The Story of Pain: From Prayer To Painkillers
by Bourke, Joanna
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- F/F/ND
- ISBN 10
- 0199689431
- ISBN 13
- 9780199689439
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st. Stated "1".* Date of Publication: 2017* Publisher: Oxford University Press.* Binding and cover condition: Mono photo-illustrated soft card covers showing a person in pain with hand to forehead. No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems lightly-used if at all. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: A number of b/w photos, line drawings, & facsimiles within text.* Pages: 302 pp. text. c pp. notes, bibliography, index and blank pages at rear.* Product Description:- Everyone knows what is feels like to be in pain. Scraped knees, toothaches, migraines, giving birth, cancer, heart attacks, and heartaches: pain permeates our entire lives. We also witness other people - loved ones - suffering, and we 'feel with' them. It is easy to assume this is the end of the story: 'pain-is-pain-is-pain', and that is all there is to say. But it is not. In fact, the way in which people respond to what they describe as 'painful' has changed considerably over time. Focusing on the English-speaking world, this book tells the story of pain since the eighteenth century, addressing fundamental questions about the experience and nature of suffering over the last three centuries.* This is a FINE copy of the 1st./1st. with absolutely minimal shelf wear.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3185
- Title
- The Story of Pain: From Prayer To Painkillers
- Author
- Bourke, Joanna
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - F/F/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st. Edn, 1st. Imp.
- ISBN 10
- 0199689431
- ISBN 13
- 9780199689439
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford UK. 402
- Date Published
- 2017-04-10
- Size
- 21.3 x 13.5 x 2.5 cm
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