Rats, Lice and History; Being a study in biography, which, after twelve preliminary chapters indispensible for the preparation of the lay reader, deals with the life history of typhus fever
by ZINSSER, Hans
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- Hardcover
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- Very Good/very good
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1963. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. Some scuffing and chipping to jacket spine, and a sticker on rear jacket cover.
This is an early printing of Zinsser's surprisingly lively biography of the disease Typhus.
This is an early printing of Zinsser's surprisingly lively biography of the disease Typhus.
Synopsis
Originally published: Boston, 1935. Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Uncharted Books (US)
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- 3949
- Title
- Rats, Lice and History; Being a study in biography, which, after twelve preliminary chapters indispensible for the preparation of the lay reader, deals with the life history of typhus fever
- Author
- ZINSSER, Hans
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1963
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