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A History of Medicine
by Ralph H. Major, MD
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+ in Good dust jacket
- Seller
-
Bishop, California, United States
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About This Item
Springfield, Illinois: Charles C Thomas. Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. 2 Volume Set. Hardcovers with dust jacket. Volume 1: DJ in G condition. Wear, tanning, some staining, top edge of cover and spine missing, covered in mylar. Book in G+ condition. Wear, mild foxing, cover slightly curved, marks (brief seller's notes on rep and ffep, price, inventory number) . Mild tanning, first group of pages starting to loosen somewhat, discoloration on endpapers and free endpapers. Volume 2: DJ in G condition. Tanning, some staining, large patch of DJ missing from spine, top edge of cover missing, covered in mylar. Book in G+ condition. Wear, cover boards seem slightly curved, marks (sellers' note, price, inventory number) , discolortion on endpapers & free endpapers. Some foxing, two groups of pages loosening somewhat but still attached. Mild Tanning. Soiling on outside edges of pages. Removable "sell as set" stickers on covers. ; 1155 pages including index, total both volumes. Numerous b&w illustrations, photos and drawings. Interior quite clean, but moderate foxing to end papers. Pencilled price on ffeps and previous seller mark on back end paper. Dust jackets are worn, tanned and chipped. Vol II dj has 3" chunk missing from spine. Now protected in mylar.; 2-Volume Set; 8.80 X 6 X 2.30 inches; 1155 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Range & River Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4953
- Title
- A History of Medicine
- Author
- Ralph H. Major, MD
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles C Thomas
- Place of Publication
- Springfield, Illinois
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- Medicine, History, 2 Volume Set, July
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Range & River Books
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About the Seller
Range & River Books
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Bishop, California
About Range & River Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- G+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good. Good is defined as "describes the average used and worn book...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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