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IN SICKNESS AND HEALTH: A Manual of Domestic Medicine and Surgery, Hygiene, Dietetics, and Nursing, Dealing in a Practical Way with the Problems Relating to the Maintenance of Health, the Prevention and Treatment of Disease, and the Most Effective Aid in Emergencies.
by Roosevelt, J. West; editor
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1896., 1896.. Fair. - Thick octavo, dark green cloth titled in gilt on the spine & front cover with decorative frames in blind on both covers. The binding is rubbed & bumped. The rear joint is chipped. The head of the spine is chipped & there is a tear to the tail. xvi & 991 pages. Illustrated with 4 color plates with tissue guards, including a frontispiece, and with plates & numerous textual illustrations in black & white. The hinges are cracked. There is a 1903 gift inscription on the front pastedown & endpaper and the endpaper is chipped. There is offsetting to pages 604-605 from a slip of paper used as a bookmark & 1 index page is stained. Good working copy.
12 authors contributed to this manual.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 95320
- Title
- IN SICKNESS AND HEALTH: A Manual of Domestic Medicine and Surgery, Hygiene, Dietetics, and Nursing, Dealing in a Practical Way with the Problems Relating to the Maintenance of Health, the Prevention and Treatment of Disease, and the Most Effective Aid in Emergencies.
- Author
- Roosevelt, J. West; editor
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1896.
- Date Published
- 1896.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- MEDICAL; MEDICINE; IN SICKNESS AND HEALTH: A MANUAL OF DOMESTIC MEDICINE AND SURGERY, HYGIENE, DIETETICS, AND NURSING; MAINTENANCE OF HEALTH; TREATMENT OF DISEASE; PREVENTION OF DISEASE; EMERGENCY AID; ANATOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PHYSICAL TRAINING; W
- Bookseller catalogs
- Medical;
Terms of Sale
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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