A Group of 19th-Century Medical Books, Including One Confiscated During the American Civil War

To include:

Robert Druitt. THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF MODERN SURGERY. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1844. From the third London edition. Contemporary leather with gilt-lettered and ruled spine. 8vo; [4ads], xxiii, [1], [17]-568pp. plus rear ads. "With one hundred and fifty-three wood engravings"; notes and comments by Joshua B. Flint. Includes the following inscription on the front free endpaper referencing The Battle of Island No. 10: "H. Ward(?) Dear Sir / I Send you a Book that / I Captured From a Rebel / on the Battle field / at Tipton Ville. Tennessee / near Island No. 10. / This the 10 day of Ap.(?) 1862 / I remain yours Truly / D. D. Cummings." (Boards scuffed and rubbed, with wear to extremities including spine, loss of head and tail bands, and cracking at rear joint; interior with toning, infrequent spotting, and occasional offsetting, edge wear, small tears, light soiling, and small damp stains; one leaf with small corner repair; ownership writing, stamps, and blind stamps; first free endpaper with inscription detached; wear to rear endpapers.)

James Syme. THE PRINCIPLES OF SURGERY. Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1832. Tree calf with gilt-lettered and ruled spine. 8vo; xxviii, [1], 30-375, [1]pp. With frontispiece. (Upper board slightly bowed, rubbing to extremities and spine creased; interior with toning, scattered foxing, occasional offsetting, ownership signature, a couple of leaves with a small tear at the outer margin, and rear endpaper with loss to corner (cut).)

(2) volumes of THE MEDICAL RECORDER OF ORIGINAL PAPERS AND INTELLIGENCE IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY. Vols. VIII and XI. Philadelphia: James Webster, 1825 and 1827. Contemporary leather, spines with gilt-stamped labels, all edges speckled. 8vo; (Vol. VIII) xii, 847pp.; (Vol. XI) [xii], 514pp. With plates and tables. (Boards with scuffing, light peeling, edge wear, some creasing to labels, and cracking at front joints; second volume with chipping to spine ends; interiors with general age wear such as toning, scattered foxing, infrequent marks or small stains, and ownership signatures; first volume with mild gutter cracking, an occasional loose leaf, light damp staining, and soiling.)

Largest 9 5/8 x 6 in.; smallest 8 1/2 x 5 5/8 in.

Private Collection, Chapel Hill, North Carolina