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Two Large Medical Books (1849 & 1888)
« on: August 29, 2011, 06:25:41 pm »
Hi guys/gals,

I have two books that I recently came across and was curious if they are worth anything.

"United States Dispensatory" by Wood & Bache - 1849

"The Practical Home Physician" - 1888

Please see the attached photos.

Any ideas on worth or who I should try to hit up another book specific forum or now where I can find a local antique specialist in my area?

Thanks.

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Re: Two Large Medical Books (1849 & 1888)
« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2011, 07:39:15 pm »
what edition is the first book?

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Re: Two Large Medical Books (1849 & 1888)
« Reply #2 on: August 29, 2011, 07:52:28 pm »
Thanks for the read/response.  It is the eighth edition.

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Re: Two Large Medical Books (1849 & 1888)
« Reply #3 on: August 29, 2011, 09:07:09 pm »
k found that book and on this site a person can buy it for 68 bucks    THE DISPENSATORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Wood, George B. and Bache, Franklin

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Re: Two Large Medical Books (1849 & 1888)
« Reply #4 on: August 31, 2011, 11:41:44 am »
k found that book and on this site a person can buy it for 68 bucks    THE DISPENSATORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Wood, George B. and Bache, Franklin

Do you have a link?  Thanks for helping out.

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Re: Two Large Medical Books (1849 & 1888)
« Reply #5 on: September 02, 2011, 08:23:30 pm »
Thanks for the views guys, any other help or places to go for book junkies?

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Re: Two Large Medical Books (1849 & 1888)
« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2011, 07:12:13 am »

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Re: Two Large Medical Books (1849 & 1888)
« Reply #7 on: September 03, 2011, 10:44:05 am »
Abebooks is a great place to get idea's on value or to find out how common a particular book is. It's also a good place to buy books. I myself have looked high and low for an antiquarian or rare book forum on-line that actually has people that post on it, and there really aren't any. I'd like to talk books with other collectors but there doesn't seem to be such a place to do so. There's a book value forum on www.biblio.com ,but if you posted these books on that you'd be doing good to eventually get a response, let alone several responces.. This forum (Antique-Shop) isn't for old books in particular, but it's really a fantastic forum with a lot of helpful people. We don't get a lot of book questions, but when we do they tend to get answers.

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Re: Two Large Medical Books (1849 & 1888)
« Reply #8 on: September 27, 2011, 11:41:45 am »
Thanks guys, I will check out Abebooks then!

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Re: Two Large Medical Books (1849 & 1888)
« Reply #9 on: September 27, 2011, 02:51:21 pm »
Second book looks in super condition for that time period !! How did you acquire it ?? First book looks as I would expect for an 1849 edition !!

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Re: Two Large Medical Books (1849 & 1888)
« Reply #10 on: September 27, 2011, 03:24:33 pm »
Abebooks is a great place to get idea's on value or to find out how common a particular book is. It's also a good place to buy books. I myself have looked high and low for an antiquarian or rare book forum on-line that actually has people that post on it, and there really aren't any. I'd like to talk books with other collectors but there doesn't seem to be such a place to do so. There's a book value forum on www.biblio.com ,but if you posted these books on that you'd be doing good to eventually get a response, let alone several responces.. This forum (Antique-Shop) isn't for old books in particular, but it's really a fantastic forum with a lot of helpful people. We don't get a lot of book questions, but when we do they tend to get answers.

Skinny, librarything.com has a rare/old book topic section on their forum. People there love to talk books!