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Autobiography of Isaac Jones Wistar 1827-1905: Half A Century in War and Peace
by WISTAR, Isaac Jones
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, 1937. Second Edition. Octavo. Blue cloth (hardcover); 531pp, folding map. Page edges untrimmed. Fine copy. In the original printed dustwrapper, quite faded and a bit soiled, Good. The jacket copy states that the edition was limited, but there is no statement of limitation in the text. Preceded by an edition of 200 copies in 1917.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 59450
- Title
- Autobiography of Isaac Jones Wistar 1827-1905: Half A Century in War and Peace
- Author
- WISTAR, Isaac Jones
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1937
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...