The Way With the Nerves: Letters to a Neurologist on Various Modern Nervous Ailments, Real and Fancied, with Replies Thereto Telling of Their Nature and Treatment
by Collins, Joseph
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
G.P. Putnam's Sons/The Knickerbocker Press, 1911. First. Hardcover. Good. This is not a reprint, this is the first edition of the book by neurologist Dr. Joseph Collins. Blue cloth boards are faded and stained, with darkening to the spine strip cloth. Gilt titling on front board is faded, with more significant fading to gilt titling on spine strip. Heel and head of spine strip have heavy shelf-wear, with significant bumping to heel. Wearing and discoloration to all the cloth on all edges of the boards. Previous owner name on FFEP. FFEP and first flyleaf page are crimped at bottom corner. Hinge cracked between FFEP and 2nd fly leaf page, which is dirty at bottom corner. Pages 285 to 308 have small crimps at bottom of the text block. Text block shows aging, and staining. Pages are unmarked. Back paste down has a faint pencil erasure at very top. Nice reading copy. 313 pages.
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- Bookseller
- Quirky Used Books & More
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 221213002
- Title
- The Way With the Nerves: Letters to a Neurologist on Various Modern Nervous Ailments, Real and Fancied, with Replies Thereto Telling of Their Nature and Treatment
- Author
- Collins, Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons/The Knickerbocker Press
- Date Published
- 1911
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Edges
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- Cracked
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- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
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- 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...
- Hinge
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- Spine Strip
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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