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The Rehabilitation of the Injured: Occupational therapy
by COLSON, John H. C.; NICOLL, E. A (Foreword)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Cassell and Company Ltd, 1944. Good. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. 226 + 196 b/w images. Beige cloth, black lettering to spine. Grubby boards, lean to spine, bruising to extremities. Pencil notes to pastedowns, POI to ffep, front edges of first three gatherings showing indentation and rust shadows from paperclips (now removed). Else, clean and bright, particularly the images. Good+ The first in Colson's set of textbooks on the rehabilitation of the injured (Remedial Gymnastics followed in 1947), it covers a range of activities to aid recovery and promote remedial exercise, including weaving, gardening and domestic work. Colson wrote it for the dual readerships of surgeons and therapists, with ample illustrations for guidance.
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- Bookseller
- Quair Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1610
- Title
- The Rehabilitation of the Injured: Occupational therapy
- Author
- COLSON, John H. C.; NICOLL, E. A (Foreword)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cassell and Company Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1944
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books;
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Quair Books
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Leeds, West Yorkshire
About Quair Books
Based in West Yorkshire, Quair Books specialises in modern literary and visual cultures, particularly alternative, different and radical authors/ artists, presses and histories. We hold a small general stock, with a focus on unusual, interesting and beautiful books, as well as significant books in the history of ideas. Find us online at: quairbooks.co.uk; email us on: quairbooks@gmail.com and Twitter: @quairbooks.
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