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  Current Progress in Old Age Medicine and Surgery
Minneapolis, MN, Geriatrics. 1949, First Edition. Soft Cover. "Selected articles from 'Geriatrics' - America's Pioneer Journal in the Medical Treatment of the Aging and Elderly." Contains 11 articles covering a range of medical conditions. Cover has soils and corner-curling. Wear to spine ends. Good +/No Jacket.
USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 | £UK 21.25 | JP¥ 3089] Book number: 012505
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  A Report of the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, Volume 2: Appendix, Developments in Aging: 1981
Washington, DC, Government Printing Office. 1982, First Edition. Soft Cover. Written "pursuant to S. Res. 45, March 3, 1981 - Resolution Authorizing a Study of the Problems of the Aged and Aging". 97th Congress, 2d Session, Rept. 97-314, Volume 2 of the US Senate. 331 pages. Previous owner's name on top of front cover. Very Good/No Jacket.
USD 16.50 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 | £UK 10 | JP¥ 1456] Book number: 026464
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  Toward A National Policy on Aging - Two Volumes Complete
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office. 1973, First Edition. Soft Cover. Ex-Seminary Library, The Two-Volume Final Report of the Proceedings of the 1971 White House Conference on Aging, held November 28-December 2 in Washington, DC. Illustrated. Covers have minor marks. Very Good -.
USD 43.50 [Appr.: EURO 29.25 | £UK 26.25 | JP¥ 3839] Book number: 044950
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ACHENBAUM, W. ANDREW  Old Age in the New Land
Baltimore and London, The Johns Hopkins University Press. 1978, First Edition. (ISBN: 080182107X) Hard Cover. Addresses the contemporary lot of older people, as well as examining "the American experience since 1790" in terms of the aged. With notes section, bibliography and index. Light edgewear to dust jacket. Very Good/Very Good -.
USD 9.50 [Appr.: EURO 6.5 | £UK 5.75 | JP¥ 838] Book number: 005728
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING  Age Pages
Washington, DC, US Department of Health and Human Services. 1985, Revised Edition. Soft Cover. A compilation of fact sheets which offer practical advice on health promotion to older people, their families and those who work with and care for the elderly. Very Good/No Jacket.
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 883] Book number: 004517
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MUELLER-DEHAM, ALBERT AND RABSON, S. MILTON (MD'S)  Internal Medicine in Old Age
Baltimore, The Williams & Wilkins Co. 1942, First Edition. Mid-twentieth century internal medicine book, focused on the medical issues of those in old age, divided into "a general introductory section which embraces the status, problems, difficulties, and other broad components of geriatric medicine, and a general discussion concerned with diseases characteristic of senescence as well as the special aspects in advanced age of diseases not peculiar to this period". Minimal exterior wear. Very Good/No Jacket.
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 | £UK 12.25 | JP¥ 1765] Book number: 011456
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AMANN, ANTON (ED)  Open Care for the Elderly in Seven European Countries
Oxford, England, Pergamon Press. 1980, First Edition. Hard Cover. Ex-Library, "A pilot study in the possibilities and limits of care, based on a European cross-national research project", including the countries of Austria, Denmark, Greece, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, and Yugoslavia. Addresses systems of open care for the elderly and their connexions with other areas of social welfare. Light exterior soils. Very Good -/No Jacket.
USD 36.50 [Appr.: EURO 24.5 | £UK 22 | JP¥ 3221] Book number: 011407
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ARMSTRONG, DONALD B. (MD) ET AL  The Social and Biological Challenge of Our Aging Population
NY, Columbia University Press. 1950, First Edition. The Proceedings of the Eastern States Health Education Conference, held March 31- April 1, 1949. Addresses the problems of aging, the processes of aging, the demographics of this population at the time, patterns of aging, psychologic factors, retirement, and more. With several contributing authors. Light exterior wear and light fading. Previous owner's name plate on FFEP. Very Good/No Jacket.
