CONTACT LENS ROUTINE AND PRACTICE (1953)
by Bier, Norman (1925-2009)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
- Seller
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
London: Butterworths Scientific Publications. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean green cloth with bright gilt lettering. Text tight, clean & intact. Profusely illustrated with B/W photos & drawings. Dust Jacket has a few edge chips & tears: protected in a mylar cover. From the BCLA Obituary "IN THE 1940S, ONLY A HANDFUL OF PRACTITIONERS IN THE UK WERE ENGAGED IN CONTACT LENS PRACTICE BUT FROM THE OUTSET OF HIS CAREER, BIER DEDICATED HIMSELF TO THIS SPECIALITY. A REMARKABLE EARLY ACHIEVEMENT WAS HIS APPLICATION IN 1945 FOR A PATENT RELATING TO THE FENESTRATION OF SCLERAL LENSES. THIS SIMPLE EXPEDIENT....... MADE ALL-DAY WEAR OF SCLERAL LENSES THE RULE RATHER THAN THE EXCEPTION". Early owner's signature. Medical ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 188 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6878
- Title
- CONTACT LENS ROUTINE AND PRACTICE (1953)
- Author
- Bier, Norman (1925-2009)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Butterworths Scientific Publications
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- Medical
- Bookseller catalogs
- Medical; Healthcare;
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Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Fairfield, New Jersey
About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
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- Gilt
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