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Rise Up to Life: A Biography of Howard Walter Florey Who Gave Penicillin to the World
by Bickel, Lennard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0207954542
- ISBN 13
- 9780207954542
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. Foreword by Sir Robert Menzies, author's note, appendix, chapter notes and index. There are two sections, of eight pages each, of black-and-white photography. Facsimile illustrated end pages. Brown coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Photographic dustwrapper with blue and white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. The biography of Howard Walter Florey, the scientist, who, with his discovery of penicillin, created a treatment for previously untreatable conditions such as syphilis, meningitis, pneumonia and diphtheria etc. A little rubbing of the book edges. Light age toning of the text block edges and pages. Foxing to the top text block edge which has intruded a little on to the pages. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels with foxing to the fold over panels and to the top edge of the verso of the dustwrapper. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [6], VII - XIX, [5], 3 - 314 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Medicine; ISBN: 0207954542. ISBN/EAN: 9780207954542. Inventory No: 0286140. . 9780207954542
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0286140
- Title
- Rise Up to Life: A Biography of Howard Walter Florey Who Gave Penicillin to the World
- Author
- Bickel, Lennard
- Illustrator
- Photographic
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0207954542
- ISBN 13
- 9780207954542
- Publisher
- Angus & Robertson
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Penicillin, discovery, biography, medicine, science Biography & Autobiography; Medicine; Photographic Unbranded ISBN: 0207954542 EAN: 9780207954542 Bickel, Lennard Rise Up to Life: A Biography of Howard Walter Florey Who Gave Penicillin to the
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Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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