USD 85.00 [Appr.: EURO 56.75 | £UK 51.25 | JP¥ 7502] Book number: 005729
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MACDONALD, BARBARA AND RICH, CYNTHIA  Look Me in the Eye - Old Women, Aging and Ageism
San Francisco, Spinsters / Aunt Lute. 1983, First Edition. (ISBN: 0933216092) Hard Cover. Ex-Seminary Library, A collection of essays on women and aging. Very Good +.
USD 2.95 [Appr.: EURO 2 | £UK 2 | JP¥ 260] Book number: 042082
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BERRY, FRANK B. (GUEST EDITOR)  Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine - Introduction to Old Age
NY, New York Academy of Medicine. 1971, Original Edition. Soft Cover. Volume 47, Number 11 issue of this journal, with this issue focused on issues of old age. Contains 34 articles by various authors ranging from "On Coming of Age" to "Common Sense in the Intensive Care Unit", to "on Retiring", etc. Light edgewear. Very Good -/No Jacket.
USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 | £UK 27.25 | JP¥ 3972] Book number: 014207
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BLUMENTHAL, HERMAN T.  Medical and Clinical Aspects of Aging: Aging Around the World
NY & London, Columbia University Press. 1962, First Edition. Addresses the appearance and nature of clinical diseases in old age, divided into organ systems. Covers endocrinology, metabolism and exercise, psychiatry, the respiratory system, the skeletal system, therapeutics, the peripheral vascular system and atherosclerosis, connective tissue growth and aging, the electroencephalogram in old age and its relation to mental function, and the physician's role in an aging society. 690 pages. Dust jacket has light edgewear. Very Good +/Very Good.
USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 | £UK 7.25 | JP¥ 1059] Book number: 014304
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EDITORS OF PREVENTION MAGAZINE HEALTH BOOKS  Future Youth - How to Reverse the Aging Process
Emmaus, PA, Rodale Books, Inc. 1987, First Edition. (ISBN: 0878577211) Hard Cover. "Plus: A Program for a Year of Rejuvenation." 646 pages. Very Good +/Very Good +.
USD 3.00 [Appr.: EURO 2.25 | £UK 2 | JP¥ 265] Book number: 020980
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BROWN, MOLLY (ED)  Readings in Gerontology
St Louis, MO, The C. V. Mosby Co. 1978, Second Edition. (ISBN: 0801607345) Soft Cover. "Readings" on the major issues in gerontology, including developmental tasks, life perspective, sexuality, nutrition, management of grief, etc. Light edgewear. Very Good -/No Jacket.
USD 11.50 [Appr.: EURO 7.75 | £UK 7 | JP¥ 1015] Book number: 013483
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BURGESS, ERNEST W. (ED)  Aging in Western Societies
Chicago, The University of Chicago Press. 1960, First Edition. Presented as "a survey of the problems of older persons and of the solutions for their welfare adopted by societies of Western culture. It attempts to picture the economic and social trends which created the modern problems of aging in industrial socities.". Very Good/No Jacket.
USD 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.25 | £UK 5.5 | JP¥ 794] Book number: 012506
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BUTLER, ROBERT N. (MD)  Why Survive? Being Old In America
NY, Evanston, San Francisco and London, Harper & Row, Publishers. 1975, Stated First Edition. (ISBN: 0060105917) Hard Cover. Ex-Library, Several pages (around 15 pages) have neat red ink underlining; nickle-sized stain on rear cover. "Angry and thoroughly documented book by a noted gerontologist and psychiatrist, [who] balances the grim reality of what it is like to be old in America against the pieties that deny that reality." A Pulitzer Prizer winner. Good.
USD 2.95 [Appr.: EURO 2 | £UK 2 | JP¥ 260] Book number: 033505
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CALLAHAN, DANIEL  Setting Limits
NY, Simon and Schuster. 1987, Review Copy. (ISBN: 0671224778) Hard Cover. Examines "medical goals in an aging society", written by the Director and co-founder of the Hastings Center, a renown institute for the study of medical ethics. Very Good +/Very Good +.
USD 2.95 [Appr.: EURO 2 | £UK 2 | JP¥ 260] Book number: 051978
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CARNEGIE, DOROTHY  Don't Grow Old - Grow Up!
