S.S. Ohio: June 20 & 21, 1900. 8pp. Folio. Light wear and soiling, a few small edge tears. Two issues of the shipboard publication the Egg Island Yellow Journal, published while the S.S. Ohio lay at quarantine anchor off of Egg Island. The Ohio arrived at Nome on June 14..... More

[New York: Planned Parenthood, 1939]. [16]pp. including wrappers. 16mo. Original printed wrappers, stapled. "To achieve for every married couple that fundamental human right -- the right to plan their families -- is the objective of the birth control movement." An interesting little booklet full of brief pictorial charts and statistics..... More

San Gabriel, Ca. Quintin & Westberg, Architects, [before 1953]. [18]pp., printed rectos only, plus seventeen full-page mounted photographs. Quarto. Contemporary cardboard covers with clear outer wrappers, spiral bound. Minor wear, a couple of text leaves, a few photographs, and the rear cover detached but present. A seemingly-unique report on the..... More

Peiping, China: June 4, 1936. [2]pp. Folio. Old fold lines, minor wear, a few contemporary annotations. Letter written by a nurse visiting China, relating her itinerary in China which includes numerous trips to local hospitals and leper colonies. Minnie Goodnow was a registered nurse who served in France during the..... 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: 1833. Broadside, 6.25 x 8.5 inches. Very minor soiling and wear. Cholera was a genuine scourge in 19th-century Mexico, and the present work comes out of the epidemic that broke out in August of 1833. According to parish records, it is estimated that a total of five percent..... 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

Los Angeles: Petrole Remedy Co., 1899. [32],[2]pp. Oblong octavo. Original pictorial wrappers, stapled. Minor creasing across spine. Light toning and dust soiling internally. A splendid patent medicine promotional that advertises "Petrole," a combination and concentration of various oils that promises to harness, "the medicinal properties of petroleum," for all that..... More

Santee, Ne. Santee Normal Training School, 1908. 11pp. Original printed wrappers, stitched as issued. Light toning. A short, early 20th-century pamphlet printed entirely in Dakota Sioux intended to educate the Santee Reservation population on the dangers of tuberculosis. The present work is one of the few medical publications issued by..... 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

[New York: 1948]. Thirty-six parts, plus twelve extra brochures. With original envelopes. Light wear. The complete six week mail order course for debutante success. First published in 1940 and re-copyrighted every subsequent year, the DuBarry Success Course was originated by the Richard Hudnut Salon in New York City. It was..... More