tracyp wrote:
> I have an 1892 hardcover copy of Simon Baruch's "The Uses Of Water In
> Modern Medicine, Vol. I", George S. Davis publisher. I can't find a
> reference/listing for it anywhere. On abebooks, the earliest Baruch is
> the 1898 "Principles and Practice of Hydrotherapy". Where can I find
> out more about it, and its value? Any assistance is greatly
> appreciated.
For bibliographical information, library catalogues are a useful
supplement to dealers' catalogues. The most comprehensive online source
is the Karsruhe meta-catalogue
(http://www.ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de/hylib/en/kvk.html).
Selecting all the search options, one comes up with an 1892 copy listed
by the Library of Congress, three copies on the Union Catalog of Canada
(two from 1892, and one, described as a second edition, from 1893), and
one copy on the HBZ, Northern Rhine Catalog (also 1893, also described
as a second edition).
Putting all that together, it seems the 1893 edition is the second, and
the 1892 is the first.
The next thing you might want to do is locate a copy of the second
volume and turn this odd volume into a set. Steve Trussel's "Setmaker"
has been abandoned, but his site is still perhaps the most comprehensive
for turning over all the possible stones that might be out there
(http://www.trussel.com/f_books.htm) and under which that elusive second
volume might be lurking.
Hope this helps!
John
http://rarebooksinjapan.org
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