The Beetle of Aphrodite and Other Medical Histories
by Howell, Michael and Peter Ford
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394547977
- ISBN 13
- 9780394547978
- Seller
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Binghamton, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random, 1985. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9222 shelf. Slightly cocked. Silver-stamped blue cloth spine w/ embossed gray bds. 2 tiny upturned dog-ears. No names, clean text. Attr. dust jacket w/ tiny waterstain base verso spine. By the authors of TheTrue History of the Elephant Man. Index.
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- Bookseller
- Gil's Book Loft (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 071125
- Title
- The Beetle of Aphrodite and Other Medical Histories
- Author
- Howell, Michael and Peter Ford
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394547977
- ISBN 13
- 9780394547978
- Publisher
- Random
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1985
- Pages
- 358
- Keywords
- medicine health
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- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.