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THE NATIONAL FUNERAL DIRECTORS' OFFICIAL TEXT BOOK: A DICTIONARY OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCE WITH A CONCISE EXPLANATION OF THE VARIOUS SUBJECTS AND TERMS OF PHARMACY, ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY, So Far As They Apply to the Preservation of the Human Body, with all the Methods in Use for the Preservation of the Dead Throughout the World
by Crane, O. N. ; Marcus P. Hatfield; A. B. Perrigo; H. Samson & National Funeral Directors Association Of The United States
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Donohue & Henneberry. Good+. 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Very scarce early text on this profession in brown publishers cloth with faded gilt title. Decorative endpapers. 6 full-page mostly tissue guarded chromolihographic plates including frontispiece and many b/w drawings. (575pp) . Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. Rubbed spine ends and front corners. Front hinge has small paper tears. Mortician, Embalming, Medical. ; color & b/w illustrations; 8vo; 575 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17248
- Title
- THE NATIONAL FUNERAL DIRECTORS' OFFICIAL TEXT BOOK: A DICTIONARY OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCE WITH A CONCISE EXPLANATION OF THE VARIOUS SUBJECTS AND TERMS OF PHARMACY, ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY, So Far As They Apply to the Preservation of the Human Body, with all the Methods in Use for the Preservation of the Dead Throughout the World
- Author
- Crane, O. N. ; Marcus P. Hatfield; A. B. Perrigo; H. Samson & National Funeral Directors Association Of The United States
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Donohue & Henneberry
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1886
- Keywords
- Medical, Funeral Director
- Bookseller catalogs
- Medical; Business;
Terms of Sale
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Books are conservatively described. Full refund within 20 days. Books mailed upon notification of sale. Books sold by direct payment to bookseller will be shipped after receipt of check or notice of payment through paypal. If your book are heavy or oversized, we may contact you for additional shipping. All books/ephemera are securely packaged to assure safe arrival at their destination. All books for sale are in-stock on premises.
About the Seller
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Fairfield, New Jersey
About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
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