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Man Against Germs
by A.L. Baron, PH D
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Great Britian: The Scientific Book Club, 1958. First Edition, Book Club, 1958. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. Very Good. Publisher: Robert Hale Limited London 1958, Scientific Book Club Edition, 1958. Dust jacket is clean and bright, light wear, rubbing, wear at corners and spine ends. No rips, tears or stains. Binding is in very good condition, solid, square. Clean blue cloth cover boards. "The dramatic story of man's war against cholera, tuberculosis, leprosy, bubonic plague, syphilis, typhoid, dysentery, poliomyelitis, smallpox, yellow fever, influenza, typhus, rickettsia, and the new "Q fever." Man Against Germs. A.L. Baron, PH D. Ships quickly and with care.
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Details
- Seller
- PorterMonkey Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1vgxx122722B6
- Title
- Man Against Germs
- Author
- A.L. Baron, PH D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Book Club, 1958
- Publisher
- The Scientific Book Club
- Place of Publication
- Great Britian
- Date Published
- 1958
- Size
- 0x0x0
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- pandemics, pandemic, plague, infectious disease, infectious diseases, Cholera, Tuberculosis, Leprosy, Bubonic Plague, Syphilis, Typhoid, Dysentery, Polio, Smallpox, Yellow Fever, Influenza, Typhus, Rickettsia, germs, vaccines, history of medicine, nursing
- Bookseller catalogs
- HEALTH / MEDICINE / WELLNESS;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
PorterMonkey Books
Biblio member since 2022
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
About PorterMonkey Books
PorterMonkey Books is, and always will always be, a small family-owned business. We specialize in rare, out-of-print, and hard-to-find titles. As owner, I have always viewed myself as a kind of book "matchmaker" and take great pleasure in connecting hard-to-find books with with buyers from around the world.
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Please feel free to reach out if you have additional questions about a book or would like to see more photos. We ship internationally on a regular basis and enjoy connecting with buyers from around the world. Each book ships quickly and is packaged with care.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
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