Mechanical Therapeutics. a Practical Treatise on Surgical Apparatus, Appliances an Elementary Operations. First Edition.
by Wales, Philip S
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Cotuit, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea. Very Good. 1867. Hardcover. Full leather scraped, rubbed and worn. Front cover stamped in gilt Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. Navy Department. Black spine label missing about 1/4. Bookplate inside front cover from Harrisbury Academy of Medicine 1895 with offsetting to next blank. Large ink signature of Wm Rutherford, M. D. , Harrisburg, Dec. 21st, 1872. Cracked front and rear but holding well. One dog ear and smudge at arm splint illus. 642 illus. Rutherford's home in Harrisburg was part of the Underground Railroad. .
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- Bookseller
- Isaiah Thomas Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11666
- Title
- Mechanical Therapeutics. a Practical Treatise on Surgical Apparatus, Appliances an Elementary Operations. First Edition.
- Author
- Wales, Philip S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- Henry C. Lea
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1867
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Isaiah Thomas Books
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Cotuit, Massachusetts
About Isaiah Thomas Books
Member: Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, Massachusetts and Rhode Island Antiquarian Booksellers. "One of the finest in N.E. (&) the premier used book shop on Cape Cod" - Used Book Lovers Guide. We have about 70,000 booksv Located half way between Falmouth and Hyannis, we are named in honor of the famous colonial era printer and philantrophist, founder (1812) of the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, where we in 1969. There we were stewards and renewers of a decorative Queen Anne Victorian. On Cape Cod since 1969, we take care of the newest (1860) Crocker family home in Barnstable's village of Cotuit: a tall peaked Italianate now painted pink and four other colors. The owner's training has included work in four libraries and apprenticeship with the Irving Ephraim (1908) - 1989) who began his own career during the depression. Assistants have always known the meaning of "book person." Remembering with fondness Mr. E. and the enormous influence of our home town librarians, we try to continue their tradition of service. Open Tues. - Sat. 10 - 5, Sun. 12 - 5. Open Monday in the summer.
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