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Essai sur les etablissemens necessaires et les moins dispendieux by DULAURENS

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Title: Essai sur les etablissemens necessaires et les moins dispendieux
Author: DULAURENS
Seller: Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description: Paris: Royez, 1787. FIRST EDITION. With 2 large folding letterpress tables. Nineteenth-century calf-backed boards; spine rubbed, occasional light foxing, but otherwise a good, complete copy. First edition of this economic guide to hospitals. Here the author, a military and port physician, sets out the services that must be offered at a medical facility along with the cheapest way of providing them. He describes the proper furniture and rooms that should be built as well as pharmacies, chaplains, and staff. The final part of the text calls for a standardized educational program for doctors. The two folding letterpress tables serve as boilerplate charts that Dulaurens insists hospitals should keep in order to maintain accountability and streamline prognoses. The first lists one day of patient registrations at the Hôpital Royal de la Marine de Rochefort, where Dulaurens was a physician, and their names, date of entry, symptoms, medications given, dietary regime, observations after treatment, number of bloodlettings, and number of purgatives. The second chart repeats the first, but in a shorthand format for quicker work. OCLC records 6 copies in the U.S. (Yale, NLM, Ohio State, Amherst, Hagley, Michigan) Wellcome II: 496; Blake 128.

Samuel C. Morton, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Manuscript Letter Copy Book, 1858-1865 by Morton, Samuel C., (1808-1867)

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Title: Samuel C. Morton, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Manuscript Letter Copy Book, 1858-1865
Author: Morton, Samuel C., (1808-1867)
Seller: Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Description: Quarto, bound in cloth, boards detached, very worn and chipped, spine lacking, first signature (unused index) loose, as is first page. Volume comprises 239 mss copied letters on 263 pre-numbered pages, all dated between January 26th, 1858 to October 25th, 1865. Blotter paper and four soiled sheets still present, chipped. Text in very good legible condition. Samuel C. Morton was a Philadelphia based merchant. He was the son of John Morton, Jr. and his wife Margaret Canby. Born in 1808 in Wilmington, Delaware, Samuel upon arriving in Philadelphia, served an apprenticeship with Bunker & Straw, flour merchants, on the river front, near Walnut Street. He afterward became one of the proprietors of the store, the firm being named "Samuel C. Morton & Co." He was a merchant in the West Indian trade, exporting flour and importing sugar and molasses. His parents families were intertwined by marriage with a number of old prominent Philadelphia families, such as the Biddle, Clement, Coates, Drinker, Lea, Paxson and Shipley families, all old Philadelphia (PA) and Wilmington (DE) area Quaker families. From 1847 to 1857, Morton was president of the American Fire Insurance Company of Philadelphia. He became the president of the Philadelphia Board of Trade in 1857, replacing Thomas P. Hoopes. He resigned the presidency of the Board of Trade in 1865, and in February of 1866, was succeeded by John Welsh, one time United States minister to Great Britain. Other business interests of Morton included his service as a director of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank of Philadelphia, and as a director of the Chesapeake and Delaware Bay Canal. He was also a director of the Mercantile Library Company of Philadelphia. He maintained an office at 310 Walnut Street and resided at 220 South Broad Street, both in Philadelphia. Morton's death was reported in the "Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Volume 19, 1867." This journal reports that Morton was a member of the society and that he had died on April 23rd, 1867. Samuel C. Morton's letter copy book consists mostly of correspondence dealing with his business affairs and in particular, concerns his land investments in various towns in Illinois, namely Monticello and Savanna. Personal matters are also dealt with, such as the settlement of his uncle's estate (Samuel Canby Paxson), of which he and William Biddle were executors. The estate was a complicated one and was owed monies from various individuals. Samuel Canby Paxson married Elizabeth Drinker. Besides his land ventures, the letters discuss railroads in Illinois, as well as Morton's investments in other railroad lines as a way to help promote commerce between his city and other parts of the county. Morton was a consultant on rail issues and keenly interested in them both as investment vehicles, and in their promotion as a means of improving trade and commerce. For instance he was involved in their promotion on the Philadelphia Board of Trade: "Report of the Philadelphia Board of Trade, in relation to the Delaware Rail Road, and its connection the commercial interests of Philadelphia,... April 3rd, 1856," which was written up by the Philadelphia Board of Trade's Committee on Inland Transportation, a committee that Morton sat on. Much of Morton's correspondence is with individuals in Illinois. One such person is Dr. E. Woodruff, a druggist, of Savanna, Illinois, who is overseeing Morton's land and real estate interests at Savanna. In 1857, Savanna, Illinois, was designated as the terminus of the Racine and Mississippi Railroad, as a result there was a boom and the town flourished. Morton invested in lots in Savanna near the railroad. Morton writes about the lots he owns, what to do with them, when to sell, at what prices, and matters concerning paying taxes and monies owed him, some debts were long overdue. Another correspondent is James F. Outten, Esq, of Monticello, Illinois, the town recorder, and one time court clerk. Morton writes discussing his properties in that area, i.e. taxes due, overdue payments from a Mr. William Rea. Morton also writes Rea, who is a year behind in settling his accounts. William J. Black, of Springfield, Illinois, was written to on a number of occasions by Morton, as was William E. Lodge, a Monticello, Illinois, based lawyer for the Wabash & Illinois Central Railroad. John H. Rauch, of Chicago, Illinois, received several letters from Morton. Morton discusses his land investments, properties, and monies owed him, the sale of lots, laying out streets, etc. The correspondence also inevitably touches upon the larger issues of the day, the impending sectional struggle and the American Civil War, such as this first mention in a letter of April 15, 1861: "Our community is much excited at the surrender of Fort Sumpter [sic], and a Civil War seems now inevitable, as we have at the north, lone enough, tolerant." A second letter the same day expands: "We are under much excitement today, owing to the surrender of Fort Sumpter [sic], the President has issued a Proclamation calling for 75,000 troops, other contest has now fairly begun as to the result I have no doubt." On December 20, 1861 he writes to Woodruff: "The weather is undually [sic] mild and I never remember such a December. Our canals are as open as mid-summer, and fortunate it is, that it is so, for all avenues to market are needed - matters looked a little warlike with England two days ago, but private letters intimate that the difficulty may be addressed, with proper degree of prudence on the part of the U. States. When we get through with the Rebellion, we can then take the hypocritical knaves of the British nation in hand & settle accounts." There are a number of mentions of the war's intrusion on the business affairs of Morton. Although he doesn't address the Battle of Gettysburg, he does mention on July 10, 1863 the following: "...'ere this you will have heard of the fall of Vicksburg - the rebels are not yet driven over the Potomac, hard fighting may be looked for." Philadelphia, and many large cities, feared the kind of riots that were triggered by word of the draft in New York. Pennsylvania apparently learned from New York's experience, and squelched any discontent before it could erupt into violence. On July 31st, 1863, Morton writes: "I expect to leave home this day week for a residence of two months in Montrose, Susquehanna County, Penna. The drafting has been going on for some days, very quickly in this City, and the worst Wards have been gone through without disturbance."

