Doctor Comes to California: The Diary of John S. Griffin, Assistant Surgeon with Kearny's Dragoons, 1846-1847
by Griffin, John S., with an Introduction and Notes by George Walcott Ames, Jr. and a Foreword by George D. Lyman, M.D
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
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About This Item
San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1943. First edition. Cloth. Good. Special Publication No. 18. Small 4to, 97 pp., maps. Head and heel of spine and corners of boards bumped and lightly frayed, covers a bit dustsoiled and unevenly faded, a few paper specks adhering to covers mainly at rear, foxing to page edges and endpapers. Printed by Lawton R. Kennedy.
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- ANTHOLOGY BOOKSELLERS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17805
- Title
- Doctor Comes to California: The Diary of John S. Griffin, Assistant Surgeon with Kearny's Dragoons, 1846-1847
- Author
- Griffin, John S., with an Introduction and Notes by George Walcott Ames, Jr. and a Foreword by George D. Lyman, M.D
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- California Historical Society
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- Medicine , , , ,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Western Americana; HISTORY OF MEDICINE;
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