English Sanitary Institutions, Reviewed in the Course of Development and in Some of Their Political and Social Terms
by Simon, Sir John
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Cassell & Company Limited, 1890. xv, 496, 16 pp publisher's catalogue; publisher's maroon gilt cloth with yellow eps. An ex-library book with interesting affiliations, the label of the Medical Library of the Ministry of Health [UK] on the front. Recall number to the spine and on fpd with borrowers signing-out ticket which includes the names and probable signatures, since all are different, of Sir Hen. Tizard-the pioneer of radar and instigator of the RAF's research into the existence of UFO's (1949); Dr (later Lord ?) Goodman (1951); Miss Buck of the Ministry of Housing (1985). Front eps cracked at gutter. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". First. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.
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- Seller
- Interquarian
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 002447
- Title
- English Sanitary Institutions, Reviewed in the Course of Development and in Some of Their Political and Social Terms
- Author
- Simon, Sir John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Cassell & Company Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1890
- Keywords
- UFO'S STATE INSANITY COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH
- Bookseller catalogs
- Medical;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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