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Epidemics
by Marks, Geoffrey (and William K. Beatty)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0684145685
- ISBN 13
- 9780684145686
- Seller
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Lukeville , Arizona, United States
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About This Item
New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1976, hardcover, xii-323 pp, First Edition, First Printing by numberline, Very Good+ in Good+ dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light spine-end bumps. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, light edge nicks, rubs, some fading to spine, in new Brodart sleeve. The authors trace the history of epidemic diseases from the Plague of Thucydides in ancient Greece to the time of publication. Illustrated with 16 pages of reproductions of artworks, drawings and photographs. Appended: Reference Notes, Selected Bibliography, Index. ISBN 9780684145686
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Details
- Bookseller
- West of Eden Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8077
- Title
- Epidemics
- Author
- Marks, Geoffrey (and William K. Beatty)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing by numberline
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0684145685
- ISBN 13
- 9780684145686
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York1976
- This edition first published
- 1976
- Keywords
- Disease outbreaks; Epidemics; Epidemiology; History; Medical; Socioeconomic factors
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- Spine
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- Brodart
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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