Life Triumphs : A Story of Heroes and Science
by Sharov, Alexander; Translated from the Russian by Violet Dutt
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket
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About This Item
Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1955. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dust jacket. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. Clean and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh and crisp. 1955 English language edition of a book originally published in Russian in 1953. First Edition in English (no additional printings listed). A history of Russian doctors and scientists who battled plague, cholera, and other diseases. Gives profiles of Danilo Samoilovich, Grigory Nikolayevich Minkh, Vladimir Aaronovich Khavkin, Nokolai Fyodorovich Gamaleya, Vladislav Ivanovich Turchinovich-Vyzhnikevich, Ippolite Alexandrovich Deminsky, Daniel Kirillovich Zabolotny, Magdalina Petrovna Pokrovkaya, Abram Lvovich Berlin, Nikolai Nikolayevich Zhukov-Verezhnikov, Nina Kuzminichna Zavyalova, etc. Illustrated with a portrait of each. Bound in the original dark green cloth, decorated/lettered in white and black. From the Dust Jacket: "Alexander Sharov's book is about Russian scientists who dedicated their lives to the noble cause of abolishing disease." . First Edition in English (NAP). Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by Belyukin, A. (design). 8vo. 248pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
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- Title
- Life Triumphs : A Story of Heroes and Science
- Author
- Sharov, Alexander; Translated from the Russian by Violet Dutt
- Illustrator
- Belyukin, A. (design)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine condition
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition in English (NAP)
- Publisher
- Foreign Languages Publishing House
- Place of Publication
- Moscow
- Date Published
- 1955
- Bookseller catalogs
- Russian Literature in English Translation; Medicine / Medical History / Health;
- Size
- 8vo. 248pp
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