Stanley B. Burns - Burns Archive: Respiratory Disease: A Photographic History, 1845-1945, Complete in Four Volumes, Slip-Cased

New York, The Burns Archive Press, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Another fine addition to The Burns Archive Medical Specialties Collection Series, each one being a four-volume book set of photographic histories of and commentaries on "medical specialties, covering the topics of Oncology, Nephrology, Respiratory Disease, Psychiatry, Ophthalmology, and Dermatology," according to the Burns Archive web-site. Uniformly high production standards are deployed here. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear to any of the volumes, complete in four, beyond a single faint scratch to the rear panel of one volume, and housed in an also Fine condition pictorial cardboard slipcase. 1/425 of this First Printing of the Limited slip-cased edition of 425 copies, signed by Burns under printed author's name at title page and then inscribed also by him an inch to the left. Four volumes sharing the same hardcover format, photographically illustrated cloth-covered boards; no dust jackets as issued, titles stamped in silver on front and spine. Text by Stanley B. Burns, M.D. Designed by Elizabeth A. Burns and The Burns Archive. Includes a list of plates, a bibliography and photographic terms. Unpaginated, but with roughly 64 pp. to each volume and with two dozen or more four-color plates. Tall, skinny quarto format, measuring 11 1/2" x 9" tall and wide, respectively. Volume 1: 1845-1870, The Pioneer Era. Volume 2: 1871-1895, The Antiseptic Era. Volume 3: 1896-1920, The X-Ray Era. Volume 4: 1921-1945, The Serology Era. A brilliant, accessible photographic history of respiratory disease and its disease, complete in four volumes, with plentiful reproductions of photographs from The Burns Archive, as well as introductory essays and detailed descriptions of each of the plates by Dr. Stanley B. Burns, who assembled The Burns Archive, with "more than one million historic photographs from the birth of photography through the modern age," according to the web-site devoted to same. The Burns Archive "is best known for providing photographic evidence of forgotten, unseen and disquieting aspects of history and culture. The Archive houses unparalleled collections of early medicine, memorialization, Judaica, and the African American experience. It is renowned for its iconic images depicting the darker side of life: Death, Disease, Disaster, Crime, Racism, Revolution and War. Over the past forty years, thousands of publishers, curators, authors, researchers, artists, and filmmakers have utilized this unique source of visual documentation. The Archive has produced dozens of books and curated and contributed to hundreds of national and international museum and gallery exhibitions. The Burns Archive actively acquires, donates, researches, lectures, exhibits, publishes, consults, and shares its unique photographs and expertise worldwide. All of the photographs are available for licensing." All in, a quite fine set, signed twice by the author/compiler.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Author. . Fine

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