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THE DEADLY TRUTH: A HISTORY OF DISEASE IN AMERICA
by Gerald N. Grob
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Else Very Good Plus in Near Fine jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0674008812
- ISBN 13
- 9780674008816
- Seller
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Chamblee, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
US: Harvard University Press, 2002. Hardcover. Else Very Good Plus in Near Fine jacket. Previous owner's bookplate on first free end paper. Pages are otherwise clean with no markings from previous owners. Binding is tight. Spine is slightly cocked. Boards are clean. Text block is clean. Dust jacket is clean, bright, and unmarked with slight edgewear.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Atlanta Vintage Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19870
- Title
- THE DEADLY TRUTH: A HISTORY OF DISEASE IN AMERICA
- Author
- Gerald N. Grob
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Else Very Good Plus in Near Fine jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0674008812
- ISBN 13
- 9780674008816
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- US
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- Medical & Health
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Atlanta Vintage Books
Biblio member since 2007
Chamblee, Georgia
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....