London : Fourth Estate, 2004. Softcover. Good Condition. Octavo (standard book size). The story of Stephen Heywood who discovered he had A.L.S (a neurological disease) and how his brother Jamie gave up his job to try and save his brother and Jamie’s contact with scientists, doctors and the filed of genetics, This is the first Australian edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 356 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Endpapers slightly browned, text clean. Edges foxed and browned. Card covers have some rubbing and bumped corners. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Medicine & Health; Neurological Disease & Brain Injury ; ISBN: 0007192649. ISBN/EAN: 9780007192649. Main Picture: Front cover. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 52489. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting Endpapers slightly browned, text clean Edges foxed and browned Card covers have some rubbing and bumped corners

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Bookseller: Spencer and Murphy Booksellers (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 52489
Title: His Brother’s Keeper, A Story from the Edge of Medicine
Author: Weiner, Weiner
Format/Binding: Softcover
Book Condition: Used - Good Condition
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Fourth Estate
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 2004
Pages: 356
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Keywords: Neurological Disease & Brain Injury BZDB397 disease, neurology, ALS, Parkinsons, biology Medicine & Health; Neurological Disease & Brain Injury ; His Brothers Keeper A Story from the Edge of Medicine
Size: Octavo (standard book size)

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Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.