THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF OPHTHALMIC MEDICINE AND SURGERY
by Jones, T. Wharton
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Collectible- Good+
- Seller
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Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Lea and Blanchard, 1847. xx, 509 pages. Contains 4 full-page plates and numerous in-text woodcuts. A tight book with foxed pages, 1/4" of top of spine has chipped and is gone, approximately 1/8" of bottom of the spine is rubbed badly but still intact and a "DISCARDED" stamp on the page edges. Corners are bumped with some rubbing. Previous owners name has been marked through with black marker on top edge of first free end paper. Much nicer than it sounds!. First U. S. Edition. Hard Cover. Collectible- Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- W1171
- Title
- THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF OPHTHALMIC MEDICINE AND SURGERY
- Author
- Jones, T. Wharton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible- Good+
- Edition
- First U. S. Edition
- Publisher
- Lea and Blanchard
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Date Published
- 1847
- Keywords
- Medicine Showcase
- Bookseller catalogs
- Medicine;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
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About the Seller
Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
Biblio member since 2004
Williamsburg, Virginia
About Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
Our office, located in historic Williamsburg, Virginia, is open by appointment or by chance. We are antiquarian booksellers who buy and sell carefully selected books for collectors and researchers in many genre. We also sell important autographs and photographs as well as original art, including wood engravings by Winslow Homer and J. J. Lankes; lithographs by Miró, Matisse, Calder, Wengenroth, and others; and works from the American Etching Revival. You can reach us by telephone: (757)378-5400; or by email: twbooks1@cox.net.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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....
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.