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Hippocrates in a Red Vest, The Biography of a Frontier Doctor
by Barron B. Beshoar
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good+/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0910118310
- ISBN 13
- 9780910118316
- Seller
-
TORRINGTON, Wyoming, United States
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About This Item
Palo Alto, CA: American West Publishing Company, 1973. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good+/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Photographs. G+/g, hc, 352 pp. Red colored cloth over boards with gilt text on spine; tips slightly worn; slight shelf wear to head and tail of spine. Illustrated dust jacket with white text on upper and spine; spine sunned; slight edge wear resulting in minute chips at head and tail of spine and a 3/4" tear that is creased at tail of upper near flap fold; encased in protective mylar cover. Interior pages clean, unmarked. This is the story of a frontier doctor practicing in southern Colorado written by his grandson. Binding is tight.
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- Bookseller
- PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015173
- Title
- Hippocrates in a Red Vest, The Biography of a Frontier Doctor
- Author
- Barron B. Beshoar
- Illustrator
- Photographs
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0910118310
- ISBN 13
- 9780910118316
- Publisher
- American West Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Palo Alto, CA
- Date Published
- 1973
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- Barron B. Beshoar, Frontier Doctor, Southern Colorado history, Physicians
Terms of Sale
PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
10 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
Biblio member since 2012
TORRINGTON, Wyoming
About PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
We specialize in western history, gun knife and hunting titles. Also try to stock Wyoming history titles. We have a walk-in store on US Hwy 26/85 the most direct route to Fort Laramie National History site..We have what I think is the largest seleciton of weapons titles in SE Wyoming, both new and used. Always looking for good used weapons titles.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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