THE INSTITUTES AND PRACTICE OF SURGERY: BEING THE OUTLINES OF A COURSE OF LECTURES, BY WILLIAM GIBSON M. D.
by Gibson, William
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1832. Third Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, iii-viii, 9-414 pp with plates. Good; bound in contemporary leather with some large scratches and surface marks to covers, wear to spine edges and corners; front board slightly shaken but binding else tight; text block age-toned and with some insect damage; foxing and age-toning to pages throughout; 10 plates present and intact as indicated; previous bookseller label to inside front pastedown "J. G. Auner, Bookseller and Stationer, 333 Market St. 4 doors below Ninth St. Philadelphia;" MF consignment. 1358701. Special Collections.
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- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1358701
- Title
- THE INSTITUTES AND PRACTICE OF SURGERY: BEING THE OUTLINES OF A COURSE OF LECTURES, BY WILLIAM GIBSON M. D.
- Author
- Gibson, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Publisher
- Carey & Lea
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1832
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Rockville, Maryland
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- 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...
- 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....