London: T. Werner Laurie Ltd.. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1928. First Edition (?). First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full red cloth, black lettering and borders on spine and cover. The author, Charles Richet, was the winner of the Nobel Prize for Physiology in 1913. Translated from the French by Lloyd Harvey. . The volume shows only slight shelf-wear along the bottom edge, else fine: unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. The unclipped dust jacket (now in Mylar), is lightly sunned with a closed tear at the heel, else very good. NEAR FINE/GOOD. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 150, (8-adverts) pp .

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Bookseller: Round Table Books, LLC (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 29418
Title: The Impotence of Man ("L'Homme Impuissant")
Author: Richet, Charles
Format/Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
Edition: First Edition (?). First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: T. Werner Laurie Ltd.
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1928
Keywords: Philosophy, Physiology, Atheism, Morality
Bookseller catalogs: Science, Medicine & Technology; Philosophy & Social Sciences;

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