1) Chto dolzhna znat’ predokhraniaiushchaiasia zhenshchina [i.e. What Woman Should Know about Contraception] / revised by F. Azerlian. 2 pages of handwritten text. 2) Instruktsiia dlia vrachei : O poriadke primeneniia pretivozachatochnykh sredstv [i.e. Instructions for Physicians : On Proper Use of Contraceptive Methods]. 4 pages of handwritten text. 3)..... More

[1920s]. 13 photos. Folding series of photos: 10x96 cm. Binding: 11,16,5 cm. In original cloth binding with gilt lettering. Good, fabric connections between cards worn, with tears. Paper sticker on spine, ink numbers and stamp of the State Museum of Social Hygiene (prewar institution) on rear side of front cover.

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Moscow: Knizhnaia fabrika Izdatel’stva Narodov SSSR, 1928. 55 pp.: ill. 23x15 cm. In original wrappers with geometrical pattern. Spine restored, uncut copy. Showcasing books, periodicals, and posters of the 1920s, this early Soviet catalog highlights publications aimed at teaching the masses about women’s and children’s health, hygiene, and..... More

Kiev: UISOZ, 1936. 344 pp.: ill. 26x20 cm. In original illustrated cardboards. In good condition, bumped, some foxing on the t.p., water stains, p.15 party detached. One of 1500 copies. An excellent guide dedicated to the health facilities, what they consisted of and how to build them. The book..... More

Tbilisi: sametsniero dats’esebulebata mtavarmartvelobis gamotsema, 1926. 62, [2] pp.: ill. 25.7x17.3 cm. In original publisher’s printed wrappers. Rubbed spine, closed tear to the lower right corner of the front wrapper, light soiling of the wrappers, otherwise in a very good condition. Author’s ink inscription on the front wrapper: “With great..... More

Moscow: Izdatel’stvo NKSO RSFSR, 1935. 69, [2] pp.: ill. 22x30 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Spine, back cover and title page corners restored, some foxing and soiling, tiny hole in p. 27-28 (with no content affected), otherwise very good. Second, revised edition. One of 6000 copies... More

Moscow: Meditsinskoe izdatelstvo, 1929. 80 pp.: ill. 22x30 cm. One of 40000 copies printed. Original illustrated wrappers. Spine is restored, but otherwise a good, clean copy. A curious relic of its time: the manual in the form of the comic book on how to nurse the patients at..... More

Moscow; Leningrad: Gos. izd-vo, 1928. 332 pp.: ill., schemes. 25x17 cm. In original publisher’s cardboards. Edges slightly bumped, otherwise near fine condition. Extremely scarce. 1 of 3,000 copies. With 74 black-and-white illustrations throughout. A seminal Soviet exploration of immunology by Nikolay Gamaleya (1859-1949), a distinguished Russian physician known..... More

Petrograd: Vremia, 1922. 39 pp. 17,5x12 cm. In original wrappers with a decorative frame and publisher’s logo designed by Sergei Chekhonin. Some spots and bookshop stamps on the covers, pencil signature on t.p., otherwise very good. First edition. Very rare. This interesting book covers endocrine-stimulating procedures in the..... More

[Moscow]: Izd. Otdelom Okhrany Materinstva i mladenchestva N.K.Z.: Sovremennye problemy, [1924]. 32 pp.: ill. 17,5x11,5 cm. In original printed wrappers with publisher logo on front cover. Some soiling, otherwise very good. First edition. Scarce. One of the initiatives of the Soviet 1920s was establishment of sex education across the..... More

Leipzig: F.C.W. Vogel, 1864. [4], 1168, [1] pp. 8vo. Contemporary quarter-leather binding with a blind-stamped title on the spine and sprinkled edges. Covers rubbed, pre-revolutionary library label on front endpapers. Otherwise fine. The first edition of the major work on field surgery by one of the greatest military surgeons..... More

St. Petersburg: A. Golovachov, 1866. [4], II, 186 pp. 8vo. Contemporary quarter-leather binding. The name of the author and the book title as well as owner’s initials in gilt on the spine. Owner’s private stamp on the title. Some side foxing on the first seven pages of the text and..... More

Leningrad: Onkologich. in-t, 1932. 75 pp., 22 pp. of ill. 23.2x15.8 cm. In original publisher’s brown cloth. Slightly rubbed at the edges. Otherwise near fine. Scarce. First edition. An interesting Soviet edition dedicated to the gastric cancer surgery. Written by the Privatdozent and the employee of the Cancer..... More