WANLESS OF INDIA : LANCET OF THE LORD
by Wanless, Lillian Emery
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Poor
- Seller
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Creswell, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Boston: W. A. Wilde, 1944. Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Poor. Stevens, Beatrice. FIRST EDITION. AUTHOR'S INSCRIPTION AND SIGNATURE TO HALF-TITLE PAGE. Mildly cocked. Front bottom corner, nudged. Spinecaps folded under. Light stain runs length of spine and across 3.5" of bottom edge. Does not affect endpapers. Boards lightly scuffed. Pages age-tanned. Acid transfer from laid-in article to pp 316 / 317. Dustjacket poor. Many tears, creases, and various size chips. Moderately scuffed covers. Gilt lettering debossed to spine of black, cloth-covered boards. Illustrated endpapers. 366 pp. The story is based on the real life facts of renowned surgeon, Sir William James Wanless. At age 24 he went to India as a medical missionary. In the forty years there, he cared for lepers, trained Christian leaders, and performed thousands of operations. Although Sir William, his family and the Maharajah of Kolhapur are real, many other characters are fictitious providing imaginary conversations to fill in the true events.
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- Bookseller
- The Sensible Magpie
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 840
- Title
- WANLESS OF INDIA : LANCET OF THE LORD
- Author
- Wanless, Lillian Emery
- Illustrator
- Stevens, Beatrice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- W. A. Wilde
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1944
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Orders will be filled and shipped out on as soon as they are processed, within two days of accepting order, generally. If you have need of quicker delivery, please call directly: (541) 942-6479, between 8am and 8pm, Pacific Standard Time.
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