruckt ....' This, however, is the first and last good thing he mentions about the printing. This printing of Vergil was long in the making and intended to supersede the Baskerville edition in beauty. Although a handome book Wroth, Schweiger, Brunet etc. all feel the typeface and selection of format is not a success. It is one of a hundred copies produced and is signed and numbered for the publisher on the verso of the last leaf. Schweiger, Latin, II,2, 1180; Brunet V, 1293; see Wroth, p. 221.
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Southern Mutual Insurance Company, / Of Baton Rouge. / [followed by a partially printed form, completed in manuscript, certifying that S.M. Hart is entitled to $70 "in the net earned profits … for the year ending the 31st day of January, 1861"]. Signed by William S. Pike as President and F.E. Hebert as Secretary

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Southern Mutual Insurance Company, / Of Baton Rouge. / [followed by a partially printed form, completed in manuscript, certifying that S.M. Hart is entitled to $70 "in the net earned profits … for the year ending the 31st day of January, 1861"]. Signed by William S. Pike as President and F.E. Hebert as Secretary
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Bartlebys Books (United States)
Description
Baton Rouge, LA: The company, 1861. Ephemera. Stock certificate, 7 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches, printed in blue and red, the form enclosed within an ornamental blue border. Most of the text deals with contingencies and terms of payment for the shared profits. A rare Confederate imprint and Civil War-era financial document. Not in Parrish & Willingham or Hummel. Not recorded on OCLC. Folded, but very good. (#5529).
Sweet Memories of Dixie [cover and caption title]

Sweet Memories of Dixie [cover and caption title]

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Sweet Memories of Dixie [cover and caption title]
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Bartlebys Books (United States)
Description
Piney Woods (Near Braxton), MS: Laurence C. Jones, Piney Woods School, 1924. 4to. (3) pp. Pages two and three print the music with lyrics to the song, page four, the rear wrapper (with caption title “Results of Fifteen Years Struggle”), is illustrated from nine photographs of buildings and student activities at the Piney Woods School and advertises the publisher's book "Piney Woods and Its Story" (NY, 1922). Original illustrated self-wrappers, with a portrait of the author and publisher, also founder and principal of the "Piney Woods Country Life School," framed in a sepia line drawing of life along a southern River. Very good. (#6702).
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Kazki pro tsyhaniv (Tales of the Gypsies) by Anonymous [Hryshko, Vasyl]

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Kazki pro tsyhaniv (Tales of the Gypsies)
Author
Anonymous [Hryshko, Vasyl]
Seller
ZH BOOKS (United States)
Description
Scranton, PA: Ukrainian Book Store, 1919. Softcover. First edition; 6 x 4 1/2; pp. [1], 4-30; light brown wraps, ruled with an intricate border; thin closed cut to tail of spine; mild age-toning to margins; very good condition. A mysterious little work, it was, presumably, written and published by Vasyl Hryshko, who was considered by some the first Ukrainian bookseller in the United States. Humorous and, at the same time, offensive and steeped in stereotypes, the book contained poems and stories about the gypsies and their lives, including chapters such as "A Gypsy Funeral" and "A Gypsy Bull." Not in OCLC or in the trade (as of July 2015).
Pojken som alltid förde oväsen [English title: The Quiet Mother and the Noisy Little Boy]

Pojken som alltid förde oväsen [English title: The Quiet Mother and the Noisy Little Boy] by ZOLOTOW, Charlotte. Marc Simont, Illustrated by

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Pojken som alltid förde oväsen [English title: The Quiet Mother and the Noisy Little Boy]
Author
ZOLOTOW, Charlotte. Marc Simont, Illustrated by
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9789151060668
Condition
Very Good
Description
[Stockholm]: Carlsen/if, 1989. Hardcover. Very Good. First Swedish edition. Illustrated by Marc Simont. Translated by Ingrid Warne. Slim small quarto. Text in Swedish. Glazed pictorial boards with light wear and some irregular light tanning, very good or better, without jacket as issued.
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ROOM & TIME ENOUGH by Baer, Morley & Mary Austin

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ROOM & TIME ENOUGH
Author
Baer, Morley & Mary Austin
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J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Flagstaff: Northland, 1979. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 75 photos.
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Zorach Explains Sculpture: What It Means and How It Is Made by Zorach, William

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Zorach Explains Sculpture: What It Means and How It Is Made
Author
Zorach, William
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Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition
VG/VG
Description
NY: American Artists Group, 1947. Hardcover. VG/VG. Grey cloth. 302 pp. numerous bw plates. The original edition, quite scarce.
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OPERATION CHAOS by Anderson, Poul

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Title
OPERATION CHAOS
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Anderson, Poul
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Description
OPERATION CHAOS, Berkley Publishing Corporation, 1978, first soft-cover edition, spine faded, else a near fine copy in wraps. Uncorrected proof. Quite scarce thus.

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