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Dover Pubns, 1969-12-31. paperback. Good. 8x5x0. A good softcover copy with a tight and square binding. Text is clean but has lightly yellowed. Presentation inscription is written on first front end paper. Text is clean but has light edge wear. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery. Shipped in 100% recyclable material.

Duke University Press Books, 2001-06-29. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Dover Pubns. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp.

Dover, 1958. First THUS. Paperback. Good. From a private collection. First Dover edition, 1958 (originally published in 1951 by Oxford). Cover has sunning, minor shelfwear. Plastic coating is peeling. Binding tight and sturdy; text appears clean. Light age-toning. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Ontario Department Of Health, 1932. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 12 Pages.

Remington-Putnam Book Co., Baltimore: 1932.. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1932. Hardcover. Front blank end page has been torn out, rest of book is nice clean and tight, decorative gold gilt on front cover. An attractive book .

MP3 Audio CD. A Way of Life (in Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 036 ) In several of his speeches, Charlie Munger has referred to Sir William Osler, the Canadian physician and co-founder of Johns Hopkins Hospital. The first to bring medical students out of the classroom and directly into the hospital for clinical training, he is often described as the “Father of Modern Medicine.” Osler was a fascinating, accomplished, and erudite man who liked to quote Thomas Carlyle’s prescription that “Our main business is not to see what lies dimly in the distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.” As I followed up on Osler, I quickly came to his speech “A Way of Life,” delivered to students at Yale University in 1913. True to Carlyle’s prescription, Osler proposes that men work steadily towards success and fulfillment in life by taking the world in strict 24-hour increments, letting neither yesterday nor tomorrow be a worry today. (He called it “Life in… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. A Way of Life (in Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 036 ) In several of his speeches, Charlie Munger has referred to Sir William Osler, the Canadian physician and co-founder of Johns Hopkins Hospital. The first to bring medical students out of the classroom and directly into the hospital for clinical training, he is often described as the “Father of Modern Medicine.” Osler was a fascinating, accomplished, and erudite man who liked to quote Thomas Carlyle’s prescription that “Our main business is not to see what lies dimly in the distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.” As I followed up on Osler, I quickly came to his speech “A Way of Life,” delivered to students at Yale University in 1913. True to Carlyle’s prescription, Osler proposes that men work steadily towards success and fulfillment in life by taking the world in strict 24-hour increments, letting neither yesterday nor tomorrow be a worry today. (He called it “Life in… Read More

Paperback / softback. New.

Remington-Putnam Book Co., Baltimore: 1932.. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. (Philosophy, Conduct of life, Address) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

New York City: Paul B. Hoeber, 1937. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 41 Pp. Brown Boards, Paper Cover Label. Very Good, Light Wear At Corners, In Original Glassine Dust Jacket. Browning To Part Of Front Endpapers And Front Flap (From A Clipping Which Had Been Laid In Loosely)

New York City: Golden Hind Press / Paul B. Hoeber, 1930. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 41 Pp. Brown Boards, Paper Cover Label. Very Good, Light Wear At Corners, In Lightly Chipped Original Glassine Dust Jacket With Long (3 1/2") Closed Tear On Rear Panel..

Springfield Il: Charles C. Thomas, 1969. Reprint . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Xi, 41 Pp. Dark Blue Cloth, Gilt. Undated, But 1969. Near Fine, Bookplate Of James G. Cooney. Dust Jacket With Light Wear And Slight Soiling, And A 1/4" Closed Tear At Bottom Of Rear Spine Edge.

Duke University Press Books. Collectible - Very Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Very Good.

Hardback. Like New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.