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Published by That New Magazine, New York, 1993
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Magazine. 40p., 8.5x11 inches, articles, reviews, news, photos, illustrations, ads, light wear else good magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Harris on the play "Jeffrey." C. Bard Cole interviews J. the German musician.
Published by William Johnston, London, 1862
Seller: Pride and Prejudice-Books, Ballston Lake, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Volume 2 only. Full leather. xvi, 424 pp. plus 12-page index. The four called-for folding plates are very nice. Chipping at head and foot of spine, both covers detached, faint apothecary stamps on the covers, single stamp of a medical society, some previous owners' names, edge dampstaining along the top of a number of pages at the beginning and end of the book, Fair. Bard's article in this book was the first scientific paper involving a surgical subject from the North American colonies. It described the first abdominal operation for extrauterine pregnancy in America. Bard was the first physician in the colonies to take part in a systematic dissection for the purpose of instruction. Bard practiced in Philadelphia and New York. Important.