HARVEY CUSHING: A BIOGRAPHY
by Fulton, John F
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Springfield: Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Thick Octavo, viii, ix, xi, xii, 754 pages. In Good condition with a Good minus dust jacket. Spine dark green with off-white lettering to the spine. Dust jacket shows moderate exterior wear including slight soiling, mildly age toned spine and several instances of small chips to the head/tail edges. Boards have slightly sunned exterior and small bumps to the tail fore corners. Text block has modest age toning to the edges. Mild offsetting to the end papers. Frontispiece. Tiny chip to rear hinge to the head edge. Illustrated. First edition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column J, ND-J. 1379928. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1379928
- Title
- HARVEY CUSHING: A BIOGRAPHY
- Author
- Fulton, John F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles C. Thomas, Publisher
- Place of Publication
- Springfield
- Date Published
- 1946
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Rockville, Maryland
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- New
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- Hinge
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- Text Block
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- Sunned
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- Edges
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- Tail
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Octavo
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- Jacket
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- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...