NY, E. P. Dutton & Co. 1956, First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust jacket has soils and light edgewear. Gives practical advice on the most basic of all human problems - the problem of maturing. Written by the wife of Dale Carnegie. Very Good/Good Only.
USD 2.45 [Appr.: EURO 1.75 | £UK 1.5 | JP¥ 216] Book number: 030393
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CHINN, AUSTIN B. (MD), EDITOR  Working with Older People: A Guide to Practice - Vol. IV
Rockville, MD, US Department of Health, Education and Welfare. 1971, First Edition. Soft Cover. Ex-Library, Volume IV is on the Clinical Aspects of Aging, covering the diseases and disorders most relevant to single organ systems, clinical problems closely related to multiple organ systems, and aspects special to the allied health professions. 388 pages. Age-toning of cover; previous owner's name stamp on cover. Very Good -/No Jacket.
USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 | £UK 27.25 | JP¥ 3972] Book number: 012405
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CHOPRA, DEEPAK (MD)  Ageless Body, Timeless Mind
NY, Harmony Books. 1993, First Edition. (ISBN: 0517592576) Hard Cover. "The quantum alternative to growing old." Brief gift inscription on front free endpaper. Near Fine/Very Good +.
USD 3.00 [Appr.: EURO 2.25 | £UK 2 | JP¥ 265] Book number: 023175
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FUNK, JOHN CLARENCE AND LUDY, ROBERT B. (MD)  How to Live Longer
Philadelphia, David McKay Co. 1927, First Edition. Hard Cover. "Contains suggestions which attempt to develop in the average reader a desire for maximum physical efficiency and long life", expressing "common sense rules concerning fundamental health subjects". Very Good/No Jacket.
USD 14.95 [Appr.: EURO 10 | £UK 9 | JP¥ 1319] Book number: 026899
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COLES, ROBERT  Old and on Their Own
NY & London, W. W. Norton & Co. 1997, Stated First Edition. (ISBN: 0393046060) . Ill.: Harris, Alex and Roma, Thomas. Offers glimpses into the lives of older persons "who manage, often with difficulty, to hold on - to maintain considerably more than a semblance of their privacy, their independence, their personal sovereignty". Nicely illustrated with photographs. Near Fine/Very Good +.
USD 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 | £UK 3.25 | JP¥ 441] Book number: 012804
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COLLINS, THOMAS  The Golden Years - An Invitation to Retirement
NY, The John Day Co. 1956, First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust jacket has moderate edgewear. A "practical guide to retirement, based on thousands of actual experiences of retired people, their failures as well as their successes". Very Good/Good.
USD 2.95 [Appr.: EURO 2 | £UK 2 | JP¥ 260] Book number: 030397
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COWLEY, GAIL  Over Seventy
Boston, Meador Publishing Co. 1944, Third Printing. "A clean, attractive romance, skillfully interspersed witha philosophy of life, and an art of living that are different", and focused on "youthful longevity". Dust jacket has edgewear and fading. Light pencilling. Very Good/Good.
USD 6.50 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 | £UK 4 | JP¥ 574] Book number: 013932
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DACSO, MICHAEL M. (MD)  Restorative Medicine in Geriatrics
Springfield, IL, Charles C. Thomas Publisher. 1963, First Edition. "Deals specifically with the active clinical care of the elderly disabled. The contents are basically clinical in nature and cover a wide range of problems affecting the restoration of the elderly disabled" including diagnosis, therapeutic exercise, bracing, osteoporosis, and senile gait. Illustrated. Dust jacket has 2" tear across front cover, and other minor edgechips. Very Good +/Fair.
USD 39.95 [Appr.: EURO 26.75 | £UK 24.25 | JP¥ 3526] Book number: 011406
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BIRREN, JAMES E. AND SCHAIE, K. WARNER (EDS)  Handbook of the Psychology of Aging
NY, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. 1977. (ISBN: 0442207972) . Ex-Library, Provides an authoritative review and reference on the literature on the psychological and behavioral aspects of aging. 787 pages; indexed. Small rub mark on front and rear cover. Very Good/Very Good.
USD 5.50 [Appr.: EURO 3.75 | £UK 3.5 | JP¥ 485] Book number: 014301
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