Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 1926
Da: OddReads, Harper, TX, U.S.A.
Printer Wrapper. Condizione: Good. spine edge wear; tanning, loose wrapper.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, NEW YORK, 1925
Da: Nemona Collectables, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, U.S.A.
Manoscritto / Collezionismo cartaceo
Soft cover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. COVERS AND LEAVES INTACT.A NEAR FINE COPY BUT BACK COVER HAS SUFFERED SOME ABRASION OR SCRAPING TO PAPER.
Editore: D. C. Heath, Boston, 1935
Da: Sleepy Hollow Books, Huntington, VT, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Blue cloth, dark blue lettering, pictorial, no dj. Juvenile; 26787.
EUR 21,61
Quantità: Più di 20 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: New.
Editore: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, NY, 1926
Da: Clausen Books, RMABA, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.
Stapled Wraps. Condizione: Very Good+. Drawings (illustratore). Textblock and covers very clean and tight; Light edge wear; 24p. Dr. Walter Reed was a pioneer in the field of public health, Infectious Diseases, and discovered the cause and cure for Yellow Fever. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" 7¾" Tall. Booklet.
Editore: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, NY, 1926
Da: Clausen Books, RMABA, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Stapled Wraps. Condizione: Very Good+. Drawings (illustratore). First Printing. Textblock and covers very clean and tight; Light edge wear; 24p. Dr. Edward Jenner developed the first vaccine against Smallpox. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" 7¾" Tall. Booklet.
Editore: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, NY, 1926
Da: Clausen Books, RMABA, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Stapled Wraps. Condizione: Very Good+. Drawings (illustratore). First Printing. Textblock and covers very clean and tight; Light edge wear; 24p. Dr. Trudeau was a pioneer in the treatment of Tuberculosis. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" 7¾" Tall. Booklet.
Editore: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, NY, 1932
Da: Clausen Books, RMABA, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.
Stapled Wraps. Condizione: Very Good+. Drawings (illustratore). Textblock and covers very clean and tight; Light edge wear; 30p. Dr. Koch was a pioneer in the field of public health, Bacteriology, vaccines, dicovered the Tuberculosis bacterium, and won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1905. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" 7¾" Tall. Booklet.
Editore: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, NY, 1926
Da: Clausen Books, RMABA, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Stapled Wraps. Condizione: Very Good+. Drawings (illustratore). First Printing. Textblock and covers very clean and tight; Light edge wear; 24p. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" 7¾" Tall. Booklet.
Editore: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, NY, 1925
Da: Clausen Books, RMABA, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Stapled Wraps. Condizione: Good+. Drawings (illustratore). First Printing. Textblock very clean and tight; Covers mostly clean, with light edge wear; Rear cover has edge wear, wrinkles and scuffs; 32p. Dr. Pasteur developed the process of pasteurization, was a pioneer in the treatment of infectious diseases, and is known as the father of microbiology. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" 7¾" Tall. Booklet.
Editore: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, New York, 1926
Da: Bloomsbury Books, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. First Edition. A left-stapled pamphlet containing 24 internal pages. With front cover illustration of Edward Livingston Trudeau and delightful interior illustrations. Very light rear corner crease.
Editore: Metropolitan Life Insurance, NY, 1926
Da: R & A Petrilla, Booksellers & Appraisers, Roosevelt, NJ, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Original Wraps. Condizione: Very Good. First Thus. 24pp; text illustrations. On the cover is a portrait of Trudeau. 7.75" x 5.5" Taken from the authors' biography of Trudeau, who specialized in the treatment of tuberculosis, earning him the title of "the Beloved Physician.".
Editore: Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., Ottawa, 1926
Da: Antiquarius Booksellers, Falkland, BC, Canada
Prima edizione
EUR 6,30
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloStapled Wrappers. Condizione: VG+. First Canadian Edition. A volume in the series, 'Health Heroes'. The life and work of Edward Livingstone Trudeau [1848-1915]. 24pp, illustrated. Bright and clean. Staples a little rusty and a small, ink signature to the top margin of the front wrapper, otherwise Fine. Weight, 31g. Size: 13.5 by 19.5 Cm. Book.
