New York: E. P. Dutton. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition Thus. 1. Hard Cover. 0525248056 . Quarter bound in beige cloth over red boards, gilt lettering on spine. . The volume is in excellent condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. Price-clipped dust jacket shows only mild shelf-wear, else fine. FINE/NEAR FINE. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. xii, (i), 368 pp .

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"An eloquent plea for two needed emphases: more humane doctor-patient relations, and greater patient involvement in the struggle with disease."—Melvin Konner.

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Bookseller: Round Table Books, LLC (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 13022
Title: Head First: The Biology of Hope
Author: Cousins, Norman
Format/Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Used - Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition Thus. 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0525248056
ISBN 13: 9780525248057
Publisher: E. P. Dutton
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1989
Keywords: 0525248056, Memoir;, Illness, Medicine;
Bookseller catalogs: Science, Medicine & Technology;

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