Birmingham, Alabama: The Classics of Medicine Library. Near Fine. (1988). Leather. Book would be fine but for previous owners bookplate with copy number and a very few small scratches on the gilt edges. Full teal leather with five raised bands, gilt lettering on spine and tooling on both covers. Facsimile reproduction of original published by Oxford University Press in 1908. Includes reproductions of plates including fold-out electrocardiograms. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; xx,386 pages .

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Bookseller: James F. Balsley, Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 16688
Title: Diseases of the Heart.
Author: Mackenzie, James
Format/Binding: Leather
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Classics of Medicine Library
Place of Publication: Birmingham, Alabama
Date Published: (1988)
Bookseller catalogs: medicine; History of Medicine;

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James F. Balsley, Bookseller

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Raised Band(s): Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
Facsimile: An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
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....
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...