Casper Leopold Dr (7 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Wrappers. 8vo, 120 pp. Very good copy, covers slightly chipped. Privately printed memoir. Dr. Casper was a renowned urologist who had a clinic in Berlin. He was born in 1859 and left Germany when the Nazis came to power, first settling in France and the United States, resuming his practice (!) in New York. He died at age 100. This memoir appeared when the author was in his 90s. Fascinating look at the life and experiences of this Jewish-German doctor through times of great turmoil. In German; includes in English introductory remarks made at a dinner in honor of his 90th birthday and an address by Casper on the same occasion, "Reflections on the History of Medicine." Scarce. Only two copies in German libraries; due to its having been printed in Germany and in 1951, it is out of the scope of the major exile collections (Frankfurt, Leipzig), although in content it is certainly exile literature. Broschiert. Privatdruck. Erinnerungen eines in 1859 geborenen Berliner Urologs, der wegen Rassenverfolgung in die Vereinigten Staaten im spaeten Alter uebersiedelte. Eine Lebensgeschichte die auch die Sozialgeschichte Berlins und das Milieu deutsch-juedischer Aerzte illuminirt.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Wrappers. 8vo, 120 pp. Fine copy. Privately printed memoir. Dr. Casper was a renowned urologist who had a clinic in Berlin. He was born in 1859 and left Germany when the Nazis came to power, first settling in France and the United States, resuming his practice (!) in New York. He died at age 100. This memoir appeared when the author was in his 90s. Fascinating look at the life and experiences of this Jewish-German doctor through times of great turmoil. In German; includes in English introductory remarks made at a dinner in honor of his 90th birthday and an address by Casper on the same occasion, "Reflections on the History of Medicine." Scarce. Only two copies in German libraries; due to its having been printed in Germany and in 1951, it is out of the scope of the major exile collections (Frankfurt, Leipzig), although in content it is certainly exile literature. Broschiert. Privatdruck. Erinnerungen eines in 1859 geborenen Berliner Urologs, der wegen Rassenverfolgung in die Vereinigten Staaten im spaeten Alter uebersiedelte. Eine Lebensgeschichte die auch die Sozialgeschichte Berlins und das Milieu deutsch-juedischer Aerzte illuminirt.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Wrappers. 8vo, 120 pp. Fair-good externally, cover worn, spine with small chip at top, text in good shape. With a brief unsigned inscription in German on the title page, dated 1954, which is most probably from the author. Privately printed memoir. Dr. Casper was a renowned urologist who had a clinic in Berlin. He was born in 1859 and left Germany when the Nazis came to power, first settling in France and the United States, resuming his practice (!) in New York. He died at age 100. This memoir appeared when the author was in his 90s. Fascinating look at the life and experiences of this Jewish-German doctor through times of great turmoil. In German; includes in English introductory remarks made at a dinner in honor of his 90th birthday and an address by Casper on the same occasion, "Reflections on the History of Medicine." Scarce. Only two copies in German libraries; due to its having been printed in Germany and in 1951, it is out of the scope of the major exile collections (Frankfurt, Leipzig), although in content it is certainly exile literature. Broschiert. Privatdruck. Erinnerungen eines in 1859 geborenen Berliner Urologs, der wegen Rassenverfolgung in die Vereinigten Staaten im spaeten Alter uebersiedelte. Eine Lebensgeschichte die auch die Sozialgeschichte Berlins und das Milieu deutsch-juedischer Aerzte illuminirt. Inscribed by Author(s).…

117p, wraps, previous owner's inscription, VG++.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. From an academic library with the usual stamps and labels. x, 233 pp. Errata slip tipped in. Binding is dark green textured cloth with red title label to spine. Gilt titling to front board. Royal Infirmary Steel clip on tail of spine. A00004606.

Hardcover. Condition: Gut. 2. umgearbeitete und vermehrte Auflage, erschienen 1905. Orig.-Halbleinen mit mont. Titel auf Deckel (sehr ästhetisch!), 17x25, S 384 mit 16 Abb. im Text und 13 Tafeln. Einband leichte Gebrauchsspuren, innen sehr sauber und unversehrt.

E.Postkarte (3 Zeilen) in Tinte mit eigenhändiger Unterschrift, Ort und Datum signiert Berlin, 19.VII.1912 (autograph postcard signed) (Rückseitig auf Postkarte an den Autographensammler und stud.med. (später Dr.med. / Dermatologe) Alwin Scharlau in Rostock, dem er seinen Wunsch nach seinem Autogramm erfüllt.).…