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ADVANCES IN AMERICAN MEDICINE: Essays at The Bicentennial--A Publication of the Joisah Macy, Jr. Foundation in Cooperation with the National Library of Medicine/Two (2) Volume Set
by Bowers, John Z. and Purcell, Elizabeth F. (Editors)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0914362178
- ISBN 13
- 9780914362173
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation (1976) Vol. 1: 458 pp.; Vol. 2: 918 pp. Original blue cloth covers, very bright and clean. Spine ends bumped. Vol. 1: small bump to bottom edge of front cover; light soiling to bottom edge of text block. Original plastic covers are lightly scuffed. Both volumes illust. w/ b/w photos. Contents nice.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6479
- Title
- ADVANCES IN AMERICAN MEDICINE: Essays at The Bicentennial--A Publication of the Joisah Macy, Jr. Foundation in Cooperation with the National Library of Medicine/Two (2) Volume Set
- Author
- Bowers, John Z. and Purcell, Elizabeth F. (Editors)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0914362178
- ISBN 13
- 9780914362173
- Publisher
- Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- This edition first published
- 1976
- Keywords
- MEDICAL HISTORY MEDICINE PHARMACOLOGY MODERN HISTORY 1601 CONGRESSES ESSAYS INFLUENCES DEVELOPMENT HUMAN GENETICS INFECTIOUS DISEASES MICROBIOLOGY METABOLISM ENDOCRINOLOGY NEOPLASIA UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION MEDICAL CARE P
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science; Medicine; Medical; Education;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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