A Treatise on the Science and Practice of Midwifery, Sixth American from the Eighth English Edition, with Notes and Additions by Robert P. Harris.
by Playfair, W.S
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Lea Brothers & Co.. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1893. 6th American Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth binding rubbed a extremities; spine ends & corners abraded; cloth along gutters pinholing; boards soiled & scuffed; hinges cracked & separating, one point in textblock cracked; small dealer stamp & inked owner's name on front free endpaper; top edges of a few leaves dampstained; leaf edges, paste-downs & endpapers foxed/smudged, else a stable, clean volume. No dj. ; Many good b&w ils.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" ; 697 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48412
- Title
- A Treatise on the Science and Practice of Midwifery, Sixth American from the Eighth English Edition, with Notes and Additions by Robert P. Harris.
- Author
- Playfair, W.S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- 6th American Edition
- Publisher
- Lea Brothers & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1893
- Keywords
- 19th Century Midwife History, Antique Medical Books, Childbirth
- Bookseller catalogs
- Medicine;
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Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
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About Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
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