Greek Biology and Medicine by Henry Osborn Taylor (Creator) - 2012-08-01

Marshall Jones, 1922. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: . 151 pages. Ex-library with typical marks, some discoloring and wear; missing the title page but a good solid book. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Inventory No: 155317. .

Boston: Marshall Jones Company, 1922. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. A Good copy in dark blue cloth lettered in gold, top edge gilt. Mild soiling to the front cover, clean/unmarked within, and not ex-library. No dust jacket.

UsedVeryGood. Former library copy, may have usual markings. Includes clear protective plastic cover on dust jacket.

Cooper Square Publishers. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1963. Hardcover. 151 pp; Book has no names, pages unmarked, covers excellent. Dust jacket is unclipped, corner wear and tears at the folds, small chip on top rear edge, spine sunned but front very good. A nice, clean, tight and attractive book, unusal to find in the jacket. .

New York:: Cooper Square Publishers, Inc., 1963. 5" wide by 7.5" tall. A square, tight copy. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. A study of the contributions to modern biology and medicine of Hippocrates, Aristotle, Galen and other Greeks. List of chapter notes/bibliography references. The third volume in the OUR DEBT TO GREECE AND ROME series. Bound in the original salmon-color cloth, stamped in black on the spine and front cover.. Reprint of the 1922 original.. Hard Cover. Fine condition/No jacket.. xv, 151pp..

NY: Longmans, Green and Co, 1922. 151p. Ex-library; stamps on title page and page edges; pocket glued to front endpaper; label on spine. Otherwise a clean, tight hardcover book in good condition. Part of the "Our Debt to Greece and Rome" series.

Boston, Massachusetts: Marshall Jones Company, 1922. Hardcover. Very Good. Greek Biology and Medicine (Our Debt to Greece and Rome), 1922, Hardcover Condition Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Former library book with library marks. Interior is clean and unmarked. Edges are rubbed and bumped. Excellent reading copy. About the book: Dr. Taylor's volume on Greek Biology and Medicine is the third to appear in the new Library, Our Debt to Greece and Rome. The author has drawn his sketch in such a way as to make clear the influence of ancient biological and medical theories and of the ancient medical practice upon our intellectual life, to-day, giving frequent allusions to that influence as it affected distinguished biologists and men of medicine during the intervening centuries. This is part of the larger plan Of the Library as a Whole to Show in some detail the vitality of the ancient thought and to make more articulate the significance it pos sesses for us. We all too unconsciously accept a heritage,… Read More

Boston, Mass.: Marshall Jones Company, 1922. . Small 8vo, 18cm. Pp. xvi,151,[5]. Hardbound, orig. cloth, top edges gilt. Very good.

George G. Harrap & Co Ltd, 1111. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 151 pages. Beige pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. The unclipped dust jacket has moderate edge wear, tears and chips to edges and spine ends. Moderate tanning to spine and edges.

Paperback / softback. New.