An Account of Two Successful Operations for Restoring a Lost Nose from the Integuments of the Forehead. (The Classics of Medicine Library) by Carpue, J. C.; (Foreword and Biography by Frank McDowell) - 1981

UsedVeryGood. leather bound, red boards gilt on boards and spine. raised bands on spine. gilted edges. a few Small nicks on the spine otherwise looks new. Pages are bringht and clean.

Pages 102 pp. Full leather. Limited edition, number 1743 of 7,500 copies. The Classics of Surgery Library. Fine.

Birmingham, AL: Classics of Medicine Library, 1981. Facsimile Reprint . Hardcover. As New/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Turner, Charles. 102+pp. HB red w/gilt-trimmed in gilt w/ribbon bkmk; bookplate,ft.endpaper; fine condition w/clean,tight pgs. The begining of modern plastic surgery. orig.pub.1816. illus. copy #4720

Birmingham: Classics of Medicine Library, 1981. hardcover. fine. Foreword and Biography by Frank McDowell. xv + 102 pages, 4to, gilt-decorated red leather, a.e.g. Birmingham: The Classics of Medicine Library, 1981. An fine copy.<br/><br/> Facsimile of the 1816 first edition.<br/><br/>

Very Good. Classics of Medicine 1981. Red leather with gilt lettering, decor, edges. Cover, binding, and contents look almost like-new.

Birmingham AL: The Classics of Medicine Library, 1981. 102 pages in near fine condition. Pages are clean and unmarked. Gilt on the page edges. Marbled endpapers. Red leather with gilt titles on the spine and designs on the boards. Lightly scuffed on the edges. Red ribbon attached to the spine. Lightly faded on the spine. NF/- -. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8 1/2 x 11.

Birmingham, Alabama: The Classics of Medicine Library, 1981. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo (square). Facsimile. Special Edition privately printed for the members of The Classics of Medicine Library. Publishers top-grain cowhide. Boards decoratively brass-die stamped in 22-karat gold. Title on spine in gilt. A.E.G. Ribbon marker. xv, 32, 102, [2] pp. B&W illustration in text. Fine.

Birmingham, Alabama; The Classics of Medicine Library / Gryphon Editions Ltd.; 1981.. Special Limited Facsimile Edition; Demy 4to; pp. xvi, 32, xii,104, (1); marbled endpapers, frontispiece portrait, 6 b/w. text illustrations, 2 full page colour plates and 2 full page b/w. plates, bibliography, appendix, errata slip, bound in full red leather, raised bands, title lettered in gilt on spine, gilt stamped decoration to spine and boards, all edges gilt, original silk page marker, fine copy. Together with the publishers 8 page booklet titled "Notes From The Editor". This edition is distinguished in several ways. First, it is an exact facsimile - the first ever done - of this very rare and now very expensive first English edition of 1816, which is particularly enhanced by the color engravings of the famous English mezzotint portraitist Charles Turner. Secondly, the English translation of the foreword to the German edition of Carpue's book by his contemporary, Carl F. Von Graefe, is also… Read More

Birmingham: The Classics of Medicine Library , 1981. Leather. Near Fine. 11" by 8.5". Not Stated. A wonderfully bound Special Edition of this record of medical history, with illustrations throughout. A 1981 special edition of An Account of Two Successful Operations for Restoring A Lost Nose from the Integuments of the Forehead, privately printed for the members of The Classics of Medicine Library.This is an account of two successful operations for restoring a lost nose from the integuments of the forehead and represents the beginning of modern plastic surgery. Joseph Constantine Carpue was an English skilled surgeon who is known for performing the first rhinoplastic surgery in England.Illustrated with two diagrams of the surgery and other illustrations throughout the text.Collated, complete.With a foreword and biography by Frank McDowell.With a pamphlet of Landmarks in Surgical Progress, Joseph Constantine Carpue and the Revival of Rhinoplasty, a reprint from International Abstract of Surgery,… Read More

The Classics of Medicine Library , 1981. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. About the book: Hardcover. No jacket, as issued. First Edition thus. Book is in fine condition. A beautiful copy with a "Notes from the Editors" booklet regarding this publication, published in 1990.