Devils, Drugs, and Doctors: The Story of the Science of Healing from Medicine-Man to Doctor
by Howard W. Haggard
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No DJ
- Seller
-
Rochester, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1929. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition.. c 1929. First edition, stated. Black cloth with gilt titles. Front end paper inscribed by author to former owner, signed. Boards with light scuffing, corners bumped and rubbed. Gilt lettering clean and bright. Edges rubbed. Spine age darkened, lettering dulled. Ends bumped and frayed. Cloth chipped at crown. Binding very lightly cracked at p 328, else sound with no missing or loose pages. Text block toned. Contents unmarked and clean. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Small World Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 072415
- Title
- Devils, Drugs, and Doctors: The Story of the Science of Healing from Medicine-Man to Doctor
- Author
- Howard W. Haggard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- SPECIAL HISTORY MEDICINE
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
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About the Seller
Small World Books, LLC
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Rochester, New York
About Small World Books, LLC
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- Inscribed
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- First Edition
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- Cracked
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- Text Block
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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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Spine
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