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Ticknor & Fields, 1862. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. Good in boards, ex-library with usual markings and starting at inside front and back , minor chipping to board extremities. Small soil mark to last five pages otherwise clean.

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1862. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover with brown cloth boards, 1862, octavo, 80pp., not illustrated. Book VG with spine ends worn, gilt title on spine dulled but legible, spotting to boards, binding tight, previous owner's signature to front endpaper and full-title page, otherwise text clean and unmarked with toning throughout. In protective mylar wrap.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

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Boston: Ticknor, 1862. First Edition. Hardback. Good Used Condition.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1862. 80p. A near fine copy, the spine of which is faded (but the gold lettering is bright) and the spine is slightly cocked; the former owner's signature, town, date, and giver are on the front free endpaper. Brown blind-tooled cloth in remarkably clean condition. A very presentable copy. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston:: Ticknor and Fields,, 1862.. First edition; binding 1.. publisher's embossed cloth.. Spine slightly sunned; slight use to spine at extremities. A fresh, attractive copy.. 12mo,. An Introductory Lecture, Delivered before the Medical Class of Harvard University, November 6th, 1861. BAL 8814.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1862. 1st ed. 1st issue.. Hardcover. Good. Sm 8vo, hardcover, green cloth. Sm chips in cloth at upper & lower spine and corners, 1" of rear spine hinge fraying; occasional foxing; pale 2" water stain at upper right corner of pgs. throughout, & similar 1" stain at lower corner of first 25 pgs. near hinge (none of this affecting text). Otherwise good, binding tight. 80 pp.

Ticknor & Fields, 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Ticknor & Fields, 1862. Hard cover, first edition. Has a few markings from a private library, otherwise VG condition.

(Printed by Welch, Bigelow, and Company, Cambridge for) Ticknor and Fields, Boston: 1862., 1862 80p. Note original pagination errors in last signature. Bookplates of Bayard Henderson Christy, Ornithologist, 1899 and W. Emmert Swigart. Small 8vo. Original full publisher's cloth binding, embossed and lettered in blind. Spine lettered in gold. Slight sun fading top of front board. Holmes began his medical career as a general practitioner but shifted into academics, becoming professor of anatomy and physiology at Dartmouth (1838-40), dean of Harvard Medical School (1847-82). He published two important medical lectures, including this one - promoting scientific discoveries in opposition to the practice of homeopathy, phrenology, and other `alternative' therapies. (The other was on the nature of fevers). His main fame though comes as a poet, novelist, biographer, and essayist. Most famous of these are `The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table' (1858) and several subsequent volumes where he presents… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

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Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1862. First edition presumed (copyright date and title page date identical). Hardcover. About very good(-) ; binding tight and leaves mostly clean. Octavo in blind-stamped light brown cloth backed boards; 80 pages; 20 cm. Includes bibliographical references. Science. Medical education. History, 19th Century Science Medicine Education, Medical Médecine. Médecine -- Histoire -- 19e siècle. Sciences. Enseignement médical. medicines (material) sciences (philosophy) Science. Medical education. Medicine. Named Person: Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894 -- Presentation inscription to J. Bigelow. Bigelow, Jacob, 1786-1879 -- Presentation inscription from O. E. Holmes. Lecture lectures. Lectures. Publishers' advertisements. Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894, author.

Ticknor and Fields, 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Ticknor and Fields; Boston, 1862. Hardcover. First Edition. A Very Good, brown cloth binding with blind stamping to front and rear boards, gilt title on spine and Ticknor & Co. gilt lettering on bottom spine, binding intact, some fraying top spine edge, some handling/scuffing to boards, rubbing along board edges, some sunning to spine, slightly cocked, bit of scattered foxing to front and back matters and text block edges, slightly cocked, without Dust wrapper. A nice, overall clean and unmarked copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9], 80pp. We pack securely and ship daily w/delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.