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Resorts And Spas:

Mackness, James M.D . HASTINGS CONSIDERED AS A RESORT FOR INVALIDS
London 1842 John Churchill. English health spa. Hardcover. Octavo, 151pp., original cloth with gilt letters. Good. (a534)
$70.00 Cutler, Docteur . SPAS ET SES EAUX, OBSERVATIONS DUR LES PROPRIETES CHIMIQUES ET THERAPEUTIQUES DES EAUX MINERALES DE SPA.
Bruxelles 1856 Muquardt. Includes chemical analysis of water at 6 French spas. In French. 12mo., 161pp., hardcover. Presentation copy signed L'Auteur. Good, light wear. Scarce. (a661)
$45.00 Villaret, Maurice et L. Justin-Besancon . HYDROLOGIE EXPERIMENTALE
Paris 1933 1st Masson. Travaux de la Chaire d'Hydrologie et de Climatologie Therapeutiques de la Faculte de Medecine et du Centre d'Hydro-Climatologie des Hopitaux de Paris. In French. 8vo., 263pp., original wraps. **Inscribed and signed by Justin-Besancon. Uncut. Good, light wear. (a7709)
$49.00 Brazil . ALBUM LEMBRANCA DE POCOS DE CALDAS
c. 1900 Edicao de Agencia Scalabrino. Site of sulphur springs with mineral baths. 12mo., 25 photographic views, accordian style, original printed wraps. VG, a few spots and minor wear. Nice strong and sharp resolution photographs. (a11510)
$37.00 (carlsbad) . ALBUM OF THE WATERING PLACE OF CARLSBAD
Bohm (c. 1900). Souvenir album. 4 page text in German and English. 4to., stringbound album of about 30 photos illustrations by H. Liebsch, including one foldout panorama, wraps. All views identified. Good, lower corners of first few pages chipped, cover frayed on edges. (a23605)
$43.00 Bosanyi, Dr. Bela . ST. LUCASBAD HOT AND TEPID SULPHUROUS THERMAL SPRINGS
Budapest 1903 St. Lucasbad Company. Hardcover. 12mo., 141pp., color drawings, monochrome photo illustrations, color pictorial limp boards. VG, front decorative end paper present but detached. Attractive pictorial cover showling spa building and large flowering iris. Internally near Fine, bright and clean. (a41662)
$95.00 (england) Agnes de Mille association . THE NEW BATH GUIDE OR USEFUL POCKET-COMPANION
Bath n.d. (1767 written in pencil on the title page) 5th C. Pope. For all persons residing at or resorting to this antient and opulent City. Hardcover. 12mo., 64pp., copperplate frontispiece of Richard Nash, 1/2 leather with marbled paper-covered boards and later paper spine. ***Agnes DeMille's copy, signed by her. Good, spine, margins lightly cropped (not near text.) (a42825)
$300.00 Sandwith, F. M. . EGYPT AS A WINTER RESORT
London 1889 1st Kegan Paul. Sm.8vo., 153pp. plus catalogue of Kegan Paul (95pp.), boards with black and gilt design on front. VG, spine ends rubbed, lower corners gently bumped. (a50032)
$300.00 Coghlan, Charles Francis Jun. . THE BEAUTIES OF BADEN-BADEN AND ITS ENVIRONS TO WHICH IS ADDED A TREATISE ON THE MINERAL WATERS BY A CELEBRATED RESIDENT PHYSICIAN AND A GENERAL PROFESSION AND TRADE DIRECTORY
London 1861 5th edition, revised, Trubner. 12mo., 140pp., two foldout plates, 11 steel enraved plates, original link cloth. Good, new endpapers, spine worn, cover faded with a few small ink stains. (a51984)
$250.00 Fitzpatrick, Rober J. (presiding officer) . REPORT OF THE PRESIDING OFFICER ON PROPOSED TRADE REGULATION RULE: HEALTH SPAS
April 1979 Federal Trade Commission. 16 CFR Part 443, Public Record 215-50. 4to., 213pp., wraps. Depository library stamp and numbers on cover and title. VG. (a53586)
$63.00 Cook, Thomas . COOK'S HANDBOOK TO THE HEALTH RESORTS OF THE SOUTH OF FRANCE, RIVIERA AND PYRENEES
London 1905 Thos. Cook & Son. Including Marseilles, Toulon, Cannes, Hyeres, Nice, Beaulieu, Monaco, Monte Carlo, Mentone, Bordighera, San Remo, Genoa, and Pisa, Bordeaux, Arcachon, Biarritz, Pau, Eaux Bonnes, Eaux Chaudes, Lourdes, Cauterets, Bigorre, and Luchon. Hardcover. 12mo. 274pp., foldout map, index, appendix, ads, original printed red cloth. VG, end papers very toned. No ownership marks. Binding secure. (a66084)
$155.00 Linn, Thomas M. D. . THE HEALTH RESORTS OF EUROPE - A MEDICAL GUIDE TO THE MINERALS SPRINGS, CLIMATIC, MOUNTAINS AND SEASIDE HEALTH RESORTS
New York 1893 Appleton. ...Milk, Whey, Greape, Earth, Mud, Sand, and Air cures of Europe. Introduction by Titus Munson Coan. Small octavo, 330pp, blue cloth. VG. (a66098)
$49.00 Sladen, Douglas . SICILY THE NEW WINTER RESORT AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SICILIY
London 1905 1st Methuen. Extensively detailed text. Small octavo, 616pp.,photo illustrations, Methuen Catalogue (40pp.), large color folding map of Sicily, red cloth hardcover. Good, some light cover wear, (a70056)
$110.00 Arkansas . THE HOT SPRINGS OF ARKANSAS IN A NUT SHELL
c. 1904. Where crutches are Thrown Away. 12mo., 48pp., monochrome photo illustrations of Hot Springs, Arkansas with text about the recreational amenities of the area and medical claims for the waters at the spa, original wraps. Good plus. (a76680)
$75.00 Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania . CUTTER'S GUIDE TO CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS THE GREAT HEALTH AND PLEASURE RESORT OF PENNSYLVANIA
1902 Cutter & Son. Octavo, short text, 48 pages of monochrome photo illustrations, original cover panels remounted on later wraps. VG. (a78747)
$45.00 Yeo, I. Burney M.D. . THERAPEUTICS OF MINERAL SPRINGS AND CLIMATES (ORIGINAL BOOK, NOT A REPRINT)
Chicago 1904 1st Keener. Lists and analyzes all known European and American mineral water spas and climatic sites and resorts (e.g, mountain air, sea voyages, etc.) Hardcover. Small octavo, 760pp., green cloth. Good, some tearing at head of spine, light soiling on cover. (a80735)
$90.00 Morse, Wm. Inglis (editor) . THE CHRONICLE MOUNTAIN LAKE NUMBER. NO. 233 MAY 1941
Boston 1941. News on members of this Florida summer resort who died during previous winter, letters from other residents, news of families and travels, jokes (some racist). Limited to 125 copies. Hardcover. Octavo, 6 pages of photo illustrations, original printed blue paper covered boards. Signed by Morse as "The Editor" on front end paper. Bookseller name stamp on verso final page. VG. (a82129)
$25.00 (north carolina) . REGAINING ONE'S HEALTH UNDER IDEAL CONDITIONS AT OTTARI
Asheville. Brochure advertising this health spa. 15pp., illustrations, silkstring green paper wraps with orange and dark green lettering and design. Fine. (a82507)
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