Currents and Counter-Currents in Medical Science with Other Addresses and Essays
by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Original purple cloth with covers designed with thriple rule frame and a cartouch enclosing T & F, brown coated endpapers, 18 pa
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About This Item
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1861. First edition of this collection. Includes first appearance of the "Preface," "Some More Recent Views on Homoeopathy," and "Mechanism of Vital Actions." With the cancelled state of signature 2 as usual. BAL first binding. 1 vols. 8vl. Original purple cloth with covers designed with thriple rule frame and a cartouch enclosing T & F, brown coated endpapers, 18 pages publisher's advertisements dated April 1861. Some light rubbing of cloth, small marks along upper inner gutter, light browning of text. First edition of this collection. Includes first appearance of the "Preface," "Some More Recent Views on Homoeopathy," and "Mechanism of Vital Actions." With the cancelled state of signature 2 as usual. BAL first binding. 1 vols. 8vl. Holmes on Homoeopathy and Natural Medicines. BAL 8803
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- Bookseller
- The Old Mill Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17944
- Title
- Currents and Counter-Currents in Medical Science with Other Addresses and Essays
- Author
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Format/Binding
- 1 vols. 8vl
- Book Condition
- Used - Original purple cloth with covers designed with thriple rule frame and a cartouch enclosing T & F, brown coated endpapers, 18 pa
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition of this collection. Includes first appearance of t
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ticknor and Fields
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1861
- Keywords
- Oliver Wendell Holmes
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