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A HISTORY OF MEDICINE
by DOUGLAS GUTHRIE
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON: THOMAS NELSON AND SONS , 1945 Burgundy Cloth boards with gilt blocked titles to spine. 225 x 150 mm approx. Top edge stained red, maps to end papers, xvi + 448 pp, 72 duotone plates as called for. First Edition 1945. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. VG/ Good (Book- mild general shelf wear, no notable soiling, no previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket- moderate shelf rubbing with a few small nicks- reinforced by a previous owner with old style cellotape to reverse, general shelf and handling soiling,non price clipped - cover 30s.Now in a removable proprietary protective sleeve. No other notable defects).
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- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 130969
- Title
- A HISTORY OF MEDICINE
- Author
- DOUGLAS GUTHRIE
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- THOMAS NELSON AND SONS
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- History of Medicine, Douglas Guthrie, Greek Medicine, Hippocratic Medicine, Arabian Medicine, William Harvey, Military and Naval Surgery, Preventative Medicine, Anatomy, Physicians,
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