AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF DR. ROBERT MEYER (1864-1947): A Short Abstract of a Long Life/With a Memoir of Dr. Meyer
by Meyer, Dr. Robert/Novak, Emil (Memoir)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Henry Schuman (1949) 126 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Spine sunned. Binding lightly soiled. Spine ends bumped. Previous owner's name on front paste-down. Edges of leaves lightly age toned. Illust. w/ a b/w frontispiece of Dr. Robert Meyer.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21742MED
- Title
- AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF DR. ROBERT MEYER (1864-1947): A Short Abstract of a Long Life/With a Memoir of Dr. Meyer
- Author
- Meyer, Dr. Robert/Novak, Emil (Memoir)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Henry Schuman
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Keywords
- MEDICAL HISTORY MEDICINE BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY DOCTORS PHYSICIANS MEYER DR. ROBERT 1864 1947 MEMOIRS NONFICTION GENERAL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography; Medicine; Medical;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Paste-down
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Sunned
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Edges
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Leaves
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