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The Family Physician, Nurse's Guide, and Farmer's Horse and Cattle Doctor, in Three Parts: Part First gives the Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment of all Diseases Incident to Mankind; Part Second gives the Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment of all Diseases of the Horse, Neat Cattle, and Sheep, and the Management of Hens, Turkeys, Ducks, Geese, and Bees; Part Third, Materia Medica and the Preparation of Medicines
by Thresher, Dr. Leonard
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Montpelier: Argus and Patriot Job Printing House, 1871. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 406, [1] pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in original taupe publisher's cloth. The binding shows some wear and rubbing about the edges. Binding is sound with secure inner hinges. The spine and top edges of the binding are sunned. Text is a little toned but is generally quite clean. This is not an illustrated work.
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- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 050932
- Title
- The Family Physician, Nurse's Guide, and Farmer's Horse and Cattle Doctor, in Three Parts: Part First gives the Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment of all Diseases Incident to Mankind; Part Second gives the Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment of all Diseases of the Horse, Neat Cattle, and Sheep, and the Management of Hens, Turkeys, Ducks, Geese, and Bees; Part Third, Materia Medica and the Preparation of Medicines
- Author
- Thresher, Dr. Leonard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- Argus and Patriot Job Printing House
- Place of Publication
- Montpelier
- Date Published
- 1871
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1871; Dr. Leonard Thresher; Family Physician; Materia Medica; Farm; Farmer's Horse; Cattle Doctor; Nurse's Guide; Nurse; Medicines; 19th Century; Rare; Collectible; Medicine; Doctors; Medical; Medicine.
- Bookseller catalogs
- General Antiquarian & Rare; Medical Books;
Terms of Sale
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Biblio member since 2017
Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
Glossary
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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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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