Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.A.: The Classics of Medicine Library, 1980. Reprint. Leather. Fine. 8vo. Full light olive colored leather, gilt decorated and lettered spine with raised bands. Light scuff marks to raised bands. Elaborate gilt decorated covers. Printed marbled endpapers and a pink silk ribbon marker. Facsimile of the 1897 edition. All edges gilt. Illustrated throughout with colored facsimile plates, some folding and several in text drawings.

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Bookseller: Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 32186
Title: The Diseases of Infancy and Childhood
Author: HOLT, EMMETT L
Format/Binding: Leather
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: The Classics of Medicine Library
Place of Publication: Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1980

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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...
Facsimile: An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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...
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...
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....