Alternative Health / Medicine
London: William Heinemann Medical Books, 1973. Hardcover. Tall narrow quarto. [10pp.] Blue cloth gilt-lettered on front board. Large two-color body diagrams showing acupuncture points. Boards marked, rubbed & a little discolored, spine ends chafed, a few light pencil marks to some pages (easily erased ) - a solid near VG... More
Pondicherry: School for Perfect Eyesight / Sri Aurobindo Ashram, 1992. Reprint. Softcover. Small octavo. vi + 240pp. Printed wrappers. Spine slightly faded, top-edge toned, else a solid, clean VG copy. More
Seoul, Korea: Sung-Eum-Kak Publishing Co., Ltd., 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 146pp. Red cloth gilt-lettered on spine & front board. The author invented "Aoum-Vibration Therapy" which he claimed saved the lives of over 10,000 people and had the capacity to save the world. Several color plates. Spine ends chafed... More
Chicago, IL: The Hood Medical Book Co., (1901). First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Large, thick octavo. xxxii + 1072pp. Green decorated cloth, with titling in red and black to spine and front boards. Patterned edges. Line drawings in text. A massive work on diseases, their causes, cure, and management, with some... More
Rochester, NY: The Author, 1938. Reprint: Fourty (sic) - third printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 110pp (+vi pp index). Blue patterned cloth with gilt titling to front board. Illustrated with b&w photographs and line drawings. Folding photographic chart: "Reflexology Chart. The Ingham Reflex Method of Compression Massage" loosely inserted at rear. Related..... More
Rochester, NY: The Author, 1963. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. 110pp. Green pebbled cloth with gilt titling to front board. Illustrated with b&w photographs and line drawings. The cover title reads "Stories The Feet Have Told. Compression Massage" while the title page has " "Massage. The Ingham Reflex Method of... More
Tokyo/New York: Japan Publications, 1984. First Edition. Softcover. Small quarto. 144pp. Index. B/w illustrations by Melissa Sweet. Tara examines the "oriental view" of mental health and discusses the use of a macrobiotic diet to treat and prevent behavioral problems. Light overall shelfwear but still a tight, unmarked VG+ copy. More
York Beach, ME: Samuel Weiser, 1989. First US Softcover Edition. Softcover. Small octavo. 192pp. Top-edge faintly foxed, else a tight, clean near-Fine copy. More
AMBROSE, Gordon, & NEWBOLD, George.
London: Staples Press, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 196pp. Light blue cloth lettered in black on spine. Spine ends rubbed, top-edge foxed, page-edges age-toned, else a clean VG+ copy in near-VG dust jacket (dust jacket slightly rubbed & discolored, small shelf sticker taped at bottom of spine, a few short edge-tears). More
St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn, 2003. Second Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 222pp. Bibliography & index. B/w illustrations. Page-edges age-toned, top-corner crease to rear wrapper, else a clean VG+ copy. More
New York, NY: Rawson, Wade Publishers, 1978. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 206pp. Yellow papered boards lettered in black on spine. Bibliography & index. Spine leaned & chafed at ends, extremities rubbed, top-edge a little browned, otherwise a solid near-VG copy in near-VG dust jacket (dust jacket back flap creased, slightly... More
London: A. Nelson Homoeopathic Pharmacy, ND. Softcover. Pamphlet. 24pp. Printed wrappers. Page-edges lightly browned, a few edge chips to wrappers, else a solid near-VG copy. More
New York, NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1920. First American edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. xiv + 142pp. Original navy cloth w/ gilt title and publisher to spine and cover, and gilt rules, index. Formerly published in England as "One Thing I Know, or The Power of the Unseen". Light bumping... More
New York: Anchor Books, 1974. First US Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 208pp. Index, references, b&w illustrations, graphs. A reprint of groundbreaking work on the subject of Kirlian Photography. Spine ends slightly rubbed, edges a little darkened. Otherwise, a tight and bright Near Fine copy. More
New York: Interface Book, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo.182pp. Red cloth with yellow titling to spine and upper board, multi-color early pages, index, references, color and b&w illustrations, references, graphs and diagrams. An early work on the subject of Kirlian Photography. Spine ends slightly rubbed, edges a little darkened, top..... More
London: G. & W. B. Whittaker, 1823. Second Edition. Hardcover. Slim octavo. 38pp pamphlet. Half fine-grained brown leather binding over marbled paper boards by renowned London book-binder Bernard C. Middleton. Two raised bands, gilt title and decorative rules on the spine. An account of what would now be termed the... More
San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1984. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. xii + 176 pp. + iv pp. advertisements. Notes, glossary, bibliography, b&w illustrations. A comprehensive book devoted to the unique potential of quartz crystals as agents of healing and self-transformation. Upper rear corner creased, pages somewhat browned. Otherwise, a tight... More
Calcutta, India: Firma KLM Private Limited, 1981. First edition. Softcover. Booklet. viii + 36pp. Chipping & slight loss to top of spine, wrappers a little rubbed & discolored, else a tight, clean near-VG copy. More
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead, 1941. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 242pp. Blue papered boards gilt-lettered on spine. Index. Spine slightly leaned & chafed at ends, nick to bottom-corner of front board, top-edge foxed, previous owner inscription & bookseller sticker on front free endpaper, pen & pencil underlining & marginalia... More
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1921. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. 288pp. Brown cloth gilt-lettered on spine. Index & glossary. The author explores scientific suggestion and auto suggestion as a method of healing and in education. Ex-library copy (Ferring Grange Hotel & Country Club) with a number of inkstamps. Spine a bit... More
New York: NP [ Medical Heritage Library ], 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 40pp. Cloth covered boards lettered in black on upper cover, b&w frontis and illustrations. The author, George Miller Beard (1839 – 1883), was an American neurologist who took a particular interest in debunking the claims of spiritualists... More
York Beach, ME: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 2000. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. xiv + 258pp. "The Union of Eastern and Western wisdom to heal your body, mind, and soul." Bibliography & index. Color plates & b/w illustrations. Tiny tear at bottom of spine, else a clean, tight VG+ copy. More
New York, NY: Macmillan Company, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 270 pp. Dark blue cloth with gilt titling to spine and upper board; b&w illustrations, appendix, index. Ex-library copy with ink stamp to front end paper, verso of title page, bookplate. Spine ends, edges, and corners quite rubbed and bumped... More
London: Health for All Publishing Co., 1948. Reprint. Hardcover. 24mo. 110pp. Green cloth lettered in black on spine & front board. B/w frontis. & plates. "A completely illustrated system of self-treatment for defective vision and diseases of the eyes." Two copies of the printed eye test card loosely-inserted (one of... More
London: Health for All Publishing Co., 1952. Reprint. Hardcover. 24mo. 198pp. Red cloth lettered in black on spine & front board. B/w illustrations. "A completely illustrated system of self-treatment for defective vision and diseases of the eyes." Printed eye test card loosely-inserted (card is unevenly discolored). Book condition: Pages lightly... More
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