PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE THIRD NATIONAL QUARANTINE AND SANITARY CONVENTION, HELD IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, APRIL 27th, 28th, 29th, and 30th, 1859
by Board of Councilmen
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Coventry, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Edmund Jones & Co., Printers to Board of Councilment. Dark blue embossed pebbled cloth, with gilt lettering, decoration. Tiny worn spot edge of spine, some soiling top of back cover. 722 pp. Light water staining throughout. Book is tight, unmarked. The public health movement to combat poverty, filth, communicable disease. . Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1859.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sheila B. Amdur
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012066
- Title
- PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE THIRD NATIONAL QUARANTINE AND SANITARY CONVENTION, HELD IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, APRIL 27th, 28th, 29th, and 30th, 1859
- Author
- Board of Councilmen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Edmund Jones & Co., Printers to Board of Councilment
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1859
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Public Health; New York City; Infectious Disease
Terms of Sale
Sheila B. Amdur
Two week return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to two weeks after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Sheila B. Amdur
Biblio member since 2008
Coventry, Connecticut
About Sheila B. Amdur
Specializing in the history of medicine and psychiatry; Connecticut History; scholarly books; rare and antiquarian; general stock.
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- Pebbled
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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