The Horse and Buggy Doctor
by Arthur Hertzler
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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United States, Arkansas, United States
Item Price
NZ$650.56NZ$390.34
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About This Item
Harper & Brothers, New York 1938. NF/VG RARE First editon
Price of $2.75 on dj. Blue boards with gilt titles on front and spine. Also a white etching of a horse and buggy on front board. Book is in NF condition, tight, no marks, no smells, no foxing. Original b & w photos throughout depicting a physician's life in over 100 years ago. Rare dust jacket. Water color illustration on front of by Salter showing a physician in a horse and buggy traveling down a country lane. Normal edge and spine wear for a book nearly 100 years old. One small tear in dj at bottom of spine.
Here in a book of enchanting intimacy and homely humor is the story of an American country doctor- of countless country doctors all over America. A colorful figure in the medical word today, head of the Hertzler Clinic at Halstead, Kansas, "Pop" Hertzler began his career forty years ago under conditions of pioneer hardship - when it was a case of "root hog or die" for children and adults alike.
Price of $2.75 on dj. Blue boards with gilt titles on front and spine. Also a white etching of a horse and buggy on front board. Book is in NF condition, tight, no marks, no smells, no foxing. Original b & w photos throughout depicting a physician's life in over 100 years ago. Rare dust jacket. Water color illustration on front of by Salter showing a physician in a horse and buggy traveling down a country lane. Normal edge and spine wear for a book nearly 100 years old. One small tear in dj at bottom of spine.
Here in a book of enchanting intimacy and homely humor is the story of an American country doctor- of countless country doctors all over America. A colorful figure in the medical word today, head of the Hertzler Clinic at Halstead, Kansas, "Pop" Hertzler began his career forty years ago under conditions of pioneer hardship - when it was a case of "root hog or die" for children and adults alike.
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- Bookseller
- Supercalifabulistic Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 163
- Title
- The Horse and Buggy Doctor
- Author
- Arthur Hertzler
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York & London
- Date Published
- 1938
- Keywords
- Humor, Autobiography, medical doctor, M.D. Ohio, U.S.A, Pioneer,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiques & Collectibles;
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United States, Arkansas
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