American Medical Bibliography 1639-1783: A Chronological Catalogue, and Critical and Bibliographical Study of Books, Pamphlets, Broadsides, and Articles in Periodicals, Publications Relating to the Medical Sciences.Printed in the Present Territory of the United States of America During British Dominion and the Revolutionary War
by Guerra, Francisco & Lawrence C. Wroth
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
- Used - Very Good
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About This Item
NY: Lathrop C. Harper. Used - Very Good. 1962. First Edition. hardcover. Cloth. Tall octavo. 885 pp. Mild shelf wear and scuffing to boards. Previous owner's inscription to ffep. Spine somewhat cocked. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition. Very Good. (Subject: Books on Books).
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- Powell's Bookstores Chicago
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- C58311
- Title
- American Medical Bibliography 1639-1783: A Chronological Catalogue, and Critical and Bibliographical Study of Books, Pamphlets, Broadsides, and Articles in Periodicals, Publications Relating to the Medical Sciences.Printed in the Present Territory of the United States of America During British Dominion and the Revolutionary War
- Author
- Guerra, Francisco & Lawrence C. Wroth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- NY: Lathrop C. Harper
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Octavo
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- First Edition
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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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
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