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How To Sleep on a Windy Night
by Vera Chance Ward (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good +
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
NZ$210.48NZ$147.33
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About This Item
Phillipsburg, KS: Clar-Mar Press, 1970 Clar-Mar Press, Phillipsburg, KS. 1970. Hardcover. First Edition. Signed by the author on the FFFP; signed by the subject in a rubber stamp signature on the FFFP. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; several small splash stains on the textblock fore edge. DJ: Very Good +; NOT Price Clipped ($6.95); slight chipping to head and tail; light rubbing to panels; light bumping to top edges. Red cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 363 pp 8vo. Dr. Mary was born in 1902 in Phillipsburg and from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis in 1930 and a few years later returned to Phillipsburg to begin a medical practice in the midst of the Dust Bowl. This book covers her early life in Phillipsburg, her life as a doctor, some of her practical advice, and many letters of compliment and thanks from famous people and many locals too. A great look at the "old school" physician who worked in the community, made house calls, delivered babies, and did not rely on tests and instruments for medical diagnoses and treatments. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015910
- Title
- How To Sleep on a Windy Night
- Author
- Vera Chance Ward (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Clar-Mar Press
- Place of Publication
- Phillipsburg, KS
- Date Published
- 1970
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Dr.Mary Townsend-Glassen, Dr. Mary, Phillipsburg KS, Dust Bowl, General Practitioner, solo physician, rural medical practice, Washington University School of Medicine, country medicine, country medical doctors,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Kansas Related; Biographies;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Cloth
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- Rubbing
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
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