Editore: Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., Ottawa, 1926
Da: Antiquarius Booksellers, Falkland, BC, Canada
Prima edizione
EUR 6,30
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloStapled Wrappers. Condizione: VG+. First Canadian Edition. A volume in the series, 'Health Heroes'. The life and work of Louis Pasteur [1822-1895]. pioneer microbiologist. 32pp, illustrated. Bright and clean. Staples a little rusty and a small, ink signature to the top margin of the front wrapper, otherwise Fine. Weight, 40g. Size: 13.5 by 19.5 Cm. Book.
Editore: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, New York, 1928
Da: Charles Lewis Best Booksellers, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Octavo, [19.75cm/7.75inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 24. Illustrated w/ pen & ink vignettes by various artists In exceptionally good condition.
Editore: D. C. Heath and Company, 1928
Da: Squeaky Trees Books, Greenfield TWP, ME, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good-. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. Light knock to base of spine, names of two former owners inside, very occasional smudges from fingering, hint of toning to outer margins of pages ; light wear to blue linen covered hardboards with orange embossing to spine and cover, no other markings; 192 pages.
Editore: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, New York, 1928
Da: Peter L. Masi - books, MONTAGUE, MA, U.S.A.
Membro dell'associazione: SNEAB
Pamphlet. Condizione: Used - Very Good. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, New York, copyright 1928. Edition of Jan. 1948. 24 pages. Illustrated. 7.75 x 5.25", pictorial wrapper. VG.
Editore: Metropolitan Life Insurance, New York, 1948
Da: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condizione: Fine. Fine in wrappers, a paperback. Reprint. Staple binding. 32 pages. Clean pages and cover.
Editore: Metropolitan Life Insurance, New York, 1926
Da: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. Very good in wrappers, a paperback. Reprint. Staple binding. 24 pages. Clean text.
Editore: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, San Francisco, CA, 1928
Da: S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA), Modesto, CA, U.S.A.
Pamphlet. Condizione: Near Fine. B&W Illustrations; This pamphlet is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The pamphlet and its contents are in clean, bright condition. This particular issue concerns Florence Nightingale and gives an overview of her career of basically inventing nursing in a war (in this case, the Crimean War). " A little more than 100 years ago, a wealthy Englishman and his wife were traveling in Italy. Europe had then become safe for travelers because the wars of Napoleon had come to an end at last.".
Editore: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, (New York, 1948
Da: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Later printing. 30pp. Stapled wrappers. Wrappers lightly rubbed, near fine.
Editore: Metropolitan Life Insurance c. 1935, New York, 1935
Da: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Condizione: good. First Thus? Edition. 24, wraps, illus., maps, references An expanded life of Edward Jenner by the authors has been published by D. C. Heath & Co., Boston.
Editore: Metropolitan Life Insurance c. 1935, New York, 1935
Da: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Condizione: good. First Thus? Edition. 24, wraps, some wear and soiling to covers This illustrated booklet is taken from the authors' biography of Trudeau, who specialized in the treatment of tuberculosis, earning him the title of "The Beloved Physician." The fuller life of Edward Livingston Trudeau by the authors was published by D. C. Heath & Co., Boston, MA. Edward Livingston Trudeau was the American physician credited with creating tuberculosis sanatoriums that were clean and promoted healing.
Editore: Metropolitan Life Insurance, New York, 1925
Da: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Condizione: fair. First? Edition. First? Printing. 32, wraps, illus., references, covers worn and soiled, some pencil erasure on several pages.
Editore: Metropolitan Life Insurance, New York, 1932
Da: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Condizione: good. First? Edition. First? Printing. 30, wraps, illus., references, some wear and soiling to covers Biography of German-born scientist, Robert Koch, who discovered the tuberculosis bacilus and did early and important work with anthrax.
