Records of Longevity: With an Introductory Discourse on Vital Statistics
by Bailey, Thomas (editor)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket; Owner names, splits at backstrip, boards worn, penciled marginalia and underlining throughout.
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Darton and Co.. Good with no dust jacket; Owner names, splits at backstrip, boards worn, . penciled marginalia and underlining throughout.. 1857. Hardcover. Red cloth with tree design in gilt on front boards. Frontispiece engraving of 169 year old Henry Jenkins and illustrated extra title page. Discusses some health and lifestyle habits of the long-lived and then provides short alphabetical profiles of people who lived to their nineties and beyond. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 399 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 59084
- Title
- Records of Longevity: With an Introductory Discourse on Vital Statistics
- Author
- Bailey, Thomas (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Owner names, splits at backstrip, boards worn, penciled marginalia and underlining throughout.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Darton and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1857
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- AGING, The Elderly
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography and Memoir;
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