The Doctor, His Patient and the Illness
by Balint, Michael
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Pitman Medical Publishing Co.. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. (1964). Hardcover. Previous owner's name on front endpaper, and name blind-stamp on dust-jacket. Fading to dust-jacket. Some wear to corners of dust-jacket and ends of dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket is price-clipped. Dust-jacket protected in archival cover.; Second edition, revised and enlarged. xii, 395, [1 (blank)] pages. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 216 x 138mm. "It has always been known that much more happens in the intimate atmosphere between the doctor and his patient than is described in the traditional textbooks. Dr. Balint's book is a detailed account of one of the few systematic researches undertaken to study the events in this intimate atmosphere and the forces activating them." - from dust-jacket blurb. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25856
- Title
- The Doctor, His Patient and the Illness
- Author
- Balint, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Publisher
- Pitman Medical Publishing Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1964)
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
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Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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