Medical. [Americana] Hey (William), Practical Observations i...

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£80 - £120

Medical. [Americana] Hey (William), Practical Observations in Surgery, Illustrated with Cases and Plates, first American edition, Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by James Humphreys, 1805, [viii], [9]-332, [12] (index and publisher's advert), 9 full-page plates engraved by Benjamin Tanner, some off-setting, later mid-19th c black half-calf over marbled boards, the spine relaid on black cloth, top-edge cut and stained red, others uncut, ffeps split, 8vo, Hilton (John, FRS) & Jacobson (W.H.A., FRCS, editor), On Rest and Pain, second edition, London: George Bell and Sons, 1877, in-text illustrations, original cloth, 8vo, Young (James K.), A Manual and Atlas of Orthopedic Surgery, Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son & Co., 1911, illustrated, original publisher's red cloth, 4to, Cope (Sir Zachary), William Cheselden, 1668-1752, first edition, Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone Ltd., 1953, original dustjacket over cloth, 8vo, Treves (Sir Frederick, Bart), The Elephant Man, first edition, 1923, original cloth, 8vo, Albee's Bone-Graft Surgery, first edition, 1917, red cloth, 8vo, Bristow's Treatment of Joint and Muscle Injuries, first edition, 1917, original red cloth, split, 8vo, Leechbook, 1934, dj, hb, 8vo, others, including anatomy, orthopaedics, Hippocrates, etc., mixed bindings and sizes, (16)


Provenance: The library of Roger Tilston Austin, consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon; later Honorary Librarian of the Leicester Medical Society and its President (2002).