New York: Alcoholic Foundation, Inc., 1943. 28,[1]pp. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Moderate toning, spotting, and edge wear, soft central vertical fold throughout. One sentence underlined, otherwise clean internally. An early pamphlet issued by Alcoholics Anonymous containing important doctrine from the organization's early years. The first sentence provides the motivation behind..... More

Guatemala: 1888. Broadside, 13.25 x 10.25 inches. Printed in gold. Old folds, slight separation, some chipping and wear at right edge. Unusual broadside souvenir printed by a Guatemalan hospital, thanking three bullfighters for fundraising efforts on their behalf. The Hospital General San Juan de Dios de Guatemala was founded in..... More

Merida de Yucatan: Imprenta Mercantil de Ignacio L. Mena y Ca. 1892. 26pp. Original printed wrappers, bound into 20th-century buckram, with numerous blank filler leaves at the rear. Scattered small chips and short, closed tears; one early tissue repair. Some dust soiling and toning; an occasional fox mark. Scarce response..... More

[Various locations, mainly in California and New York: 1953-1959]. Thirty-one letters and postcards; nine photographs; [181]pp. of mostly handwritten notes; plus assorted ephemera. A small but notable archive of materials documenting a portion of Dr. Raymond Feng-chu Chen's experiences as an undergraduate at Harvard and then a medical student at..... More

Middletown, Ct. 1955. 32pp. Spiral bound small folio. Illustrated with numerous black-and-white photo reproductions. Minor wear. A remembrance book produced by a group of conscientious objectors (COs) who worked at the Connecticut State Hospital mental hospital instead of joining the armed forces. In the introduction, they wrote: “Though it is..... More

San Francisco / Osaka: Oriental Culture Book Co., 1962. [2],158,[1]pp., plus photographic frontispiece portrait. Original green cloth, gilt spine titles. Minor wear. A rare autobiography by the blind Japanese American author; Mihara's photo shows him reading a Braille bible with his fingertips. When Mihara was interned at Heart Mountain (where..... More

Mexico City: Tipografia de R. Rafael, 1848. 295pp. Contemporary Mexican calf, spine gilt with leather label. Light wear to extremities, heavier to corners; label a bit chipped. Light foxing and wear to text. Second edition, after the first of the previous year. A popular manual for hygiene and the diagnosing..... More

Mexico City: R. Rafael, 1850. 16pp. Original printed wrappers, stitched as issued. Minor wear, light creasing to rear wrapper, otherwise a very well-preserved copy. A scarce work on cholera, published in the wake of the Mexican-American War. The author identifies himself as a retired medical doctor, and he proceeds to..... More

Valladolid: 1885. 28pp. plus folding table. Original grey printed wrappers. Wrappers with two moderate losses at fore edge; slight tear at fore edge, into the text. Minor wear else. Extremely rare first edition of the founding statues of a printing house employing inmates of the Hospital for the Poor in..... More

Budapest: Franklin-Tarsulat Nyomdaja, 1877. x,[1],220pp. Original russet cloth stamped in black and gilt, a.e.g. Light soiling and wear, corners bumped. Text toned but clean. Szenger was a Hungarian doctor serving in the Medical Corps of Maximilian I's army in Mexico. He witnessed first-hand, therefore, the French intervention in Mexico, including..... More

[Philadelphia]: 1901. [52]pp. Quarto. Original tan printed wrappers, stitched as issued. Closed tear and slight loss in lower front corner, repaired with tape on verso. Light wear, toned, minor soiling. A charming small-press publication comprised of humorous poetry and drawings by Martha Tracy during her tenure as a medical student..... More