A Guide for the Undehemorrhoided (Signed First Edition) by WILLEFORD, Charles

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Title: A Guide for the Undehemorrhoided (Signed First Edition)
Author: WILLEFORD, Charles
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: Boynton Beach, FL: Star Publishing Company, 1977. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 32 pages. A slim memoir about his hemorrhoid surgery from the author of many noir classics like "Miami Blues" and "The Burnt Orange Heresy." A very good plus copy in yellow cloth boards with some internal foxing to the first and last pages and in a bright near fine dust jacket. Signed and humorously inscribed by Willeford on the front free endpaper: "To Saul H. cohen keep a good grip on your sphincter. Charles Willeford.

Cottage Economy: Containing information relative to the brewing of beer, making of bread, keeping of cows, pigs, bees, ewes, goats, poultry and rabbits, and relative to other matters deemed useful in the conducting of the affairs of a labourer's family by Cobbett, William (1763-1835)

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Title: Cottage Economy: Containing information relative to the brewing of beer, making of bread, keeping of cows, pigs, bees, ewes, goats, poultry and rabbits, and relative to other matters deemed useful in the conducting of the affairs of a labourer's family
Author: Cobbett, William (1763-1835)
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Description: London: Printed and Published by C. Clement, No. 183, Fleet Street, 1822. 16mo. (19 x 11.5 cm.), [iv], 207, iv pages. Index. FIRST EDITION, original issue, bound from the seven monthly parts published between August 1, 1821 and March 1, 1822 (no entry for February, 1822 was issued); with an added title page for the whole, dated 1822, and an added Index at rear. An important rural handbook, from the English pamphleteer, journalist and British MP William Cobbett (1763-1835). Fleeing potential imprisonment in England, he spent considerable time in the Canada and the newly formed U.S., and even operated a bookstore with a decidedly loyalist leaning in Philadelphia. During a later stay on Long Island, he wrote one of the first works on American horticulture, The American Gardener (1821), in which he strongly disapproved of what he saw here. He returned to England and published this work the following year. Originally bound from the seven monthly parts; this copy removed from a later binding, and binding not present. Still, the text block is untrimmed and clean. Scarce. [OCLC is utterly unclear on this title, with most copies corresponding to the stereotyped edition which followed this (but who the heck knows?); Attar 46.1; Cagle 613; Pearl, William Cobbett 115].

Public & Private: Twenty Years Photographing the Presidency; Foreword by Michael Beschloss. Commentaries by the Presidents and First Ladies by Walker, Diana

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Title: Public & Private: Twenty Years Photographing the Presidency; Foreword by Michael Beschloss. Commentaries by the Presidents and First Ladies
Author: Walker, Diana
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
ISBN: 9780792269076
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Description: Washington DC: National Geographic, 2002. First Edition. Leather bound. Near fine/very good. First edition of Public & Private: Twenty Years Photographing the Presidency by Diana Walker, inscribed to George H.W. Bush's Chief of Staff, Craig L. Fuller.. Octavo, 200pp. Blue leather, title embossed on cover. In publisher's dust jacket, lightly worn, in very good condition. Inscribed by the author and photographer on the title page: "For Craig and Karen, who were totally involved / in two of my five administrations! If Craig appears / on page 129, how come no picture of Karen?? How did I / miss you in the Reagan years? All my best to you both, always, / Diana / Diana Walker / December 2002." At the age of 34, Craig L. Fuller was asked to serve as the Chief of Staff for Vice President George H.W. Bush. He had previously served in the Reagan administration as the Assistant to the President for Cabinet Affairs. After serving as Chief of Staff for 4-years, it was assumed that Fuller would follow Bush to the White House in 1989. Shortly after the 1988 election, the President-elect told Fuller that New Hampshire Governor John H. Sununu would serve as his White House Chief of Staff. Fuller was disappointed and decided to return to the private sector, where he enjoyed a successful career in corporate and public affairs.

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