Smith Henry Col (8 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 13 photographs (illustrator). First Edition. Near fine in original wrappers. This copy still has the external wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. "With Henry Smith's Compliments" handwritten in ink on the title page. Hard cover. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. Octavo. [viii] 121pp. plus numerous plates of illustrations of sketches by Dr. Derrick T. Vail made during actual operations in Jullandur. Plain green endpapers with the signature of S. Lewis Ziegler on the front free endpaper. Lt. col. Henry "Jullundur" Smith, served in the Indian Medical Service, mostly in Jullundur, Punjab. In 1905 he published a landmark paper titled "Extraction of cataract in the capsule". Smith's operation, an operation for removing cataracts with the capsule intact, is named for him. S. Lewis Ziegler invented the "Ziegler Knife", a specialized device that ophthalmologic surgeons use to perform incisions on the iris or other adnexal tissues within the anterior chamber.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hard cover. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. Octavo. [viii] 121pp. plus numerous plates of illustrations of sketches by Dr. Derrick T. Vail made during actual operations in Jullandur. Decorative publisher's end papers with the bookplate of L. Webster Fox to the front paste down.Lt. col. Henry "Jullundur" Smith, served in the Indian Medical Service, mostly in Jullundur, Punjab. In 1905 he published a landmark paper titled "Extraction of cataract in the capsule". Smith's operation, an operation for removing cataracts with the capsule intact, is named for him. Doctor L. Webster Fox was a prominent ophthalmic surgeon. In his later years, his work took him to the western United States to treat the Blackfeet Indians. For his role in bringing about the elimination of trachoma, an eye disease prevalent among native Americans, Dr. Fox was adopted into the Blackfeet tribe.- Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. With 5 plates, small octavo, nice copy in original cloth, pp. 108.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Pages 256-320. Printed on glossy stock. Numerous black and white photos. Features: Nice Prescott Pianos ad inside front cover; Seen through New Hampshire Eyes - a letter from San Francisco - article with many nice photos of Chinese people; The exit of the Royal Governor; Songs of Norwich University; The Federal Supreme Court; Arbutus (poem); New Hampshire's young poet - Adelbert Clark; The month of May (poem); The house that Jack built; New Hampshire Necrology. Some moisture staining. Pencil markings to front cover and page 305. Peripheral chipping. Contents in quality condition. A worthy vintage copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Issued. First Collected. Volumes I-IV, VII, VIII (6 volumes of an eventual 8), reprinting the papers presented to the Bucks County Historical Society. Uniformly bound in red cloth, spine panels lettered in gilt. All volumes show minor soiling to cloth and slight rubbing to extremities, with text block edges typically a bit tanned by age, mild rubbing to portions of edges. Vol. VIII is minimally ex-library, with call label on lower spine, F&M College (Gift of B. F. Fackenthal, Jr.) book plate mounted inside front cover. Vol. VIII shows minor loss (nibbling?) at top corner through most of text block, not affecting any text, this copy thus Good only, the set overall VG. Firm bindings, clean interiors. Approx. 600-750 pp. per volume. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover / Hardback. Condition: Good. First edition. Hardback. A book of Reminiscences by one of the senior police officers (City of London Police) involved in the unsolved Jack the Ripper murders which took place in Whitechapel, 1888. He was one of the few who was given a favourable press at the time. Chapter XVI is entitled 'Of the Ripper and His Deeds - And of the Criminal Investigator, Sir Robert Anderson'. An important Ripper associated book, and one of the rarest. One Portrait Frontis. with printed signature and tissue-guard. 237pp. lge. 8vo. h/back. Original red cloth with gilt lettering to fr. cover and sp. titles. Teg, uncut edges, Unfortunately, this scarce book has sustained water damage to pretty much all of the pages (the image looks worse than it actually is). It's mostly to the page margins, leaving the text unaffected. The covers have also been affected, but is almost imperceptible being confined mostly to the lower quarter. The tail of the sp. has also been damaged (see image). There is an embossed 'Presentation Copy' stamp to the top right-hand corner of the tp. Still an acceptable copy of an extremely rare police memoir. A fairly heavy book which will require additional postage if shipped overseas. G. only.