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Mystery Magic and Medicine. The Rise of Medicine From Superstition to Science
by HAGGARD, Howard W
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good+
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Good+. 12mo. Pp. [4], 5-192. Illustrated throughout with reproductions of woodcuts, portraits, and photos of more recent personalities in modern science. Glossary of proper names and medical terms. Bound in maroon cloth with gilt vignette stamped on front board, gilt lettering on spine. Two chickpea-size gouges on front board; former owner name and date on the front free endpaper. In the printed dust jacket, a touch soiled and with a chip on the upper edge of the rear panel. A lively survey of the history of medicine by the Yale professor, tracing the attribution of disease from conjecture to scientific fact, much of the latter occurring in only the last 150 years. Includes insightful capsule biographies of leading innovators. The uncommon dust jacket is now housed in a removable, clear archival sleeve.
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- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6943
- Title
- Mystery Magic and Medicine. The Rise of Medicine From Superstition to Science
- Author
- HAGGARD, Howard W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1933
- Keywords
- Paul Ehrlich Edward Robinson Squibb William Stewart Halsted Dorothea Lynde Dix
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About the Seller
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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Seattle, Washington
About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books was established in 1996 as a natural progression of proprietor Jeffrey Long's historical and bibliophilic interests. We are located in West Seattle and can be visited by appointment only.
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
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