Chelmsford: Printed and Sold by Meggy and Chalk, circa 1820. Duodecimo, v, 248, xii pages. First edition. The author, an Essex surgeon, insists on the primacy of dietetics or nutrition to health, and traces its place in medicine back to Hippocrates, and then forward, through Cheyne, Cullen, Nisbet, etc. There are sections on general nutrition, invalid care, and the effects of exercise on digestion, but much of the book is.....

[Liukungtao, Weihaiwai]: [Govt. Printers], 1909. Octavo (25 x 17 cm.), [6], [numerous blanks], pages. The legal act prohibiting the use of opium and any other hypnotic on the island of Weihaiwei. British Weihaiwei (now Weihai), was a leased territory of the UK, from 1898 to 1930, seen as a potential second port island like Hong Kong. Ex-Libris City of New York Association of the Bar, with typical stamps and dates.....

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1898. Octavo (18.5 x 12.5 cm.), 106, [2] pages. Advertisements. Second edition. A book of recipes and advice for nursing. The author was a cookery instructor for the London School Board. Near very good in publisher's illustrated blue boards. With the bookseller's ticket of L. Bruck of Sydney Australia to front paste-down.