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Great Men of Medicine (Landmark Books, Number W-49).
by Hume, Ruth Fox
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- BINDING/CONDITION: grayish-tan cloth with black; this does not have the typical World Landmark series device, but just the title
- Seller
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Oroville, California, United States
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About This Item
New York:: Random House, 1961.. Young Readers of America edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: grayish-tan cloth with black; this does not have the typical World Landmark series device, but just the title and a small medical device (Rod of Asclepius), the top edge tint is green; a Good book, with a Fair dust jacket; the jacket is good but badly faded at the spine.. 8vo (8.5 inches tall) . Bibliography, index. Landmark endpaper style with map, color scenes. Description: Illustrated by Robert Frankenberg. This is Number W-49 in the Landmark Books series. This series presents historic and biographical books for young readers, designed to hold the attention as well as to inform. Lives of outstanding people and topics of interest in American and world history are presented in story form with illustrations. ''Great Men of Medicine was first published in 1947. It was so popular that Random House reprinted it eleven times. Now, taking advantage of the latest (remember this written in 1961) research into medical history, the author has prepared a new edition especially for the World Landmark series.'' Ruth Fox Hume is also the author of Florence Nightingale, another in the Landmark series.
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- Bookseller
- The Bookworm
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 068230
- Title
- Great Men of Medicine (Landmark Books, Number W-49).
- Author
- Hume, Ruth Fox
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - BINDING/CONDITION: grayish-tan cloth with black; this does not have the typical World Landmark series device, but just the title
- Edition
- Young Readers of America edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1961.
- Pages
- 192 pages.
- Size
- 8vo (8.5 inches tall)
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Bookworm
Biblio member since 2003
Oroville, California
About The Bookworm
We are a small town bookstore, in the same location for over fifteen years. We strive to maintain a wide selection of books in lower price ranges.
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