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AN ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON AUSCULTATION AND PERCUSSION, OR THE APPLICATION OF ACOUSTICS TO THE DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASES, WITH A SYNOPTICAL TABLE
by Raciborski, A. [Author]; Post, Minturn [Translator]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Collins, Keese & Co, 1839. Hardcover. Octavo, [8], [2], v-viii, 261 pages. In Good condition. Bound in full contemporary embossed purple cloth, with gilt titling to spine. Boards show moderate fading to brown in areas, slight discoloration to covers, and chipping and tears to spine edges and corners. Boards slightly shaken, but binding otherwise tight. Text block age toned with extensive foxing and age-toning to pages throughout interiorly. One plate present and intact facing title page, and one large folding table at back. Previous owner bookplate on front free end paper: "Library of David Harlan". Ex-library copy with usual markings, including a bookplate to front free end paper, institutional stamps to several pages, and call number written in pencil. MF Consignment. 1358672. Special Collections.
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- Seller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 1358672
- Title
- AN ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON AUSCULTATION AND PERCUSSION, OR THE APPLICATION OF ACOUSTICS TO THE DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASES, WITH A SYNOPTICAL TABLE
- Author
- Raciborski, A. [Author]; Post, Minturn [Translator]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Collins, Keese & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1839
- Keywords
- Infectious Diseases
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Title Page
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- Cloth
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Bookplate
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- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
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