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Thacher, James. A MILITARY JOURNAL DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR from 1775 to 1783, describing interesting events and transactions of this period, with numerous historical facts and anecdotes, from the original manuscript ; to which is added an appendix, containing biographical sketches of several general officers. Boston: Richardson & Lord, 1823. First Edition. 603 pp. 9 5/8 by 6 inches in a modern woven cloth binding with a gilt printed leather label to the spine. HOWES T149. With: Thacher, James. OBSERVATIONS ON HYDROPHOBIA, produced by the bite of a mad dog, or other rabid animal. With an examination of the various theories and methods of cure ... and an inquiry into the merit of specific remedies. Also a method of treatment best adapted to the brute creation. In a series of letters addressed to a friend. Plymouth (Mass.): J. Avery, 1812. First Edition. 8 1/2 by 5 1/4 inches in contemporary leather, rebacked with new endpages and retaining the original leather label to the spine. 301 (1) pp. Complete with hand-colored "skull-cap" plate - the plant which the author proposes as a cure for hydrophobia. AUSTIN 1880. With: Thacher, James. AMERICAN MEDICAL BIOGRAPHY: or memoirs of eminent physicians who have flourished in America : to which is prefixed a succinct history of medical science in the United States from the first settlement of the country. Boston: Richardson & Lord and Cottons & Barnard, 1828. First Edition. 8 1/4 by 5 inches, ex-library in a modern green buckram binding. 2 volumes, 436, 280 pages, complete with 15 inserted lithograph portraits. GM6710. Condition: The "Military Journal," with pages untrimmed, clean and fresh, Very Good. "Hydrophobia," with chipping and wear to the boards, internally clean and Very Good. "Medical Biography," with library marks to pastedowns and previous owner name stamped to title; otherwise unmarked and fresh, Very Good.