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The Doctor and His Patients; The American Domestic Scene as Viewed by the Family Doctor
by Arthur E. Hertzler (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1942 Blue Ribbon Books, Garden City. 1942. Hardcover. 1942 Reprint of the 1940 edition by Harper Brothers. Inscribed by the author on the FFFP. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for former owner name stamp on the front paste down; inked out name on the FFFP. Book Condition: Good; edge, head, tail, and tip wear; curled tips; lightly soiled boards. No DJ. Green cloth boards and spine with black lettering on the spine. Tinted text block top. Uncut edges. 316 pp 8vo. For half a century this Kansas doctor watched and administered to the physical and mental pain of thousands of average human beings. This book encapsulates his theories about the causes of sexual maladjustment, the intimate needs of men and women, failures of marriages, the evils of large families, the evils of war, and the evils of religion too. A clean presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007102
- Title
- The Doctor and His Patients; The American Domestic Scene as Viewed by the Family Doctor
- Author
- Arthur E. Hertzler (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- Publisher
- Blue Ribbon Books
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1942
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- COUNTRY DOCTOR, HERTZLER CLINIC, HALSTEAD KANSAS, MARRIAGE, RELIGION, MEDICAL SCHOOL, COLLEGES, EARLY WESTERN MEDICINE, sexuality in marriage, child rearing, pregnancy, female hysterics,
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Spine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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"...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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