Sims Baldwin (8 results)

Condition: New.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 63 Pages Illus.

Condition: New.

hardcover with spiral binding. Condition: good. Good condition. Moderate wear. Pages age toned. Pictures available upon request. ND.

Pamphlet. Condition: Good. covers are about one-half off; sewn biding is holding nicely, though; pencil letter on cover: dup; Compliments of author; ex medical library stamp on title page, no other library indications; there is a crease to the middle that goes all the way through, longitudinally, as though someone these 130 years ago folded it and slipped it into his pocket; some wear and a small point to the back cover, but good overall with no marks; 31p.; THIS IS THE REAL THING, NOT A RE_PRINT.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 31 pp. Original wrappers. Vertical crease. Bottom corners of wrappers and pages bumped. Stain in bottom blank corner of rear wrapper (see photo) and from p. 21 to the end of the text (the stain increases in size toward the back). First Edition. From the Preface: "The following Tribute to the Memory of the eminent surgeon and physician, the late Dr. J. Marion Sims, who recently died in the city of New York, was spoken at a Memorial Meeting of the Medical and Surgical Society of Montgomery, and by that body ordered to be published in the Montgomery Advertiser. It was afterwards reprinted in Gaillard's Medical Journal, January, 1884. At the request of some of the friends and admirers of Dr. Sims it is now published in pamphlet form, with a few additional facts and reflections by the author." Baldwin was one of Sims's oldest and closest friends, having met him when Sims came to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1840. Baldwin's "Tribute" was also published as an Appendix to Sims's Autobiography, The Story of My Life (1884).…