A Text-Book of General Bacteriology
by JORDAN, Edwin O
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company, 1908. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue blind-embossed cloth, gilt spine. 557pp, (3pp), 16pp ads. Numerous illustrations, line drawings, foldout chart, foldout map. Very good. Mild edgewear; delicate inner front hinge expertly, archivally strengthened; ownership signature on front pastedown. A tight and quite nice first edition of this popular standard text. Discreet ex-library copy, with almost no markings evident. A classic, reprinted many times.
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- Seller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 33708
- Title
- A Text-Book of General Bacteriology
- Author
- JORDAN, Edwin O
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- W.B. Saunders Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1908
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Medical;
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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Galena, Illinois
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