The Backwash Of War: The Human Wreckage Of the Battlefield As Witnessed By An American Hospital Nurse
by Ellen N(ewbold) La Motte
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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The Bronx, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York & London: G.P. Putnams & Sons/The Knickerbocker Press, 1916. © 1916/4th Impression . Decorative Hardcover Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo or 12° (Duodecimo): 6¾" x 7¾" tall. 186 + pp. A rare, hard-to-find, out-of-print, collectible gem! A wonderful copy! A great, almost spotlessly clean copy! Solidly and tightly bound, essentially and nearly flawless copy with minimal internal and external wear and use. Copy with crisp pages, clean text, and light shelf wear. Smooth covers. No dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- gearbooks
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6vAg0062
- Title
- The Backwash Of War: The Human Wreckage Of the Battlefield As Witnessed By An American Hospital Nurse
- Author
- Ellen N(ewbold) La Motte
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Hardcover Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- © 1916/4th Impression
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnams & Sons/The Knickerbocker Press
- Place of Publication
- New York & London
- Date Published
- 1916
- Keywords
- Memoirs, Military Studies, Warfare, Hospitals, Nurses, American History & Studies, Medicine, Medical Studies & Science, Health, Medical Health, Literary Studies
- Size
- 12mo or 12° (Duodecimo): 6¾" x 7¾" tall
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Glossary
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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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
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