Five Patients The Hospital Explained
by Crichton, Michael
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket; Cloth; Alfred A. Knopf; 1970; First Edition
- Seller
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Bangor, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
NY. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Cloth; Alfred A. Knopf; 1970; First Edition. Crichton, Michael. Five Patients The Hospital Explained. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970 First Edition, 231 pp. Illustrated dust wrapper, jacket design by Paul Bacon, chipping to edges, creasing to flaps. Red cloth with gilt titles. This was the author's first non-fiction book based on five patients at Mass. General Hospital. First Edition, 231 pages with afterword, bibliography, glossary, medical history, and commentary. Edges rubbed, light soiling. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Bluestocking Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9587
- Title
- Five Patients The Hospital Explained
- Author
- Crichton, Michael
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket; Cloth; Alfred A. Knopf; 1970; First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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