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The Knife Man : the extraordinary life and times of John Hunter, father of modern surgery
by Moore, Wendy
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0593052099
- ISBN 13
- 9780593052099
- Seller
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Johannesburg, South Africa
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About This Item
Bantam Press, 2005. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. shelf wear on the jacket. a bit foxed and marked. one book plate. soundly bound and presentable. heavy, may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Synopsis
Wendy Moore is a writer and journalist specializing in health and medical topics. She has a diploma in the History of Medicine from the Society of Apothecaries. The Knife Man is her first book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Chapter 1 Books (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- d5dt
- Title
- The Knife Man : the extraordinary life and times of John Hunter, father of modern surgery
- Author
- Moore, Wendy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0593052099
- ISBN 13
- 9780593052099
- Publisher
- Bantam Press
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 2005
- Size
- 6x1x9
- X weight
- 31 oz
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Chapter 1 Books
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About the Seller
Chapter 1 Books
Biblio member since 2006
Johannesburg
About Chapter 1 Books
Chapter 1 trades out of three premises that are all in the Johannesburg area. Our emphasis is on providing quality books at highly competitive prices. A large (and continuously growing) selection of our books are listed on various websites on the internet. We specialise in Modern First Editions, Rhodesiana, Africana and other rare and out of print books.
Glossary
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...