Da: Forgotten Books, London, Regno Unito
EUR 15,39
Quantità: Più di 20 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloPaperback. Condizione: New. Print on Demand. This captivating biography captures the extraordinary life of Florence Nightingale, a pioneering nurse who revolutionized the field of healthcare during the Crimean War. The author paints a vivid portrait of Nightingale's unwavering determination to improve care for the wounded, battling against prejudice and bureaucratic obstacles. Through her innovative reforms in sanitation, nutrition, and organization, Nightingale transformed military hospitals, significantly reducing mortality rates and setting new standards for medical care. Her influence extended far beyond the battlefield, as she established the Nightingale Training School, laying the foundation for modern nursing education. The book not only chronicles Nightingale's remarkable achievements but also explores the broader historical context, shedding light on the social and cultural norms that shaped her path. It delves into the ethical dilemmas she faced, the controversies she ignited, and the lasting legacy she left on healthcare practices. This meticulously researched and engaging account offers a profound insight into the transformative power of one woman's vision and the enduring impact of her work on nursing and public health. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.
Da: Forgotten Books, London, Regno Unito
EUR 18,11
Quantità: Più di 20 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloPaperback. Condizione: New. Print on Demand. This book provides a fascinating exploration into the human body, explaining how it functions and emphasizing the importance of proper care. The author, a medical professional, takes a unique approach by comparing the body to a ship, with various components working together to ensure smooth operation. The book highlights the crucial role of hygiene in preventing infections and maintaining overall health, emphasizing the avoidance of harmful substances and the adoption of healthy habits. It explores the impact of nutrition on the body, delving into the different food groups and their significance in providing energy and supporting various bodily functions. The author also discusses the importance of exercise and rest, demonstrating how they contribute to overall well-being. This book serves as a valuable guide for readers seeking to understand their bodies better and make informed decisions about their health, empowering them to take proactive steps toward a healthier, more fulfilling life. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.
Editore: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, New York, 1926
Condizione: Very Good. A definitive mid-century educational survey of the life and work of Dr. Walter Reed.? Published by the Metropolitan Life Welfare Division, this 24-page booklet was designed to bring the triumphs of modern medicine to the American classroom. It chronicles Reeds journey from his early frontier service to the monumental discovery of the yellow fever vector in Havana. The text is specifically notable for its focus on the scientific method and the human cost of the experiments, featuring portraits of the researchers and the brave volunteers of the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission. This specimen remains a vital time-capsule of American medical triumph and the sophisticated graphic design of 1920s instructional printing. KEY FEATURES +++ Illustrations: Includes photographic plates, portraits of Reed and Carlos Finlay, and a specialized map of the yellow fever zone. +++ Context: Part of the Health Heroes series, curated by academic experts Grace T. Hallock and Professor C.E. Turner of MIT. +++ Scientific Content: Detailed explanation of the incubation period, mosquito lifespan, and the eradication strategies that made the Panama Canal possible. +++ Specs: 24 pages; stapled wraps; 5.5 x 7.25 inches. CONDITION: Near Fine. +++ The Booklet: Wraps are clean and bright with minimal age-toning. No rusted staples, internal markings, or dog-eared corners. +++ Paper Quality: The internal pages remain supple and white, an unusual state for 1920s inexpensive educational stock. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE ? The Metropolitan Life Health Heroes series was a masterclass in behavioral economics and public health branding. By educating the public on the history of disease eradication, MetLife was protecting its own financial interests while providing high-quality science education to millions of Americans. The Walter Reed volume stands as the most scientifically significant title in the series, documenting the end of the scourge that had paralyzed the American South and Caribbean for centuries. SUBJECTS: Walter Reed, Yellow Fever, Medical History, Epidemiology, Cuba History, Tropical Medicine, Metropolitan Life Insurance, Public Health Education, Ephemera, Medical Literature, Educational Pamphlet, Corporate History.
Data di pubblicazione: 2025
Da: True World of Books, Delhi, India
EUR 21,60
Quantità: 18 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloLeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1928 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 32 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 32 Hallock, Grace T. (Grace Taber), b. 1893,Turner, C. E. (Clair Elsmere), 1890-1974,Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.
Da: moluna, Greven, Germania
EUR 23,41
Quantità: Più di 20 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. KlappentextrnrnTrieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of b.