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Gunn's Domestic Medicine or Poor Man's Friend, (Raymond's Copy) In the Hours of Afflication, Pain and Sickness. This book points out, in Plain Language, free from Doctors' terms, the Diseases of Men, Women and Children, and the Latest and Most Approved Means Used in Their Cure, and is intended Expressly for the Benefit of Families. It also contains descriptions of the MEDICINAL ROOTS AND HERBS of the United States, and how they are to be used in the cure of diseases
by Gunn
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles M.Saxton, 1851. New Revised Edition Improved and Enlarged. Hardcover. good. Octavo. 8 1/2' x 6". 893pp & ads.Glossary and index. Tan suede leather. Leather title labels to spine.Frontispiece of Gunn. Some light foxing. Embelished with engravings. Front gutter partially cracked. Scuffing to edges. Closed tear of one inch at bottom of spine. First signature loosened but attached.. Rear free endpaper has been been cut.
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- Bookseller
- Midway Used and Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76747
- Title
- Gunn's Domestic Medicine or Poor Man's Friend, (Raymond's Copy) In the Hours of Afflication, Pain and Sickness. This book points out, in Plain Language, free from Doctors' terms, the Diseases of Men, Women and Children, and the Latest and Most Approved Means Used in Their Cure, and is intended Expressly for the Benefit of Families. It also contains descriptions of the MEDICINAL ROOTS AND HERBS of the United States, and how they are to be used in the cure of diseases
- Author
- Gunn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New Revised Edition Improved and Enlarged
- Publisher
- Charles M.Saxton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1851
- Bookseller catalogs
- medicine;
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Glossary
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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