Pediatrics: The Hygienic and Medical Treatment of Children
by Rotch, Thomas Morgan
- Used
- Good
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1896. Full calf (hardcover), 7" x 10". 1132 pages, with Index; Illustrated, color lithograph plates, including frontis of Normal Infant at Term, hundreds of diagrams and photographs. Rotch was America's first full professor of pediatrics appointed in 1893 to the Medical School of Harvard. His text stands as a classic work in the field of Pediatrics. Showing significant rubbing, and cracking of leather, corners bumped, lacking title label on spine. Boards remain attached and text block is tight. Internally clean. Size: Thick Quarto. First Edition.. Leather. Good.
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- Bookseller
- Books & Bidders (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003830
- Title
- Pediatrics: The Hygienic and Medical Treatment of Children
- Author
- Rotch, Thomas Morgan
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1896
- Keywords
- PEDIATRICS; MEDICAL HISTORY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Leather Bound Books;
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- 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....
- 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....
- 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...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.